(Young Vin Scully in Brooklyn) We send along our birthday greetings to Hall of Fame Baseball announcer, Vin Scully, who celebrates his 81st birthday today, with fifty-eight (58) years behind the mike for the Dodgers. His career as the Dodgers announcer started in 1950. Eight seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers, fifty with the Los Angeles [...]

YouTube has gone wide screen. The old 4:3 “TV” format has been upgraded to a wide screen version. (16:9) Want to see what it looks like? Revisit Dean Holoien’s grand slam at this year’s ISC World Tournament. To see the wide screen version, click the YouTube logo in the lower right hand corner of the [...]

By BILL WALKER, SUN TIMES SPORTS EDITOR [Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada] – The dust didn’t get much time to settle on the 2008 Canadian Junior Men’s Fastball Championship in Owen Sound when Softball Canada announced the event would return for a second consecutive year. Owen Sound Volkswagen Selects president Bill Simpson said Friday that the [...]

(click photo for original story) The New Zealand men’s softball team opened their South American tour this weekend with wins against a club team and the Argentina national side in Santa Fe. In the exhibition games, the Black Sox beat Parana 7-0 in five innings with five runs coming in the fifth inning, including a [...]

(click banner for original story) Oct 29, 2008 Six players, including pitcher Karl Gollan after a four-year absence, have been recalled to the Black Sox softball team for next month’s trip to Argentina. After playing against four club sides, the Black Sox contest a tournament along with Venezuela, Argentina and the Parana All Stars. Gollan, [...]

Sunday night update, November 23: Welcome to the new members who registered on the Fastpitchwest Forum over the weekend. Registration has been closed as the spammers are swarming again (we got about 10 spams for each legitimate new user). Keep an eye out, we’ll open it up again for those that missed the open window. [...]

This was passed along by our friend Scott Standerfer: Michael White’s Daughter 11/19/08 I just wanted to let all of you on the Ultimate site know that Mike White’s daughter, Sidney who is 11 years old, is facing a serious medical situation. She is in a Portland Children’s Hospital undergoing tests. For those of you [...]

2009 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament January 22-25, 2009 – Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex (click title of post to print) Pool A 1. Mac’s – NY 2. Guatemala 3. Chicago/NY – NY 4. Barranquita – Puerto Rico Pool B 1. Florida Fastpitch 2. Combatientes – Venezuela 3. ADCO – NY 4. Hill United [...]

Sat Round Robin Seeding 1 Red Tease (Burbank) 3-0 2. Kickin Chickins(Ridgecrest) 2-0-1 3.Silverhawks(Bakersfield)2-1 4. Young Bucks 2-1 5. Tri County(Santa Barbara)2-1 6. Felons(Burbank) 2-1 7. FOG(Santa Barbara)1-2 8. Relics(Palmdale) 1-2 9.Maccabi 0-3 10. Rudys(San Fernando)0-3 Sunday Scores Maccabi13-Rudys 0 Felons 3 Siverhawks 0 FOG 5 Relics 2 Red Tease 2 Maccabi 1 Young Bucks [...]

From the Winnepeg Free Press [Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada] – Rob Giesbrecht of Landmark has been named to the national men’s softball team, which will compete in the 2009 ISF Senior Men’s World Championship set for July 17-26 in Saskatoon. Giesbrecht, an honoured member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, has been a national senior [...]