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Best of the West team profiles

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Click here to view all team profiles for the 2009 Best of the West tournament. So far, we have received and posted profiles for 10 of the 15 teams in this year’s Best of the West.

We’d like to have one for all of you, so if you’re among the teams not yet posted, please send one to jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com. Just a roster and a paragraph or two about the team would be great. (See others for samples)

Teams who have submitted a profile shown in bold:
(if you’re not among those with profile posted, be sure to send it in)

1. SantaCecelia, Mexicali, Mexico
2. Hostilez,Morongo Reservation
3. Bandits, Pueblo, CO
4. Tri-County, Santa Barbara, CA
5. ISC II #32 InnovativeCommunications, Lehi, Utah
6. Coyotes, Beaumont, CA
7. Taylor Farms Athletics, Salinas, CA
8. SilverHawks, Bakersfield, CA
9. ISC II #6 Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA
10. SoCal Tribes,San Jacinto, CA
11. ISC II #15 C.R.Rockers, Portland, Oregon
12. Young Bucks,Santa Barbara, CA
13. Black Sox, Long Beach, CA
14. Team Pape Pirates, Walnut Creek, CA
15. ISC II #37 Maccabi USA

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Best of the West team profile – Morongo Hostilez

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Best of the West – May 30-31

This is the seventh in a series of team profiles for teams competing in this year’s Best of the West tournament.

Thanks to Issac Nortre for this info:

MORONGO HOSTILEZ

Howie Diaz 15
Jason “Ro” Carrizosa 14
Paul “Flip” Miranda 00
Anthony Loza 64
Issac “Dirty” Norte 22
Francisco “Jr” Torres 11
Lawrence “Lo” Alcorn 37
Julian “Julez” Gonzalez 20
Robert “Big Swole” Aguilar 56
Mel “Cuz” Shaw 39
Damen “Bonez” Leivas 27
Tommy Herrera 12
Sal Estanislao 7
Anthony “Frankie” Weiss 34
Alex Soto 05

From the team:

Hostilez are from Morongo Rez. We have 2 pitchers that can shut it down HOWIE DIAZ and ANTHONY LOZA. We play mostly local rez tournies, and a couple out of town tournaments where we seem to fare well especially against BBC. Our lineup is decent but still figuring out who plays where because everyone’s pretty much a utility player. Our main goal is to see where we stand against other teams not just rez teams.

Click here to view other team profiles for the 2009 Best of the West tournament.

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2009 Best of the West Schedule

Thursday, May 28th, 2009


Record 15 Team Schedule Announced

Editor’s note: Some folks missed the earlier post with the Best of the West schedule and couldn’t locate it, so we’ve bumped it to the top of the blog for today.

May 28, 2009 (Santa Barbara, California) – The 19th Annual Best of the West Men’s fastball Tournament will be held May 30 – 31 in Santa Barbara, CA. The Tournament is the longest running open tournament, held annually in California. A Tournament record field of fifteen teams will vie for the 2009 Championship, with two berths in the 2009 ISC World Tournament, and two berths in the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions at stake.

“The interest in this year’s Best of the West Tournament is at an all-time high, as proved by our record number of teams entering” said Tournament Director Dave Blackburn. “We are happy to have first time participating Pueblo Bandits, and their pitching ace and strikeout artist Jeremy Manley leading their staff. Add in the powerful Taylor Farms California Athletics who are playing as the 2008 ISC II Champions, along with hard hitting ball clubs Innovative Communications of Utah, and Santa Cecelia, of Mexico, and we have a very tough tourney set to go. Everyone always loves to spend the weekend in Sunny Santa Barbara.”

The 3-field complex at Elings Park will be used, along with one of the fields at Santa Barbara’s Pershing Park
Elings Park is locatedat: 1298 Las Positas Road, Santa Barbara, CA. Directions (

Pershing Park is located at: 100 Castillo St, Santa BarbaraCA
Directions

Teams

1. SantaCecelia, Mexicali, Mexico
2. Hostilez,Morongo Reservation
3. Bandits, Pueblo, CO
4. Tri-County, Santa Barbara, CA
5. ISC II #32 InnovativeCommunications, Lehi, Utah
6. Coyotes, Beaumont, CA
7. Taylor Farms Athletics, Salinas, CA
8. SilverHawks, Bakersfield, CA
9. ISC II #6 Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA
10. SoCal Tribes,San Jacinto, CA
11. ISC II #15 C.R.Rockers, Portland, Oregon
12. Young Bucks,Santa Barbara, CA
13. Black Sox, Long Beach, CA
14. Team Pape Pirates, Walnut Creek, CA
15. ISC II #37 Maccabi USA

Schedule

Saturday May 30
Game 1 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 8:30 AM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Bandits

Game 2 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 8:30 AM
CR Rockers Vs Rude Pac

Game 3 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8:30 AM
SoCal Tribes Vs Silver Hawks

Game 4 @ Pershing Park – 8:30 AM
Tri-County Vs Coyotes

Game 5 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 10:15 AM
Santa Cecelia Vs Innovative Communications

Game 6 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10:15 AM
Black Sox Vs Team Pape Pirates

Game 7 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Maccabi USAVs Young Bucks

Game 8 @ Pershing Park – 10:15 AM
Hostilez Vs Tri-County

Game 9 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 12:00 Noon
Santa Cecilia Vs Bandits

Game 10 @ Elings Park – Field 2 – 12:00Noon
Black Sox vs Taylor Farms

Game 11 @ Elings Park – Field 3 – 12:00Noon
Maccabi USAVs SoCal Tribes

Game 12 @ Pershing Park – 12:00 Noon
Silver Hawks Vs Hostilez

Game 13 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 1:45 PM
Team Pape Pirates Vs CR Rockers

Game 14 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 1:45 PM
Rude Pac Vs Innovative Communications

Game 15 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 1:45 PM
Young Bucks Vs Coyotes

Game 16 @ Pershing Park – 1:45 PM
Silver Hawks Vs Tri-County

Game 17 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 3:30 PM
CR Rockers Vs Bandits

Game 18 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 3:30 PM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Innovative Communications

Game 19 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3:30 PM
Rude Pac vs Black Sox

Game 20 @ Pershing Park – 3:30 PM
Maccabi USAVs Hostilez

Game 21 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 5:15 PM
Santa Cecelia Vs Team Pape Pirates

Game 22 @ Pershing Park – 5:15 PM
So CalTribes Vs Coyotes

Sunday May 31
Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 15th Place Vs 2nd Place
Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 14th Place Vs 3rd Place
Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 13th Place Vs 4th Place
Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 12th Place Vs 5th Place
Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 11th Place Vs 6th Place
Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10th Place Vs 7th Place
Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 9th Place Vs 8th Place
Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1(Quarter-Final) W Game 25 Vs W Game 26
Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 27
Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35

For Sunday seedings, the criteria:
1. Overall Record;
2. Head-to-Head;
3. Fewest runs allowed;
4. runs scored

For berth determinations, the criteria:
1. Sunday finish;
2. Head-to-Head;
3. Fewest runs allowed;
4. runs scored

Special Rules: ISC Pitching Rule * Saturday – No inning starts after 1 hour 30 min time limit * 7 Run Rule after 5 innings Tiebreaker in the 8th, or after the time limit * ONLY STARTERS may re-enter * 5 warm-ups at start of game, then 3 after Speedup with C on base,with 2 out – last out * DR, EH, and DP allowed, but must be listed at start *

Dave Blackburn
Tournament Director
Best of The West
310-266-7803
daveb@virtvent.com

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Best of the West – team profile – Bay Area Pirates

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Best of the West – May 30-31

This is the sixth in a series of team profiles for teams competing in this year’s Best of the West tournament.

Thanks to Vanessa Woodmansee (“Momma V”) for this info:

BAY AREA PIRATES
(aka Team Pape Pirates)

The 2009 Bay Area Pirates formerly known as Team Pape, is looking to better their 2nd place finish from the 2008 Men’s Class “B” ASA National Tournament last season. Their goal is to participate in the 2009 Men’s Class “B” ASA Nationals in Prescott, Arizona. With an off-season merger taking place with Da Bruddah’s of Hayward, the Pirates have 10 returning players from the 2008 squad and Da Bruddah’s are represented by 7 of its team members. The team has participated in 2 tournaments in NorCal and is looking forward to participating in The Best of the West tournament, which is considered to be one of the best tournaments in California. We are looking forward to a great weekend of highly competitive softball. Thanks in advance to the tournament organizers for a job well done and we will see you all at the field!

BAY AREA PIRATES
Roster for 2009 Best of the West

Coach/Manager Rick Abina #4
#4 Abina, Rick (util) (Pirates)
# 14 Boots, Dustin (inf) (Pirates)
# 33 Ching, Shawn (inf) (Bruddah’s)
# 13 Frey, Keith (P) (Pirates)
# 9 Grant, Ryan (inf) (Pirates)
# 8 Harsha, Eric (util) (Pirates)
#5 Hunhoff, BJ (P) (Pirates)
# 19 Hunhoff, Tony (P) (Pirates)
# 44 Moore, Ricky (util) (Pirates)
#11 Nishinaga, Kevin (util) (Bruddah’s)
# 3 Roeber, Matt (util) (Pirates)
# 23 Tomasello, Scotty (util) (Bruddah’s)
# 89 Villanueva, Bryan (util) (Bruddah’s)
# 10 Wimbs, Jabari (of) (Bruddah’s)
# 21 Woodmansee, Joshua (util) (Bruddah’s)

Pitchers
# 13 Frey, Keith
# 19 Hunhoff, Tony
#5 Hunhoff, BJ

MIA
# 24 Smith, Bobby (util) (Bruddah’s)
#1 Winnick, Dan (of) (Pirates)

Editor’s note: For other 2009 Best of the West team profiles, click here.

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Best of the West team profile – Tri County Blinds, Santa Barbara

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Best of the West – May 30-31

This is the fifth in a series of team profiles for teams competing in this year’s Best of the West tournament.

Thanks to Clayte Robinson for this info:

Tri-County Blinds from Santa Barbara

Jeremy Rodgers-P
Clayte Robinson-P
Russell Arrellanes-C/INF
Adam Alegria-C/OF
Jon Ramsdell-INF/OF
Kevin Speier-INF
Tom Lansdon-INF
Jason Sutherlund-INF
Ben Limosnero-INF
Phil Hiromerides-DH/UTIL.
JJ Brunner-OF/C
Jason Renick-OF
Mickey Ventura-MGR/DH

Tri-County is a mix of crafty veterans and solid young players. As a team we have been successful in our local city league for the past few years and are trying to expose our younger guys to a higher level of play. The veterans are well known in the So. Cal. fastpitch scene and still enjoy playing the game. They welcome newcomer Jeremy Rodgers to help them in the circle this weekend. We will be playing our games at Pershing Park, where we all got our starts some years ago. We have no plans on attending any ASA nationals but you might see some of the vets return to Carson City in the fall to try to improve on last years 2nd place finish at the NAFA 45 and over. See you this weekend.

Editor’s note: For other 2009 Best of the West team profiles, click here.

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Vancouver Challenge – July 10-12

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009



(click logo to visit official Vancouver Grey Sox website)

SOUTH HILL SPORTS ASSOCIATION presents the Eighth Annual Vancouver Challenge Tournament Sr. Men’s Fastpitch

Schedule posted online.

RED POOL
Vancouver Grey Sox
Great Britain National Team
Kamloops Blazers
Vernon DC Arrows

BLUE POOL
National Team of Japan
Portland Columbia River Rockers
Vancouver South Hill Giants
Denmark National Team

FRIDAY, July 10, 2009

6:30 p.m. Great Britain vs. Vancouver Grey Sox
8:15 p.m. Denmark vs. South Hill Giants

SATURDAY, July 11, 2009
8:00 a.m. Team Japan vs. Columbia River Rockers
9:45 a.m. Vancouver Grey Sox vs. Vernon DC Arrows
10:00 a.m. Great Britain vs. Kamloops Blazers – SW Diamond
11:30 a.m. Team Japan vs. Denmark
11:45 a.m. Columbia River Rockers vs South Hill Giants – SW Diamond
1:15 p.m. Great Britain vs Vernon DC Arrows/Clayface
3:30 p.m. Team Japan vs. South Hill Giants
3:30 p.m. Kamloops vs. Vernon DC Arrows/Clayface South Hill – SW Diamond
5:15 p.m. Vancouver Grey Sox vs. Kamloops Blazers
5:15 p.m. Columbia River Rockers vs. Denmark – SW Diamond

PLAYOFFS – SATURDAY, July 11, 2009

P1 7:00 p.m. – R3 vs B4 – loser eliminated – winner to P3
P2 9:00 p.m. – R4 vs B3 – loser eliminated – winner to P4

SUNDAY – July 12, 2009
P3 8:00 a.m. winner P1 vs. R2 – loser eliminated – winner to P5
P4 10:00 a.m. winner P2 vs B2 – loser eliminated – winner to P6
P5 12:00 noon winner P3 vs B1 – loser eliminated – winner to P7
P6 2:00 p.m. winner P4 vs. R1 – loser eliminated – winner to P7
P7 4:00 p.m. Championship Final

South Memorial Park
East 41st Avenue between Knight and Fraser Streets
Vancouver, British Columbia

ADMISSION: $6.00 per day or $12.00 for tournament pass


(Vancouver’s Nick Underhill, one of the hardest throwers in the game)

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Indonesia eyes top 10 at ISF world championships

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

From:

(click banner for original news story)

Agnes Winarti , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 05/23/2009 1:25 PM | Sports

The Indonesian Softball and Baseball Association (PERBASASI) is hoping for a place in the top 10 at the men’s Softball World Championships in Saskatoon, Canada, in July.

The championship will run from July 24 to Aug. 31.

“We wish to make a surprise achievement in the Softball World Championships by getting our men’s national team into the top 10,” PERBASASI chairman Gugun Yudinar said on the sidelines of a match in the first series of the Indonesian Softball League, at the Senayan softball field in Jakarta on Friday.

The league, which started on Thursday runs until Sunday, also serves as the selection tryouts for the national team.

“I hope our team will be able to steal winning points from the Czech and South African teams, whose skills are on a par with ours,” Gugun said.

Indonesia, the silver medalist at the 2007 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, has secured a place in world championship for the first time, after finishing third in the 2006 Asian Championships in Japan behind the hosts and runner-up the Philippines.

“I’m proud of our achievement. It’s a three-step leap from the previous sixth place,” Gugun said.

Sixteen countries will take part in the world championships. Indonesia will be in the same pool as world champion Canada.

Gugun said he hoped the league would help players improve their performance ahead of the championship.

The league incorporates three series. The second series will stay in Jakarta, from Aug. 13 to 16, and the third series, which features only the top four teams, will run in Tangerang, Banten, from Oct. 2 to 4.

Eight clubs are participating in this year’s Indonesian Softball League, including Gorgeous, OCBC NISP, Bumi Asri of Bandung, Prambors, Citramuda of Jakarta, Sriti of Surabaya, Smanda of Lampung and Bats of Banten.

Prambors was the winner of the inaugural league in 2004, while Smanda won the 2006 season.

On Friday, Citramuda defeated Sriti 10-2, while Prambors triumphed over Smanda 11-3. Later in the afternoon, Bumi Asri was beaten by Bats 4-1 and Gorgeous won 9-6 over OCBC NISP.

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2009 Wakpamni Lake Fast Pitch Tournament

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Satellite image near Batesland South Dakota

Map

Thanks to Kristi Blue Bird for this information:

“We’re Back!”
July 2, 3, 4 & 5, 2009
12 – Team Double Elimination
Entry Fee – $300.00 + Game ball (Red Dot)
(Half paid by June 20th, 2009 to secure spot on bracket CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY!)
(100% PAYBACK)

1st Place = $1,500.00 (10) Jackets – Trophy
{$500.00 will be added to the 1st Place pay out in Memory of Willie Blue Bird}
2nd Place = $1,000.00 – (10) Jackets – Trophy
3rd Place = $500.00 – (10) Hooded Sweaters – Trophy
4th Place = $400.00 – (10) Windjammers
5th Place = $ 300.00 (10) T-shirts
6th Place = Committee handshake!!

Individual Awards

(10) 1st All Tourney Awards = Jackets
(10) 2nd All Tourney Awards = Sweaters
MVP = Jacket/Star-quilt
Mr. Hustle = Wind jammer
1st Base Award = Jacket/Star-quilt
Bat Boy Award (2) = Youth Hoodies
Coaches Award = Jacket
Outfielder (2) = Windjammers
Mr. Stick = Windjammer
Mr. Golden Glove = Sweater
Outstanding Pitcher = Sweater
Most Strike outs =Sweater
Catcher’s Award = Windjammer
Mr. Infield = Sweater
Mr. Homerun = Sweater
Individual Sportsmanship = Jacket
(12) Team Sportsmanship awards = T-shirts

For More Information Contact

Ricky Gray Grass: (605) 454 – 8996
Delane Has No Horse: (605) 454 – 8727
Tony Cross: (605) 454 – 1202
DJ Has No Horse: (605) 441 – 5226
Or email: wakpamnilakefastpitch@yahoo.com

Editor’s note: Is that the best set of individual awards you’ve ever seen?

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Ex-Shepherd student D’Amour helping coach Tigers in WCWS

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

2007 NSA MVP Helping Women’s team at Missouri
By B.J. Soto/Journal sports writer

From the Martinsburg West Virginia Journal:

There will be a little touch of Shepherd in the Women’s College World Series.

Pete D’Amour, a former Shepherd University student, has helped coach the Missouri Tigers softball team to this week’s World Series.

The three-year volunteer assistant coach was a big asset to the team’s success this year as he threw batting practice, was the catching coach, oversaw the managers and called pitches for much of the season.

D’Amour started his college career as a baseball player at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He played under assistant coach Ehren Earlywine, which is how D’Amour’s connection at Missouri began. Earlywine is the head coach at Mizzou.

D’Amour moved on to Shepherd in 2006 and finally finished his career last year at the University of Missouri with a degree in general studies.

But while D’Amour played baseball, it was in fast-pitch softball where he excelled.

The 29-year-old fast-pitch sensation started out at an early age in the sport. He was a bat boy for his father’s (Peter D’Amour, a member of the fast-pitch Hall of Fame) team and has played men’s fast pitch for the past seven years, holding the MVP title of the NSA World Series in 2007.

“I threw underhand before I was able to throw overhand,” D’Amour said. “I couldn’t wait to play. If it weren’t for my dad playing, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

(more…)

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Best of the West team profile – Bakersfield Silverhawks

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Best of the West – May 30-31

This is the fourth in a series of team profiles for teams competing in this year’s Best of the West tournament.

Thanks to manager Bob Mc Cormick for this info:

Roster for Silverhawks for the Best of the West.

Todd Winkworth – P/1B
Sean Barker – P/1B
Troy Parker – C
Kyle Ordway – INF
Jarrad Vasseur – INF
Carlos Flores – INF
Chris McGehee – INF
Brian Teeters – OF
Jason Pruitt – OF
David Carillo – OF

Bob McCormick – Manager

The Silverhawks are a team out of Bakersfield, CA, and are planning to go to the ASA B Nationals in Prescott, AZ for 2009

Editor’s note: For other 2009 Best of the West team profiles, click here.

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