{"id":4220,"date":"2010-06-15T21:41:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T04:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?page_id=4220"},"modified":"2010-11-06T18:44:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-07T01:44:18","slug":"2010-california-classic-june-19-20","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?page_id=4220","title":{"rendered":"California Classic 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cal Classic will be held at the brand new Sportsplex in Santee, California, about 20 miles northeast of downtown San Diego.<\/a>
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Editor’s note<\/strong>: The facility has an on-site restaurant which features a variety of beers. Fans will pay a $2.50 gate admission, but be given a $2.50 token good for use inside the facility towards the first beverage.<\/p>\n

Sportsplex USA Santee\u00e2\u20ac\u017d<\/strong>
\n9951 Riverwalk Drive
\nSantee, CA 92071
\n(619) 334-1000<\/p>\n

The tournament will feature seven nationally ranked teams (ISC World Tournament rankings) , including three in the top 20, four in the top 25, with likely pitching staffs shown below in parentheses:<\/p>\n

# 5 California A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (Sean Whitten, Travis Price, Derek Mayson, Dave Drotzmann) [Pool A]
\n# 11 Bakersfield Silverhawks (Sebastian Gervasutti, Andrew Putnam) [Pool B]
\n# 15 Portland (Bricklen Anderson, Mark Bennett) [Pool A]
\n#22 Italian Athletic Club*<\/em> (Tony Peeples, Tyson Barkman, Matt Barnes) [Pool C]
\n# 26 Rude Pac (Cory Avery, Gerald Pyle) [Pool B]
\n # 29 Maccabi (Russ Snow, Dave Blackburn, Jason Gluckman and Ronnie Rupp) [Pool A]
\n# 34 Cal State Builders (Darren Strang, John Peterson) [Pool B]<\/p>\n

*pre-season ranking; do not appear in June 8 rankings, after announcing that they would not be competing in the 2010 ISC World Tournament<\/em><\/p>\n

The top two ranked teams, #5 California A’s and #11 Bakersfield Silverhawks finished 1-2 at the Best of the West tournament<\/a> earlier this month at Santa Barbara, while #26 Rude Pac and #29 Macabbi tied for third. Macabbi up-ended a very good Mexicali Mexico team in that tournament, while Rude Pac gave the champion California A’s one of their toughest games, falling 2-0 in the semi-finals. <\/p>\n

The California Classic will showcase some of the world’s best pitching, with a number hailing from across the continent or beyond:<\/p>\n

Canada:<\/strong>
\nSean Whitten (Cal A’s)
\nDerek Mayson (Cal A’s)
\nTravis Price (Cal A’s)
\nAndrew Putnam (Bakersfield Silverhawks)
\nBricklen Anderson (Portland)
\nCory Avery (Rude Pac)
\nTyson Barkman (IAC)<\/p>\n

Argentina:<\/strong>
\nSebastian Gervasutti (Bakersfield Silverhawks)<\/p>\n

Minnesota, USA:<\/strong>
\nJohn Peterson <\/a>(Cal State Builders)<\/p>\n

2010 California Classic Pool Play
\nSaturday, June 19, 2010<\/strong>
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Pool A<\/strong>
\n1. # 5 California A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\n2. So. Cal Tribe
\n3. # 29 Maccabi
\n4. # 15 Portland <\/p>\n

Pool B<\/strong>
\n1. # 34 Cal State Builders
\n2. # 11 Bakersfield Silverhawks
\n3. # 26 Rude Pac
\n4. Pala Braves <\/p>\n

Pool C<\/strong>
\n1. Vancouver Meralomas
\n2. # 22 IAC
\n3. Tow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pros
\n4. Barona<\/p>\n

Games times<\/strong> * This is the revised schedule of games *<\/p>\n

Saturday, June 19, 2010<\/p>\n

8:00
\nCalifornia A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vs. Cal State Builders
\nBakersfield Silverhawks vs. Portland
\nVancouver vs. IAC<\/p>\n

10:00
\nCalifornia A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vs. Maccabi
\nRude Pac vs. Pala Braves
\nVancouver vs. Tow Pro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/p>\n

12:00
\nRude Pac vs. Portland
\nBakersfield Silverhawks vs. Cal State Builders
\nIAC vs. Barona<\/p>\n

2:00
\nCalifornia A\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vs. Portland
\nMaccabi vs. Pala Braves
\nVancouver vs. Barona<\/p>\n

4:00
\nRude Pac vs. Silverhawks
\nCal State Builders vs Pala Braves
\nIAC vs. Tow Pro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/p>\n

6:00
\nRude Pac vs Maccabi
\nTow Pro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vs Barona<\/p>\n

Sunday’s Championship Bracket game times:
\n8am
\n10am
\n12 noon<\/p>\n

Watch for bracket to be posted shortly.<\/p>\n