{"id":1934,"date":"2007-07-31T08:02:03","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2007-07-31T08:58:10","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T16:58:10","slug":"asa-major-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1934","title":{"rendered":"ASA Major Bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 2-5, 2007 at South Bend, Indiana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/ASA_100.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leagueusa.com\/~sbparkwb\/files\/17%20Men's%20Bracket.pdf\"><strong>Click here to view the Bracket<\/strong><\/a> for the ASA Major Tournament in South Bend, IN, August 2-5, 2007.  (PDF file, Adobe Reader required &#8212; since it&#8217;s on most computers, try double click and wait for it to load)  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southbendparksleagues.com\/1167748327889.html\"><br \/>\n<strong>Click here for the tournament website<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s notes: <\/strong> Speaking of tough draws (see note on Midland below), how about this one: ISC # 1 Broken Bow vs. ISC #6 The Farm in an opening round matchup?  4pm EST Wednesday.   (All game times on bracket are EST, adjust your time zone accordingly)<\/p>\n<p>Note that the championship game(s) are slated for Saturday night, August 4th, not the 5th.   There will only be games on August 5 in the event of inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>With the ISC and NAFA going to a cork center ball for safety&#8217;s sake, the ASA Major will use the Kmaster poly core.  In the past week, <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/minorlbb\/news\/story?id=2945798\">a pro baseball base coach<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?content_id=7e780a1c-deff-48e4-8b93-96b6ee0ec65f\">12 year old girl<\/a> both died after being struck by a ball.  Does it have to happen in fastpitch before they stop using the poly core rocket balls?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and then there is this inviting welcome from the ASA:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Brackets shall be updated, as time permits, throughout the tournament.  <strong>PLEASE &#8211; do not call the complex for game information as none shall be provided over the telephone!<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2-5, 2007 at South Bend, Indiana Click here to view the Bracket for the ASA Major Tournament in South Bend, IN, August 2-5, 2007. (PDF file, Adobe Reader required &#8212; since it&#8217;s on most computers, try double click and wait for it to load) Click here for the tournament website. Editor&#8217;s notes: Speaking of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}