{"id":2259,"date":"2007-12-10T22:47:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T06:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2007-12-11T13:53:26","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T21:53:26","slug":"silverhawks-banana-slugs-reign-in-santa-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2259","title":{"rendered":"Silverhawks, Banana Slugs Reign at Santa Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Bucks Tournament Results
\n
\nUpper Division<\/strong>
\n
\nSaturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

SoCal Bucks 2-1 3 runs allowed
\nMark Bennett no hit Carribbean
\nSilver Hawks 2-1
\nSpud Barker 2 wins
\nMacabee 1-2
\nCarribbean 1-2
\n
\nSunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

SoCal Bucks 4 Carribbean 0
\nW M.Bennett L G.Joiner
\nSilverHawks 5 Macabee 3
\nW S.Barker L . Blackburn
\nFinals
\nSilverhawks 3 SoCal Bucks 2(10 innings)
\nW. S.Barker L M. Bennett
\n
\nLower Division<\/strong>
\nSat
\nYoung Bucks 3-0
\nBanana Slugs 2-1
\nPalmdale Masters 1-2
\nKickin Chickens 1-2
\nCana De Flor 1-2
\nThose Guys 1-2
\n
\nSemi Finals<\/strong>
\nYoung Bucks 8 Cana De Flor 7
\nBanana Slugs 5 Kickin Chickens 1<\/p>\n

Finals<\/strong>
\nBanana Slugs 14 Young Bucks 8
\nW Bob Vandenburg L C. Armijo<\/p>\n

Editor’s notes:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Banana Slugs?<\/strong> I know — I had the same reaction, a la Butch Cassidy….”Who are those<\/em> guys?”. Well, one name jumps off the page of this tournament recap – pitcher Bob Vandeburg, the winner in the championship game. Bob was one of two pick-ups for my old Vista Bomber team of 1991, runner-up at the ASA “A” Nationals in Boulder, Colorado. Bob teamed up with Russ Snow and Cary Weiler, sort of a Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz of their day, and combined to pitch 11 games at Coors Field altitude, coupled with the then-new high compression Dudley Thunder. <\/p>\n

Those of my generation will remember Bobby as the mainstay of the Burbank Raymax team during the 1980’s, including a trip to the ASA “A” Nationals in 1985 at Bakersfield, California. Six foot eight David Gray was the other ace on that staff. Good to see your name in a box score again, Bobby.<\/p>\n

Looks like Mark Bennett had a good weekend, tossing a no-no, while Spud Barker pitched well — as he did all year, including the NAFA A Major championship at Des Moines. Keep an eye on the Rude Pac again in 2008. Little known fact, but pitching is not Spud’s only talent….I got a sneak preview at some of his handiwork on a new Rude Pac logo. Slick.<\/p>\n

And while I’ve got the floor, let me put in a plug for Clyde Bennett and the Young Bucks, who hosted this past weekend’s tournament as a fund raiser for the 2008 campaign. Clyde works tirelessly to keep that program going for the 23-and-under crowd, with the likes of Team USA Jr. Men’s Kevin Castillo, pitcher Anthony Martinez, and many other fine young ballplayers over the past several years. The Young Bucks are a fixture at the 23-and-under Nationals, winning the national title in 2006 after finishing second in 2005. <\/p>\n

Clyde gets help from son Mark Bennett, and some local community folks, but it’s a self-financed effort, with the expenses always running far ahead of the income. If you are still working on your Christmas list, you might consider a small donation to the Young Bucks 23-and-under program. It’s a great gift to the future of the game, and I’m sure it would be appreciated by Clyde. (He didn’t ask for this plug, but is deserving of any assistance given.) <\/p>\n

Send to:<\/p>\n

\nClyde Bennett
\n6600 Stagecoach Rd
\nSanta Barbara, Ca. 93105<\/p>\n

You can contact him at:
\n805-964-2114 805-895-9007
\nclydebennett13@yahoo.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, just about time to turn the page to 2008. What are you and your team up to in the coming new year? Drop us a line. info (at) fastpitchwest.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Young Bucks Tournament Results Upper Division Saturday SoCal Bucks 2-1 3 runs allowed Mark Bennett no hit Carribbean Silver Hawks 2-1 Spud Barker 2 wins Macabee 1-2 Carribbean 1-2 Sunday SoCal Bucks 4 Carribbean 0 W M.Bennett L G.Joiner SilverHawks 5 Macabee 3 W S.Barker L . Blackburn Finals Silverhawks 3 SoCal Bucks 2(10 innings) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,6,11,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259"}],"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=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}