{"id":3283,"date":"2009-06-07T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T00:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2009-06-07T22:37:19","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T05:37:19","slug":"legends-tourney-provides-team-argentina-tune-up-for-isf-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Legends Tourney Provides Team Argentina tune-up for ISF Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Thanks to John Thompson, Editor of &#8220;Diamond Dirt&#8221; for this story and photos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With scarcely more than a month until the International Softball Federation World Championships in Saskatoon,SK, <strong>Team Argentina<\/strong> has embarked on a full schedule of North American matches and tournaments to prepare for the 2009 Event.<\/p>\n<p>Team Argentina won its first two matches in Pool Play at the Legends Tournament in Kitchener, before losing 6-2 to the ISC defending Champion Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina finished tied for 3rd with St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials, while Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins won the championship, beating Jarvis Gamblers in the final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Legends.Argentina.2009.800.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Legends.Argentina.2009.800.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><em>(click to enlarge)<\/em><em><br \/>\nTeam Argentina&#8217;s infielders #9 Pablo Montero and #37 Kevin Bolzan and team-mates straddle the first base line at Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener during the Legends Ceremony prior to their encounter with the ISC defending champion Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Legends.Argentine.Pitchers.2009.800.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Legends.Argentine.Pitchers.2009.800.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>(click to enlarge)<\/em><em><br \/>\nTeam Argentina&#8217;s veteran catcher Julio Gamarci (center)  poses with pitchers Sebastian Gervasutti (l) and Juan Potolicchio (r) at the Legends Tournament in Kitchener.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to John Thompson, Editor of &#8220;Diamond Dirt&#8221; for this story and photos. With scarcely more than a month until the International Softball Federation World Championships in Saskatoon,SK, Team Argentina has embarked on a full schedule of North American matches and tournaments to prepare for the 2009 Event. Team Argentina won its first two matches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,19,17,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283"}],"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=3283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}