{"id":3644,"date":"2009-09-02T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T20:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2009-09-02T13:47:27","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T20:47:27","slug":"diamond-dirt-no-4-sr-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3644","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Dirt No. 4 – Sr. Canadians"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOST CENTENNIALS PERFECT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\n(click logo to visit official site)<\/em><\/p>\n

From Diamond Dirt Editor, John Thompson:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to view Issue Number 4 for the Sr. Canadians (PDF) <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Other “Diamond Dirt” news at Fastpitchwest.<\/a><\/p>\n

Text version of this issue after the jump. <\/strong> <\/p>\n

HOST CENTENNIALS PERFECT;<\/p>\n

BROOKFIELD SOLID START<\/p>\n

Two teams are extremely happy with the first half of the round-robin with the bats barking and the bull-pen providing quality outings. The host Evergreen Centennials have rattled off five straight wins to remain undefeated, with Ps Rob Schweyer and Sean Whitten each having two wins and P Scott Wagar with a single, much to the delight of the partisan St. Thomas fans. The Brookfield NS Elks, sitting with three wins, have tasted defeat but once, that at the hands of the hometown Cens. P Cory Avery has two wins while veteran hurler Brian Urquhart has one.<\/p>\n

St. Thomas is assured of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153double life\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for the eliminations which start Friday. The Elks still have some work ahead in order to finish among the top four in the round \u00e2\u20ac\u201c robin. Brookfield has yet to face Vancouver, Jarvis and Kitchener \u00e2\u20ac\u201c no easy task \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and may need a 4th win to be assured of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153double-lifeline\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Elks meet Grey Sox today at 2 pm. <\/p>\n

The Tale of JUMBO (continued from Monday)<\/p>\n

Jumbo was transported from venue to venue around the US and Canada in a specially built carriage. The six ton Jumbo was accompanied by his handler, Matthew Scott.<\/p>\n

Jumbo’s skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The elephant’s heart was sold to Cornell University. Jumbo’s hide was stuffed and traveled with Barnum’s circus for a number of years. In 1889, Barnum donated the stuffed Jumbo to Tufts University, where it was displayed until destroyed by a fire in 1975. Jumbo’s tail, which survived the fire, is kept in the University archives. The great elephant’s ashes are kept in a 14-ounce Peter Pan Crunchy Peanut Butter jar in the office of the Tufts athletic director. A statue of “Jumbo” was purchased from an amusement park and placed on the Tufts campus after the fire, however this statue erroneously depicts an Asian elephant, not an African elephant. In honour of Barnum’s donation of the elephant’s hide and more than $50,000, Jumbo became the university’s mascot, and remains such to this day. <\/p>\n

Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Key Game:<\/p>\n

Fans enjoying hometown win streak<\/p>\n

8:00 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Charlottetown Fawcetts (1-3) vs<\/p>\n

ST. THOMAS CENTENNIALS (5-0)
\nTHURSDAY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Erie Catch of the Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Pickerel Fish Fry – $10 at 6 pm <\/p>\n

RESULTS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Monday Aug. 31<\/p>\n

Harrah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mildmay Picks<\/p>\n

(Record to date (13-4) <\/p>\n

W 10:00 KITCHENER RIVERSHARK TWINS 7 vs Charlottetown Fawcetts 0<\/p>\n

Kitchener Rivershark Twins 7R 7H 1E<\/p>\n

Charlottetown Fawcetts 0R 2H 2E<\/p>\n

WP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Grant Patterson (1-0) 12 K; Dale Levy 2×2, 2 HR, 4 rbis; Ryan Wolfe 2×3, 2 rbis<\/p>\n

LP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mitch Hardy (0-1); Jamie MacDonald & Kent Poulton 1×2
\nW 12:00 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jarvis Gamblers vs 0<\/p>\n

ST. THOMAS CENTENNIALS 6<\/p>\n

Jarvis First Ont. Gamblers 0R 2H 0E<\/p>\n

St. Thomas Centennials 6R 9H 0E<\/p>\n

WP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sean Whitten (2-0) 9K; Chris Payne 2×2, 2 rbis; Brad Robinson 2×3; Mike Pullin \u00e2\u20ac\u201c HR & 2 rbis<\/p>\n

LP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Paul Koert (1-1) 5K<\/p>\n

W 2:00 – KITCHENER RIVERSHARK TWINS 9 vs Glace Bay Mets 2<\/p>\n

Kitchener Rivershark Twins 9R 5H 0E<\/p>\n

Glace Bay Mets 2R 3H 2E<\/p>\n

WP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Blair Ezekiel (1-0), 9K, 1×1, 2 runs scored; Derek Shackelton 1×1, 2 rbi; Ryan Wolfe 1×1, 2 runs scored.<\/p>\n

LP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Donnelly Archibald (0-2) 3K; consecutive hits by Donald Kennedy, John J. McCarthy & Greg Garrity provided Mets with early 2-0 lead, Twins roared back for the mercy<\/p>\n

L 4:00 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c CHARLOTTETOWN FAWCETTS 1 vs Brookfield Elks 3<\/p>\n

Charlottetown Fawcetts 1R 3H 2E<\/p>\n

Brookfield Elks 3R 7H 3E<\/p>\n

WP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Cory Avery (2-0) 8K; Mike Grant 3×3; LP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Frank Cox (1-2) 10K; hits by Ward Gosse, Kelly Wenstrom & Rob Doiron. <\/p>\n

W 6:00 pm\u00e2\u20ac\u201cJARVIS GAMBLERS 7<\/p>\n

vs St. John\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kelly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pub 2<\/p>\n

WP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Paul Koert (2-0), 12K; Gamblers notch only 3 hits, with Jeff Ellsworth Grand Slam pacing a 7 run B2;<\/p>\n

LP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Darrell Tilley (0-1); Brad Ezekiel 2×2 and 2 rbis; Justin Gill 2×4
\nW 8:00 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Vancouver Grey Sox 1 vs<\/p>\n

ST. THOMAS CENTENNIALS 8<\/p>\n

WP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rob Schweyer (2-0), 6K; Tyler Lessard 2×2, HR, 2 rbis; Mike Pullin 1×1,2 rbis; Troy Rick 1×3, 2 rbis<\/p>\n

LP \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tyson Barkman (0-2); Calem Gardner 2×2<\/p>\n

STANDINGS<\/p>\n

Wednesday morning September 2<\/p>\n

TEAM W L<\/p>\n

Playoff Double Life<\/p>\n

St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials 5 0<\/p>\n

Brookfield NS Elks 3 1<\/p>\n

Kitchener Hallman Rivershark Twins 3 1<\/p>\n

Jarvis First Ontario Gamblers 3 2
\nPlayoff Single Life<\/p>\n

Charlottetown PEI Fawcetts 1 3<\/p>\n

St. Johns NL Kelly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pub Canadians 1 3<\/p>\n

Vancouver BC Grey Sox 1 3<\/p>\n

Glace Bay NS Mets 0 4 <\/p>\n

HARRAH\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S MILDMAY<\/p>\n

PICKS FOR Wed. Sept. 2<\/p>\n

(Winners BOLD UPPER CASE UNDERLINED)<\/p>\n

(Record to date (13-4)<\/p>\n

12:00 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c JARVIS GAMBLERS vs<\/p>\n

Glace Bay Mets<\/p>\n

2:00 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c VANCOUVER GREY SOX vs Brookfield Elks<\/p>\n

4:00 pm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c KITCHENER RIVERSHARK TWINS vs St. John\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Kelly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pub<\/p>\n

6:00 PM \u00e2\u20ac\u201c VANCOUVER GREY SOX<\/p>\n

vs Glace Bay Mets<\/p>\n

8:00 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Charlottetown Fawcetts vs<\/p>\n

ST. THOMAS CENTENNIALS <\/p>\n

SCORE BOOTH AUCTION<\/p>\n

In follow-up to yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s SUPER DUPER DEAL on the score box, here are the details for the minimum bid for purchasing these ballpark items: (Cost of Materials and minimum bid of 50%)<\/p>\n

Score-box – $836 – min. bid $418<\/p>\n

Ticket Booth \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $110 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c min. bid $55<\/p>\n

Dugout roofs \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $387 – min bid $193<\/p>\n

Total – $1,333 cost all materials, min bid of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153devishly appropriate $666\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n

YOGIsm \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gonna buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Yogi Berra<\/p>\n

BASEBALL QUOTE<\/p>\n

Pitcher Jim Kern, relating story from on the mound. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I told my manager I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tired. He told me \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo, but your outfielders are!\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

50\/50 – Tuesday September 1<\/p>\n

Draw #5 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c #02320-$323-Cindy Earhart<\/p>\n

Draw #6 – #02756-$516-Carol Goodhue<\/p>\n

Unclaimed<\/p>\n

Sunday Draw #2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c #00822 – $559<\/p>\n

Monday Draw #4 – #01564 – $337 <\/p>\n

HEY THERE AL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Al Doran, friend of fastball and known throughout the world for his Al\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Fastball website and News blog, is missing one of the few major tournaments in his career. Al is nursing a gimpy leg and is unable to attend the Canadians, but sends his regrets and appreciates following this Championship on the internet. Get well Al – from friends at the Tarry Complex.<\/p>\n

TOURNAMENT RULES<\/p>\n

Int.Tie-Breaker – Correct ruling<\/p>\n

International Tie-breaker \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if a game is tied after 7 innings, each following half inning, teams will start with a runner at 2B (the last out from prior inning) to assist in generating offence.<\/p>\n

The correct ruling is that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the offensive team shall begin its turn at bat with the player who is scheduled to bat last in that respective half inning being placed on 2nd base\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. This could be the player in the last completed batting position in the previous inning, or a substitute player (i.e. if a speedy runner was deemed to be offensively advantageous).<\/p>\n

CANADIAN NATIONALS<\/p>\n

*T*R*I*V*I*A*<\/p>\n

(answers to Tuesday Trivia)<\/p>\n

1. Andrew Phibbs, Pat Graham and Ryan Thompson<\/p>\n

2. Alberta and Saskatchewan<\/p>\n

3. PEI and Newfoundland<\/p>\n

4. Newfoundland won the 2009 Jr. Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Canadians in Owen Sound \u00e2\u20ac\u201c future looks bright!<\/p>\n

5. Swiss Chalet Restaurant, 1014 Talbot Street, St. Thomas<\/p>\n

TODAY\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S QUESTIONS<\/p>\n

1. What city\/province is hosting the 2090 Canadian Sr. Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Nationals?<\/p>\n

2. This week, what food sponsor is offering 10% discount to ball fans? 3. Two competing teams this week won medals at the 2008 Nationals. Which teams?<\/p>\n

4. Which player of the Fawcetts of Charlottetown made the 2008 Sr. Men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Canadian All-Star team?<\/p>\n

5. Which player on the Jarvis Gamblers hit 4 HRs and was named the top batter at the 2008 Nationals?<\/p>\n

(Hint \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he hit one last night as well)<\/p>\n

COMMENTARY FOLLOW-UP FROM A FAN<\/p>\n

Maybe it was my imagination, but Tuesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s schedule unfolded smoothly and seamlessly (the mercy-ended games assisted). Good work everyone. Here are some simple suggestions to shorten the length of games and thus enhance the pace of a day in the life of a fastball tournament, in this case the Canadian Nationals.<\/p>\n

PRE-GAME <\/p>\n

(1) Rather than wait for perfectly groomed diamonds to have the teams\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 managers meet with the umpires, have this meeting while the diamond is being groomed.<\/p>\n

(2) Shorten the Managers\/Umpires meetings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c what ground rules have to be repeatedly covered when all teams are playing on the same diamond for all 38 games?<\/p>\n

DURING GAME <\/p>\n

Between innings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n

(3) During the 12+ transitions from offence to defence, managers, coaches & umpires politely, with enthusiasm encourage players to hustle off & onto the playing field.<\/p>\n

Between pitches and between outs –<\/p>\n

(4) Allow only one \u00e2\u20ac\u0153catcher-pitcher\u00e2\u20ac\u009dconference per half inning<\/p>\n

(5) Encourage batters to minimize time getting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153set\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in the batters box<\/p>\n

(6) For some pitchers, put the clock on the time allowed for theatrics between pitching deliveries<\/p>\n

Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not eliminate these idiosyncrasies, but simply try to decrease or minimize them \u00e2\u20ac\u201c what are the results? <\/p>\n

What would be the amount of time saved?<\/p>\n

(1) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c If a four-minute managers\/umpires meeting is held while diamond is being groomed, 4 minutes saved .<\/p>\n

(2) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sub-set of #1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if meeting is held during grooming, there is no need to shorten this pre-game tradition.<\/p>\n

(3) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c If teams could hustle in and out just 15 seconds more quickly on twelve half-innings, and the between innings warm-up of pitcher and catcher readiness could be decreased by 15 seconds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 6 minutes saved.<\/p>\n

(4) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Assuming that each pitcher-catcher conference is 20 seconds \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if each team eliminated three per game, which is one every two innings \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2 minutes saved<\/p>\n

(5) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Assume that each of a team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 24 plate appearances has an average of 4 pitches, and half of those players (12) need extra time to get \u00e2\u20ac\u0153set\u00e2\u20ac\u009d every 2 pitches. If those \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sluggish\u00e2\u20ac\u009d players would decrease \u00e2\u20ac\u0153get set\u00e2\u20ac\u009d time by 10 seconds to once every plate appearance rather than once every two pitches, the savings would be 12 x 10 seconds = 2 minutes per team – 4 minutes saved.<\/p>\n

(6) Assuming each team throws about 12-16 pitches per inning, and one of the team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pitchers consumes an extra 15 seconds for theatrics between 25% of those pitches, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 45-60 seconds per inning. If the theatrics were cut in half this would be about 30 seconds per half inning which is about – 3 minutes saved. Total \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 19 minutes saved.<\/p>\n

If umpires, managers\/coaches, pitchers\/batters and all players add a bit of Pete \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Charlie Hustle\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rose to their efforts, sluggish games would be minimized. <\/p>\n

The Tale of JUMBO (continued from Monday)<\/p>\n

Jumbo was transported from venue to venue around the US and Canada in a specially built carriage. The six ton Jumbo was accompanied by his handler, Matthew Scott.<\/p>\n

Jumbo’s skeleton was donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The elephant’s heart was sold to Cornell University. Jumbo’s hide was stuffed and traveled with Barnum’s circus for a number of years. In 1889, Barnum donated the stuffed Jumbo to Tufts University, where it was displayed until destroyed by a fire in 1975. Jumbo’s tail, which survived the fire, is kept in the University archives. The great elephant’s ashes are kept in a 14-ounce Peter Pan Crunchy Peanut Butter jar in the office of the Tufts athletic director. A statue of “Jumbo” was purchased from an amusement park and placed on the Tufts campus after the fire, however this statue erroneously depicts an Asian elephant, not an African elephant. In honour of Barnum’s donation of the elephant’s hide and more than $50,000, Jumbo became the university’s mascot, and remains such to this day.<\/p>\n

The Tale of JUMBO (final)<\/p>\n

A guy went into a restaurant in St Thomas, Ontario on September 15, 1885. He passed a sign that said that anyone who can order a sandwich that the restaurant cannot supply will get $1000. He sits down, thinking this could be the easiest money he has ever made, and without even looking at the menu, he asks the waiter for an “Elephant Ear on Rye Sandwich”. The waiter returns ten minutes later with a check for $1000 and hands it to the guy. The guy says, with a smirk, “Out of Elephant Ears?” “No,” replies the waiter, “we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re out of rye bread.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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