{"id":3776,"date":"2009-11-25T11:40:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T18:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2009-11-25T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T18:42:16","slug":"islander-to-play-softball-with-new-york-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3776","title":{"rendered":"Islander to play softball with New York team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.pe.ca\/index.cfm?sid=305878&#038;sc=99\"><strong>From The Guardian, Prince Edward Island<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(click link for original news story)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ellsworth sets sights on return to national team<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>ERIC MCCARTHY<br \/>\nTranscontinental Media<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BROOKLYN \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Another busy summer of competitive ball awaits Jeff Ellsworth.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn, P.E.I., resident recently signed to play for the Broken Bow Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s out of New York City for the 2010 season. <\/p>\n<p>The team finished second in the International Softball Congress world championship last year, up from fourth the previous year.<br \/>\nEllsworth is also very interested in continuing playing with Canada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s senior men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll definitely be sticking around,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Ellsworth.<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada is currently in the midst of selecting a new coaching staff and a new players\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pool will subsequently be created.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d expect the old players will be getting a call right away to see what their interest is,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ellsworth suggested.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the 2009 season, Ellsworth indicated he would take some time to decide his future in the sport. Changes in the International Softball Federation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s schedule are working to Ellsworth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advantage.  Previously, the ISF held a world championship every four years but has since changed that to every two years. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more attractive for older players,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Ellsworth.  <\/p>\n<p>Ellsworth, known for his strong play in the outfield, sound batting and swift base-running, will be one of two Canadians on a Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s roster loaded with international talent.    There are only two Americans signed with the team.<\/p>\n<p>He also plans to play for the Charlottetown Fawcetts in the Canadian senior men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fastpitch championship in Charlottetown in August.  The last time the Canadian championship was on P.E.I., Ellsworth was just starting out in senior ball, and playing for the host Summerside Twins.  That was nine years ago and he has been all over the map with his sport since then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Guardian, Prince Edward Island (click link for original news story) Ellsworth sets sights on return to national team ERIC MCCARTHY Transcontinental Media BROOKLYN \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Another busy summer of competitive ball awaits Jeff Ellsworth. The Brooklyn, P.E.I., resident recently signed to play for the Broken Bow Patsy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s out of New York City for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3,17,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3776"}],"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=3776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}