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ASA Men's Major 2004
SOUTH BEND, IN -- The race is on for the ASA Men's Major Fast Pitch
National Championship which begins Thursday, August 5 in South Bend, IN.
The twenty best men's major fast pitch teams from 12 states will start
play in the Amateur Softball Association 72nd annual Men's Major
Fast Pitch National Championship at the four-field Belleville
Complex.
It's the first time South Bend has hosted the Men's Major and the second
time that this National Championship Final has been held in the state. The
first time this event was held in Indiana was 1966 in Indianapolis.
Sixteen of the 20 teams will compete in first round action Thursday
including the defending champion, The Farm Tavern of Madison, WI, which
won its first ASA Men's Major fast pitch title last year in Midland, MI.
The Farm, which won the Bob Walsh Memorial Classic and finished second in
its own invitational tournament in July, will open defense of its title on
Thursday at 7 p.m. against the Dolan Murphy Shamrocks of Aurora, Illinois.
Following are the remaining first-round games:
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Bloomington Stix vs.
Coors Light, Ashland, OH, 5 p.m.; |
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Heflin Builders, Balston,
NY vs. Midland, MI Explorers, 5 p.m.; |
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Broken Bow Spirit, Broken
Bow, NE vs. Pueblo Bandits, Pueblo, CO, 7 p.m.; |
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Separators, New Castle,
IN vs. The Bull/Townline,
DePere, WI, 5 p.m.; |
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Winterset A's, WInterset,
IA vs. Indiana Jaybirds, Anderson, IN, 5 p.m.; |
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Plangger's Furniture,
Elkhart, IN vs. Fred's Interiors, Quad City, IA, 5 p.m. and
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The Freight, Hillsboro,
IL vs. Circle Tap, Green Bay, WI, 7 p.m. |
Circle Tap was runner-up in
the 2003 ASA Men's Major Fast Pitch National Championship, losing to
The Farm Tavern, 4-0, in the championship game.
Other teams in the tournament include the Imaging Solutions Knights of
Fargo, ND; HIS Construction of Houston, TX; Blackhawk Athletic Club of
Rockford, IL and the Lafayette Pub of St. Louis, MO.
Twenty games will be played on Friday including 12 in the loser's bracket,
with nine Saturday. The championship is scheduled Sunday morning at 10
with the if necessary game scheduled at noon. Daily updated will be
reported on
www.asasoftball.com
http://www.softball.org/communications/getStory.asp?nid=694
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Follow the
game by game coverage of the ASA Major Tournament at:
For full bracket, click "2004 Bracket"
menu button at left. We have posted in PDF format for those of
you with Adobe Reader, and alternately, in "JPG" (photo) format.
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