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Schedule for Canada’s Sr. Men at Pan-Am Qualfier in Parana ARG – Oct 24-Nov 1, 2014
Cap tip ISC Canada East. Click here to view the schedule for the Sr. Canadian Men's team for the Pan-Am Qualifier in Parana Argentina, October 24-November 1, 2014 IX Men's Pan American Championship (Parana, Argentina) Date Game Time Media October 24 Canada vs. Dominican Republic 3:30pm EDT TBD October 25 Canada vs. Cuba 3:00pm EDT TBD October 26 Canada … [Read more...]
Jeff Ellsworth named to Canada’s Pan American softball team
Editor's note: We carried a story in August announcing that Jeff Ellsworth was retiring from ISC play. The upcoming Pan Am qualifier and next year's Pan Am and ISF championships offer fastball fans a last opportunity to see the player some call the best in the game. Call this the "Farewell Tour" if you wish, just don't miss it. You are watching one of the game's … [Read more...]
USA Softball Men’s Fastpitch National Team wins Durk Sherman Classic Championship
From Steve Embree, ASA/USA Softball ELKLAND, Pa. – In their first event as a team, the 2014 USA Softball Men’s Fastpitch National Team took the championship of Durk Sherman Classic in Elkland, Pa. this weekend. Using the event as a tune-up for next month’s IX Conpasa Men’s Fastpitch Panam, Team USA went 5-0 in the event capped off with a 7-0 win over the USA Futures in the … [Read more...]
USA Softball Women’s National Team takes silver in ISF Women’s World Championship
From Steve Embree, USA Softball Haarlem, Netherlands – The USA Softball Women’s National Team defeated Australia 8-1 (six innings) to advance to play Japan in the Gold Medal game of the International Softball Federation (ISF) Women’s World Championship on Sunday the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of American/USA Softball announced today. In the finals, the defending … [Read more...]
USA Women split games on day one of playoffs at ISF World Championship
From Steve Embree, USA Softball Haarlem, Netherlands – Following a near 30-hour delay due to rain, the USA Softball Women’s National Team began the playoff portion of the International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship on Saturday. Team USA, playing as the top seed from Pool B, defeated Canada 6-1 in their first game to earn a matchup later in the day with the … [Read more...]
ESPNw: Japanese Pitcher Yukiko Ueno Perfect Storm Of Power And Precision
Cap tip Bob Henning From ESPNw.com By Graham Hays Think of Yukiko Ueno as one part David and one part Paul Bunyan. She is both the upstart whose arm felled a giant in a sport's most famous moment and a figure whose ability to throw a softball harder than almost anyone else lends itself to a larger-than-life mythology. In her hands, a ball can be both the stone in a … [Read more...]