TONY SMITH IN AUCKLAND A LEGEND TALKS: Black Sox great Mark Sorenson talked to the team before last night's big win over the Netherlands. Other Sports Black Sox need cool heads to win world title Black Sox smash Netherlands on coach's birthday Black Sox bounce back against Argentina NZ softball great on hand to watch classic Black Sticks men go down 3-2 to Malaysians Kiwi … [Read more...]
New Zealand Black Sox rout The Netherlands
Three home turns in the fifth innings helped the Black Sox to an early finish against the Netherlands, overcoming the Europeans 11-0 at the World Softball Championships in Auckland. Captain Rhys Casley, outfielder Wayne Laulu and designated player Patrick Shannon went long in quick succession, as New Zealand piled on eight runs in their final at-bat, ending the contest under … [Read more...]
Day 7 – 2013 ISF Men’s World Championship – Final Day of Pool Play
And on the seventh day....they played some more: New Zealand time: 49 11.00am Great Britain Vs United States 50 12.00pm Indonesia Vs Venezuela 51 1.30pm Colombia Vs Argentina 52 2.30pm South Africa Vs Samoa 53 4.00pm Netherlands Vs Canada 54 5.00pm Australia Vs Czech Republic … [Read more...]
Canada Bounces Back by Shutting Down Colombia at ISF Men`s World Championship
(Auckland, New Zealand) The Canadian Men's National Team bounced back from a 4-1 loss to Japan last night by beating Colombia by a score of 8-0 in five innings at the ISF XIII Men`s World Championship. Sean Cleary (Harbour Main, NL) retired all 15 batters he faced for the five-inning perfect game, striking out 10 of those batters along the way. Mathieu Roy (St-Gervais, QC) … [Read more...]
USA Men top Venezuela 9-3 at ISF World Championship
From Steve Embree, USA Softball USA Men top Venezuela 9-3 at ISF World Championship Click here for coverage throughout the ISF Men’s Fastpitch World Championship AUCKLAND, New Zealand – The USA Men’s Fastpitch National Team moved to 3-3 in pool play of the International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship on Wednesday with a 9-3 win over Venezuela the Amateur … [Read more...]
Hot hitting and solid pitching lead USA over Venezuela in ISF World Softball Championships
By Bob Otto Josh Johnson is one pitcher who can help himself with the bat. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – In today’s fastpitch game most managers use the designated hitter, choosing to sit their pitchers, not wanting to risk injury or tiredness. Or they just plain can’t hit. But not USA manager Pete Turner. Not when he’s got a pitcher who can hit a softball like Josh … [Read more...]
Must win game for USA vs. Venezuela today – 3pm PST/6pm EST
A must win for Team USA (2-3) today, vs. Venezuela (4-1) today, 3pm Pacific Time, 6pm EST. Live video from Auckland New Zealand, 2013 ISF World Championship. Click here for live scoring. Click here for live video stream, $5 per day Click here for lineups and text live scoring. Fastpitchwest on Twitter. … [Read more...]