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Hot Stove League Reports from Softball Premier TV

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Editor's Note: Below is a collection of the reports on player movements as reported to and by Softball Premier TV aka Luciano LoFrano. It tracks announced player moves for the upcoming 2025 season. For those not familar with the term "Hot Stove League", it originated from the image of fans gathering around a "hot stove" during the cold winter months to share news and … [Read more...]

Karl Gollan to Iowa

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One of New Zealand's great pitchers. Am I the only one that sees a bit of Karl in the new kid from New Zealand, Liam Potts? Says Roman Foore: 2007 Albaugh Inc Roster Pretty fair roster ! 2007 Albaugh Inc. Roster … [Read more...]

Ochoa’s Offensive Onslaught at USA Men’s Major

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Earlier in the week, we posted a story about the New York Gremlins winning their fourth consecutive USA Softball Men's Major National Championship. As part of that story, we mentioned that the Gremlins' Erick Ochoa was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, and picked up three additional awards, for First Team All American, Batting champion and Home Run … [Read more...]

Softball Canada Announces 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees

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Editor's Note: I had the privilege to work with Bryan Kosteroski (Builder - Saskatchewan) in 2015 when he served as the Chairperson for the WBSC Men’s World Championship in 2015, and brought our BALLPARK BROADCASTING crew in for the event. It was one of the best organized (and attended) World Championships ever. ( Canada winning gold in one of the best remembered championship … [Read more...]

USA Softball announces roster for Men’s World Cup Qualifier/C in Oklahoma City – Sept. 17-21

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USA Will Host Third of Three Qualifiers for Next Year's World Cup From the Official USA Softball website OKLAHOMA CITY (July 12, 2024) — USA Softball has announced the U.S. Men’s National Team (MNT) roster that is set to compete in the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men’s World Cup Group Stage event. Slated for September 17-21, the 16-player roster … [Read more...]