From Al Doran, Al's Fastball We have decided to mothball our AlsFastball Mailing List. This will happen very soon. This notice refers only to our e-mail list, our website www.alsfastball.com will remian the same. This will happen for a number of reasons, including: We are using the mailing list less and less, fewer people are subscribing and we send out fewer … [Read more...]
Midland 2012 ISC World Tournament Website
From Kyle Beane in Midland MI Midland, MI In little less than 5 months, the 2012 ISC World Tournament will be held at Emerson Park and Redcoats Complex in Midland, Michigan. After the 2010 World Tournament, we can only hope to have the same success in 2012 - the weather, fans, and teams all worked in conjunction with the ISC, the Host Committee and the Midland Parks … [Read more...]
This Month’s News at Al’s Fastball
Click here for this month's news items at Al's Fastball. In case you had not noticed, we have placed a "quick link" to Al's Fastball (our own favorite for men's fastpitch news) in the upper right-hand corner of this and every page at Fastpitchwest.com, marked simply "Al's". (If you are using a browser with tabs, the quick link will open Al's Fastball as a new tab, leaving … [Read more...]
Comments Welcome
As you may have noticed, one of the new features of the recently re-designed FastpitchWest website is the "Comments" section at the bottom of each and every blog post. (Scroll down on any page to "Speak Your Mind"). Your comments are welcome and invited. (Longtime readers will recall that the old Morning Brief blog had a comments section but that it as turned off due … [Read more...]
Michigan Tournaments – 2011
The Michigan Fastpitch website has been updated for 2011, with a list of tournaments for the coming year, including the Pete Schwab Memorial, July 15-17 in Frankenmuth. The site is a nice use of (free) "Google Sites". We wrote about the site previously, including a large photo of Petoskey Field, pictured above as well. Seems to be the week for picturesque fields. … [Read more...]
Fastpitchwest Forum
Following the major revamp of the Fastpitchwest.com website last month, some readers have asked what happened to the Fastpitchwest Forum, our reader-driven bulletin board dating back to 2003. The answer is that it's still in operation, running "underneath" the new website, and accessible under the "Community" main menu button.. ("mouse over" the "Community" button and the … [Read more...]