Editor's note: I always enjoy receiving and reading Dennis Dosman's "This Week in Fastball", which focuses primarily on fastball in the Ontario Canada area. We are happy to share the first edition for 2011, below. Among the biggest news items that caught my eye: NEW ZEALAND (Black Sox) lands in KW (Kitchener Waterloo ON) ....June 23rd. The Black Sox will be playing in … [Read more...]
2011 Roster – Saskatoon Dbacks – Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon Dbacks - Saskatoon, SK (Pitchers in bold) Climenhaga Jim #39 C X Delisle SK Arsenie Derek #18 C Saskatoon SK Equina Jon #21 IF Saskatoon SK Evely Geoff #15 IF Y St. John's … [Read more...]
Future of fastball in Kitchener to be debated
From The Record By Christine Rivet, Record staff KITCHENER — Is fastball dead in Waterloo Region? Don (Pete) McIlwraith, for one, would like to know. Regarded as the game’s world-wide epicentre as recently as two summers ago, the region has since seen two of the sport’s premier teams, the Kitchener Rivershark Twins and the Kitchener Krush, fold. And now … [Read more...]
2011 Roster – Tribe, Wyevale, ON
Tribe, Wyevale, ON (Pitchers in … [Read more...]
Bradford Classic moves to Cobourg ON – June 10-12
From Northumberland Today By JEFF GARD, NORTHUMBERLAND TODAY COBOURG -- For the 21st edition of the local fastball tournament this year, the Jim Bradford Classic has a new home. Organizer Steve Bedard said the Classic will be held this year at Legion Fields in Cobourg, the weekend of June 10 to 12. Due to the challenge of finding a sufficient number of volunteers … [Read more...]
Season Gets Underway in Saskatoon, SK
Cap tip Blair Setford Dry fields finally allow start of softball season By Mark Loehndorf, The StarPhoenix Fast-pitch softball is thriving in Saskatoon. Both these leagues are the largest of their kind in the country and are envied around the world. Click here for the complete story, and intersting note about the use of pitching machines in youth league. The … [Read more...]
2011 Roster – Quyon, Que COMBAT Flyers – Quyon, Quebec
Quyon, Que COMBAT Flyers - Quyon, Quebec (Pitchers in bold) Langford Joel 2 IF Orleans, Ontario Armitage Nick 7 OF/IF Quyon, Quebec Cunningham Dylan 8 IF Belwood, Ontario Laframboise Shawn 15 OF Shawville, Quebec Morrison Cory 19 OF Alberton, PEI Hargrove Chad 21 P Orleans, Ontario Greer Matt 22 IF Shawville, … [Read more...]