Kris Kristofferson: A Renaissance Man of American Music and Culture (1936-2024) The world has lost a true Renaissance man with the passing of Kris Kristofferson, who died peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii on September 28, 2024, at the age of 88. Kristofferson's remarkable life journey took him from the halls of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar to the skies as a helicopter … [Read more...]
Omma Tigres: The Underdogs Who Shocked the Fastpitch World
Editor's Note: The upstart Omma Tigres open play in the ISC World Tournament today, Saturday, August 10, at Surrey, British Columbia. They drew the honor of playing the first game of the tournament, today, at 1:00 p.m. PDT, taking on the Prince George River Kings. In the high-stakes world of men's fastpitch softball, where rankings often dictate expectations, the Omma … [Read more...]
Jackie Robinson Day
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Masterpiece Theater
Our Continuing Homage to the Knuckleball
Editor's note: Another video (below) for our continuing homage to the Knuckleball. See our earlier post, "The Best Knuckleball in Fastpitch". Spoiler alert: The list so far includes "Sisko Sabate, Voldy Terkelsen, and Sean Cleary". Have a nominee? Drop it in to the comments section below, or reply at Twitter. They tell me I threw a "Moonlight Graham" Knuckleball. … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Bob Tomlinson’s Fastpitch Chronicle – July 1997
Editor's Note This week's Throwback Thursday features snippets of the July 1997 edition of Bob Tomlinson's Fastpitch Chronicle, "the" men's fastpitch newspaper of record before the internet. Still working on a way to scan the newspaper-sized pages, but for this post, we've photographed a few articles from that issue. The familiar Page One Banner of everyone's favorite, … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Fastpitch Bulletin – Oct 1985 – The “Pay ‘n Pak Issue”
Editor's Note This week's Throwback Thursday features the October 1985 edition of Ray Andersen's Fastpitch Bulletin. Call this one the "Pay 'n Pak" issue, the World and National Champions of 1985. On the front cover is a photo of Pay 'n Pak manager Tom Wagner, whose Seattle Washington based team became the first to win both the ISC World Tournament and ASA National … [Read more...]