# Away Home Result Away Probable Home Probable Time Field 1 Denmark Dominican Rep. 9:30 AM Gordie Howe 2 Venezuela Netherlands 10:00 AM Bob Van Impe 3 Czech Republic Philippines 12:00 PM Gordie Howe 4 Australia Japan 12:30 PM Bob Van Impe 5 Great Britain Indonesia 7-0 2:30 PM … [Read more...]
Half dozen teams are in the mix for a gold medal
Great preview at the Star Phoenix, with comments from our broadcast colleague and frequent Fastpitchwest contributor, Blair Setford. By Scott Larson, The Starphoenix June 25, 2015 With the assistance of Blair Setford, here's a quick peek at the teams competing at the 2015 WBSC Men's World Softball Championship. Setford is on the coaching staff of the Toronto Gators and will … [Read more...]
Fastpitch World Media’s Top 40 List by Country
Some great work by Fastpitch World Media, listing its Top 40 players in the world by WBSC team/country: With the WBSC World Championships starting tomorrow, we took our Top 40 List and put them with their national teams so our readers can follow along. We also added the players not with a national team. Australia:(2) Marshall Kronk & Nick Shailes Argentina: (2) Fernando … [Read more...]
Lots of International press coverage of 2015 WBSC World Championship
Lots of press coverage of 2015 WBSC World Championship. Time crunch here, but posting the links for your reading enjoyment: Star-Phoenix (interview of Blair Setford) Half dozen teams are in the mix for a gold medal Stuff.co.nz Mark Sorenson urging aggression on the bases as Black Sox chase world softball crown Stuff.co.nz Black Sox skipper Nathan Nukunuku says up to seven … [Read more...]
USA Softball Men’s National Team arrives in Saskatoon for WBSC Men’s World Championship
Courtesy Codi Warren, ASA/USA Softball SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Canada - Fresh off an undefeated "Road to Gold" campaign in the months leading up to their summer events, the USA Softball Men’s National Team (MNT) arrived in Saskatoon on Wednesday as the team readies for the 2015 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men's World Championship the Amateur Softball … [Read more...]
The World is Waiting
First pitch of the 2015 WBSC Men's Softball World Championship just a day away, as teams and fans make their final preparation here in Saskatoon. We'll be on hand for the duration of the tournament, as part of the Ballpark Broadcasting team, which includes Lance Winn, Kyle Smith, Joe Todd and Blair Setford. (Last summer's Whitehorse broadcast team for the ISF Jrs. plus Blair … [Read more...]
Poll Question: Pick the 2015 WBSC Finalists
[poll id="2"] (Pick two teams and click the "VOTE" button) … [Read more...]