Lucas Mata after another ring with California A’s

Yesterday, the California A’s released their ISC roster for 2011. Their star-studded roster from last year has a new addition: Argentine great Lucas Mata, owner of two ISC World Tournament championship rings, who returns to ISC play after a year’s absence, gunning for another ring.

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From Martin Jorge’s “Softball News LA”, the story:

Google translation:

Lucas Mata returns to ISC

Today, through the legendary site of Al Doran, confirmed the news that the Argentine Lucas Mata, one of the best pitchers in the world, back in the 2011 to ISC, along with the California team A’s. After a year’s absence at the highest male club circuit, Mata will launch in the ISC World Tournament and look to get a new championship ring.

Lucas Mata participated for the last time the ISC World Tournament in 2009 with Aspen Interiors, finishing in third place after losing the semifinal by 7 to 1 with the Kitchener Rivershark champion Twins. In addition, in 2008 Lucas led So Cal Bombers to sixth in the ISC, after the command in 2007 until the end of the tournament, giving the ring against The Farm Tavern from 8 to 1. Thus, if we add their involvement with the legendary County Materials, Lucas played 5 end followed by the ISC World Tournament, between 2003 and 2007, its got two championship rings, and adds to these a third-place laurels in 2009 and sixth place in 2008.

The roster released by the team shows that Argentina is not alone in the task of conquering the ring, as will be joined on the pitching staff by Canadian and American Sean Whitten Travis Price, which gives the team a Californian powerful trio of pitchers.

Thus, the ISC becomes one of the most dominant pitchers in the game there, looking to add sports successes to a career that already has its own brightness and undoubtedly will end with the last name of 42 Argentine enrolled in bronze in the Hall ISC Fame.

Editor’s note: the “LA” in “Softball News LA” stands for Latin America, not Los Angeles. Softball News LA is one of the most widely read fastpitch sites in Latin America.

Lucas Mata’s ISC World Tournament history:

2005 – 1st place, ISC World Tournament Champions, County Materials, WI
2006 – 1st placem ISC World Tournament Champions, County Materials, WI
2007 – 2nd place, ISC World Tournament, So Cal Bombers, CA
2008 – 6th place, ISC World Tournament, So Cal Bombers, CA
2009 – 3rd place, ISC World Tournament, Aspen Interiors, SK
2010 – Did not play
2011 – California A’s