PJ spoke of the Clearwater Bombers as being the Yankees of fastpitch. That reference was mostly to the bombers of the ’50s who were ten time World Champions (Back then the ASA World tournament included Canada and Mexico). I cut my teeth batting against Hall of Fame Pitchers Herb Dudley and John Hunter and I have been hooked on fastpitch ever since.
Eric Leggesays
Jim-I think the Bombers of the 60s with Weldon Haney & Eddie King won a few championships too.
fpwsays
Eric, right you are.
The Clearwater Bombers were the ASA National champions 10 times, with 5 of those coming in the 1960’s. Haney was the MVP in three of those. (The Bombers were runner-ups in a number of the “off” years)
Too bad fans didn’t get to see them play the 10 time ISC World Champion Long Beach Nitehawks.
fpwsays
Parallel path of the 10 time ISC World Champion Long Beach Nitehawks:
World Champions:
1953 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1955 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1956 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1957 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1958 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1959 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1960 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1968 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1971 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1975 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
And like the Clearwater Bombers, the Long Beach Nitehawks were also the runner-up team in a number of the “off” years.
greg burkesays
Hello, did those teams ever play each other in any other tournaments ? thanks
PJ spoke of the Clearwater Bombers as being the Yankees of fastpitch. That reference was mostly to the bombers of the ’50s who were ten time World Champions (Back then the ASA World tournament included Canada and Mexico). I cut my teeth batting against Hall of Fame Pitchers Herb Dudley and John Hunter and I have been hooked on fastpitch ever since.
Jim-I think the Bombers of the 60s with Weldon Haney & Eddie King won a few championships too.
Eric, right you are.
The Clearwater Bombers were the ASA National champions 10 times, with 5 of those coming in the 1960’s. Haney was the MVP in three of those. (The Bombers were runner-ups in a number of the “off” years)
1950 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL
1954 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL
1956 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL
1957 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL MVP – Herb Dudley, Clearwater Bombers
1960 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL
1962 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL MVP – Weldon Haney, Clearwater Bombers
1963 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL MVP – Weldon Haney, Clearwater Bombers
1966 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL
1968 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL MVP – Weldon Haney, Clearwater Bombers
1973 Clearwater Bombers, Clearwater, FL
Too bad fans didn’t get to see them play the 10 time ISC World Champion Long Beach Nitehawks.
Parallel path of the 10 time ISC World Champion Long Beach Nitehawks:
World Champions:
1953 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1955 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1956 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1957 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1958 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1959 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1960 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1968 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1971 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
1975 Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA
And like the Clearwater Bombers, the Long Beach Nitehawks were also the runner-up team in a number of the “off” years.
Hello, did those teams ever play each other in any other tournaments ? thanks
Greg