Senior men’s fastball league returns to Sooke (BC)

From the Sooke News Mirror
by Octavian Lacatusu

Sookies, big and small, gathered at the Art Morris diamond last week to get a glimpse of the new senior men’s fastball league — a sport that’s been on hiatus in Sooke for almost 20 years.

Complete with four teams (the Pirates, Hammers, Browns and Hustlers) and a whole row of passionate individuals, it seems it’s here to stay this time; and best part is, it’s created by fastball fans for other fastball fans — as well as the community as a whole.

And that was the whole idea really— bringing people together, says Andrew Medwedrich, manager of the Browns team.

“We want to get the ball back in Sooke and try and get the kids back into it – because that’s what matters,” he said, adding that fast pitch in general has died down so much in the last few years that not bringing it back would otherwise be detrimental for the local community. “If we can keep the kids out of trouble and maybe help upgrade the park, then we’re hopefully doing our job.

“We got so many kids here from Sooke that once they’re done their minor ball, they got nowhere to go,” he said. “You either go play slow-pitch or you’re back doing nothing and getting yourself into trouble somewhere else.”

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