{"id":13346,"date":"2011-07-28T21:32:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T04:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=13346"},"modified":"2011-07-28T21:32:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T04:32:47","slug":"kitchener-hallman-twins-get-new-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=13346","title":{"rendered":"Kitchener Hallman Twins get new life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cap tip Dennis Dosman<\/em><figure id=\"attachment_6710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6710\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therecord.com\/sports\/local\/article\/570559--kitchener-hallman-twins-get-new-life\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/record-jpg-300x56.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"record jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"56\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/record-jpg-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/record-jpg.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for original news story at TheRecord.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nKITCHENER \u2014 The Kitchener Hallman Twins are back in business.<\/p>\n<p>Less than eight months after pulling the financial plug on Canada\u2019s longest-continuously operated senior men\u2019s fastball team, local entrepreneur and philanthropist Jim Hallman has resurrected the team in hopes of winning a third consecutive national championship. Hallman, along with player\/coach Dave Bailey and skipper Doug Eidt, decided to go for the three-peat at last month\u2019s Legends of Fastball Classic in Kitchener when it become apparent many of the players from the previous championship teams would make themselves available.<\/p>\n<p>The Twins \u2014 now in their 43rd year of operation \u2014 will compete this weekend in New Dundee at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association senior elimination championship and then gather again for the Aug. 28-Sept. 4 Canadian championship in Owen Sound. The OASA Great Lakes intermediate championship will also be played this weekend at Doug Fischer Memorial Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I was ready to sit back and watch from the sidelines until I actually sat back and watched from the sidelines,\u201d laughed Hallman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably just a one-off deal . . . we have a shot to three-peat and that would be really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bailey, who has come out of retirement to play, and Eidt have assembled a roster they hope will be one of the teams to beat in Owen Sound.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therecord.com\/sports\/local\/article\/570559--kitchener-hallman-twins-get-new-life\">Click here for the complete story.<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cap tip Dennis Dosman KITCHENER \u2014 The Kitchener Hallman Twins are back in business. Less than eight months after pulling the financial plug on Canada\u2019s longest-continuously operated senior men\u2019s fastball team, local entrepreneur and philanthropist Jim Hallman has resurrected the team in hopes of winning a third consecutive national championship. 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