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This Week in Fastball by Dennis Dosman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OASA U18 Midget Eliminations in New Dundee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing Midget about the ball tournament in New Dundee this past weekend…nothing midget about some of the scores, nothing small about some of the upsets. Big sunshine, big skies, and big portions at the food booth, …Big outfields with several, no make that many in-the-park home runs. Big wins for some teams. Big disappointments for several teams all in the hunt for the Ontario Midget A title.<\/p>\n

Napanee beat Caledonia in a great title game +Sunday afternoon. But before they met the Express in the final, Caledonia had to beat New Hamburg in the semi +at 1pm and they did that in the 4th inning. No score for either squad in the home half of the 4th. Caledonia at bat, leading off the inning, short stop Zack McCarthey hits a solo homer for the Royals. Two batters out followed, 1st baseman Thomas Dowling on with an error, steals 2nd, and Taylor Shipp scores him with a single. That brings Brendan Banner to the plate, another error and two on base for 9th batter Chris Weston. Weston goes long to the gap in centre – left field, scoring Banner and Dowling and Weston is out at the plate, score it a triple, 2 RBIs, a cloud of dust and 7 – 6 – 2 out at the plate. Calendonia up 4 – 0.<\/p>\n

New Hamburg’s Nick Lichti singles in the top of the 5th to get the Heat’s inning off to a good start. Cody Werner with one out singles and scores Lichti. Two out and a triple for Alex Dumais followed by a strike out by Cobourg’s Mitch Green and that is all New Hamburg could score. Three up and three down in the 6th and 7th and Caledonia is on to the final against Napanee.<\/p>\n

Caledonia opened the game with a run in the first…a Napanee error left Chris Weston at 2nd with one out. Zach McCarthey single, scoring Weston.<\/p>\n

Top of the second inning for Napanee a single, Sloan Creighton, a double Mike Jordan, a single Adam Near scores two, then 2 outs, a walk to lead off hitter Cole Bolton, and a RBI single for Brett Irwin put the Express on top…to stay….<\/p>\n

2 outs in the 3rd….Jordon hits a solo home run. In the 4th Bolton triples for Napanee and two batters later
\nTaylor Brown brings him home on another triple. Napanee up 5 – 1 after 4 1\/2<\/p>\n

Two out for New Hamburg in the home half of the 5th, Thomas Dowling hits a solo homer….<\/p>\n

The teams exchanged runs in the 6th..Napanee on a Bolton double and Brett irwin’s single gave the Express a 6 – 3 lead..Caledonia picked up a run in the bottom of the 6th from Chris Honwood..<\/p>\n

3 up, 3 out for each team in the 7th…and Napanee Express pick up the OASA U18 “A” title.
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\nHere are some of the scores…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Domville led off with a 6 – 2 win over Alvinston
\nthen lost 10 – 3 to New Hamburg and 8 – 3 to Fullerton<\/p>\n

Highgate over KW Kolts 12 – 6 , then lost to Cobourg 8 – 6 and a win over Pickering 8 – 1
\nHighgate then beat Domville and met Caledonia…a loss of 8 – 0 put out Highgate.<\/p>\n

Cobourg defeated Milverton 7 – 5 in their opener,
\nTavistock beat Saugeen 19 – 1 , Napanee opened with a 9 – 2 win over Fullerton
\nand Caledonia 12 – 7 over Pickering.<\/p>\n

Owen Sound had an opening bye, and lost to Caledonia in their first game 8 – 4
\nNapanee defeated Tavistock 9 – 3 <\/p>\n

In the Elimination Bracket, Fullerton took out Saugeen 6 – 2
\nand KW over Milverton 4 – 3 , then KW 6 – 4 over Tavistock,
\n Alvinston over Owen Sound 5 – 4
\n and then a football game, KW 21 Alvinston 12
\nMilverton, Tavistock, Owen Sound, Alvinston all gone…<\/p>\n

Up on the winners bracket, New Hamburg knocked Cobourg to the Elimination bracket 7 – 2
\nand Napanee knocked down Caledonia 7 – 0 followed by Napanee over New Hamburg, taking
\nNapanee to the final…<\/p>\n

+Sunday morning, Elimination Bracket…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cobourg 8 – 3 over KW,
\nCaledonia 8 – 0 over Highgate…<\/p>\n

Caledonia 8 – 1 over Cobourg…
\nCaledonia 4 – 1 over New Hamburg<\/p>\n

and the final…6 -4 Napanee…<\/p>\n

Good weekend for fastball in New Dundee…the KW Cubs did a great job on planning and execution on this tournament. It had the feel of a good men’s tournament, lots of action, lots of baserunners lots of extra base hits, lots of great ball players, lots of good teams and some good coachers leading the way and the biggest help to a well run tournament…clear skies and no rain…. Cubs did a great job on the food, with the combination of the Village Caterer and the Optimist Club Food booth, the OASA kept the games rolling along, and the Blue Crew did an outstanding job between the lines. Thanks also to the scorers and announcing crew, another great job keeping the fans informed and the stats clean, neat and tidy.<\/p>\n

SCORING TIP OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

It happens often in the younger levels, sometimes a coach is busy doing what coaches do…and they forget some of the details…there is a lot happening with some teams that don’t have a lot of tournament experience. This happened to me during one of the games I was scoring this weekend…<\/p>\n

Team Green and Team Yellow are rolling along, score about 4 – 2 , in the elimination bracket, lots of hits, lots of baserunners, hot Saturday afternoon, some poor defence, some poor attitude from some of the players, and Team Yellow is up to bat…one out….I have #21 coming to bat on my scorecard, he had been up previously, and now with a runner on base, and # 22 the catcher on deck I am expecting to see #21 walking to the plate….. but who walks up to the plate…not #21…but # 9…same size kid as #21, swings from the right side of the plate as #21 but #9 on the sweater…I look down at my scorecard, seeing if #9 is batting out of order, but he is not on the starting line up….but there he is on the bottom of the line – up card…good old # 9..is listed as a sub…<\/p>\n

i asked my partner Don Wells if the umpire had come over and given us a change for the Yellow Team…nope…no change…I looked at the umpire, I looked at the Yellow bench, no eye contact, no one looking at me, waving a finger or a lineup card…maybe #21 is upset at being DHd and the coach is dealing with that…<\/p>\n

What to do…Do I announce #21s name and see if there is a reaction from someone..<\/p>\n

Do I announce #9s name and see what happens…<\/p>\n

What do i do??????<\/p>\n

Think that over and let me tell you later what I did…<\/p>\n

TAVISTOCK – Cephas Roth – July 12th to the 15th<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twelve great teams head over to Tavistock and the Cephas Roth Tournament this weekend.<\/p>\n

Great local ball teams..OASA 2011 Champs, KW Cubs, the Kitchener Outlaws, Elmira Expos, Shakespeare Falcons from the South Perth League. Other Ontario teams include the ISC II Ontario Challenge Cup winners Wiarton Nationals, the Scarborough Force, one of the strongest teams in Ontario, Port Elgin Blue Devils, Toronto Gators, Jarvis Travellers, (ISC Champs), Hill United Chiefs, (AAU and Legends and Peligro champs for 2012) from Michigan the Midland Explorers, from New York the Gremlins,<\/p>\n

The schedule is set, games begin on Thursday nite, continue Friday nite and then all day Saturday leading to championship +Sunday<\/p>\n

Tavistock always sets up well. At New Dundee this past weekend, i spoke to a few parents of the Tavi U18 team and they promised us a good weekend at the park. Good teams, good diamonds, lots of cold drinks and hot food, some great entertainment, a great umpire crew, this should be a good show…make your way over and enjoy some good fastpitch softball…Thursday, Friday, Saturday or +Sunday.<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>Editor’s note:<\/strong> Kyle Smith and Ballpark Radio will be on hand at Tavistock. Watch for a press release due out Wednesday, July 11 with details. It figures to be a blockbuster weekend of broadcasts, starting on Friday night !<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

INNERKIP – ISC Under 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ISC U21 is the weekend after Tavistock. Teams will be getting info on that schedule in a day or two from Joe Todd and Blair Setford.<\/p>\n


\nTHE GREAT LAKES – OASA Championship – July 20 21 and 22nd<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jarvis is hosting the OASA Championship this year. There are 8 teams including the KW Cubs and the Kitchener Outlaws, the Scarborough Force, Niagara Snappers, the host club Jarvis, plus 3 more that I failed to write down when I was talking to Brad at the U18 in New Dundee. Too busy enjoying some good beef on a bun and some great ball games to be paying 100 % attention.<\/p>\n

If you come out to Tavistock this weekend, you will be able to get the information first hand, otherwise i will be sending out a lineup and schedule next week.<\/p>\n

See you in Tavi…<\/p>\n

Dennis<\/p>\n

PS…what did I do with good old #9 of the yellow team…..<\/p>\n

I didn’t do anything…..I let it happen…I did not get proactive….I recorded what happened….I didn’t announce #21 at bat…I didn’t announce #9 at bat…I started to look for the switch for the microphone, and checked the scoresheet for missing RBIs, looked for the pencil that I thought I had dropped on the ground, waited for the umpire to turn to me and tell me something, or an opposing coach to come to the front of the dugout with a smile on his face and hope in his heart, and when good old #9 got his hit…I said …”with one out, coming to bat is #22 the catcher ………”<\/p>\n

There are consequences to a player not entering the game properly.. that is the call of the coach, and the ruling of the umpire….<\/p>\n

If the play occurs and no one objects, record the play…record that #9 entered the game, record that he got a base hit or was struck out, hit a home run…it is up to the offended coach to make an issue of the incorrect entry.<\/p>\n

Stay calm and carry on<\/p>\n

We are to record the play not partake in the play<\/p>\n

We only take changes from the umpire.<\/p>\n

We are witnesses and reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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