{"id":21805,"date":"2013-08-13T14:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T21:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=21805"},"modified":"2013-08-13T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T21:15:00","slug":"channel-8-news-video-of-2013-isc-world-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=21805","title":{"rendered":"Channel 8 News Video of the 2013 ISC World Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Teams from Venezuela, Canada in town for World Softball Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script height=\"345px\" width=\"600px\" src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/iframe.js#ec=80ZWh1ZDoZ2hnPKpH4gGxiKEtOJsTkWO&#038;pbid=728b068401c44c3e960e1c9f3ab47295\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_21806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21806\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wqad.com\/2013\/08\/12\/teams-from-venezuela-canada-in-town-for-world-softball-tournament\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wqad-tv-weather-5211-300x300.png\" alt=\"Click to view original news story and video.\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wqad-tv-weather-5211-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wqad-tv-weather-5211-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/wqad-tv-weather-5211.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to view original news story and video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Nearly 50 teams from Canada, Venezuela, and even Walcott, Iowa, have descended on Moline this week for the International Softball Congress World Tournament. In total, 48 teams from nine countries are participating.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, organizers said that although a familiar face is missing from this year\u2019s tournament, the legacy of \u201cMr. Softball,\u201d or late park director Milt Hand, lives on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the first national tournament, or in this case, international, since it\u2019s been the Milt Hand Softball Fields at Green Valley Sports Complex. So, that\u2019s really, truly an honor to Milt, and I think he would have loved to see this happening here again,\u201d said host committee member Lynn Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1960s and early 1970s, the Quad Cities was considered the hotbed for ISC. The tournament then took a 36-year hiatus from the area, until interest was revitalized in 2009. Now, for the third time in the past five years, Green Valley is playing host to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s huge, because it used to be here all the time. This used to be like the Mecca of fastpitch softball for men, and then it kind of branched out, it was in Canada and other places. Now, it\u2019s finally come back here,\u201d said Bill Chenault with the Walcott Lampliters.<br \/>\nTwo years of planning have gone into the week-long tournament, which is expected to draw 5,000 players and fans to the Quad Cities.<br \/>\n\u201cI think I\u2019ve only missed one since 1995, but I think Moline\u2019s about as good a place as we\u2019ve been, coming from the Twin Cities,\u201d said visitor Judd Berthiaume.<\/p>\n<p>And Monday, players and fans agreed that many in the Quad Cities probably don\u2019t even know how big of a deal this tournament is.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s some teams, some names here that are Hall of Fame names, and there\u2019s a lot of people that don\u2019t know about it,\u201d said Chenault.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t think they have any idea how much fun it is to come to a tournament where you have the top players in the world and see the intensity that they put into this,\u201d added Berthiaume.<\/p>\n<p>Play continues through the championship game on Saturday, August 17. You can find more information and the schedule on the ISC World Tournament website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teams from Venezuela, Canada in town for World Softball Tournament Nearly 50 teams from Canada, Venezuela, and even Walcott, Iowa, have descended on Moline this week for the International Softball Congress World Tournament. In total, 48 teams from nine countries are participating. 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