{"id":24143,"date":"2014-08-04T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T19:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=24143"},"modified":"2014-08-04T17:44:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T00:44:33","slug":"usa-softball-names-2014-mens-fast-pitch-national-team-roster-to-compete-for-world-championshippan-american-games-berths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=24143","title":{"rendered":"USA Softball names 2014 Men\u2019s Fast Pitch National Team roster to compete for World Championship\/Pan American Games berths"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OKLAHOMA CITY \u2013 The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America\/USA Softball announced today the roster for the 2014 USA Softball Men\u2019s Fast Pitch National Team that will compete this October in the Pan American Games and International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship qualifier in Parana, Argentina. Ten initial athletes were named to the team in February and the seven remaining selections earned their spot competing at the ASA\/USA Men\u2019s Major National Championship in South Bend, Ind. over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Click here to see the complete 2014 USA Softball Men\u2019s National Team roster<\/a><\/p>\n

Denny Bruckert (Gillespie, Ill.) will lead the National Team and be assisted by Greg Hicks (Bakersfield, Calif.), Gregg Leather (Staten Island, NY) and Nick McCurry (Ashland, Ohio) throughout the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have put together a really nice squad,\u201d said Bruckert. \u201cWe named the initial ten guys earlier this year and had some great competition for the remaining seven spots. We decided to go with just three pitchers which is a bit different but we\u2019re confident in each of their abilities to take the ball and throw a number of innings. We selected a lot of speed guys and we have some players who will come off the bench and do great things for us. I also like the mix of veterans and new guys that this team has.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ten players are returning from the 2013 squad that finished eighth at the ISF World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand. In October\u2019s event the team will look to qualify for both the 2015 World Championships to be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada as well as the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Men\u2019s Fast Pitch makes its return to the Pan American Games for the first time since 2003 when Team USA took the Silver.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Pan American Games\/ISF World Championship qualifier, the 2014 USA Softball Men\u2019s Fast Pitch National Team will compete in a Labor Day tournament in Elkland, Pa. August 29 \u2013 September 1.<\/p>\n

For more information on the USA Softball Men\u2019s Fast Pitch National Team and to follow their events throughout the year, visit www.USASoftball.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OKLAHOMA CITY \u2013 The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America\/USA Softball announced today the roster for the 2014 USA Softball Men\u2019s Fast Pitch National Team that will compete this October in the Pan American Games and International Softball Federation (ISF) World Championship qualifier in Parana, Argentina. Ten initial athletes were named to the team in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,28,9,12,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asa","8":"category-featured","9":"category-international","10":"category-isf","11":"category-latinamerica","12":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24146,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24143\/revisions\/24146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}