{"id":24215,"date":"2014-08-08T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=24215"},"modified":"2014-08-08T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:57:28","slug":"play-ball-granddaddy-of-fastball-tournaments-returns-to-kitchener-after-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=24215","title":{"rendered":"Play ball! Granddaddy of fastball tournaments returns to Kitchener after seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cap tip Blair Setford<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23969\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therecord.com\/sports-story\/4740357-play-ball-granddaddy-of-fastball-tournaments-returns-to-kitchener-after-seven-years\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/isc.2014.logo_-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Click logo to view original article at The Record.\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/isc.2014.logo_-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/isc.2014.logo_.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo to view original article at The Record.<\/figcaption><\/figure><em>From The Record<br \/>\nBy Christine Rivet<\/em><\/p>\n<p>KITCHENER \u2014 They&#8217;re back.<\/p>\n<p>After a seven-year hiatus, the granddaddy of men&#8217;s club team fastball events, the International Softball Congress world tournament, returns to Peter Hallman Ball Yard and Budd Park.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-eight of the finest men&#8217;s fastpitch teams from across the continent will vie for the world club team championship starting this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Competing teams include the No.-1 ranked and defending world champion Hill United Chiefs of Six Nations, the No. 2 New York Gremlins, and the Kitchener Hallman Twins, ranked third in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Local entries Kitchener Diamond Jaxx, Kitchener Outlaws, Elmira Expos, Kitchener Tri City Jays and Kitchener Cubs will also participate.<\/p>\n<p>The event includes a bracket for junior men and another for masters-aged players. The tourney runs until Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Kitchener Twins&#8217; opener is Sunday at the Hallman Ball Yard at 6:30 p.m. The Twins will take on the winner of Elkland (Pa.) Thunderbellies and the Ponsonby Sting.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therecord.com\/sports-story\/4740357-play-ball-granddaddy-of-fastball-tournaments-returns-to-kitchener-after-seven-years\/\">Click here to read the complete story at The Record.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cap tip Blair Setford From The Record By Christine Rivet KITCHENER \u2014 They&#8217;re back. After a seven-year hiatus, the granddaddy of men&#8217;s club team fastball events, the International Softball Congress world tournament, returns to Peter Hallman Ball Yard and Budd Park. Forty-eight of the finest men&#8217;s fastpitch teams from across the continent will vie for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23969,"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":[5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-isc","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24215","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=24215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24216,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24215\/revisions\/24216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}