{"id":25428,"date":"2015-03-02T10:31:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=25428"},"modified":"2015-03-02T10:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:31:48","slug":"new-zealand-black-sox-coach-mark-sorenson-faces-some-tough-calls-after-world-championships-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=25428","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Black Sox coach Mark Sorenson faces some &#8216;tough calls&#8217; after world championships trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5595\" style=\"width: 118px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/softball.-New-Zealand.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/softball.-New-Zealand.gif\" alt=\"Click logo for story at Auckland Now\" width=\"118\" height=\"136\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5595\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for story at Auckland Now<\/figcaption><\/figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/auckland\/sport\/66829050\/Black-Sox-coach-Mark-Sorenson-faces-some-tough-calls-after-world-championships-trial\">From Auckland Now:<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Black Sox coach Mark Sorenson admits he has &#8220;some tough calls to make&#8221; after a successful trial series in Hamilton last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty world championship hopefuls contested a four-game trial with players split between two squads, Team Herlihy and Team Mossman.<\/p>\n<p>Team Mossman, named after former Waikato and New Zealand shortstop Carl Mossman, won the first game 6-5 after a tiebreaker in the eighth inning, but Team Herlihy, named after late New Zealand and Waikato pitching legend Kevin Herlihy, fought back to win the next three, 8-0, 10-5 and 8-1.<\/p>\n<p>The triallists now have one last chance to impress at the national interclub championships at Albany next week before the 17-man team to contest the 2015 world championships is named on March 17.<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson confirmed American-based pitcher Jeremy Manley \u2014 the pitcher of the tournament when the Black Sox won a record sixth world title in 2013 \u2014 would be available for selection after recovering from a leg injury which kept him out of the Oceania qualifying series last December. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/auckland\/sport\/66829050\/Black-Sox-coach-Mark-Sorenson-faces-some-tough-calls-after-world-championships-trial\">Click here to continue reading story and view photo at Auckland  Now.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Auckland Now: Black Sox coach Mark Sorenson admits he has &#8220;some tough calls to make&#8221; after a successful trial series in Hamilton last weekend. Thirty world championship hopefuls contested a four-game trial with players split between two squads, Team Herlihy and Team Mossman. 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