Archive for July, 2005
2005 Jr. Men’s Canadian Championships (Aug 1-7)
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005ICE – “In Case of Emergency”
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005This one doesn’t exactly fall under the heading of fastball, but with so many of us on the road for tournaments and such, it seemed worth mentioning.
Paramedics in some cities are encouraging people to enter “ICE” numbers into their cell phone contacts. “ICE”, as in “In Case of Emergency”. Here’s what they suggest:
By entering the acronym ICE – for In Case of Emergency – into the mobile’s phone book, users can log the name and number of someone who should be contacted in an emergency. So that paramedics can easily contact your loved ones just in case. Several different contacts should be noted ICE1, ICE2, ICE3, etc.
A good idea.
Primetime Edges Amigos for 2005 Alliance Title
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005In 2004, Edge Fastpitch, pardon the pun, edged out the Rounders for the So Cal ASA Alliance title by a single point. Hard to imagine it could be any closer in 2005, but it was.
Primetime Fastpitch (with a few players from last year’s Edge team) nosed out the Amigos for the Alliance crown on a “runs allowed” formula, after the two teams wound up in a dead heat after the seventh and final tournament of the year at Santa Fe Springs. The Amigos lost a heartbreaker, 14-13 to the Long Beach Black Sox in extra innings, which proved to be the difference.
The Long Beach Black Sox captured their third Alliance tournament title of the year in the final weekend, ahead of the Rounders, whom they beat in the title game.
The Rounders held third place for most of the season, but were excluded from tournament #6 July 10-11 by virtue of having captured an ASA “C” Nationals berth in Stockton over Memorial Day, earning zero (0) points, while everyone else moved up. Comments invited on this rule below.
Fred Hanker’s Black Sox squad was the only team to win more than one Alliance tournament during the season, falling just short of the four won by the Rounders in 2004, and five won by the Kanakas (former name for Edge), in 2003.
For more details and the final standings, visit the So Cal ASA website.
The Alliance will send at least six (6) teams to the ASA “C” Nationals in Stockton over the Labor day Weekend, September 1-5, 2005. Three of the six captured berths for the ASA “C” in qualifiers, the Rounders (Stockton in May), and Rude Pac and RAW (Santa Fe Springs), while the other three earned berths for their finish in the standings, champions Primetime, runnerup Amigos, and the third place Long Beach Black Sox.
One more door remains open to teams trying to get into the big event, a regional qualifier in Lancaster August 6-7, 2005. No word yet which teams are headed to that one.
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Primetime Edges Amigos for 2005 Alliance Title
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005In 2004, Edge Fastpitch, pardon the pun, edged out the Rounders for the So Cal ASA Alliance title by a single point. Hard to imagine it could be any closer in 2005, but it was.
Primetime Fastpitch (with a few players from last year’s Edge team) nosed out the Amigos for the Alliance crown on a “runs allowed” formula, after the two teams wound up in a dead heat after the seventh and final tournament of the year at Santa Fe Springs. The Amigos lost a heartbreaker, 14-13 to the Long Beach Black Sox in extra innings, which proved to be the difference.
The Long Beach Black Sox captured their third Alliance tournament title of the year in the final weekend, ahead of the Rounders, whom they beat in the title game.
The Rounders held third place for most of the season, but were excluded from tournament #6 July 10-11 by virtue of having captured an ASA “C” Nationals berth in Stockton over Memorial Day, earning zero (0) points, while everyone else moved up.
Fred Hanker’s Black Sox squad was the only team to win more than one Alliance tournament during the season, falling just short of the four won by the Rounders in 2004, and five won by the Kanakas (former name for Edge), in 2003.
For more details and the final standings, visit the So Cal ASA website.
The Alliance will send at least six (6) teams to the ASA “C” Nationals in Stockton over the Labor day Weekend, September 1-5, 2005. Three of the six captured berths for the ASA “C” in qualifiers, the Rounders (Stockton in May), and Rude Pac and RAW (Santa Fe Springs), while the other three earned berths for their finish in the standings, champions Primetime, runnerup Amigos, and the third place Long Beach Black Sox.
One more door remains open to teams trying to get into the big event, a regional qualifier in Lancaster August 6-7, 2005. No word yet which teams are headed to that one.
Game Details from a Bombers game at the Walsh
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005Courtesy of Al Doran’s Fastball, and the Circle Tap team, some game details on one of the So Cal Bombers’ wins at the Walsh tournament over the weekend, a 7-4 win over #5 ranked Circle Tap, coming on the hitting of Mike Butler, and a 3 run bomb in the 7th by “GK”, Gerry Kennedy:
Circle Tap 4 SoCal Bombers 7
CT 4 9 1
SB 7 13 1
SoCal led off the bottom half of the first as Mike Butler hit a ball to the break away fence and our 2nd baseman had to run out to center to retrieve the ball allowing him to score. SoCal made it a 2-0 game in the 3rd as Albert Mendibles led off with a base hit and moved to 3rd on a pick off play gone bad. Jason Porto delivered and RBI base hit. CT would come to life in the 4th taking a 3-2 lead as LaLonde led off with a base hit, with one out Magnusson singled and with two out Todd Malnory, Kevin Reichardt and Steve Sell delivered consecutive hits with Reichardt getting gunned down at the plate for the 3rd out. SoCal would even the score on a suicide squeeze following a couple base hits. Dewey Dyck came on in relief and recored the 3rd out to end the rally. CT would reclaim the lead 4-3 in the 5th. Collin McKenzie came on in relief of Tony Peeples for SoCal. Darren Derricks earned a walk followed by a base hit by Miljavac, Magnusson would later come up with a sac fly to score a run but we left two men on again. The game would remain 4-3 CT until the bottom of the 7th. Mike Butler led off with a base hit then a strike out for the first out, however Butler moved to 2nd on a wild pitch and would score on a Glen Ormsby base hit, Jason Porto followed with a base hit and them Gerry Kennedy hit a 3 run bomb to end the game. Malnory finished 2×2, Reichardt 2×3, Sell 2×3.
WP:Collin McKenzie(5th) 2H 5K 3BB
Tony Peeples 7H 5K 1BB
LP:Dyck(4th) 3 1/3IP 5H 2K 1BB
Gervasutti 3 2/3IP 8H 5K 0BB
The Bob Walsh Memorial Tournament has one of the toughest fields of teams in the country. This year, six of the eight teams came in with Top 10 rankings, providing stiff competition for the #18 ranked So Cal Bombers. The Bombers bolstered their roster for the weekend, adding pitcher Colin McKenzie from the Prince George Black Bears, and Gerry Kennedy from the Vancouver Grey Sox. The Bombers knocked off #5 ranked Circle Tap of Denmark Wisconsin (see above), and #7 ranked Quaker Riversharks, from Pennsylvania.
The Bombers will play locally this weekend, at the Best of the West Tournament in Winchester, CA, then travel to Altamonte Springs, Florida in two weeks for the ASA Men’s Major tournament, one of seven teams to throw their hat in for that one.
Raymond Angulo Memorial Tournament (Corona, CA Aug. 20-21)
Monday, July 25th, 2005Ernie Marez (So Cal Rebels) writes:
Raymond Angulo Memorial Tournament, (Corona tournament) has a couple spots open. if interested please contact me by e-mail, elmarez@aol.com, or 951-377-3364 to reserve your spot
So Cal Teams at the ISC World – So Cal Bombers, Team Rainey
Monday, July 25th, 2005So Cal Fastball Fans – Mark these dates/ times on your calendars:
Southern California will be represented by two teams at the premier event in all of men’s fastball, the ISC World Tournament, August 12-21, 2004 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, #18 ranked So Cal Bombers and #20 ranked Team Rainey. Two teams in each of the five team pools are seeded. The Bombers and Rainey earned #2 seeds in their respective pools, by virtue of their Top 20 ISC World Rankings.
Their respective schedules for the round robin portion of the tournament are listed below. All game times are Central Time (CST).
So Cal Bombers
Sunday, August 14, 4pm (2pm PST) vs. Team Iowa, IA
Monday, August 15, 2pm (12noon PST) vs. Alleroed, Denmark
Tuesday, August 16, 6pm (4pm PST) vs. Ashland, OH
Wednesday, August 17, 6pm (4pm PST) vs. Saskatoon Merchants
(#1 seed in this pool is Saskatoon, Canada)
Team Rainey
Saturday, August 13, 10pm (8pm PST) vs. North Americans, OK
Monday, August 15, 10pm (8pm PST) vs. Hallman Twins, ON
Tuesday, August 16, 12pm (10am PST) vs. Brandts, Springfield, IL
Wednesday, August 17, 8am (6am PST) vs. Czech Republic
(#1 seed in this pool is the Hallman Twins, ON)
Combined So Cal Schedule, translated to PST, West Coast time:
Saturday, August 13
8pm PST -Team Rainey vs. North Americans, OK
Sunday, August 14
2pm PST – So Cal Bombers vs. Team Iowa, IA
Monday, August 15
12 noon PST – So Cal Bombers vs. Alleroed, Denmark
8pm PST – Team Rainey vs. Hallman Twins, ON
Tuesday, August 16
10am PST – Team Rainey vs. Brandts, Springfield, IL
4pm PST So Cal Bombers vs. Ashland, OH
Wednesday, August 17
6am PST – Team Rainey vs. Czech Republic
4pm PST – So Cal Bombers vs. Saskatoon Merchants
Both the Bombers and Team Rainey are entered in the Best of the West tournament, July 30-31, 2005 at Winchester, CA.
The Bombers will compete in the ASA Men’s Major tournament August 4-6, 2005 at Altamonte Springs, Florida. The Bombers will open up against Team Iowa, IA at 4pm EST, 1pm EST on Thursday, August 4, 2005. (Team Iowa is also in the Bombers’ pool at the ISC World)
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ISC World Tournament Schedule Released (Aug. 12-21)
Monday, July 25th, 2005The ISC World Tournament Schedule has been released. Forty Teams will be in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
This year will see a dramatic change in the format, with the Top 10 ranked teams entered into two “Super Pools”, with teams ranked 11-40 facing each other. All 10 teams in the “super pools” will automatically advance to the Single elimination championship round, with their seeding determined by how they fare against each other.
For readers that might have missed the earlier post, the ISC II Tournament of Champions Schedule is also posted at the official ISC website. Forty more team, intermediate level, just down the road in Chippewa Falls, WI, August 14-19, 2005.
The eighty best teams in men’s fastball?
Best of the West is Next (July 30-31)
Monday, July 25th, 2005Eight teams will be in Winchester, CA for the 15th Annual Best of the West tournament, the longest running tournament in California.
Pool A
Team Rainey, Whittier, CA
Casa Trejo Bombers, Yucaipa, CA
Team CR / DeMarini, Portland, OR
High Desert Dawgs, UT / AZ
Pool B
Prime Time Fastpitch, San Diego, CA
Young Bucks, Santa Barbara, CA
Raymar, Southern CA
Rounders, El Segundo, CA
So Cal ASA Alliance Injury Report – Dan Zupp
Monday, July 25th, 2005Most Alliance players and fans have heard about the injury to Primetime’s workhorse ace, Dan Zupp on Saturday. Doctors tell him today that it’s a mild to moderate tear of his calf muscle, with three to six weeks recovery time. (There are five and a half weeks til the ASA “C” Nationals in Stockton, if you’re doing the math). Dan reports that he’ll miss this coming weekend’s Best of the West tournament, but expects to be in Stockton for the Nationals.