“Mother’s love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.... it is like a blessing.” —Erich Fromm Wishing each and all of you a Happy Mother's Day, the most important day of the year. Thinking of my mother, as no doubt, are each of you. … [Read more...]
Happy New Year 2014
And, of course, happy new fastpitch season almost upon us. … [Read more...]
Tacoma Fastballer Ryan Divish hired to cover Mariners for The Seattle Times
Editor's note: Ryan is the ace pitcher for Cleon's Auto fastpitch team of Tacoma, WA. Congratulations and best of luck, Ryan Ryan Divish hired to cover Mariners for The Seattle Times Posted by Don Shelton The Mariners are narrowing their search for a manager, but we’ve already made our choice to cover the team. We’ve hired Ryan Divish, who previously was on the … [Read more...]
Bring the Heat
Editor's note: An interesting article at Baseball Prospectus about the effect of pitch velocity and movement and their impact on hitters. Would have to think that the principles apply to fastpitch as well. We recommend clicking the graphic at right to see the original post of this article, which contains a number of helpful charts. The "Takeaways" at the end of the … [Read more...]
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This Week in Fastball with Dennis Dosman
ONTARIO CHALLENGE CUP IN PALMERSTON - Fastball Fans, The Laverne Reichert OCC will bring an end to the fastpitch season .... Here is the last tournament of the year.....the Ontario Challenge Cup set for this weekend at Palmerston....a few miles north of Drayton.....at a great ball yard on the south side of the town........ 14 teams, as usual....and all pennant … [Read more...]
A Game of Catch
Days like today, Father's Day, Facebook shines. A great day, a great place for people to pay tribute to our fathers, and their role in our lives, and the game. A perk of having this website is getting to know so many of you, and getting to share some of life's finer moments. One of those arrived in email today, in response to my morning post, "Of Fathers and Fastpitch", from … [Read more...]