From the SCIFL: A TRIBUTE TO "C" The SCIFL, along with his friends, will be hosting a tribute for Cecillo Smalling who passed away last November. The tribute will take place during the Masters games that will be played on Sunday, May 1, at Little Lake Park in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The tribute is scheduled for noon, but will start once all the 10:30 games have been completed … [Read more...]
Cuban Missile Lands in Denver
A surprise end to this Story. "My Goodness" … [Read more...]
Topeka KS Fastpitch players look to team up again at reunion
Fast-pitch softball players look to team up again at reunion Former teammates to reunite April 9 From the Topeka Capital Journal/cjonline.com By JC Reeves In the 1960s and 70s men’s fast-pitch softball was an immensely popular sport. Specifically in Topeka. Now, roughly 50 years later, a group of former players and their wives, headed by Gloria Hupp — the widow of former … [Read more...]
Registration for new ballplayers – Burlington Men’s Fastball – Ontario
(BIMF) Burlington Intermediate Men’s Fastball will be holding registration for new ball players (teams) age 19 and up at QB's Restaurant Burlington, Ontario. March 12th. From 12:00. To 2:00pm The 2016 season will have an 18 game schedule followed by play-offs. games are played at Nelson Park. and Sherwood Forest Park. For more information and on-line registration visit the … [Read more...]
From Babe Ruth to Roger Maris, hold the asterisk please
Yesterday, and the 364 days that preceded it, I was Babe Ruth. Today, I am Roger Maris. Students of the game will of course know what I mean. I'm not sure that I will adopt that famous crewcut that Roger wore but I will endeavor to make this a record-setting year, and hopefully one that will not be accompanied by an asterisk (*). Actually, there is something in the offing … [Read more...]
Snowboarding the Streets of NYC
(Subtitled "There is Still a Resistance in NYC" by blogger Moe Lane) Alright, so this may not have much to do with fastpitch, other than showing some of the boys at the AAU in Orlando what they're missing back home. But I thought it was too good to miss. Watch on a large monitor, fullscreen, you will enjoy it all the more. As for the honorable mayor, I guess his mother never … [Read more...]
Softball a big part of Decatur’s athletic history
By MARK TUPPER H&R Executive Sports Editor DECATUR – The underhand game of softball can be played by men or women, by senior citizens or youngsters and presented as fast pitch or slow pitch. It can be played by weekend warriors and by some of the finest athletes in the world. In any form, softball has had a long-standing home in Decatur and at times that home has been … [Read more...]