NEW YORK - New Zealand were bundled out at the semifinal stage of the Peligro Cup softball tournament in New York today. The Black Sox beat Chicago New York - whose line-up included New Zealand squad member Patrick Shannon - 4-3 today before losing to eventual tournament winners California A 2-0. "It was always going to be tough," assistant coach Dave Workman … [Read more...]
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‘Enemy’ honour pitching legend
By SHANE HURNDELL Hawkes Bay Today Photo / Duncan Brown - Hbt110795-03 The awards continue to flow for Hawke's Bay softball legend and three-time world champion Chubb Tangaroa. Less than a month after being inducted into the Unison Hawke's Bay Sports Hall of Fame, Tangaroa, 48, was "recognised by the enemy" as he put it in Kitchener, Canada, at the weekend. The … [Read more...]
Wall-to-wall coverage of men’s fastball on Ballpark Radio in the month of June
Fourteen games broadcast live in past month by Ballpark Radio crew It has been a busy month for the crew at Ballpark Radio in June 2011. The guys at BPR broadcast two more games live today, Sunday, June 26, 2011 from the Legends of Fastball Classic, bringing the total for the month to 14 games: June 4, 2011 (2) from the Best of the West tournament in Santa Barbara, … [Read more...]
Host team is just a memory as fastball legends meet in Kitchener
By Christine Rivet, Record staff KITCHENER — The host team will be conspicuous by its absence when the eighth annual Legends of Fastball Classic opens this week. The Kitchener Rivershark Twins, who folded in the offseason after piling up two world and two Canadian titles the previous three seasons, have been scattered to the wind. But several ex-sharks swim into town … [Read more...]
Dennis Dosman’s “This Week in Fastball” – June 7, 2011
Results from the Niagara Snappers Owen Sound Verge Selects beat Aurora Stock Pak of Ohio 9 - 0 in the Championship game Sunday afternoon at Ker Park in Niagara Falls. Ryan Thonpson had a homer, a triple and a double, according to the Owen Sound Sun Times article on Tuesday... In pool play the Selects beat the Lake Simcoe Lightning 7 - 0, the Elmira Expos 2 - 1 and … [Read more...]
2011 Best of the West Team Profile – Pala Braves
Sixth in a series of ten team profiles for the 2011 Best of the West Tournament, to be played June 4-5, 2011 at Elings Park in Santa Barbara, California Click here for schedule of games for the 2011 tournament. The Pala Braves are one of ten teams competing in this year's 2011 Best of the West (BOTW) tournament. They'll be competing in Pool B, against the Italian … [Read more...]
TWIF Notes from Dennis Dosman – May 31, 2011
This Week in Fastball (TWIF) Notes from Dennis Dosman ENOUGH OF THE RAIN ALREADY..... Here we are staring into the face of June and some teams are only one or two games into the season.....let's get this rain overwith....and play some ball Niagara Shootout June 3rd 4th 5th.... The Niagara Snappers are hosting their 8th Shootout, this year in Ker Park in … [Read more...]