Virginia Classic June 6-8 at Hampton Va.
Entry fee $250.00 1st place travel money $1000 2nd place $500.00 [more money possible when # of teams finalized ] Last years tournament won by host team Peninsula Merchants over Pa. Power, tournament MVP Bill Hillhouse will once again be pitching for host team. This is and open tournament. craigsmith50 (at) msn.com
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Virginia Classic – June 6-8
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Ballparkradio on a Cell Phone
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
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While listening to men’s fastball on Ballparkradio can be as easy as a couple of mouse clicks, the main drawback, as compared to “regular radio” is that “internet radio” has not been as portable. We have noticed an increase in “laptop listeners” at the tournaments, both at the field, or more often back at the hotel, which lends some degree of portability, though still requiring some sort of internet connection. But now, with growing sophistication of cell phones, it is getting easier still to listen to Ballparkradio, no matter where you are. A number of cell phones offer web-browsing, and some even run on Windows Mobile and include Windows Media Player. The Palm Treos are among those offering the ability to tune into Ballparkradio. With the prevalence of iPhones, it’s too bad that Windows Media is still like kyptonite to Apple products (though there are some solutions in the works that would permit Windows media to play on them)
The new Sprint Mogul (HTC 6800 shown above) has the best capability that I’ve seen thus far — it runs Windows Mobile 6, and has a built in Windows Media Player just like on your computer. It’s as if you have are listening to a transistor radio in your pocket, allowing you to tune into the broadcast anywhere. Add to that an iPod plug in your rental car (the little 1/8″ place to plug your mp3 player in), and you’ll think you’re listening to XM radio. I arrived in Orlando on Thursday night, while Kyle Smith and Blair Setford were already on the air, but was able to listen to them while driving in from the airport to the Disney complex, and was able to monitor the broadcasts from the bleachers.
In any event, I thought I would pass along the info, in case you are among those with web-enabled cell phones. Listening to men’s fastpitch on Ballparkradio is getting easier all the time.
Below the jump is a list of other Windows Mobile Phones with which you can tune into Ballparkradio. The list is not all-inclusive, but a good starting point. If you have been able to tune into Ballparkradio.com (or want to test by connecting to any streaming broadcast at Sportjuice), drop us a line, jim (at) fastpitchwest.com and tell us what kind of phone it is.
USA Jr. Men’s Final Roster for 2008 ISF Due Out Soon
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008The final 17-man roster for the USA Jr. Men’s team for the 2008 ISF Tournament in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada is due out soon. The pool of players for the Jr. Men were in camp over the weekend, and anxiously awaiting the release of the final roster. We’ll post it here at Fastpitchwest.com as soon as it is released. The Jr. Men will compete in the 2008 ISF Jr. World Championships June 21-29, 2008.
Want to know more about the 2008 ISF Jr. Men’s World Championships? Click here for our earlier post.
Mac’s Goes Back-to-Back at AAU
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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Mac’s Sprayer’s, Iowa, became the first team to win back-to-back AAU International Tournament titles, with a 5-0 win over runner-up Team Minnesota.
Click here for the championship game box score and play-by-play, provided courtesy of ISC II Statistician, Hank De Wild.
2008 AAU Int’l Tournament Award Winners
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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Champions – Mac’s Sprayers, IA
Runner-up – Team Minnesota
Third Place – CPI, NY and Broken Bow, NE
Most Valuable Player
Jeff Ellsworth, Mac’s Sprayers
Most Valuable Pitcher(s)
Mac’s Staff: Jeremy Manley, Sebastian Gervasutti, Rob O’Brien, and Mitch Hardy
2008 AAU Int’l – Championship Game
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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Mac’s Sprayers, IA First Ever Back-to-Back Champion at 2008 AAU International Tournament
Mac’s 5, Team Minnesota 0 –
Jeff Ellsworth led off the third inning for Mac’s with a triple, and came home to score on a sacrifice fly to left by Frank Perez. In the 5th, Ellsworth walked, stole second and came home to score their second run. Mac’s added two more runs in the 6th on a walk, fielder’s choice, infield error and another sacrifice fly. Mac’s added a fifth run in the 7th when pinch-hitter Kelly Wenstrom singled and came home on an outfield error.
Mac’s pitcher Jeremy Manley turned in a masterful performance in the title game, yielding but 3 hits, and striking out 14.
2008 AAU Int’l Semi-Final – Broken Bow NE vs. Team Minnesota
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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Team Minnesota 5, Broken Bow 2
2008 AAU Semi-Final Game – CPI NY vs. Mac’s Sprayers, IA
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Mac’s 9, CPI 1
2008 AAU Int’l – Sunday Line Scores for 9am, 11am and 1pm
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Team Minnesota……7
Texaco Pirates………1
WP – Gossse and BJ Boom
LP – Dyck and DeGroat
Broken Bow Gremlins….8
Puerto Rico………………..1
WP – Holoien and Rosthenhausler
LP – Diaz and Medina
Chicago/New York……0
CPI…………………………3
WP – Winship and McCallum
LP – Torres, Escalona (2), Almonte (6) and Prol
Mac’s Sprayers……………2
Florida Fastpitch………….1
WP – O’Brien and O’Brien
LP – Whitten and Horswell
The semi-final games are just underway: Broken Bow vs Team Minnesota and Mac’s Sprayers vs CPI. Men’s championship game is scheduled for 1 PM EST.
The women’s championship game is just underway with Young-Harris College vs Puerto Rico. In the semi finals, Young-Harris defeated Bahamas Air Flyers 8-1 and Puerto Rico defeated US Virgin Islands 15-0.
Ken
The Puerto Rican women’s team won the first annual AAU Women’s International Fastpitch Tournament with a convincing 9-0 win over Young-Harris College of Young-Harris, GA. Puerto Rican players, Jennifer Massillo and Zulaika Ortiz won the Most Valuable Pitcher and Most Valuable Player awards, respectively.
Men’s Semi-final results
Broken Bow Gremlins…….2
Team Minnesota……………5
WP – Muizelaar and Lammers
LP – Middleton and Rozich
CPI…………………0
Mac’s Sprayers…9
WP – Gervasutti and O’Brien
LP – Winship and McCallum
The championship game between Mac’s and Team Minnesota is just underway and is being play-by-play broadcast at www.ballparkradio.com
Ken
Mac’s Sprayers of Iowa, won the 2008 AAU Men’s International Fastpitch Tournament at Disney’s Wide World of Sports, with a 4-0 win over Team Minnesota.
Jeremy Manley was the winning pitcher in the championship game while Ward Gosse took the loss for Team Minnesota. Manley and his fellow Mac’s pitchers, Robbie O’Brien, Sebastian Gervasutti and Mitch Hardy, shared the Most Valuable Pitcher award. Mac’s Jeff Ellsworth, won the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award after a true MVP tournament performance.
Tied for 3rd place were Broken Bow Gremlins and CPI.
Ken
Live Broadcasts for Final Day of AAU
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
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Ballparkradio will be back on the air at 9am, 11am, and 1pm for the fourth and final day of the 2008 AAU International Tournamen, including the championship game at 1pm EST.
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Game times are Eastern Standard Time (EST), adjust for your time zone accordingly.
9am Quarterfinal
Mac’s Sprayer’s, IA, USA vs. Florida Fastpitch, FL USA
(with Kyle Smith, Jim Flanagan and Bill Hillhouse)
11am – Semi-final
(with Blair Setford, Bill Hillhouse and Joe Todd)
1pm CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
(with Kyle Smith, Jim Flanagan and Blair Setford)
Join us for all the action, live, on www.ballparkradio.com
Listeners can email the broadcast crew during the games, live (at) ballparkradio.com