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Kitchener-Jarvis tied atop June 8 ISC Rankings

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

For Immediate Release – ISC Rankings June 8

June 9, 2010 – Kitchener Rivershark Twins and Jarvis Travelers finished in a dead heat atop the June 8 ISC Rankings, splitting the #1 and #2 votes amongst the 10 committee members.

While Kitchener has yet to see action, Jarvis took about two-thirds of their expected line-up to the Snapper Shootout where they finished 2-1 in pool play, dropping an upset decision to Alvinston Indians, before play was washed out on Sunday.

Teams 3, 4 & 5 are all still bunched closely together, led by the #3 New York Gremlins who swept week one of the Mid-Atlantic Travel League. The #4 Chicago/NY Domincana will kick off their season this weekend in Midland while #5 California A’s are fresh off their triumph at the Best of the West tournament.

The top 10 (with pre-season ranking in brackets) is as follows:

1. Kitchener, ON Rivershark Twins (1)
1. Jarvis, ON Travelers (2)
3. New York, NY Gremlins (3)
4. Chicago/NY Dominicana (4)
5. Salinas, CA Athletics (5)
6. Midland, MI Explorers (6)
7. Elkhart, IA Albaugh Inc. (7)
8. Saskatoon, SK Diamondbacks (8)
9. Decatur, IL Pride (9)
10. Appleton, WI Bar of Appleton (12)

For the full list, please see the ISC web site at www.iscfastpitch.com.

The rankings will be used to determine seeding for the 2010 ISC World Tournament in Midland, MI August 13-21.

For additional information, contact:

Ken Hackmeister
ISC Executive Director
iscken (at) comcast.net

or

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East VP
blairjs (at) rogers.com

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268 More Fans ?

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010


(click logo to visit the 2010 Midland ISC WT Facebook page)

The 2010 Midland ISC World Tournament Facebook page is currently at 732 fans. If you haven’t joined yet, you can click the logo and then the “LIKE” button at the top of the page. I’m betting we can get that up to 1000 or more. How say you?

The Facebook page for 2010 Midland has lots of great information, news and more on past ISC World Tournaments and the one coming to Midland, Michigan in August.

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Texas ASA State Championship

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

2010 Texas ASA Men’s Fast Pitch Softball State Championship

2010 Texas ASA
Men’s Fast Pitch Softball
State Championship
Bryan, Texas
Date: June 25-27, 2010

Site: (BRAC) Bryan Regional Athletic Complex
Format: Three game guarantee
Entry Fee: $325.00 per Team (includes umpires and game balls)
Money Orders Only, Payable & Mailed to:

Texas ASA District 30
1000 Krenek Tap Rd
College Station, TX 77840
Attn: Geri Marsh

Deadline: Friday, June 18, 2010
Draw: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Managers’ Meeting: Friday, June 25, at 7:00 pm
College Station, TX

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Google Map Previews in Gmail

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Editor’s note: This new feature in Gmail seems made to order for fastball player and fans. Instead of copying the address to your next tournament, opening google maps, and then pasting the address in, Gmail gives you a map link/preview right inside Gmail.

To activate, go to “Settings”, then “Labs”, then “Enable” the map preview feature. It works well.

From the Google Blog:

Google Maps previews in Gmail
Posted by Mark Knichel, Software Engineer

I often receive emails containing addresses in them — where to meet for dinner, the location of my friend’s new apartment, etc. To find out where these places actually are, I have to copy the address, open up Google Maps, and paste it in. Today, we’re making it easier to see maps of all the addresses you receive in Gmail and Google Buzz.

Enable “Google Maps previews in mail” from the Gmail Labs tab under Settings, and any time you receive an address or a Google Maps link in an email, a preview will appear containing an interactive Google Map of that location. Any Google Maps URL will work, but we currently only extract US addresses (we’re working on making addresses around the world work).

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California Classic Schedule – June 19-20

Monday, June 7th, 2010

The Cal Classic to be held at near San Diego. Click photo to visit their official website.

2010 California Classic Pool Play
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Pool A
1. California A’s        
2. So. Cal Tribe         
3. Maccabi               
4. Portland         

Pool B
1. Cal State Builders        
2. Bakersfield Silverhawks  
3. Rude Pac               
4. Pala Braves            

Pool C
1. Vancouver Meralomas
2. IAC
3. Tow’s Pros
4. Barona

Games times for each pool:
8:00 am 1-2          
10:00 am 1-3           
12:00 pm 2-4           
2:00 pm 1-4          
4:00 pm 2-3          
6:00 pm 3-4          
     
Seeding Procedure: At the conclusion of pool play, teams will be ranked 1-4 in each pool using the following process: The top 2 teams from each pool proceed to Championship Bracket, the bottom 2 teams in each pool will proceed to the Consolation Bracket. Please remember that due to time restrictions Consolation Bracket will begin at 8:00 pm on Saturday night.
A.    Pool Play Record
B.     Common games (head to head) if it’s a 2-team tie and if applicable
C.     Ties:
1.      If the above isn’t applicable, the ties will be broken in the following order using all pool games:
a.       Fewest Runs Allowed
b.      Most Runs Scored
c.       Run Differential
d.      Coin Flip

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Ballpark Radio on the air from BotW

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Ballpark Radio is on the air from the Best of the West tournament with the Championship game featuring ISC #5 California A’s vs ISC #10 Bakersfield Silverhawks.

Click the logo to listen.

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JRW wins three in Fruit Bowl

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Thanks to Mark Seward for these scores.



(Click logo for original news story from rom YH-R Sports)

YAKIMA, Wash. — JRW & Associates won all three of its games on the opening day of the Fruit Bowl fastpitch tournament at Gateway Sports Complex.

JRW defeated K Club 3-2, Cleon’s Auto 1-0, and Interbay Door 7-4.

Play concludes today, with the first games starting at 8 a.m.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS
(Local team linescores, other scores)
Yakima Gamblers 5, Interbay Door 4
Yakima Gamblers 013 100 — 5 6 3
Interbay Door 100 300 — 4 6 2
Sam Karr and Jason Scheibner; Interbay door not available.
Highlights: Carlos Gonzalez (YG) 2-4, HR; Shane Jones (YG) 2-4, 3b.
Boise River Dogs 12, Yakima Gamblers 4
Boise River Dogs 005 043 — 12 11 1
Yakima Gamblers 021 100 — 4 6 5
Shane Alder and Tony Kubewa; Mark Seward and Jason Scheibner.
Highlights: Gonzalez (YG) 2-2, 2b, 3b, 2 runs; Alder (B) 3-4, 3b.
K Club 7, Yakima Gamblers 2
K Club 050 101 — 7 10 1
Yakima Gamblers 000 002 — 2 4 2
Dan Kolda and Rick Kolda; Larry McCauley, Mark Seward (6) and Jason Scheibner.
Highlights: Mike Kolda (K) 3-4, HR; Dan Kolda 7 strikeouts.
JRW & Associates 3, K Club 2
JRW 100 001 01 — 3 4 na
K Club 010 001 00 — 2 3 na
Aldridge and Troy Grow; Dan Kolda and Rick Kolda
Highlights: KC Johnson (JRW) 2-4, 2 runs; Aldridge (JRW) 10 strikeouts.
JRW & Associates 1, Cleon’s Auto 0
Cleons 000 000 — 0 1 na
JRW 100 000 — 1 4 na
Tungsvik and Bumgardner; Aldridge and Troy Grow.
Highlights: Aldridge (JRW) 1 hit allowed, 12 strikeouts.
JRW & Associates 7, Interbay Door 4
JRW 000 030 013 — 7 8 na
Interbay Door 000 003 010 — 4 4 na
Brad Zmann and Ken Hite; Craig Rasmussen and Kevin Rasmussen.
Highlights: Ken Hite (JRW) 2-3; Don Cawthron (JRW) 2-4, 2 runs.
K Club 18, Action Towing 10
Action Towing 001 045 — 10 11 na
K Club 040 904 — 18 21 na
Darcy F. and Bob Harris; Jeff Hanhan and Rick Kolda.
Highlights: Dave Merrit (AT) 3-3; Mark Day (AT) 1-2, 2 RBI.

Saturday’s other scores: Boise River Dogs 9, RB2 and Sue 1; Boise River Dogs 4, Interbay Door 2; Cleon’s Auto 8, RB2 and Sue 1; Cleon’s Auto 9, Action Towing 0; RB2 and Sue 10, Action Towing 0; Action Towing 10, K Club 18

Sunday’s schedule: K Club vs. RB2 and Sue, 8 a.m.; Cleon’s vs. Yakima Gamblers, 8 a.m.; JRW vs. Action Towing, 10 a.m.; Boise River Dogs vs. Interbay Door, 10 a.m.

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Rain Ends 2010 Snapper Shootout

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

With a ton of rain overnight and continuing rain for most of the day forecasted, the tournament committee has decided that the tournament will be cancelled.

The total prize money was dispersed as following:

DIVISION WINNERS will receive $600. These include Niagara Snappers, Elmira Expos, Alvinston Indians and Waterdown Hammer.

2nd PLACE IN DIVISION will receive $350. These include Quyon Flyers, Hill United, Jarvis Travelers and Palermo Athletics.

A SIDE had a total of $3800 assigned to it. Money was awarded based on finish in round robin play.

B SIDE TEAMS will receive $50. These include KW Cubs, Owen Sound Selects, Cobourg Force and Oshawa BB’s.

B WINNER was to receive $200 in prize money so we divided it by 4.

All $4000 in prize money was dispersed in what we believe was a fair fashion, rewarding the teams based on their finish in round robin play. We appreciate all the teams understanding in this situation.

Editor’s note: For our recap of Saturday scores, click here.

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Best of the West News coverage on local TV

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

The 20th annual Best of the West tournament was featured by KEYTV, the local ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara, California.



Click here to view their video and to view their original news story, excerpted below.

The Best of the West is celebrating its 20th anniversary, with some of the best men’s fast-pitch players in the world taking part.

Ten teams from the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, Mexico and South America are involved in the longest running open tournament in California. Two berths in the 2010 ISC World Tournament will be awarded to the two top finishers.

Witnessing the tournament is a marvel in hand/eye coordination as some of the pitchers throw about 85 m.p.h., which would be equivalent to 100 m.p.h. in baseball.

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Best of the West – Saturday Scores

Saturday, June 5th, 2010


(click logo to visit our complete section on Best of the West, including a 20 year archive)

* 8pm Saturday night. All Scores for Saturday posted below. We’ll have the Sunday bracket up a bit later tonight.

Saturday June 5

Game 1
9:00 AM Field #1 Liberty Fastpitch Vs Caribbean Fastpitch
Liberty Fastpitch 13
Caribbean Fastpitch 3

*mercy rule
WP-Ed Patterson (4 K’s)
LP-Cecilio Smalling
For Liberty: Darrin McCall 3-4, 3RBI, double, and 2 runs; Joe Janicke 2-2, HR, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored; Dan Plezentz 2-3, 2 runs scored; David Carillo 1-3 with triple and 2 RBI
For Caribbean: Ned Waters 2-2; Fred Hanker 1-3, run scored; Cecilio Smalling Jr. 1-3, run scored

Game 2
9:00 AM Field #2 Bakersfield SilverHawks Vs Rude Pac
Rude Pac 2
Bakersfield Silverhawks 0

WP-Cory Avery (10K’s, 3 hitter)
LP-Sebastian Gervesutti (8Ks)
Rude Pac: Keith Barker 2-2, RBI double and run scored; Canyon Vance 1-2 run scored;
Silverhawks: Tim Hunt 2-3 double; Tony Acedo 1-1;

Game 3
11:00 AM Field #1 Maccabi USA Vs Santa Cecelia / Mexicali

Santa Cecelia/Mexicali MX – 5
# 30 Maccabi USA – 0

WP-Panfilo Valdez (10 K’s)
LP-Darren Rea (11 K’s)

Santa Cecelia MX – Daniel Rochin 2-3, 2 RBI; Mario Perez 1-2, double, 2 runs; Mario Hernandez 1-2, double and run scored; Cesar Alcantar 1-3, 2 RBI, HR and run scored.

Maccabi – only 2 hits off of Valdez
Nate Fish 1-3, Dave Shapiro 1-3, double

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