Another of the new teams on the fastball scene for 2006 are the Long Beach Gamecocks. Click here to see some pics posted to their team website, including their team photo.
Archive for the ‘Photos’ Category
Gamecock Pics
Monday, March 6th, 2006Maddy’s Photos from the 2006 AAU are Up !
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Maddy’s Photo Galleries for the 2006 AAU International Tournament in Orlando, Florida are up! 160+, to go with the 300+ online from 2004 and 2005. She’s suffering from carpal tunnel on that shutter finger 😉 If you want to drop Maddy a line, her email is maddy (at) fastpitchwest.com. Some of her best work, I think.
Click here to view them.
Some quick links for your convenience:
2006 AAU Most Valuable Player, Frank DeGroat, Jr. (accepting award from tournament director, Alex Linares) and in action.
2006 AAU Most Valuable Pitcher, Travis Price (accepting award from assistant tourney director, Robert Gray) and in action.
Pete Turner, Manager for 2006 AAU Champs, Team USA, accepting championship trophy from assistant tourney director Robert Gray.
Team Pics for 2006 Champions, Team USA and Consolation Champions, Burke Explosion with runner-ups, Jamaica.
2006 AAU Runner-ups, Team Minnesota
2006 AAU Third Place teams, Hallman Twins, ON Canada, and Heflin, NY
The famed “Los Patos”, fastball’s travelling fans.
So Cal’s Sonny Perkins, member of champions, Team USA, pitching
and hitting.
Sneak Preview
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006Psssssssssst. Hey, you ! Yeah you. Want a sneak preview of the AAU photos? Fastpitchwest has not announced that the galleries are officially open, but I found the link for Galleries 1-4 which are uploading as we speak. Just don’t tell Flanagan I told you.
A Look Back at 2005 AAU Photo Galleries
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
As 2005 winds to a close, we revisit the 2005 AAU Photo Galleries, 160 photos of the tournament that started the year. The 2006 edition of the AAU International Tournament is just three weeks away, set for January 19-22, 2006 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex at Orlando, Florida. Hope you enjoy these photos once more. (Click link or photo above, then menu buttons for galleries 1-5)
Have a favorite? Post a comment below (click comments link). Recognize a friend or teammate? Tell the world who’s who in the photos. Please include the link so readers can click and see the photo you’re talking about.
Stake Your Flag at Fastpitchwest’s Readers Map
Friday, October 28th, 2005
Frappr is a new online mapping service which allows readers of Fastpitchwest.com to post a flag showing where they are, add a note (and photo if they wish). Just enter your name and zip and Google Maps does the rest !
Take a look, or better still, add yourself to our map. (Once at the map, click a flag and the reader’s name, note and photo pop-up) Have a team website? Add the URL to the note (e.g. http://www.fastpitchwest.com)
Click here to view and/or add yourself to our map !
We strongly encourage you to post a photo; as you will see, it’s more fun to peruse the flags when photos are attached ! Feel free to use a photo of yourself posted at Fastpitchwest. The Frappr system will automatically resize the photo for you. Note that you can “zoom in” on any flag by using the grid on the left hand side of the page. (Zooming in will show you the city and surrounding area for the zip code entered)
Update: Thanks to those of you who have take the time to “plant your flag” on the map, and especially those posting photos (most have). If you decide you’d like to add or change your photo, or run into any problems, please email me (jim (at) fastpitchwest.com and I’ll delete you and you can do it again.
Update 2: You may include a website address in your “comments”, but need to include the full http://www.yourwebsite.com URL to create a hyperlink.
Update 3: If you have a high resolution (large) photo, Frappr will shrink your thumbnail, but post the photo in full size (which may be too large for online viewing). We recommend nothing larger than 800 x 600 (640 x 480 works fine, or even smaller if you wish). If you don’t know how to reduce that giant photo, email it to me and I will do it for you: jim @ fastpitchwest.com
Update 4: Great job out there. The map is growing by the day. Note that you can click “photos” link at the top of the map page, and view the photos, 9 to a page. You can click the photo to enlarge them as well. Right now, about 2/3’s of the members have a photo or logo for their flag.
Two More “Bonus” Galleries of ISC II Photos
Monday, October 17th, 2005We are pleased to share two more “bonus” galleries of photos, from the 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions, at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, including those taken on the final day of the tournament. Click the menu buttons for galleries 7 and 8.
”
Among the photos are some of the tournament’s Outstanding Pitcher and Most Valuable Player, Casey Halstead of the champion Elimira ON Cubs, as well as some shots of individual award winners, and one of all four Ontario, Canada teams, which finished in the top 4 spots in the tournament. Hope you enjoy them.
Update: Someone asked about this one. It’s a laptop computer showing the storm front about to hit Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls, WI on the second to last day of the ISC II Tournament. ISC II VP Bob McGowan and ISC II Commish Blair Setford were staying on top of things with the weatherman in order to ensure the tournament’s completion. For most of Thursday afternoon, it looked like this. (Oh, they managed to keep their “spirits” up during the rain delay)
By late Thursday afternoon, the fields looked more ready for fishing than fastball, but somehow, the Chippewa Falls Grounds Crew managed to get the fields ready for the following day, just in time for the quarterfinals, semi-finals and championship game. To the players at the 2005 ISC II, that crew, and most especially the fellow in the green shirt and beard, “Ade”, who was up at 3am Friday to be sure the fields would be ready were the tournament MVPs (Most Valuable People).
Maddy’s Monday Night Photos – 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions
Monday, September 12th, 2005We are pleased to share Maddy’s photos from the ISC II Tournament of Champions, taken in Chippewa Falls, WI, August 14-19, 2005. Click here, then the menu buttons for Galleries 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6.
Maddy’s Monday Night Photos (Best of the West)
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005Maddy’s Monday Night Photos from Portland Rose Cup Tournament
Monday, June 27th, 2005Click the camera to view Maddy’s “Monday Night Photos” from the Portland Rose Cup Tournament, held June 25-26, 2005 in Portland, Oregon.
Red Rock Feature Story & Photos in July 2005 Softball Magazine
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005We are pleased to report that the latest issue of Softball Magazine, dubbed the “Sports Illustrated of Softball” has published our feature story “Red Rock Ends with a Twist”, along with number of photos, taken by Maddy Flanagan, including the inside cover with a pitcher of world class pitcher Dean Holoien, the Most Valuable Pitcher in the Red Rock tournament. The photo layout also has a photo of California Painters catcher Jeff Twist, who had 2 homers and 5 RBI in the title game, and So Cal Bombers pitcher Travis Price, River City Rocker Rob Penticoff, Pueblo Bandit Jeremy Manley, and a team photo of the champion Painters. If you don’t already subscribe to the magazine, you should. If you can’t find a copy of the latest issue, write to us and we’ll try to see that you get one.