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Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 9
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 8
Monday, March 10th, 2008
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate’s Life For Me. As in Texaco Pirates, Man-O-War Key, Bahamas. Lots of them.
Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 7
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
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Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 6
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
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And our main “2008 AAU Photos” page now has the shot of the Champions, Mac’s Sprayers.
Gallery 6 includes Jeff Wilson, pitching for the Fury of Ontario, Canada. Jeff will be with the Vancouver Grey Sox in 2008.
Another of Sebastian Gervasutti, similar to the one which currently graces the cover of Fastpitchwest. I like this one better, as it’s a bit sharper and close up. The other one (on the cover of FPW) is an interesting one, focused through the chain link fencing, which gives it that “cross hatch” effect. Sebastian has been getting plenty of work in this winter, and looked to be in mid-season form in Orlando. He is currently in Central America, pitching there for the next month or so. Lots of torque being applied to the ball in this shot, and seemingly every pitch he throws.
Todd Budke reaches for the ball, just ahead of the runner in this one., and enjoys a chat with Broken Bow teammate, Rhys Casley in this shot.That duo is going to put a hurt on some pitchers come summer.
The range of Maddy’s long lens helps run down the ball on display here.
I used to think the A-1 Tank’s striped pants were the ugliest I had ever seen, but not now.. You’ll see plenty of those thumbing through Softball Magazine — in the slo-pitch section. The cards and letters from A-1 are rolling in already. Truthfully, when you scored 10 runs a game like those guys did, I guess you can wear whatever you darn well please.
Perfect form on display by Dean Holoien, of Broken Bow. I imagine that Dean found Orlando a bit warmer in January than his hometown of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
Illinois always sends a good size contingent of players to the AAU, welcome respite from the midwest winters. I don’t know who the PK Broward players are in this one, or this one, but perhaps of of the Illinois Forum members will email me and let me know.
Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 5
Friday, March 7th, 2008
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This gallery might be called “Full of Millwood and Fury”
More player notes to follow.
Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 4
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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The first half of this one appeared in what is now a temp Gallery 1a. So from here on in, it’s all new material.
Player notes to follow, but it’s the pics that you want, right?
ISC II Player Photos from the AAU
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
My good friend and ISC II commissioner Blair Setford is posting links to AAU photos of ISC II players over at The Deuce. The list is getting longer by the day, so be sure to check back periodically. Blair has provided outstanding leadership for the ISC II program since 2004, resulting in a big jump in interest from teams around the country. If your team is considering a trip to this year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions, in Appleton, Wisconsin, August 10-13, 2008, be sure to contact Blair to get on his email list, and find out more about how to qualify for the tournament.
After listening to Kyle Smith and I talk about the AAU tournament so much, Blair made the trip himself this year, playing for the Fury, and doing some of the broadcasts on Ballparkradio. Who will be the first eagle eye reader is that spots a photo of Blair in uniform in Maddy’s Photo Galleries?
Update: Cal Lumberking pitcher Dave Drotzman won the prize, unknown as it may be, spotting the ISC II commish playing third base for the Ontario Fury in this photo, and in one that I missed, # 19 in this conference at the mound.
For those who may not be familiar with “The Deuce”, it is a blog much like this one, but devoted solely to the ISC II program. Blair is a regular poster over at the Deuce, so it’s a good place to find the latest news and information on the upcoming ISC II Tournament of Champions. The Deuce also has a “Feed Blitz” email list that will send you an email when a new item is posting. Posting at The Deuce is not as frequent as the Morning Brief, so you need not worry about being inundated with too much email. (well, except for the four day ISC II Tournament of Champions, when we post after each set of games).
Maddy’s AAU Photos – Gallery 2
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
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Click here and tell me that is not a perfect Fernando Valenzuela impersonation, with eyes looking to the heavens. As most of you know, it’s actually Panfilo Valdez, pitching for Tijuana, Mexico. He pitched very well, helping his team win their pool. Many of the Tijuana players (including Panfilo) were former members of the Mexicali team, which finished 2nd in 2004 and third in 2005, losing out both years to Los Socios of Venezuela. They always seem to do well in Orlando.
Maddy seems to have a knack for getting some good pics of the kids out at the ballpark. This young fan seems to be enjoying herself, though I bet the smile is because she’s thinking “I’m going to Disneyworld!”.
Broken Bow’s beefed up roster at this year’s tournament included the like of California’s Todd Budke, as well as New Zealander, Rhys Casley. The duo hit 3-4 in the Broken Bow batting order, something sure to sell lots of aspirin to opposing pitchers in the run-up to the ISC World Tournament in Kimberly this year.
California’s Taylor Farm Lumberkings, a merger of two of the top four ISC II teams from last year, did not play in this year’s AAU, but their pitching staff of Dave Drotzman and Mike Egerdeen looked to be in mid-season form, pitching for the St. Thomas Virgin Island Ambassadors. Drotzman was named to the All-Tournament team at last year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions, opening the event with a no-hitter and leading A-1 Taylor Farms’ charge into the Final Four where they fell in an extra inning nail biter with the Lumberkings.
On Saturday night, Drotzman matched Florida Fastpitch’s Sean Whitten, inning for inning through regulation, in perhaps the best pitcher’s duel of the tournament despite being played in a steady rain. Despite the rain, a good crowd of AAU fans stuck it out to see Florida squeak past in extra innings, in a game that was all about fine pitching.
Also spotted in Gallery 2 was Texaco Pirates’ (Bahamas) skipper Haziel MacDonald, seen here smiling as he delivered his talent-laded lineup card to the umpires before an early round game. The Pirates boasted one of the deepest pitching staffs in the AAU tournament this year, with Rob Schweyer, Rob Scheller, Doug Sleep and Dewey Dyck, and added catcher Frank DeGroat (who’s been in two AAU finals), as well as highly regarded Steve Mullaley. The Pirates did win their pool in round robin play and got past a strong Venezuela team on Saturday night, but ran into the Team Minnesota buzzsaw Sunday morning.
Maddy’s Monday Night Photos – AAU
Monday, March 3rd, 2008The clock ticks towards Monday night…..and the AAU Photos……
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Maddy’s Slideshow – 2007 NAFA Masters West at Carson City, Nevada
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Below is Maddy’s slideshow of the 2007 NAFA Masters West tournament, for all four divisions, 35+, 40+, 45+ and 50+., at Carson City, Nevada.
The fellow in pic 2 is the ageless Mike Trotter, who wore uniform number 68 — his age — while pitching for Northwest Old Growth in the 50+ division. Mike threw well, again, and is an inspiration to all of us who dream of playing for many more years. Not long ago, the radar gun said big Mike was throwing faster than his age. May we all age so gracefully.
If it seems like there are a lot of pics of those “Deadwood guys”, you’re probably right. Pic 3 is Deadwood player-manager Steve Miner getting the third place trophy from Benjie with some other guy hanging around. We even slippped a photo of Maddy into the mix, can you spot it?
The western looking town in some of the photos is Virginia City, just down the road from Carson City, Nevada, which is just down the road from Reno. It was my first time to Carson City, but I thought it made a great venue. Easy to get to (Reno airport 20-30 minutes away), with major highways leading right into town. Plenty of restaurants and hotels right near the field, not to mention casinos for those inclined, and a picturesque setting at the ballpark, a mere 10 minutes from the hotels. Hard to beat. (Also the best beer stand of 2007, with microbrews and others $2-$3 for a giant cup.)
Remember that you can control the speed of the slideshow, by mousing over the pics. The speed control is at the upper right. Just move that little slider if you want to speed them up. If you want to “hide” the little thumbnails, just move your cursor off of the slideshow. Yes, the thumbnails are really small, due to the number of photos, more than 300.
If for any reason you get a “no photos found” message, just click refresh on your browser.
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