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2007 ISC Out of Region Players

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Ed. Note: From the ISC website via Al’s Fastball , the “Out of Area Players List” — players signed by teams outside their regions. See the ISC rules as to the limitations and costs regarding same.

2007 ISC Out of Region Players – By Team

Note: The ISC General Fund will retain $100 per Out of Region player. The remaining funds will be divided 50-50 between the ISC World Tournament Team Travel Fund and the ISC Developmental program (youth).

Team Name & ISC Region
Player Name(s) Home Region $100 $300

Albaugh, Inc. – US Central
Perkins, Phillip “Sonny” US West X

Ashland Mets – US East
Berube, Tom Canada East X
Long, Gerard International X
Wilson, Jeff Canada East X

Aspen Interiors – Canada West
Jackson, Andy Canada East X

Bloomington Stix – US Central
Cameron, Thomas International X
Matroni, Bruno International X
Montero, Maxi International X
Montero, Pablo International X
Tessore, Matias International X
Zambrano, John International X

Broken Bow Gremlins – US East
Basurto, Frank US West X
Burnett, Don Canada East X
Duran, Moises US West X
Gonzales, Alfonso US West X
Kirkpatrick, Andrew International X
Manley, Jeremy International X
Martin, Jarrad International X
Nukunuku, Nathan International X
Rosthenhausler, Bob US West X
Shannon, Patrick International X

California Lumberkings – US West
Egerdeen, Mike Canada West X
Nimmo, Jon Canada West X
Strang, Darren Canada West X

Casa Trejo So Cal Bombers – US West
Box, Darren Canada West X
Crawford, Greg Canada West X
Evely, Geoff Canada East X
Ghostkeeper, Chad Canada West X
LaLonde, Adam US East X
Potskin, Evan Canada West X
Rodriguez, Orlando US East X
Tilley, Darrell Canada West X
Whitten, Sean Canada West X

Circle Tap – US Central
Bramwell, Matt Canada East X
Ferguson, Chad US East X
Magnusson, Kyle US West X
McKenzie, Collin Canada West X
Perez, Frankie US East X
Schucker, Steve US East X

Cutro Professional Inspections – US East
McCallum, Mark Canada East X
Winship, Shaun Canada East X

Dolan & Murphy – US Central
Mach, Jonas International X
Potolicchio, Juan International X

Elkland Fastpitch – US East
Garrity, Gregg Canada East X
Smith, Jason Canada East X

The Farm Tavern – US Central
Abbott, Colin Canada East X
Gareau, Korrey Canada West X
Gervasutti, Sebastian International X
Goolagong, Jeff International X
Gray, Rob Canada East X
Hale, Donny International X
Hill, Jason Canada East X
Rosebush, Paul US West X
Shellenburg, Kevin Canada West X
Winters, Zenon International X

Hamilton Hawks – Canada East
Smith, Chuck US East X

Houston Aces – US Central
Bahler, Roberto International X
Echave, Guillermo US West X
Felix, Lauro US West X
Orosco, Ramses US West X
Sabate, Sisko International X

Keating Fitness – US East
Fawcett, Robert Canada East X
Yates, James US East X

Kitchener Hallman Twins – Canada East
Budke, Todd US West X
Eidt, Jody US East X
Miller, Blake US East X

Midland Explorers – US East
Crawford, Craig Canada East X
Joseph, Mike Canada East X
Patterson, Grant Canada East X

MinnDak Millers – US Central
Gosse, Ward Canada East X
Price, Travis US West X

Orillia Quaker Riversharks – Canada East
Brand, Ryan Canada West X
Gasaway, Mike US East X
Miljavac, Chris US Central X
Ormsby, Glenn Canada West X
Wenstsrum, Kelly Canada West X

Patsy’s – US East
Folkard, Adam International X
Makea, Thomas International X
Milne, Daniel International X
Moraga, Omar US West X
Muizelaar, Gerald US Central X
Ratu, Stephen International X
Rona, Brad International X
Southam, Travis International X
Scheller, Rob Canada West X
Wilson, Travis International X

Plangger’s Furniture – US East
Brown, Wayne “Doc” US Central X

Pueblo Bandits – US West
Barraza, Efrain US Central X
Hillhouse, Bill US East X
Manley, Regan International X
Morales, Joe US Central X

Quad City Sox – US Central
Farion, Jeff Canada West X
Kelly, Harold Canada East X
Twordik, Brad Canada West X

South Lebanon/TNT – US East
Tracy, Jeremy Canada East X

Thomson Area Merchants – US Central
Eden, Casey International X
Manson, Steven International X
Miller, Rory Canada East X

Townline – US Central
Darby, James International X
Guerrinieri, Gustavo International X
Guerrinieri, Jose Alberto International X
Laulu, Wayne International X
McLean, Stacy International X
Neemia, Aaron International X
Petric, Fernando International X
Shailes, Nick International X

Vancouver Grey Sox – Canada West
Leonardo, Eduardo International X
Taveras, Jordan International X

Here is the same list, in alphabetical order: (more…)

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The Best of the Best

Friday, May 18th, 2007

From the ISC website, via Al’s Fastball the 2007 “PRAWN” (Player Rep All World Names). See the “PRAWN” rules which limits the number of players from this list that any one team may have on their roster.

2007 PRAWN Players Participation List by Team
Player Name 2007 Team

Legend: NOR = Name didn’t appear on a submitted roster. Player can be added only by team Hardship approval

Abbott, Colin The Farm
Algar, Paul Circle Tap
Beane, Kyle Midland
Boom, Chad MinnDak Millers
Box, Darren So Cal Bombers
Boys, David NOR
Brush, Boomer NOR
Budke, Todd Kitchener Hallman Twins
Casley, Rhys Broken Bow Gremlins
Cassells, Kevin Innerkip
Challis, Terry NOR
Cook, Gareth NOR
Crawford, Craig Midland
Crawford, Greg So Cal Bombers
Dambrosio, Reno Jarvis
Darling, Matt Albaugh, Inc.
Davis, Travis Albaugh, Inc.
DeGroat, Frank Patsy’s
Delarwelle, Chris Circle Tap
Eidt, Jody Kitchener Hallman Twins
Ellsworth, Jeff Orillia Riversharks
Ferguson, Chad Circle Tap
Folkard, Adam Patsy’s
Fowler, Dwayne NOR
Gareau, Korrey The Farm
Garrity, Gregg Elkland
Garvey, Don NOR
Gegen, Fred NOR
Gehrke, Rob Portland/Demarini
Giesbrecht, Rob Vancouver Grey Sox
Goolagong, Jeff The Farm
Gosse, Ward MinnDak Millers
Gray, Rob The Farm
Hale, Donny The Farm
Holoien, Dean Aspen Interiors
Johns IV, Vic NOR
Kahler, Barry NOR
Keifel, Kris NOR
Kelly, Harold Quad City Sox
Kirkpatrick, Andrew Broken Bow Gremlins
Koert, Paul Kitchener Hallman Twins
Kolkus, Patrik NOR
Kranz, Bill Quad City Sox
Kunka, Tony MinnDak Millers
Lalonde, Adam So Cal Bombers
Lewis, Eric NOR
Leonardo, Eduardo Vancouver Grey Sox
Mackintosh, Keith Aspen Interiors
Mackintosh, Pat Aspen Interiors
Macumber, Tim Orillia Riversharks
Makea, Thomas Patsy’s
Manley, Jeremy Broken Bow Gremlins
Martin, Curtis NOR
Martin, Jarrad Broken Bow Gremlins
Martin, Todd Kitchener Hallman Twins
Mata, Lucas So Cal Bombers
Mclean, Stacy Townline
McKenzie, Collin Circle Tap
Middleton, Doug Albaugh, Inc.
Miljavac, Chris Orillia Riversharks
Monfils, Paul NOR
Moraga, Omar Patsy’s
Morales, Joe Pueblo
Muizelaar, Gerald Patsy’s
Needham, Nick Quad City Sox
Neveau, Brian NOR
Newitt, Steve Vancouver Grey Sox
Nukunuku, Nathan Broken Bow Gremlins
O’Brien, Robbie Orillia Riversharks
O’Brien, Sean Orillia Riversharks
Perkins, Phil Albaugh, Inc.
Piechnik, Mike Portland/Demarini
Potskin, Evan So Cal Bombers
Reichart, Kevin Circle Tap
Rosebush, Paul The Farm
Rubley, Trent NOR
Rychcik, Shawn NOR
Sandback, Darrell NOR
Santilliano, Marc So Cal Bombers
Schucker, Steve Circle Tap
Schultz, Todd Midland
Seed, Jeff NOR
Shannon, Patrick Broken Bow Gremlins
Shewfelt, Chris Kitchener Hallman Twins
Simmons, Bill Jarvis
Simpson, Jamie Innerkip
Skillings, Dan Innerkip
Smith, Adam Jarvis
Sorenson, Mark NOR
Stires, Steve NOR
Taveras, Jordan Vancouver Grey Sox
Tschida, John MinnDak Millers
Twachtmann, Todd NOR
Twordick, Brad Quad City Sox
Vinson, Brent NOR
Wodtke, John NOR
White, Michael Portland/Demarini
White, Ron Kitchener Hallman Twins
Wilson, Travis Patsy’s
Wolfe, Ryan Orillia Riversharks
Zack, Darren NOR

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Bombers Host Palm Springs Classic This Weekend

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Just a reminder that some of the top teams in the country will be in So Cal this weekend, for the So Cal Bombers’ Palm Springs Classic, including three in the top 10 — the host Bombers, Circle Tap from Wisconsin and the Grey Sox from Vancouver, B.C. , and three more in the top 25, Red Rock Final Four team, Portland DeMarini from Oregon, the Bandits from Pueblo, Colorado and the Aces from Houston, Texas. (ISC World pre-season rankings shown in parentheses below)

Mountain Pool
So Cal Bombers (ISC #7)
Vancouver Grey Sox (ISC #9)
Houston Aces (ISC #23)
River City Rockers (ISC II #41)
Panteras (n/r)
Taylor Farms (ISC #25)
So Cal Tribes (n/r)

Desert Pool
Circle Tap (ISC #8)
Portland Demarini (ISC #15)
Pueblo Bandits (ISC #17)
Lumber Kings (ISC II #9)
Young Bucks (n/r)
I.A.C. (n/r)
Larry Miller Hogs (n/r)

The action gets underway at 8am Saturday, and runs through the championship game on Sunday. Schedule of games and more info at our earlier post.

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Vancouver Grey Sox Opening Weekend Results

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

[Vancouver, BC] – The Vancouver Grey Sox opened the season by co-hosting a youth Clinic with the Richmond Stealers Fastball Club on Saturday, May 12 in Steveston, BC. It was sunny and warm and approximately 70 young ballplayers participated in the Clinic then watched the men’s teams play a doubleheader. The Grey Sox won both games and also had a pair of victories in a doubleheader on Sunday, May 14 at South Memorial Park in Vancouver against an all-star team from the local Premier League.

Sat, May 12

Game #1

Vancouver Grey Sox 7
Richmond Stealers 4

W.P. Nick Underhill
L.P. Darren Strang

Game #2

Vancouver Grey Sox 7
Richmond Stealers 2

W.P. Rick Smith
L.P. Dean Webster

Sun, May 13

Game #1

Vancouver Grey Sox 4
Premier League All-Stars 3

W.P. Rick Smith
L.P. Craig Pidcock

Game #2

Vancouver Grey Sox 14
Premier League All-Stars 6

W.P. Nick Underhill
L.P. Shawn Koster

Next action for the Grey Sox is the weekend of May 18-20 at the So Cal Bombers tournament in Palm Springs, California.

Conrad Margolis
Vancouver Grey Sox

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ISC and ASA Launch Male Pitcher Development Program

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

The Amateur Softball Association/USA Softball (ASA/USA Softball) and the International Softball Congress (ISC) are joining forces to launch a pitcher development program that will focus on developing new pitchers under the age of 30 for the men’s and boys fast pitch programs. Scott Standerfer of Charleston, IL, an assistant coach with the USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team, will serve as the program administrator. Judd Berthiaume of Roseville, MN will serve as the ISC liaison, working with Scott. Judd is currently the ISC Pitching Clinic Administrator.

“The Amateur Softball Association and USA Softball are looking forward to this new partnership with the International Softball Congress in order to develop new pitchers throughout the country,” said USA Softball National Teams Director Ronnie Isham. “With all of the technology we have today this is a perfect way to assist new players in their pursuit of greatness.”

“The ISC has attempted various means of pitcher development over the years but unfortunately, none were satisfactorily successful,” said ISC Executive Director Ken Hackmeister. “In partnering with ASA and utilizing a pitcher development system with proven results, we feel we are entering into a program that should prove beneficial for not only ISC and ASA but more importantly, for the health of the game.”

USA Softball and the ISC have named Michael White of Eugene, OR, and Gary Mullican of Mission Viejo, CA, as the analysts for the program. White has represented the United States as a member of the USA Softball Men’s National Team since 1995 and is an ISC Player Rep while Mullican currently serves as an assistant coach for the USA Softball Junior Men’s National Team.

Players interested in being involved in the USA Softball/ISC Pitcher Development Program should contact Scott Standerfer at standerfer@mchsi.com. Applications are available for download on the USA Softball website at www.usasoftball.com and the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com under the Developmental and Rules and Forms links from the front page. These web site links will have a program application and a sample email analysis to review. There is no cost for an applicant to participate in the ASA/ISC Pitcher Development program. In a joint effort, the ASA and the ISC are working together to fund all expenses associated with this new program.

Once a player has submitted an application to the program administrator, he will be assigned to either Michael or Gary to begin the analysis process. The analysts will contact the players via email to explain the types of things they will need from each player. Each player will need to submit a video of their workout to their respective analyst and in turn the analyst will evaluate the video and will correspond with the athlete via email.

A player that progresses through the Development Program could have the opportunity to participate with a club team in an ISC World Tournament, ISC II Tournament of Champions, an ISC Developmental Championship or at an ASA National Championship tournament.

We have been asked by Kevin Quinn, Softball Canada President, to refer Canadian pitcher prospects to Don Bates. Don will accommodate the pitcher prospects in Softball Canada’s ongoing pitcher development program. The ISC and Softball Canada have a close working relationship and we want that relationship to continue. Any Canadian applicants will be referred to Don Bates.

This program was created to develop pitchers of all skill levels, from beginners to those already pitching. Prospects are cautioned that entering this program will require diligence and a video demonstration of progress. Those who begin and fail to properly apply themselves with acceptable progress, risk being dropped from the program. Being a video analysis process, this program is intended to literally be year-round. Video submissions can be taken outside in warm weather months and inside during cold weather months. Don’t pass up this opportunity to develop or to improve your game.

Both ISC and ASA extend their thanks to the original 4-man committee who discussed and recommended this specific pitcher development program: Pete Turner, Tim Lyon, Bill Hillhouse and Judd Berthiaume.

More complete details will be issued to those who apply for admission into the Pitcher Development Program.

Wayne Fisher
ISC Developmental Vice President
wpfisher@mchsi.com

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Maddy’s 2007 Red Rock Photo Slideshow

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Maddy has been experimenting with some new software and has come up with something we hope you enjoy – a “flash” slideshow of her Red Rock Tournament photos, all 203 that were selected for web display.

You’ll note that there are several ways you can view them. Click the word View” in the upper left of the screen to choose whether you want to view the slideshow or as a regular photo gallery. Personally, I like to sit back and watch the slideshow. You can see what each button is for by “mousing over” them. The one in the middle is to play the slide show, the little ones to either side are to go forwards or backwards. Another nice feature is that you can see the number of the photo right next to it, in case you want to tell a friend to look at a particular photo.

You can make the photo larger by clicking the little “TV screen” icon on the lower left to get rid of the thumbnails.

There is also a “slider” at the bottom to fast forward or rewind (and you can resume the slideshow after the jump)

The only thing I don’t like is that the photos seem a bit small, at least by comparison to the galleries we usually do. Not to worry, we’ll post those soon, so you’ll be able to see the full size photos. I should mention that this new slideshow takes up as tremendous amount of hard drive space on the server, so I won’t be able to leave it up too long. So if you want to watch it, watch it this week.

I’ll be interested in feedback from all of you about the slideshow and new software, so if you have time, drop us a line. Send comments to jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com. (Let me know how long it takes to load on your computer, and what type of connection you have, e.g. dial-up, cable, T1, etc.)

And if you have a comment about the photos in general, drop Maddy a line, maddy (at) maddysphotos (dot) com, so she knows her hard work is worth the effort and expense.

Click here to view the slideshow


(If the slideshow freezes, just click the little “forward” button to nudge it along, as the software is tempermental at times.)

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ISC Qualifying – Use of Pickup Players

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

There have been questions recently, about using non-rostered players in ISC and ISC II qualifying tournaments. This note is being sent to clarify the situation.

There are two means of securing an ISC or ISC II berth:

1. Qualifying and
2. becoming eligible to be invited.

For any team to outright win an ISC berth, they must play in the qualifying event with only their teams rostered players. No pickups.

If a team chooses to use pickup players from another ISC or ISC II team, they cannot win a berth from that qualifying tournament but by having participated in the qualifier, the team becomes eligible to be invited to the ISC World Tournament or ISC II Tournament of Champions.

The logic behind this is: a player rostered with team A can’t help team B win a berth.

If this doesn’t answer everyone’s questions, please let me know.

Ken

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Liberty Bank – Albaugh Inc. – DSM Hall of Fame Schedule June 8-10

Saturday, May 12th, 2007

From Al’s Fastball:

[Elkhart, Iowa] – Albaugh Inc. – DSM Hall of Fame Invitational

Schedule June 8 – 10

Pool A

1. Albaugh Inc. Elkhart, Iowa
2. Thompson Merchants Thompson, Illinois
3. MinnDak Millers Fargo, North Dakota
4. TownLine Green Bay, Wisconsin

Pool B

A. Quad City Sox Davenport, Iowa
B. Des Moines Stampede Des Moines, Iowa
C. Circle Tap Denmark, Wisconsin
D. Pueblo Bandits Pueblo, Colorado

Pool Play Schedule

Friday; June 8th
Main Diamond Second Diamond
7:00pm 1 vs 2
8:45pm A vs B

Saturday; June 9th

10:00am 2 vs 4
11:45am B vs C 2 vs 3
1:30pm A vs D
3:15pm 3 vs 4 B vs D
5:00pm 1 vs 4 A vs C
6:45pm 1 vs 3
8:30pm C vs D

All teams will advance to single elimination tournament starting at 9:00am on Sunday; June 10th. The single elimination tournament will be seeded based on pool play results.

Albaugh Inc. and the town of Elkhart are extremely pleased with the caliber of the teams involved and look forward to hosting this event.

Tom Owen
Elkhart, Iowa
(515)205-0794
OwenThomasD@JohnDeere.com

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Albaugh Inc. 2007 Schedule and Roster

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

From Al’s Fastball:

[Elkhart, Iowa]

2007 Albaugh Inc. Schedule

Dates Tournaments Location

May 19 Quad City Sox(DH) Richland, IA
May 26-28 Memorial Day Walcott, IA
June 8-10 Liberty Bank Invitational Elkhart, IA
June 16-18 Townline Tournament Green Bay, WI
June 22-24 Eau Claire Invitational Eau Claire, WI
July 6-8 Boys of Summer Denmark, WI
July 14-15 Elkhart Round Robin Elkhart, IA
July 27-29 Farm Tournament Madison, WI
Aug 10-18 ISC Kitchener, ON
Aug 23-25 NAFA “AAA” Des Moines, IA

2007 Albaugh Inc. Roster

Tom Owen
Matt Owen
Jason Darling
Matt Darling
Travis Tweed
Travis Davis
Cory Christensen
Drew Mettille
Ben Fjelland
Matt Palazzo
Brian Lammers

Pitchers
Sonny Perkins
Karl Gollan
Darren Dubsky
Doug Middleton

If interested in playing in Elkhart on July 14-15 please contact me.

Tom Owen
owentom@johndeere.com
(515) 205-079

Editor’s notes: Albaugh, IA, or as many in So Cal refer to them, “Sonny’s team” [as in Sonny Perkins] is a team made up of largely mid-western players. Some major changes in the pitching staff for 2007, though as Team USA pitcher Terry Luster moves over to Houston. Sonny returns, along with Darren Dubsky, a hard thrower out of the midwest, while lefty Karl Gollan and veteran Doug Middleton join the club. Middleton, a Team USA player himself, sports a ISC World championship ring from 2002 with St. Joe Frontier Casino Players. Karl Gollan, is a New Zealander who was County Materials’ #3 last year, behind the 1-2 All Star duo of Andrew Kirkpatrick and Lucas Mata.

Last year’s roster:
(more…)

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Red Rock Postscript from Bombers’ Website

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

From the So Cal Bombers team website, courtesy of Cesar Rodriguez:

2007 Red Rock Comments from Bombers Coach Kelly McGiffin:

From my perspective, it was a good tournament with a good outcome. Just as in 2006, Red Rock’s early competition is important because we have to work on getting at bats and getting innings in for our pitchers.

First and foremost we have to focus on the process in these early tournaments. Getting our work in, establishing how we will go about our business for the year, getting comfortable with one another; and all that was started through the weekend.

The team came together very well and even with a number of new faces, I think to a man, everyone just felt good about the group as a whole. There was a very comfortable feeling among the team members and while it’s hard to explain, it almost felt like we’d been together for a long time.

The newcomers to the Bombers performed very well and are obviously excellent additions. Adam Lalonde became our igniter right off the bat, Landy Rodriguez and Marc Santillano were strong and confident, and not only fit right in but produced some clutch hits. Evan Potskin had fun all weekend and was fun to be around, especially when knocking in some important runs for us in most of our games. And of course Sean Whitten and Darrell Tilley, threw smoke and smiles all tournament.

I think that key thing for me as the coach was that while the new guys fit in right away and performed well, our guys from last year seemed to step up their game too. Partly because they’ve worked hard over the winter, but also I think because we all have just a little more confidence in the group as a unit.

Our infield defense was amazing, I think we turned 6-7 double plays and Butler and Pinocchio put on a clinic up the middle while Santillano, Rodriguez, Devine and Parra all made sizzling plays on the corners. Our pitchers were amazed at the plays behind them and we know it will be one of our strengths.

To a man, all players were solid contributors this weekend, as a team we got some of the work we need to do started, and of course, to top it all off, we won the tournament by beating a very strong (and beefed up) team in the final two games, including some very good pitchers along the way. A good start to what looks to be a very fun season.

Kelly McGiffin

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