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ISC-TV World Tournament Streaming Video Schedule – Aug 11-18

Monday, August 6th, 2007

This year, there will be live streaming video webcasts of 20 ball games from The Peter Hallman Ball Yard in Kitchener, Ontario Canada, site of the 61st Annual ISC Men’s World Fastball Tournament.

“Last year we debuted ISC-TV to fastball fans worldwide, amassing nearly 50,000 viewers during the course of the ISC World Tournament”, said Dave Blackburn, ISC Commissioner of Streaming and Broadcasting.

“This year, we again plan to give people who love this sport, an opportunity to see these world-class athletes, compete on biggest stage for men’s fastpitch softball. A broadband Internet connection, and the free Windows Media Player, are the only things required by the viewing audience.”

To view the games live, go to www.sportsjuice.com
or click the link on the ISC Home Page at www.iscfastpitch.com

Schedule * NOTE:
ALL GAME TIMES ARE EASTERN STANDARD TIME ZONE (EST) *

Sat 8/11 5:00 PM Patsy’s of NYC Vs Plangger’s Furniture
Sat 8/11 8:00 PM Kitchener Hallman Twins Vs Ashland, OH
Sat 8/11 10:00 PM Broken Bow Gremlins Vs Horse Lake Thunder

Sun 8/12 4:00 PM Orillia Riversharks Vs Midland Explorers
Sun 8/12 6:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Game # 21
Sun 8/12 8:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Game # 22

Mon 8/13 5:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Game # 31
Mon 8/13 7:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Game # 33

Tue 8/14 5:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 45
Tue 8/14 7:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 47

Wed 8/15 5:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 57
Wed 8/15 7:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Quarter-Finals Game # 59

Thu 8/16 5:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Semi-Finals Game # 68
Thu 8/16 7:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Semi-Finals Game # 69

Fri 8/17 5:00 PM Loser’s Bracket 6th Place Game # 73
Fri 8/17 7:00 PM Winner’s Bracket Final Game # 74
Fri 8/17 9:00 PM Loser’s Bracket 5th Place Game # 75

* Sat 8/18 11:00 AM ISC II Championship Game * (tentative)

Sat 8/18 2:30 PM Loser’s Bracket 4th Place Game #76
Sat 8/18 5:00 PM Loser’s Bracket Final 3rd Place Game #77
Sat 8/18 7:30 PM ISC World Championship Game #78

Important Tech Advice to Enhance Your Viewing Experience:

Below are two hugely Important tips for improving the live streaming video performance in the Windows Media Player.

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Rosters for California Teams at ISC II Tournament of Champions

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007


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Here are the rosters for the two California teams headed to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, for the ISC II Tournament of Champions. The Lumberkings were the first ever California team to compete in the ISC II tournament, last year. This will be the first trip for A-1/Taylor Farms, though several of their players were members of last year’s ISC II Lumberkings squad.

A-1/TAYLOR FARMS
Castro Valley, CA

2 Jarrod Vassure 2B Bakersfield, CA
5 Pat Fuentes SS Sacramento, CA
6 John Bishop Pit Victoria, BC
9 Marcus Tan IF Union City, CA
11 Bob Piddock Coach/Util Castro Valley, CA
12 Dave Drotzman Pit Hermiston, OR
13 Matt Barnes Pit Westlake Village, CA
19 Jason Gluckman Utility Van Nuys, CA
21 Shawn Mandolesi CF San Diego, CA
24 Rick Moore IF Fremont, CA
25 Dave Kimura LF Pleasanton, CA
26 Bob Smith IF/OF Castro Valley, CA
29 Greg Oliver DH/IF Taft, CA
32 Jeff Twist Cat Bakersfield, CA
33 Shawn Ching 3B Hayward, CA
34 Ron Guzman Coach/Util Salinas, CA
44 Eddie Martin 1B Taft, CA

CALIFORNIA LUMBERKINGS
Bakersfield, CA

1 Jeff Graham Coach Bakersfield, CA
2 Carlos Flores SS Bakersfield, CA
3 Kevin Castillo 1B Long Beach, CA
4 David Weldin Fld Mgr Bakersfield, CA
5 Jon Nimmo Cat/OF Surrey, BC
6 Greg Hicks 2B Bakersfield, CA
7 Ed Gaspar Pit Merced, CA
14 Tim Hunt OF/3B La Habra, CA
17 Chris Hunt OF Whittier, CA
20 Kasey Knight 2B Olympia, WA
21 Trevor Knight OF Olympia, WA
22 Darren Strang Pit Richmond, BC
23 Brian Teeters OF Bakersfield, CA
24 Mike Egerdeen Pit Maple Ridge, BC
25 Dan Harbison Cat Las Vegas, NV
34 Troy Parker 3B Fullerton, CA

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ISC II Rosters for Tournament of Champions now online

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

From


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The complete list of rosters for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions is now available in the ISC II section of the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com.

To view the rosters, click here.

The 2007 ISC II ToC starts on Tuesday August 14 at 11:30 am with games at Budd Park in Kitchener and Riverside Park in Cambridge. The championship game is slated for 11 am on Saturday August 18 at Peter Hallman Ballyard.

For additional information, please contact:

Jim Williamson
ISC II VP
jrwilliamson(at)foodfacility.com
or
Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com

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Complete a Player Profile Form for Ballparkradio

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007


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* Notice to All Players Competing in the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions *

Ballparkradio will be broadcasting (at least) 27 games from this year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions.

We have posted an online “Player Profile” form at the Ballparkradio.com website, for you to complete. Nothing to handwrite, nothing to send in — just fill in the blanks, and click the “Submit” button and you’re done.

We encourage and request all players complete one, so that our broadcast crew has some information about you to share with the listening audience.

The form can be submitted entirely online, so there is nothing to mail or email. The first dozen or so items are basic information – name, team, uniform number, hometown etc. and are required, while the rest is up to you.

Don’t wait – you can do it now. Click here to go directly to the form.

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Thomson Area Merchants, IL Website

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Click here to view the Thomson Area Merchants, Thomson Illinois team website. The site includes a few photos from last year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions, including this beautiful blue sky shot of the Merchants playing at Budd Park.

The team played in its first ISC II Tournament of Champions last year, and are headed to the ISC World Tournament this year as the # 25 ranked team. In last year’s ISC II Tournament of Champions, pitcher Jonas Mach from the Czech Republic broke the tournament strikeout record, only to be eclipsed later in the tournament by Micksburg’s Cory Costello, after the Merchants were eliminated from the tournament. Costello will be back at the ISC II tournament this year with the # 1 ranked Niagara Snappers.

The Thomson Area Merchants had their best tournament of the year at the AFSA Classic in Illinois recently, where they knocked off # 8 ranked Circle Tap. (more…)

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Both of California’s ISC II Teams Make Broadcast Schedule

Monday, July 23rd, 2007


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Both of California’s teams, the California Lumberkings and A-1/Taylor Farms are included in the live broadcast schedule:

Tuesday, August 14, 2007, 7:30 PM
(4:30 pm California time)
Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings
vs
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves

Wednesday, August 15, 6:30 PM
(3:30pm California time)
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees
vs
Castro Valley, CA A-1/Taylor Farms

Mark these dates/times on your calendar, as you won’t want to miss them !

If the California teams advance to the playoff round, they may be featured on additional broadcasts.

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27 Games to be Broadcast from ISC II Tournament of Champions

Monday, July 23rd, 2007


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From our ISC II Blog, “The Deuce”:

July 23, 2007 – The International Softball Congress is pleased to release the streaming schedule for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions being played in Kitchener and Cambridge.

“We are planning to cover 17 round robin games plus 10 more in the playoffs for a total of 27 games with the possibility of 28 if there is a tie-breaker required,” said ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford, adding that 27 of the 35 teams will be covered during the round robin games.

And, if all goes according to schedule and plan, the ISC II championship game will be video streamed for the first time.

The streaming signal for all of the games can be accessed through www.ballparkradio.com as well as through www.iscfastpitch.com.

The BallPark Radio crew in the booth at the ToC will consist of returning voices Jim Flanagan, Kyle Smith, Joe Todd, Lance Winn, David Bakker and Blair Setford. Joining the team is Steve Sabourin, of CKNX radio – and the voice of the Monkon World Fastball Challenge – who will be doing a pair of round robin games on Wednesday afternoon/evening and a pair of quarter-final games on Friday afternoon.

Last year, more than 12,000 listeners tuned in for the ISC II ToC games.

The sixth annual ISC II Tournament of Champions which will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge, Ontario and features 35 teams playing a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.

For further information, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC Canada East Vice President
ISC II Commissioner
blairjs(at)rogers.com


Click here for the full post, including the Broadcast Schedule.

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Play Resumes at Orillia

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

# 3 ORILLIA OVER # 2 PATSY’S IN ORILLIA FINAL


(click logo for official tournament website)
Thanks to Al Doran for his live reports all weekend long !

The rains have subsided and play has resumed at the World Series of Fastball at Orillia.

Al Doran is in attendance and posting scores and updates regularly via his Blackberry. Click here to follow all the action at Orillia at Al’s World Series of Fastball page.

Sunday’s Schedule, July 15 (revised due to rainouts Saturday)

8:00 AM Game 21
2ndCanadian ASPEN vs. 3rd American PATSY’S
8:00 AM Game 22
2ndAmerican THE FARM vs. 3rd Canadian JARVIS

Update: Patsy’s and Jarvis win 8am games and advance to the semi-finals.

10:00 AM Game 23
1stAmerican BROKEN BOW vs. 4th Canadian KITCHENER-HALLMAN
10:00 AM Game 24
1stCanadian ORILLIA vs. 4th American MIDLAND

Update: Broken Bow and Orillia win and advance to the semi-finals.

12:00 pM Game 25
Semi-Finals
(# 1) BOW, USA vs. (# 2) PATSY’S, USA
(# 3) ORILLIA, CANADA vs. (#15) JARVIS, CANADA

1:30 PM Game 26
CHAMPIONSHIP

# 3 ORILLIA VS. # 2 PATSY’S

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AFSA Classic Newspaper Story

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Editor’s Note: Readers may recall young Camden Decker as a member of the USA Jr. Men’s team that competed in the ISF Jr. Men’s Tournament on Prince Edward Island in 2005.

Reprinted with permission From Aurora’s

(click Beacon News logo for their website)

Off to a flying start
Decker and Potolichio lead Dolan & Murphy to victory against Thomson Merchants

July 14, 2007
By John Sahly staff writer

After the first two pitches of his second inning at-bat, Dolan and Murphy catcher Camden Decker didn’t look like he would come close to making contact with the ball, let alone hit it out of the park.

Thomson Merchants’ starting pitcher, Steve Manson, had already put a fastball by Decker, and then followed it up with a changeup that Decker was so early on he could have been able to get off a second swing at the ball. Given the way the first two pitches went, that might have been strike three.

It left Decker frustrated with himself, especially against a pitcher he said he knew he could get a hit against.

But down two strikes, Decker adjusted and shortened his swing. Two pitches later, he rounded the bases in a home run trot in Dolan and Murphy’s 6-0 win against Thomson in the first game of the AFSA Classic on Friday night at Stuart Sports Complex.

“I kind of just found it and just tried to go with the pitch,” said Decker of his home run. “I didn’t think it was going out when I first hit it.”

It did go out, past the left-center field fence, and the shot helped the Aurora team earn its first victory in the tournament.

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A-1/Taylor Farms, Lumberkings View Draws for 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Friday, July 13th, 2007


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The schedule of games was released today for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Aug 14-18, 2007. The highly competitive ISC II division is one of the premier divisions in all of fastball.

California will send two teams, A-1 Taylor Farms of Salinas/Castro Valley, CA and the Lumberkings of Bakersfield, CA. (ISC II Rankings are shown parenthetically below)

A-1/Taylor Farms is in Pool C

Tavistock, ON Merchants (# 3)
Kitchener, ON Outlaws (#12)
Moraviantown, ON Bucktown Bees (#17)
Castro Valley, CA A-1 Taylor Farms (#24)
Linwood, ON 86ers (unranked)

A-1/Taylor Farms Schedule:

Tues, Aug 14
12:00 PM EST/9:00am PST
vs. Linwood 86ers

Wednesday, Aug 15
3:30 PM EST/12:30pm PST
vs. Tavistock Merchants

6:30 PM/3:30pm PST
vs. Bucktown Bees
* Tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com *

Thursday, Aug 16
5:30 PM EST/2:30pm PST
vs. Kitchener Outlaws


The Lumberkings are in Pool B:

Bakersfield, CA California LumberKings (#2)
Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves (#13)
Harrisburg, PA PA Power (#16)
Carp, ON I4C Victory (#31)
Hamilton, ON Hawks (unranked)

The Lumberkings schedule:

Tuesday, Aug 14
7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST – vs. the host Bridgeport, ON PROforma Braves. (This game is immediately following opening ceremonies, a rematch of last year’s game which drew one of the largest crowds of the tournament.) * Tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Ballparkradio.com *

Wednesday, Aug 15
9:30a EST/6:30am PST
vs. Harrisburg PA Power, PA

7:30pm EST/4:30pm PST
vs. Hamilton Hawks, ON

Thursday, August 16
1:30pm EST/10:30am PST
vs. Carp, ON I4C Victory

The single elimination playoff round starts at 9am Friday morning, with the top 24 teams advancing, and seeded according to their record in pool play competition. (Tie Breaker games are slated for — ugh — 7:00 a.m. (4am here on the west coast!)

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