Here’s Maddy’s latest photos, taken at the So Cal ASA Alliance tournament at Palm Springs April 23-24, 2005.
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Maddy’s Monday Night Photos from Palm Springs II
Monday, April 25th, 2005Primetime Wins Alliance Tournament at Palm Springs
Sunday, April 24th, 2005Primetime fastpitch rallied from down 4-1 and overcame several defensive miscues to top the Amigos 6-4 in the championship game of the third Alliance weekend of the 2005 season.
Primetime’s Joe Fernandez and Keith Barker had three hits each in the win. Dan Zupp was the winning pitcher for Primetime, with Julian Martinez taking the loss.
Primetime defeated Rude Pac in one semifinal while the Amigos bested the Rounders 5-3 in extra innings after regulation play ended in a 2-2 tie.
Primetime and the Amigos went into the weekend as the top two teams in the standings, and separated themselves from the rest of the pack, at 48 and 43 points, respectively, while the next team, the Rounders rose to third at 36 points. The complete standings are posted at at the SoCal ASA website.
Alliance Tournament underway in Palm Springs
Saturday, April 23rd, 2005The Rounders won an exciting 5-3 extra inning game against the Panteras in a 9am game this morning at Palm Springs. Donald Younger keyed the win with a two run triple in the top of the 9th inning. The Rounders struck first for three in the first, but Panterars pitcher Jesse Duncan struck out 10 to give his team a chance to tie the game at 3 in the bottom of the 7th. Rounders reliever Gerald Pyle slammed the door shut, pitching out of a bases loaded, no out jam in the bottom of the 7th. The game was reminscent of the Panteras title win in Santa Fe Springs where they rallied from 4 down in the first against Prime Time for their first alliance Tournament title. Games continue through Sunday afternoon.
Alliance Schedule Released – Palm Springs II, April 2005
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005Around Town, April 20, 2005
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005The Guerreros (Damian and his dad Bennie) drove in all three runs as the Black Sox topped the Panteras, 3-1 in Artesia league play, Wednesday night. Damian drove in a pair of runs with an RBI single in the first and Bennie added an RBI single in the fourth. Damian also had a long double in the game, (and I do mean long), but has been relieved of his base coaching duties. You’ll have to ask him about that one.
And speaking of the Guerreros, they won Fred Hanker’s Black Sox contest for the month of March, for having the most hits among the competing duos. If you haven’t visited Fred’s Long Beach Black Sox team site lately, there’s lots of great stuff, including plenty of photos, and April’s contest, which pairs Black Sox players with a major league player in the “who’ll hit the most home runs contest”.
Not sure what Fred is putting in the team’s water, but no less than three Black Sox players have gotten engaged this year, including Dale Lopes, Dan Fleming and the latest, Chuck Chapel. No report on who might be next, but those Black Sox room reservations are getting larger all the time.
Best of the West, 2005
Monday, April 18th, 2005The details for this year’s “Best of the West” tournament, from David Blackburn:
Reserve your Team’s spot now in the longest running consecutive Men’s Fastball Tournament in California.
The 15th Annual Best of The West
Men’s Open Fastball Tournament
July 30 – 31, 2005Entry deadline: May 16, 2005
Click here for complete details, and a look back at the 2004 Best of the West tournament.
Bombs Away at Santa Fe Springs
Sunday, April 17th, 2005Ralph Trejo’s So Cal Bombers awed the fans at Santa Fe Springs with a prodigious display of power this weekend in SoCal ASA A/B league play, enroute to a perfect 5-0 record in SoCal ASA A/B league play. The Bombers defeated arch rival Team Rainey 4-2 Saturday afternoon, then pounded out 7 home runs Sunday morning against the NorCal Mavericks — including 3 in a row and 6 in one inning, and finished up the day with an 8-1 win over the “Young Bucks”, Clyde Bennett’s 23 and under team. Young Anthony Martinez (Amigos) looked strong in his season debut for the 23 and under “Young Bucks”, against upper division competition, shutting out the Bombers for 5 solid innings before the Bombers went to work in the final two frames.
Mike Butler homered for the Bombers on Saturday and Sunday, while Arturo Solano had two home runs in the 9am game against the Mavericks. Dan Winnick, Nate Devine and Jason Porto also got into the act, with homers for the Bombers on Sunday. Butler came up big Saturday against his former team (Team Rainey), hitting a solo home run to straight away center and making a spectacular diving foul line catch against Rainey to end an inning. In the “feature” game between the Southland’s top two teams, TeamRainey took a 2-0 lead, but the Bombers scored a pair to tie it, and two more for the win, as Tony Peeples pitched well down the stretch for the win, outdueling Rainey’s Bricklen Anderson.
The Bombers have dropped only one game all year, to Castlewood Utah, in the Las Vegas Spring Swing tournament, which they avenged with two wins in the championship of that tournament, and have two tourney titles to their credit already, in Norwalk, and Las Vegas, and look loaded for bear as they head to Red Rock in two weeks.
Team Rainey bounced back after Saturday’s loss to the Bombers, with wins over the River City Rockers and NorCal Mavericks Sunday, to finish 4-1 on the weekend. Team Rainey’s new ace, Bricklen Anderson tossed a 3 hit, 3-0 shutout over the Mavericks, with Ed Gaspar throwing well for the Mavs, yielding only two earned runs, and nothing after the third inning. The Mavs threatened in the 5th with runners at second and third before Anderson struck out the side.
Both the Bombers and Rainey will travel to St. George Utah in two weeks (April 30-May 1) for the Red Rock tournament. So Cal pitcher Mark Bennett, who pitched for his dad’s 23 and under team in Santa Fe Springs will join Portland CR/Adidas for Red Rock.
The River City Rockers and Raymar also competed in the weekend event at Little Lake Park,with Raymar picking up a win against the Young Bucks, while River City topped Raymar in their final game of the weekend Sunday morning. The Rockers have been a contender for the ASA “B” National crown the past several years, while Raymar finished 3rd amongst 70 teams at last year’s ASA “C” National, and were bumped up to the “B” division under ASA rules, and competing at the A/B level for the first time.
Watch the Morning Brief for a link to Maddy’s “Monday Night Photos” taken at Santa Fe Springs, and be sure to check the SoCal ASA website for more.
SoCal ASA A/B League to Play This Weekend in Santa Fe Springs
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005League play for the So Cal ASA A/B league will begin this weekend at Little Lake Park in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Team Rainey and the So Cal Bombers will be among the teams competing, as well as Raymar, which gets its first test playing at the A/B level. British Columbia pitcher Bricklen Anderson, signed for the 2005 season by Team Rainey will be with the club for the first time. Pure speculation on my part, but I’m guessing we’ll see him on the mound against the So Cal Bombers in the 3pm game Saturday in this rematch of arch rivals. The Bombers took the first meetings, in February in the Norwalk Tournament and are coming off the heels of their Las Vegas Spring Swing title. Also competing will be the “Young Bucks” a (more or less) 23 and under team, with hard-throwing 21 year old, Anthony Martinez on the mound. Jason Iuli, slightly over 23 will pitch with them, as will Mark Bennett, more than slightly over 23. All kidding aside, Mark remains one of the best pitchers in California, as shown by a stellar performance against Team Rainey in last year’s Best of the West. Don’t miss a chance to see the best fastpitch teams in Southern California. Click here for the schedule of games at the So Cal ASA website
Benefit Ride for Masters’ Merritt Burgess Sunday
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005Merritt Burgess of the So Cal Masters was injured in a motorcycle accident and is still recovering. A benefit ride is being held. Details at So Cal ASA website