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ASA Major will have new champion: Florida Ousts the Farm

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

From Al’s Fastball: ASA Update: Florida advances

Two-time defending ASA Major champion the Farm was eliminated by Florida Fastpitch, 5-4 in ten innings. Florida now advances to the loser’s bracket final against the Riversharks, with the winner of that game playing the Tampa Bay Smokers for the title.

The Farm finishes in 4th place, Team Iowa 5th, and Keating Fitness 6th.

Game times have been moved up for the remaining games. The Farm vs. Florida Fastpitch started at 2pm eastern time, while the championship and “if” games are slated for 4pm and 7pm instead of 7pm and 9pm.

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Tampa Bay Smokers advance to ASA Major final

Saturday, August 6th, 2005

From the pen of longtime Smoker’s writer, Matt Birmingham, courtesy of Al’s Fastball: Smokers advance to ASA final

“Tampa Bay put the game away in the opening inning as 1B Trent Rubley doubled home 2B Chris Miljavic, and LF Barry Kahler mashed his second home run of the tournament; a three run shot that brought home 3B Frankie Perez, who doubled, and DP Boomer Brush who walked.

The Smokers added three more runs in the third as Brush blasted a three run homer of his own that brought in Rubley and Perez. Brushes left center field homer not only cleared the 250 temp fence, but would have easily cleared the permanent 290 foot fence, had it not been for the scrub oak trees.”

Click here for the whole story

Two of the original 6 teams in the tournament have now been eliminated, with Team Iowa (Sonny Perkins team) finishing 5th, and Keating Fitness 6th.

In the loser’s bracket, Florida Fastpitch is playing the Farm today, with the winner facing the Riversharks, who suffered their first loss in the winner’s final, to the Tampa Bay Smokers.

At press time, the Farm and Florida Fastpitch were tied at 4 in the 9th inning of their game.

The championship game is slated for 7pm EST tonight (4pm west coast time), and the “if” game at 9pm EST (6pm PST)

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Quaker Riversharks, Tampa Bay 2-0 at ASA Major

Friday, August 5th, 2005

The Quaker Riversharks of PA and Tampa Bay Smokers of FL will meet in the winner’s bracket finals in the ASA Men’s Major Tournament at Altamonte Springs, FL, after each winning their first two games.

The R’sharks topped defending champions The Farm Tavern and Florida Fastpitch, while Tampa Bay beat Keating Fitness, PA and Team Iowa. Florida Fastpitch will take on the winner of Team Iowa and Keating Fitness for the right to face the Farm, which advanced by forfeit by the So Cal Bombers, who withdrew from the tournament.

The 3-day, 6-team tournament concludes Saturday.

Saturday’s schedule of games:(All game times EST)

9am: Team Iowa vs. Florida Fastpitch (loser’s bracket)
12noon: The Farm Tavern vs. winner of Team Iowa/Florida Fastpitch (loser’s bracket)
12noon:Quaker Riversharks vs. Tampa Bay Smokers (winner’s bracket final)
4pm: Loser’s Bracket Final;
7pm: Championship Game
9pm: “If” game

Click here for ASA webpage and bracket.

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Hurricane Warnings at ASA Major and more…

Friday, August 5th, 2005

Games delayed due to Hurricane Warnings. That’s a new one, huh? The Riversharks lead the Farm and Tampa Bay leads Keatings with play to resume this morning at 10:30am EST.

From Al’s Fastball: The inside scoop from ASA’s in Florida

Click here for ASA webpage and bracket.

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Seattle Invite 2005 – Aug. 6-7

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

45 years and still going strong ! Click the link below for this year’s schedule of games, August 6-7, 2005. Be sure to check out the list of previous winners dating back to 1961. Think about that one for a moment. The year that Roger Maris hit his 61 homers. How old, and where were you?

This year’s tournament hosts teams from three different states, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, with a total of 13 teams. The format of the tournament is Three (3) Round-Robin games on Saturday, and single-elimination (with a consolation round) on Sunday (5GG).

Thanks to Tournament Director Charlie Bendock for passing along this info. Watch for a final recap when this one is concluded.

Click here to Visit our web pages for the Seattle Invite 2005

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2005 Senior Canadians, Aug. 28 – Sept 4

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

The Draw for the Senior Canadians tournament, August 28 – Sept 4, 2005 has been released. Click here to read more, courtesy of Al’s Fastball.

Click here to visit the Official Website for the 2005 Sr. Canadians – http://www.canadians2005.ca/

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2005 ASA “C” Regional Championship

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

From SoCal ASA website: List at 2005 ASA “C” Regional Championships aka the “Last Chance Dance”. Seventeen (17) teams vying for the four remaining berths to the ASA “C” Nationals at Stockton, California, September 1-5, 2005.

First round matchups:
2) Mission II vs. Country Club Villa
3) Bay Area High Reach vs. Party Time Rentals
4) Mixed Co. vs. Panteras v
6) Savala Painters B vs. Palm Springs Express
7) Hayes Landscaping vs. Pride of San Juan
1) KHT Pumpers vs. Black Oak Casino
9) Orville Braves vs. Winner of game #1
7) Latin Heat vs. Outlaws
8) Al’s Roofing vs. So Cal Masters

Second round matchups:
Winners of 2) and 3)
Winners of 4) and 5)
Winners of 6) and 1)/9)
Winners of 7) and (8)

Third round matchups
Winner 2/3 vs. Winner 4/5
Winner 6/1/9 vs. Winner 7/8

Join the discussion about this tournament in our California Fastpitch Forum.

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ASA Major Tournament Gets Underway Thursday, Aug. 4

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Rod Peterson’s Farm Tavern Set to Defend ASA Major Title

The ASA Men’s Major Tournament gets underway Thursday at 6pm EST (3pm west coast time), at Altamonte Springs, Florida, with two opening round games:

The Farm Tavern, Madison, WI vs. Quaker Riversharks, PA
Tampa Bay Smokers, FL vs. Keating Fitness, PA

The Farm Tavern has won the tournament the last two years in a row, and will go for a “three-peat” in 2005. Last year, they were led by pitcher Dean Holoien, who set a new ASA record for 21 strikeouts in a game, and threw a no-hitter in the championship game win over Broken Bow. Click here to read Bill Plummer’s recap of last year’s finale, courtesy of Al’s Fastball.

Rumor has it that a couple of local (and well known) So Cal players will be wearing the Farm’s familiar “pig” logo tomorrow night, joining another Californian who is a regular member of the squad Todd Budke, while a Northern California player may be in a Riversharks uniform. Budke was a First Team All American at third base in last year’s tournament.

The winner of the Farm-Riversharks game will play Florida Fastpitch, which drew a first round bye, while the winner of the Tampa Bay-Keatings game will face Team Iowa, which got a first round forfeit/bye with the So Cal Bombers dropping out of the tournament.

The six team tournament runs through Saturday night. Click here for the bracket.

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Long Beach Black Sox Release 2005 Season Stats

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Click Here to see Long Beach Black Sox Stats for 2005 season: Sox News

Fred Hanker overcame a slow start to lead the Sox in no less than 8 offensive categories, and was among the leaders in 3 more. Fred was 1st in Avg: (.523), OBP: (.577), Slg: (.937), Hits: (58), 2B’s: (21), W (15), Extra base hits: (30) and total bases: (104), as well as 2nd in HR: (7), runs (36) and 3rd in RBI: (34).

First year shortstop Andy Martinez did more than throw some great leather. The 27 year old led the Sox in runs scored (42), singles (49), and stolen bases (8), and was 2nd in hits (52), OBP (.459), and third in Avg. (.413), and walks (13).

Dale Lopes had a fine year at the plate, but, uh, Dale, about that E.R.A. ! (well, as Fred said, Dale “took one for the team”)

Sox pitchers Chuck Vranich (16-5) and Randy Clay (13-6) were a combined 29-11 on the year.

In just their second year in the So Cal ASA Alliance, the Sox finished third, winning three of the seven Alliance events held, the first one in Palm Springs, another mid-season, and the last one of the year just a couple weeks ago. The Sox were the only team in the Alliance to win more than one tournament during the season. They are among six teams from the Alliance to have qualified for the ASA “C” Nationals to be held in Stockton, California, September 1-5, 2005.

Visit the Sox site for a lot more.

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