From Al’s Fastball: Glowworm Tournament (San Antonio,Texas ,July 1st & 2nd, 2006) The RIOS FAMILY is extending our invitation to you on the 42nd Annual Glowworm Tournament. The tournament will be held on July 1st and 2nd, 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.
Archive for January, 2006
42nd Annual Glowworm Tournament (San Antonio,Texas ,July 1-2, 2006
Monday, January 16th, 2006Algar, Scheller & Plangger to AAU with Harter’s Stars, Clearwater FL
Monday, January 16th, 2006The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
Harter’s Stars from Clearwater, Florida will have the services of last year’s Most Valuable Pitcher, Rob Scheller, along with Paul Algar, and Rick Plangger. Scheller pitched in last year’s event with the champions, Circle Tap/The Bar of Appelton. Harter’s Stars are a combination team of Masters Players Randy Brown, Larry Bedard, Jim Ballee, Nick McCurry, along with Atlanta, Alabama and Florida fastpitch players. Longtime veteran Nick McCurry will head things up.
Florida Fastpitch with Z-man and Jamie Simpson at AAU
Sunday, January 15th, 2006The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
Steve Thurmer will follow his Florida Fastpitch team’s strong showing in 2005 with a pitching staff of Darren Zack and Jamie Simpson and the hitting of Michael Brown and Boomer Brush. Dr. Larry Mastrogianakos is once again behind the scenes for this squad.
In last year’s tournament, Florida Fastpitch finished in the “Elite Eight”, knocking off the Hallman Twins from Canada, in a 12-9 slugfest, before falling to eventual 3rd place finisher, Mexicali, 2-0, just missing a spot in the Final Four. Skipper Steve Thurmer guided the Heflin-St. Louis team last year, which held a spot in ISC Ranking’s Top 10 all year long.
Their roster:
Mike Pullin
Steve Runnings
Chris White
Tommie Gray
Michael Brown
Brad Johnson
Steve Mitchell
Paul Lynch
Wayne Bryan
Boomer Brush
Darren Zack
Jamie Simpson
Larry Mastrogianakis
Chad Edwards
Jody Summerlin
Amigos Tournament Rescheduled for Jan 21-22 After Rainout
Sunday, January 15th, 2006The Amigos Tournament at Whittier Narrows, CA has been Re-Scheduled for Saturday 1/21 and Sunday 1/22/06 due to a rainout Saturday morning.
The first 2 Games were completed with the Black Sox and Primos winning. The tournament will resume with the current schedule beginning at 10:00 am on Saturday. Read about the Black Sox’ first win of 2006 at Fred Hanker’s Long Beach Black Sox website.
So Cal Bombers Sign Three Time ISC World Champion Darren Box
Saturday, January 14th, 2006The So Cal Bombers have acquired the services of Darren Box from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada & Kelly Wenstrom from Langdon, Alberta, Canada for the 2006 season. The team announced the signing Friday, stating:
“The Bombers are extremely happy to add a world class player like Darren Box and Kelly Wenstrom.”
The team is still in negotiations with one more player, the Bombers will be posting their final roster and tourney schedule for the 2006 Season in the coming days.
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Editor’s Notes:
Box, at age 29, has already achieved what many spend a career trying to accomplish. He has three ISC World Tournament Championship rings, having been a member of the Broken Bow Spirit, which won the tournament in 2001, 2003 and 2004. He was selected All World catcher at the ISC World Tournament in those championship runs, and named the tournament’s MVP in 2001 at age 25.
Darren hails from the home of “The Great One”, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is currently a member of the Senior Canadian’s men’s team (Team Canada), and has competed internationally, playing in the Pan American Qualifier in Guatemala in 2002. He was also a member of the Canadian championship team in 1999.
Box, at 6 foot 4, 240 pounds, is one of those rare athletes that combines size, power and speed, even batting leadoff at times last year. Darren started playing fastball at age 6, also playing hockey until he was 15. When he’s not playing fastball, Box makes his living as a private investigator, which gives him the freedom to take time off for fastball. His talent and leadership could propel the Bombers to a place among the elite teams in the game.
In 2004, the Bombers finished 10th out of 40 teams in the ISC World Tournament, the first time a California team had done so in more than a decade. With the addition of Box and several other Canadian players, including pitcher Ryan Brand, the Bombers are positioned to run with the big dogs in 2006.
Frappr Slide Show & More
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
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You may have noted the colorful “Frappr” link on the front page of Fastpitchwest. Our “Frappr” map shows where fastball fans and readers of Fastpitchwest reside, via a clever application of Google maps. The folks at Frappr have added a few new features, including one which allows you to modify the color of your flag, to indicate if you are a player (red), umpire (blue, of course), teams (green), fan (white), or yellow (organization, league or official of same). If you are already a member, you can modify yours by logging in.
If you haven’t “planted your flag”, yet, you can do so, along with an optional photo and “shout out” by clicking here.
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Fastball News on Your Cell Phone or PDA
Saturday, January 14th, 2006If you have a cell phone or PDA that connects to the internet, you can read our blogs, the “Morning Brief” and “The Deuce”, Ballparkradio, GHFL.ca, along with everyone’s favorite, Al’s Fastball, and more on pages which are optimized for small screen viewing, with a minimum of graphics for quick loading. Using your web-ready phone or PDA, just log into: http://www.fastpitchwest.com/pda.htm
For a peek at what the pages look like, click the link above, then any of the links on the “PDA page”. The specially designed pages make small screen viewing a breeze. You can access this page by clicking the “Resources” button on our main menu, or just adding “/pda.htm” to our regular URL. Choose “no pics” link on the PDA page for quicker loading.
If you are one of those folks still using a dial up connection, these links work great for you too, especially the “no pics” versions.
Ohseken Redmen Roster for AAU Tournament
Friday, January 13th, 2006The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
The Ohseken Redmen will be representing Ontario at the North American Indigenous Games in Denver, Colorado in July 2006. The Redmen will also be entering in the ISC travel league of Eastern Canada this year.
#16 – Mike Joseph – Pitcher
#19 – Rob Schwayer – Pitcher
#72 – Darrell Anderson
#87 – Derrick Anderson
#17 – Calvin Miller
#33 – Dave Sowden
#14 – Rory Miller – Pitcher
#11 – T.J. Hill
#8 – Duane Greenbird
#25 – Norm Logan
#24 – Glen Maracle
#23 – Craig MacDonald
#4 – Belanger Brown Jr.
Orr Park Knight, OH Back for 2006 AAU
Friday, January 13th, 2006The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
The Orr Park Knights took the past year off due to some unfortunate injuries. The Knights did very well last year losing both of their games to Los Scocios in the AAU Tournament. This year they bring a stronger pitching staff and still have the well balanced offense. The Knights will compete for the TOC in ’06. Major sponsors are Bobby Knight of Texas Tech, Innovative Constrution and Roofing, INC of St. Michael, MN, and Weaver Painting of Orrville, OH.
Rick Yoder-3B
Trevor Urban-SS
Nick Harris-2B
Pete Spoerl-1B
Shane Flinner-C
Justin Stock-OF
Jason Whiteley-OF
Steve Mothersell-OF
Rob O’Neil-Utility
Justin Heyman-P
Joe German-P
Gregg Garrity-P
Texaco Pirates from the Bahamas Bolster Already Strong Roster for AAU
Monday, January 9th, 2006The following is one in a series of team profiles for the AAU Tournament, January 19-22, 2006:
This is the Pirates fourth year to the AAU tournament,with making improvements each year. This year the Texaco Pirates have picked up two new power hitters in Lyle Sawyer and Jeff Rogers,and another good pitcher in Canadian Derek Mason, who was very effective for his team last year in Orlando,and the powerful Vancouver Grey Sox.
Also the Texaco Pirates will have the veteran power pitcher in Edney [Heat] Bethel who went to Columbia and quallified the Bahamas for this years Pan Am games,and won three games for the Texaco Pirates in the 2005 AAU tournament defeating Maccabi USA, Cherokee tribe and Team Columbia,and pitched very well against the eventual champions, Circle Tap/The Bar of Appleton.
This year we feel very strong with our new additions.
The Texaco Pirates are in Pool F and will face Quad City, IL, CPI, NY, and the Cherokee Pirates of North Carolina.
Roster:
Derek Mason p/in
Grant Albury c
William Weatherford 1st
Fred Sweetting 2nd base
Lyle Sawyer ss
Edney Bethel p/in
Dave Albury 3rd base
Tim Albury LF
Jeff Rogers DP/ utl
Greg Albury CF
Andrew Albury RF
Greg Gardner utl
Nathanial Malone 3rd/ left field
Haziel Mcdonald Manager/ player
Looking forward to a great tournament.
Texaco Pirates {Bahamas}
Manager Haziel Mcdonald
Email: whyworry (at) coralwave.com