In the spirit of the season, here is the roster for the 2007 AAU version of the Gremlins\Broken Bow entry to the tournament. Pitchers are in bold.
Terry Luster
Doug Middleton
Steve Price
Rhys Casley
Jordan Taveras
Frank Basurto
Moises Duran
Robert Rosthenhausler
Alfonso Gonzalez
Sullivan Erin
Reggie Barrau
Mo Kandous
Chad McConnell
John Heinsch
Steve Kooser
mail to: skooser@cox.net
Broken Bow Softball2001, 2003 & 2004 ISC World Champions
If your team is headed to Orlando for the AAU, be sure to submit your roster for posting, so we can share it with our readers. It need not be “official”, just your best estimate of who is going. Thanks to the following teams that have submitted their rosters thus far:
Pool B
1. Houston Aces, TX
2. Texaco Pirates, Bahamas
Pool C
4. St. Thomas Storm, ON
Pool D
4. Hallman Twins, ON
Pool E
1. Gremlins/Broken Bow, NY
Pool F
4. Florida Fastpitch
Pool G
1. Mac’s Marauders, NY
Pool H
4. Team Minnesota
We still need: (Send to jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com)
Pool A
1. CPI, NY
2. Peterborough, ON
3. Los Socios, Venezuela
4. Ambassadors, Virgin Islands
Pool B
3. Earl’s Club, WI
4. Big Cove, NC
Pool C
1. Boricuas, FL
2. Mexicali, Mexico
3. Chicago, NY
Pool D
1. ADASI, Spain
2. Ohio Batteries
3. PK Broward, IL
Pool E
2. Bloomington Stix, IL
3. Valle Caucana, Colombia
4. Virginian’s
Pool F
1. Jamaica
2. Bucktown, ON
3. Miami/Venezuela
Pool G
2. Puerto Rico Junior Men
3. New World Investment, Orlando
4. Omaha
Pool H
1. Radio 560, Mexico
2. Millwood, ON
3. Kings, Orlando
The list of teams headed to Orlando, FL for the AAU International Tournament, January 18-21, 2007, below. Watch for our “pick the pool winners” poll coming soon!
Pool A
1. CPI, NY
2. Peterborough, ON
3. Los Socios, Venezuela
4. Ambassadors, Virgin Islands
Pool B
1. Houston Aces, TX
2. Texaco Pirates, Bahamas
3. Earl’s Club, WI
4. Big Cove, NC
Pool C
1. Boricuas, FL
2. Mexicali, Mexico
3. Chicago, NY
4. St. Thomas Storm, ON
Pool D
1. ADASI, Spain
2. Ohio Batteries
3. PK Broward, IL
4. Hallman Twins, ON
Pool E
1. Gremlins/Broken Bow, NY
2. Bloomington Stix, IL
3. Valle Caucana, Colombia
4. Virginian’s
Pool F
1. Jamaica
2. Bucktown, ON
3. Miami/Venezuela
4. Florida Fastpitch
Pool G
1. Mac’s Marauders, NY
2. Puerto Rico Junior Men
3. New World Investment, Orlando
4. Omaha
Pool H
1. Radio 560, Mexico
2. Millwood, ON
3. Kings, Orlando
4. Team Minnesota
The St. Thomas Storm Fastball Club from Ontario, Canada is returning to Orlando to compete in the AAU International Fastpitch tournament.
This is the second trip to Florida for the Storm and they are looking to improve on last year’s finish, when they lost in the first round of the playoffs and finished with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses.
The team looks at the event as a nice mid winter vacation and a chance to compete against international teams who we don’t normally get to play against.
The Storm plays in the intermediate level St. Thomas and District league and feature many players with ISC experience.
Pitching this year consists of workhorse Trevor Wardell who was instrumental in helping the St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials win back to back Canadian Sr. Men’s Championships. Also featured on the staff is Dan Beecroft, an underrated pitcher who has led the Storm to 2 straight league titles.
Several players on the roster also helped the Centennials and Storm to their titles including lead off man and shortstop Tyler Lessard, 2B Troy Rick and outfielders Chris Payne and Mark Coleman.
AAU Roster
(pitchers in bold)
P- Wardell, Beecroft
C- Jeff Franklin
P/DP- Peter Mersereau
1B- Tom Edie
2B- Troy Rick
SS- Tex Lessard
3B- Aaron Gould
LF- Mark Coleman
CF- Scott Bate
RF- Chris Payne
Player/coach Tom Edie and manager Bill Horne will handle the coaching duties.
Thanks to Aaron Gould for this info.
A young Argentine pitcher who pitched in the ISF Jr. Men’s competition in Canada in 2005 is looking to play for an ISC level team for the 2007 season. Teams interested in contacting him can email him at argentinepitcher (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com. The report we are receiving from another Argentine familiar with his talents says he is ready for prime time.
Remember that teams and players alike can post in the “Free Agent Central” section of the Fastpitchwest Forum, whether you are a team looking for a player, or a player looking for a team. Here is a sample post of the item for the young Argentine pitcher mentioned above. Be sure to include an email address or means of contact. If you prefer not to post your name or team name, we can post a fastpitchwest email address for you, and the emails will be forwarded to you via Fastpitchwest.
Most recently, the ISC II level team, the California Lumberkings posted in the “Free Agent Central” forum, looking for a middle infielder.
We have posted a number of 2007 AAU Rosters here in the Morning Brief, and will continue to post additional rosters through the start of the tournament on January 18, 2007.
Click here to see the rosters posted thus far, and read a bit more about those teams. So far, the list includes:
Texaco Pirates, Bahamas
Houston Aces, Texas, USA
Hallman Kitchener Twins, Ontario, Canada
Team Minnesota, USA
Florida Fastpitch, USA (& Argentina)
Mac’s Marauders NY
St. Thomas Storm
If your team is headed to Orlando for the big event, but has not submitted your roster for posting, please email to us, jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com. We’ll post here at hte Morning Brief and forward to Al Doran’s for posting on his site as well.
—
Jim Flanagan
Editor, Fastpitchwest
Thanks to Paul “Chico” Mc Cart for this info.
Mac’s Marauders NY AAU Roster
(pitchers in bold)
Frank Perez
Eddy Leonardo
Steve Schucker
Ryan Kostel
Mike Gasaway
Colin Mc Kenzie
Rob Schweyer
Mike Joseph
Calvin Miller
Dave Sowden
Derek Anderson
Dan Winnick
Felix Heredia
George Sepulveda
Ron Ames
Todd Schultz
Billy Smith
Tom McAvoy Manager
Peter Schmidt Coach
Paul McCart Coach
Looks like Dr. Larry and Steve Thurmer have put together another good roster for this month’s AAU International Tournament, an East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, Southern team with a Latin flavor. Coach Steve Thurmer is a St. Louis lawyer who played for the ISC World team, St. Louis GMAC for a number of years (and could still be playing according to some). Steve has a long history in fastpitch and the ISC — his father ran the St. Louis Browns team during the 1970’s. Dr. Larry Mastrogianakis is a longtime player and sponsor who always seems to land a talented group of players.
(the caption in Spanish says: Sebastian Gervasutti, of Argentina, one of the best pitchers at the Pan American Games, shown here with his bronze medal)
Gervasutti, Brown, Johnson, Palazzo, Darling, Gray, Brannin, Mastrogianakis and Felix all played on the ASA team that finished second at last year’s ASA Major National Tournament in South Bend, Indiana, with a 7-2 record, getting to the title game before falling to Circle Tap. Florida Fastpitch forced Circle Tap to the “if” game pounding out 16 hits and four homer enroute to a 15-3, five inning win in the first championship game. Florida Fastpitch has finished second in the last two ASA Major tournaments.
So Cal fans will recognize several of their players, including both members of their pitching staff — Sebastian Gervasutti (or “Seabass” as his teammates call him) is the young Argentine pitcher who pitched so well for Team Rainey in their final season, beating higher ranked teams along the way. Most recently, Sebastian pitched his home country’s team to a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Hermosillo, Mexico. He’ll team up at the AAU with Sonny Perkins, who pitched with last year’s AAU Champions, Team USA, and has also pitched for Team Rainey, as well as Albaugh, Iowa with fellow Team USA teammate Terry Luster. Another member of last year’s AAU champion will also join the Florida squad, Landy Rodriguez, who was recently named “Male Athlete of the Year” by USA Softball. Rodriguez, who hails from West Haverstraw, New York, had an outstanding 2006 AAU tournament, hitting .529 with five home runs, seven RBI and finishing near the top in MVP voting. So Cal Bomber fans will get a good look at Landy — he’s among the newest members of the 2007 team.
Florida Fastpitch AAU roster:
( pitchers in bold)
Sebastian Gervasutti
Sonny Perkins
Steve Mitchell
Mike Brown
Brad Johnson
Larry Mastrogianakis
Matt Palazzo
Tommy Gray
Matt Darling
Tom Owen
Ron Brannin
Landy Rodriguez
Mike Armitage
Lauro Felix
Jody Summerlin
Steve Thurmer (Coach)
Thanks to Herb Dower for this information.
Dates Classification Tournament Host City
March 17-18 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Stockton
March 31-April 1 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Stockton
April 14-15 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Fairfield
or April 21-22 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Fairfield
May 5-6 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Hayward
May 5-6 Men’s Major-Open Red Rock Utah
May 19-20 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Folsom
May 26-28 Men’s “C” Fastpitch National Qualifier TBA
June 9-10 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Reno
June 23-24 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Sonora
July 7-8 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Travel League Sonora
August 5-6 Men’s “C” Fastpitch Regional Tournament Hayward
ASA National Tournaments
August 2-5 Men’s Major National Tournament South Bend, IN
Aug. 29-Sep. 3 Men’s Class A National Tournament Rockford, IL
Aug. 29-Sep. 3 Men’s Class B National Tournament Altamont Springs, FL
Aug. 29-Sep. 3 Men’s Class C National Tournament Killeen, TX
August 2-5 Under 23-Fastpitch National Tournament North Mankato, MN
Aug. 22-26 Men’s Over-40 National Tournament Hoover, AL
Sept. 7-9 Men’s Over-45 National Tournament Gadsden, AL
TRAVEL LEAGUE
1. March 17/18-Stockton
2. March 31/April 1-Stockton
3. April 14/15 or 21/22-Fairfield (C only)
4. May 5/6-Hayward
5. May 19/20-Folsom
6. May 26/28-(TBD) National Qualifier (C only)
7. June 9/10-Reno
8. June 23/24-Sonora
9. July 7/8-Sonora
–Herb Dower
16,916,337 – that’s the number of “hits” at www.fastpitchwest.com during 2006. (that’s “hits” on the site, not at the plate)
From time to time, we hear people say that fastpitch is dying out, but the remarkable increase in traffic at Fastpitchwest suggests anything but. For those interested, here are some of the internet “traffic numbers” at Fastpitchwest over the past four (4) years.
Year Hits
2003 3,715,047
2004 10,764,048
2005 13,969,123
2006 16,916,337
Add to these numbers, more than a million hits over at Maddy’s Photo site, www.maddysphotos.com or roughly half million hits at Ballparkradio, www.ballparkradio.com in the last half of 2006, taking the trio to more than 18 million hits.
One of the best measurements of the growth is in what is referred to as “unique visitors”, which measures the number of different people (computers) visiting the site, as opposed to just the number of hits on the website. Those numbers have quadrupled since 2002.
Year Unique visitors
2003 39,441 annual/3,286 avg. per month
2004 77,641 annual/6,470 avg. per month
2005 106,023 annual/8,835 avg. per month
2006 160,186 annual/13,349 avg. per month
We humbly say “thank you” for your continued readership and loyalty.
—
Jim Flanagan, Editor, Fastpitchwest
Maddy Flanagan, Photographer
