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Las Vegas III Champions Crowned

Monday, April 12th, 2010

LAS VEGAS ROAD TRIP III
April 12, 2010


Sta Cecilla of Mexicali, MEX are perfect and repeat as the AA/AA-MAjor champions over Rude-Pac of CA.

El Paso Steel of TX also uses a perfect record to win the A-Major championship.

The Caribbeans of CA are forced to the “IF” game by the Albuquerque Hitmen of New Mexico to win the A championship.

Additional information to follow shortly.

Robert Hernandez
rmh323 ( a t ) roadrunner.com

Editor’s notes – additional information, courtesy of Facebook posts:

AA/AA Major Division:

Saturday

RudePac beat Si Señor from Arizona 2-0 Gerold Pyle with the complete game win.

Sunday

Si Señor (AZ) 4 over New Image (WI) 3. Mexicali (mex) 5 over RudePac (CA) 4. Valdez W Avery. L Bennett in relief

RudePac (CA) 9 over Si Señor (AZ) 3 W Mark Bennett L Bobby Ramos RudePac vs Mexicali in final game 1

Mexicali wins upper division over RudePac 13-6. Panfillo Valdez W Gerold Pyle L

A Major Division

LB Black Sox finished in 2nd place in Las Vegas. Fred Hanker, 2 HR’s and finished 5-11 with 5 RBI and 6 runs

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Las Vegas Tournament – Saturday Scores

Saturday, April 10th, 2010


Click links below for updated brackets from Saturday’s play:

AA/AA Major Division
Santa Cecilia Mexico (Mexicali) and Rude Pac were unbeaten on Saturday.

Mark Bennett notes on FB:

RudePa beat Si Señor from Arizona 2-0 Gerald Pyle with the complete game win. We play Mexicali tomorrow at 11 on the winners bracket final.

Editor’s note:

Complete game? Gerald ? Really ? Congrats, G.

A Major Division
Long Beach Black Sox and El Paso Steel were unbeaten Saturday.

A Division
Carribbean and the Albuquerque Hitmen were unbeaten Saturday.

Report from SCIFL Commish Robert Hernandez

Las Vegas Road Trip III
April 10, 2010

The first day of the Las Vegas Road Trip is in the books and there was plenty of great games throughout the day. The weather once again was fantastic with temperatures in the high 70’s/low 80’s. The wind starting kicking up in the afternoon but didn’t effect play too much. Games will begin at 8:00AM at Sunset Park with the Championship games scheduled for 3:00 PM. An “IF” game will be played immediately after if necessary.

In the AA/AA-Major bracket Sta Cecilla and Rude-Pac while New Image will face off against hte Hooves and Si Senor will take on CPI in the lower bracket.

The undefeated teams in the A-Major are the Long Beach Black Sox and El Paso Steel. In the lower bracket Maccabi USA will square off against the Poker Knights.

The A division will have the Carribean against the Albuquerque Hitmen, both teams are are 3-0 in the tournament. In the lower bracket the Savala Painters will go against the Palm Springs Express with Liberty FP going against the winner of that game. In the other half of the bracket the Stockton Outlaws against the Colton Dirt Bags with the Page Brake Jrs waiting for the winner of that game.

Updated brackets are posted on the SCIFL web site at www.scifastpitch.com. Additional information will be made available after the tournament is complete.

Robert Hernandez
rmh323 (a t ) roadrunner.com

Click here for official SCIFL website updates.

Games continue today, Sunday, April 11, 2010, with championship games slated late this afternoon.

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YouTube Classic

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

This one is destined to be a classic. (adapted for baseball from his earlier YouTube recreation of the famous Herb Brooks to USA Hockey team inspiration speech given the night they beat the Russians for gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics, “Miracle on Ice”. )

See the thumbnails on the right side at YouTube for the original versions this. Josh has appeared on a number of television shows, including “Ellen”, who gave him an expense paid trip to the Vancouver Olympics, where he reprised the speech for the USA hockey team the night they beat Team Canada. Should have brought him back to do it again before the gold medal game, eh?

Red Sox fans will love this…..and even you Yankee fans will have to smile at the kid. Check out the reactions of some of the Red Sox players towards the end of the clip. Priceless !

Earlier versions after the jump:

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ISF Pitching instruction to Sudan

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

(rough translation)

ISF men’s senior head coach for Argentina will be in Sudan Sudan to teach softball for three days, from 16 to 18 April. Coach Sabate, will be giving instruction Argentina as part of society Olympafrica ISF, as announced at the end of 2009.

In preparation for the course, the ISF has sent two “starter kits” to Sudan. The boxes contain softball bats, balls, gloves, helmets and equipment for the catcher to be used by participants. Participants will be teachers, and the activity happen in indoor and outdoor facilities of Sahafa Olympafrica Centre.

Editor’s note: Eduardo Sabate is known to many of us in North America as the father of Argentine pitcher Francisco “Sisko” Sabate. Eduardo Sabate was the head coach for the 2008 ISF Argentine Jr. team which traveled to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada for the 2008 ISF Jr. World Championships. His team turned in a game ending triple play in their first-ever win over New Zealand. Coach Sabate has moved up to coach the Argentine senior men’s team, which will compete in the 2013 ISF World Championships in New Zealand.

Additional information on ISF programs and competition may be found at the official ISF website ( by clicking this link)

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Bright Light City Gonna Set My Soul on Fire …

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

27 Teams in Town for SCIFL Las Vegas Road Trip III

Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher

http://islebstitching.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/las20vegas20welcome.jpg
Click above photo for schedule of games and more info at the SCIFL website.

SCIFL commish Robert Hernandez heads up the third iteration of the league’s favorite road trip. The neon lights burn bright at night in this desert town, but during the day, it will be fastball’s stars deserving of the attention. Games begin at 8am Saturday with the twenty-seven (27) team competing in three separate (NAFA) divisions of play. The only thing teams likely won’t find much time to do this weekend is sleep…

How I wish that there were more
Than the twenty-four hours in the day
‘Cause even if there were forty more
I wouldn’t sleep a minute away

-Viva Las Vegas, Elvis Presley

We’re not in Sin City, but will keep an eye out for scores and post up any that we receive.

Let the games begin.


(Click logo for official SCIFL website)

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What Happens in Vegas….

Friday, April 9th, 2010

If you’re in So Cal, and can’t reach any of your friends, it might be because they have run off to:


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2010 Hustlehogs Icebreaker Schedule – April 30 – May 2

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

2010 Hustlehogs Icebreaker Schedule

Pool A
Dekalb Hustlehogs
Aurora Shamrocks
Yorkville Synergy Fastpitch
DeK. Co, Church Fastpitch

Pool B
New Image WI.
Minnesota Angels
Rockford BHAC Pride
Pete’s Blues Mascoutah, Il.

Friday April 30
630 Hogs vs Dekalb County Fastpitch
815 Yorkville Synergy vs Aurora D&M

Saturday, May 1
10am Aurora vs DeKalb County & (F2) Hogs vs Yorkville Synergy
1145 New Image vs Pets’s Blues & (F2) Minnesota vs Rockford
130 New Image vs Rockford & (F2) Minnesota vs Pet’s Blues
315 Aurora vs Hogs & (F2) DeKalb County vs Yorkville Synergy
500 New Image vs Minnesota & (F2)Rockford vs Pete’s Blues

Sunday, May 2nd
10am Pool A (4th) vs Pool B (4th) & (F2) Pool A (3rd) vs Pool B (3rd)
Playoffs
1200 Pool A (2nd) vs Pool B (1st) & (F2) Pool A (1st) vs Pool B (2nd)
200 Championship

Rules
1:40 time limit
2 hr time limit in the playoffs
International tie breaker after 7th or when time limit has expired
International tie breaker after 9th in the playoffs
7 run rule after 4 ½
12 run rule after 2

**Tie breakers:
1. Head to head 2.Runs allowed among teams tied 3.Runs allowed among all teams played 4. Run differential overall 5 Coin flip
**Note: In case of a three way tie, only top two teams from tie breaker 2 will advance to tiebreaker 3 and 4 (if needed)

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20th Annual Best of The West – June 5-6, 2010

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

20th Annual Best of The West Tournament Now Has 8 Entries

April 7, 2010, Santa Barbara, California – 8 teams have now entered into the 20th Annual Best of The West Tournament, It is happening on June 5 – 6 at Elings Park, located in the beachside resort city of Santa Barbara.

An ISC World Tournament Berth is available to the highest finishing
West Region team competing with it’s approved 2010 ISC roster.

Entered are:

California Builders
California Athletics
Bakersfield SilverHawks
Rude Pac
West Coast Smokers
Maccabi USA
Italian Athletic Club
Liberty Fastpitch

Interest in entering has also been shown by:

Mexico National Team
Mexicali Santa Cecelia
Carribean Fastpitch
Colton Dirt Bags

A waiting list has now been started to bump the field up to either
10 or 12 teams (max). We will not expand to either 9 or 11 teams.
Entry fee is $450. Any teams interested in grabbing one of the last
spots in the Tournament should immediately contact:

Dave Blackburn
Tournament Director
310-266-7803
daveb (at) virtvent.com

Editor’s Note:


The image above is from an old T-shirt from the 2nd Best of the West in 1992, in the days when the “Bombers” were from Vista 😉 Recognize any of those other teams?

Speaking of Best of the West history, we are looking for any information (scores, recaps, etc.) from the “early years” – pre- 1998. If you have any, or know of someone that does, please email the editor, jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com.

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2010 ISC Roster – Winterset A’s

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

(Pitchers in bold)

Last Name First Name Uniform # Position City, State/Province

Baker Bob 8 UT Newton, IA
Christensen Gary 5 IF Winterset, IA
Clark Adam 1 OF Monore, IA
Cochran Ryan 13 P NanooseBay, BC, CAN
Corkrean Brent 25 OF Ames, IA
Corkrean Jeff 14 IF Des Moines, IA
Craig Bradon 21 P Eagleville, MO
Downs Chris 9 C Ames, IA
Kautzky Paul 6 OF RedFeild, IA
Darling Jason 19 OF Winterset, IA
Price Chad 23 IF Newton, IA
Munford Tim 11 UT West DesMoines, IA
Talmon Hernan 50 C Bahia Blanca, Arg
Burnet Mariano 26 P Bahia Blanca, Arg
Sorensen Dirk 10 OF Ankeny, IA
Stobe Clint 15 P Eagleville, MO
Tisdale Darin 6 IF Newton, IA
Parsons Cody 39 IF Bondurant, IA

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One for the Highlight Reel

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

In a word, “amazing.”



One White Sox player whose name you should remember.

Editor’s note/update: Looks like MLB invoked copyright and took down the YouTube video. You can see the play in the “Top 5 Opening Day plays ” at the MLB website. It’s #1, so you can skip to the 1:20 mark if you like.

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