The ISC has posted its “Out of Area” players lists for 2005. The ISC rules require listing of players from outside the geographic region of the team. It makes for interesting reading. Not surprisingly, last year’s top teams lead the list in the number of OOA players, reigning champion Broken Bow (NY) and runnerup County Materials (WI) with 15 and 13, respectively. The Farm Tavern (WI) also has 13 OOA players. Patsy’s, a new team from the Northeast with New Zealand great Marty Grant has a dozen.

Southern California teams, the So Cal Bombers and Team Rainey have four OOA players each:

SoCal Bombers
Mendibles, Albert CO-NM-AZ-NV
Ormsby, Glenn WA-OR-BC
Waltier, Dean WA-OR-BC
Underhill, Nick WA-OR-BC

Team Rainey
Anderson, Bricklin WA-OR-BC
Hardesty, Chad CO-NM-AZ-NV
Smith, Rick WA-OR-BC
Whiteford, Daniel WA-OR-BC

Observant readers will note that Sonny Perkins, who pitches with Team Rainey during part of the season, will be with Team Iowa at the ISC World Tournament, while Rick Smith will bolster the Rainey squad. Nick Underhill pitches with the Vancouver Grey Sox during the season, but will pitch with the SoCal Bombers at the World Tournament, as the Grey Sox are not bidding to go, electing instead to compete in the Sr. Canadians.

For those of you not familiar with another of Team Rainey’s new additions, Dan Whiteford, he’ll also be with the Vancouver Grey Sox for the Sr. Canadians. Here’s what Vancouver’s Conrad Margolis had to say about him:

“Dan Whiteford, a versatile IF/OF from Duncan, BC has joined the Grey Sox after playing the last two seasons with Victoria Travellers Inn. In 2004 Dan was the starter at 2B for Victoria, but he also plays 3B, SS and OF. “Whitey” hits the ball hard from the left side and is a welcome addition to the team.”

Feel free to post a comment here if you note any other player movement of interest to our readers.

ISC OOA Players List

Curious what regions have the most players competing for out-of-area teams? Try these numbers:

E.Canada……………29
New Zealand……..20
Atlantic Canada…17
MO-KS……………….17
Canada West…….14
WA-OR-BC……….13
Mid Atlantic………13
CO-NM-AZ-NV..10
Southeast……………9
Australia……………..8
Illinois…………………5
Argentina……………4
Ohio……………………4
California…………….3 (bet you can’t name all three players)
NorthEast…………..3
Michigan…………….3
Dominican Rep……2
W. IA-NE-SD……..2
Indiana……………….2
Iowa……………………2
TX-OK-LA-AR…..1
Utah…………………..1
Wisconsin…………..1

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