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The 60th Annual ISC World Tournament gets underway in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, pitting the 32 best teams in the world. Today’s games get underway at 4pm EST (1pm for those of us on the west coast).

Today’s Schedule of Games, Friday, August 10

4:00pm Gm 1
Scarborough Royals vs. Thompson Area Merchants

6:00pm Gm 2
Albaugh Inc vs. St Thomas Evergreen Centennials

8:00pm Gm 3
Orillia Riversharks vs. Midwest Stampede

10:00pm Gm 4
Jarvis Merchants vs. Aspen Interiors

That Albaugh game at 6pm (3pm here in California) involves So Cal pitcher, Sonny Perkins. His team hails from Elkhart, IA.

The Thomson Area Merchants, IL, who get the honors of playing in the opener, competed in the ISC II division last year, moving up in class, and finishing strong in their 2007 season at the open level.

The Orillia Riversharkswill be the highest ranked team playing on Day 1. The ‘Sharks held the # 1 ranking for a good part of the year, finishing up at # 3 in the world. They finished 3rd in the recent ASA Major Nationals, behind # 2 Patsy’s and # 6 The Farm.

Al Doran of Al’s Fastball fame will be on hand from the first pitch to the last, and keeping all of us posted on the games throughout the tournament. I heard from him yesterday, as he was setting up shop in his “ergo” chair that will be home for the next 9 days. Read his pre-tournament post, “Peter Hallman Ballyard Ready To Go” at his website, Al’s Fastball for a preview of what is to come, including the exciting news that Rogers Cable in Canada will be televising 6 of the games, combined with David Blackburn’s “ISC-TV” streaming video program that will bring us live video of twenty — count ’em 20! games.

Here is the list of teams entered:

Patsy’s
Hallman Twins
Broken Bow Gremlins
Orillia Riversharks
The Farm Tavern
So Cal Bombers
MinnDak Millers
Peterborough Pros
Rice Creek Lightning
Circle Tap
Aspen Interiors
Scarborough Royals
Vancouver Grey Sox
Townline
Elmira Cubs
Portland/Demarini
Midland
Napanee Express
Albaugh, Inc.
Jarvis
Quad City Sox
Horse Lake Thunder
Bloomington Stix
Pueblo
Dolan & Murphy
Innerkip
St. Thomas Centennials
Ashland Mets
Plangger Furniture
Elkland
Thomson Area Merchants
Midwest Stampede

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