From Robert Hernandez at NAFA
2008 NAFA Masters World Series Wrap Up-All World Selections
The completed brackets are on the NAFA website at www.Nafafastpitch.com The 2009 NAFA Masters World Series will be held September 11-13 tentatively in Rockford, Illinois for the East and definitely in Carson City, Nevada September 18-20 for the West. The 55-Over will be held in the East Only. The Women’s 35-Over will be held in the West Only. Based on the coaches survey’s we have received so far, we will be adding an additional game for a 4-Game Guarantee (3 round robin games followed by single elimination on Sunday). Currently the plan is for each team to play one game Friday night, 2 games on Saturday and then the Single Elimination on Sunday. Some teams have requested 3 Saturday round robin games and no Friday game. We will try and accommodate their requests as much as possible but the consideration of all teams will take priority. If we did play Friday night it would be after 5pm with furthest driving teams playing at 6:30 or 8:15pm or 10 pm. The Masters Survey can be printed out and emailed to us. It is online at www.Nafafastpitch.com
Many of the survey responses have asked for a way to make sure games stay on time on Saturday in the round robin using one of the following methods; tie breaker, time limit or 5 inning games. Everyone agrees that the Sunday Elimination play should have no time limit, be 7 innings and not have a tie breaker unless it is after a lot of innings. In Carson City, players asked that due to the high elevation that the homerun fences be moved back from the present 250 feet to somewhere between 265 and 275 feet. The palm pilot scorekeeping in the West was so awesome that we are trying to work out having them in the East also for 2009. The courtesy runner for the pitcher and catcher only was well received and well enforced by the umpires. The older age groups have asked for an additional fielder to have a courtesy runner as well and we will be looking into that. We will continue the age eligibility rule for all ages (3 players, 3 years too young that are not pitchers) but the 55 Division where all players have to be turning 55 in the current calendar year. We will continue to do player ID checks in the East and start them in the West in 2010. The new ball was an overwhelming success and we will use it again next year. On the surveys many people have swung to desiring the yellow ball but not a majority yet but we need to address it soon as it is about even on white verses yellow on the surveys.
We would like to thank Terry Knight and his staff at the Bowling Green Complex in Middleton, Wisconsin for bringing in 3 backhoes, skinning 4 infields and making unplayable fields playable very quickly once it stopped raining at 2:30pm and had fields up by 4pm on Saturday. The staff at Verona did very well also using 30 bags of diamond dry to get their fields playable. With the amount of rain we had it was close to a miracle that the staff was able to get the fields playable. We started at 4 PM playing 5 inning games and got all games in by 2 AM. We started again at 7 AM on Sunday and got all games in playing 7 full innings and got done just 10 minutes before it started raining again. Thanks to Tournament Directors Mike Watson and Jon Kegel, Loren Lathrop for doing an outstanding job of administering this event and thanks to the Umpires and Tournament UIC Hank St. Clair for putting in a lot of late hours on the fields.
We would also like to thank Joel Dunn and his staff (especially Jeremiah) for hosting such an awesome event with perfect weather in Carson City, Nevada. The homerun contest was a hit Friday night and the games went very smoothly all weekend. Due to the number of teams we had to play on a 5th field for the first time and that went well also. Special thanks to Loren Lathrop, Dewey Yoke and Robert Hernandez for administering the event. Thanks to Roy Stout for handling the gate. Thanks to Jan, Mike, Kate, Sylvia and Tammy for doing palm pilot scorekeeping and stats and special thanks to Tournament UIC Steve Vail and the umpires for doing a great job. Kris Russom did an awesome job with souvenirs at both East and West events.
With a record number of teams in both the East and West, our NAFA Directors would like to thank each of our teams for choosing NAFA and making us #1. The 2009 season will be even better as we will have 80 Masters teams (48 in Rockford, Il. And 32 in Carson City) as well as over 228 classified teams that will participate in our NAFA World Series events in 2009. The dates and City’s for the classified World Series will be released on our website October 1st.
Benjie Hedgecock
NAFA Executive Director
nafafastpitch@gmail.com
All World Series Selections After the Jump.
All World Series Selections
35-Over East
MVP Matt Smith, Blackhawk Athletic Club
Most Valuable Pitcher, Jeremy Holman, New Image
All World Selections
Bryan Lathrop, Pitcher, New Image
Steve Krupke, New Image
Shelby Blindert, New Image
Joe Benash, New Image
Ray Reynolds, Pitcher, Blackhawk Athletic Club
Tom Crouch, Blackhawk Athletic Club
Dirk Morgan, Blackhawk Athletic Club
Drian Elliot, Blackhawk Athletic Club
Kurt Evans, West Central Budweiser
Kevin Noltemeier, RD-SF
Dan Ushen, RD-SF
Randy Zink, RD-SF
Eddie Oswalt, Schneids Bar
Orv Sumwalt, Schneids Bar
Vince Blom, Schneids Bar
35-Over West
MVP Brian Ree, Team Jones
Most Valuable Pitcher, Mark Bennett, Team Jones
All World
Rob Gehrke, Team Jones
Kevin Rassmussen, Team Jones
Terry Traverso, Team Jones
Tom Adams, Team Jones
Rusty Newnan, Taylor Farms
Jason Porto, Taylor Farms
Mark Summers, Taylor Farms
Jeff Twist, Taylor Farms
Mario Pereira, Taylor Farms
Dave Drotzman, Pitcher, Team Jones
Aaron Wilcox, The Juice
Graham Bullock, The Juice
Ray Biagina, Bay Area Merchants
40-Over East
MVP Terry Boetsma, Cary’s Trucking
Most Valuable Pitcher, Duke Vanderark, Cary’s Trucking
All World
Jeff Kucharcyk, Cary’s Trucking
Brian Boyd, Pitcher, Cary’s Trucking
Shannon Damron, Cary’s Trucking
Steve Myers, Cary’s Trucking
Tony Peoples, Pitcher, Sprayers
Chris Hammock, Sprayers
Bill Kranz, Sprayers
Doug Messerschmidt, Sprayers
Kevin Kammueller, Pitcher, Jordan Realty
Mike Jordan, Jordan Realty
Bill Lesner, Jordan Realty
Robert Caven, West Central Budweiser
Brett Hughes, Riley Tavern
Tony Koehler, Pitcher, Ramsey Financial
Ricky Clampett, Ramsey Financial
Mike Roberts, Ramsey Financial
Shannon Smith, Tree’s Drive-Thru
40-Over West
MVP Ginn Barnes, Utah FP
Most Valuable Pitcher, Steve Black, Utah FP
All World
Tommy Gray, Utah FP
Sean Hogue, Utah FP
Craig Gilman, Utah FP
Russ Paskins, Utah FP
Paul Algar, Pitcher, Cal State Builders
Paul Reyes, Cal State Builders
Dewey Christianson, Cal State Builders
Dean Waltiers, Cal State Builders
Tom Dower, Fat City
Todd Hodge, Fat City
Randy Clay, Long Beach Black Sox
Anthony Rocha, Long Beach Black Sox
Dan Pleasence, Long Beach Black Sox
Fred Hanker, Long Beach Black Sox
Dean Clark, NAFA Yard Dogs
Tom Dudley, NAFA Yard Dogs
Randall Bailey, Tule Lake Aces
45-Over East
MVP Steve Hamming, Planggers
Most Valuable Pitcher, Brent Stevenson, Planngers
All World Selections
John Saggis, Planggers
Keith Peterson, Planggers
Dale Horton, Planggers
Doug Middleton, Pitcher, Harold’s
Kerry Shaw, Harold’s
Kevin Shaw, Harold’s
Mike Cavender, Harold’s
Jeff Bruton, Harold’s
Dan DeGraff, Elkhart, Iowa
Tony Cody, Holland Plumbing
Craig Sommers, Holland Plumbing
Duke Sims, Holland Plumbing
Rob Miscovich, Insurance Center
Mike Davenport, Insurance Center
Randy Smith, Insurance Center
45-Over West
MVP Jamie Thoms, CVT Oil Field Services
Most Valuable Pitcher Don Kirkham, CVT Oil Field Services
All World
Ken Ramchuck, CVT Oil Field Services
Trevor Hall, CVT Oil Field Services
Chris Higgins, CVT Oil Field Services
Bud Sander, The Fog
Ben Limosnero, The Fog
Mickey Ventura, The Fog
Pete Favaro, Pitcher, The Fog
Wade Max, Tulsa Gray Sox
Richie Hunt, Tulsa Gray Sox
Eugene Freeman, Tulsa Gray Sox
Mike Drew, Tulsa Gray Sox
Dennis Brownfield, Savala Painters
Tom Bikko, pitcher, Savala Painters
Brian Manderville, Ladner Masters
George Denton, Ladner Masters
Paul Gard, Ladner Masters
Mark Connolly, Oregon Masters
50-Over East
MVP, Mickey Fleeman, Harold’s Supermarket
Most Valuable Pitcher, Ray Foster, Harold’s Supermarket
All World
Jody Brazelle, Harolds
Mike Cavendar, Harold’s
Clayton Fleeman, Pitcher, Harold’s
Larry Cushman, Pitcher, Insurance Center
Paul Bruha, Insurance Center
Bob Tomlinson, Insurance Center
Bruce Pirkle, Insurance Center
Don Kershner, Insurance Center
Charlie Detweiler, Bowar Electric
Randy Gehrke, Bowar Electric
Scott Lunman, Cardinal Home Improvement
Lou Heller, Cardinal Home Improvement
Steve Sinelli, Masterkey
Don Haskin, Masterkey
Steve Towers, Des Moines Metros
Mark Brayfield, Nohren Farms
Jay Mix, Nohren Farms
Bob Spores, Mike’s Horseshoe Bar
Steve Towers, Des Moines Metros
Dennis Rennard, Duck Creek
Jeff Hudson, Duck Creek
Rick Ferry, Duck Creek
Bruce Bielema, Sand Prairie Construction
Al Gillingham, Sand Prairie Construction
Brad Bay, Sand Prairie Construction
John Mceldowney, Kelly’s
Lee Noel, Pitcher, Kelly’s
Bob Albaugh, Kelly’s
Bill Berkenpas, Kelly’s
Steve Betts, Ohio Battery
Nick Mercury, Ohio Battery
Bill Mceldowny, Ohio Battery
50-Over West
MVP Jim Decatur, Seattle FP
Most Valuable Pitcher, Dan Kolda, Seattle FP
All World
Andy Watson, Seattle FP
Terry Sparrow, Seattle FP
Craig Rassmussen, Pitcher, Seattle FP
Pat Crow, Seattle FP
Jim Brundage, Long Beach Deadwood
Mitch Mendenhall, Long Beach Deadwood
Doug Shaw, Long Beach Deadwood
Dan Zupp, Pitcher, Long Beach Deadwood
Larry Giese, Long Beach Deadwood
Dan Smith, Hellman Motors
John Morales, Hellman Motors
Randy Lawson, NW Old Growth
Brian Stanton, NW Old Growth
Dean Wescott, NW Old Growth
Lonnie Brooks, Pitcher, Si Senor
Ray Glenn, Si Senor
Eric Linnell, Bay Area Merchants
Ray Baker, So Cal Relics
Tony Vierra, So Cal Relics
Dave Anderson, Nevada Power
55-Over
MVP Al Killian, Cardinal Home Improvement
Most Valuable Pitcher, Kirk Parsons, Cardinal Home Improvement
All World
Leon Donahue, Cardinal Home Improvement
Lou Heller, Cardinal Home Improvement
Lee Patton, Cardinal Home Improvement
Mike Drew, Texas Stars
Mike Hazel, Texas Stars
Steve McFadden, Pitcher, Texas Stars
Jim Ballee, Texas Stars
Joe Diaz, Texas Stars
Craig Coons, Texas Stars
Nick Dean, Masterkey
Mike Clark,Pitcher, Masterkey
Gary Christianson, Masterkey
Charlie Detweiler, Bowar Electric
Al Gonzales, Mike’s Horseshoe Bar
Rick Daniels, Nohren Farms
Chuck Snow, Nohren Farms