Speaking of the G-man, he’s with Santa Cecila, Mexico this weekend at the Mexicali Tournament.
Gerald reports:
Sta.Cecilia defeats Copa Dum on a walkoff grand slam to win 6-4!:) Pyle and Avery combined 4 hitter. But we each gave up mammoth home runs!:)
Editor’s note: Arturo Soto was the player that hit the walk-off grand-slam.
Pyle and Avery are teammates during the regular season on Rude Pac, which plays in the SCIFL. Avery, a 22 year old pitcher from Nova Scotia joins Travis Price as a Canadian transplant playing in Southern California. Bonus points if you can name another.
send your guess to jim (at) fastpitchwest.com
We hope to have more to report by Sunday.
Mexicali is located on the USA/Mexico border, in Baja California, Mexico, a couple of hours east of San Diego (on the road towards Yuma, Arizona. ) Mexicali has had men’s fastball for some time now, with teams coming north to play in Southern California tournaments, as well as hosting the annual Mexicali/Copa Dum tournament, dating back to (at least) the 1990’s. In 1998, when I pitched in it, I found the reason the teams keep coming back – great hospitality in the town.
Led by pitcher Panfilo Valdez, the Mexicali team had a good run at the AAU International tournament a few years back, finishing second in 2004 to Los Socios, Venezuela, and third in 2005. Valdez pitched with the So Cal Bombers in their early days, about the same time period. So Cal fans will recall the original Mexicali teams organized by Craig Kodama, who ran a produce ranch in the Mexicali-Calexico area. So Cal pitchers discovered the secret to those strong hitting teams — a pitching machine on the ranch getting plenty of work.