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Legends of Fastball Classic, Jume 25 – 27 – Schedule

The 7th annual Legends of Fastball Classic has set the field for what should be a tremendous weekend of high intensity softball, June 25 – 27, Peter Hallman Ball Yard , Kitchener , Ontario. Ten of North America’s top teams will compete in a two division, five team round – robin preliminary round with the top 3 teams in each division advancing to a single elimination playoff round. Games get underway with 4 games on Friday night and continue all day Saturday and Sunday with the final scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon. A weekend pass is still the best bargain in the game at $20.

Legends will also introduce a 5 team junior division this year that will play on the 3rd diamond at Peter Hallman and will showcase some of the talented young stars emerging from the Ontario fastball stable.

The roster for the men’s side will be highlighted by 5 of the top 6 ranked teams in the ISC, as released this week. The host team Kitchener Rivershark Twins will kick off their 2010 campaign after successfully defending their ISC World Championship and winning their first Canadian National Championship in 2009. The Jarvis Travelers will bring a totally new squad to Peter Hallman and will be looking to show the world what kind of force to be reckoned with they will be this summer. The Kitchener – Jarvis rivalry has certainly been jacked up the past few weeks.

Making their first trip in to Legends will be the Gremlins from Clifton Park, New York and the Dominicans from Chicago/New York. Both of these squads bring power, pitching and speed and will be looking to send a message as to who to beat come August.

The Midland Explorers are no strangers to Legends but this year they are hosting the World Tournament and have rebuilt their roster to try to win the big one on home turf. Former R-Twins Frank Cox, Dan Loney and Craig Crawford will suit up in Midland blue and will certainly be looking to knock off their former teammates in Kitchener.

The Legends Classic is also very happy to add the reigning ISC 2 champion Pt.Elgin Blue Devils and the 2009 runner-up Kitchener Cubs to the field, the first time both ISC World Champs will compete locally.

The rest of the field brings some of the best young clubs in Ontario into the first major tournament of the season. The Owen Sound Selects are no strangers to big time fastball and they continue to rebuild their once dominant team through the young guns of the province. The Elmira Expos are the kids of the tournament but they are well disciplined and certainly bring a talented young squad to the fray. Finally, the Niagara Snappers make a return appearance to Legends and have bolstered their club this year to take a run at the games big price later this summer.

The Legends event previously ran the first week of June but organizers are hoping the move to late June will bring great weather, great crowds and great fastball back to the Ball Yard.

Watch Al’s Fastball for further details and the schedule later this month.

LEGENDS OF FASTBALL CLASSIC , TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE – JUNE 25, 26, 27
PETER HALLMAN BALL YARD, KITCHENER ONTARIO

HALLMAN DIVISION

KITCHENER RIVERSHARK TWINS
CHICAGO / NY DOMINICANS
MIDLAND EXPLORERS
NIAGARA SNAPPERS
ELMIRA ERB EXPOS

ABERDEEN DIVISION

JARVIS TRAVELERS
NEW YORK GREMLINS
OWEN SOUND SELECTS
PT. ELGIN BLUE DEVILS
KITCHENER CUBS

Friday June 25 * denotes home team

7:00 * Elmira vs Niagara * Cubs vs Jarvis
9:00 * Midland vs Kitchener * Pt. Elgin vs Owen Sound

Saturday June 26

8:00 *Dominicans vs Elmira * Gremlins vs Cubs
10:00 *Dominicans vs Midland * Owen Sound vs Gremlins
12:00 *Kitchener vs Niagara * Jarvis vs Pt.Elgin
1:30 LEGENDS CEREMONY
2:00 *Kitchener vs Dominicans * Pt. Elgin vs Gremlins
4:00 * Niagara vs Midland * Jarvis vs Owen Sound
6:00 * Elmira vs Kitchener * Cubs vs Pt.Elgin
8:00 *Niagara vs Dominicans * Gremlins vs Jarvis

Sunday June 27

9:00 *Midland vs Elmira * Owen Sound vs Cubs
11:00 * 2nd Hallman vs 3rd Aberdeen ( PO A ) * 2nd Aberdeen vs 3rd Hallman ( PO B )
1:00 * 1st Hallman vs winner ( PO B) * 1st Aberdeen vs winner ( PO A )
3:00 FINAL (Coin Flip)

Larry Lynch
LLynch(at)town.mapleton.on.ca

Editor’s Notes: This tournament has a “Monkton-like” line-up of top teams. Five top 10 teams (ISC pre-season rankings), including the 1-2-3-4 and 6 ranked teams. The other five are all top 25 teams. Here is the team-by-team rankings:

Hallman Division

# 1 Kitchener Rivershark Twins
# 4Chicago / Ny Dominicans
# 6 Midland Explorers
#19 Niagara Snappers
#24 Elmira Erb Expos

Aberdeen Division

# 2 Jarvis Travelers
# 3 New York Gremlins
#13 Owen Sound Selects
#16 Port Elgin Blue Devils
# 20 Kitchener Cubs

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