One of men’s fastball’s truly elite teams, County Materials has been hair’s breath away from the ISC World title the past few years. County, with a good portion of the nucleus from the ISF World Champion New Zealand Black Sox, are a betting man’s pick to find their way back into the ISC World Tournament championship game in 2005, especially with defending champions Broken Bow losing a couple of starters from last year’s World Championship team. Pitcher’s Darren Zack and Lucas Mata from last year’s team will be back, and joined by the 6’6″, long, lanky lefthander, Andrew Kirkpatrick, who comes over from last year’s 3rd place Calgary Diamonds. A fixture on the New Zealand Black Sox team, Jarrad Martin comes over from Broken Bow to join the club.
If you haven’t had a chance to see a team like this play in person, click the link below and peruse that schedule for a game near you. If you live in the home state of County Materials (and the Farm Tavern of Madison, WI), you’ll have plenty of chances this summer. Or go watch the giants collide at the ISC World Tournament in Eau Claire, Wisconsin starting August 12.