(Kimberly, Wisconsin) For immediate release – July 25, 2008
The International Softball Congress (ISC) will be holding the 62nd Annual Men’s World Fastball Championship Tournament from August 10 – 16, at Sunset Park, in Kimberly, Wisconsin. For the 3rd consecutive year, the ISC will roll out ISC-TV, and broadcast live web video coverage of 24 ball games. The web casts will culminate with the 2008 ISC World Championship Game, which gets underway at 6 PM on Saturday August 16th.
“We are excited about bringing the ISC-TV operation to Kimberly, which is one of the greatest fastball communities in the world,†said Dave Blackburn, ISC Broadcast Commissioner and Producer of the live web casts. “We will have viewers following the action from all of the fastball hot beds from around the globe, and all throughout the North America continent.â€
“The ISC considers our video web casts as one of the most important and popular features of our annual World Tournament.” said ISC Executive Director Ken Hackmeister. “In 2005, our final year of “audio only”, we had 15,258 listeners. In 2006 and 2007 when we incorporated video, the numbers rose dramatically to 45,000 and 58,963 respectively. Clearly, fans around the world have embraced our video web casts.”
Viewers can watch games via a broadband connection, using the Windows Media Player. Click on the ISC / Sportsjuice button at the bottom of the ISC Home Page www.iscfastpitch.com
Video archives of games from the last two ISC World Championships can be found at the same ISC / Sportsjuice link above.
Schedule After the Jump.
The schedule of the 24 games to be web cast (all times are Central Daylight Time):
Sunday August 10
Game 5 – 4:00 PM Circle Tap Vs Pueblo Bandits
Game 8 – 7:00 PM The Farm Tavern Vs Keg and Cask
Game 9 – 9:00 PM Patsy of NYC Vs A & L Farms
Monday August 11
Game 22 – 7:00 PM Losers Bracket Round 1
Game 23 – 9:00 PM Losers Bracket Round 1
Tuesday August 12
Game 33 – 5:00 PM Winners Bracket Round 2
Game 35 – 7:00 PM Winners Bracket Round 2
Wednesday August 13
Game 45 – 3:00 PM Winners Bracket Quarter-Finals
Game 47 – 5:00 PM Winners Bracket Quarter-Finals
Game 49 – 7:00 PM Winners Bracket Quarter-Finals
Game 51 – 9:00 PM Winners Bracket Quarter-Finals
Thursday August 14
Game 59 – 3:00 PM Losers Bracket Play-In Round
Game 61 – 5:00 PM Losers Bracket Round 4
Game 64 – 8;00 PM Losers Bracket Round 4
Game 66 – 10:00 PM Losers Bracket Round 5
Friday August 15
Game 70 – 1:00 PM Losers Bracket Round 6
Game 71 – 3:00 PM Winners Bracket Semi-Final
Game 72 – 5:00 PM Winners Bracket Semi-Final
Game 73 – 7:00 PM 6th Place
Game 74 – 9:00 PM 5th Place
Saturday August 16
Game 75 – 12:00 PM Winners Bracket Final
Game 76 – 2:00 PM 4th Place
Game 77 – 4:00 PM Losers Bracket Final
Game 78 – 6:00 PM 2008 ISC World Championship Game