[Alsfastball] The Bar of Appleton's Response to Tidbits

[Al Doran]

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:54:58 -0500
From: Tony Schaaf <tschaaf at brillion.k12.wi.us>
Subject: The Bar of Appleton's Response to Tidbits.


The Bar of Appleton wants to clarify their standing on the Dan Konkle 
rumors.  Yes, we have tried to make contact with Dan to see if he would 
like to pitch for us next season.  Of which we can't reach him.

However we are not in the business of trying to buy pitchers.  As we have 
in the past, we have offered young players the opportunity  to come to 
Wisconsin and play some very competitive fastpitch.  Many times the players 
who come to play for us pay their own way.  We do not pay them to play for 
us.  We do help these young players find jobs and provide a host family so 
that they can have a place to live.

When we posted that we were looking for a pitcher we received many 
interesting responses.  We had a few that told us to put a package together 
to let them know what they could get because they were in touch with about 
four of five of the other top 10 teams from ISC II.  However we don't have 
a "budget" to work with that will enable us to buy pitchers.  While we have 
an excellent sponsor who pays for our entries, our players are responsible 
financially for their uniforms, hotels, and travel expenses at EVERY 
tournament we participate in.

That is why we are playing ISC II.  We don't have the resources to compete 
with the Big Boys.

While this may take us out of the running for some high name pitchers, it 
does allow us the opportunity to have some young talented individuals play 
for us.  Just take a look at the quality of out last two pitchers in Blair 
Ezekiel and Gerard Long.  Our problem is once we give them the opportunity 
to showcase their talents then they are often offered money to go play for 
others.  We also respect their right to try and step up to bigger and 
better things with out cutting on the teams that are seeking their 
services, and wish them the best if they so choose.  In fact we lost one of 
our pitchers and wish him the best even though we would love to have him 
back to make a run at the ISC Tournament of Champions title with the exact 
same team.  That is why we even chosen to post on the website and tried to 
contact Dan because we "heard" he wasn't wanted by his former team.

I hope I haven't upset any followers of softball on Al's, we will never be 
in the business of buying players.  We are just a bunch of ballplayers from 
Wisconsin who want to play competitive ball, have fun and enjoy the 
camaraderie of the sport of softball with others from out the world.  We 
wish the best to all the other ISC II teams like Tavistock, Shedden, 
Harriston, and  others who we have competed against and look forward to 
possibly playing them again.


Yours in softball

Tony Schaaf, Mgr.
The Bar of Appleton
142 Green Way Drive
Combined Locks, WI 54113
920-759-1778
tony_schaaf @ hotmail.com



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