[Alsfastball] Rocky Mountain Woodbat Classic

[Al Doran]

From: "Dave Parker" <daparker at wyoming.com>
Subject: Rocky Mountain Woodbat Classic
To: fastball at pmihrm.com

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:31:31 -0600


Laramie,Wyoming.


Al,
    We would like to announce the Rocky Mountain Wood Bat Classic to 
held September 24,25 in Laramie,Wyoming.
    There is a 3 game guarantee with a $200 entry fee.  There will be 
no aluminum bats allowed.
    The following teams have committed to play:
                   1.  Kings               Salt Lake City,Utah
                   2.  Cedar Ridge         Vernal,Utah
                   3.  Farmington Natives  Farmington,New Mexico
                   4.  Warriors            Fort Collins,Colorado
                   5.  Brown and Gold      Laramie,Wyoming
                   6.  Fremont Motors      Rawlins,Wyoming
                   7.  Rebels              Rock Springs,Wyoming

    This is the first event to be sponsored by the Rocky Mountain 
Woodbat Association.
    The Associations title speaks for itself, we will be playing with 
wooden bats,a Diamond D-100 Ball,and the official strike zone of the 
armpits to the knees.
    If you come to play, you will not see the ridiculous belt down to 
somewhere below the knees that some umpires associations have forced 
down the throat of the mens fastpitch game.  All umpires that have 
agreed to come and enjoy a weekend of fastpitch have agreed to call 
the game in the manner that we have asked.
    The reason for this association is the culmination of a series of 
events over the past 3 years that convinced us that the fastpitch 
associations have dropped the ball on the safety of their players. 
The list of pitchers that have taken serious injuries from balls is 
growing every weekend.  We have decided that we are not going to 
stand by until someone dies to make a change.
    We are tired of seeing our friends and acquaintances getting hit 
in the face with line drives off of "Legal" Bats.
    I was of the opinion several years ago on the Blue Ribbon panel 
of the ISC, that we could control the speed of the game with the 
ball.  I Was Wrong...
    By controlling the speed of the game with the bat and allowing 
the strike zone to be elevated to where it should be...should help 
bring more pitchers into the game.

    If you are interested in playing in the Wood Bat Classic or in 
future tournaments or Travel Leagues in the Rockies,Feel free to give 
me a call at 303-475-8142.  You may also reach Marty Mckinney about 
the Wood Bat Classic at 307-742-0551

Thank You,

Dave Parker
Rocky Mountain Wood Bat Association
Lafayette,Colorado
wyofastpitch at wyoming.com




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