[Alsfastball] DD - Sat p2 - IN THE STANDS

[Al Doran]

IN THE STANDS
 Friday night the large crowd in 
attendance realized that the St. Evergreen 
Centennials Thomas vs Kinkora O’Shea’s Pub and 
Eatery Hitmen game had significant impact on the 
final standings – a Kinkora win would have 
produced a 7-way tie for 2nd spot with seven (7) 
teams posting 5 wins/3 losses records. The final 
standings had a 5-way tie for 3rd spot, with 
Saskatoon Aspen Interiors Black Sox awarded 3rd 
on the run differential record (formula included 
maximum of 7 for any game, and games had to have 
only “full” innings played in the formula). No 
team could be eliminated from “double life”, or 
from the tournament based on the formula, hence, 
the five tie- breaker games that were played 
yesterday. Friday turned out to be a great day of 
competition, and not simply an open day before 
Friday evening’s double – header of the top teams 
who earned “double life.”  Great job by the 
Softball Canada officials in determining the 
“Tie-breakers Schedule” on Thursday night, and 
the local Host Committee’s well-timed 
announcement informing fans before they left the 
park
. And out of town fans were informed almost 
as quickly as Dan Denniss up-dated the 2005 
Canadians website, and fervent fastball fan Al 
Doran, the guru of international softball 
communications, spread the word on Al’s Fastball List.  Well done everyone!



DIAMOND
DIRT
DAILY
DIARY
A review of Day #1-5 highlights, defining moments 
and individual players’ outstanding achievements:
SUNDAY – St. Thomas’ P Frank Cox walks first 
Calgary  batter, and retires the next 21, for 
“near-perfection; St. Thomas P Trevor Wardell is 
“fully perfect”, retiring 15 Eastmain batters in 5 inning mercy match.
MONDAY – Kinkora’s Jeff Ellsworth on base 5 times 
in 5 plate appearances (3 walks and 2 HRs); 
Jarvis’ P Scott Wagar 5-inning perfect game vs 
Eastmain, including 13 Ks; TUESDAY – 
Newfoundland’s Jason Hill ¾ and 8th inning HR; 
Innerkip’s thrilling 7-6 win in 10 innings over 
Charlottetown; Vancouver’s Rob Giesbrecht 4/4, HR 
and 4 RBIs vs Eastmain;  Prince George’s Randy 
Potskin 4/4 vs Edmonton; Newfoundland’s John 
Farrell’s two “moon shot” home runs vs Mulgrave; 
Innerkip’s near fairytale comeback vs Ontario 
rival  Jarvis, trailing 6-0 in 1st, and finally 
succumbing 7-6 with tying run on base. WEDNESDAY 
– Kitchener’s Brian Stere 3/3 and 2 HRs vs 
Vancouver; Kitchener’s dramatic 3-2 rally vs St. 
Thomas,  scoring twice with 2 out in 7th courtesy 
seemingly innocent walk to Jody Eidt, and 
back-to-back-to-back hits by Bill Simmons, Daly 
Levy and Brian Stere with the winner; Kinkora’s P 
Rob Schweyer’s 2 hitter & 15 Ks vs Innerkip; 
Saskatoon’s Dean Holoien 2 HRs.5 RBIs vs 
Edmonton; THURSDAY -  Eastmain’s Clayton Tomatuk 
1/3, RBI vs Mulgrave; Vancouver’s Kevin 
Schellenberg’s 7th inning/2 out  plate appearance 
vs Edmonton, and “full count” single that drove 
in tying & winning runs; Saskatoon’s Trevor 
Ethier 2 HRs / 5 RBIs vs Charlottetown.





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