Record 15 Team Schedule Announced
May 23, 2009 (Santa Barbara, California) – The 19th Annual Best of the West Men’s fastball Tournament will be held May 30 – 31 in Santa Barbara, CA. TheTournament is the longest running open tournament, held annually in California. A Tournamentrecord field of Fifteen teams will vie for the 2009 Championship, with two berths in the 2009 ISC World Tournament, and two berths in the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions at stake.
“The interest in this year’s Best of the West Tournament is at an all-time high, as proved by our record number of teams entering” said Tournament Director Dave Blackburn. “We are happy to have first time participating Pueblo Bandits, and their pitching ace and strikeout artist Jeremy Manley leading their Staff. Add in the powerful Taylor Farms California Athletics who are playing as the 2008 ISC II Champions, along with hard hitting ball clubs Innovative Communications of Utah, and Santa Cecelia, of Mexico, and we have a very tough tourney set to go. Everyone always loves to spend the weekend in Sunny Santa Barbara.”
The 3-field complex at Elings Park will be used, along with one of the fields at Santa Barbara’s Pershing Park
Elings Park is locatedat: 1298 Las Positas Road, Santa Barbara, CAý. – Directions (
Pershing Park is located at: 100 Castillo St, Santa BarbaraCA
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Schedule
1. SantaCecelia, Mexicali, Mexico
2. Hostilez,Morongo Reservation
3. Bandits, Pueblo, CO
4. Tri-County, Santa Barbara, CA
5. ISC II #32 InnovativeCommunications, Lehi, Utah
6. Coyotes, Beaumont, CA
7. Taylor Farms Athletics, Salinas, CA
8. SilverHawks, Bakersfield, CA
9. ISC II #6 Rude Pac, Sun Valley, CA
10. SoCal Tribes,San Jacinto, CA
11. ISC II #15 C.R.Rockers, Portland, Oregon
12. Young Bucks,Santa Barbara, CA
13. Black Sox, Long Beach, CA
14. Team Pape Pirates, Walnut Creek, CA
15. ISC II #37 Maccabi USA
Saturday May 30
Game 1 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 8:30 AM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Bandits
Game 2 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 8:30 AM
CR Rockers Vs Rude Pac
Game 3 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8:30 AM
SoCal Tribes Vs Silver Hawks
Game 4 @ Pershing Park – 8:30 AM
Tri-County Vs Coyotes
Game 5 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 10:15 AM
Santa Cecelia Vs Innovative Communications
Game 6 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10:15 AM
Black Sox Vs Team Pape Pirates
Game 7 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Maccabi USAVs Young Bucks
Game 8 @ Pershing Park – 10:15 AM
Hostilez Vs Tri-County
Game 9 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 12:00 Noon
Santa Cecilia Vs Bandits
Game 10 @ Elings Park – Field 2 – 12:00Noon
Black Sox vs Taylor Farms
Game 11 @ Elings Park – Field 3 – 12:00Noon
Maccabi USAVs SoCal Tribes
Game 12 @ Pershing Park – 12:00 Noon
Silver Hawks Vs Hostilez
Game 13 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 1:45 PM
Team Pape Pirates Vs CR Rockers
Game 14 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 1:45 PM
Rude Pac Vs Innovative Communications
Game 15 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 1:45 PM
Young Bucks Vs Coyotes
Game 16 @ Pershing Park – 1:45 PM
Silver Hawks Vs Tri-County
Game 17 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 3:30 PM
CR Rockers Vs Bandits
Game 18 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 3:30 PM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Innovative Communications
Game 19 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3:30 PM
Rude Pac vs Black Sox
Game 20 @ Pershing Park – 3:30 PM
Maccabi USAVs Hostilez
Game 21 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 5:15 PM
Santa Cecelia Vs Team Pape Pirates
Game 22 @ Pershing Park – 5:15 PM
So CalTribes Vs Coyotes
Sunday May 31
Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 15th Place Vs 2nd Place
Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 14th Place Vs 3rd Place
Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 13th Place Vs 4th Place
Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 12th Place Vs 5th Place
Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 11th Place Vs 6th Place
Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10th Place Vs 7th Place
Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 9th Place Vs 8th Place
Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1(Quarter-Final) W Game 25 Vs W Game 26
Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 27
Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35
For Sunday seedings, the criteria: 1. Overall Record; 2. Head-to-Head;3. Fewest runs allowed; 4. runs scored
For berth determinations, the criteria 1. Sunday finish; 2. Head-to-Head;3. Fewest runs allowed; 4 runs scored
Special Rules: ISC Pitching Rule * Saturday – Noinning starts after 1 hour 30 min time limit * 7 Run Rule after 5 innings Tiebreaker in the 8th, or after the time limit * ONLY STARTERS mayre-enter * 5 warm-ups at start of game, then 3 after Speedup with C on base,with 2 out – last out * DR, EH, and DP allowed, but must be listed at start *
Dave Blackburn
Tournament Director
Best of The West
310-266-7803
daveb@virtvent.com