Unfortunately, some loser who clearly has far too much time on his hands due to an inability to get a real job has hacked the ghfl.ca forum. I am working with Jim Flanagan to get the forum back online and, hopefully to recover all of the posts. We will keep you advised via Al’s Fastball List, The Deuce and other fastball boards when the ghfl.ca forum is back up and operating.
Cheers,
Blair Setford
www.ghfl.ca
GHFL.ca forum hacked
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October 15th, 2005For those of you who like knowing when new posts go up at “The Deuce” blog, but don’t like to bother with checking back all the time, we have an easy, automated solution — Feed Blitz. In short, you just sign up to receive “The Deuce” via email.
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Toronto Champion Indians win OCDFL title
October 13th, 2005Oshawa On
Wednesday October 12th 2005
Under very wet and cool conditions these two teams battled it out in this final deciding game to determine the Oshawa City And District Fasball League 2005 playoff champions.
Very fine misty rain prevailed for the whole game, pitchers had trouble hanging onto the ball having to constantly ask for a towel to dry of the ball. Kudos to the catchers.
Toronto Champion Indians 2005 playoff Champions
Game # 5
Cobourg Diamond Kings @ Toronto Champion Indians
Toronto 9
Cobourg 5
WP Tom Berube
LP Wayne Wells
Tom Berube 4Inn 3R 6H 2BB 5K’s
Grant Patterson 3Inn 2R 3H 4BB 2K’s
Wayne Wells 6Inn 9R 6H 6BB 7K’s
Toronto
Jamie Murchison 2-3 2R 2RBI
Pete Mintsopoulos 1-3 HR 1R
John Batten 2R 1RBI
Ken Innes 1-2 1R
Cobourg
Derek Coyle 3-4HR 2RBIs
Troy Gilmour 2-4 RBI
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Toronto Indians force game 5 in OCDFL championship
October 12th, 2005Oshawa, ON
There will be a final and deciding game for the Oshawa City and District Fastball League Playoff Championship as the Toronto Champion Indians beat the Cobourg Diamond Kings Tuesday in game # 4 by a score of 4 – 3 in 8 innings.
Toronto pushed the go ahead run across in the top of the 8th inning and Grant Patterson retired the side in the bottom of the 8th to force the ” if ” game.
WP Grant Patterson
LP Wayne Wells
Toronto – Peter Mintsopoulos – 2R HR
Game # 5 Wednesday October 12 at Dieppe Park in East York, Toronto at 8 pm.
Championship awards will be presented after the game.
Mal Swift malswift@rogers.com
Oshawa City and District Fastball League – Vice President – Media and Promotion
Durham Region Umpire Membership – Vice President
SpinMaster Pitching/Catching School – Head Instructor
Coach – Durham Jack’s Fillin Station Eagles – OCDFL
Assistant Coach – Durham College Women’s Varsity Fastball Team – OCAA
International Softball Congress II (Intermediate Men) – Game Controller/Awards Committee
Google’s New RSS Blog Reader
October 9th, 2005Well, it’s the off-season, and it’s a slow news cycle, so a good time to drop in a tech tip. To many, RSS (Real Simple Syndication) blog feeds are still Greek.
Leave it to the geniuses at Google to simplify RSS for you. They just rolled out their RSS “Reader” today. Click here for details and a tour.
We’ll leave the explanations to Google, but the short version is that Google Reader gives you a way to see what updates have been posted to your favorite blogs — like The Deuce or Morning Brief for example. Toss in your favorite baseball site and keep up with the playoffs while you’re at it. Instead of clicking around to see which of your favorite blogs or websites have been updated, just visit your Google Reader, and it will display the excerpts to show you.
p.s. When you get to the blank line to “Add a Feed”, copy and paste these (one at a time):
http://fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce/wp-rss2.php
http://fastpitchwest.com/morningbrief/wp-rss2.php
Be sure to click “Subscribe” button.
Costello walk off HR wins Battle of Eastern Ontario
October 8th, 2005Micksburg, ON
Game 2 played Friday night in very cool conditions.
After losing game 1 by a score of 4-0, Kanata Team Easton defeated Micksburg in their own park by the same 4-0 score to tie the series. Dan Konkle pitched the complete game shutout. John Peck had a homer for Team Easton. Corey Costello took the loss.
The teams had agreed previously that in order to save travel and get the series in before the weather got too cool that third and deciding game would be a “mini-game” in which the first team to hold a lead after a complete inning would the winners.
Game 3 “mini-game” turned out to be the longest game of the series, as the teams played seven scoreless innings, before Corey Costello hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the eighth to win the inaugral Regional Series for the Micksburg Twins. Costello had the pitching victory. Dan Konkle was the loser.
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Ottawa Valley, ON Raiders 2005 season wrap-up
October 7th, 2005The Ottawa Valley Raiders had another successful season. The Valley Raiders repeated as playoff champions of the Ottawa RA Centre, beating the Atlantic Storm in the finals.
Valley also proudly competed in a number of tournaments in 2005; here are some highlights: Read the rest of this entry »
Cobourg leads Toronto 2-1 in OCDFL final
October 7th, 2005Oshawa, ON
Oshawa City And District Fastball League
Final Playoff Series
Game # 3
Cobourg Diamond Kings 6
Toronto Champion Indians 1
WP Wayne Wells 1R 4H 12K’s 6BB
LP Grant Patterson 6R 10H 13K’s 0BB
Cobourg
Derek Coyle 2-3 HR 4RBI’s 1R
Ryan Jaynes 2-3 1RBI
Jason Cane 2-4 2R
Cobourg take a 2 – 1 lead in best of five final.
Game #4 @ Cobourg Tues Oct 11th
Game #5 If necessary Wed Oct 12th @ Toronto
Sylvia Ryan
Secretary/Treasurer Oshawa City & District Fastball League
Manager Claremont Rebels
Manager Bracebridge Dura Pros
Vice President Canadian Masters Fastball Association
Phone: 905-432-3272
FAX: 905-432-3721
e-Mail: sylvia.ryan@rogers.com
Mal Swift malswift@rogers.com
Oshawa City and District Fastball League – Vice President – Media and Promotion www.ocdsa.ca
Durham Region Umpire Membership – Vice President
SpinMaster Pitching/Catching School – Head Instructor
Coach – Durham Jack’s Fillin’ Station Eagles – OCDFL
Assistant Coach – Durham College Women’s Varsity Fastball Team – OCAA
International Softball Congress II (Intermediate Men) – Game Controller/Awards Committee
Season wrap up reports welcome
October 6th, 2005Following up on Al Doran’s suggestion, please take the time and send a “Season Wrap Up” for your team to Al Doran email to fastball@pmihrm.com and The Deuce live@ballparkradio.com.
As Al says, there’s not much ball from here on in until spring, except for down under mostly so this kind of report is most welcome for fastball starved fans world wide – especially North American where we will soon be headed into fastball hibernation for a few months.
With almost every serious men’s team with at least one quality writer who takes the time to write up their games and tournaments, how about sending out your year-end wrap up!
So this is an open invitation to every serious men’s fastball team out there to do the same – be it ISC, ISC II, NAFA, OASA, ASA, or whatever, send us your year-end report. Dan Bernard says it only takes 10 minutes to put a report together, so let’s hear from ALL of you!
Next we will be watching for your announcement of who is on your team in 2006 when you are ready for an official press release. Until then, tid bits are welcome.
Niagara, ON Snappers season wrap up
October 6th, 2005Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Following in the Union Storm’s footsteps, just wanted to let the fastball world know how the Niagara Snappers made out in the 2005 season. We are already planning for 2006 in the hopes of competing at the ISC II TOC.
More information including bios, stats, and pictures can be found on the Snappers website.
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Toronto Indians tie OCDFL series at 1
October 5th, 2005Last night’s result in Cobourg – Legion Fields
Toronto Indians 9
Cobourg Diamond Kings 0
WP Grant Patterson
LP Wayne Wells
James Murchison (Toronto) 2 HR, 4 RBI
Series is tied at 1 game each.
Game 3 will be Thursday Oct 7 at Dieppe Park at 8 pm. Games 4 and “if necessary” game 5 are yet to be scheduled.
Mal Swift
Mal Swift
Oshawa City and District Fastball League – Vice President – Media and
Promotion –
Durham Region Umpire Membership – Vice President
SpinMaster Pitching/Catching School – Head Instructor
Coach – Durham Jack’s Fillin’ Station Eagles – OCDFL
Assistant Coach – Durham College Women’s Varsity Fastball Team – OCAA
International Softball Congress II (Intermediate Men) – Game
Controller/Awards Committee
Union Storm win St. Thomas league title in dramatic style
October 5th, 2005Union wins title in dramatic style
Wednesday October 05, 2005
Rob Ross
By Rob Ross
Times-Journal
FINGAL — Don’t invite the Union Storm to the Valentine’s Day party. They’re heartbreakers.
For the second time in three games, the Storm won in the bottom of the seventh inning for a sweep of the Glencoe Astros in the St. Thomas and District Fastball League championship Tuesday.
Kevin Lynch scored the winning run on a bases loaded, two out walk to Mark Coleman for a 6-5 comeback win during a foggy night Tuesday.
Union trailed 5-2 before tying the game in the bottom of the sixth inning on a RBI single by Troy Rick and Chris Wismer’s two-out, two-run single.
After two outs, the Storm loaded the bases for Coleman in the seventh against Astros pitcher Shaun Winship.
“I like to be patient in that situation,” Coleman said. “Coming down to one pitch you want it to be one you can put a good swing on. Really the pressure wasn’t on me. The pressure is on him.”
Coleman had three balls go by him before he took two strikes. The sixth pitch was high and outside.
“That wasn’t close. I had to let it go,” Coleman said. “Maybe a little anticlimactic. You really want to come up and knock one out of the ball park or hit a line drive to score that winning run but a walk is just as good as a base hit.”
Pitcher Dan Beecroft took the win. He allowed five runs, eight hits and two walks while striking out 11 batters.
“I appreciate any night the offence can bail me out,” Beecroft said. “Three pitches didn’t hit the spot where I wanted to and (Glencoe) made me pay every time.”
Glencoe led 4-0 after two innings on a pair of two-run home runs from Brett Neal and Bill Pisorowski.
Lynch cut the lead in half with his two-run liner over the fence in the fourth inning.
Rick Galbraith appeared to have given the Astros a little more insurance with a solo home run in the top of the sixth.
“We had them on the ropes and let it slip away,“ player-manager Tim Stover said. “(Union) is too good a team and they don’t give up. “
The Astros had the bases loaded in their half of the seventh when Ryan Wolfe was given an intentional walk but Beecroft ended the threat, striking out Neal.
Winship was handed the loss. He gave up six runs, seven hits and four walks. He struck out three.
Rick finished two for three and Lynch scored two runs.
Ron Pazitka and Pisorowski each had two hits for the Astros.
This is the Storm’s first league championship since 2001 after losing in the final in 2002 and 2003.