From CBC.ca Shane Fowler · CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2021 8:00 AM AT | Last Updated: August 30 In 70 years, George Gillett's devotion to the game and to his hometown of Hoyt has never waned George Gillett can't remember the exact year he played his first game of softball. He knows he was a teenager at the time, and that it was sometime … [Read more...]
Re-edited version of the 2021 ISC World Tournament Championship Game
Hill United Chiefs vs. New York Gremlins from Sheridan Meadows Sports Complex, Eldridge IA The ISC has released a re-edited version of this year's ISC World Tournament Championship Game. Video Clip of Game Winning Hit that Broke the 4-4 Tie in 7th … [Read more...]
WBSC U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup in Peru rescheduled for December 2021
From the WBSC: 13/08/2021 The tournament was originally scheduled for 2020. Players who would have been eligible in 2020 will be able to compete in the postponed world championship. The World Baseball Softball Confederation today announced that the inaugural WBSC U-18 Women's Softball World Cup will be played from 5 to 12 December 2021 in Peru. You might … [Read more...]
Hørsholm Hurricanes (DEN) are WBSC 2021 Men’s European Super Cup Champions
28/08/2021 Hurricanes (DEN) 10, Zraloci (CZE) 2 The Hørsholm Von Holmbäck Hurricanes, Denmark, captured the WBSC 2021 Men's European Super Cup Sunday, with a 10-2, 5 inning win over the Žraloci Ledenice from the Czech Republic. Joran Graham was the winning pitcher for the Hurricanes, with Marek Joska taking the loss. The Hurricanes jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the … [Read more...]
2021 Men’s European Super Cup – Aug. 23-28 (Final Day)
Cap tip, Adam Brown, @fitzroyfastball on Twitter, Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog The 2021 WBSC European Men's Softball Super Cup, is down to the final day at Prague, Czech Republic. ICYMI, there is a full archive of streaming video online. Fastball fans may recognize the field that some of the games are being played at, Svoboda Park, scene of the 2019 WBSC Men's World … [Read more...]
ISC Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Congrats to the ISC Hall of Fame Class of 2022, Rhys Casley, Darren Box, Travis Wilson and Bob McGowan, well deserving selections, all To Be Joined by Ryan Wolfe and Gerald Muizelaar, Deferred Inductees from 2021 Editor's notes Also to be inducted (officially) in 2022, will be Ryan Wolfe and Gerald Muizelaar, who were selected in 2020 and originally to be … [Read more...]
Remembering Rob Scheller: Hard-throwing pitcher “loved the game”
"He's one of those throw-back players who loved the game." From the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Saskatoon SK By Kevin Mitchell • Saskatoon Star Phoenix Publishing, Aug 19, 2021 Rick Ruzesky remembers well what it was like to face down Rob Scheller’s windmill. Scheller, once one of the world’s great fastball pitchers, died this past week in Saskatoon of a brain … [Read more...]