From the SCIFL 2024 SCIFL Alliance Season Opener SCIFL will be hosting its Alliance Tournament season opener on March 23-24, 2024 at Little Lake Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA. Here is this weekend's schedule for the Alliance which will be a 2-day tournament and the Masters which will be only Sunday. Entry fee that can be paid by Zelle or online with a credit card … [Read more...]
SCIFL Masters – April 14, 2024 at Santa Fe Springs
From the SCIFL 2024 SCIFL -Next Masters Tournament April 14, 2024 (Entry Deadline March 30) The next Masters is Sunday, April 14, 2024 at Little Lake Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA. Teams interested in participating will need to contact the tournament director, Jesse Ortiz, at scifastpitch (at) gmail.com by email by Saturday, March 30, 2024 so … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Bob Tomlinson’s Fastpitch Chronicle – July 1997
Editor's Note This week's Throwback Thursday features snippets of the July 1997 edition of Bob Tomlinson's Fastpitch Chronicle, "the" men's fastpitch newspaper of record before the internet. Still working on a way to scan the newspaper-sized pages, but for this post, we've photographed a few articles from that issue. The familiar Page One Banner of everyone's favorite, … [Read more...]
March 10 Games Cancelled – 2024 SCIFL Masters
From the SCIFL 2024 SCIFL Masters Opening Season Unfortunately, there are NO GAMES, this Sunday. March 10 I received an email today from the City of Santa Fe Springs that the fields on Sunday are not available yet and that they need to cancel our approved permit. On Sunday, March 24, 2024 I have two fields set aside for Master teams that would like to … [Read more...]
2024 SCIFL Alliance Season Opener – March 23-24 at Little Lake Park, Santa Fe Springs CA
From the SCIFL 2024 SCIFL Alliance Season Opener SCIFL will be hosting its Alliance Tournament season opener on March 23-24, 2024 at Little Lake Park, Santa Fe Springs, CA. Depending on how many teams participate will determine if this will be a 2-day tournament or a 1-day tournament. It will have a round robin format followed by a single … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Fastpitch Bulletin – Oct 1985 – The “Pay ‘n Pak Issue”
Editor's Note This week's Throwback Thursday features the October 1985 edition of Ray Andersen's Fastpitch Bulletin. Call this one the "Pay 'n Pak" issue, the World and National Champions of 1985. On the front cover is a photo of Pay 'n Pak manager Tom Wagner, whose Seattle Washington based team became the first to win both the ISC World Tournament and ASA National … [Read more...]
Schedule for the 2024 SCIFL Las Vegas Road Trip Tournament
Editor's note: Note the Deadline of March 15, 2024 for hotel reservations or changes: "All reservations and any changes must be made before the Cut-off Date, Monday, March 18, 2024 in order to receive the special rate. After the cut-off date, you will pay the going rate so don’t miss out, book your reservations before the cut-off date. " From the … [Read more...]