Editor's note: Don't miss this feature story by Bob Otto. Bobby says: Today is Rod Peterson's birthday (an age he adamantly refused to divulge, actually fibbed about), so I gave him a call and we talked fastpitch about the good old days of his Farm Tavern team. From Bob Otto/Otto in Focus MADISON, WI - Rod Peterson sponsored and managed the Farm Tavern men’s … [Read more...]
Bench Talk / Off The Wire (Fred Wallace)
Editor's note: Some good stories from the Sr. Canadians, shared by Fred Walllace of Bayshore Broadcasting, in the context of athletes as role models for youngsters. If you listened to the Ballpark Radio broadcasts of the Sr. Canadians last week, that booming voice you heard over the PA system was Fred's. A great supporter of men's fastball. I especially liked the idea of … [Read more...]
Put keys on home plate and turn out the lights
By Claude McIntosh, The Standard Freeholder The final program was sold. The uniforms were packed away for the final time. And the keys to the van were placed on home plate before the stadium lights were turned off. The King and His Court, the world's greatest barnstorming softball team, played its final game Saturday night where it all started 65 years ago . . . in Walla … [Read more...]
Lanny Rupp – 2011 ISC Hall of Fame inductee
By Bob Otto, Otto in Focus LONG BEACH, CA – In the 1970s and '80s, great players, great teams and great managers abounded in southern California’s Western Softball Congress. But when it came to recruiting, no one was as great as the late Lanny Rupp. Rupp was the general manager and manager of the Lakewood Jets. If Rupp wanted to sign a top-caliber player, he went after … [Read more...]
From the brink of death to the Hall of Fame
From the Santa Monica Daily Press by Rebecca Asoulin DOWNTOWN — Dave Blackburn, Santa Monica resident and a recent inductee to the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame, tells a “joke.” “Every day for a month I had to look the grim reaper in the eyes and say I have a hall of fame to get to and you and not any one else is going to stop me,” Blackburn said. … [Read more...]
2011 ISC Hall of Fame Inductions on Live Streaming Video, Sunday August 14 at 9:15am CDT
The ISC's 2011 ISC Hall of Fame inductions will be live video streamed, free of charge on Sunday morning, August 14, 2011, starting at 9:15 a.m. central time. (the inductions are slated to start about 9:30am, but we'll be on the air a little early) Fans wishing to watch the induction ceremonies can login in, free of charge, at www.ballparkradio.tv, or by clicking the now … [Read more...]
2011 Hall of Fame Auctions, Tickets – Sunday August 14, 2011
Click here for 2011 ISC Hall of Fame Auctions, Tickets or view below. … [Read more...]