From Codi Warren, ASA/USA Softball SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Canada - The bats came alive for the USA Softball Men's National Team (MNT) as they soared to a 7-0 shutout win over Mexico in their opening game of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Men's World Championship in Saskatoon. Combining for a total of six hits throughout the six-inning contest, four … [Read more...]
Day one of the Men’s World championship is over read about in Champ’s Chatter
Direct link to PDF here. A very successful day one has been completed at the 2015 WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship. No real upsets occurred, but Argentina did beat the defending champions in a marathon game that finished at 11:58. Read all about it in Champ’s Chatter the Official news letter of this championship. (download edition 2) As a result of the rescheduling … [Read more...]
Day 2 Schedule – 2015 WBSC World Championship – Saturday, June 27
Editor's note: The corrected/updated schedule is one posted at the ISF website All games today are at the main field, Bob Van Impe Stadium, except for the 1 PM and 3:30 PM games. Game 10 Dominican Republic vs United States 10:00 am Game 11 Denmark vs Japan 12:30 pm Game 12 Netherlands vs Australia 1:00 pm Game 13 Argentina vs Guatemala 3:00 pm Game 14 Mexico vs … [Read more...]
Australia chases gold at ISF Men’s World Championships
From the Canberra Times: The disappointment of a 2-0 semi-final loss to Venezuela in 2013 is still fresh in the minds of Australian players as they chase world championship glory in Canada. And it's why Canberra pitcher Adam Folkard says anything less than a championship victory would be considered a failure when the tournament begins on Friday. "We have come here to win," … [Read more...]
Day 1 Schedule – 2015 WBSC – Friday June 26
# Away Home Result Away Probable Home Probable Time Field 1 Denmark Dominican Rep. 9:30 AM Gordie Howe 2 Venezuela Netherlands 10:00 AM Bob Van Impe 3 Czech Republic Philippines 12:00 PM Gordie Howe 4 Australia Japan 12:30 PM Bob Van Impe 5 Great Britain Indonesia 7-0 2:30 PM … [Read more...]
Half dozen teams are in the mix for a gold medal
Great preview at the Star Phoenix, with comments from our broadcast colleague and frequent Fastpitchwest contributor, Blair Setford. By Scott Larson, The Starphoenix June 25, 2015 With the assistance of Blair Setford, here's a quick peek at the teams competing at the 2015 WBSC Men's World Softball Championship. Setford is on the coaching staff of the Toronto Gators and will … [Read more...]
Fastpitch World Media’s Top 40 List by Country
Some great work by Fastpitch World Media, listing its Top 40 players in the world by WBSC team/country: With the WBSC World Championships starting tomorrow, we took our Top 40 List and put them with their national teams so our readers can follow along. We also added the players not with a national team. Australia:(2) Marshall Kronk & Nick Shailes Argentina: (2) Fernando … [Read more...]