Cap tip Blair Setford Editor's note: Great summary of upcoming Men's World Championship events over the next few years, by Helena Novotna at EuropeanSoftball.org A meeting of the Men’s Fastpitch Development Commission took place in New Zealand, in February, during the Challenge Cup competition. The meeting was led by the Chair of the Commission, Rex Capil from New Zealand. … [Read more...]
ISC makes second recruitment video available for College & High School baseball coaches
The International Softball Congress continues its outreach to university, college and high school baseball coaches across the United States with a second recruiting video to attract new players into men’s fastpitch softball. The new video is now available on the ISC website at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/ as well as on the ISC Facebook page www.facebook.com/isc.fastpitch. “As … [Read more...]
2017 AAU International Tournament – Altamonte Springs FL – January 26-29
From the AAU Update from the AAU, September 7, 2016 We’ve run into a slight problem with the facility. We are working on it but there is a small possibility that things may have to change. In the meanwhile, we are having to put a temporary halt on things. Sorry for any confusion but better now than after folks bought airline tickets… Here is what is posted. And the link is … [Read more...]
Venezuela tournament canceled, Argentina to host NZL and CZE
From Stuff.co.nz Black Sox softball tour to Venezuela cancelled for security reasons By Tony Smith The New Zealand Black Sox softball team have been forced to abort November's planned tour to Venezuela due to political unrest but they will play a mini-tournament in Argentina instead. Softball New Zealand (SNZ) chief executive Tony Giles said the Las Americas Cup tournament … [Read more...]
Ballpark Broadcasting – Day 7 Broadcasts at 2016 WBSC Jr. Men’s World Championship – Bronze and Gold Medal Games
FINAL DAY AT THE 2016 WBSC JR. MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! Three more broadcasts on tap for today, Day 7 of the 2016 WBSC Jr. Men's World Championship with Gold and Bronze medal games on tap, as well as the Consolation Final. Saturday, July 30: (All game times EDT) 1:30pm BRONZE MEDAL GAME - CANADA v. NEW ZEALAND 4:00pm Consolation final: South Africa v. Botswana 7:00pm GOLD … [Read more...]
Day 4 – 2016 WBSC Jr. Men’s World Championship – Wednesday July 27
Final Day of Pool Play, with medal round of top 8 teams starting tomorrow, Thursday, July 28, 2016 Game # Dia # Date Time Team VS Team 29 2 27-Jul 12:00pm AUSTRALIA (Green) vs BOTSWANA (White) 30 1 27-Jul 1:00pm NEW ZEALAND (Grey) vs SOUTH AFRICA (White) 31 2 27-Jul 2:00pm ISRAEL (White) vs CANADA (Red) 32 1 27-Jul 4:00pm JAPAN (Blue) … [Read more...]
Day 2 Game of the Day – ARG v. AUS – 5pm EDT/2pm PDT
The editor's pick for "Game of the Day" for Day 1 of the 2016 WBSC Junior men's world championship in Midland Michigan is the matchup between Argentina and Australia. Argentina is the two-time gold medal defending champion, with a current record of two wins and no losses, narrowly escaping defeat at the hands of the host USA team, with a 6-5 come-from-behind win while … [Read more...]