ASA Majors in Ashland

July 26, 2015

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We asked ASA for the link and this is what they gave us: http://www.tournamentasa.com/

Somewhat difficult to find your way around in that link so we obtained a snapshot of the bracket from a friend at the park (Thank You Randy McLamb!):

 

We also have this link for the bracket, we hope its correct and even more so, we hope its kept up to date!  So far they are updating the bracket! with scores but no pitchers or box scores.

It does not look like the host did any pre tournament marketing on Twitter but the fans have taken over and are tweeting using #ASA2015 which is hash tag already in use.

#ASAMajor2015 now in use, a much better #   (Please use this one)

Fans can also follow our https://twitter.com/AlsFastball
  -We will try and RT any results we get via Twitter

 

 

Great story from Newspaper in Ashland to kick things off.

 

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 24 July

Blair Setford ‏@blairjs17

#ASAMajor bracket is updated regularly with scores, but don't see any info on pitching, boxscores, etc.... http://fb.me/44NngxbQN

 

25 July

No response from the tournament director in Ashland in regards to our question about WP and LP, box scores, etc.

Meanwhile fans are doing a great job posting score updates on Twitter.

 

26 July

This is a new link passed to us early this morning, it reportidly has live scoring on it too:

https://gc.com/tmt/summer-2015/asa-mens-major-fastpitch-tournament-55afb7db0047be0022a3601e

 

 Lanky Johnson

 WARNING; They want you to pay for this!

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Hill United are streaming their games however they report technical difficulties due to the weak signal in the park.

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26 July

Twitter remains the most reliable way to get quick updates - check for #ASAMajor2015

Luckily the players and fans do care, which one wonders just how much the ASA cares about their own showcase mens tournament.

For the players and the fans the ASA Major is an important tournament. Its seen as a warm up for the Big Show, The upcoming ISC World Tournament.

Maybe the ASA will start awarding this high visibility tournament to hosts that actually care about the game.  Midland Michigan comes to mind.

We received a lot more complaints this year than ever before and we believe that is due to the fact that so many people are personally involved vis social media.

 

Congratulations to the Hill United Chiefs on their victory in Ashland! #ASAMajor2015 Champions!

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Next week we will be in Erie, PA for the annual Ed McCormick Fastpitch Tournament  #Erie2015 

AlsFastball will be on the ground in Erie and Mr Stats Man @iscstat Gary Baughman will be providing full statistics of the games.