Monkton, Ont.
Although the temps were much cooler than they've been of late, it certainly
didn't dampen the enthusiasm and spirit of fastball fans and players as we
officially kicked off the 2007 edition of the World Fastball Invitational
last night in Monkton.
Some extremely hot, and humid weather made way for some much needed cooler,
fresher air through the night on Wed. and as a result has made the temps
feel that much cooler, although as the players all said - "it's great for
playin ball though!"
Approx 400 fans were on hand for the opening ceremonies and the first two
games of the tourny.
Game #1 saw a great pitching duel between the Twins Don Scott, and
Saskatoon's Dean Holoein. Both were throwing in the high 80's and hitting
their spots extremely well. If not for a first inning double by Todd Budke
(the only real blemish on Holoeins stats) that scored Jody Eidt (leadoff
walk), the game would have certainly went into extra innings. GREAT GAME!!
Game #2 was another pitchers game. Korrey Gareau battled with Brian
Urquhart and the game was very tight up until the 6th inning, when the bats
came alive for the Farm. The final score is not a true indication of just
how tight this game was. Play of the game (possibly the tourny!!) was made
by Rino Dambrosio - RF for Jarvis, as he made an incredible flat-out
horizontal diving catch on a ball that was lined hard to right-centre by
Colin Abbot that had double (or triple) written all over it.
An inning or two later he gunned down a Farm runner at the plate, who
attempted to tag from third after a pop out to right.
I must apologize to everyone who attempted to catch the live broadcast via
the internet. CKNX had technical difficulties for the first 5 innings I'm
told - and thus the streaming was not available. They would like to
apologize sincerely as well, and welcome everyone to catch the final game on
Sunday at 2:00pm.
The night had great atmospere, (- as is always the case in Monkton) , great
games on the field, and great crowds!
Bring your sunscreen - during the day the sun will be out!!! , and a light
sweater or jacket when the sun goes down tonight.
Forecast for the rest of the week-end is nothing but sunny skies, warm temps
during the day - cool at night, and nealry a 0% percent chance of rain the
entire week-end!!!
Gotta run....
Brian Baillie - Chairman
World Fastball Invitational
theace012@hotmail.com
www.monktonfastball.com
www.alsfastball.com
