july2009

MidWeek Blog July 15, 2009-07-15

July 15, 2009

Richmond Hill, ON

MidWeek Blog July 15, 2009-07-15
Well its hump day and due to the volume of fastball news decided to a special MidWeek edition before heading off to Saskatoon tomorrow.
The number of FREE AGENTS looking for a team is growing: http://www.alsfastball.com/teams.html

The Boys of Summer Report is at: http://tinyurl.com/ksknou
Zakk Flash did an excellent wrap up article on Boys of Summer: http://tinyurl.com/kvypee
 
We had a lot of positive feedback on our Monkton report last week, http://tinyurl.com/nllm73
And on Brian Baillie’s wrap up report, http://tinyurl.com/m5t3hl
NOW add to that, Maddy’s Outstanding Pictures!
Maddy's Photos from World Fastball Invitational at Monkton, Ontario,
Canada - July 2-5, 2009
http://fastpitchwest.com/morningbrief/?p=3433

Tell Maddy which ones are your favourites:
maddy (at) maddysphotos (dot) com
Having Jim and Maddy in Monkton for the World Fastball Invitational made this already very popular men’s tournament into an even better tournament, truly worthy of the tag, “World Class”.
 
Still missing some tournament reports, including:

July 3-5, Crogan, NY - Lewis County 4th of July Tournament
A lot of other news came in over the weekend – see http://www.alsfastball.com/index.php?page=25
 
The schedule for the ISC II Tournament of Champions was posted this week on the ISC II site and is generating a lot of interest; it has been revised.   http://www.iscfastpitch.com/index.php?page=191
 
See our Pre-ISF Exhibition Games by International Teams Headed to Saskatoon
for the results we did receive and the list of exhibition games coming up before the ISF’s in Saskatoon, July 17-26. It rained yesterday in Melfort and sadly the exhibition games July 14 were rained out. Hopefully the weather will improve today.
 
ISF WORLD MEN’S SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, SASKATOON, SK – July 17-26, 2009   http://www.2009worldsmensfastpitch.com/
Good News! The host site has added on the ability to sign up for video streaming!
http://www.2009worldsmensfastpitch.com/Webcam.php
We still have no word on what the schedule will be or who is doing the streaming, at this time. We do hope to soon have this information as we have heard that fans worldwide are planning living room parties around watching their favourite teams play in Saskatoon.
Update: http://2009worldsmensfastpitch.com/stream.php
Looks like its a fixed webcam.
Thanks to all those who have taken time to wish us well in Saskatoon and for going west to cover this big tournament. We will do our best to keep everyone posted on what is happening on the field, in the park, and whatever else is of interest.
We will be making full use of our own web site,  www.alsfastball.com  as always, to bring you regular updates from the park. The good folks in Saskatoon are providing me with work space, a comfortable chair, and a wireless connection so that I can do our updates.  We will also be making full use of both Facebook and Twitter to bring information to the fans. See our own front page for more information on how to subscribe to Facebook and to Twitter.

See our Facebook page for a ton of great pictures from the teams travelling through Canada on their way to Saskatoon.


 
June 2009 News Items- lots of interesting news this month so far:
http://www.alsfastball.com/index.php?page=25
 
 
NOTE: Al's Fastball will be on site,
June 5-7 - Kitchener, ON - Legends Tournament
June 12-14 - Midland, MI - Explorers Tournament
July 2-5 - Monkton, ON - Annual World Fastball Invitational
July 17-26 - Saskatoon, SK - ISF World Championship
August 14-21, Quad Cities - ISC World Tournament and ISC ToC
August 30 - Sep 6 - St. Thomas, ON - Canadian Senior Men's Championships






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