Received: 7/8/09 9:25:02 AM From: "roger legendre" <er_legen...@sympatico.ca>
ATHLETICS IN A WINNING MOOD The onfield problems of the Pickerel River Cardinals continued in the Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League last evening . For the second straight time in as many days the Athletics defeated the Cardinals and this time in a more convincing fashion by the score of 8 to 3 . The Athletics are fast climbing the league standings and one more win could volt them into third place ahead of the Hounds and the North Stars . This was by far veteran Pat Sr Brennan's best outing of the season as he grabbed his second mound victory both against the slumping first place Cardinals . Pickerel did not help their cause with six costly fielding errors and poor hitting which has plagued them for the last three games . Jonathan Contin with the help of reliever Alex Ashawasagai was tagged with his third loss of the season .Both Jonathan and Alex combin to give up 13 hits , issued six base on balls and struck out 5 batters . On the other hand Pat gave up but four hits , issued one single walk and fanned seven batters. New rookie Eric Legendre had a fine evening for himself as he went 3 for 4 at the dish including a double , two runs batted in , two runs scored and one stolen base . Teamate J.P. Miron chipped in with a 2 for 4 at bat (double) while Jeff Ashawasagai hit 1 for 2 in a losing cause for the Cardinals. Play resumes Thursday night at the Lorne Brady Memorial Park in Garson when the 2-6-1 Athletics will attempt to escape the league cellar when they confront the 3-4-0 Dog House Sportsbar for the first time this season at 7 PM . In the nightcap scheduled for 9 PM under the lights it will be a battle of the titans when the league co-leaders at 6-3-0 tangle . It will be the slumping Pickerel River Cardinals taking on the surging Parry Island Hawks .. Three league teams : the Parry Island Hawks , the Pickerel River Cardinals and the J.C. North Stars will be taking part in the 24 team annual Hunstville Men's Fastball tournament this coming weekend. Some 51 games will be played starting Friday evening till the three division championships of Sunday afternoon at 3 PM .. As always , it promises to be an excellent tournament with teams from all over .. Parry Island has its first action Friday night at 7 PM while the North Stars and the Cardinals don't see their first game of round robin play till Saturday morning.I'll be travelling to Hunstville early Saturday morning to cover the tournament and should have results from all three of our teams as well as other tournament results and details. For the Northern Ontario Championships up coming in late August there are a couple of changes to note: New title for the tournament : NORTHERN ONTARIO OPEN FASTBALL CHAMPIONCHIPS FOR LADIES AND MEN When? : August 21st to 23rd in Azilda at the Rick McDonald Memorial Park Important dates : The deadline for entry is August the 14th (money and team roster A non refundable amount of $100 must be in no later than August the 5th Entry fee is always as usual $380 Format depending on the final number of teams will be either: A] Pools round robin play with two semi finals and a championship final or B] Bracket style double knockout championship (still 3 games guarenteed for both situatuons) Strong outside interest at the moment which should make this 4th annual tournament the largest ever We have good interest from Val Gagne Hawks men's team some 40 miles north of Timmins , Ottawa Blitz from Ottawa Men's Fastball League , 2 to 3 teams from Manitoulin Men's Fastball league , 2 to 3 teams from NortnShore League , interest from North Bay Senior Men's League, all of our 5 league teams ; in ladies we've got strong interest from the formation of two Sudbury teams with a good possibility of the formation a minor midget select team , the Mudheads from Thunderbay , the Stallions from Brantford , two Manitoulin teams and one North Bay entry . I'll be working on getting other teams while I'm in Huntsville this weekend. We could be looking at between 12 to 14 men's teams and 5 to 6 ladies' teams which would be our best tournament ever- that would be fantastic! Look for our league The Rick McDonald Memorial Fastball League official web site by the end of next week or early the following week .Things are looking up and good for fastball in Greater Sudbury and Northern Ontario. Have a nice week! See you on the ball fields! Yours in fastball, Roger Legendre League umpire and statistitian Public Relations Liaison/Advisor for Greater Sudbury Minor Girls Softball/Fastpitch League & Pick McDonald Memorial Fastball League Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com fastb...@pmihrm.com NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com