The best from around the world converged on Moline IL. Hill United Chiefs from Canada walked away the winners behind Adam Folkard's dominating pitching. They defeated the Jarvis Twins, also from Canada. The New York Gremlins and Pennsylvania Power finished in 3rd and fourth respectively.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I honestly thought the Jarvis bros were locks! Oh well... I look forward to your recap next year. Perhaps you should remove the year from the title so you can reuse the thread.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Remember the days of local bad TV sports ! You could see some 16 inch softball on TV.

Something relaxing about a broadcast that doesnt have sound effects, gimmicks, lights, sponsors for everything.

Not that i want to watch it nightly, but nice change of pace!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

What team did Joe Pepitone play for 12' for on the South Side?

And is he the same guy selling homes currently in Downers Grove?

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Kramer: Well, you know, we were playing a game and, you know, I was pitching, and I was really throwing some smoke. And Joe Pepitone, he was up, and man that guy, you know, he was crowding the plate!

Jerry: Wow! Joe Pepitone!

Kramer: Yeah, well, Joe Pepitone or not, I own the inside of that plate, Jerry! So I throw one, you know, inside, you know, a little chin music, put him right on his pants. Cause I gotta intimidate when I'm on the mound. Well the next pitch, he's right back in the same place. So, I had to plunk him.

Jerry: You plunked him?

Kramer: Oh yeah. Well, he throws down his bat, he comes racing up to the mound. Next thing, both benches are cleared, you know? A brouhaha breaks out between the guys in the camp, you know, and the old Yankee players, and as I'm trying to get Moose Skowron off of one of my teammates, you know, somebody pulls me from behind, you know, and I turned around and I popped him. I looked down, and woah man, it's Mickey. I punched his lights out.

Jerry: Wow, this is incredible!

Elaine: Yeah, so?

Kramer: Then Hank Bauer, you know, he's screaming, "Mickey! Mickey! What have you done with Mickey? You killed Mickey!"

Elaine: So what'd you do?

Kramer: Well, I got the hell out of there.

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I work with a guy who plays for Ohio Battery, they won the ISC Masters (50+) World championship. Their game was right before this Open championship game, and since the tourney was running late the whole crowd was there for the Open game already- made for quite an experience. After the win, he stuck around to watch the Open game, and celebrate, as well.

really! That team had a lot of Bloomington Hearts players on it. Bobby Ginger, Pete Meredith, Brian Martie and Brett Stevenson at least...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Yes, I don't know any of those guys personally, just by reputation. Seems like the top players all find their way onto a few select teams. The guy I work with can still rake, even at 60. He plays for a couple local fast pitch teams and manages a team of young guys to keep the sport active locally. He played for Plangger's Furniture for years when they were a top regional team, and fits in tourney runs with some of the top national-level teams as time and life permit, plus the work co-ed slow pitch team...makes me feel like a loser for quitting much younger (that's not the only reason I'm a loser, but)

Men play fastpitch softball?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

yeah, I managed against a team from Benton Harbor! Mike Short was the captain of that team. Good team.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Men who desire a chance to prove they can play actual ball play fastpitch. Any fool can hit slowpitch.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Nah, men who desire a chance to prove they can play actual ball just play baseball.

good luck finding a baseball league. They're even more rare than fastpitch softball.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Huh? I've played in at least 2 different 21+ leagues and one 28+ league. When a few of the other guys get older there's 35+ plus leagues. I've seen a ton of baseball leagues and literally zero fast pitch leagues in my area. I've been playing slow pitch for 20+ years and no one I've played with has ever played fastpitch, but a lot of us still play baseball.


http://www.chicagocentralmsbl.com/chicagocentralmsbl/
http://www.midwestsuburbanleague.com/league_info.php
http://www.msblnational.com/Find-a-Leag ... 000001&z=2

I stand corrected!

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Hoping fast pitch softball is a heck of a lot cheaper than baseball though, shit's expensive.

Back in my playing days, I played in two slow pitch, one fast pitch and one modified-fast-pitch (no windmill) league all in the same season. Never was close to playing for any of the traveling teams, but a couple of the pitchers in the league threw for some of the travel teams. IIRC there were 10 or 12 teams in the windmill league at one time. I never heard of any adult baseball teams over here, not that they weren't there, I just never heard of them.

I loved the fast pitch, base stealing, bunting- played the hot corner at about 45 feet from the batter! I know it couldn't really be a sport, though, because I smoked on the bench and we often celebrated with beer afterwards.

season costs around 400/team.

Fastpitch softball will eventually become a global sport and leave the states behind completely. It's way popular in Canada, etc.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Adam Folkerd yet again dominated the 2014 ISC tournament. Hill United defeated the Hallman Twins. Frankly I thought Pennsylvania Power would get there behind the fastest pitcher I have ever personally witnessed, Ramon Jones but it was not to be. The ISC comes to South Bend IN next year and it will be the only time I have ever willingly been in South Bend.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I saw an adult men's baseball league playing along the lakefront this summer. It looked like fun and something I could get into. I mentioned it to my wife and she laughed at me.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

There are adult mens baseball leagues all over the place up here.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur

There's plenty of men's baseball leagues in the suburbs. 18+, 28+, 35+, etc...

That is exactly what is all around here, I was amazed at how many there were.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur

go on

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

45+, 54+

http://www.chicagocentralmsbl.com/chicagocentralmsbl/

How dare you. I'm not that old.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.