The curve

[Newpublius]

Basically why my baseball career ended. I couldn't hit it....This guy's knees buckled on him, that's him trying to hang in the box, I wouldn't even hang in there, I'd be skedaddling out the backside of the box....

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[Bob]

I didn't have to hit. I sponsored the number 2 American team playing men's fast pitch softball. The team was awesome.

My team won California outright. When we got to the nationals, we were blowing teams out. It was game 3 or 4 that we ran into S&K Rigging of Illinois and we had an early lead. They crept back and won the game by a run. This put my team into the losers bracket.

We ripped up the balance of the opposition. The final day of the championship tournament, we played 5 full games.

S&K played us two times and one other game.

Anyway, we beat S&K bad when we met them. We started play at around 8 am that morning and our last game with S&K started around 10 pm that night. My guys were worn out from playing 4 full games including the win over S&K.

Anyway, S&K became champions.

Following is the list of A fast pitch winners. We used to beat up Holiday Market who I noticed won a national championship after I quit the game.


Class-A Fast Pitch1975 - Neal's Truck Parts Grand Rapids, MI 1976 - Millersville Merchants, Millersville, PA 1977 - Miami Sawaia's Miami, FL 1978 - S & K Rigging Arcola, IL 1979 - Joaquin Const Modesto, CA 1980 - S.H. Good New Holland, PA 1981 - S.H. Good New Holland, PA 1982 - The Tee House Modesto, CA 1983 - Holiday Markets Chico, CA 1984 - Hudson Flames, Bakersfield, CA1985 - ETV Trucking, Grand Rapids, MI 1986 - Tubbs & Son Electric, Manteca, CA1987 - Jolly Molly Softball, Lebanon, PA 1988 - Stewart Taylor, Duluth, MN1989 - Texas Flyers, Webster, TX 1990 - Marshall Jazz, Marshall, MO 1991 - Springers, Boulder, CO1992 - DC Tire Roadrunners, Reading, PA1993 - Bow Valley Travelers, Broken Bow, NE1994 - DC Tire Roadrunners, Reading, PA1995 - Happy Chef, Mankato, MN 1996 - Hy-Line Enterprises, Elkhart, IN 1997 - DC Tire Roadrunners, Reading, PA 1998 - DMS Knights, Fargo, ND 1999 - Texas Flyers, Houston, TX 2000 - All Season Patriots, Allentown, PA 2001 - N/A2002 - Lyons, Fresno, CA 2003 - Barley Pop A's, Minot, ND 2004 - McKie Sports, Oswego, NY2005 - CR DeMarini Portland, OR2006 - New Image, Mt. Horeb, WI2007 - The Freight, Vandalia, IL