Fastpitch News 2008 Senior Men's Fastpitch Championships Streaming Video USSTREAMTV Thursday, August 28, 2008 The games are playing now! Right behind homeplate. Turn the volume up, click the full screen mode (Next to the Menu on the video) grab yourself a cold one and some hots peanuts and you're ready to go. View Here ISC TV Archives Now Available For On-Demand Viewing By Al's Fastball News Thurday, August 21, 2008 A trenching operation cut through a critical AT&T T-1 Feeder Cable in Kimberly last week, which severely hampered ISC TV's access to the appropriate bandwidth required for streaming live video from the Sunset Park Press Box. During the first 5 days of the ISC World Tournament, the live streamingwas very problematic. It was very frustrating that the problem, and the solution, were completely out of the control of our ISC TV operation. The feeder cable was repaired sometime on Friday Aug 15, and the final two days of ISCTV live streaming, went quite smoothly. Viewers who weren't already alienated, enjoyed those final 6 - 8 games, as the tournament wound downto the Championship Game on Saturday evening. There are now over 50 hours of the 23 game videos from the ISCTV coverage of the 2008 World Tournament archived on the Spirtsjuice.com / ISCpage. These games are now available for viewing, on demand, for the next year. Witha high speed Internet connection, the games can be viewed throughout the world. Other than an initial 10 seconds of buffering when the game is initially selected,the videos should play without any delays or buffering that plagued the first 5 days of our live broadcasts. Follow the Kitchener Rivershark Twins march to the 2008 ISCWorld Championship View Here Click on the archive window's down arrow, and selectthe game(s) of your choice, for on-demand viewing. Hopefully there won't be any trenches dug in the QuadCities during August of 2009. Dave Blackburn ISC Commissioner Streaming and Broadcasting Direct Links of the ISC Video Archives Game 5 Circle Tap Vs Pueblo Bandits Game 9 Patsy's Vs A and L Farms Game 22 Saskatoon Diamondbacks Vs Stone Yard Game 23 AshlandMets Vs Bar of Green Bay Game 33 Circle Tap Vs Vancouver Grey Sox Game 35 Team Rainey Vs The Farm Tavern Game 45 Midwest Stampede Vs Kitchener Rivershark Twins Game 47 Patsy's of New York City Vs SoCal A1 Bombers Game 49 Vancouver Grey Sox Vs The Farm Tavern Game 51 Saskatoon Aspen Interiors Vs Jarvis Gamblers Game 59 MinnDak Vs Thomson Area Merchants Game 61 Broken Bow Gremlins Vs Kegel BlackKnights Game 64 Scarborough Wolverines Vs The Bar of Appleton Game 66 SoCal A1 Bombers Vs Townline Game 70 Horse LakeThunder Vs Jarvis Gamblers Game 71 Patsy's of New York City Vs Kitchener Rivershark Twins Game 72 The Farm Tavern Vs Saskatoon Aspen Interiors Game 73 Patsy's of New York City Vs SoCal A1 Bombers Game 74 Jarvis Gamblers Vs The Farm Tavern Game 75 SaskatoonAspen Interiors Vs Kitchener Rivershark Twins Game 76 Patsy's of New York City VsThe Farm Tavern Game 77 Saskatoon Aspen Interiors Vs The Farm Tavern Game 78 - 2008 ISC World Championship Game Saskatoon Aspen Interiors Vs Kitchener Rivershark Twins Kimberly: It's Big League By I.S.C. Graydon's Grumblings Saturday, August 2, 2008 Watching Men's Major Men's Open fastpitch at Sunset Park, one can feel the soul of the game. It's almost like you've died and gone to Heaven. No other city can make that incredible claim. The view, which is surrounded by the Fox River in right field, is breath-taking. It has the essence of ballpark smells. And oh, what an aroma! It's the sweet smell of success. It's unique. Once they fire up for those cinders for bratwurths, there is no smell other like it. It's the fragrance of Kimberly. Sure, the German people and their ancestry cultivated it. But there nothing more Americana than that smell. Leave that smell alone. Continue Reading ASA Tourney has international Flavor By Kyle Falstad for the Journal Saturday, August 2, 2008 It's not often that central Wisconsin gets to host a tournament as big as the ASA Men's Fastpitch National Championship. Not only is Zenoff Park hosting teams from all over the United States this weekend, it is also taking in players from all over the world. The explanation for the influx of international softball players is partially because softball is more popular than baseball in other parts of the world. Argentinean born Juan Potolicchio of Denmark Wisconsin's Circle Tap said, "American softball players usually switch from baseball to softball, while we (Argentineans) start playing softball when we are really young." "Americans play more hardball, so (underhand) pitching is not natural for them," The Bar of Appleton first baseman Gerald Long, originally from New Zealand, said. "But besides for pitchers, there are a lot of great American players." Continue Reading National Fastpitch Tourney Coming By Scott Williams for the Journal Friday, July 25, 2008 There was a time -- remembering back to the 1950s and '60s -- when men's fastpitch was the name of the softball game in central Wisconsin. Those individuals who participated in the Wisconsin Valley Fastpitch League will have a chance to take a trip down "Nostalgia Lane" next weekend. Stevens Point will be home to the 2008 Amateur Softball Association's Men's Major Fastpitch National Championship starting July 31 and running through Aug. 3 at Zenoff Park. Continue Reading Watch the 61st Annual ISC World Fastpitch Softball Championship From Your Computer - August 10-16, 2008 - Kimberly, WI The International Softball Congress (ISC) will be holding the 62nd Annual Men’s World Fastball Championship Tournament from August 10 – 16, at Sunset Park, in Kimberly, Wisconsin. For the 3rd consecutive year, the ISC will roll out ISC-TV, and broadcast live web video coverage of 24 ball games. The web casts will culminate with the 2008 ISC World Championship Game, which gets underway at 6 PM on Saturday August 16th. Viewers can watch games via a broadband connection, using the Windows Media Player. Listen Here. Ballpark Radio To Webcast 20 Games of the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions Friday, August 1, 2008 Ballpark Radio will be webcasting 20 games from the 2008 ISC II Tournament of Champions starting at 10:30 am Sunday August 10 and culminating with the ISC II Championship game Wednesday August 13 at 2:00 pm. Broadcasters Jim Flanagan, Kyle Smith, Blair Setford, Joe Todd & Bill Hillhouse will be on hand to call the action. Established in 2004, the ISC II streaming audio broadcast program has drawn more than 30,000 listeners for the first four years. To listen, Click Here, and then the “click to listen” button. Turn on your computer speakers, and you’ll feel like you’re right there in Appleton. Continue Reading Men's Fast Pitch Softball Leagues Friday, August 1, 2008 2008 Paper Valley League Schedule Updated Tournament Information. View Here 2008 Men's Major Fast Pitch National Tournament Friday, August 1, 2008 Zenoff Park, Stevens Point, WI Updated Tournament Information. View Here Men's Fastpitch Softball Leagues Thursday, July 31, 2008 Tournament Information. View Here Tournament bracket final. View Here 2008 Men's Major Fast Pitch National Tournament Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Zenoff Park, Stevens Point, WI Tournament Information. View Here 2008 The Farm/NAFA World Series All World Team Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Check out the latest scores at Flanagan's Fastpitchwest.com Latest News Click Here for the Morning Brief ISC Announces 2008 Live Video Webcast schedule Saturday, July 26, 2008 The International Softball Congress (ISC) will be holding the 62ndAnnual Men’s World Fastball Championship Tournament from August 10– 16, at Sunset Park, in Kimberly Wisconsin. For the 3rdconsecutive year, the ISC will roll out ISC-TV, and broadcast live web videocoverage of 24 ball games. The web casts will culminate with the 2008 ISC World Championship Game, which gets underway at 6 PM on Saturday August 16th. Continue Reading Fastpitch Meets YouTube Thursday, July 24, 2008 Some great old footage in a YouTube video. Click that little arrow on the “screen” above to view the video. Recognize any of those faces? Didn’t get a chance to see Darren Zack pitch a few years back? Say “Hello Mr. Riseball”. “Good morning, good afternoon and Good Night!” Anyone know what year those games were played? View Here Madl-Walsh Softball Classic Highlights Saturday, July 19, 2008 If you want to catch some world-class, fast-pitch softball this weekend... you don't have to go far to see it. The 9th annual Tom Madl-Bob Walsh Memorial Classic has returned to Allentown... featuring some of the best men's softball teams on the entire planet. After kicking off the classic with a pair of games last night... the tournament resumed today, with a full slate of games, beginning this morning... We start with a matchup between Patsy's and Broken Bow... ranked number 2 and 3 in the country, respectively. View Here Midwest Stampede Travels to Boys of Summer in Denmark , Wi. at Circle Tap Friday, July 18, 2008 The Beautiful colored Stampede in the Teal and Orange on Grey Uniforms made their mark going 3 - 1 for the weekend . As we traveled to Denmark for the Boys of Summer Softball Event , we anxiously awaited seeing The Main Diamond and all that this Tournament has been talked and read about ! The Atmosphere is World & National Tournament like with The Fans and the Grill Smoking those Famous Wisconsin Brat's. Continue Reading