Received: 6/25/07 10:54:48 AM From: "Jim Flanagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pitching, defense & timely hitting win 2007 Rose Cup -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Broken Bow Gremlins (NY) won the 2007 Portland DeMarini RoseCup with outstanding pitching, solid defense and timely hitting. Soundfamiliar? Lanky lefty Andrew Kirkpatrick and Jeremy Manley werealmost unhittable all weekend. Jared Martin, Patrick Shannon, NathanNukunuku & Rhys Casley, among others on the Bow roster, added theoffensive firepower. The Gremlins had the toughest schedule both daysand outscored their opponents 29-3. Considering they played threegames against top ten teams and one against the 13th ranked ISC squad,it was a very impressive first outing of the year for this NewYork bunch. They certainly lived up to their # 3 ranking and thensome. Oh yea, did I mention Doc and Koos are class acts, too? Thanksfor putting on a great show in Portland this weekend. It made all therain on Sunday more tolerable. The host Portland DeMarini squad had a pretty good weekend, too,finishing second to the Gremlins 4-0 in the final. Mike "Peaches"Piechnik had a gritty 8 inning win in the semi's over the Grey Sox ofVancouver, B.C.. The game could have went either way until Todd Garciahit a sharp single to win it for Portland by a score of 2-1. BricklenAnderson (P) and Brian Ree (SS) had real solid games for the DeMariniteam this weekend. Nick Underhill, the Grey Sox fireballer, had an outstanding gameagainst Broken Bow, losing 1-0 and also against Portland giving up justone run in a no decision. Undy was impressive. Rick Smith had a 20strikeout outing. Once the Grey Sox bats come to life, watch out forthis young squad. Thanks too, for all the Vancouver folks who traveledto Portland for the weekend tournament. The Vancouver Challenge isJuly 27 - 29th and is an excellent tournament. Those Canadians aregracious hosts and have strong tourney this year. Mark Whitten, Evan Potskin, Jason Porto, Landy Rodriguez, DarrenBox and the rest of the SoCal Bombers put on good show at thetournament. The Bombers are loaded top to bottom in their battingorder and showed why they are ranked # 7 by the ISC. With Whitten,Peeples & Tilley sharing time in the circle, they are a dangerousteam to face. The Bombers and Grey Sox took 3rd place at the Rose Cup. Congrats to CR/Adidas of Portland for winning the consolationchampionship. Mike Warren (P), Mark Bennett (P) and some solid hittingled the way on Sunday for this team. Thanks to all fourteen teams for attending this years event. Special thanks to Jim Flanagan of Fastpitchwest.com for posting all the scores in such a timely fashion. Tom Ree Portland, Oregon via: "Jim Flanagan" <jim(at)fastpitchwest.com> Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list [email protected] http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com
