News for the
2011 Season
May 11th, 2011
– We need about 6 more players to get back to 5 teams
Ask a buddy out to play ball.
It’s good value for the money. Schedule is updated
here.
April 27th,
28th, 2011 – MeetUp 6:30pm, Trend-Arlington Field, 50 Bellman, Ottawa
Bring your gloves! A
meetup, loosen up with some soft-toss, and then beverages at PJ Quigley’s
Bar and Grill. Weather permitting.
April 22nd,
2011 – Teams set; still accepting registrations
We’re all ready for the
season start. With four teams expect to play every Monday and Wedneday.
We’re still looking for a 5th team and we have the diamond time
available for the 6-8 extra players we need for team #5.
April 11th,
2011 – The 4th Meeting of the 2011 Executive is set for Tuesday,
April 19
At this meeting we will
sort out the sponsorships, the players per team, and generally just get
ready for the start of the season, scheduled for Monday, May 2nd, 2011.
April 9th, 2011
– TAMFL’s Commitment to Volunteer Umpiring
On this day, two
participants took part in a Level-I
umpiring clinic hosted by EOUA. Thank you for your commitment to helping
out TAMFL, Casey and Jeffrey!
The Feb 16 2011 – Registration Night is set
Registration Night will be Monday March 7 2011, 7:00pm at PJ Quigley’s Bar and
Grill.
News for the
2010 Season
May 29th, 2010 - TheWorth K-Master
Balls have arrived
The Worth K-Master 120WCC balls have arrived, as well as a catcher's
helmet with mask. They will be added to the bin for Monday night.
May 9th, 2010 - Two new bats have been
purchased
A Demarini F4 Softball Bat and a Miken Freak Turbo Softball, both
34" and 28 oz. Remember, if any equipment breaks, please leave it in
the box and email info@tafastball.ca,
as new equipment can be returned under warranty for a replacement, and old
equipment needs to be catalogued as out of the green bin.
April 28th, 2010 - First two weeks of the
season have been posted
The Schedule page has been updated. The rosters will be posted online
soon. An email was sent out already, so if you haven't received it, please
provide a different email address to info@tafastball.ca.
March 24th, 2010 - Only 6 weeks left till
the start of the season!
Spring is just around the corner. Depending on the thaw and how quickly
nature makes our field ready, we are planning to start the first week of
May. See you all soon!
March 8th, 2010 - 2010 Registration Night
was a success!
Thank you to the over 40 players who came out to the TAMFL registration
event. We were able to welcome back second generation players, returning
players from past years, and new players from across the Ottawa-Gatineau
region.
--Wynn, Henry, Ivan and Alan
March
7, 2010
- Registration night is tomorrow, March 8, 2010
Registration Night
$160 and registration forms are due Monday night, 10pm. We will be at PJ Quigley's 250 Greenbank Road.
Spread the word.
If you can't make it drop it the mail or at - 48
Meadowbank Dr. K2G 0N9 just off Greenbank near Baseline.
After Monday night, registration fees increase to $200. To run the
league efficiently we need to know how many guys are in before we start
making arrangements for the season.
Diamonds and Teams
We got our diamond contract offer in from City Allocations.
We have the same nights as last year. Monday early and late, Wednesday
early and late, and Thursday late (early=6:30, late=8:30).
That means we'll have a very tough time fitting in 8 teams at 20 games
each. There's no guarantee that we will have room for more than 7 teams.
Register early guys!
February 21,
2010 - Registration night is March 8, 2010
This year's registration night will take place Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:30pm.
It will be hosted once again by our long time league sponsor, PJ
Quigley's.
They are located at 250
Greenbank Road, in the plaza with the BMO and
the Metro grocery store..
Bring a completed registration form, cheque and have a beer with us!
This will be the last night to get in for $160. After this night, the
2010 league fees move to $200.
If you can't make it out that evening, we will accept mailed or dropped
off registrations for $160, so long as they are postmarked by March 8, 2010.
Forms and payments received or postmarked after March 8 will have to be at
the next price point of $200.
2010
Registration Form
As well, please visit this online survey to let us
know your thoughts of a pre season warm up session in the Ben Franklin
Superdome.
February 1, 2010 - A new season is coming
up!
Just to let folks know, a new registration form is still being
finalized, and will be posted on this website as soon as it becomes
available. As well, a date is still be decided upon for the Registration
Night, to likely take place in March once again.
It's time to start talking to any friends or co-workers who might be
interested in some summer fastball.
News for the
2009 Season
September 28, 2009 - Goodfellows takes the
lead!
Goodfellows takes Game Two of the best of three series, and wins their
first title! After last year's tough defeat against CJ's, Goodfellows
elevated their game and gathered a speedy defensive team to make a run at
the top, and captured the TAMFL Playoff Trophy for their first time!
Congratulations to all Goodfellows players!
Monday 28 September 7:00pm
One of the virtues of this sopping summer's
rain was that Trend Arlington Men's Fastball League playoffs extended to
the 28th of September. The 7:00pm
game at T-A field between Ed Taylor Shamrocks and Goodfellow Cleaners was
one of the latest playoff games in league history. Goodfellow Cleaners had
home field advantage as they looked to clinch the 21st awarding of the
Nepean Trophy as playoff champion.
Gord Flannery started for Goodfellow's after a one-game hiatus, opposing
Elton Cryderman for Taylor's.
Chris Golden and Andy Ivol led off the scoring coming home on Super Dave
Simmonds' 2-run double after Golden was hit by a pitch and Ivol singled
with one out. Cryderman left Simmonds on second with two quick
groundouts. 2-0 Goodfellows.
Flannery is a strikeout pitcher, and was effective but hittable stranding
Mike Gellner's double in the 2nd and struck out only one of the first nine
he faced. Team defense was timely, including another line drive stab by
Ivol who shone defensively at shortstop. Ian
Wilson doubled to lead off the third followed by Dave Stoke's single and
Golden's line out to second. Goodfellow's went up 3-nothing on Ivol's RBI
sacrifice fly, and Simmonds was caught stealing by Jack Gellner's gun to
end the inning.
Ivan Taylor opened the 3th by drilling a fly ball to centre that was hauled
in by Wilson,
and James O'Grady worked a walk. Flannery found his velocity and got both Gustavo Sanchez and Darryl Janes to quelch the
threat.
From there on out it was all Flannery as he homered in the 5th to make it
four-nothing and struck out six of the next nine outs giving up only a line
drive to Taylor.
Ivol made the championship a fait accompli when he drilled home
Stokes and Golden in the top of 6. Flannery induced Jack Gellner to ground
to Brent White at third and Casey O'Sullivan squeezed it tight bringing
many of these Goodfellow players their first championship after several
trips to the finals.
Individual player and team awards will be presented at the annual awards banquet
which this year will be October 23rd at the St. Laurent location of Lone Star Texas
Grill.
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 R H E
Taylor Shamrocks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 3
Goodfellow Cleaners 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 9 10 2
IP H R ER HR BB SO
Flannery 7 3 0 0 0 1 9
and Simmonds
IP H R ER HR BB SO
Cryderman 5 2-3 8 7 5 1 0 2
Taylor 1-3 2 2 1 0
0 0
and Gellner
September 23, 2009 - Goodfellows takes the
lead!
Goodfellows takes Game One of the best of three series. Come see if the
Shamrocks come back to win Game 2, this Monday, at 7:00 pm, Trend Arlington Field.
Wednesday 23 September 7:00pm
Early fall evening fastball at Trend-Arlington field saw game one of
the 2009 T-A Men’s Fastball League Finals. Ed Taylor’s Shamrocks (13-11)
started Elton Cryderman against Goodfellow Cleaners (13-9-2) and Bucky Richer.
The game led off with centerfielder Dave Stokes singling and catcher
Super Dave Simmonds singling him home to give Goodfellow the early lead 1-0
lead. Richer made the scorecard diagonal on the Taylor side, sitting down the first 10
batters faced in order.
Richer didn’t do it without help as two great defensive plays helped
him through the order once. Mike Wong led off the 2nd with a
spank to deep left where Chris Golden earned his last name with a sparkling
catch. Shortstop Andy Ivol made a diving spear to burn Gustavo Sanchez on a sizzling line drive in the
hole. Darryl Janes followed up with a single to bust up the perfect game
which surely would have scored Sanchez, but Richer made short work of the
next two hitters.
Simmonds and Brent White led off the 4th with back-to-back
doubles down the 3rd base line past Brad Whiteduck who had no
chance on either, scoring one. Roger Cousineau singled, and an error
allowed White to score but Cryderman got a strikeout and two grounders to
Jeff Wardrop to end the 4th with Taylor’s down 3-1.
Finally the Taylor
bats made some noise in the 5th as Wong led off with a single,
and Whiteduck reached. Cryderman singled home Wong. Three-two Goodfellow’s.
The turning point in the game was Ivan
Taylor coming to the plate with one out and runners on
first and second. He smashed a line drive to Ivol who stabbed it and
appeared to gun Cryderman at first as well. Confusion ensued after the
double-off attempt as Whiteduck was called out for leadoff when first
baseman Casey O’Sullivan had already tossed the ball back to the Richer who
was in the circle.
Goodfellow’s Stokes led off the 5th with a single, Golden
reached on an error and Ivol smashed a home run to left centre to make it a
6-1 game. Taylor
relieved Cryderman and struck out the side but not before a fourth run
(unearned) scored on Richer’s RBI single.
The teams traded runs in the 7th but White and O’Sullivan
squelch Taylor's
7th inning rally with a stellar 5-3 double play off another rocket from Ivan
Taylor’s bat. Final score Goodfellow Cleaners 8, Taylor
Shamrocks 2. Game Two goes Monday 28 September, 7:00pm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Goodfellows
Cleaners 1 0 0 2 4 0
1 8 14 2
Taylor
Shamrocks
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 5
2B:
Simmonds, White, Sharpe
HR: Ivol (in 5th, off Cryderman 2 on, 0 out)
RBI: Cryderman, Whiteduck, Richer, White, Simmonds 2, Ivol 3
DP: Goodfellows 1 Taylor Shamrocks 1
Goodfellows
Cleaners IP H R ER BB SO
Richer (W,1-0)
7.0 6 2 2 1 0
and Dave Simmonds
Taylor Shamrocks
IP H R ER BB SO
Cryderman (L,0-1) 4.0
9 6 4 1 2
Taylor
3.0 5 2 1
1 4
and James O’Grady
September 21, 2009 - Teams Decided for the
Finals
This year's TAMFL Finals have come down to the two newest teams to join
TAMFL, both this year, Goodfellow's and Taylor's Shamrocks.
Congratulations to both teams! The finals kick off tonight at 7:30pm, weather permitting.
Monday 21 September 7:00pm
Monday night saw number four seed Lone Star Texas Grill down
one-game-to-zero to Ed Taylor’s Shamrocks in game two of the best-of-three
Trend Arlington Men’s Fastball League semifinal at 50 Bellman Drive Ottawa.
Despite an ominious start, Darryl James was three for four and
winning pitcher Elton Cryderman helped his own cause with two RBI as the
Shamrocks eliminated Lone Star 7-4 to advance to the Trend Arlington Men’s
Fastball League Championship Finals.
James led off the game with a double to left but was cut down at the
plate when Bobby Deleavy’s deep fly to centre was dropped, but picked up
and gunned by Lone Star shortstop Derek Kitchen’s relay to Craig Casey held
on at the plate for the out. Deleavy later scored when Jeff Wardrop reached
base on error.
Lone Star starter Chris Kingsbury stranded seven runners in first 4
innings, allowing them to draw even in the fourth inning thanks to
back-to-back RBI singles by Derek Kitchen and Troy Mulvey that scored first
baseman Marty Young and cleanup
hitter Martin Delorme.
Cryderman scattered 6 hits over 5 innings of work for Taylors, and
his two-run single was part of a maxed-out 5-run fifth inning that put
Taylor’s up 7-2. Ivan Taylor
came on to give up a single run in each of the 6th and 7th
as Jack Gellner backstopped both hurlers. Kingsbury and Casey went the
distance for Lone Star.
Lone Star outhit the Shamrocks, but Taylor’s contact and patience at
the plate overwhelmed Kingsbury and the Lone Star defense with 22
baserunners.
The TAMFL finals are now set with Taylor Shamrocks hosting
Goodfellow’s Cleaners for game one, Wednesday September 24, 7:00pm. Game two takes place
Monday 28 September and if necessary game three will be 30 September. All
games at Trend Arlington Field, 50
Bellman Drive, Ottawa, ON off Greenbank near Hunt Club.
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Ed Taylor’s Shamrocks
1 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 8 3
Lone Star Texas
Grill 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 11 6
Elton Cryderman (W, 2-0), Ivan
Taylor (5th) and Jack Gellner
Chris Kingsbury (L, 0-2) and Craig Casey
2B: Casey, Troy Mulvey
RBI: Kitchen, Mulvey, Casey, Joey Rosa, Cryderman (2), James O’Grady, Jim
Bissett
SB: Wardrop, Mike Gellner, Matt Billington
September 18, 2009 - Playoff Update
This year's playoff format is a six-game round-robin format where the
top four of 7 teams advanced to the best-2-of-3 semi-final series, followed
by a 2 of 3 Championship Final series. League parity was very even in the
regular season, save for PJ Quigley's Bar and Grill which romped to an
11-2-1 record thanks to four one-run wins.
Ed Taylor's Shamrocks (4-2) finished 1st in the round robin by their win vs
PJ Quigley's in the round robin (4-2). Taylor's had handed PJ's their only two
regular season losses as well.
September 9 saw a win-and-you're-in final round robin game. Lone Star
Texas Grill defeated Beech Street DiRienzo's to force a three-way tie for
3rd between Lone Star, DiRienzo's and GoodFellow Cleaners at 3-3. Chris
"Maverick" Kingsbury got the win backstopped by Craig Casey
with Bob Sarazin taking the loss with Coco Maxwell relieving him
backstopped by Maxwell and Bob Sampson. By virtue of head-to-head
records, DiRienzo's was eliminated by Lone Star with a
8-2 win. Also eliminated in the preliminary round were SGA Signs and
Trophies (2-4) and CJ's Printing (2-4).
Monday 14 September saw semi-final series B with #3 seed Goodfellow
Cleaners beating #2 seed PJ Quigley's 4-1 in a rain-shortened 5-inning
game. Gord "White Lightning" Flannery got the win over Kevin
Wilson with "Super" Dave Simmonds scooping behind the plate. Al
Holden completed the PJ's battery behind the plate. Roger Cousineau had the
game winning RBIs and Wynn Fenwick
homered off Flannery for PJ's only run.
The 14 September late game saw #1 seed Taylor Shamrocks against #4 Lone
Star Texas Grill be shortened to1.5 innings and finished Wednesday 16
September due to lightning. The game ended up with Taylor's winning 9-3 as Lone Star seemed
unable to get untracked in defense. Elton Cryderman got the win with Ivan
Taylor in relief, each hurling to Jack Gellner and James O'Grady behind the
dish. Maverick Kingsbury took the loss.
Game 2 of series B saw Goodfellows starter Bucky Richer get down 4-1 to PJ
Quigley's, only to have the game tied in the 5th. The teams traded blanks
in the 6th and with 1 out and 2 Texas-leaguer hits on base, Goodfellow's
singled home a walk-off run to win and eliminate PJ's two-games-to-zero.
Gord Flannery benifitted from the 7th inning hitting heroics with Kevin
Wilson absorbing the tough loss.
Game 2 of series A goes Monday 21 September at 7:00pm, with Game 3 Wednesday 23 September
at 7:00pm if necessary.
If the series A does not go to three games, Game One of the 2009
Championship Final goes 23 September at 7pm.
All games are at Trend-Arlington Field, 50 Bellman Drive, Ottawa
off Greenbank near Hunt Club. Come out and enjoy some of the last fastball
of the season!
September 9, 2009 - A replacement bat has
been added for tonight's game
The Worth Blade (Red) is 28 oz has been replaced by the manufacturer
since the first one bent after a few weeks of use. The new Worth
Insanity is next year's version of the same bat. Let's see how it holds up
throughout the playoffs! Special thanks go out to Adam Coady of Barrhaven's
Play It Again Sports for helping supply the league with much of the new
equipment you've seen all year. If you're thinking of picking up something
new or used for any sport, stop by and talk to him.
September 5, 2009 - RR Schedule update
An error was made in the recently rescheduled game for 9 September
DiRienzo's vs Lone Star.
Please be advised that the game will be an 8:30pm start, not 6:30pm as indicated.
August 26, 2009 - TAMFL thanks the
regular season umpires!
TAMFL would like to thank the following for umpiring games this season:
Alan Holden, Brian Holden, Casey O'Sullivan, John Flood, Roger Cousineau, Bob Sampson, Phil
Humeniuk, John Wilkinson, Wes Fenwick, and Andy McAfee.
Having someone volunteer to umpire even one game a season is a big help
to the league, so for the other members, please consider stepping up next
year! Challenge yourself to umpire the game before or after your scheduled
game, and you'll gain a whole new perspective on the league.
August 19, 2009 - Indoor Fall and Winter
Ball league
Ivan Taylor is looking to put together a team from TAMFL players for an
indoor Fall and Winter Ball league.
If you are interested please contact Ivan directly. Riding arrangements
are also available, so winter driving need not be a barrier.
Email Ivan directly, or give him a call at 613-823-3140
July 27 Games
Cancelled!
July
27, 2009 - The City of Ottawa has decreed
the fields remain unused for tonight.
July 19, 2009 -
TAFML goes to the finals of the Blackburn Tournament
Fred Angione and his squad has made the finals of the tournament, to be
played at 5:00 pm
tonight, at the Blackburn arena.
Good work guys!
July 10, 2009 -
TAFML has a team in the Blackburn Tournament
Looking for some excitement next weekend? Come out to support your
friends and team mates who have entered a team in the city-wide Blackburn
Fastball Tournament. The quality of play will be just incredible.
We play at the following times:
Thursday 16th/09 @ 7:00pm (Arena) vs Knights
Saturday 18th/09 @9:00am (Queensway) vs Rogues
Saturday 18th/09 @1:00pm (Queensway) vs Mr. Electric
The semi/finals take place on Sunday with the top 6 teams moving onto
the quarter final round.
Hope to see you there!
A round up of the tournament will be found here as it goes on.
June 15, 2009 - More new equipment
added
A catcher's mitt has been added to the equipment bin. If a catcher
cannot make a game, now anyone can fill in.
A catcher's mask and X-Large sized catcher's helmet are missing from the
bin. Please check your equipment bats in case they were accidentally
removed from the field.
May 27, 2009 - More new equipment
added
Another bat has been added to our collection, a Reebok Dictator.
It's a 27 oz, bringing our total of new bats this year to three.
Let's try it out, break it in, and see how it handles.
An umpire specific face mask has also been added. This should be the
last of the new equipment purchased this year, unless a great deal presents
itself somewhere.
Both games tonight have been cancelled due to rain.
May 20, 2009 - New XXL Batting Helmet
added
A new XXL batting helmet has been added to the green bin today, it is
maroon so it will be easily recognized by those who prefer a larger
helmet. A dozen new Worth K-Master balls have been added as
well. Please continue to keep all potential spare game balls next to
the new ball box for easy inventory.
Important note: Please put aside any K-Master ball that has
suffered a gash or other damage not expected after being used in just one
game. The equipment manager will be taking those balls back to Worth
for possible replacement.
May 13, 2009 - 2 new bats have been
added
Two bats have been added to the league's collection. The Worth
Blade (Red) is 28 oz and the TPS Voltage (Blue) is 30 oz. They will
need about 100 hits to get broken in, so start swinging! We've also updated
the pitching rubber, added new spikes for the bases, added Knee Easers for
the catchers, brought in a new first aid kit, and added a flashlight.
May 11, 2009 - League Update -
Originally broadcasted by email
Rosters
and Players
-------------------
Expect
some player movement in May as we see how the team numbers and
balancing
works. We will try to keep things to a minimum as folks get to know
one-another.
We are still accepting players as a few rosters could use a couple extra
players.
Schedule
--------
Find
attached the schedule for the balance of the season. Sorry it took so
long
to get it out. We have the first few games on the web.
Jerseys
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Jerseys
will be ready late this week or for next week.
Sponsor
Banners
---------------
Banners
are coming before the end of the month!
The
visiting team of the early game is responsible to hang out the sponsor
banners
(coming this week), and the visiting team of the late game to take
them
in, roll up and put back in the bin. Our sponsors are valuable league
partners.
Let's look after them!
Rain
Out Protocol
----------------
Team
captains must agree by 4:30pm to call the game off, or else the fate of
the
game should be decided at the diamond. If you haven't heard by 5:30pm, go
to
the field, to avoid un-necessary forfeits, which nobody wants.
**Team
reps, remember to let Andy McAfee
know your decisions so the umpires don't attend a cancelled game.
Rain
Out Rescheduling
--------------------
We
have no empty slots booked for rain-out games this year to fit in the 24
games
all players are guaranteed. Any rain-out games if not made up by the time
the
two
teams play again means that the next game is an automatic four-point-game.
Captains
may agree to re-schedule the game on an empty diamond (ie: long
weekend
slot...), as long as they can get an umpire through the Umpire in
Chief,
Andy McAfee. Teams are on their
own for the diamond reservation with
the
City.
Parking
-------
We
have the agreement again this year to park in the Arlington Woods Free
Methodist
Church, provided the last person leaving the late games puts back
the
chain. Post-game coffees should not be consumed there either please.
Enjoy
Folks!
April 28, 2009
- Start of the season is next Monday night, with games scheduled 6:30 pm
and at 8:30 pm
The schedule and team
rosters will be available on this website before Friday morning, May 1st.
April 28, 2009
- Previously certified ASA bats that are no longer legal
All bats must comply with
the current Amateur Softball Association (ASA) standards and be labelled as
such.
This is the link of bats marked as certified by ASA
but no longer supported. Any bats on this list will not be permitted for
use in the TAMFL. We will post this list in the green box.
April 22, 2009
- Warm Up Event
Thanks for coming out to
our warm up event, it was great to meet new and returning players, and to
loosen up the arms a bit, prior to the upcoming start of the season!
April 16, 2009
- Umpires
We're looking for umpire
volunteers. Our umpires are paid for their time. TAMFL also offers availability
to go to an OASA umpire clinic 25 Apr 2009. For more information contact Andy McAfee, our Umpire-in-Chief.
April 16, 2009
- Warm-Up
Since most of us haven't
thrown a ball since last year, we're going to have a warm-up at the diamond
at Trend-Arlington Park, 50 Bellman Drive next Wednesday night, April 22nd,
at 6:30pm. The rain date will be Thursday night, April 23rd, at 6:30pm.
Everyone is welcome.
April 12, 2009
- Help sponsors find a team!
Do you know a sponsor who
wants to be part of the 2009 season? Send them this 2009
Sponsorship Letter to let them know their options.
May 5th, 2009 -
Anticipated Start of the 2009 Regular Season
Sign
up now to be part of the 2009 Regular Season!
March 9th, 2009
- 2009 Registration Night
Join Wynn, Henry, and Alan at PJ Quigley's for the 2009 TAMFL registration
event!
Thank you to the over 30 players who came out to the TAMFL registration
event. We were able to welcome back second generation players, returning
players from past years, and new players from across the Ottawa-Gatineau
region.
March 1st, 2009
- Not sure about your availibility for the upcoming season?
Contact to enquire about late arrivals to this upcoming season. A waiting
list of late arrivals will be compiled and used to distribute late arriving
TAMFL members who were not available at the start of the season. Late arrivals
to team rosters will be decided upon by the league committee with input
from team representatives.
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