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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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