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The 2007 season has begun! Thanks to all of the adult and youth teams for being a part of our program in 2007! We extend our best wishes for an enjoyable season. Some reminders … WEATHER INFORMATION LINE
991-4026 - Monday-Friday – Call after 4 p.m. to get updates on field conditions. We are able to “make the call” on field conditions after 3:30 p.m.
- All Sunday Leagues – Call after 12 noon. Remember, we “make the call” on field conditions at about 12 Noon because—if we have had rain—we need to have adequate time to do maintenance so that the fields can be made safe and playable by the start of league play at 5 p.m. IF the weather forecast is favorable and IF the fields are in a condition in which they can be made safe and playable by 5 p.m., we will play. Sometimes, we have to make tough call.
Metro Omaha Softball Budweiser/DJ’s Dugout
Adult Slow Pitch City Tournaments Check the "tournaments" page for information on our annual Men’s, Women’s and Co-Ed City tournaments, brought to you by Budweiser and DJ’s Dugout. Also consult the “tournaments” page regularly for updates on other local slow pitch and fast pitch tournaments that may be added to the 2007 Metro Omaha Softball activity calendar. USA Softball Announces 2007 Men’s National Team
5/30/2007
The KFC American Challenge Series, which will be held in conjunction with the KFC World Cup of Softball, was developed by the ASA to help expose the men’s fast pitch game to fans who attend the World Cup and to give the USA Men’s National Team an opportunity to play on American soil. This will be the first time an International Softball Federation (ISF) men’s fast pitch event has been hosted in the U.S. in more than a decade. The last event held in the U.S. was the 1996 ISF Men’s World Championship in Midland, Mich.
“We are very excited to be hosting the inaugural KFC American Challenge Series in Oklahoma City this summer,” said Radigonda. “This is a very unique opportunity for softball fans to get to see both their national teams play in one location. Men’s fast pitch is a very exciting sport to watch and I have no doubt fans are going to be treated to some great action.”
The players selected to represent the United States this season as part of the 2007 USA Softball Men’s National Team are:
Gregg Cascaes (Apple Valley, Minn.)
Frank DeGroat, Jr. (Ringwood, N.J.)
Chris DeLarwelle (Appleton, Wis.)
Nate Devine (Merced, Calif.)
Lucas Goring (St. Paul, Minn.)
B.J. Hunhoff (Harrisburg, S.D.)
Chris Hunt (Whittier, Calif.)
Tim Hunt (La Habra, Calif.)
Adam LaLonde (Kentwood, Mich.)
Terry Luster (Bunceton, Mo.)
Chris Miljavac (St. Joseph, Mo.)
Blake Miller (Albany, Ga.)
Daryn Miller (Creve Coeur, IL)
Omar Moraga (Tucson, Ariz.)
Matt Palazzo (Des Moines, Iowa)
Philip Perkins (St. Michaels, Ariz.)
Travis Price (Santa Ana, Calif.)
Cody Thomson (Auburn, Wyo.)
The 2007 USA Softball Men’s National Team will be coached by Head Coach Peter Turner and Assistant Coaches Thad Brown and Avon Meacham. About ASA
The Amateur Softball Association, founded in 1933, is the National Governing Body of softball in the United States and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The ASA has become one of the nation’s largest sports organizations and now sanctions competition in every state through a network of 84 local associations. The ASA has grown from a few hundred teams in the early days to over 240,000 teams today, representing a membership of more than three million. For more information on the ASA, visit www.asasoftball.com.
About USA Softball
USA Softball is the brand created, operated and owned by the ASA that links the USA Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ National Team programs together. USA Softball is responsible for training, equipping and promoting these four National Teams to compete in international and domestic competitions. The USA Softball Women’s National Team is one of the only two women’s sports involved in the Olympic movement to capture three consecutive gold medals at the Olympic Games since 1996. The U.S. women have also won eight World Championship titles including the last six consecutive. For more information about USA Softball, please visit www.usasoftball.com
"Grandfathered" Bats no longer authorized beginning in 200811/6/2006
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, — The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA), the National Governing Body of Softball in the United States, today announced that under a resolution adopted by the ASA Board of Directors, bats submitted by manufacturers that were previously allowed a 2 mph variance in the ASA’s test standards are no longer authorized for use in ASA Championship Play effective January 1, 2008.
Commonly referred to by players and coaches as “grandfathered” bats, these bats were allowed a 2 mph testing variance under the terms of an agreement the bat manufacturers and ASA negotiated in the fall of 2003. These terms will no longer be in effect on January 1, 2008 thus making these bats illegal for use in ASA Championship Play.
According to the list provided to ASA under the terms of the agreement with each manufacturer, the following bats will be placed on the non approved list on January 1, 2008
Easton
Synergy2
Miken
Freak
Louisville Slugger
SB304
SB404
Worth
XGOLD-Fastpitch
XRED-Fastpitch
XPST4
WWSCA
SBWKA About the ASA
The Amateur Softball Association of America, a volunteer driven, not-for-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, OK, is the national governing body of softball in the United States. Founded in 1933, the ASA regulates competition in every state through a network of 85 local associations to insure fairness and equal opportunity to the millions of players who annually play the sport. Additional information about the ASA and its Bat Testing and Certification Program can be found by visiting www.asasoftball.com
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