OCTOBER 13 UPDATE
COMMITMENTS
Amanda Kamekona, IF, Gordon’s Panthers, to CS Fullerton
Andee Allen, SS, St. Louis Fusion, to University of
Missouri
Allie Pennock, 2B-OF, St. Louis Fusion, to Ball State University
Amy Quirin, P, St. Louis Fusion, to McKendree College
Ali Pettit, P, Michigan Finesse to Central Michigan University
Stevie Crisosto, California Chaos, to University of Kansas
Brittney Bargar - Worth Firecrackers - Pitcher committed to University of Notre Dame
DeAnne Young - Worth Firecrackers - 1B and OF committed to Oregon State
Linda Kohan - Gordons Panthers - 3B committed to University of Notre Dame
WEEKEND WITH GOLD
Five Olympians have banded together to conduct weekend clinics which they have dubbed “Weekend with Gold,” Jenny Topping, Crystl Bustos, Lovie Jung, Kelly Kretschman, and Amanda Freed have created a website: www.weekendwithgold.com. The group its first clinic this weekend in Bakersfield, a one day clinic at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove Nov. 20th, as well as a clinic in Reseda Dec. 11th and 12th.
Kelly and Jenny are also trying to promote group and private lessons in the Long Beach/Fullerton area (other local areas pending). Kelly is doing outfield skills and hitting, and Jenny in Catching and hitting.
If anyone is interested in getting anymore information on either clinics of lessons they can contact Jenny Topping @ jtlives2play31@yahoo.com.
MARISSA YOUNG LEADS NEW TEAM
The Harlem Diamonds touring show softball team announced the signing of its first player today, pitcher Marissa Young from the University of Michigan. Young signed for the 2005 Harlem Diamonds season, plus an option for 2006. "After finishing my season in the National Pro Fastpitch League, I am blessed to continue my career with the Harlem Diamonds,” said Young.
“We are thrilled to have Marissa Young as the first player on board with the Harlem Diamonds,” said Dale Moss, the team’s President and General Manager. “Marissa is the quality pitcher we were looking to build our team around,” he said, adding that “even more importantly she is a quality person.”
Originally from Santa Ana, California, Young was a three-time All-American at Michigan compiling 88 wins and 927 strikeouts during her college career. She led the Wolverines twice to appearances in the College World Series in 2001 and 2002. In 2002 she was the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and in 2003 she was named Big Ten Player of the Year. A complete player, Young has also played first base throughout her softball career and batted .286 in her four seasons at Michigan. In 2004 Young played for the Texas Thunder in the National Pro Fastpitch circuit. Despite limited appearances, she posted the fourth-best ERA in the league at 1.14.
Like the Harlem Ambassadors, the Harlem Diamonds’ games will benefit community youth and social service organizations. The Harlem Diamonds team will field a squad of only five women, challenging male and coed community all-star squads. “I am most excited that the touring show will provide me with the one of a kind opportunity to challenge male counterparts and have more intimate interaction with the youth and organizations we will perform for, "Young observed.
The Harlem Diamonds will begin play Memorial Day 2005 and will perform between 45 and 60 events throughout the summer months. The team is owned by Harlem Ambassadors, Inc., a Fort Collins, Colorado-based producer of show basketball events. The Harlem Ambassadors are in their seventh season of play, and have two touring teams playing more than 200 events annually. The team uniquely features women players starring for each of the two teams. The Harlem Ambassadors are also the largest provider of entertainment services to the United States military worldwide.
MORE COLLEGE COACHING ASSIGNMENTS
(courtesy NFCA)
Leigh Podlesny, head coach, Middle Tennessee State
Jenelle Brenneman, assistant coach, North Carolina
Keri-Anne Boller, assistant coach Yowson
Jeanette Goodwin, assistant coach, San Jose State
Jodi Hermanek, head coach Southern Utah
Julie Strand, assistant coach, Southern Utah
Brooke Monroe, assistant coach Purdue
Leticia Pimeda-Boutte, assistant coach Purdue
Michelle Laporte, head coach Becker
Ted Evans, head coach Armstrong Atlantic
Cindy Henderson-Snead, head coach Southwest Baptist
Autumn Eastes, assistant coach Missouri
Ashley Tomlinson, assistant coach, Presbyterian College
Alissa Ackerman, assistant coach John Jay
WORTH REPEATING
(FROM A READER)
> > How do
these people survive?
> >
> >
> > ONE Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu that
you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half
dozen nuggets. "We don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the
counter. "You don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," was the
reply. "So I can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order six?" "That's
right." So I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets.
> >
> > TWO I was checking out at the local Wal-Mart with just a few items
and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close to mine. I picked up one
of those "dividers" that they keep by the cash register and placed it between
our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After the girl had scanned all of my
items, she picked up the "divider", looking it all over for the bar code so she
could scan it. Not finding the bar code she said to me, "Do you know how much
this is?" I said to her "I've changed my mind, I don't think I'll buy that
today." She said "OK," and I paid her for the things and left. She had no clue
to what had just happened.
> >
> > THREE A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her
floppy drive and pulling it out very quickly. When I inquired as to what she was
doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking for a
credit card number, so she was using the ATM "thingy."
> >
> > FOUR I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside her car.
"Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have replaced
the battery to this remote door unlocker. Now I can't get into my car. Do you
think they (pointing to a distant convenience store) would have a battery to fit
this?" "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm, too?" I asked. "No, just this
remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to me. As I took the
key and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't you drive over
there and check about the batteries. It's a long walk."
> >
> > FIVE Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too swift. One
day she was typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost out of typing
paper. What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told her.
With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of paper, put it on
the photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies.
> >
> > SIX I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large motor home
was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of repair
and the whole thing generally looked like an extra in "Twister." I asked the
manager what had happened. He told me that the driver had set the "cruise
control" and then went in the back to make a sandwich.
> >
> > SEVEN My neighbor works in the operations department in the central
office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have problems
with their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one of the branch
banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the back of my
terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
> >
> > EIGHT Police in Radnor, Pa., interrogated a suspect by placing a
metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine.
The message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy
button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing
the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed.
> >
> > NINE A mother calls 911 very worried asking the dispatcher if she
needs to take her kid to the emergency room, the kid was eating ants. The
dispatcher tells her to give the kid some Benadryl and should be fine, the
mother says, I just gave him some ant killer..... Dispatcher: Rush him in to
emergency!
> >
> > Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid."
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