OCTOBER 22 UPDATE
COMMITMENTS
Autumn Albers, '07 OF NorCal Shockers verballed to Stanford University.
REPORTS FROM BATBUSTER OCTOBER
San Diego Legacy 4, Nor Cal Assault 0
Unsigned Senior Alexa Datko threw 6 strong striking out 11, giving up 2 hits, and allowing no walks. Alexa also went 1 for 3 reaching base safely twice and scoring once.
Christina Datko (’08 OF) led off the 2nd with a walk and stole 2nd. She then scored on Jill Upchurch’s (’08 OF) triple. Alexa Datko (’07 P/IF) led off the third with a single followed by Tara Chenier’s (’07 C/2B) double advancing runners to 2nd and 3rd when Jodie Schmehr (’08 2B) then knocked in two with a single. Jodie advanced to 2nd on a steal and scored on an infield error hit by Christina Datko.
San Diego Legacy 5, Arizona Western Junior College 4
Unsigned Senior Chanel Rose kept the Matadors off balance with her change-up while holding Arizona Western through the 4th when they capitalized on some timely hits by scoring 4. Alexa Datko walked in the 1st advanced to 2nd on Adie Nau’s (’08 OF) single advanced to third on a walk to Brittany Fenn (’08 OF) and then scored on a 2 out single by Amber Reardon (’08 SS). The third inning saw Tara Chenier single with two outs followed by a walk to Adie Nau and both scored on Brittany Fenn’s double. Brittany then scored on an error caused on a groundball hit by Amber Reardon. The 5th was led off by a lead off home run by Georgia-bound Jennie Auger (’07 OF).
OTHER SURF CITY SCORES
GOLD COAST EAGLES 0 SO CAL SHILOS 5
G C EAGLES 5 STRIKE FORCE 4
G C EAGLES 4 OC IMPACT 0
G C EAGLES 3 RAIL CITY SMOKE 0
G C EAGLES 1 SO CAL MAGIC 0
SOME LANCASTER SCORES
Lancaster 18Gold Showcase this weekend:
NorCal Shockers 4, North Valley Rapids 4
NorCal Shockers 8, SoCal Dynasty 1
NorCal Shockers 3, SoCal Thunder 2
NorCal Shockers 7, Corona Express 1
NorCal Shockers 3, Washington Ladyhawks 0
BIG 8 -
Saturday
Florida Ultimate Gold 4 - The Next Level 4
Florida Ultimate Gold 4 - NY TC Tremors 2
Florida Ultimate Gold 3 - Case Batbusters 2
Sunday
Florida Ultimate Gold 10 - WA Triple Threat 0
Florida Ultimate Gold 9 - NV LV Blast 1
2007 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Please email 2007 tournament schedules to SPY by November 1. One line format.
ASA Court
Judgment
10/9/2006
Oklahoma
City, OK—The Amateur Softball Association (“ASA”) is pleased to report that the
U.S. District Court for Western Oklahoma has awarded ASA $100,000 in damages and
attorney’s fees totaling approximately $12,000 against the first two defendants
in the Association’s ongoing attempts to rid the game of softball of illegal
equipment including painting and other techniques used to alter bats.
In addition to the monetary damages awarded above, the Court entered an
injunction against the defendants and ordered the defendants to do the
following:
• To provide the names and addresses of all customers as well as suppliers of
goods and services who enabled the defendants to perform the acts giving rise to
the lawsuit; and
• To provide the names and addresses of any person or entity that supplied the
defendants with any decals bearing ASA or Rawlings’s trademarks.
“While we are pleased with the Court’s decision and feel that our legal position
has been firmly established ASA’s work is far from over”, commented ASA’s
Executive Director, Ron Radigonda. “We have already identified our next round of
defendants and plan to aggressively pursue them,” added Radigonda.
The ASA has established a method for individuals who might be concerned with
their past activities. Such individuals can e-mail the ASA and begin settlement
discussions that may keep them from being sued in the future provided they agree
to cooperate with the ASA. If a bat doctor would like to turn themselves in, we
encourage them to send an e-mail to
info@softball.org
with the subject line of Bat Settlement Agreement.
If individuals continue to alter bats in any way that contain the ASA’s
trademarks, the association will pursue all legal remedies available.
About ASA’s Equipment Testing Program
ASA first adopted a bat performance standard in 2000, relying on a nationwide
consensus bat testing method approved by the American Society of Testing and
Materials (“ASTM”). This initial standard was based primarily on the adult male
slow pitch softball player. ASA began investigating improvements to this
standard with field testing in the summer of 2001, primarily to confirm its
application to the youth slow pitch and fast pitch game.
As scientific lab testing and research continued, it was discovered that the
performance values of certain bats tended to increase the more the bat was used.
In light of this discovery ASA began to enforce its 2000 performance standard
against these bats, and subsequently “recertified” several of these bat models
after modifications by the manufacturers.
In October 2002, ASA conducted a field test focused solely on bat performance.
This field test used high speed cameras to capture the swings and “bat-ball
collisions” of players from two different divisions. The results of this study,
along with additional testing lab research, led to a number of science-based
recommendations for improvements to the ASTM test method. The new test method
was approved for balloting in May 2003 by the ASTM subcommittee in charge of
developing this test method and became effective January 1, 2004.
Since that time, “bat doctors” have altered approved bats to enhance their
performance and have relabeled unapproved bats to make them appear to be
certified by ASA. For more information on equipment matters see the Certified
Equipment section of the ASA website,
www.asasoftball.com