Friday, December 30th.

On a Cold and Windy Friday Morning, playing outfield in Winter Haven was a comedy of errors. Consequently a total of 55 runs were scored as only 2 fly balls were caught in the outfield and only 1 pop fly in the infield. Many errors and misjudged fly balls. Even some pitches couldn't make it to the plate accurately. 

Duff Hill made his managerial debut with Duff's Diamondbacks and help from Jeff Simon. The Diamondbacks beat Fabe's Flyers 34-21. WOW!!!  There was also a total of 11 home runs in the game 7 of which were by the Flyers but still got beat soundly. 

The defensive play of the game was made by rookie George Knox playing 2B in the 7th inning. A line shot was headed for grass up the middle until George stretched hard to the backhand and cradled the ball in the web of his glove. Unfortunately, he pulled a left thigh muscle and had to leave the game except for batting.  He did hit one more time with a runner from home and got his fourth hit of the day. I know he will be a fine addition to WHSS and certainly hope he is ok for opening day Tuesday. 

See y'all Tuesday for opening day. Stay healthy and let's have a super fun year in league. 

Write up by Loren Fabian. 

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Must be another softball game in central Florida as it was a FLIP FLOP again. After 8 innings Fabe's Flyers led 19-6 hence the flip flop. It was 7-6 after 2 innings but then Strait's Tigers put up goose eggs until the last inning with 2 outs and manager Larry Strait launched one over the left fielders head for his first ever home run making the final score 19-7. He enjoyed his beer at the legion on that one. Denny Schaffer had the catch of the game running to the fence, reaching up and feeling the ball thump into his glove. 

We had a new player, Cathy MacDonald who caught the whole game for the Flyers and made a fantastic play on a popper in front of the plate. It would have went foul but she hustled out and the ball ran into her left leg in fair territory and she calmly picked it up and fired a STRIKE to first base for the out. A lesson to all to run everything out. Welcome aboard Cathy. 

Tigers.       Duff Hill lead off HR, Schaffer 3-4, Dean Schapeler 3-4, Strait HR. 

Flyers.        Steve Hill 5-5, Dampier 4-5, Hartley 3-4, Fabian 3-4, BJ 3-4, Cathy 1-4 first WHSS first 

                  hit. 

Write up by Loren Fabian - retired carpet layer pursuing journalists career. Ha!!!  

WINTER HAVEN SENIOR SOFTBALL 2017 SEASON BEGINS NEXT WEEK


Starting on Tuesday, January 3rd, The WHSS season will begin. We have 11 Teams this year and are going to try something new. NO THREE TEAM GAMES. The American League has 5 teams and the Managers have decided that we are going to have 7 Inning Double Headers on Tuesdays and regular games on Fridays. One team will have a bye each Tuesday and Friday. The first Tuesday for the American League will be a regular game. The National League has 6 teams and will play regular games on Tuesdays and Fridays.


Below is the schedule. You do not have to print this schedule. I will have hard copies available on Friday, December 30th. I have tried to include as much information on the schedule as I can. WHSS shirts and hats are required for league play. All  players will get two new shirts. All new players will get a hat. Returning players are to use the hat that they were given last year. If you cannot find your hat, new hats will be available for  sale. The cost of a new hat is $10.00. If you are not sure which shirt to wear, bring both of them with you to the ball park. You can use last years shirts if you don't have time to do the laundry.


One of our sponsors, Kentucky Fried Chicken is providing a meal after the games on Tuesday. You will get a piece of chicken and some potato wedges. The Board of Directors will be providing refreshments and cookies. Players and spouses are invited to join us around 11:30 AM for the meal.

2017 WINTER HAVEN SENIOR SOFTBALL

AMERICAN & NATIONAL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

ALL GAMES START BY 9:30 AM- REG. GAMES ARE 9 INNINGS - DBL HEADERS ARE 7 INNINGS

	2017		FIELD  A	FIELD  B	FIELD  C	FIELD  D	FIELD  E	BYE
1	Jan 3	Tuesday	1 – 2	7 – 8	3 – 4	9 – 10	5 – 6	11
2	Jan 6	Friday	6 – 4	3 – 1	9 – 7	2 – 5	8 – 11	10
3	Jan 10	Tuesday	5 – 3	10 – 8 DBL	6 – 2	7 – 11 DBL	4 – 1	9
4	Jan 13	Friday	1 – 5	6 – 3	11 – 9	4 – 2	10 – 7	8
5	Jan 17	Tuesday	2 – 3	11 – 10 DBL	4 – 5	8 – 9 DBL	1 – 6	7
6	Jan 20	Friday	4 – 3	6 – 5	8 – 7	2 – 1	10 – 9	11
7	Jan 24	Tuesday	4 – 6	7 – 9 DBL	1 – 3	11 – 8 DBL	5 – 2	10
8	Jan 27	Friday	2 – 6	1 – 4	8 – 10	3 – 5	11 – 7	9
9	Jan 31	Tuesday	5 – 1	9 – 11 DBL	3 – 6	7 – 10 DBL	2 – 4	8
10	Feb 3	Friday	3 – 2	5 – 4	10 – 11	6 – 1	9 – 8	7
11	Feb 7	Tuesday	5 – 6	10 – 9 DBL	3 – 4	8 – 7 DBL	1 – 2	11
	Feb 10	Friday	No Games	No Games	No Games	No Games	No Games
12	Feb 14	Tuesday	3 – 1	6 – 4	11 – 8 DBL	2 – 5	7 – 9 DBL	10
13	Feb 17	Friday	4 – 1	7 – 11	6 – 2	8 – 10	5 – 3	9
14	Feb 21	Tuesday	4 - 2	1 – 5	7 – 10 DBL	6 – 3	9 – 11 DBL	8
15	Feb 24	Friday	2 – 3	9 – 8	4 – 5	11 – 10	1 – 6	7
16	Feb 28	Tuesday	6 – 5	2 – 1	7 – 8 DBL	4 – 3	9 – 10 DBL	11
17	Mar 3	Friday	4 – 6	8 – 11	1 – 3	9 – 7	5 – 2	10
18	Mar 7	Tuesday	4 – 1	2 – 6	10 – 8 DBL	3 – 5	11 – 7 DBL	9
19	Mar 10	Friday	1 – 5	11 – 9	2 – 4	10 – 7	3 – 6	8
20	Mar 14	Tuesday	3 – 2	5 – 4	8 – 9 DBL	6 – 1	10–11 DBL	7
	Mar 15	Wednesd	Hall of Fame Dinner      Hall of Fame Dinner    Hall of Fame Dinner
	Mar 17	Friday	End of Season Party

 

FOR BOTH LEAGUES PLAYING A NINE INNING GAME, RAINOUTS AND/OR POSTPONEMENTS

WILL RESULT IN 7 INNING DOUBLEHEADERS THE NEXT TIME THE SAME TEAMS PLAY

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE – MANAGERS				AMERICAL LEAGUE - MANAGERS
#1 Flyers	Loren Fabian	507.280.9117		#7 Angels	Fred Gonzalez	863.967.5101
#2 Tigers	Larry Strait	863.221.2321		#8 Yankees	Juan Toro	863.307.7761
#3 Nationals	Elmer Black	863.419.1335		#9 A’s	Nick Matta	863.398.8499
#4 Giants	Marshall  Bloom	863.295.9750		#10 KFC	JD Davis	313.405.3348
#5 Yankees	Jeff Simon	863.438.5577		#11 Tigers	Tom Hamilton	313.920.2819
#6 Braves	Larry Powell	863.324.5264

 

HOME TEAM IS THE LAST TEAM LISTED *

HOME TEAM – SILVER SHIRTS – THIRD BASE DUGOUT

VISITING TEAM – BLUE SHIRTS – FIRST BASE DUGOUT

 

 

 

ALL GAMES START BY 9:30 A.M.

If you have any questions concerning the schedule, see a board member or Don Witmer.