Posts Tagged ‘softball’
RI Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame – Class of 2021 – John Cardullo
By John Cardullo, sportswriter It has quickly become a popular ritual in the state of Rhode Island, and for the last three seasons, when the first week of April is marked down by every hardcore softball player, coach, sponsor and umpire. It is when the year’s class of new Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall…
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by John Cardullo, sportswriter Golfers take to the links to help raise money and support the Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame. On October 17th on an overcast, rainy Saturday morning, 76 golfers marched to the registration table at Triggs Memorial Golf Course in Providence to check in to play in the Rhode…
Read MoreWe say “Cheers” to the Backstop Cafe, a RI institution
by John Cardullo, sportswriter For the former Backstop Café – as time went by a softball shrine falls to the wrecking ball all in the name of progress, but for many the memories will go on. It began as a pub where the locals would stop by and have a few beverages while watching sports…
Read MoreRI Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame Golf event
by John Cardullo, sportswriter The Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame will be hosting a golf outing and fundraiser this October that they hope will become an annual event. In 2020, with so many things uncertain, the Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame not only is going full speed ahead in…
Read MorePlay ball! RI Softball leagues start play
The Rhode Island Softball leagues are starting up with new rules and restrictions in place to protect the players, officials and spectators that is changing the old game as we know—for now. Usually by the middle of July marks the halfway point for the state’s softball season. During normal times in years past, the men’s,…
Read More“Doc” Leach loved softball. He’ll be missed.
by John Cardullo, sportswriter The Rhode Island softball community says goodbye to David “Doc” Leach- a true local softball legend! In the local Rhode Island softball circle, many names are known but very few are remembered. There are those who you know from firsthand experience, some that you have heard about but never had the…
Read MoreBev Wiley, RI Softball’s Magic
by John Cardullo, sportswriter For the last 28 years Rhode Island USA/ASA softball state commissioner Bev Wiley has had a firm hand on the wheel and continues to guide the association through uncertain waters. She grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, the youngest of six children. Bev’s mother was a stay at home mom, and…
Read MoreThe “BOYS” of Summer just keep going and going in the RI Senior Softball League
by John Cardullo, sportswriter This is part two of a 4-part series on the slow pitch softball affiliates and what they offer their players throughout Rhode Island. It began as an idea, by Len Yanku, who sent the word out to anyone over the age of 50 who would be interested in playing slow pitch…
Read MoreFor Bob Berard & Freedom Softball it’s (almost) business as usual – 2020 Season
by John Cardullo, sportswriter This part one of a 4-part series where we will highlight each of the states men’s softball affiliations and their plans for the upcoming 2020 season. At this writing the directors of each affiliation remain optimistic that the current Coronavirus pandemic will run its course and be a non-factor as the…
Read More2020 Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame
By John Cardullo, sportswriter The Rhode Island Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame announces the 2020 inductees who will be inducted at the 3rd annual R.I.S.P.S.H.O.F. induction dinner that will be held on Sunday, November 8th at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, R.I. “There will be 25 new inductees joining the already 55 inducted members…
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