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The Limestone Umpire Association, or the LUA, is a localized softball umpire association that serves the Kingston, Ontario, Canada and surrounding regions. Founded in 2014, it began as a small group that covered a local men's fastball league.
The OASA is the governing body for male competitive fast-pitch softball in Ontario. The association organizes qualifying tournaments and provincial championships. [1] [2] [3] Each year the association inducts one or more members who have contributed to the development of amateur softball in Ontario into its Hall of Fame. [4]
The year 1990 was a very momentous occasion for the USSSA as the first slo-pitch softball tour of the Soviet Union occurred, with the team traveling through and playing in Moscow, Leningrad, and Tallinn. In 1991, the USSSA added world tournaments for Black Americans and Women. Jim Swint also became the ninth National President.
[1] [2] The American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) was the first such league, launching in an era of experimentation in professional sports leagues. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The APSPL was formed in 1977 by former World Football League executive Bill Byrne , who would go on to found the Women's Professional Basketball League . [ 5 ]
Here's a rundown of what umpires to expect working games when the 2024 MLB postseason begins Tuesday, what the schedule looks like, and what channel to watch all the action:
It is known as the national governing body of softball, was established in 1933 and has over 240,000 teams. The USSSA, founded in 1968 as the United States Slo-Pitch Softball Association, but renamed in 1997 to the United States Specialty Sports Association, is the only association that still has a men's major slow-pitch program alive.
Ontario University Athletics (OUA; French: Sports universitaires de l'Ontario) is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media.
The WBSC Premier12 is the international baseball tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), featuring the 12 highest-ranked national baseball teams in the world.