BIG LEAGUE SOFTBALL: DISTRICT 51 OPENS UP WITH A SPLIT.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News The Antelope Valley's West Regional champion District 51 Big League softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team features one of the nation's most feared lineups. But its bats were silenced at the most inopportune in·op·por·tune adj. Inappropriate or ill-timed; not opportune. in·op  por·tune of times Monday on Day 1 of the Big League World Series at Vanderberg Park at Kalamazoo, Mich. As a result, the team split its first two games despite outstanding pitching in both games. Former Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley High standout Jessie Dunn (0-1) pitched a two-hitter for District 51 in a 1-0 loss to host Kalamazoo. Palmdale's Johanna Ilejay (1-0) pitched four innings, combining with Nicole Torres (Quartz Hill/Antelope Valley College) on a six-hitter in a 3-0 victory over Southwest champion Hallettsville, Texas Hallettsville is a city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,345 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lavaca CountyGR6. , earlier in the day. It needs to finish the nine-team round robin with one of the two best records to qualify for Saturday's championship game. |
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