SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: SOFTBALL'S BEST PLAY.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Many of the region's outstanding 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' players are competing in the ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and national championships in Marietta, Ga. this week. The 71-team, double-elimination playoffs started on Wednesday. The Valley Breeze, which finished fourth last year and second in 1999, went 1-1 in pool play but beat the Colorado Legends 1-0 in eight innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. in the first round of the playoffs. Daily News Player of the Year Lauren Watson of Valencia High scored the winning run on a wild pitch after walking and stealing second. Right-hander Sara Gonzales of Paraclete of Quartz Hill relieved Jackie Brown and got the win. ``It's wide open this year. I don't see any dominating team,'' assistant coach Henry Baeza said. The Orange County Batbusters, who finished second to the Katy (Tex.) Cruisers This is a so far incomplete list of cruisers 1860-present. It includes protected, light, armoured, battle-, heavy and missile cruisers. Dates are launching dates. Argentina
The Batbusters went 1-1 in pool play and defeated the Atlanta Vipers 5-0 in the first round of the playoffs Wednesday. Another team to watch is the Orange County-based Gordon's Panthers, led by former Highland High of Palmdale catcher Ashlie D'Errico. D'Errico, who is going to University of the Pacific in Stockton, lost to Katy 2-1 in pool play, but the team has won its other two matchups, including a 1-0 playoff play·off also play-off n. Sports 1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie. 2. A series of games played to determine a championship. Noun 1. victory over Fresno Force. D'Errico was 0 for 2 against Fresno but went 1 for 2 - and played shortstop - in a 5-3 pool victory over Georgia Elite. Led by pitcher Nichole Rawson and shorstop Natalie Rawson, both formerly of Highland, Stealth Gold went 2-0 in pool play but lost 2-1 in the playoffs to the Georgia Fighting Irish. Rawson pitched a two-hitter and both runs were unearned. --She gets the point: Heather Watrobski broke two fingers on her throwing hand before the Socal Lightning's first game at the F.A.S.T. National Championships but returned to deliver three hits over the last two games, helping the 16-under team to a fifth-place finish in Orlando, Fla. The girls withstood 93-degree heat with 90 percent humidity to finish with a 9-4 record. ``The weather was brutal and a couple of girls had a hard time with it,'' coach Michael Watrobski said. Megan Zwoyer and Carla Perea of El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
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