First Pitch - February, 2007

By Irv Porter

My calendar says it's February which means major league baseball will be opening their spring train camps to get ready for the upcoming season. To me the opening of the spring training camps is a signal that winter is starting to wind down and ball season for us back home in Illinois can not be far off. How do I know this? The days are getting longer and the average temperature is slowly creeping up. But the biggest of all signs is that next summer tournament dates are pouring in. As of this writing more than eleven hundred and fifty tournaments are listed on the Illinois Softball Report's scheduled of tournaments to be played in Illinois during the upcoming 2007 softball season. So now it is almost time to let to games begin!
The Illinois ASA will be hosting its annual Hall of Fame induction banquet the last weekend in March (March 31st, 2007) at the Dragon's Dome in Pekin. For tickets or more information and all of the details please e-mail ASA State Commissioner Don Brewer at dbrewer@roe30.k12.il.us with you questions and ticket purchases.
Illinois Softball Report like many other softball related business relies on your support to survive. I.S.R. works off of advertisements sold to business and individuals that appear on this web site. If your business relates to softball I.S.R. is an inexpensive way to put your business name in front of the Illinois based softball players. If you have a product that you want in front of the softball players of the state of Illinois this web site is an outstanding way to but your product squarely in the view of those you are trying to reach out to for sales.
Illinois Softball Report hits for the month of January 2007 fell a little short in total hits during January of the previous year. The numbers are down less than one thousand hits so hopefully a good February will get Illinois Softball Report back on setting a new record for that individual month for total hits to this site in each and every month as they go by.

Your friend in softball,

Irv

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