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The last few months have been difficult for me personally so please forgive he lack of updates concerning the Erie PA tournament. Â That has been some adding and subtracting to the teams coming which has made it hard to keep track of things. Â Â Subtraction of teams comes from a team folding and another losing sponsorship dollars to attend. Â But the replacements for those teams are ones the fans who love fastball will be happy to see on the East coast. Â Â As I figure out who all is coming, Â here is the current list of teams:Â
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NY Gremlins
Peligro Gremlins
Hill United
Scarborough Force
Toronto Gators
CPI
Bloomington Stix
Circle TapÂ
Hallman TwinsÂ
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Other teams have expressed interest and I may be missing someone who is confirmed but, this is what I remember off the top of my head. Â I may have space for one or 2 more teams who want to face the world's best before heading into the ISC World Tournament the week after. Â Â
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Jay Hart will again be he UIC and be bringing ISC umpires who will be getting their final work in before the ISC tournament. Â Al Doran will be on hand to provide speedy updates.. Â And preliminary negotiations are underway to potentially have Ballpark radio on hand. Â
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With going to 12 teams, Â I will be using 3 fields with the 3rd field less than 1/4 of a mile from the 2 main fields. Â I will be making the schedule after the release of the ISC tournament bracket so I can keep teams apart from each other in pool play that may see each other quickly in the ISC World tournament. Â
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$4000 winner take all prize money is on the line for this year's Ed McCormick invitational tournament. Â Â
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Bill Hillhouse
houseofpitching (at) yahoo.com
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