Fall Ball
from Derek Martin
Fall Ball Year 3 gets underway this Sunday afternoon @ 1pm at Garneau High School in Orleans. This season will once again have 4 teams participating for the Fall Ball glory, with players from the GOFL, BMFL, GCMFL and Trend-Arlington. All four corners of Ottawa will join together Sunday afternoons in Orleans for the next 5 weeks to compete in a friendly league brought together by 3 guys who just wanted to play ball as long into the season as they could. Derek Martin, Ryan Naylor and Jeremy Grimes, all of which play in the BMFL decided to take it upon themselves to start up "Fall Ball" in 2008 due to the fact that their league was always finished by the start of September. With usually 2 more months without snow on the ground to play some ball the three of them got together one night at Boston Pizza in Orleans and discussed a way to make up a league that would last about 4 weeks or so to just play some ball. Sure enough the interest for their idea was outstanding. The inaugural season (2008) was comprised of players from the OAFA in Orleans and the BMFL and now in its third season Fall Ball has erupted into a city wide craze. With players coming from as far west as Stittsville to play every Sunday this league sure has bloomed into something special that alot of ball players in the Ottawa area look forward to this time of year.
Fall Ball Year 3 gets underway this Sunday afternoon @ 1pm at Garneau High School in Orleans. This season will once again have 4 teams participating for the Fall Ball glory, with players from the GOFL, BMFL, GCMFL and Trend-Arlington. All four corners of Ottawa will join together Sunday afternoons in Orleans for the next 5 weeks to compete in a friendly league brought together by 3 guys who just wanted to play ball as long into the season as they could. Derek Martin, Ryan Naylor and Jeremy Grimes, all of which play in the BMFL decided to take it upon themselves to start up "Fall Ball" in 2008 due to the fact that their league was always finished by the start of September. With usually 2 more months without snow on the ground to play some ball the three of them got together one night at Boston Pizza in Orleans and discussed a way to make up a league that would last about 4 weeks or so to just play some ball. Sure enough the interest for their idea was outstanding. The inaugural season (2008) was comprised of players from the OAFA in Orleans and the BMFL and now in its third season Fall Ball has erupted into a city wide craze. With players coming from as far west as Stittsville to play every Sunday this league sure has bloomed into something special that alot of ball players in the Ottawa area look forward to this time of year.
posted by fitzroyfastball | 9/15/2010 07:56:00 pm
2 Comments:
For myself, it was a great way to get back into softball when I don't really have the availability to commit 2 or 2 times a week. We get in 2 games every sunday and still finish up in time to watch the afternoon NFL action. Next thing we need is a winter ball league!
Actually there is a winter league...check out the post from 20 August: http://fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com/2010/08/indoor-mens-fastball-in-ottawa.html
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