ISF Worlds field narrows to six

There are now six teams left in the ISF Men's World Tournament in New Zealand after yesterday's games. (Samoa and the USA were eliminated from the playoff round.)

I watched the live stream of Australia - New Zealand double life playoff game last night. It started at 11:30pm EST and ended at 3:00am. What an incredible game - the Kiwis won 5-4 with a walk off single in the bottom of the 10th. This game had it all. It started with the "Haka" by home team in front of a crowd of 3,5000. Then the game followed with incredible pitching, clutch hitting, speed, defense, an intentionally hit batter, a near brawl, a charged catcher and a walk off single. Thanks to @Funky26 for convincing me to pay the $5US to watch it. The stream was a TV feed from New Zealand "Sky Sports" that was very high quality and had NZ legend Mark Sorenson doing colour commentary. (The Black Sox were "we" for most of the game to Sorenson.)

I missed the Canada - Venezuela game since I did need some sleep. The Canadians got two-hit and lost 3-1 to the Venezuelan team, so Canada has a do or die game tonight against Argentina at 8pm EST.

Here is the schedule for tonight (which is Saturday in New Zealand):

Today's Schedule, Day 9 with (Local Time) and time in Canada EST

C5 W-C1 Japan vs L-C3 Australia (11:30am) – 5:30pm
C6 W-C2 Argentina vs L-C4 Canada (2:00pm) – 8:00pm
C7 W-C3 New Zealand vs W-C4 Venezuela (5:00pm) – 11:00pm
C8 W-C5 vs W-C6 (7:30pm) – 1:30am

For more information on the tournament, and to learn how to sign up for the live streaming, visit Al's Fastball.