Clark was the league-leader in RBIs last year, and 4th in HRs, so that is a big loss. Freed, not so much. 

Thanks to our generous donation of 2 picks, Akron had 8 of the 25 draft picks, including Kaitlin Cochran (who should have been ours!). They also signed free agent Jackie Pasquerella, formerly of the New England Riptide.  3 of the 8 draftees are pitchers. New pitching coach (and former pitcher) ... [More]

I was following the draft via the Ultimate College Softball message board, which was slightly incorrect.  The broadcast is not working for me here.Thanks to Everett's comments, we now know that we traded away the pick we could have used on Cochran. Why? Good question. Giving up the number o... [More]

The Force are going to have a very tough time repeating their 2nd place finish. Over the past few weeks, they have announced the retirement or departure of these players:Chelsea Spencer, Rocky Spencer, Kellie Wilkerson, Jenna Hall, Ashley Smith, Sharonda McDonald, Savannah Long, Kristen Miller, and ... [More]

This info is, naturally, incredibly difficult to find. No reason why the NPF website should have it on the front page or anything. Nor any of the teams.TheSoftballChannel.com will broadcast the 2009 NPF Draft, supposedly live, at 7 PM on Tuesday, Feb 17th.The Glory have the first pick in the draft. ... [More]

The league schedule posted a new schedule, necessary due to New England dropping out. Here is the PDF file of the actual schedule. The only changes are the removal of the Riptide games.Things to note: No games against international teams. Instead, series will expand to 5 games, primarily W... [More]

The league announced today that the New England Riptide will not be playing the 2009 season. It is currently hoped that the team will return for 2010. Here is the story. The league also announced a new schedule (PDF).  They seem to imply that yet another new schedule will be comi... [More]

Monica Abbott has signed a contract to play in Japan. The contract will allow her to return for the final year of her contract with the Glory, although the article states that she will be here only two months.Japan pays a whole lot more than the US, so I have to think she won't be back after thi... [More]

Not much in the way of news lately, so this will have to suffice.I got an email from Diamond Elite announcing this, but there's no big announcement on their website.