Dear friends,
take a look to
www.2006softball.org and you can find a video section with very good images from ISF World Championship.
Quality is not very high, but still very enjoyable.
Gold medal game has just finished and USA won over Japan 3-0 (I saw that LIVE).
Home plate umpire is italian: Gianluca Magnani, a friend of mine. Very good achievement especially if you think about the fact this WC was is 1st one!!
Would like to have some opinions from you about his hockey-style mask.
I've just loose the bet I made with him before he leaves to Bejing: I told him UIC of the tournament would never allow him to use such a gear (together with protection on his left arm). But UIC let him use it (both).
Now I could I ask 'young' umpires to NOT use such unstylish items?
Greetings from Italy