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Status: 08.07.2024, 17:45
Von: Paul Hopp
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It is not that easy to hit the ball: A scene from the final of the first Penzberg city baseball championship. The “softball” variant was played © Wolfgang Johann Lindner
Nine teams competed in the first Penzberg city baseball championship. The organizers were pleased with the interest of the visitors.
Penzberg – Andreas Büchner received the most important message after everything was over. The initiator of the “Penzberg Panthers” was approached by numerous participants in the first city baseball championship and asked them to please organize the competition again, but preferably on a larger scale.
First Penzberg City Championship in Baseball
The amateur players had fun trying their hand at the quintessentially American sport of baseball and getting to know the game. Büchner was happy with the premiere: “A great success. It paid off.” The aim of such a championship is of course always to generate interest in the team. And that has evidently been achieved. They have had inquiries from around 15 adults and children “who want to watch our training,” reported Büchner. New players of any age are always welcome.
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Nine teams had registered for the premiere. Each team was assigned a “Panthers” member who acted as an assistant in questions of rules and tactics and as a general supervisor. The aim, according to Büchner, was “to bring people closer to the sport”. The basic idea, he learned from conversations with the participants, “came across”. The game was a version of baseball called softball (the ball is thrown underhand towards the pitcher), and with even simpler rules. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>
They were very happy: The photo shows the finalists of the first Penzberg city baseball championship. On the left is the winning team “Hitting Cowheads”, on the right is the second-place team, “Pitch Perfect”. © Wolfgang Johann Lindner
“The weather was not on our side,” said Büchner, referring to the partly wet events in the stadium on Karl-Wald-Straße. Nevertheless, according to the organizers, around 250 visitors came throughout the day to watch the action on the playing fields.
Mayor plays along himself
A game lasted three innings or 30 minutes. The tournament was won by the “Hitting Cowheads”, who beat “Pitch Perfect” in the final.
Mayor Stefan Korpan came to the traditional first throw, the first pitch. The mayor also took the opportunity to play a game for the “Inglorius Batters”. The other placings: 3. Atlas Copco Saurier, 4. Inglorius Batters, 5. Sportfreunde Chiller, 6. Penzberg Pangolins, 7. Beer Angels, 8. TSV Volleys, 9. Fasching Penzberg.
If there are enough hobby teams in and around Penzberg, Büchner hopes that a kind of “city league” will be formed in which hobby teams “play against each other regularly on a recreational basis”. After a certain number of tournaments, a winner will be chosen.
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The U10 children of the „Penzberg Panthers“They compete in the “Student Coach Pitch” class. The team has already won several games in the Southwest division. At their first home game, they lost to the “Füssen Royals Bavarians” (22:24). The following week, the Penzbergers managed to get revenge away (20:17). In the U10, two games are played on one day, one of which counts.
2024-07-08 15:54:47
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