Both teams hoped that a relatively clear sports schedule might give their sport more exposure. CHIBA Japan – Softball’s road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially began on Thursday, Aug. 2, as the XVI WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship opened in Chiba, Japan. The premier global softball tournament in the world — the WBSC women’s softball flagship event — is the first of five qualifiers for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. At the end of the World Championship one of these 15 visiting nations will join Japan as the first qualified for the next Summer Olympic Games softball competition. “The more we talked about it, the angrier I got, and I finally just said, ‘I’m done, I’m not going to wear this jersey,’” Olympic gold medalist Cat Osterman said. Not a member yet?Membership Expired?Forgot your password? Kelsey Christine Stewart #7 of United States hits game winning RBI in the tenth inning against Japan during their World Championship Final match at … “I never really thought that she didn’t care about my life or Kiki’s life until that post,” Stewart said.” Stewart also said she felt supported as she and Stokes didn’t have to be the only ones speaking out. Prior to the opening ceremony, National Team captains and coaches from 16 countries and territories across six continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and Oceania) as well as many members of the media gathered at the official pre-event press conference on the eve of the opening ceremony. The tone deafness on this is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!! During the coming days the best players in the world will battle not only For the Title of World Champions, but also to fulfill their life-long dreams of becoming an Olympic Athlete. CHIBA Japan – Softball’s road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games officially began on Thursday, Aug. 2, as the XVI WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship opened in Chiba, Japan. Download our newest episodes now! The Final will be held on Sunday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m. local time (midnight ET), at ZOZO Marine Stadium. “Show them the passion for the game, inspire them, keep the softball growing and growing around the globe”. The team’s two Black players, Kelsey Stewart, who was training for the 2020 Olympics before it was postponed, and Kiki Stokes, say they’ve already dealt with racism in the sport but felt this incident was too much to gloss over. Though the tweet has since been deleted, the women are steadfast that they are done with the team. All nations will be in action on Friday, August 3. The Championship was officially declared open as 16 teams were present at NASPA Stadium for the Opening Ceremony, in front of a huge crowd that fully packed the venue. The predominantly white fast-pitch team that has two Black players on its roster had no idea that the tweet was circulating on social media until they returned to their locker room after the game and saw all the notifications on their phones about it. The Women's Softball World Championship is a fastpitch softball tournament for women's national teams held historically every four years, now every two years, by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). But the first day of the series ended with Scrap Yard Pitch’s 18 players quitting and refusing to play again for the organization. The lineup includes a 22-game slate that features 21 softball … I’m embarrassed. All the games will be available to watch around the world, on TV or via live-stream. Danny Green talks protesting, his podcast and the NBA’s return, Malcolm Jenkins isn’t sure the NFL should return this season. 1 ranking in NFCA Fall High School Top 25, Garland Shirley inaugural recipient of Natasha Watley Scholarship for Social Change, TLU's Hernandez top 9 finalist for 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year, Defensive sessions in the spotlight for NFCA Virtual Convention, Dougherty's Lee tabbed 2020-21 MaxPreps/NFCA High School Player of the Week, All the games will be available to watch around the world. pic.twitter.com/5jSNipTFLd, — Haylie McCleney (@hayliemac8) June 23, 2020. The Road to Tokyo 2020 officially begins today.”. A post shared by Kelsey Stewart (@kels7stew) on Jun 22, 2020 at 5:31pm PDT. June 29, 2020. A post shared by Cat Osterman OLY (@catosterman) on Jun 26, 2020 at 10:08am PDT. “Millions of little girls around the world will be watching you and dreaming on becoming the softball stars of the future”, added Velazquez. But they’ll be playing without one team. The Women’s Softball World Championship will be played across 73 games in 10 days. Created: 02 August 2018. I’m DISGUSTED. 01/10/2020 WBSC confirms new dates for inaugural U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup in Lima, Peru; 29/09/2020 Africa: Softball season cancelled in Botswana, restarts January 2021; 17/09/2020 Softball South Africa: Players, teams to return to action in October; 15/09/2020 Growing the game in Africa: Online Baseball5 training course targets coaches in Egypt The Championship was officially declared open as 16 teams were present at NASPA Stadium for the Opening Ceremony, in front of a huge crowd that fully packed the venue. Papillion-LaVista clinches No. The top finisher in Chiba, not including already qualified/host Japan, will be part of baseball and softball’s historic Olympic return at Tokyo 2020. The tournament, originally known as the ISF Women's World Championship, was sanctioned by the International Softball Federation (ISF) until that body's 2013 merger with the International Baseball Federationto create the WBSC. @ScrapYardFP I will never be associated with your organization again. READ MORE: Danny Green talks protesting, his podcast and the NBA’s return, The tweet was directed at President Donald Trump and praised the players for standing during the anthem and not “disrespecting the flag.”. Women’s softball was just set to return to play after their COVID-19 related hiatus. BLACK LIVES MATTER. Want to stand with us or more info, link in bio. The women said they were also disturbed by a previous post on behalf of the squad that read after George Floyd’s death that ‘We believe that Black lives matter, as do all lives. (Press Conference Photos for Editorial Use), WBSC Secretary General Beng Choo Low said: “This is not just any World Championship, it’s the first qualifier to the 2020 Olympic Games.”. This was insensitive.. this was .. disgusting … this is something that I will NEVER associate my name with. The team, Scrap Yard Pitch was playing USSSA Pride, which the Times says are two of the best independent softball teams in the world, in Melbourne, Florida. I’m heartbroken. ET). Following the opening ceremony, the National Teams of Japan and Italy will play each other in Game 1 at 8:00 p.m. (1:00 a.m. But at the same time I have so much to say. Watch UCLA's walk-off single to clinch the 2019 Women's College World Series title The 2021 Women's College World Series will start on Thursday, June 3, 2021… We might be standing in this photo but we SURE AS HELL AREN’T STANDING FOR THIS. Have you subscribed to theGrio’s new podcast “Dear Culture”? The team objected to a message they say they didn't want to support and say they don't care about the backlash. For complete tournament news and updates, the official tournament website at https://wswc.wbsc.org is available in six languages (English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Traditional Chinese). Coverage begins on May 28, which would have been the start of the 2020 Women’s College World Series. According to the New York Times, an entire softball team quit the team in the middle of a series after its general manager, Connie May sent out an ill-advised tweet showing the women standing for the national anthem before a game. READ MORE: Malcolm Jenkins isn’t sure the NFL should return this season, “We’re not going to tolerate that in our sport,” Osterman told the Times. May did speak to the team, again saying that ‘All lives matter’ and was met with anger and disbelief. WBSC Softball Chairman, Tommy Velazquez, said: “This is the most important softball event in the last ten years. “We were used as pawns in a political post, and that’s not OK.”. Though the Scrap Yard organization is one of the few that provided resources to mount a pro softball team, the women say they have no regrets. I have no words …. The number of teams in the tournament began at five in its inaugural ev… “It wasn’t as hard of a decision as everyone thinks it was, because we knew it was the right thing to do.”.

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