THE BEAST OF THE EAST
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2008 Beast of The East
Entry Form: Click Here
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2007 Champions:
Men's Platinum: ABS/Easton ( Whitemarsh, MD)
Men's Gold:  Shorb's/Trivent Financial (York, PA)
Men's Silver:  Richmond East Moose (Richmond, VA)
Men's Bronze Co-Champions:  
Octane (Frederick, MD),  RTD (Paterson, NJ)
 Beast of The East Archives: Click Here


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ENTRY FORM: CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

 Hooters Home Run Derby:
Friday, May 23rd
Petersburg Sports Complex 		An Interview with 2007 Home Run Derby Champion
Nick Clary
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Come See The Hooters Girls

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The Latest Entries:
Team Moose (MD), SSC Softball (SC), Team Mojo (VA), Youth Challenge (VA), Berkeley Heat (WV), Thunder & LIghtning (VA), RSC (VA), JJ's Best (MD), Black Creek Baptist (VA), Don Griffin Well Drilling (VA), Pop's Boys (VA), Softball Xpress (VA), Hometown Villains (VA), Superior Softball (MD), Wahoo Softball (VA), and more to come.......


We’re Recruiting Championship Level Teams: Men’s Gold (A,B,C), Silver (D), Bronze (E)
Your team is invited to participate in the most popular Memorial Day Weekend Slow Pitch Softball Tournament in America .   The Beast of The East is sponsored by Elite Sports of Virginia Inc., Haynes Jeep and the Richmond Sports Backers. The tournament is sanctioned by SoftballNation and will be a SoftballNation Slow Pitch Nationals Direct Qualifier. The tournament is a six game format event that takes place throughout the Petersburg/Richmond area on Memorial Day Weekend.

Tournament Schedule of Events:
May 10th: Entry Deadline: Entry Fee: $300  (Entry Fee after May 10th:  $350)

May 23rd: Friday Evening: The Hooters Home Run Derby : Petersburg Sports Complex
Come out and get into the mix or sit back and watch.  Either way, you might get on television. This year’s event  will be televised in a tape delayed broadcast  on WTVR-TV 6.   See if you can match monster shots with some of the best hitters around.   We’ll crown a Home Run King in the Upper and Lower Divisions. A Cash Prize to the Winners plus a little TV exposure.  Hooters has come on board as a sponsor of the Home Run Derby and each contestant will receive a $5 Coupon for Hooters.  In addition, the top hitters will receive additional Hooters Gift Certificates to go along with their Cash Prizes.  Plus, the Hooters Girls will be on hand for the event.  That's worth being there all by itself.

May 24th - May 26th: Saturday Morning: The Beast of The East Tournament Begins
The softball action begins Saturday morning with bracket play in all divisions. Playoffs will be completed on Monday afternoon with the championship games scheduled for the Petersburg Sports Complex. Some upper level divisions may be completed on Sunday evening. The Men’s Gold division playoffs will separate into a Platinum/Gold or Hi/Lo Format.


Richmond/Petersburg Host Hotels: Outer Zone Sports Housing
Stay Near Your Fields: Call 1-804-378-9310 or visit them on the web at: www.outerzonesports.com


You Are Invited:

     The 2008 SoftballNation Beast of The East continues the tradition of being the best and most competitive Men’s Slow Pitch Softball Tournament on the East Coast. There is no tournament with bigger numbers and there is no tournament that draws better competition on Memorial Day Weekend. If you want to be the best, you’ll have to beat the best in this event.      
     Just like last year, this year’s tournament champions will be awarded direct berths to the SoftballNation Slow Pitch Nationals in Virginia Beach , Virginia along with a travel fund of $1,000 in each division.
     We had 102 teams participate last year.  As always, our goal is to provide you with a well organized and competitive tournament with great officials. We work hard to make this a tremendous event that you won’t want to miss. We also believe that if we recruit the best teams we can find, more teams will want to play. It’s been proven over the last 5 years that the best teams come out looking for the best competition.  We encourage you to come prepared to play hard because this is a Championship Tournament for Championship Teams.

Travel Fund:
Winners in Each division will be awarded a Travel Fund of $1,000 towards their participation in the SoftballNation Slow Pitch Nationals.

Awards:
1st Place : Team and Individual Awards, plus special prizes sponsored by Elite Sports of Virginia Inc.
2nd Place : Team and Individual Awards
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place: Team Award
MVP Award and All Tournament Team Awards will also be presented


Tournament Rules: The tournament will follow the SoftballNation Rule Book.
Home Run Rules:
Men’s Gold (A,B,C): 5 & 1up (Playoffs will feed into Platinum (8 HR) and Gold Divisions (5 & 1up))
Men’s Silver (D): 3 Home Runs
Men’s Bronze (E): 1 Home Run
Balls: Teams will hit their own ball throughout the tournament.
All Classes: .44 COR with a .525 Maximum Compression

Divisions of Play: Men’s Gold, Silver, Bronze

If you are coming from outside the state of Virginia , we must be able to confirm that your team is the caliber of the division you are requesting. All teams must be sanctioned by SoftballNation and you may register your team online at www.sportsnation.org.   If you do not register online, please include your 2008 team sanction fee with your entry fee.

2008 ENTRY FORM: CLICK HERE



Highlights from 2007:

Petersburg, VA 2007 -  "Some of the best competition you'll see all year....and that includes the nationals."   That was a quote from the manager of a participating team in the 2007 Beast of the East.  At every level of competition, there were tough teams ready to make a run at the championship.
ABS/Easton proved to be the best team in the tournament with a run through the Platinum playoffs and  a Finals victory over Sons of The Legion.

In the Gold Division, Shorb's/Trivent Financial/DM Painting went undefeated in the playoffs to take the hardware.  They beat 4U/Absolute Bail Bonds of Chesapeake, Virginia in the Gold Championship.   It was the Richmond East Moose team from Mechanicsville that made a run through the Silver division taking down the defending champions Diamondbacks of Thurmont, Maryland.    

The only snag of the weekend came at the very end.  Octane and RTD were in the 3rd inning of the "if" game of the Bronze championship when a thunderstorm rolled through and put a stop to everything.  Both teams were declared co-champions and will share in the prizes as well as the travel fund.

All in all, it was a great tournament and a great weekend for softball.   In addition to some pretty hot temperatures all weekend, we also saw two thunderstorms rumble through along with a fog bank that caused some minor delays.   You'll find some stats and final standings on each page for each division.  Click there to go to your respective division.  We'll add some pictures later.  

Here are some stats we came up with:
102: Final Total Number of Teams.
392:  Total number of games played
1:  Dislocated Thumb
1:  Knott on the side of someone's head.
7: Home Runs by Home Run Derby Champion Nick Clary
1: Autograph signed by HR Derby Runner-up Stacy Mizell
16: Total number of fields used each day.
72: HR Derby Softballs that mysteriously disappeared into the parking lot Friday night.
6: Approximately number of ejections throughout the weekend.
33: Steaks served to umpires on Monday.
1: Around the Horn Triple play turned on Tom Midgett. (This is per Stacy Mizell)
17: Minutes on Sunday morning that  it took umpire Mike Newcomb to get over Chuck Liddell's knockout loss to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.
1:48:  Time it took Rampage Jackson to put Chuck Liddell to sleep.
59: Highest Number of runs scored in a game: Game one of the Platinum Finals; 30-29 in favor of Sons of the Legion.
5:  Lowest number of runs scored;  Power Alley over Monro Muffler: 3-2.
1: Shutout:  Power Alley again:  10-0 over Famous Dave's/Knocks.
3: Days it took me to get this information on the website following the tournament.

 

2007 Men's Gold: 
Click Here for Gold
Platinum Champions:
ABS/Easton
Gold Champions:
Shorb's/Trivent/DM		 2007 Men's Silver
Click here for Silver 
Champions:
Richmond East Moose		 2007 Men's Bronze
Click Here for Bronze
Co-Champions:
Octane,  RTD

4U Floors/Ca-Jo Softball (Chesapeake, VA)
ABS/Easton ( Whitemarsh , MD )
Adroit  Utilities ( New Bern , NC )
B&B/Sears (NC)
Bestrans (North East, MD)
Big Tymers ( Creedmoor , NC )
DLA ( Tappahannock , VA )
Double Platinum (MD)
EOG/LEB ( Va. Beach , Va )
Guardian Pest Control (St. Mary’s, MD)
Kingsmen ( Petersburg , VA )
My Plumber/Miken (Fayetteville, NC)
PTAC ( Arlington , VA )
R&T Trucking ( Oakville , MD )
Rally Time/ Sports Connection  ( Va. Beach , VA )
Russell's Paint & Body (Lake Mary, FL)
Semper Athletics ( Dumfries , VA)
Son's of The Legion (Halifax, VA)
Shorb’s’Trivent Financial/DM Painting  (York , PA )
Team Moose (St. Mary’s, MD)



 






















BCI  ( Waynesboro , VA )
Bell Construction  ( Richmond , VA )
Black Creek Baptist ( Mechanicsville , VA )
Blue Heron Realty  ( Cape Charles , VA )
Brick Specialists ( Va. Beach , VA )
Budweiser Kings ( Oakville , MD )
Cole Insurance ( Mechanicsvlle , VA )
County Ballers ( Charlottesville , VA
Da Crew ( Suffolk , VA )
Dalton Farms ( Kenbridge , VA )
Diamondbacks  ( Thurmont , MD )
Diamondbacks ( Gloucester , VA )
Extra Innings (King George , VA )
Fredericksburg Elks ( Fredericksburg , VA )
G&M Softball ( Warrenton , VA )
Hometown Heroes/Jemm Industries ( Va. Beach , VA )
Horizon Trust ( Gloucester , VA )
J&B Softball/NJ Merchants/Medford Sports Club
( Medford , New Jersey )
J&R Softball/Mannington Moose ( Clarksburg , WV )
Jack Daddy’s  (PA)
JJ’s Best  ( Columbia , MD )
McGuire & Son ( Va. Beach , VA )
Norwood Softball ( Warrenton , Va )
Platinum Sports ( Accokeek , MD )
Plumbright Softball ( Richmond , VA )
Razorbacks ( Richmond , Va )
Richmond East Moose ( Richmond , VA )
Rockies ( Chesterfield , VA )
RSC ( Richmond , VA )
Seam Splitters ( Buford , SC )
Shaq’s After Dark ( Castalia , NC )
Shenandoah Floors/Ridersville Cycle ( Hagerstown , MD )
Sports 55/ Untouchables ( Washington , DC )
Sportsman’s Shop/Elite ( Richmond , Va )
TCF/Cropp Metcalf ( Quantico , VA )
Team Aspect ( Fairfax , VA )
Tritons Softball ( Harrisonburg , VA )
Trivett’s Furniture ( Dahlgren , VA )
Victory Nissan/Team Vinci ( Richmond , VA )
Youth Challenge ( Va. Beach )

A&C Concrete ( Huntingtown , MD )
Adco/Three Cheers ( Va. Beach , VA )
Bad Boyz ( Suffolk , VA )
Bandits Softball ( Leesburg , VA )
BCH Softball ( Washington , D.C. )
BG Nelson Construction ( Richmond , Va )
Blackwater Whompuss Cats ( Smithfield , VA )
Brooks Drywall  ( Fredericksburg , VA )
Buckingham Independents ( Buckingham , VA )
Café On Franklin/Michael’s Pizza ( Covington , VA )
Carolina Softball ( Elizabeth City , NC)
Catlin Kustom Cycles ( Colonial Heights , VA )
Crossroads Softball ( Sunburry , NC )
Diamond Cutters ( Romney , WV )
Diamond Styxx ( Arlington , VA )
Don Griffin Well Drilling ( Roanoke , VA )
Famous Dave’s/ Knox Softball ( Richmond , VA )
Fredericksburg Softball/Box Seats ( Fredericksburg , VA )
Headhunters ( Franklin , VA )
Innsbrook Realty (vertie, NC)
Kolanko’s Painting/Little Pete’s BBQ ( Richmond , VA )
Monro Muffler/On The Hook Inc. ( Winchester , VA )
Murphy’s Law/Single Barrel ( Richmond , VA )
Mustangs ( Waynesboro , VA )
Octane ( Frederick , MD )
Pearl Vision ( Va. Beach , VA )
Pop’s Boys/Allen & Allen ( Richmond , VA )
Power Alley/TGS Properties ( Hampton , VA )
PTI ( Va. Beach , VA )
Richmond East Moose/Judy Kilgour ( Mechanicsville , VA )
RTD (NJ)
Smirnoff/D&D Softball ( Elkins WV )
Stingrays (NJ)
Sundown Grill/Chester Electrical ( Chester , VA )
Sunray’s Heating &Cooling Softball ( Fairview , NJ )
Superior Softball ( Frederick , MD )
Taylormade (Caroline Co, VA)
Team Fantasy Design ( Colonial Heights , VA )
The Core ( Fredericksburg , VA )
Trouble ( Richmond , VA )
Valley Fireplace & Stove (New Market, VA)
WSC/Freedom Homes/Semper ( Tappahannock , VA )

 





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 Divisions of Play:

Gold:   (5 & 1up)
Teams that have participated at the Men’s Class C level and higher will be placed in this division.  Teams will be measured by their competitiveness on the whole including their level of competitiveness outside of the SoftballNation organization.  Any team classified C or higher with other organization will be classified Gold.
For the Beast of the East, the Gold Division will separate for the playoffs into Gold and Platinum with the Platinum division using a home run rule of 8 Home Runs.

Silver: (3 Home Runs, 4th is an out, 5th is an out, 6th and beyond end the inning)
Teams that have participated at the Men’s Class D level and lower will be placed in this division.  Teams will be measured by their competitiveness on the whole including their level of competitiveness outside of the SoftballNation organization.  Any team classified D or lower with other organization will be eligible to participate at the Silver Level.

Bronze: (1 Home Run, 2nd is an out, 3rd is an out, 4th and beyond end the inning)
Teams that have participated at the Men’s Class E level and lower will be placed in this division.  Teams will be measured by their competitiveness on the whole including their level of competitiveness outside of the SoftballNation organization.  Any team classified E or lower with other organization will be eligible to participate at the Bronze Level.

Awards:
Champions in Each Division
Team and Individual Awards will be given to winners in each division of play.
Team Awards will also be given to 3rd through 6th place.

Travel Fund Awards:
Platinum:  $1,000
Gold: $1,000
Silver: $1,000
Bronze: $1,000