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Softball Mon Jul 27 2009

Gender Wars Pit Flyers vs. Bandits

It may not be as big a spectacle as the Bobby Riggs-vs.-Billie Jean King match up (ask your parents or older siblings), but the Schaumburg Flyers and Chicago Bandits are the latest "battle of the sexes" to hit the sporting field.

The idea for the diamond clash between the baseball-playing Flyers (members of the Northern League of Professional Baseball) and the fast-pitch-tossing Bandits (of the National Pro Fastpitch softball league) was reportedly cooked up by Bandits owner Bill Sokolis, who insisted to Flyers Managing Partner/President Rich Ehrenreich that the Bandits women could beat the Flyers at their game (meaning softball).

Forget the image of underhand tosses and slightly overweight players circling the bases. If you haven't seen fastpitch softball before, know that pitches typically travel to the plate around 60-75 MPH, meaning the match-up isn't as lopsided as it might originally seem.

The game will be played tonight, 7:30 p.m. at the Flyers' Alexian Field, with tickets still available.


 
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