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July 28, 2011 edition
The next issue of Let’s Play Softball/Let’s Play Baseball comes out in April 2012.

For a complete update of baseball and softball in Minnesota, check out the latest edition of the 32-page newspaper. Pick up a copy at one of these Twin Cities locations.

Send your softball or baseball team’s tournament highlights and photos to Let’s Play Softball/Let’s Play Baseball at: editor@letsplaysoftball.com

Feature stories

Below is a sampling of stories from the July 28, 2011, edition of Let’s Play Softball/Let’s Play Baseball.

 

Team USA blasts Canada in Border Cup title game

By Don Bowman

 

2011 Let’s Play Softball Bat Reviews/Contest

 

USSSA Update

By Gerry Turnberg

 

Touch ‘em all, John Gordon

By Gordy Jones

 

 

2011 Let’s Play Softball Tournament Calendar

 

 

Rankings

Linked are the 2011 softball and baseball rankings in each division from the July 28, 2011, edition of Let’s Play Softball/Let’s Play Baseball. Pick up a copy of the latest edition of Let’s Play Softball/Let’s Play Baseball for complete adult softball and youth baseball rankings.

 

Rankers needed at all levels for this season’s adult softball, youth baseball and town ball rankings. Want to continue the tradition by emailing your top 20 for each edition? Send a note with your name, team and level to editor@letsplaysoftball.com

 

Past feature stories/columns

Summer tournament schedule heating up

USSSA Update

Batter up, kids

Dudley field to showcase the best the U.S. has to offer

Welcome to the Dudley

The clubhouse attendants do it all!

Viessman Trucking captures 6’s Wild Classic

USSSA Update

The Minnesota Red Wings?

Corky’s Earlybird will draw 125 teams!

USSSA Update

One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor

Long winter is over … let’s play ball!

USSSA Update

Trading places

Battle of the Bats

USA splits at Softball World Championship events

Safe at home: Tim Tschida

MN Vets College Showcase displays area talent

USSSA Update

Joe Nathan is on the air

Dudley Classic set to rock ‘em

Welcome to the Dudley

Hudson talks the talk, walks the walk

Gopher Ball

Fastpitch powerhouses showcase talent in North St. Paul

Magic with the Mauers

A walk in the park

Gopher softball hits rock bottom after sweep

The playing time debate

Great spring weather = Let’s play ball!

A hometown hero stays at home

Buttermakers Baseball: Best buy in sports

Firemen’s, Frolics put on impressive shows

Hauling away a Dudley title

Sweet home Chicago and Minnesota

The Dudley Classic is truly a softball spectacular

The USSSA’s men (and woman) in red at the Dudley

Leslie has a ball throwing St. Thomas into World Series

Resmondo/Worth turns it up a notch

Giving more than RBI’s

Hastings, Cretin-Derham Hall win fastpitch titles

Minnesota softball is No. 1 in the nation

A luxury problem: Twins’ four-man outfield

The Baseball Guy’s Twins news and notes

Resmondo wins Last Chance/teams off to Nationals

Long Haul wins Fireman’s/Resmondo takes Smokies

Easton/Hooters/Rockets wins in Owatonna and Bloomington

50th annual Fireman’s Classic set for July 18-20

Minnesota SSWC qualifier battles weather in Walker

Combat’s Scott Brown with Mike Macenko

Dan Smith rocks Dudley Classic field

The USSSA’s men (and woman) in red at the Dudley

Combat’s Brown and McGraw on injury and recovery

This Dudley’s for you

Combat’s Scott Brown on the Dudley

Softball Kingdom brings live TV to the Dudley

Minneapolis 12AAA Millers prepare for Cooperstown

The Last Piranha

Combat’s Scott Brown with Bryson Baker

Elite/Grayhounds & MN Prize win in Rochester

In-season training with Combat’s Scott Brown

Zubaz on the comeback trail

Resmondo makes it two championships in a row

It’s Corky’s time

Minnesotans making the calls

Hoffman’s and Redwood win first World berths

Long Haul Trucking back in the majors

Coming to the plate for our 22nd season

SSWC Northern Championship set for May 16-18

 

2007 Let’s Play Baseball/Softball Expo

Check out highlights from the inaugural Expo, the first of its kind if Minnesota. The two-day consumer trade show at Canterbury Park in Shakopee attracted about 3,000 visitors.