Calgary Industrial Softball Association

The Calgary Jays made it to the playoffs at Men’s Master Fastpitch Nationals in Saskatoon Saskatchewan this week
The expansion team played well but unfortunately lost the 2-3 cross over game to Cobourg Force out of Ontario 9-5.

The Yellowknife Merchants’ run at the 2026 Softball Canada National Championship came to an end tonight with a loss to the Bruno Merchants.

With that, our Nationals tournament and our 2026 season have officially come to a close.

A big thank you to our additions Ryan Simpson, Cooper Finch, and Jesse Phalen who joined us from the Calgary Industrial Softball Association and helped strengthen our lineup. We really appreciate you making the trip and being part of the group.

We also want to thank all of our player sponsors for supporting the Merchants throughout the season. Your support helps make opportunities like this possible for our team. A big thank you to our sponsors:

North of 60 Construction
Avery Cooper & Co. Ltd. Chartered Professional Accountants
True Value Hardware Yellowknife
Century 21 Prospect Realty
Sutherland's Drugs ARP Pharmacy
Stewart, Weir, MacDonald LTD
Erasmus Apparel
Fuel Flo Petroleum
Northern Employee Benefits Services
B&D Plumbing and Heating

That’s a wrap on fastball for 2026! Make sure to sign up for the Merchants Annual Co****le Classic while spots are still available!

Calgary Jays roster for 2026 Masters Nationals🥎

Calgary Jays are Alberta 2🥎

The schedules are up on our grounds for Softball Canada’s Master Men’s Canadian Fast Pitch Championship that starts Tuesday and runs through to Sunday.

For more information on the event, check out Softball Canada’s site at https://softball.ca/mens .

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CISA is having our year end raffle!
Draw date is September 20th
Get your tickets at www.calgaryfastpitch.com

📺🥎 ON THIS DAY — AUGUST 22, 2000

DARREN ZACK TAKES FASTPITCH TO NATIONAL TELEVISION! 🇨🇦

On this day 26 years ago, one of the greatest pitchers the game has ever seen helped put men’s fastpitch in front of a massive North American television audience.

Canadian legend Darren Zack appeared live on NBC’s Today Show in New York City as part of a feature surrounding Jeremy Spear’s iconic fastpitch documentary, Fast Pitch.

The documentary offered a fascinating look inside the world of men’s fastpitch, with Zack emerging as one of its unforgettable figures. His appearance on Today brought that world to an even bigger stage.

Outside Studio 1A, Zack showed viewers firsthand just how overpowering a world-class fastpitch pitcher could be — even striking out Today Show personalities Al Roker and Sara James during the segment.

For a sport that has often fought for mainstream attention, this was a pretty special moment.

🎥 Jeremy Spear’s Fast Pitch.
🇨🇦 Darren Zack.
📺 National television.
🥎 Men’s fastpitch in the spotlight.

For a few minutes on August 22, 2000, the fastpitch world had the national stage.

26 years later, it remains a pretty damn cool piece of fastpitch history.

Congratulations to Laura MacMillan on her appointment by the WBSC to officiate at the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Group Stage! 🇨🇦🥎

The event took place July 14–18 in Lima, Peru, and featured some of the world's top women's softball teams. Laura's selection is a testament to her dedication, skill, and commitment to the game.

Thank you for proudly representing Canada on the world stage.

Outstanding work, Laura, and congratulations on this incredible achievement!
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Félicitations à Laura MacMillan pour sa nomination par la WBSC pour arbitrer lors du stade de groupe de la Coupe du monde de softball féminin de la WBSC! 🇨🇦🥎

L'événement s'est déroulé du 14 au 18 juillet à Lima, au Pérou, et a réuni certaines des meilleures équipes féminines de softball au monde. La sélection de Laura témoigne de son dévouement, de ses compétences et de son engagement envers notre sport.

Merci de représenter fièrement le Canada sur la scène internationale.

Excellent travail, Laura, et félicitations pour cette réalisation exceptionnelle! 👏🇨🇦

August 20th Men’s CISA action first pitch at 6:15.🥎

Seven Inning Stretch 12/12 Series 1 #
Our next CISA player bio is what defines a real ball player.
He has been apart of our league since the age of 14. Throughout those 19 seasons he’s has witnessed his fair share of ups and downs.
He and alongside close friend Dylon Silver started the Calgary Pirates in 2007 from the ground up.
The start was tough with a few seasons of developing and learning that baseball doesn’t always love you back. Adding valuable experienced teammates along the way to becoming both a league and now current Alberta Provincial champion we introduce our President Ryan Simpson .niner El presidente we have been teammates for 5 amazing seasons and I think you and I have seen it all haha. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and let’s answer some fun questions along the way.
What’s your home town? My hometown is right here a city I’ve personal helped build with my very own hands.
What is your inspiration and when did you start playing fastpitch?
I started playing when I was 6,my dad is definitely my inspiration. He coached me well into my 20’s and watching him play growing up was just the best! I think we have to give honourable mentions to your daughter and Andie. She’s here rain or shine haha .
Also being asked to join a travel team for tournaments. Being apart of the Yellowknife Merchants has really pushed me to the next step. Playing against world class teams and now going to my first Nationals next week. Just awesome,let’s go to some questions!
What’s your favourite pregame meal?
Haha what most CISA players enjoy..
Caffeine,nicotine,beers and a cheeseburger.
If you could be an Olympic athlete what would you be? I’d probably go winter and it’d be snowboarding.
And closing it out- favourite baseball movie?
Most definitely all time great “Major League”
Thanks Ryan for your quality time and let’s have a great finish to the season and best of luck at Nationals in Saskatoon next week!🥎