The Challengers finished the 15th edition of the Zurich Spring Tournament in third place. After the C’s lost the opener of the tournament, as the Zurich Barracudas edged the C’s 7-6 after erasing a four-run deficit, the C’s evened their record with a 20-0 shutout win over the Zurich Eighters on Saturday afternoon. To reach the finals the Challengers needed a win against the Tübingen Hawks from the 2nd German Bundesliga, but they didn’t manage to score a run against the strong Hawks pitching, as the Hawks posted a 2-0 win.
And the Hawks took it all. After erasing a two-run deficit the Hawks led 3-2 before the bottom of the last inning in the final game. The Barracudas loaded the bases with two outs, but the Hawks escaped the jam unscathed to win the tournament for the fifth time.
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Challengers finish in 3rd place
15. Zürcher Frühlingsturnier
Das traditionelle Zürcher Frühlingsturnier wird am 31. März und 1. April 2012 zum zweiten Mal im neuen Baseballstadion Heerenschürli in Zürich-Schwamendingen ausgetragen. Neben den gemeinsam das Turnier organisierenden Zürich Barracudas und Zürich Challengers gehören auch die Tübingen Hawks aus der 2. deutschen Bundesliga wie gewohnt zum Teilnehmerfeld. Eine Premiere am Frühlingsturnier feiert das vierte Team, die Zürich Eighters.
Gespielt wird am Samstag, 31. März ab 11.00 Uhr, am Sonntag, 1. April ab 10.00 Uhr. Das Finalspiel ist auf Sonntag, 14.30 Uhr angesetzt.
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Softball-Team opened spring season
The Softball-Team played two friendly games on Sunday, March 25 at Rümlang. The Challengers faced the Zurich Barracudas and the Wil Devils. Andrea Wirth opened her outdoor season in style, going 3-for-3, while Taylor Mc Cants and Simona Cellar added two hits apiece and Sandrine Montandon had a single in her first game since June 2010, as the C’s posted a 11-2 win over the Barracudas.
Andrea Wirth and Simona Cellar had two hits apiece in Game 2, as the C’s lost 5-10 against the Devils. Rookies Ellen Johnson, Anouk Lkharrazi, Izumi Nitta and Meret Roth played their first games for the Challengers.
Ladies open spring season on Sunday
The Softball-Team will open the spring season on Sunday, March 25 at 10 a.m. at Rümlang. The Challengers who are getting ready for their ninth season in the Swiss Softball League will play the Zurich Barracudas and the Wil Devils.
Weiterlesen » Ladies open spring season on SundayRabattwoche bei Taurus Sports
Die Taurus Sports AG in Kloten führt eine erste Rabattwoche im 2012 durch. Vom 24. bis 31. März gibt es auf das gesamte, topaktuelle Ladensortiment 30% Rabatt.
Challengers rocken das Hallenstadion
Die Challengers tauschten für einmal Bat und Ball mit Stock und Puck. Am Sonntag, 26. Februar trafen sich der HC Wülflingen, der FC Fällanden und die Challengers zu einem Eishockey-Turnier im Hallenstadion, der grössten Mehrzweckhalle der Schweiz. Wo am Vorabend noch Ari Sulander und Co. Servette mit 3-0 nach Hause schickten, stürmten die Baseballer übers Eis. Und die Challengers wussten auch abseits von Pitcher’s Mound und Bases zu überzeugen. Gabe Staub und Yanik Probst kombinierten sich durch die gegnerischen Reihen wie weiland Michel Susi Zeiter und Claudio Mitch Micheli, die Burgers machten Hansi und Lolo Schmid vergessen, Alex Gordon und Thomas Blank zelebrierten die Kunst des öffnenden Passes, Präsident Hendrix Kämpfer gab im Infight an der Bande keinen Zentimeter Eis preis und Micha the wall Seger im Challengers Tor brachte die gegnerischen Stürmer reihenweise zur Verzweiflung.
Für das Highlight des Tages sorgte Tobi Siegrist, der in der Schlussminute einen Konter mit einem Hocheckschuss aus dem Handgelenk im Stile Wladimir Krutovs abschloss. Habitués sahen sich an frühere Zeiten in der alten Halle erinnert. Die Matchuhr aber war der Zeit bereits voraus, leuchtete doch die Affiche des kommenden Playoff Viertelfinals zwischen dem ZSC und dem HC Davos auf. Ob der ZSC bereit für den Showdown ist, wird sich weisen. Die Challengers zumindest sind bereit für das Derby gegen den Stadtrivalen Barracudas am 17. März – on ice.
Challengers prepare 2012 season
The baseball and the softball teams will resume practice with two to three weekly workouts at the Rämibüel gym close to the Zurich University. The softball team starts first with full squad workouts beginning on Monday, January 9, while the baseball teams will hold the first full squad workout on Tuesday, January 10. The first workout for pitchers and catchers is slated for Wednesday, January 11. Both teams plan to have their start of the exhibition season at the end of March.
Weiterlesen » Challengers prepare 2012 seasonFrohe Festtage & ein gutes Neues Jahr
Der Challengers Baseball & Softball Club Zürich dankt all seinen Mitgliedern, Fans, Freunden und Supportern für die Unterstützung und Zusammenarbeit und wünscht allen frohe Festtage und einen guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr!
Weiterlesen » Frohe Festtage & ein gutes Neues JahrC’s retired Chris Palatinus’ no. 42
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Chris Palatinus became the sixth Challenger to have his number retired, as he was honored at the 2011 General Assembly at the restaurant Linde Oberstrass in Zurich.
New Challengers president and former teammate Adrian Kämpfer made a speech in honor of Palatinus, who was presented an illustration from a 1928 ballgame between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators with Palatinus replacing Babe Ruth on the picture.
Palatinus concluded his 17-year career with a .316 batting average, 443 hits, 35 homeruns, 349 RBI’s and 404 runs scored as a batter and a 6.11 ERA with 9 wins, 2 saves and 115 strikeouts in 191.1 innings on the pitcher’s mound.
He set a club record for walks with 241 and is second on the all-time list for runs scored, RBI’s and hits only topped by Thomas Landis.
The 2011 Challengers MVP award winner finished his playing career in style, as he belted a homer in his second to last at bat in his farewell game against the Luzern Eagles. He also added an RBI-single in his 1402nd and last at-bat.
Palatinus won five Swiss championship titles with the Challengers in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004 and two Swiss Cup trophies in 2004 and 2007.
In 2004 he won the double as the Challengers’ playing coach. He was not only the C’s head coach for several years, he was also in the driver’s seat for the Swiss National Team for a couple of years.
Palatinus is also known for his off-the-field merits, as he was a member of the board of the Challengers for more than 10 years, head of the National League commission for the Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation and founding member of the International Spring Tournament at the Heerenschürli ballpark in Zurich, which took place for the 14th time in 2011.
As a professional web designer he is also responsible for several websites across the Swiss baseball and softball community including the homepage of the Challengers. Over the last couple of years Palatinus also developed EasyScore, a software application to score games and to compute box scores, game logs and game and season statistics.
Palatinus’ number 42 joins the retired numbers of Marianne Blickenstorfer (no. 1), Dany Spiegelberg (no. 8), Thomas Landis (no. 34), Werner Zingg (no. 41) and Enrico Zingg (no. 44).