McCraw leads show with 12 points.
July 25, 2012 – The Stadium Power Tour is heating up, literally. Game time temps were a toasty 104 degrees at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Long Haul Bombers were on fire in a pre-game show before the Cards and Dodgers game.
The heat wave continued as Combat’s Johnny McCraw had the hot hand with 12 points to lead the show. McCraw started slow, but hit his stride with 8 homers in a row and the money ball. McCraw says he’s ready to challenge early leaders on the tour Team Easton. “If I keep on keeping on, I will test Helmer and Wegman, they got a fast start, but I know they hear me coming.”
Kevin Filby from Team DeMarini got the show started with 11 points, sending many Evil Softballs into the upper deck of Busch Stadium. Filby finished strong, his last 5 swings were homers. Filby feels right at home in Busch Stadium, “They call Busch Stadium baseball heaven and I agree, it’s a beautiful park, with the arch and all of downtown St. Louis in front of you, providing plenty of targets.”
Final Results From Busch Stadium St. Louis
Johnny McCraw, Combat: 12 points
Kevin Filby, DeMarini: 11 points
Chris Larsen, DeMarini: 9 points
Tim Cocco, Louisville: 8 points
Lee Powers, Louisville: 7 points
Brandon Perry, Combat: 5 points
For the latest standings on the Stadium Power Tour, log on to www.softball360.tv
The Stadium Power Tour heads to Atlanta for a Friday night show before the Braves game at Turner Field. Team Combat, Team Louisville and Team Miken are cued and ready.
The Long Haul Bombers are a collection of the world’s greatest softball homer run hitters. They stage one of kind home run derbies at Major League ball parks across North America. Each Bomber gets 15 swings, each home run is worth one point, except the last pitch, known as the money ball, worth 2 points and can be the tie-breaker. Six Long Haul Bombers qualify for the finals of the Stadium Power Tour, scheduled for Sunday, September 16 at the new Miami Marlins Park. www.Miami.Marlins.mlb.com
The Stadium Power Tour features the top sporting brands in the world: Combat,DeMarini, Easton, Louisville Slugger TPS, Miken, BP Athletics, Evil Sports, Tanel 360 and Suncoast Reebok. Fans can follow the Bombers on the National TV show, ” Softball 360 “. The TV show is available on more than 93 million HH’s on TV stations and cable networks in North America. For links & air times: www.softball360.tv
“Team Gordie”, sponsored by Suncoast Reebok is helping Gordie Heagle with his medical costs. Gordie ran tournaments, created one of the first softball websites and has been a lifelong booster for softball. Gordie is mending after a year in the hospital. For details on how you can hit a “Grand Slam For Gordie“ www.softball360.tv
“Softball 360” also covers the grass roots of softball, including WSL tournaments across North America. www.worldsoftballeague.com
The finals of the WSL Worth North American Championships are scheduled for two big weekends: September 7- 9, 2012 (1.20 bats and 6ft to 10ft pitching with no faking/no juking). And September 14-16, 2012, (1.20 bats and 4ft to 10ft pitching with faking and juking) at Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach Florida .www.visitpanamacitybeach.com
The Long Haul Bombers are sponsored by Long Haul Trucking, running on the power of promises kept. www.longhaultrucking.com