This year there were 15 highly qualified East Coast Nominees who were nominated by their peers in PS.COM. It truly should be considered an “honor” just being nominated for the PS.COM Hall of Fame. When the committee discusses the nominees we take into consideration several key factors before we vote. These factors are longevity in Police Softball, playing ability, coaching/managing/sponsoring a team, being a tournament director, professionalism on and off the field and if they truly made a positive impact or were a game changer within the Police Softball community.

The Green Hornet had Kato, Batman had Robin, Fred had Barney and Yogi had Boo Boo. With this in mind, we have grouped these two All-Decade players together. Kris and Ryan are the only two starters to have won four World Series Major/Open division titles in the first decade of PoliceSoftball.com. One half of this duo is Ryan Coe. Ryan’s career has coincided with the PS.com decade and he has made it count.

The NYPD Blues hosted their annual tournament which featured only (6) teams, Missouri, Shamrock, Suffolk, Mid Atlantic DeMarini, Detroit's Finest and the Blues. Due to the limited amount of teams we decided to have every team play one another. This format worked out extremely well and I believe the teams would agree.

Va.Beach was in full swing starting with a party on Friday Night at the FOP in Va.Beach approximately 350 people came thru the buffet and party. Gold and Silver divisions started with 20 teams with top ten teams going into GOld Division and bottom 10 teams going into Silver. The Bronze division had 6 teams which played bracket for seeding into double elimination tournament. The weather cooperated this weekend for both Saturday and Sunday mid 70s to low 80s. Plenty of sun.

THE WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - Mid-May is a busy time for the police softball circuit as two of the biggest tournaments in the nation are held on opposite ends of the country. The Bash at the Beach/East Conference Championship is held in Virginia Beach and on the other coast, the West Conference Championship is held at the Big League Dreams facility in Chino Hills (SoCal). The ECC drew plenty of teams, but the numbers were down significantly in California. The WCC typically draws 24+ teams, but for a variety of reasons only 16 came out to test their skills against some of the toughest competition in the circuit. The event featured 6 Majors teams and 10 Gold teams and they were divided into 6 round robin brackets. Gold teams were spotted 7 runs against the Majors teams which created some interesting results. One of the more exciting matchups was Showtime nipping the LA Lawmen by 1 run. Another tight one was the DEA Combo vs. CenCal Connection game that ended in a draw.

Police Softball.COM is proud to announce that the 2014 East Coast and West Coast Hall of Fame nomination period will begin May 1, 2014 and end June 30, 2014. These dates will offer the opportunity for each newly selected Hall of Fame member to be recognized at more scheduled tournaments by their peers and/or tournament directors throughout the year. As in every year all 2014 Hall of Fame members will be honored and officially inducted to the PS.COM Hall of Fame at the PS.COM World Series in Las Vegas October 10, 2014.

To commemorate the tenth year of PoliceSoftball.com we have started naming our “All-Decade” team which will be comprised of the best players, managers, and sponsors etc. that have made this last decade so special. We are announcing several names each month leading up to World Series X, where we will invite the All-Decade team to take the field and be recognized. For this month, here is who we have selected to be part of this team.

The 2014 West Palm Beach Baconball tournament was the second East Coast tournament this year and was again hosted by John Scollo and Jack the Baconball dude. As usual host John Scollo rolled out the red carpet with another wild Rocco’s Tacos party on Friday night which was very festive and provided plenty of West Palm Beach “eye-candy”.

The #12 ranked San Antonio Law and #21 rankedTeam Louisiana were too hot to handle this weekend in the Louisiana Lights & Sirens Fire and Police Softball Tournament!

We kicked off our Tournament season on the East Coast with a long running Memorial Tournament in Kissimmee Florida at the Osceola Softball Complex. Great time with Great friends makes this event priceless to me.

The West Conference kicked off the official start to the 2014 season with the annual DEA Kickoff in Chino Hills, Ca. Twenty-one teams came out of hibernation to debut their new uniforms, and in many cases also new players. Since California decided not to recognize winter this year, the conditions were perfect for softball, sunny and 80 degrees with very little wind. Although attendance at many tournaments has dropped the past few years, the Kickoff has held steady at 20+ teams for the past several years. The tournament was once again sponsored by Easton in a provided bat format.

To commemorate the tenth year of PoliceSoftball.com we have started naming our “All-Decade” team which will be comprised of the best players, managers, and sponsors etc. that have made this last decade so special. We are announcing several names each month leading up to World Series X, where we will invite the All-Decade team to take the field and be recognized. For this month, here is who we have selected to be part of this team.

As you know, today marks the start of our tenth year of PoliceSoftball.com. To mark this day, we will begin naming our “All-Decade” team which will be comprised of the best players, managers, and sponsors etc. that have made this last decade so special. We will announce several names each month leading up to World Series X, where we will invite the All-Decade team to take the field and be recognized. For this month, here is who we have selected to be part of this team.

This upcoming year marks the tenth year of Policesoftball.com. As a way to commemorate our tenth year, we will be naming the Policesoftball.com All-Decade team which will consist of players and managers. Each month beginning in January, we will name 2-3 people who we feel had a dominate decade. As with all things, timing is very important to be considered for this list. If someone was a great veteran player at the beginning of the last decade but did not sustain a level of greatness throughout it, then most likely they will be left off this list. If someone was a hot shot newcomer but started his police softball career near the middle or end of the last decade, then they may not be on this list either due to not playing the entire decade. As with all lists, there will be disagreements as to who should and should not be on this list. That is what makes lists so much fun.

This year 71 teams came to the World Series and played in various divisions. The teams that did well had numerous players contribute to their success but on each of those teams, certain players stood out and helped drive their teams to success. The players that stood out were named ALL-WORLD, GOLD GLOVE and MVP by their coaching staffs. The ALL-WORLD and GOLD GLOVE players received PoliceSoftball.com medallions and the MVPs received stone obelisk trophies. The players who received these honors are:

Big League Dreams Las Vegas played host to the Police Softball World Series which drew 71 law enforcement teams, with 1000+ players from over 30 states. The word “World” in World Series was appropriate in that, there were three Canadian teams participating; Toronto Police Softball, Prince Albert Police and the Regina Cyclones. Early arrivals were treated to a catered player’s reception at the Golden Nugget Hotel hosted by Hall of Famer Terry Dugan and his new Virginia based Lockdown Sports Gear company. Easton Sports with Brett Helmer and Miken with Denny Crine supplied all the bats for the tournament. The provided bat format has become very popular as there was no specter of juiced bats looming over the teams. It was a level playing field for all the competitors as games would be won and lost based only on talent and execution.