Glory Geek

June 8, NPF Games on Internet TV, and Glory Replacement Team Website Now Up

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The USSSA Pride is the team which took over the contracts from the Glory franchise. The now have a website. It's obvious from their ticket prices that they learned nothing from the...

May 8, Glory and/or Glory Owner File for Bankruptcy

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:51:00 -0400

I just got this notice in the mail, addressed to Glory Season Ticket Holders. It lists the debtors names as Paul and Kathleen Wilson. No company name given, so perhaps it's a personal bankruptcy,...

May 8, League Still in Denial About Glory Demise

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:10:00 -0400

In addition to the complete lack of information from the league, we now have another piece of evidence. The Rockford Thunder just posted a news item announcing the availability of single game...

April 24, Glory Rumors

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:50:00 -0400

Unofficially, based on conversations I have heard about with a couple of players... The league has basically given up on finding a local owner, at least for this year, and the only remaining options...

April 17, Spy Softball posts story about NPF plans for Glory franchise.

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:30:00 -0400

Thanks to Charlie for bringing this info to our attention. Here's the link, which works as of this posting. To summarize, the team is owned by the league, the players are still...

April 10, BREAKING NEWS - Glory Have Folded!!!

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:21:00 -0400

I just heard this from Jarrod. Their website is mostly empty now, with links going to TheSoftballNetwork.com now. No official word at this time. Not sure what us season-ticket holders can do about...

March 18, Glory Adds Olympian Caitlin Lowe

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:46:00 -0400

So, there was a method to their madness all along! I expressed concern and confusion when the team traded away the rights to Kaitlin Cochran last month, but it all makes sense now. The...

March 18, Report on the new Facility at GMU

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:39:00 -0400

One of my faithful readers recently attended a George Mason softball game at the new facility, and sent along her thoughts. (Thanks!) I thought others might be interested, so here they...

March 11, New GMU Facility: Seating not as Good as Previous Years for Season Ticket Holders

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:12:00 -0400

For the past 2 seasons, there were several benefits to being a season ticket holder: 1) Primo seats, with seat-backs and arm rests. 2) Assigned seating, so we didn't have to get there super...

March 11, New Glory Website Goes Live

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:46:00 -0400

About a week ago, the new WashingtonGlory.com went live. It is still incomplete, but it is already a huge improvement over the previous one. I like the blogs, and I hope they get updated regularly....

Feb 28, After Gaining a Lyndsey, Rockford Loses a Lindsay

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:02:00 -0400

Just days after the Thunder announced the addition of Lyndsey Angus, they announce the retirement of Lindsay Gardner. Gardner has been with the NPF since it began, playing all 5 seasons with the...

Feb 26, Weekend Games to Start at 5 PM This Season

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:06:00 -0400

The new WashingtonGlory.com website is slowly adding info, and the latest includes a link to a schedule. This schedule lists the start time as 7 PM for weeknight games, and 5 PM for Sat &...

Feb 24, Rockford Sign Former Riptide Free Agents Angus and Scott

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:45:00 -0400

When the New England Riptide folded, it was expected that their 4 All-Stars would quickly be signed to other teams. This was certainly true with Eileen Canney, who went to the Bandits about as soon...

Feb 23, Force Add Former Bandit Sallinger to Already Impressive Staff

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:03:00 -0400

The Force have had to nearly rebuild their roster from scratch this season, except the pitching staff. Their two best pitchers, Katie Burkhart and Megan Gibson, return for their second seasons. The...

Feb 19, Info on 2009 Glory Draftees

jim.nospam@nospam.glorytickets.com (Jim) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:08:00 -0400

Somebody's gotta post some info on our draftees, and it doesn't look like the Glory are going to do anything, so here's what I found... Our first pick of the draft (8th overall) was...