{"id":350628,"date":"2021-08-26T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=350628"},"modified":"2021-08-26T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T20:00:19","slug":"18-competitive-teams-ready-to-play-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/18-competitive-teams-ready-to-play-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"18 \u2018competitive\u2019 teams ready to play ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_350605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350605\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-350605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/King-pix-2.jpg\" alt=\"King Blue Jays\" width=\"600\" height=\"529\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this 2019 file photo, the Blue Jays\u2019 Jordan Babauta is at bat during their game against the Braves in a slow-pitch softball league at the Capital Hill Ballfield. (Saipan Tribune)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A total of 18 teams will duke it out for royalty when the King of the Diamond Labor Day Softball Tournament kicks off this Sunday at the Capitol Hill Ballfield.<\/p>\n<p>Roil Soil Marketing owner Shayne Villanueva said the 18 teams are Tok\u00e1h\u00e5o, Team Asahi, Olei Prim, Alapatiw, Angels, Mwekmwekkid, Kliq, Homies, Pues OK 4 Nate, Comets, Titang, Blazers, Saipal, SUFA, Sofa King Good, Corn Boys, Peneinei, and T Mac 91.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 18 total teams and all are very competitive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the actual softball games, a home run derby and a cornhole tournament will also be held. According to the internet, cornhole is a lawn game wherein players take turns throwing 16-ounce bags of corn kernels at a raised board with a hole in the far end. A bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the board scores 1 point. Play continues until a team or player reaches or exceeds the score of 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 20 [participants] for cornhole and 20 [participants] for the home run derby,\u201d said Villanueva.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes for the King of the Diamond Labor Day Softball Tournament is $1,000 plus a set of 12 uniforms for first place, $750 for second place, $500 for third place, and $350 for fourth place. It is sponsored by Budweiser, AllStar Sporting Goods, Power 99, and Marianas Variety. For more information, call Ikluk Masayos at 287-7979 or Villanueva at 285-4269.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 18 teams will duke it out for royalty when the King of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":350604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[143],"class_list":["post-350628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}