World Series returns to Dallas
Scenes from Pegasus Slowpitch Softball Association’s regular season play. (Photos courtesy of Brandon Woodfork) Nightly events including a block party on Cedar Springs Road are planned during GSWS DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com A record 250 softball teams from 48 cities around the U.S.
and Canada will converge on Dallas over the next week, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, for the 45th annual Gay Softball World Series. About 4,000 players, umpires and coaches will participate in the series, with 996 games between seven divisions at four sports complexes in Dallas, Euless, Carrollton and Waxahachie.
Each team will play at least six games, while those headed for the championships will compete in 12 or more games. Dallas’ Pegasus Slowpitch Softball Association, the local softball league, will send a record 20 teams to the world series, with teams in every division.
What does it take to put together such a massive sports competition — the largest annual LGBTQ sporting event in the world? It takes a powerhouse national organization — NAGAAA: North American Gay Amateur Athletics Alliance — and a great local committee — Dallas Gay Softball World Series headed by Ryan Holdhusen, who is passionate about the sport.
