TheCloser wrote:Still, when a team is the 20th team from a region (So Cal) to qualify it's pretty clear to me luck or not that you ain't going to win a National Title. In 12U, it isn't a showcase tourney either so what do you gain by spending thousands of dollars to play 4 or 5 games?
Would finishing 4th at Nats be worthwhile?
That's what Firecrackers-Lahners did in 2009 after finishing tied for 17th at State and also not getting a berth at HOF. They had to go up north to get a berth at the Regional.
The berth winners at SoCal State are never the top 12 teams due to the blind draw - and may not include all the top contenders either.