ASA or Premier

[ontheblack]

Yea, an ASA with one, two or three of the other FC teams, Aztecs, PS96, TNL Gold, and maybe even a OCBB team would be a real joke.

Best of 3 Premier vs ASA would be something I would pay to see. That would be a real softball world series.

[anonlooker]

Yea, an ASA with one, two or three of the other FC teams, Aztecs, PS96, TNL Gold, and maybe even a OCBB team would be a real joke.

Best of 3 Premier vs ASA would be something I would pay to see. That would be a real softball world series.

What you're suggesting is that, now that they know where the big dogs will be, all of those SoCal teams will run the other way? To Midland, of all places? I doubt it. More likely they will only go to Midland if they fail to qual for Premier.

As for a 14u playoff being the "real softball world series"... well...

[ontheblack]

More likely they will only go to Midland if they fail to qual for Premier

There are some good teams out there like PS96 who have decided to go ASA. As we saw last year at 12u states with OCBB Snow, not all the best teams win all the time. And not every team will chase berths to Premier. The draw at these qualifiers could have a big impact on who goes where.

Those teams with invites represent a good cross section, but are not all the best teams. If anything, taking BB 'Maroon', FC Sota, and CA Knighten out of the qualifier mix probably increases the odds for some upsets.

As for a 14u playoff being the "real softball world series"... well...

You prefer Little League's version of a softball world series?

[1prouddad]

Speaking strictly from a California perspective, I believe that most of the upper level teams will do their best to qualify for Premier, and as Anon said, will go to Midland only if they don't qualify for Premier. Keep in mind, they will still have to qualify to go to Midland, but with the amount of berths that ASA gives out, it will be much easier to qualify.
That being said, ASA Nationals in Midland will still be a competitive event and I would also love to see a Championship game between the ASA National Champs and the Premier National Champs - I believe it would be a good game, but I also believe that Premier would come out on top.

[PDad]

The following teams have accepted berths to the 2011 PGF Nationals in 14U.

Georgia Impact, Wasco Diamonds, Ohio Lasers Black, Lady Magic, Texas Impact, Firecrackers-Soto, Corona Angels Knighten, Sorcerer, Texas TPS '97, OC Batbusters Maroon

PGF listed these 10 teams on the front page of their website, but they haven't updated the 14u berths on the qualifier page. I wonder which qualifiers are losing berths and how many.

[EzOut.EzOut]

Based on 48 berths being originally available, I'd suggest that the 38 remaining berths be distributed based on the number of teams competing at each qualifier. The fact that 10 invitations were never part of the original plan should mean that the original distribution of berths needs to be completely reformulated.

I take that back. Redistribute 37 berths and save one wildcard berth for the best Heybucket post for, "Why my team should get a berth to PGF 14U National Championships" to be moderated by Bracketologist and voted on by Heybucketeers. I'll start the topic now

[ontheblack]

Increase the field to 64.

[1prouddad]

Increase the field to 64.

^^^^What he said^^^^

[Gary Haning]

The following teams have accepted berths to the 2011 PGF Nationals in 14U.

Georgia Impact, Wasco Diamonds, Ohio Lasers Black, Lady Magic, Texas Impact, Firecrackers-Soto, Corona Angels Knighten, Sorcerer, Texas TPS '97, OC Batbusters Maroon

PGF listed these 10 teams on the front page of their website, but they haven't updated the 14u berths on the qualifier page. I wonder which qualifiers are losing berths and how many.

Please excuse me for not mentioning that we are not taking berths from any qualifier. We will add the 10 teams.

Gary Haning

[PDad]

... I wonder which qualifiers are losing berths and how many.

Please excuse me for not mentioning that we are not taking berths from any qualifier. We will add the 10 teams.

Gary Haning

That's great news!