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by Lone Staarr » Tue Jul 19, 2016 12:46 pm

How about PGF Nationals in sunny Southern California.

Who will be the top contenders in every age group?

Will the OC Batbusters Stith continue to dominate? SoCal Athletics Richardson? Will Firecrackers Rico make a run?

Will somebody out of state contend for the title? Beverly Bandits Conroy or Texas Glory Shelton?
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by fastpitchdad05 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:47 pm

Lone Staarr wrote:How about PGF Nationals in sunny Southern California.

Who will be that top contenders in every age group?

Will the OC Batbusters Stith continue to dominate? SoCal Athletics Richardson? Will Firecrackers Rico make a run?

Will somebody out of state contend for the title? Beverly Bandits Conroy or Texas Glory Shelton?


For 18U I think if Glory can keep their momentum they would appear to be the top contender right now out of Texas, but don't forget about Texas Blaze who finished 2nd at the IDT in Boulder and 1st at TCS Nationals in NYC.

My dark horse out of Texas would be the Texas Bombers (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead) who won the Colorado Fireworks and finished 3rd at the USA Elite Select World Fastpitch Championships, losing to OCBB-Stith by only 1 run in the semis.

From outside So Cal the aforementioned Beverly Bandits seems to always go deep at PGF, but here are some other teams not to sleep on (Disclaimer - this is strictly for fun and based on limited research so take all of this with a grain of salt):

- Birmingham Thunderbolts: Has wins over Texas Glory and So Cal A's this summer.
- PA Chaos: Extreme dark horse, but has played well against some of the traditional powerhouses.
- Wichita Mustangs: Always competitive (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)
- St Louis Chaos: See notes on PA Chaos. (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)
- AASA Merrida: May be the top power out of No Cal this year.
- EC Bullets: Probably the top team out of Georgia, but there are 3 or 4 other very strong teams from that state.(just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)

Okay I gotta go throw the steaks on the BBQ and finish up dinner now. :D

Feel free to add your favorites and I'll also give you my picks for the winners at some point.
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by PDad » Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:57 pm

fastpitchdad05 wrote: - Wichita Mustangs: Always competitive (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)

They had a poor showing in CO this year...
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by Lone Staarr » Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:23 pm

FPdad,

So how did JO Cup sway these teams to go to their Nationals?

Paid for their tournament fee, hotel accommodations?

What's the scoop?
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by fastpitchdad05 » Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:42 am

PDad wrote:
fastpitchdad05 wrote: - Wichita Mustangs: Always competitive (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)

They had a poor showing in CO this year...


Almost Always competitive :lol:
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by PDad » Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:58 pm

Spazsdad wrote:I believe they went to JO last year as well. Haven't been showing that well the last couple of years.

Yep. In fact, Mustangs won JO Cup last year. They were big proponents of it and helped recruit teams.
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by fastpitchdad05 » Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:47 pm

fastpitchdad05 wrote:
Lone Staarr wrote:How about PGF Nationals in sunny Southern California.

Who will be that top contenders in every age group?

Will the OC Batbusters Stith continue to dominate? SoCal Athletics Richardson? Will Firecrackers Rico make a run?

Will somebody out of state contend for the title? Beverly Bandits Conroy or Texas Glory Shelton?


For 18U I think if Glory can keep their momentum they would appear to be the top contender right now out of Texas, but don't forget about Texas Blaze who finished 2nd at the IDT in Boulder and 1st at TCS Nationals in NYC.

My dark horse out of Texas would be the Texas Bombers (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead) who won the Colorado Fireworks and finished 3rd at the USA Elite Select World Fastpitch Championships, losing to OCBB-Stith by only 1 run in the semis.

From outside So Cal the aforementioned Beverly Bandits seems to always go deep at PGF, but here are some other teams not to sleep on (Disclaimer - this is strictly for fun and based on limited research so take all of this with a grain of salt):

- Birmingham Thunderbolts: Has wins over Texas Glory and So Cal A's this summer.
- PA Chaos: Extreme dark horse, but has played well against some of the traditional powerhouses.
- Wichita Mustangs: Always competitive (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)
- St Louis Chaos: See notes on PA Chaos. (just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)
- AASA Merrida: May be the top power out of No Cal this year.
- EC Bullets: Probably the top team out of Georgia, but there are 3 or 4 other very strong teams from that state.(just heard they are going to ASA JO Cup instead)

Okay I gotta go throw the steaks on the BBQ and finish up dinner now. :D

Feel free to add your favorites and I'll also give you my picks for the winners at some point.


Well I got back from vacation for my son's 21st birthday just yesterday in Las Vegas and forgot to make my predictions, but I did talk to my DD on the drive home about who I though would win this year so here's what I said (Scouts Honor):

My favorites (in order): SC A's-Richardson, Corona Angels-Tyson and Beverly Bandits.

Dark horses (in order): OCBB-Stith, Texas Glory, Explosion-Denio and Birmingham TBolts.
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by Lone Staarr » Wed Jul 27, 2016 1:26 pm

FP dad i peaked! Lol!

Update...

Upset of the week BB Stith is in the losers bracket!

Losers bracket...
Tough 1-0 loss in the 7th by Glory to Firecrackers Rico.
Bandits
Corona Angels MT

Winners bracket...
Texas Blaze still riding momentum from TCS New York!
Firecrackers Rico are poised to make a good run, again. They have been there before!
SoCal Athletics talk about being there before! Probably the favorite to win it again!!!

Good luck to all. Go Texas Blaze! Glory!

Too bad Texas Bombers are playing down in the East Coast!
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by fastpitchdad05 » Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:07 pm

Lone Staarr wrote:FP dad i peaked! Lol!

Update...

Upset of the week BB Stith is in the losers bracket!

Losers bracket...
Tough 1-0 loss in the 7th by Glory to Firecrackers Rico.
Bandits
Corona Angels MT

Winners bracket...
Texas Blaze still riding momentum from TCS New York!
Firecrackers Rico are poised to make a good run, again. They have been there before!
SoCal Athletics talk about being there before! Probably the favorite to win it again!!!

Good luck to all. Go Texas Blaze! Glory!

Too bad Texas Bombers are playing down in the East Coast!


Hey Lone Staarr...OCBB-Stith 2 and 'cue! WOW!!! EDIT: They did win 1 game in the loser's bracket so my apologies for the misinformation. Still a highly unexpected result from the defending champs.

I felt they were vulnerable but never would have predicted this.

Watched my top pick have to go 11 scary innings to beat the OK Athletics yesterday and then they knocked my #3 team into the losers bracket in a close 3-2 victory.

Texas teams repping well. I actually watched quite a bit of the FC-Rico/Nor Cal BB game yesterday and quite frankly came away very unimpressed with FC. I don't expect them to finish Top 5, but they may prove me wrong.
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by Lone Staarr » Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:53 pm

FP,

I will agree with FC Rico but I feel they have a pretty winnable game tomorrow. If they win that i think they can finish top 3.

Top 3
FC Rico
Texas Blaze
SoCal Athletics with SoCal athletics winning it all.

Your team has a clear path to win it all and have all the momemtum.

Im pulling for Blaze to make history! Maybe they can pull some upsets and win it all!!! They won TCS in New York!

C'mon Texas! Bombers where are you... Barnstorming??!!
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