PitchersDad99 wrote:Tenshun,
You are correct in saying the top finishers were ranked by you previously and your ranking is fairly accurate. I never said the teams weren't good. I am still a little skeptical of the Grapettes NW squad, I don't think you would give another team playing USSSA tournaments such respect. That being said the teams you have 1,2 & 3 are very good and should be there.
The team that gave me the most surprise and that I enjoyed watching was the Breeze99 squad. They should have turned some heads with their play in Fresno. Maybe won't be there this year, but if they stay together they will show up in your rankings next year for sure.
An under the radar team to watch is the Brentwood Lady Blast Foisy, with a second pitcher they could do good things.
Breeze 99 is a good team and definitely a top 5 Norcal 99 team. Looks like they performed very good on Sunday and even beat a very game Socal Corona Angels 99.
It's very difficult for a young 12s team to make it in Tenshuns top 10. The older girls just have too many physical advantages in this age group. Just watch how much bigger the 99s will be in a year and you'll know what I mean.
I'm being too generous to Grapes SN? lol (you should see my hate mail)! True, they haven't done much since they lost a few players, but I wanted to give the team a chance to adjust before we know how they've held up. Maybe they'll move back up the ranking or maybe they'll move down... and USSSA? Cut the team some slack, they just lost some major players and probably needed to get a feel for how the team looked.
I don't know much about Lady Blast, but I'll keep my eye out for them. Someone else mentioned Lady Hawks were looking good...Haven't seen them lately but they did look pretty good last time I saw them. I just love getting the scoop on these under reported teams... Always looking to add the next up and comer to the TDBFR.
-Tenshun
