Memorial Day 2013

[Iluvblue]

Rainbow is Rainbow, off the beaten path for most, nice fields, where NSA teams have always played. If your from the area and want to get some work in against teams who are fielding rec ball teams, and want to save some gas, than i guess go make yourself feel good.


cmon... do you actually think about this before you post this?? I live 10 minutes from Rainbow, but we NEVER play Rainbow, but on occasion the people in Stockton use Rainbow as a location due to their tourney being so big. It wasnt that long ago when Dennis Gomes was using Rainbow for his Gold tourney in January. So your your little jab is stupid and uninformed.
This year the CV showcase used Rainbow and some of the best teams in norcal playing there, well, unless you consider the mighty Norcal Firecrackers rec ball and a team wed go play to make ourselves "feel better." .....

[GameTime23]

For the past 4 yrs as my kid is a 98...

ASA Lincoln has had the most competitive teams on Memorial Day, but there are many B ballers playing too.... bronze and silver team bracket.... That’s why you don't see very many after that tourney....

RR has been wack for yrs and straight up B Ball bronze tourney for 98's....

Don't see many top teams playing RR or going to 1st yr AASA 14's this year...Could see 14's playing AASA 16's for sure....

Lincoln 14's or playing up 16's have been the tourney to play in or make that trip So Cal if you are the BIG DOGG!!

[artomatic]

Tracy's fields at Sports Complex are not to shabby, wind blows like no tommorow but overall not to shabby. If I am Gold thats where I am going on that weekend. Does it smell, I guess Arto knows better than me

Ha, well, maybe not the city as much as the drive up the 99 to get there...
That's what I remember most about those drives on the 99, the different "smells" along the way.
And the Black Bear Diner in Tulare of course...

Stockton: We only played there once a couple of years ago, and I can't remember the name of the park.
The fields were surrounded by chain link fencing, so it looked like a prison.
You had to pay to get in, no coolers, then walk down about a 2' wide path to get to the stands, where you had to constantly watch out for foul balls or wear a helmet...
The pitching situation was pretty bad too, with giant troughs that between games the ground crew would fill in with basically talcum powder dirt, and by the 2nd inning, it was a trough again. I only noticed the pitching situation due to being a pitcher's dad .

Went to Sacramento twice in 12's, and I remember about ever half hour during tournaments, someone would run in and say cars were being broken into, and everyone would rush out to the parking lot to see if it was their car.
That was also the time and place that the dads from Campbell's team lost their mythical red cooler...

[outnlftfield]

just a rumor I heard out in nor cal softball land ..No Gold tourney playing in Tracy this memorial day.

[NatRx]

Hmm, this is from the AASA website http://www.allamericanteams.com/


"AASA Memorial Day Showcase...

AASA is again hosting this Memorial Day event. We have expanded to host 18G, 16U, 14U and 12U. The event will take place at the spacious Tracy Sports Complex and Northgate in Manteca. Game will be on Saturday and Sunday only...Enjoy the Monday Holiday with no games. This is a 5 game guarantee event. Entry fee is $435.00"



...you hear something that hasn't yet been updated on their website?

[funpolice]

So which way are teams leaning? I myself would like to stay local and save my money for a more meaningful trip.
The problem with RR Gold tournies is they are ran terribly and have not attracted much talent in any of their tournaments for some time. Cat was the only one there that seemed to care about taking care of needs or complaints, last year with her coaching she was spread too thin and now she is gone entirely. So what are they going to do differently this year to put on a better tournament? Will they pay a little more for better umpires? Will they actually pay someone to be a TD instead of having their coaches try to do it(while coaching their own teams in the tournament)? Honestly they need to step it up, I hope they do. They do offer a lot of games memorial weekend, it does come with a big price tag but I would be ok with that. I would like to hear from Bob on how he will fix things so the big name teams will come to Stockton, so the rest will follow. I'm sorry but 8 games guaranteed with 10 teams in it does not sound too appealing.

[Buzz1]

Played in an absolutely useless pgf showcase in manteca no scouts no pools nothing for the girls to win.
They should showcase the coaches just to see if they know what they are doing,many of them
Are trying to coach boys baseball and have no idea how to handle the female
Ego.it should be a requirement to attend at least 2 coaching clinics per coach.
Daddy ball is fine but sorry dads many you have average daughters.



P.s. manteca is a corn field with lights .

[FullCount]

Not sure why they called it a Showcase, probably because it was showcase format (??). Pretty much a friendly with a LOT of teams.

But you are incorrect... Heard Cal was there (in Tracy), along with at least 1 other school. So useless for those who do not do their homework ahead of time and Email those coaches they are in contact with so they know to come out & watch. Come on people, you can't expect to just enter a tourney labelled "showcase" and think they're gonna pour in & discover you. That's not how this recruiting thing typically works. Ya gotta do some legwork. Sounds like a couple girls did, and those coaches were there... for them.

[Old Darter]

Not sure why they called it a Showcase, probably because it was showcase format (??). Pretty much a friendly with a LOT of teams.

But you are incorrect... Heard Cal was there (in Tracy), along with at least 1 other school. So useless for those who do not do their homework ahead of time and Email those coaches they are in contact with so they know to come out & watch. Come on people, you can't expect to just enter a tourney labelled "showcase" and think they're gonna pour in & discover you. That's not how this recruiting thing typically works. Ya gotta do some legwork. Sounds like a couple girls did, and those coaches were there... for them.

I doubt Cal was there. The NCAA D1 schools are in a dark period until the end of the WCWS. Pretty sure D2 is still dark as well. Probably just someone wearing a jacket. Diane, John and Tammy are way to cautious to recruit during a dark period.

[FullCount]