Recruiting out of state

[bracketologist]

I bet the So Cal teams will be happy to scout her during her visit so they know what approach to take and how to adjust to her at Nationals. You think the team she will be playing with wouldn't love to know more about their competition at Nationals? And it looks like someone has decided to be accommodating and give them a free shot at it. Sounds like an ego issue with either the girl's parents or coach (or both) to see if she can shut down some of the So Cal teams, at the expense of tipping your hand well in advance of Nationals. It will be easier for 6-8 or so teams at MDC that may end up at Nationals (FC98 and FC99 already have berths) to scout one player than it will be for this girl's parents/coach to scout the hitters for all those teams and remember how to pitch to them at Nationals. Heck, she wont even get a shot at Victory since they aren't in the MDC, but you can probably bet Victory will be out there in full force to scout her.

If she is very good in 12U - you could face her 10x and it won't help you at Nationals!

Didn't everyone say the same thing about facing the Power Surge & Jynx 96 pitchers over and over two years ago and Victory & LL 94 pitchers (four years ago) how many runs did all of the top So Cal (Corona Angels, Batbusters, Firecrackers etc.) teams put up on the board aganist them at Nationals in 12U or in 14U......... not enough to matter!

PS. Bracky's Scouting Report on - Lady Lasers pitcher: She throws up, she throws down, she throws slow all around! Currently lacks the big game endurance of the 96 (Power Surge/Jnyx) & 94 (Victory/LL) pitchers at the same age – speed is similar for all 5 pitchers at the same age.

I predict that she will give up more hits at MDC than at Nationals……. So don’t get to excited.

[BigDottie]

Everyone knows the top teams try to avoid one another for a reason. Just look at how few times the top teams have played each other this spring season. (this is just a guess)

Firecrackers 98 - Victory (1 game, FC wins 1-0)
Firecrackers 98 - Batbusters 98 (no games this spring? FC wins in fall turkey tourney)
Firecrackers 98 - Punishers (1 game, tie 0-0)
Firecrackers 98 - USA Athletics 98 (no games?)
Firecrackers 98 - Corona Angels 98 (no games?)

Victory - Batbusters 98 (1 game, 0-0 tie)
Victory - Punishers (no games?)
Victory - USA Athletics 98 (1 game, Victory wins 2-0)
Victory - Corona Angels 98 (1 game, Victory wins 10-1)

Batbusters 98 - Punishers (1 game, BB wins 2-0)
Batbusters 98 - USA Athletics 98 (no games?)
Batbusters 98 - Corona Angels 98 (no games this spring? tied in fall turkey tourney)

Corona Angels 98 - USA Athletics 98 (no games?)
Corona Angels 98 - Punishers (2 games, CA win 7-4, Punishers win 4-0)

[bracketologist]

Everyone knows the top teams try to avoid one another for a reason. Just look at how few times the top teams have played each other this spring season.

I do not think this is normal in 12U - yes the top teams this year have avoided each other but I can't remember a year with so much ducking each other.

In general in 12U I believed the 95's (CA, AH, OC-I, N-E, G-N etc), 96's (PS, J, FC, CR, CA etc) & 97's (TA, OCBB-R, OCBB-S, CA-L) took pride in playing each other!

Outside of Team Rawlings and Double Play, I will remember the 98's as “The year of the cupcake schedulers!” Boring, mind-numbing, lackluster, unexciting, dull, uninteresting, uninspiring etc…..……………

Heck this year my top 10 teams – have been “avoiding the 15-35 teams.”

Man – I hope the 99s bring back some backbone back to So Cal 12U softball, next year!

[Gone in 2.6]

Word on the street is that Firecrackers 98 is having a visiting player next weekend at the Mothers Day Classic tourney. Apparently, the # 1 pitcher from Lady Lasers is coming out to play for them. How about that one?

Guess maybe "Coach Beauty" is a better recruiter than coach?

I remember a So Cal gold team that had pitchers from Tennessee, Nor Cal and Washington State one fall. Must admit I haven't seen it in 12's much. Although didn't Leonard (Minors Gold) have a kid coming out from Michigan for a minute? Don't think it lasted though.

Seems kind of extreme, not from the Firecrackers side of it but for the kids travelling, for 12u youth ball.

[Heyall]

What is this "Word on the Street..." stuff??? I've never walked down the street and heard anyone EVER talking about softball at any level. And my family is about as heavily vested into the sport as one can get!

Whenever I read this phrase, I interpret it as "I want to start a discussion about this subject, but I'm not sure if anyone else gives a s***, so I'll try pretending I overheard someone else talking about it"

[fodder]

What is this "Word on the Street..." stuff??? I've never walked down the street and heard anyone EVER talking about softball at any level. And my family is about as heavily vested into the sport as one can get!

Whenever I read this phrase, I interpret it as "I want to start a discussion about this subject, but I'm not sure if anyone else gives a s***, so I'll try pretending I overheard someone else talking about it"

Actually a regular poster here pm'd me with that info... I wanted to start a discussion on it, but I wasn't sure if anyone else gave a sh*t (cause everyone here seems to give Firecrackers a free pass on everything!) , so I pretended I overheard someone else talking about it...

What are YOU trying to say?

[sofbal1234]

USA Athlethics, Punishers and Rawlings in negotiations with Scott Boras for rights to TPS-98 pitcher out of Houston. Corona Angels dropped out of the negotiations after taking a pitcher from Rawlings 2 weeks ago.

@BigDottie... Johnny is going to be SOOO surprised when he finds out he was in "negotiations" (as YOU put it) for a pitcher from Houston!!!??? You should get your facts straight before you go BLABBING your mouth about rumors that aren't true!!! Just sayin