TShark wrote:Should be a good weekend of softball. Cant wait to see how it all unfolds. Heading out right now. See you people in the dirt in San Diego. (#39 and fading(hahahaha) is out)
, My DD is already down in SAN DIEGO ready to go. Me and LITTLE MOMMA finally get a date night 
and will meet up at the fields in the morning. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE, and lets hope for NO serious injuries as our girls play their hearts out this weekend, say safe and LETS DO THIS. 
Weather is awesome down here right now, 77 degrees and sunny. Hurry down and lets play ball! Have a safe trip and most of all, have fun. See you on the field.TheCloser wrote:It's nice to see a new team on top.
I guess Punishers can feel the pressure of being the hunted instead of the hunter. It's a different mindset. FC 98 and Victory play with that pressure every weekend. I think between them they have 3 losses against 12u teams this year. Nats is double elimination.
No pressure on Victory, those girls expect to win every time out. I'm sure Mark "The Unabomber" Campbell will have something up his sleeve from hiding out in that cabin.
FC98, Sean "Beauty" Brashear has to recruit some more players, I mean moms.
coachEd wrote:With Brackey’s latest coaches rankings, here is a snap-shot of the rankings for the State brackets. Four teams from each of the top and bottom part of the bracket will get a berth.
Top part of bracket
4 – BB98
14 – Sun Devils
15 – Cruisers
17 – Choppers (Vannoy)
18 – Mizuno Pride
19 – SD Aztecs
20 – AAs 98
22 – So Cal A’s
24 – American Pastime
25 – AAs 99
30 – Eliminators 99
31 – Gamers Academy 98
34 – Teamsmith
39 – Minors Gold 98
41 – TNL
47 - USA A’s (Medina)
48 – Powersurge 98
Plus 9 teams not ranked in the top 50
Bottom part of bracket
2 – Punishers
3 – Victory
5 – Rawlings
6 – Breakers (Sieber)
7 – USA A’s (Berouty)
8 – Double Play
9 – Choppers –Black
11 – Corona Angels 98
12 – OCBB –Briggs
13 – Strikeforce 98
16 – Nemesis 98
21 – Madness
23 – Combat Panterhs
26 – Hurricanes 98
29 – Eliminators 98
32 – Jynx 99
33 – OC Banzai
35 – Breakers (Williams)
36 – Powersurge 99
37 – Stealth
39 – Sudden Impact 98
42 – Corona Angels 99
43 – Cal Lite
46 – Team Anderson 99
Plus 3 teams not ranked in the top 50
Can anyone recall there ever being a more lopsided bracket than this year? Not only are there only 3 teams in among the top 15 in the top part of the bracket vs. 10 top 15 teams in the bottom, but also the disparity between 9 unranked teams in the top vs. 3 in the bottom.
Bracky, where are you? Oh well, looks like the $800 insurance policy is going to pay off. Good luck in the Disney Citrus Qualifier with two teams in it and two births! Kinda hard to choke there.
TheCloser wrote:Brackey, you're right, the 12U national champion may just be the product of a good draw. I'd still place my bets with FC 98 and Victory. In a double elimination format it's still going to be tough to beat them twice in a tourney.
We all knew Batbusters would walk into the finals and they did. Victory had a slightly more difficult path but had no close games. Their biggest test leading up to the final were Team Rawlings (7-0) and Batbusters Briggs (9-0).
Punishers, Breakers Sieber, and USA Berouty have to be the biggest disappointments of the tournament.
