10u ASA Nationals Bloomington, Indiana

[Geaux Gumm bow]

Juandoe ,
Can u rank the top ten teams u all saw at the nationals?

[Fastpitch4Life]

Juandoe ,
Can u rank the top ten teams u all saw at the nationals?

JD may disagree, but the nationals results is the final 10U ranking. Any other speculation is worthless. The scoreboard doesn't lie.

[juandoe]

I think what gummbow is trying to say. Who were the top 10 teams from outside California? You talk a lil funny gumm bow so I may have misunderstood you
There were so many great teams out there and on any given day these teams all beat each other. But if I had to pick 10 teams that I think really impressed.


Texas Bombers
Indiana Gators
Stingers Gold
Maryland Magic
Louisiana Rippers
Grand Slam
Texas Shock
Easton Elite Heat
TN Crusaders
Birmingham Thunderbolts


This is in NO PARTICULAR ORDER. I don't know who is the best. So I will let y'all figure out this mess

[Love the game]

I agree to disagree with the finish being the final ranking from Nationals. Anyone who was there know this tournament was fixed so the final 10 could have been different if so cal teams didn't have to play each other so early.
1. Firecrackers clearly earned this spot. Would love to play them again but these girls worked hard and played amazing. Congradulations firecrackers.
2. Gamers had a very tough road. I'll let you all judge our team
3. So Cal Athletics. Man these girls played so strong and there only loses came to Firecrackers and Gamers. Don't think anyone other then gamers or firecrackers would have beat them this week. Just an opinion

Now for out of state teams.
1. Lousiana Rippers- Love this team. From players to parents. They had bats and had 2 amazing pitchers. Easily a top ranked team. I think the strongest team outside of so cal
2. Easton Elite. Almost beat firecrackers and made one heck of a run before Gamers took them out. But a very strong all around team.
There were a few other teams that played very well. Heard a lot about Birmingham Thunderbults but they were knocked out before we had a chance to play them. Texas Shock, Texas Elite all played very strong. Only wish we had a chance to play a few other out of state teams but we got the luck of the draw and had to play most of the so cal teams. there were a few other good teams I just didn't get a chance to watch

That's my 2 cents and we the Gamers or now So Cal A's since we took on that name. wish all the teams luck as you all move on in 12's. We are honored to have met so many amazing athletes and family's. Thank you to all the teams who came back and cheered us on. Especially the Rippers for that amazing food you left us to BBQ.

BRIAN PILON Firefighter/Paramedic
Manager Gamers Academy 01
Brianpilon@me.com
951-219-0733

[juandoe]

3. So Cal Athletics. Man these girls played so strong and there only loses came to Firecrackers and Gamers. Don't think anyone other then gamers or firecrackers would have beat them this week. Just an opinion.

Athletics actually lost to Easton Elite Heat (GA) and Gamers Academy. A 5-0 deficit after the first inning really hurt them in the EEH game. They A's showed alot of heart in that game. They fought back to come within one run of tying the game at the end, but fell short. Great Run... A's

[softball wizard]

juandoe,
Can you give us a pre-season poll heading into 2012-2013 12u season? You can combine 2000 & 2001 or divide them..Perhaps a top 10 from each?

Thanks for all the research all year long~

Softball Wizard..
(He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.)..
Confucius,

[juandoe]

Doing any type of preseason poll right now would be a waste of time. With so many teams in 12's and all the roster changes that will take place. We won't know how good any 01 teams are till a couple months after tryouts are done and rosters are complete. It has been a fun year in 10's and I expect that all these great teams will continue to have great games against each other in 12's. I want to thank all the people who participated in the 3 polls throughout the year. Most people think this poll has been my opinion and my opinion only. What they don't know is my poll never matched up exactly with the final results in any of the 3 polls. With about 20 people participating in each poll, I feel you get the best ranking on where these teams actually stand. Some people have agreed with the rankings, others have PM'd me to know how clueless I am, and where their team should be ranked. One coach even put out his own biased rankings But I have never taken this poll too seriously, and neither should anyone else. It's just 10u. @ Softball Wiz- Bracky does a great job with 12u rankings and SoCal10udude should be SoCal12uDude by now They know what's up with the 00's and the 12u division.

[Fastpitch4Life]

I agree to disagree with the finish being the final ranking from Nationals. Anyone who was there know this tournament was fixed so the final 10 could have been different if so cal teams didn't have to play each other so early.
1. Firecrackers clearly earned this spot. Would love to play them again but these girls worked hard and played amazing. Congradulations firecrackers.
2. Gamers had a very tough road. I'll let you all judge our team
3. So Cal Athletics. Man these girls played so strong and there only loses came to Firecrackers and Gamers. Don't think anyone other then gamers or firecrackers would have beat them this week. Just an opinion

Now for out of state teams.
1. Lousiana Rippers- Love this team. From players to parents. They had bats and had 2 amazing pitchers. Easily a top ranked team. I think the strongest team outside of so cal
2. Easton Elite. Almost beat firecrackers and made one heck of a run before Gamers took them out. But a very strong all around team.
There were a few other teams that played very well. Heard a lot about Birmingham Thunderbults but they were knocked out before we had a chance to play them. Texas Shock, Texas Elite all played very strong. Only wish we had a chance to play a few other out of state teams but we got the luck of the draw and had to play most of the so cal teams. there were a few other good teams I just didn't get a chance to watch

That's my 2 cents and we the Gamers or now So Cal A's since we took on that name. wish all the teams luck as you all move on in 12's. We are honored to have met so many amazing athletes and family's. Thank you to all the teams who came back and cheered us on. Especially the Rippers for that amazing food you left us to BBQ.

BRIAN PILON Firefighter/Paramedic
Manager Gamers Academy 01
Brianpilon@me.com
951-219-0733

Yes, definitely will disagree with your assessment. The Angels, Mizuno, Power Surge and Breakers all played hard, too, some with very impressive come from behind wins. But, now that Gamers are So Cal Athletics, I get the politics in your post.

[Love the game]

No politics on my part. So cal athletics were the toughest team besides firecrackers we played. I also agree corona angels and Mizuno are great teams but as for the top three it had to be.
1. Firecrackers
2. Gamers

3?. So cal athletics- sorry about my mistake thinking they lost to firecrackers- did watch that game against elite and I personally think athletics lost because of a few poor choices (no comment), so I would still rank them 3. But Easton elite did beat them so that can be argued pretty easy

Sorry you don't like but being honest based on how we played all the teams.

As for 4 and 5 I couldn't say it was a so cal team like Mizuno, Corona Angels, Case or even Power surge. If the Rippers or easton elite played them it would have been a great game. Especially in elimination. Same with thunderbolts, Texas shock.

As for my top 3 out of state teams hard to be fair but in my opinion again based on how we played them
1. Rippers
2. Easton Elite
3. Texas shock

I only want to add thunderbolts because I heard from other so cal teams that they had a very strong team- we didn't play them so can't say for sure

If you don't like my little ranking, speak up and give your opinion. Let us know who you play for and how these teams looked when you played them. Just giving my honest 2 cents based on what I saw.

But the fact still remains So Cal once again went to nationals, were forced to play a completely fixed schedule and had umpires that favored local teams, and once again played very well. Even taking 1st and 2nd. As much as we battle each other all year, so cal supported each other all week. Player and coaches were cheering each other on no matter how we played each other earlier. This support helped carry our teams on to win and showed true sportsmanship for our young players. Congratulations to all So Cal Teams

Brian Pilon Firefighter/Paramedic
Manager Gamers 2001
Brianpilon@me.com

[Fastpitch4Life]

I already stated my opinion based upon the results of the nationals. All year long, the latest tournament performances were the basis for the subjective hey bucket rankings. Why would this be any different after the biggest tournament of the year? All the So Cal teams traveled a long way to show what they could do, and in my book it was mission accomplished. The best team won. The next best team came in second, etc. No disrespect to any team. That's just the way the tournament played out.