Minnesota Thread
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Scunions22
Coach
Nasty Boys/OCC finishes 3rd in owatonna
Carney Boys vs New Breed/Gorillas in ship. Both of these teams won D last year at Owatonna and Faribault.
New Breed walked off Carney.
Just funny that some of these teams have stayed in D in their states. Main Pub who won Wisconsin D state last year, doesnt get bumped.
Does Pfeffer call out other state directors or say anything at all?
Carney Boys vs New Breed/Gorillas in ship. Both of these teams won D last year at Owatonna and Faribault.
New Breed walked off Carney.
Just funny that some of these teams have stayed in D in their states. Main Pub who won Wisconsin D state last year, doesnt get bumped.
Does Pfeffer call out other state directors or say anything at all?
Maximus Decimus
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We scored 21 runs a game and went 1 & 2..... found some fun ways to lose. ..... ie walking 8 guys in the bottom of the 7th.
Maximus Decimus
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Nope. We knew pitching was an issue for us. Everyone we found willing to play with us had a C card and couldn't get the 1 appeal we needed to make it work or cut a guy. So far it seems we made the wrong choice.
Owatonna looks like it finished
1) New Breed/Gorillaz - back to back champs (they won faribault last year I believe)
2) Carney
3) OCC/Nasty Boys
We went to 9 innings last night against OCC. Lost 22-21. We were down 7 going to top 6, scored 9 to take the lead, they scored 2 to tie bottom 6. We scored 3 in top 7, they scored 3 in bottom 7 (two out, two run double). We scored 2 top 8, they scored two bottom 8 (walked in the tying run after intentionally walking a guy who had been killing it for them to get to the bottom of the order). We went down in order in top 9, they got the leadoff guy on, pinch ran for him, tagged to second on a deep fly ball, and a two out single scored him. Was a great game. Bummer we couldn't pull it out. We had just beat Reapers 22-15 and a bunch of our guys are good friends with their team. Felt like we had a bit of an emotional letdown early on in the game against OCC. We didn't start really hitting until the 4th inning (we were down like 7-2 going into the 4th). Ended up tying it up in top 5 before they scored 7 to take the lead temporarily. They had a very good young squad. Lots of speed, really good defense. I think they made one error in 9 innings. Maybe two?
We put up 67 runs in 3 games on Saturday and 5 this morning in a 7-5 loss to knock us out.
Just couldn't get the big two out hits when we needed them today. Had tying run on 1st in bottom 7 and our ten hitter GIDP to end it. Was another good battle but frustrating knowing we had a HR left and wind blowing out if we could roll it back over to the top of the lineup.
1) New Breed/Gorillaz - back to back champs (they won faribault last year I believe)
2) Carney
3) OCC/Nasty Boys
We went to 9 innings last night against OCC. Lost 22-21. We were down 7 going to top 6, scored 9 to take the lead, they scored 2 to tie bottom 6. We scored 3 in top 7, they scored 3 in bottom 7 (two out, two run double). We scored 2 top 8, they scored two bottom 8 (walked in the tying run after intentionally walking a guy who had been killing it for them to get to the bottom of the order). We went down in order in top 9, they got the leadoff guy on, pinch ran for him, tagged to second on a deep fly ball, and a two out single scored him. Was a great game. Bummer we couldn't pull it out. We had just beat Reapers 22-15 and a bunch of our guys are good friends with their team. Felt like we had a bit of an emotional letdown early on in the game against OCC. We didn't start really hitting until the 4th inning (we were down like 7-2 going into the 4th). Ended up tying it up in top 5 before they scored 7 to take the lead temporarily. They had a very good young squad. Lots of speed, really good defense. I think they made one error in 9 innings. Maybe two?
We put up 67 runs in 3 games on Saturday and 5 this morning in a 7-5 loss to knock us out.
Just couldn't get the big two out hits when we needed them today. Had tying run on 1st in bottom 7 and our ten hitter GIDP to end it. Was another good battle but frustrating knowing we had a HR left and wind blowing out if we could roll it back over to the top of the lineup.Saw somebody comment not to let Kenny umpire anymore and laughed. I have to assume they mean Kenny 2-step.
It wasn't terribly windy but there were some decent gusts at times. I'd guess probably 5-10mph was the consistent breeze, at least where we played. At times it gusted up in our games and caused some issues for both pitchers.
I would guess no. But I don't know how much pull he'd have with that. It seems like it would be more up to a national board to make get on those states to be more assertive about bumps.
Seems odd to me that teams can win their state tournament and not get bumped but I can't get an appeal down to D+ after I got bumped for having 0 at bats and 0 innings played for The Crew at nationals last year. At least I got an unforgettable vacation to beautiful Fargo, ND and lots of BP in for my bump
Scunions22
Coach
I would guess no. But I don't know how much pull he'd have with that. It seems like it would be more up to a national board to make get on those states to be more assertive about bumps.
Seems odd to me that teams can win their state tournament and not get bumped but I can't get an appeal down to D+ after I got bumped for having 0 at bats and 0 innings played for The Crew at nationals last year. At least I got an unforgettable vacation to beautiful Fargo, ND and lots of BP in for my bump
Dont believe carney boys even played in their state tourney or nationals either. I mean it is what it is here, but I'll stand by my comment of Minnesota will only have slim to none chances of winning something big.
Yoke
Too sweeeeeeeet
Lots of tournaments to choose from this weekend gives us lots to get results from. Makes it a little more fun.
Here are this weeks results:
JMac612 (Blueline) - 39
Maximus Decimus (Pollyanna) - 34
Chembry (Horsemen) - 31
Beauner (The Unknown) - 28
Scunions22 (On1) - 28
thelastsamurai (M&M) - 28
MNBaller (Dewey's) - 27
Larsl10 (Precision) - 27
BL19 (Precision) - 26
Yoke (Horsemen) - 26
TSFingRocks - 25
Bell44 (Silverbacks) - 24
Sjoquist (Outdoorsmen) - 19
Are there any tournaments this weekend besides the Myrtle Beach conference tourney? If we can find another one by Wednesday night, we should add it. Hard to add late in the week.
Picks game rules: http://forums.softballfans.com/threads/minnesota-thread-2018.1428975/page-136#post-18983602
Here are this weeks results:
JMac612 (Blueline) - 39
Maximus Decimus (Pollyanna) - 34
Chembry (Horsemen) - 31
Beauner (The Unknown) - 28
Scunions22 (On1) - 28
thelastsamurai (M&M) - 28
MNBaller (Dewey's) - 27
Larsl10 (Precision) - 27
BL19 (Precision) - 26
Yoke (Horsemen) - 26
TSFingRocks - 25
Bell44 (Silverbacks) - 24
Sjoquist (Outdoorsmen) - 19
Are there any tournaments this weekend besides the Myrtle Beach conference tourney? If we can find another one by Wednesday night, we should add it. Hard to add late in the week.
Picks game rules: http://forums.softballfans.com/threads/minnesota-thread-2018.1428975/page-136#post-18983602
ming01
DMVWinning
I would guess no. But I don't know how much pull he'd have with that. It seems like it would be more up to a national board to make get on those states to be more assertive about bumps.
Seems odd to me that teams can win their state tournament and not get bumped but I can't get an appeal down to D+ after I got bumped for having 0 at bats and 0 innings played for The Crew at nationals last year. At least I got an unforgettable vacation to beautiful Fargo, ND and lots of BP in for my bump
Just dont come here outside of June-Sept
Maximus Decimus
Slap Hands!
My in laws do a feburary get together every year... usually pretty sketchy driving up for the weekend.
Yoke
Too sweeeeeeeet
Until state was up in Moorhead a few years back, I had only been up there in the winter time for hockey tournaments.
We were doing it wrong.
sjoquist43
Addicted to Softballfans
I have to say it was really fun playing open this weekend, he just needed to hit a lot better. Made it to play all 7 vs. Monsta, we were beating Ductech until the 7th. We needed to hit better, and need more power. Defense was spot on. Overall a great experience!
Should pick up some of those Carney boys.. they hit 12 hro's against us and 15 the game b4 we played them..
Yoke
Too sweeeeeeeet
That's insane.
Maximus Decimus
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B utrip guys. They smash it.
bstark28
Starting Player
Someone is lining up a few future Dewey's pick-ups.....BC's spot may be in jeopardy.
sjoquist43
Addicted to Softballfans
Wow, that's crazy!! So they made 4 innings worth of outs one game, and 5 innings worth the other?
Yup.. and the ball they kept in were crushed too.. it was crazy and they were still winning
EAJuggalo
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That's what I assume as well. When Terry, Mark, Scotty and Kevin are all umping out of state. There aren't too many guys left that are good tournament umps on the south side. I assume Ellenz was down at Corky's somewhere.
Yoke
Too sweeeeeeeet
Myrtle Beach bracket: http://www.usssa.com/slowpitch/even...=111&divisionID=1959903&bnp=1&bf=1&isWinner=1
Maximus Decimus
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Myrtle: TDB
That was me. And yes it was. He is the absolute worst.
Maximus Decimus
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I remember when he was one of my favorites. The bigger name teams would always piss him off so I'd be nice and he'd definitely help us out
I wouldn’t care so much if he would just be more consistent. Guy is all over the place.
By far the worst ump I've ever had. We're pretty lucky to have some great umpires in MN (although one moved to will still comes back to MN for a couple tournaments a year-- EAJuggalo). Guys who are easy to talk to, hustle out to get into position for the calls, know the rulebook, and generally seem to be out there because they enjoy umpiring.
Kenny is not one of them.