by Heyall » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:05 pm
I had a chance to sit and watch some of the 14u games in Stockton the past two weekends and made some observations. There are only a couple of teams of note out there.
1) The Grapettes coach (pretty sure I know which one he is now) DOES talk a lot. Holy cow does he talk a lot, but you know what? Dude knows stuff. A lot of it is pretty common sense stuff, but literally after every play there he went, telling the girls what he saw and what they should be doing. In a 14-yr old world, that's pretty good for them!
2) Breeze '96 is pretty good. They darn near beat that Grapes team IMHO.
3) Valley Stompers had a team that could hit. Never saw them anywhere in rankings, but they definitely hit the ball and took it to the last two teams they played. They played 16's last week I think and looked good there too.
4) TNT is in dire need of some pitching. Some Big BIG girls on that team (and one little one that absolutely embarassed a runner at home with a HUGE throw out of RF in a 16u game) but if they don't find some pitching soon, they aren't going very far. They played 16's last week - dunno why?
5) Lady Magic looks like they are playing below their ability. Couldn't say where the problem is, but they lack energy at the very least.
6) AASA looked flat. There is a lot of talk about the org, but saw little. Maybe key players are hurt as mentioned? Dunno.
Otherwise, like someone said, there are a few that are looking in.
HEY!