NorCal 10u Teams

[Turret94]

1- Smackers The new #1 team having beat the Breeze and KG last weekend. This team has been improving rapidly!

2- KG Hitters Strong hitting and very strong pitchers.

3- Breeze Been faultering lately. Internal problems?

4- OBS Monarchs Strong #1 pitcher. Primarily '03 team. Was not seen in Fresno but beat Spartans 5-0 in championship game this weekend.

5- Lady Spartans A well balanced team. Won consistently last year. Went 0-4 in Fresno for a very disappointing weekend and lost to Monarchs this past weekend.

6- Foothill Gold Good hitting older team. Seem to be a strong team but cant get over the hump.

7- Dirt Dogs Solid team and getting better each week.

8- Fresno Force #1 pitcher makes the team strong; average team otherwise.

9- Fired up Haven't been playing lately but good showing.

10-Bears A young well coached team with strong hitting.

[thirdbase1301]

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[lockdown]

Great Memorial Day tourney this weekend!

[FORCE10UDAD]

Team hoppers? We lost 3 coaches and 2 players have one out on injury,yes we picked up 2 new players to replace the 2 that left. Team hoppers I don't see that. The ca breeze are legit as well as KG & smackers . We were beat by both on one day & won on another! By reading the previous post I would have to say your a breeze parent or coach? That's great your the king of "your" block! Don't see you doing it on the other side of the state. Seen Kg & smackers giving it a go though. Yes today was ca breeze day they played very well and deserve their props!

[Iluvblue]

Don't see you doing it on the other side of the state.



Who cares. You are comparing apples to oranges. Things are different, and a team up here can only deal the hand they are played. Just COMMON sense alone should make you understand that having 20 times the number of kids playing in one concentrated area heavily tips the scales. Doesnt mean norcal cant compete, they do every year, but as a whole.... nope. dont minimize a teams ability by always falling back to... well, you cant beat them!!!!

[FORCE10UDAD]

Obviously someone didn't want to stand behind their comments! I'm glad to see you edited the non sense off of here.

[Bean Counter]

10U Rankings based on the five ASA Tournaments played so far in Nor Cal

1. California Breeze - 5 Tournaments entered with 27-3-1 record
4 Tournament Championships

2. KG Hitters - 4 Tournaments entered with 20-4-1 record
1 Tournament Championship and 2 Runner Ups

3. Fresno Force - 3 Tournaments entered with 14-4 record
1 Runner Up finish

4. Nor Cal Smackers - 4 Tournaments entered with 15-6 record
1 Runner Up finish

5. Lady Spartans - 4 Tournaments entered with 13-8-1 record

6. OBS Monarchs - 4 Tournaments entered with 9-9-2 record
1 Runner Up Finish

7. Bears - 2 Tournaments entered with 5-6 record

8. Foothill Gold - 3 Tournaments entered with 6-9-1 record

9. Salinas Storm - 3 Tournaments entered with 5-10 record

10. Team California - 4 Tournaments entered with 4-15 record

[Turret94]

Updated Rankings

1- Breeze Bounced back after taking a few weeks off.

2- KG Hitters Strong hitting and very strong pitchers.

3- Fresno Force #1 pitcher makes the team strong. Good showing in last tournament.

4- Smackers Very balanced team. Dropped from #1 spot losing to the Fresno Force.

5- OBS Monarchs Strong pitching. Primarily '03 team. Beat Spartans 5-0 in championship game recently.

6- Lady Spartans A well balanced team. Won consistently last year. Went 0-4 in Fresno for a very disappointing weekend.

7- Foothill Gold Good hitting older team. Seem to be a strong team but cant get over the hump.

8- Lady Venom - Strong pitching!

9- Dirt Dogs Solid team and getting better each week.

10- Salinas Storm - Big improvement this past weekend.

[HangingCurve]

Realistic Rankings

This is really pretty simple.

1 - California Breeze 02
2 - KG Hitters

3 through 10 - Everyone else that has been losing to the Breeze and KG.

One could try and make a case for separating out anyone from this group that actually won a tournament, i.e. Monarchs (RR Gold and Grapettes tourney wins), Foothill Gold (ASA tourney win in March), but it is clear that the Breeze and KG Hitters are the top 2 teams in NorCal 10U. They've beaten everyone in the area decisively and should be the top 2 teams to represent NorCal come Triple Crown WS/Western Nationals/Nationals or wherever they end up going at the end of the season.

[Watermanhouse]

Realistic Rankings

This is really pretty simple.

1 - California Breeze 02
2 - KG Hitters

3 through 10 - Everyone else that has been losing to the Breeze and KG.

One could try and make a case for separating out anyone from this group that actually won a tournament, i.e. Monarchs (RR Gold and Grapettes tourney wins), Foothill Gold (ASA tourney win in March), but it is clear that the Breeze and KG Hitters are the top 2 teams in NorCal 10U. They've beaten everyone in the area decisively and should be the top 2 teams to represent NorCal come Triple Crown WS/Western Nationals/Nationals or wherever they end up going at the end of the season.

Couldn't agree more! Anyone after 1 or 2 are good teams, and some days might be very good teams. I've seen all of the teams ranked and many very good teams that are not ranked . What I see is the most is "Big Fish small pound". Look outside of Sacramento ASA tourneys...at 10U good teams don't have to wear a big name across their chest to be good. As the ranking are right now, all you have to do to be ranked is show up and play ASA in Sacramento. There really isn't a big difference past #3 in the rankings, which is why they change so much week to week. They are all 10U and have a lot of growing and normal growing pains to go through.

At 10U, what do you consider good pitching? Someone with average speed or above that is throwing strikes? Speed? Spin or hitting their spots? I've seen many of these teams number 1's and they really aren't that strong (despite the strong pitcher comments in the team ranking) .... they're 10 - great days, good days and bad. Many of these teams with "Good pitchers" are not lights out and have been beat by little no name teams outside of Sacramento.

There is a lot of talent in 10U and it will be and exciting season to watch all of them grow and develop. At 10U, many of the parents and teams goal is not to go to Triple Crown/Nationals/Western Nationals but to grow and develop to be ready for 12U. Which can be accomplished through practice and facing good competition. It doesn't have to be done in Sacramento.