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2013 GSL – MOJO Moneyball Madness preview!

 

2013 GSL MOJO Moneyball

 

Tournament Preview

 

March 22-24

MOJO “QUALIFER” HR DERBY

On Friday the 22nd we are having a Swing In HR Derby starting at
12:00 noon TIL 3PM.

Rules are as follows.
– First come first serve, sign up at table.
– cost is 20.00 – due at the plate when it's your turn
– one round per player
– 10 swings or 15 pitches- no more
– bring your own pitcher also, a few guys to help with shagging balls.
– last hitter is at 3:00 SHARP – regardless if you name is on sign up list.
– most HRs wins
– your FIRST HR will be measured for distance
– tie breakers will go to longest FIRST HR
– winner gets chance in BIG Derby at 7:00
– also gets Big Derby Gear and Yuengling
Cooperstown Bat Good Luck!

 

BATTLE FOR THE BELT !!
 

"The Big Hitters HR Derby"
 

Friday 7:00 PM live on SoftballCenter.com


GSL “OPEN” POOL PLAY

POOL A – Field #14
1) REDS                                      
2) STUCCO                                
3) TG/MOJO                             

POOL B – Field #15
1) PP&P
2) BULLSHIPPERS
3) COOPER

POOL C – Field #16
1) SKS                                       
2) PRI                                       
3) BELLA’S                              

POOL D – Field #17
1) TINGS MOVING / ORIOLES
2) TALGATERS / BOY’S
3) FLOORS UMLIMITED

Game Times for all pools:
3:00 – 1 VS 2
4:15 – 1 VS 3
5:30 – 2 VS 3

AFTER THE POOL PLAY ALL TEAMS WILL BE PLACED INTO AN ELIMINATION BRACKET ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORD!

WEATHER & TIME WILL DETERMINE SINGLE OR DOUBLE ELIM…..

Overall this looks like a solid A/B level pre-season tournament.  Games will be played on the all turf infields at the Berliner park in Columbus, Ohio.  Each team plays a two game flight starting at 3 PM eastern time.  The single or double elimination bracket will start at 7:30 PM and finish on Sunday.  

The HR Derby at 7 PM on Friday and games on the main field will be broadcast on SoftballCenter.com starting at 3 PM on Saturday.  I don't know whether we will be able to move the camera around to catch any of the other fields.  We will have to play it by ear.

The rosters are listed below and feature Reds Astros out of Indiana and the Canadian team Tings Orioles who has Border Battle players like Dave Boldt and an up and coming player Ron Nadalin.  The tournament also features Creative Stucco who has an all star team of top Conference players including Kyle Moyer, Kevin Filby, Chris Larsen, and GSL 'B' MVP Brandon Dillon.

On paper Creative Stucco should have the best shot at winning this tournament if they can go 2-0 in their pool play and they decide to play single elimination.  If they lose their opener to Red's in pool play and/or the tournament goes to double elimination then I think it will take a regular season rostered team to win the tournament like Reds, P&P, or Tings/Orioles.  We also have to remember how well Street Kids and Tailgaters played here in the GSL 'B' back in October and it looks like Pure Romance has beefed up their lineup some this year.  I'll take Reds Astros to win.  All Star teams like Stucco sometimes fall flat as they are not really playing for anything.  Although the 4 fields used for the open bracket are baseball fields and Stuccos power should be to their advantage.  At the very least most of these games should be good ones.

Rosters:

Red's Astros/Louisville Slugger/Creative Stucco/Dirty Sports
 Travis Dale
 Troy Krider
 Robert Roop
 Steve Kingsolver
 Clayton Shaw
 Justin Aldora
 Joshua Bowen
 Brian Farrar
 Douglas Martin
 Fred Lawson
 Dennis Buis
 Walter Maybrier
 Chad Mullins
 Ryan Joiner
 Cody Gilbert
 Rick Potter
 Jeffery Britton
 John Steele

Creative Stucco (OH) (A)
 Kevin Filby
 Chris Larsen
 Kyle Moyer
 Chris Moon
 Brian Blount
 Jason Ferguson
 Scotty Zaciewski
 Shane Spicer
 Steve Edwards
 Brandon Dillon
 Dave Kessler
 Shaul Illidge
 Colton Bloomfield

TG Brand.MOJO.Easton (MI)
 Adam Kaminski #15
 John Greer #11
 Andrew Knope #23
 Tim Miller #10
 Jeffery Payton #1
 Vince Bisbee #7
 Josh Masden #2
 Ryan Morrow #23
 DJ Hughes #8
 Kevin Carper #5
 Brian Snover #21
 Brian Lakes #4
 James Sparrow #37
 Ray Zielinski #55
 Will Tollison #24
 Justin Green #3

P&P 333/Suburban/Mojo/Easton (MI) (A)
 Josh Onstott
 Dave Andrus
 Brian Puckett
 Jake Stambazze
 Matt Rogers
 Joey King
 Archie Pemberton
 Kenny Geiersbach
 Micheal Ortiz
 Todd Fairbanks
 Kyle Yerkes
 John Zocco
 Ryan Lyster
 Matt Lavender
 Brandon Bongard
 Scott Hille
 Dustin Adkins
 Bryan Goins

Bullshippers/Worth (PA) (B)
 Justin Ayers
 Tommy Begonia
 Tommy Bilger
 Bobby Felmy
 Jordon Hildabrant
 Chad Hinkle
 Nick Moyer
 Mark Shaffer
 Paul Stanley
 Tracy Thomas
 Clair Traxler
 David Traxler
 Sean Ulmer

Cooper/Yuengling/Meridian/Easton (OH) (B)
 Justin Evans
 Matt Miller
 Danny Rickman
 Tyler Collins
 Jesse Solomon
 Rich Kohlbacher
 Chris Riddle
 Bryan Daniel
 Eric Heinrich
 Phil Watkins
 Josh Kristen
 Josh Martin
 Ryan West
 Adam Bailey
 Dave Potter
 Brian Ankney

Street Kids/Wildman Softball – (IN) (B)
 Tim Austin
 Nick Bishop
 Tony Hardiman
 Jeremy Hochstetler
 Joe Horvath
 Jason Jeffery
 John Krider
 Kevin Lewandowski
 Chad Marchand
 Scott Martin
 Todd Mase
 Faron Miller
 Terry Patesel
 Joe Peelle
 Newell Phebus
 Fred Schmucker
 Leland Schmucker
 Matt Sheehan
 TJ Jorgensen

Pure Romance/Chic's/Easton
 Brandon Bellamy
 Jimmy Carter
 Ben Cosgrove
 Mike Ditmer
 Steve Edwards
 Roger Drake
 Dan Feichtner
 Jason Gardner
 Everitt Hibbard
 Jon Jamison
 Ryan Noe
 Brad Reckart
 Terry Rosenbalm
 Rocky Staton
 Matt Tucker
 Sponsor – Nick Cicchinelli
 Sponsor – Shirts and Logos
 Sponsor – Easton
 Coach/Sponsor – Mike Foulks

Bellas
 Larry McCoy
 Mike Malesko
 Tito Workman
 Eric Workman
 Corey Moore
 Anthony Mattix
 Doug Shaneyfelt
 Ian Craze
 Chris Hoffer
 Mike Beckett
 Jason Slack
 Scott Carr
 Brook Crawford
 Ryan Disbennett

Tings/HR Sports/Orioles (Canada) (A)
 Wayne Parent         
 James Kelly         
 Ivan Payne         
 Wayne Harris         
 Scott Lee         
 Al Blais         
 Todd Cadenhead         
 Ron Nadalin         
 Jeff Falardeau         
 Brad Rankin         
 Ryan Wood         
 Chapp;e John         
 Rob Lewicki         
 Rob Sich         
 Don Luchkow         
 Darrin Smith         
 Chad Robinson

Tailgaters/Boys (PA) (B)
 Eric Marshall
 Jonathan Sullivan
 Jonathan Dombrowski
 Zach Messer
 Don Schreckengost
 Kenny Balderson
 Chris Miller
 Lawrence Wolf
 Tim Sheeler
 Bill Lewis
 Doug Kosmerl
 Justin Bishop
 Bradley Mcconnachie
 Jesse Young
 Michael Dzanaj

Floors Unlimited (IN) (B)
 Gregg Henry
 Dave Lepper
 Dave Rainbolt
 Brian Spenn
 Bryan Robertson
 Brett Robertson
 Justin Harrison
 Josh Ulrey
 Dave Lykens
 Todd Mazzier
 Dave Beigh
 Josh Bowman
 Jon Bennett
 Drew Crum
 Dan Fields

GSL RULES:

MOJO TOURNAMENT BALL PROCEDURE

EACH TEAM WILL RECEIVE THEIR TRUMP (ASA STAMPED ONLY 44/375) BALL WHEN THEY CHECK IN BEFORE THERE 1ST SCHEDULED GAME…

IF TEAMS NEED ADDITIONAL BALLS THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON-SITE DURING THE TOURNAMENT 3 BALLS FOR $10 OR 12 BALLS FOR $40….

SEE BELOW FOR DIVISIONAL BREAKDOWN….

CLASS “E”  – 3 BALLS

CLASS “D” – 4 BALLS

CLASS “C” – 6 BALLS

“OPEN” CLASS – 12 BALLS


Classification Homerun Limit:

 ( A ) DHH + eight ( over the fence home runs then all other over the fence home runs are
outs

 ( B ) DHH + six (6) over the fence home runs then all other over the fence home runs are
outs
 ( C ) DHH + four (4) over the fence home runs then all other over the fence home runs are
outs
 ( D ) DHH + two (2) over the fence home runs then all other over the fence home runs are
outs

BASE BURNER IS GONE:

Teams may use a courtesy runner every inning and the courtesy runner may be ANYONE
on the roster. The courtesy runner may be used unlimited times for one player per inning.
If the courtesy runner is on base and comes to bat, an out will be taken for that spot in the
order. There will be no substitution for a courtesy runner. Courtesy runners must be in
uniform.

Run rules for all GSL play are as follows: (3rd inning/4th inning/5th inning)                                                     
– 20 runs after 3 innings, 15 runs after 4 innings, 10 runs after 5 innings
 Classes “C” and “D” – 20 runs after 3 innings, 15 runs after 4 innings, 12 runs after 5
innings
 Class “B” – 20 runs after 3 innings, 17 runs after 4 innings, 15 runs after 5 innings
 Class “A” – 25 runs after 3 innings, 20 runs after 4 innings, 17 runs after 5 innings

Faking/Juking/"Magic" is allowed in all GSL tournament play.

 

 

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