2015 USSSA B World tournament preview!
USSSA 'B' World Tournament
August 21-23
Tournament Preview
2015 USSSA 'B' World Bracket Link
2015 USSSA 'B' World Team List Link
The 2015 USSSA 'B' World Tournament will be played this coming weekend in Florida at the Fortune Road Softball Complex. The tournament features 30 teams over all about 12 of which have a legitimate chance of winning. The favored teams are #1 seeded OC Swats Doerflinger/Miken/LCP from southern California and #2 seeded TG Brand from Michigan. As always when teams play at Fortune Road there are usually 2 to 3 teams no one expects to do well that make it to the Sunday final 4. B&B Sears was the surprise 2nd place team in 2013, Westshore Pizza and Jolt from Florida made it into the final 4 in 2012, and a non-conference 1st Step/DCS made it to the finals in 2011. Last year a 'C' team from Georgia called New Era finished 9th. Tradition shows that teams with twice as many wins in the 'B' division as losses are usually the teams that have a chance to win. Those teams this year would be OC Swats, Encompass, Pure Romance, and Broughton. It is interesting though that all of the 'B' teams in the 'B' Worlds this year have pretty good winning percentages in the division.
Can OC Swats "travel"? Can TG Brand play on Sundays? Who will wilt in the heat? Will power or defense win?
I will send my picks into the pickem but won't post them here as teams don't like that.
Team Breakdown
2015: 30 Teams, 22 'B', 8 'C'
2014: 31 Teams, 27 'B', 4 'C'
2013: 31 Teams, 25 'B', 6 'C'
2012: 27 Teams, 24 'B', 3 'C'
2011: 27 Teams, 24 'B', 3 'C'
2010: 26 Teams, 22 'B', 4 'C'
2009: 30 Teams, 21 'B', 7 'C', 2 'D'
Note: I will have the chat room running here on SoftballCenter.com from 3 PM eastern time Friday through the championship game on Sunday!
The USSSALive.com livestream of all four fields will be here.
TheOldScout.com poll on who would win
Fortune Road Field Dimensions
310-325-325-325-310
– Fortune Road Softball Complex features 4 fields with 310-325-325-325-310 foot homerun fences.
– Infields are slightly small in size forcing infielders that play deep to have to contend with the lip of the grass/dirt on grounders.
– The Dudley Classic M ZN ball doesn't normally carry well during the heat of the day at Fortune Road.
– The USSSA 'B' division plays with a 6 HR limit
Weekend Weather
2014 USSSA 'B' World tournament report link
2013 USSSA 'B' World tournament report link
2012 USSSA 'B' World tournament report link
2011 USSSA 'B' World tournament report link
2010 USSSA 'B' World tournament report link
Past USSSA 'B' World Champs
2014 USSSA 'B' World Tournament Champions – Precision/Easton
2013 USSSA 'B' World Tournament Champions – Chaps/BWW/Buzini from Mississippi
2012 USSSA 'B' World Tournament Champions – Down2EarthSports.com/SBC/Worth out of Baxley, Georgia
2011 USSSA 'B' World Tournament Champions – Blitz/Weller/Watanabe/MAB/Easton out of Cincinnati, Ohio
AJS/Easton/Supreme/Mike Foulks/Mojo, the 2010 'B' World Champs
Northwest Combat, the 2009 'B' World Champs, from Seattle, Washington
Past tournament results
2014 'B' World Results
1 IL – Precision/Easton
2 MN – Xtreme/Miken
3 WY – Sonny's
4 OH – Pure Romance/Chics/Headlines/Easton
2012 'B' World Results
1 GA – Down2earthsports.com/sbc/worth
2 MS – Buzinisports.com/bww/worth
3 FL – Westshore pizza/tps
4 FL – Jolt
2011 'B' World Results
1 OH – Blitz/weller/watanabe/mab/easton
2 FL – 1st Step/ DCS
3 WA – Doerflinger/tsc/pro-coat/combat
4 GA – Down2earthsports.com/worth
2010 'B' World Results
1 FL – AJS/easton/supreme/mike foulks/mojo
2 CA – FamousSports.com/Easton
3 UT – Desert Falls/Elite/Miken
4 MO – Hub's Pub
2009 'B' World Results
1 WA – Northwest combat / trojans
2 OH – blitz/watanabe/weller/minges/easton
3 CA – WCS / LCV berth
4 AR – Fence brokers/illustrated sportswea
2008 'B' World Results
1 MI – Team Bud Light/Easton
2 MD – ANGLE INN EASTON
3 CA – WCS/LCV
4 AZ – ATS/EASTON
2007 'B' World Results
1 MN – Showcase/j & h/chanticlear/combat
2 ID – C-town/americanfund./redrock/easton
3 MD – Angle Inn / Easton
4 AZ – ATS/Easton Softball
2006 'B' World Results
1 MD – ABS/TEAM LTP/EASTON
2 IL – KA Softball/Worth
3 MS – SPORTS CENTER WORTH
4 MN – Tangletown/PSI/Worth
2005 'B' World Results
1 FL – Kirby Investments
2 MN – Showcase/chanticlear pizza/tps
3 WA – Dobbs & fox/nw climate controls/gat
4 OH – James s. arnold/freeze concrete
2004 'B' World Results
1 CA – K&C DRYWALL
2 IL – KA Softball
3 CA – BMA/all star academy/worth
4 MA – Laser Vision/Easton/3N2
2003 'B' World Results
1 NV – MCA/EASTON
2 CA – JOHNNY BLAZE
3 OH – EMR/Worth Softball
4 FL – Team Synergy by Easton
2002 'B' World Results
1 NV – MARNELL CORRAO / MIZUNO
2 MN – M.T. Crew/Mizuno
3 NM – Silva's Softball / Miken
4 MI – NAIL DRIVER Softball
2001 'B' World Results
1 MI – PDC Printing/Cals
2 NV – DRAI'S AFTER HOURS
3 MN – O & S CATTLE/MIZUNO
4 NV – Marnell corrao / s c / mizuno
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I would not count out 2 or 3 of these local C teams this weekend especially Reebok and HB Sports.. Beckham Brothers has some veteran conference experience too with Malloy and Langford.
Watch for RDD to be surprise team of tournament winning thwireless first two games. Lot of vets on the team. Believe they have 3 or former Checking players including the pitcher Mike Verbasco.