2017 USSSA Cincinnati Major tournament preview!
18th Annual
Cincinnati Major
Nationwide Conference USSSA!
July 14-16
Tournament Preview
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The Cincinnati Major is this Friday through Sunday at the Mid America Ballyard in Cincinnati, Ohio. The games start on Friday at 5:00 PM eastern time with 36 teams total, 25 from the Nationwide Conference USSSA, 5 of which are Major teams, and 9 of which are 'AA' team. This is a stacked field of teams that rivals that of last weekends Smoky Mountain Classic! There should be some great softball played with what looks to be good weather especially on Saturday and Sunday. The great matchups start early in this tournament with Killbombers and JBL/Tailgaters at 6:15 PM, Pure Sports and Primetime at 7:30 PM Friday, Bad Draw vs Premier at 8:45 PM, and TDB/TMSports vs TG Brand at 10:00 PM. Then on Saturday beginning at 9:30 AM through the end of the tournament it should be one great game after another until the end of the event on the main fields. They have scheduled the 4 quarterfinal games one after the other (Smoky style) on the main field starting at high noon!
Livestreaming: The internet reception at the Mid America Ballyard is the worst in the Conference because the park sits at the bottom of a mountain. So livestreaming will be attempted but the goal is to get field #1 working and the other fields are not a priority. Sorry. Thats just the way its always been there. The quality of the stream will also be very low. This is a tournament where you will want to jump in the car and check it out in person as the park has so much shade you can watch all 4 fields from the comfort of your chair and enjoy some cold beverages while you do so.
USSSALive.com Livestream Link (if it works)
Team Breakdown:
36 Teams Overall
25 Nationwide Conference USSSA Teams
5 Major Teams
9 'AA' Teams
5 'A' Teams
9 'B' Teams
8 'C' Teams
Shea Nations Cincy picks!
This weekend the Cincinnati major has 25 Nationwide Conference USSSA teams in attendance with 5 major, 9 AA, 5 A, 3 B and 11 local teams playing. The Conference USSSA point leader and #1 overall seed Smash It/Miken/Worth is the favorite to win. The other teams looking to upset the favorite are: Resmondo/O.A. Apparel/H.Auto/Special; Dan Smith/Menosse; Newbreed/GTS/Demarini or SIS/Thunder/Miken/Worth/Louisville.
Predictions: With not much change in the point standings we will have a lot of the same matchups as the Smoky Mountain Classic. It will be interesting to see which teams will prevail with the homerun limit. The final 4 undefeated should be 2 familar matchups: Newbreed versus Resmondo and Smash It versus Thunder. I predict Smash It to beat Thunder and the winner of Resmondo/Newbreed game like they have all year. In the loser’s bracket I predict the 5th place games to be Newbreed versus Xtreme and Thunder versus The Scene. If all holds true like predicted then Thunder and Newbreed would play for 4th place.
It will be exciting tournament to watch in anticipation of which teams will get upset.
Shea Nations Final Picks for the Cincinnati Major:
1. Smash It/Miken/Worth
2. Resmondo/O.A. Apparel/H.Auto/Special
3. SIS/Thunder/Miken/Worth
4. Newbreed/GTS/Demarini
5. Xtreme/Miken/ASP/Athlon
The Scene/HDLNS/BHR/Easton
Oldscout pollsters going with #1 Smash It Sports/TDB
DW is going with SIS/Thunder who's core of players have won the last two years in Cincy.
The two fields in the back are 280-290 feet on the fences so homerun management is key.
The two main fields are 300 feet all the way around. It is 422 feet to the top of the hill on the main field out behind the homerun fence just for reference.
Weekend Weather
Past Winners
2016 Winner – Backman Louisville Slugger
2016 Cincinnati tournament report link
2015 Winner – Backman/Shoppe/Louisville Slugger
2015 Cincinnati tournament report link
2014 Winner – Resmondo
2014 Cincinnati tournament report link
2013 Winner – Resmondo
2013 Cincinnati tournament report link
2012 Winner – Resmondo
2012 Cincinnati tournament report link
2011 Cincinnati tournament report link
2010 Cincinnati tournament report link
Random video clips from the 2012 Cincinnati Major
Past tournament results
2016 Results
1 IN-M Backman Louisville Slugger
2 NY-M The Scene/Albicocco/Worth/Miken/Monsta
3 FL-M Resmondo Specialty Tank Worth
4 NY-M Smash It Sports/ASP/HAuto/MrWiggles/Easton
2015 Results
1 IN-M Backman/Shoppe/Louisville Slugger
2 NY-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
3 IL-A Precision/Easton/DO
4 NY-M Smash It Sports/Compound Athletics/H Auto/Easton
2014 Results
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2 NY-M Laservision/H.Auto/JJ's/Easton
3 NY-A Team Albicocco/Scene/Easton/Elite
4 AL-A Baugh Doerflinger Nat-Pawn/Easton
2013 Results
1 FL-M Resmondo-Specialty Tank Worth
2 NY-M Laservision/DesertFalls/Boombah/Easton
3 NY-A Albicocco/The Scene/Easton
4 FL-A Demarini/Dirty/XtremeAthletics
2012 Results
1 FL-M Resmondo-specialty tank worth
2 NY-M Laservision/anni/supr/d2/easton
3 NY-A TYJA – Suncoast Reebok
4 VA-A Team 454/Emerald/Worth
2011 Results
1 FL-M Resmondo-specialty tank / worth
2 WA-M GTL Cartel/DeMarini
3 WA-M Team combat/laservision/d2e/supreme
4 TN-A Shoppe / team tps / d2e / elite
2010 Results
1 WA-A GTL CARTEL/WORTH
2 NY-A albicocco's/the scene/worth
3 MI-A Sinister/line drive/sss/worth/mojo
4 IA-B Pipac/TCP/Easton
2009 Results
1 TN-A Jeanshoppe/chaneys/easton/sports55
2 MI-A Bud light/tps/linedrive/sports55
3 OH-B PRI/MFAB/Insanity
4 OH-B EAP/Easton
2008 Results
1 FL-M Resmondo/specialty tank/worth
2 TN-A Jean Shoppe/Easton
3 OH-B Blitz/watanabe/bull/minges drywall
4 WA-A GTL/Creative Stucco/Worth
2007 Results
1 FL-M Resmondo Softball
2 FL-M Bellcorp/belcher/tai/backman
3 NY-A The Scene
4 WA-M Team combat/benfield/dalsanders
2006 Results
1 VA-M Benfield/reece/shade/am las vegas
2 FL-M Bell corp/taylor/belcher/easton
3 OH-A Watanabe/katt/ttp/b&a/sup/tps
4 MI-A Northwest pipe/bud light/3n2/easton
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