Tied 5th Place GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite (Conf-A from Othello, Washington)
Mens Major World Record 3-2
2009 Overall Record 49-27
Wins - Combat USA, O&S, Jean Shoppe
Losses - Resmondo, Dan Smith

GTL hammered Combat USA and then lost big to Resmondo. In the loser's bracket they survived an early deficit against O&S before winning and outlasted Jean Shoppe 21-16. GTL was knocked out of the tournament by Dan Smith when they ran out of gas.

Tied 5th Place Johnny Blaze/Combat/Elite (Conf-A from Las Vegas, Nevada)
Mens Major World Record 3-2
2009 Overall Record 37-21
Wins - Bud Light, Blitz, Taylormade
Losses - Long Haul, T&R

Johnny Blaze is one of the bigger surprises of the tournament. They survived an ugly game with Bud Light in their first round, then held Long Haul in check and could have beat them before losing 8-5. In the losers bracket, Blaze escaped late against Blitz and won a big one over Taylormade before running out of gas against T&R Stucco. The Blaze defense was improved this weekend and the team seamed to gell for the first time with this new group of players.

Tied 7th Place TaylorMade / Titan / PAS / Mizuno (Conf-A from Spotsylvania, Virginia)
Mens Major World Record 2-2
2009 Overall Record 31-19
Wins - Wood Law, Combat USA
Losses - Dan Smith, Johnny Blaze

Taylormade run ruled Wood Law in their opener and played 7 solid innings against Dan Smith but lost 18-11. In the losers bracket they clipped Combat USA by a run but came up short of Johnny Blaze eventhough Johnny Bailey hit a massive centerfield homer and had 7 RBI in the game.

Taylormade always plays well on the stadium fields and are an entertaining group to watch.

Tied 7th Place JeanShoppe/Chaneys/Easton/Sports55 (Conf-A from McKenzie, Tennessee)
Mens Major World Record 2-2
2009 Overall Record 53-18
Wins - Blitz, Suncoast
Losses - T&R, GTL

Jean Shoppe run ruled Blitz in a game they controlled from the outset. Then lost 18-17 to their nemesis T&R Stucco. In the loser's bracket they jumped out to a big lead and beat Suncoast before dropping to the Cartel. Shoppe was lead by homerun derby champion Tim Cocco who was fighting for the tournament lead in homer's.

I'm sure Shoppe will retool and lead the 'A' division in 2010.

Tied 9th Place Combat USA/Elite (Conf-A from Seattle, Washington)
Mens Major World Record 1-2
2009 Overall Record 29-22
Wins - AJS
Losses - GTL, Taylormade

Combat USA never showed up offensively for their opening game against GTL Wednesday night. They rallied with a barage of homer's late in their second game against AJS to win. Then dropped a 15-14 game to Taylormade to finish. Combat picked up WCS shortstop Carlos Vasquez but didn't grab any of the needed power hitters to help them out. They played without Dexter Avery and Coach Stricklin.

Oh, and Salcedo, sorry I didn't realize that was you standing next to Decker until later when you guys were walking around on Sunday.


Tied 9th Place Blitz/Watanabe/Weller/Minges/Easton (Conf-B from Cincinnati, Ohio)
Mens Major World Record 1-2
2009 Overall Record 50-25
Wins - NW Combat
Losses - Jean Shoppe, Johnny Blaze

Blitz was run ruled by Shoppe in their opener, rallied to beat a good NW Combat team in their second game, and dropped a close one to Johnny Blaze at the end. Blitz had an opportunity to pick up some big name players to fill in for the 5 missing starters that couldn't make the trip. They however chose to go with local Ohio area players who all hustled and gave a great effort but wasn't what was needed. Winning one game was more than was expected and that win was over NW Combat which had to feel good after last weeks 'B' Championship losses.


Tied 9th Place Suncoast/Quick Roofing/Reebok (Conf-A from Sarasota, Florida)
Mens Major World Record 1-2
2009 Overall Record 21-18
Wins - Bud Light
Losses - Long Haul, Jean Shoppe

Suncoast played a solid game against Long Haul in their opener but lost 26-16. In the loser's bracket they soundly beat Bud Light 24-17 and then gave up a 13-4 early lead to Shoppe and never recovered. Lee Trotter and Wade Casey continued to pace this teams offense. Randell Boone did not play, which hurt them.


Tied 9th Place O&S/Povs/Hoffman/Combat (Conf-A from South St Paul, Minnesota)
Mens Major World Record 1-2
2009 Overall Record 16-20
Wins - Wood Law
Losses - Dan Smith, GTL


Last Place Bud Light/TPS/LineDrive/Sports55 (Conf-A from Plymouth, Michigan)
Mens Major World Record 0-2
2009 Overall Record 38-27
Losses - Johnny Blaze, Suncoast

Bud Light had a disappointing showing at the Series. They played without shortstop Tony Mack and left fielder Jason Wetmore but have the talent to play better than they showed. I look for Bud Light to rebound and have a much stronger 2010 season.


Last Place Northwest Combat / Trojans (Conf-B from Seattle, Washington)
Mens Major World Record 0-2
2009 Overall Record 27-17
Losses - T&R, Blitz

NW Combat gave T&R all they could handle in their opener and almost pulled off the huge upset. They were one defensive play away. Great effort.

Then NW Combat lost the 'B' World rematch with Blitz 17-13.


Place Wood Law/Combat (Conf-A from Dallas, Texas)
Mens Major World Record 0-2
2009 Overall Record 61-27
Losses - Taylormade, O&S

Wood Law dropped two to teams I'm sure they feel they should beat. Wood picked up softball legend Darrell Beeler to help out.



Last Place A.J.S./Easton/3N2/Dssbats (Conf-B from Fort Myers, Florida)
Mens Major World Record 0-2
2009 Overall Record 28-25
Losses - Resmondo, Combat USA

AJS played 7 innings with Resmondo and almost upset Combat USA before a barage of Combat homers put them away. I would have liked to have seen a little more of Adam Rockoff in these games but they must of had their reasons not to play him.



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Link to Major World Info:
http://www.usssa.com/sports/Tourname...amentID=543156