43rd Annual Smoky Mountain Classic Preview
Mens Major Slow Pitch Softball
The "43rd Annual" Smoky Mountain Classic
30 Teams — Double Elimination
July 8-10
This years Smoky Mountain Classic features 22 Conference USSSA teams and 30 teams overall. There were only 17 Conference teams in 2010 that attended the Smoky. This year there are 4 'Major', 8 'A', 12 'B', 4 'C', 2 'D'. The tournament, as it is every year, will be played at 6 fields spread over 4 different parks in and around the city of Maryville, Tennessee.
This year there should be some quality first round matchups early on Friday night. The first two rounds of the Smoky winner's bracket are always played on Friday beginning at 4 PM and teams that win their first two games will find themselves playing on the Show Field Saturday in the Final 8 of the winner's bracket.
The Smoky Mountain Classic also features unlimited homeruns and non-standard 80 foot base lengths.
The best way to watch this years Smoky Mountain Classic is to go to the Maryville College baseball field at 6:30 PM Friday night to see Down2EarthSports take on Taylormade. Following that game is Suncoast and Primetime with the winner's playing at 9:30 PM. From there, head over to Sandy Springs main field to see what should be Gold's Gym and Team Combat/Laservision for the night cap.
On Saturday, park your chair in the shade at the show field and watch the top 8 teams in the country battle it out all day long…
Sandy Springs Park (Fields 3 & 4) (Main Complex)
702 Best Street
Maryville, TN 37803
Everett Park (Fields 1 and 2) (around 300 ft fences)
702 Burchfield Street
Maryville, TN 37804
Maryville College (Field 5) (College Baseball field)
502 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy.
Maryville, TN 37804
Springbrook Park (Field 6) (Check with director to make sure #6 is correct information)
1537 Dalton Street
Alcoa, TN 37701
Smoky tournament weather:
Friday, July 8th – Couple of showers, t-storms 87° Lo 69°
Saturday, July 9th – A couple of thunderstorms 91° Lo 71°
Sunday, July 10th – Partly sunny and hot 94° Lo 71°
#1 Ranked Team Resmondo-specialty tank / worth should wow the crowd late on Friday night with some bombs against The Scene. Then on Saturday they should roll through Combat/Pharmapar and Team 454 before the much anticipated no home run limit clash with the #2 ranked GTL. Resmondo is 41-6 on the year and has won 5 tournaments. They turn it up a notch in the big ones.
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 47 | 201-248 | 181 | 74 | 237 | 11 | 0.810 | |
2 | 44 | 187-229 | 165 | 44 | 152 | 22 | 0.817 | |
3 | 26 | 77-102 | 68 | 31 | 95 | 9 | 0.755 | |
4 | 44 | 145-194 | 122 | 42 | 148 | 12 | 0.747 | |
5 | 31 | 113-145 | 93 | 31 | 104 | 27 | 0.779 | |
6 | 45 | 156-211 | 140 | 49 | 165 | 10 | 0.739 | |
7 | 35 | 123-165 | 106 | 40 | 115 | 17 | 0.745 | |
8 | 47 | 188-253 | 166 | 4 | 50 | 36 | 0.743 | |
9 | 44 | 158-207 | 132 | 27 | 88 | 44 | 0.763 | |
10 | 44 | 142-188 | 112 | 27 | 87 | 36 | 0.755 | |
11 | 45 | 162-229 | 136 | 38 | 142 | 15 | 0.707 | |
12 | 32 | 110-158 | 97 | 35 | 107 | 17 | 0.696 | |
13 | 37 | 83-139 | 73 | 28 | 97 | 12 | 0.597 |
#2 Ranked Team GTL Cartel/DeMarini is 38-9 on the season and has won 4 tournaments. GTL should be Blitz on Friday soundly and has made short work of EWS this season, but this is a good matchup at 10:30 am on Saturday morning. GTL's third opponent should be Team Combat/Laser Vision who doesn't seem like they are able to compete so far this year with the top 2 teams. Should be interesting.
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 40 | 145-183 | 116 | 52 | 153 | 17 | 0.792 | |
2 | 43 | 164-213 | 144 | 48 | 148 | 18 | 0.770 | |
3 | 41 | 143-189 | 113 | 42 | 126 | 10 | 0.757 | |
4 | 42 | 129-176 | 93 | 31 | 105 | 14 | 0.733 | |
5 | 15 | 39-54 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0.722 | |
6 | 39 | 137-187 | 116 | 34 | 111 | 28 | 0.733 | |
7 | 41 | 148-205 | 122 | 32 | 109 | 25 | 0.722 | |
8 | 41 | 119-172 | 97 | 25 | 94 | 5 | 0.692 | |
9 | 35 | 105-150 | 87 | 25 | 72 | 9 | 0.700 | |
10 | 43 | 148-202 | 132 | 49 | 143 | 34 | 0.733 | |
11 | 43 | 127-187 | 102 | 34 | 111 | 20 | 0.679 | |
12 | 45 | 121-184 | 103 | 10 | 71 | 9 | 0.658 | |
13 | 43 | 138-197 | 104 | 23 | 90 | 40 | 0.701 | |
14 | 10 | 16-27 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0.593 |
#4 Ranked Team team combat/laservision/d2e/supreme
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 33 | 126-155 | 99 | 48 | 126 | 22 | 0.813 | |
2 | 11 | 14-18 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 0.778 | |
3 | 19 | 56-76 | 48 | 16 | 51 | 3 | 0.737 | |
4 | 9 | 28-38 | 20 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 0.737 | |
5 | 36 | 112-154 | 94 | 37 | 103 | 12 | 0.727 | |
6 | 31 | 107-146 | 99 | 23 | 74 | 15 | 0.733 | |
7 | 37 | 123-167 | 100 | 27 | 78 | 23 | 0.737 | |
8 | 36 | 114-162 | 104 | 39 | 107 | 5 | 0.704 | |
9 | 38 | 127-174 | 111 | 50 | 115 | 24 | 0.730 | |
10 | 38 | 118-166 | 91 | 15 | 62 | 17 | 0.711 | |
11 | 33 | 96-136 | 76 | 8 | 43 | 17 | 0.706 | |
12 | 33 | 80-114 | 68 | 23 | 75 | 16 | 0.702 | |
13 | 23 | 45-66 | 38 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 0.682 | |
14 | 4 | 14-19 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0.737 | |
15 | 27 | 42-64 | 29 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 0.656 | |
16 | 31 | 86-129 | 71 | 27 | 78 | 13 | 0.667 | |
17 | 27 | 34-66 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0.515 |
#5 Ranked Team Team 454 Emerald/Worth
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 2 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
2 | 41 | 140-186 | 118 | 37 | 113 | 13 | 0.753 | |
3 | 35 | 134-186 | 108 | 40 | 136 | 11 | 0.720 | |
4 | 24 | 74-102 | 60 | 18 | 53 | 20 | 0.725 | |
5 | 42 | 132-192 | 118 | 30 | 104 | 19 | 0.688 | |
6 | 42 | 115-173 | 85 | 10 | 63 | 11 | 0.665 | |
7 | 36 | 99-158 | 79 | 29 | 99 | 0 | 0.627 | |
8 | 42 | 119-182 | 89 | 30 | 101 | 15 | 0.654 | |
9 | 42 | 116-179 | 89 | 6 | 56 | 14 | 0.648 | |
10 | 26 | 75-112 | 56 | 15 | 63 | 16 | 0.670 | |
11 | 8 | 23-35 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0.657 | |
12 | 26 | 64-106 | 50 | 10 | 46 | 10 | 0.604 | |
13 | 21 | 30-51 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0.588 | |
14 | 29 | 70-119 | 52 | 11 | 48 | 12 | 0.588 | |
15 | 41 | 78-140 | 48 | 1 | 55 | 8 | 0.557 | |
16 | 8 | 21-32 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0.656 | |
17 | 4 | 7-16 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.438 | |
18 | 18 | 16-39 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0.410 |
#6 Ranked Team shoppe / team tps / d2e / elite
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 20 | 16-20 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0.800 | |
2 | 27 | 98-124 | 75 | 8 | 55 | 19 | 0.790 | |
3 | 27 | 85-118 | 75 | 49 | 142 | 5 | 0.720 | |
4 | 16 | 37-53 | 24 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0.698 | |
5 | 27 | 83-115 | 58 | 13 | 56 | 16 | 0.722 | |
6 | 17 | 50-70 | 42 | 16 | 49 | 9 | 0.714 | |
7 | 22 | 77-106 | 64 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 0.726 | |
8 | 27 | 82-121 | 69 | 15 | 51 | 10 | 0.678 | |
9 | 25 | 58-90 | 44 | 13 | 44 | 8 | 0.644 | |
10 | 24 | 70-106 | 52 | 20 | 60 | 15 | 0.660 | |
11 | 26 | 71-112 | 47 | 16 | 54 | 9 | 0.634 | |
12 | 27 | 81-128 | 61 | 13 | 54 | 16 | 0.633 | |
13 | 20 | 21-39 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 0.538 | |
14 | 25 | 46-89 | 34 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 0.517 | |
15 | 7 | 7-19 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.368 |
#7 Ranked Team down2earthsports.com/worth
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 22 | 73-98 | 50 | 15 | 51 | 3 | 0.745 | |
2 | 16 | 55-78 | 39 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 0.705 | |
3 | 11 | 29-41 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 0.707 | |
4 | 12 | 33-50 | 26 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 0.660 | |
5 | 22 | 62-94 | 50 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 0.660 | |
6 | 22 | 68-103 | 50 | 21 | 52 | 7 | 0.660 | |
7 | 22 | 63-98 | 50 | 16 | 60 | 2 | 0.643 | |
8 | 22 | 59-92 | 46 | 21 | 51 | 4 | 0.641 | |
9 | 16 | 40-64 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0.625 | |
10 | 10 | 26-41 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0.634 | |
11 | 6 | 19-32 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0.594 | |
12 | 22 | 56-90 | 36 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 0.622 | |
13 | 21 | 54-84 | 40 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 0.643 | |
14 | 2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.667 |
#10 Ranked Team Suncoast Reebok
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 16 | 59-75 | 46 | 14 | 37 | 6 | 0.787 | |
2 | 28 | 89-123 | 64 | 26 | 76 | 6 | 0.724 | |
3 | 28 | 77-110 | 52 | 18 | 65 | 8 | 0.700 | |
4 | 20 | 58-85 | 33 | 16 | 46 | 12 | 0.682 | |
5 | 27 | 81-125 | 48 | 6 | 50 | 8 | 0.648 | |
6 | 23 | 59-92 | 40 | 11 | 46 | 6 | 0.641 | |
7 | 14 | 38-57 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 0.667 | |
8 | 26 | 74-115 | 49 | 12 | 46 | 11 | 0.643 | |
9 | 18 | 41-66 | 22 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 0.621 | |
10 | 28 | 68-111 | 42 | 15 | 59 | 5 | 0.613 | |
11 | 21 | 57-92 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 0.620 | |
12 | 16 | 38-64 | 19 | 4 | 34 | 9 | 0.594 | |
13 | 24 | 58-99 | 34 | 6 | 34 | 15 | 0.586 | |
14 | 6 | 5-10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.500 | |
15 | 6 | 3-12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.250 |
#11 Ranked Team ews/shirtsandlogos/drgraphx/easton
No Stats?
#12 Ranked Team taylormade/tm sports/mizuno
Rank | Name | G | OB-PA | R | HR | RBI | BB | OBA |
1 | 7 | 23-28 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 0.821 | |
2 | 17 | 65-85 | 54 | 12 | 40 | 9 | 0.765 | |
3 | 18 | 59-79 | 52 | 14 | 48 | 5 | 0.747 | |
4 | 11 | 38-51 | 32 | 19 | 54 | 7 | 0.745 | |
5 | 18 | 58-78 | 41 | 4 | 48 | 14 | 0.744 | |
6 | 18 | 62-89 | 55 | 12 | 46 | 7 | 0.697 | |
7 | 12 | 26-39 | 19 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 0.667 | |
8 | 18 | 57-81 | 51 | 12 | 46 | 17 | 0.704 | |
9 | 11 | 24-35 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0.686 | |
10 | 16 | 44-69 | 33 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 0.638 | |
11 | 17 | 44-70 | 35 | 10 | 46 | 6 | 0.629 | |
12 | 18 | 40-63 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 0.635 | |
13 | 17 | 43-70 | 33 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 0.614 | |
14 | 2 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.667 | |
15 | 11 | 20-42 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0.476 |
Here are DW's Picks: (just for fun)
Top quarter of bracket:
GTL over Blitz then over EWS. EWS beating Midwest Swing if Swing gets by Major League?
2nd quarter of bracket:
Turano folded so they won't be there. Shoppe over R&M eventhough R&M is due to break out in one of these tournaments. LaserVision over Gold's.
And lets go with Shoppe over Laser Vision.
3rd quarter of bracket:
Team 454 over the "new" Famous? Taylormade over Down2Earth. Taylormade over Suncoast in the best game of the second round and Taylormade in the upset over Team 454.
4th quarter of bracket:
Pharmapar over Sinister and Resmondo over Pharmapar.
Final 6 Teams
1) GTL, I wrote Resmondo, then I erased it…fudge…lets go with GTL. Resmondo might be a little banged up?
2) Resmondo (a toss up)
3) Team 454
4) Team Combat/Laser Vision
Tied 5th) Taylormade
Tied 5th) Shoppe
MVP: Geno Buck
Offensive MVP: Greg Connell
Defensive MVP: Anthony Dress
Broadcast: I am bringing all of my broadcast equipment. If I can get an internet connection we should have something to show on SoftballCenter.com for the Saturday winner's games and Sunday games on the homepage. If not, I'll have the chat room up and maybe an internet radio feed on Sunday.
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