Fall Classic Recap - September 25th, 2012

12-Under HB Vikings playing at the Huntington Beach Sports Complex (click to enlarge)

The Major League Baseball regular season is coming to a close, but by no means is it going to be an easy road for most teams.  I wasn’t sure what to think of the two Wild Card playoff spots at the start of the season, and I will admit it needs some tweaking, but it has made for an exciting (and stressful) final few weeks of the season.  Baltimore is sitting on top of the AL Wild Card, but with 4 teams nipping at their heels, they are a bad week of baseball away from missing the playoffs.  I’m excited to see how the next few weeks pans out, and to see how the dual wild card pans out.

Big League Dreams

9-Under:
The Orangecrest Crush entered Sunday as the 3rd Seed because of an 11-11 tie on Saturday.  They intended to show why they should have been the first seed on Sunday.  After upsetting the 2nd Seed, they advanced to the finals to face the 1st Seed So Cal Outlaws.  Both teams fought hard, but the crush were able to sneak past the Outlaws 8-6

Indian Summer Classic Recap - September 18th, 2012

Hart Pony, Santa Clarita
The Indian Summer Classic took us to a new location in Santa Clarita.  Hart Pony’s facilities are right down the street from Six Flags Magic Mountain, and have been hosting teams for many years now, including our Mustang All-Star team 18 years ago.  Local teams jumped at the opportunity to play close to home, and the weather may have been hot, but bats were even hotter on the field.

Patriot Recap - September 12th, 2012

The 2012 Patriot found us all around Southern California playing baseball.  Let’s jump park to park and take a look at all the exciting baseball that took place

Big League Dreams

11-Under:

Redondo Samurai had a great start to the tournament.  Giving up just three runs on Saturday, they went into Sunday as the 1st Seed.  In their Semifinal Game, they found themselves facing the Agoura Aces again.  The Samurai had won their first encounter, but the Agoura Aces were not going to make it easy for the Samurai.  Both teams had hot bats, but the Samurai were able to hold off the surging Aces, 11-8.  On the other side of the playoff brackets, So Cal Quakes were facing Dynasty Baseball for the second time this tournament.  Quakes were able to pull out a 5-4 win on Saturday, and on Sunday the game looked incredibly similar.  Quakes were able to pull off another one run victory to head to the Championship Game against the Samurai.  Quakes took advantage of their momentum and the cooled off bats of the Samurai to take home first place with a 13-4 victory.