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Jeff will fix it. Can anybody in NC beat Area Stars Zach? Looks like a good mix 2-10.
NCTravelBallParticipantI think Jeff means well in some ways but goes about it terribly, and definitely has a major bias against the Rockies because of the the issue with Randy and SWAT telling him to GFO after he asked for $5k to include their games in rankings. They aren’t the only ones though. There’s a new ranking site coming out in the fall from a few guys that used to do the travelball24-7 site who know the game well and have been around the travel ball circle for a long time, and will rank the teams based on actual results.
NCTravelBallParticipantArea Stars Zach are in a class by themselves.
NCTravelBallParticipantThe guy that does these rankings must have a Rockies voo doo doll under his bed, just looking for ways to try and not rank them #1 even though they are 2-0 against the Futures. Is NWNC top 5? They don’t ever play top teams.
NCTravelBallParticipantgood to see some 7u programs in the mix competing
NCTravelBallParticipantagree triad cardinals should be in that 8-10 range. they are good. saw on gamechanger that rockies are 19-2 and blew out new market last weekend so probably a fluke. i wish them and futures would hook up.
i also saw rockies 7u play today in davie after watching Carolina Evo 11’s and them boys busted Sandhills Select 7u 20-1. my buddy was telling me that Sandhills and West Raleigh played a 1 run game in previous week and Rockies 7u, it wasn’t even close. i’d imagine Rockies 7U may be team to beat in that age.
NCTravelBallParticipanti didn’t believe that story the first time i heard it from another director in our area but the more i see the bias on here, it actually makes sense. i know this was discussed on a group chat among most all of the top 10u teams in the state and none of them will play in this guys tournaments because he just talks crap about all these teams and says coaches say things they don’t say. this guy ranking teams behind teams they’ve beat and not counting swat tournaments when the same umpires that ump SWAT also do Top Gun and PG in the Triad. im always skeptical of these sites but appreciate the connection with other coaches but i’ve found that 100% of the time, the guys behind the keyboard have an agenda and it usually involves money.
NCTravelBallParticipantYeah that’s what I’ve heard. It literally makes zero sense for a team to jump in front of a team that beat them that previous weekend. For
what it’s worth, I think it’s the Futures, Rockies then P413. Rockies beat P413 in Davie a few weeks back after beating us in the semis. The time that P413 beat Rockies, it was when Rockies played with a split group of 7u and 8u that weekend, not their real team.NCTravelBallParticipantRockies and SWAT are different entities which a lot of folks get confused. Rockies are the travel ball arm of SW Forsyth little league, and SWAT simply is a company that runs tournaments at clemmons. for the newbies on the scene, SWAT used to be NCGameOn before that was sold to All League Baseball which is a large USSSA outfit in NC and SC. From what we were told, the folks in Clemmons got tired of paying affiliate fees each weekend to USSSA who didn’t provide much resource or support so they went out on their own. I can’t remember the husband and wife that runs SWAT but they seem to be good people and in it for the right reasons. Facilities are nice with the turf infields but that trek from the parking lot to field 5 or 7 is no joke. Only complaints about SWAT come from teams that aren’t very good and don’t want to play Rockies, Select, MARA or West Raleigh. The real problem in travel ball land is that every culdesac has a travel team now. some of these teams couldn’t win their local rec league championship. it’s a money game.
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NCTravelBallParticipantSalem Select is not affiliated with Rockies. they are definitely top 5. a step below Area Stars Zach, but as good as anybody else. they are a mix of the best players from the old
HiToms, Dash City, C2S and Camel CityNCTravelBallParticipantisn’t the person that runs this site from eastern NC? prob hasn’t seen 90% of these teams play. shooting in the dark a bit. maybe that’s why.
NCTravelBallParticipantisn’t the PG Triad gal “tight” with Wow Factor Dimaria. wonder if they get preferential pool play games.
NCTravelBallParticipantyou worry about taking a banner home
after tournaments? LOL. the banner thing is correct though. you don’t get to keep it. they take the picture then you leave with your fake gold rings like everywhere else in travel ball land LOL. royal screwing? from umpires? we’ve had a good experience there. won quite a few. i think the top tier rockies teams play whoever, they are always legit. maybe their purple and yellow teams might get some good draws but they aren’t usually very good.- This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by NCTravelBall.
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