AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S CLASS “B” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of the 2009 Men’s Class “B” World Tournament, and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “B” National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will be automatically required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The team affected by these by-laws is as follows:
Northwest Combat/Trojans (Seattle, WA)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S CLASS “C” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of the finishing teams in the 2009 Men’s Class “C” World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages are rounded up), and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “C” National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will be automatically required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
Casey’s Bailbonds/Castle Heating/Worth (Bonney Lake, WA)
Custom Truck (Las Vegas, NV)
Hub’s Pub/Elite (Bonne Terre, MO)
KTI/Cartel/Worth (Seattle, WA)
Manhattan Beer/Fabco Vending (Stratford, CT)
Premier/Worth (Hollister, CA)
Rochester Athletic Club/National Gold (Providence, RI)
Sons of Legion (Sutherlin, VA)
Steve’s Drywall/Jeds/Line Drive (Sylvania, OH)
Syndicate (Jefferson City, MO)
W C Dynasty (Colton, CA)
Wagner Farms/Torco Supply (Danielsville, PA)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S CLASS “D” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of the finishing teams in the 2009 Men’s Class “D” World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages are rounded up); and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “D” National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will automatically be required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
BPS (Petaluma, CA)
Buddha’s Closet (Flat Rock, MI)
Cleggxit (Sandy, UT)
Dirty Laundry (Port Jefferson, NY)
DO/UFirst/17th St/Mushtube.com (Warren, MI)
FredericksAccounting/Streakless (Crystal, MN)
Gorillas (St Louis, MO)
Hiddenwave/Burton (Mt. Vernon, WA)
Hollywood Graphics (Iowa City, IA)
ITEX (Columbus, OH)
Joe’s Tavern (Toledo, OH)
Laria Chevrolet (Akron, OH)
Lethal Assault (Euless, TX)
Lewis Home Buyer (Kent, OH)
Monhollon Softball (Portage, MI)
RTI/SWS (North Myrtle Beach, SC)
Tarver Land Development (Alexandria, LA)
The Show/Varsity Licoln Mercury (Redford, MI)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S CLASS “E” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of the finishing teams in the 2009 Men’s Class “E” World Tournaments (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages are rounded up), and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “E” National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will automatically be required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
AKA/Sportspage Bar & Grill (Tacoma, WA)
Arsenal (Issaquah, WA)
Bachelor’s/Mushtube/FOE 3492 (Keego Harbor, MI)
Bad Draw (Rock Island, IL)
BBS/NUMA (Smithfield, PA)
Bergen Dragons (Lyndhurst, NJ)
Bestway (Fayetteville, GA)
Blue Sox Softball (Merrimack, NH)
BMC Choppers (Bend, OR)
Bohica (Palo Alto, CA)
C&H/GK Softball (Burlington, NC)
Carolina Bombers (Eric, NC)
Cincy Assault/Ohio Valley Wine (Cincinnati, OH)
Cold Draft (Tega Cay, NC)
Colonel Lingus (Dublin, CA)
Country’s Best/Dalco Electric (Byron, GA)
CSRA Titans (Augusta, GA)
Diamonds After Dark (Fitzgerald, GA)
DWS Softball (Reisterstown, MD)
Elite Beasts (East Meadow, NY)
Heritage (Acworth, GA)
In It to Win It/Grahams (Rockledge, FL)
JU Entertainment (Union City, CA)
Kenyon Trucking/TYJA (Syracuse, NY)
Loaded Bases (Louisville, KY)
Locked On Car Crushing (Portland, OR)
Looney’s Pub- South (Laytonsville, MD)
Lugo Shop/Llamas (Logan, UT)
Mayhem/Mushtube.com/White Rhino (Woodhaven, MI)
MD Mojo/Shuckers/Sports55/JDS Bldrs (Old Mill, MD)
Motor City Freeze/Repo Monkey (Warren, MI)
Nelson & Nelson (Roseboro, NC)
North East Auto (Johnston, RI)
NWArk Kodiaks (Rogers, AR)
Paul Davis Restoration (Old Bridge, NJ)
Peninsula Subaru/Suzuki (Gig Harbor, WA)
PTC (Kensington, CT)
RAC/Rizzo’s/Easton (Rochester, NY)
Riley’s Athletics (Carthage, MO)
Somethin’ Different (Lake Tapps, WA)
Sons of Pitches (Apopka, FL)
Striker’s (Dallas, GA)
Team Prim (Albuquerque, NM)
Team Synergy (Patchogue, NY)
Texas Smoke (Euless, TX)
The Alliance (Albany, OR)
Toledo Borrachos (Sylvania, OH)
Total Package (Douglasville, GA)
Universal Cutts/Extra Innings (Cranston, RI)
Wilson Concrete (Scipio, IN)
Young Guns/Lineup (Sumner, WA)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA WOMEN’S CLASS “B” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of the 2009 Women’s Class “B” National or World Tournaments with 25 or more teams will automatically be required to compete as a Class “A” team in 2010. No teams were affected by this by-law in 2009.
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA WOMEN’S CLASS “C” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of the 2009 Women’s Class “C” National or World Tournaments with 25 or more teams will automatically be required to compete as a Class “B” team in 2009. The team affected by this by-law is as follows:
BMV Doctors/Line Drive (Sterling Heights, MI)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA WOMEN’S CLASS “D” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of the finishing teams in the 2009 Women’s Class “D” World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages are rounded up); and the winner of each 2009 Women’s Class “D” National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will automatically be required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
12 Pack (Atlanta, GA)
Benton Lee’s (Vidalia, GA)
Chicked Out (Las Vegas, NV)
Chill (Manchester, MD)
Crush (Austin, TX)
Fruth Pharmacy (Wellston, OH)
Kaiser’s Pizza/Demarini (Gurnee, IL)
KC Addiciton (Gardner, KS)
Metro Sports (Pittsburgh, PA)
Team Arkansas (Russellville, AR)
Twisted Sistahs (Dedham, MA)
Up A Creek (Warren, OH)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MIXED CLASS “D” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of the finishing teams in the 2009 Mixed Class “D” World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages are rounded up) will automatically be required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
Scores/Horbach Chiropractic/SnL (Racine, WI)
SS Wood (All Over, FL)
Thornton’s City Circle (Indianapolis, IN)
RECLASSIFICATION OF 2009 USSSA MIXED CLASS “E” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws grant the USSSA National Classification Committee authority to reclassify teams at any time. No teams were affected by this by-law in 2009. The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of the finishing teams in the 2009 Mixed Class “E” World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages are rounded up) will automatically be required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
Bombers33 (Hicksville, NY)
Elite/Team Los (Whittier, CA)
Last Minute (Tucson, AZ)
Promotional Expressions (Columbia, MD)
Sports 55/Shields Consulting (Chester, MD)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA BLACK AMERICAN RECREATIONAL TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top six (6) finishing teams from the Recreational Division of the 2009 Men’s Black American World Tournament will automatically be required to compete in 2010 as a Black American Competitive team. The teams affected by this by-law are as follows:
Atlanta Phoenix (Nashville, GA)
Black Jack Trucking (Rocky Mount, NC)
I.L.A. Twins (Portsmouth, VA)
McCleon Sports (Meridian, MS)
Tampa Storm (Tampa, FL)
Total Package (Cameron, SC)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN’S RECREATIONAL TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top six (6) finishing teams from the 2009 Women’s Black American Recreational Division will automatically be required to compete in 2010 as a Black American Competitive team. The teams affected by this by-law are as follows:
2TUFF4U (Phoenix City, AL)
Bad Girlz (Macon, GA)
Central Florida Ballers (Sanford, FL)
Nothin Nice (Miami, FL)
Quiet Storm (Chesterfield, VA)
Southern Elite (Dothan, AL)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S HISPANIC RECREATION TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top three finishers of the 2009 Men’s Hispanic Recreation World Tournament will automatically be required to compete in the Hispanic Competitive Division in 2010. The teams affected by this by-law are as follows:
Jokers/GKI Travel (Ft. Worth, TX)
Park Bums (Sylmar, CA)
Team Mexicanos (San Antonio, TX)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA CHURCH TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of any 2009 Church Competitive and Recreational National Tournaments with 16 or more teams from their classification will automatically be required to compete in the next higher classification in 2010. The teams affected by this by-law are as follows:
USA (Logansville, GA)
May 22-23, 2010 1st Annual Slammin’ Red Black + Blue Markham Slo Pitch Softball Tournament
