{"id":859,"date":"2006-03-29T10:40:58","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=859"},"modified":"2006-03-29T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2006-03-29T20:45:06","slug":"five-of-top-ten-teams-to-be-in-santa-fe-springs-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Five of Top Ten Teams to be in Santa Fe Springs this Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The # 6 ranked <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=794\">Lumberkings<\/a> are headed south from Bakersfield, to compete in this weekend&#8217;s So Cal ASA A\/B league, meaning that half of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/features\/sledgehammer.htm\">Sledgehammer&#8217;s California Top 10 Teams<\/a> will be in action  in the same tournament:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n# 6 &#8211; Bakersfield Lumberkings<br \/>\n# 7 &#8211; Rude Pac<br \/>\n# 8 &#8211; Long Beach Snakes<br \/>\n# 9 &#8211; Savala Rounders<br \/>\n#10 &#8211; Panteras\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here are the match-ups of ranked teams to watch for during Saturday&#8217;s round robin games:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n8:00 a.m.  &#8211; #7 Rude-Pac vs. #9 Savala Rounders<br \/>\n9:45 a.m. &#8211; #7 Rude-Pac vs. #10 Panteras (rematch of last week&#8217;s championship game)<br \/>\n3:00 p.m &#8211; #8 <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=818\">Long Beach Snakes<\/a> (first action of the year) vs. #9 Savala Rounders<br \/>\n6:30 p.m. &#8211; #6 <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=794\">Bakersfield Lumberkings<\/a> vs. #10 Panteras<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Up, down and holding: <\/strong> The # 10 Panteras made their way into the Top 10 following their victory in the first league weekend tournament of the year, at Palm Springs, CA.  #7 Rude Pac rose two spots from #9 on the strength of their runner-up finish to the Panteras; the Savala Rounders, minus a few key parts of their new roster, struggled at 1-4 to tumble three spots from #6 to #9,  while the #6 Lumberkings and #8 Long Beach Snakes did not play and held their respective spots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outside Looking In: <\/strong>  Three other teams notched wins over Top 10 ranked opponents but are as yet unranked:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Amigos (over #9 Savala Rounders)<br \/>\nSan Diego Primetime (over #9 Savala Rounders)<br \/>\nLong Beach Black Sox (over #9 Savala Rounders, and #10 Panteras)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>From our &#8220;Maps &#038; Fields&#8221; section:<\/strong>   Thinking about coming out to the ballpark to take in some of the action? <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/resources\/maps&#038;fields\/santafe_springs_ca.htm\">Click here for map and driving directions, and a bit more about the park.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The # 6 ranked Lumberkings are headed south from Bakersfield, to compete in this weekend&#8217;s So Cal ASA A\/B league, meaning that half of Sledgehammer&#8217;s California Top 10 Teams will be in action in the same tournament: # 6 &#8211; Bakersfield Lumberkings # 7 &#8211; Rude Pac # 8 &#8211; Long Beach Snakes # 9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,6,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}