The 2011 2nd Annual Brad Moody Memorial tournament hosted by Concord Combo and sponsored by CCPOA and Armando Acosta/Easton.

The 2nd annual Moody Tourney was held in Hanford, California during the weekend of April 16-17. The weather was in the high 70’s to the low 80’s with some wind at times. Balls were still flying with Easton provided bats and 44 core 400 compression balls. 12 teams attended this tournament. $800.00 in prize money was on the line for the1st and 2nd place teams. MR. and Mrs. Yanez BBQ tri-tip sandwiches for players and their families.

Division A
Concord Combo, 2-0, 1 seed
Aftershock, 1-1, 2 seed
Cen-Cal, 1-1, 3 seed

Division B
DEA Combo, 2-0, 1 seed
TCB, 1-1, 2 seed
Direct Impact, 0-2, 3 seed

Division C
Choir Boys, 2-0, 1 seed
Stanislaus, 1-1, 2 seed
San Pablo PD, 0-2, 3 seed

Division D
Hardcore, 2-0, 1 seed
DVI, 1-1, 2 seed
Nor-Cal Shockers, 0-2, 3 seed

In the first round of double elimination, Concord Combo, DEA Combo, Choir Boys and Hardcore had 1st round byes. Nor-Cal Shockers beat Stanislaus 12-3, DVI beat San Pablo PD 20-6, Cen-Cal beat TCB 25-21 and Aftershock beat Direct Impact in a nail bitter 19-18. The 2nd round of the playoffs, Concord Combo beat Nor-Cal Shockers 19-7, DEA Combo beat DVI 28-6, Cen-Cal beat Choir Boys 15-12 and Aftershock beat Hardcor 29-18. The 3rd round of playoffs, DEA Combo put on a great hitting display beating Concord Combo 24-9 and Aftershock beating Cen-Cal 25-14. The 4th round of the playoffs, Cen-Cal continued rolling and beat DVI 17-5 and Hardcor beat Concord Combo 21-12. The 5th round setup a matchup between two undefeated teams, DEA Combo and Aftershock. DEA would advance to the championship game by beating Aftershock 26-10. The 6th round of playoffs, a scrappy Cen-Cal teams came back to be Harcore 21-20 in the last inning. This would set up a 3rd game between Cen-Cal and Aftershock. Aftershock was 2-0 vs Cen-Cal. Aftershock beat Cen-Cal 9-6 and would advance to the finals against a very solid DEA Combo Team. In the championship game, DEA beat Aftershock 30-17. DEA Combo won $500.00 for 1st place and Aftershock won $300.00 for the 2nd place. Congrats to both teams.

I would like to thank each and every team who attended the 2nd annual Brad Moody Memorial Tournament. I am planning on moving this tourney to the Big League Dream Park in Manteca in 2012. JB maybe you can put in a good word for us with the BLD. In 2007 and 2008, the Concord Combo ran two very successful tourneys at the BLD in Manteca with 28+ teams in each tourney. I will like to thanks, Todd, Russ, Mike, Hollywood, the Yanez Family, Armando and Potter for helping me run this tourney. Without them, I wouldn’t have been able to make this tourney run so smoothly. The only glitch was the two NSA umpires didn’t make it due to a vehicle crash. Thanks Hollywood and Frank’s Dad for stepping up and umpiring all day. We made it work. If anyone has any suggestion or concerns about making this a better tourney, please don’t hesitate to send me an email or PM me. Thanks again, Andy Domenici.


1. DEA Combo, 6-0
2. Aftershock, 4-2
3. Cen-Cal
4. Hardcor
5t. Concord Combo
5t. Direct Impact
7t. Choir Boys
7t. DVI
9t. Nor-Cal Shockers
9t. Stanislaus
9t. San Pablo PD
9t. TCB

MVP: Steve Leone: DEA Combo

All Tourneys DEA Combo: Marc Grande, Rob Mason and Keith Benjamin.

All Tourneys Aftershock: Tyson Becker, Jim Lemmon and John Koster.

PHOTOGRAPH: Tournament MVP Steve Leone