2009 held at Champion Stadium in Osceola, Florida.
Champion – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth, Winter Haven, Florida
Runner Up – T&R Stucco/Worth, Polk City, Florida
This was the year Long Haul Trucking was in the championship game against Resmondo and decided to vacate the tournament. Notice no Long Haul players appear in the All World Team.
What began as a well played and entertaining tournament was marred in the winner’s bracket semi-final game Friday night between Long Haul and Dan Smith when what appeared to be a bat protest by the Dan Smith team turned into a 17 minute debacle in front of the largest crowd in recent softball memory. The end result appears to be the suspension of Long Haul’s star shortstop Brett McCollum who argued after the game with USSSA officials who said his bat compression test was too low. To set the stage for this scene, you have to realize that USSSA has been compression testing bats all year long. At the World Series the testing was being administered right on the field behind home plate so that it could be done as quickly as possible. In the managers meeting teams and players were warned that bats that tested too low could lead to ejection for unsportsmanlike conduct and runs could even be removed from the score.
(The accounts, descriptions, and opinions expressed in this article are soley the thoughts of Dale Weiser and are NOT representative of the USSSA.)
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- Co-MVP – Dennis Rulli, Resmondo (13-14, .929, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 13 Runs)
- Co-MVP – Andy Purcell, Resmondo (12-14, .857, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 9 Runs)
- HR Leaders – Brian Rainwater, Resmondo (10-15, .667, 15 RBI, 8 Runs) – 7
- HR Leaders – Tim Cocco, Jean Shoppe (12-19, .632, 16 RBI, 12 Runs) – 7
- Batting Leader – Dennis Rulli, Resmondo – (13-14, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 13 Runs) – .929
- Defensive MVP – Brian Rainwater, Resmondo (10-15, .667, 7 HR, 15 RBI, 8 Runs)
- Offensive MVP – Tim Mattox, T&R Stucco/Worth (10-20, .500, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 7 Runs)
USSSA MAJOR WORLD SERIES ALL WORLD TEAM
Infield – Rich Gulash – T&R Stucco/Worth (11-18, .611, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 10 Runs)
Infield – Tim Cocco – Jean Shoppe/Chaneys/Easton/Sports55 (12-19, .632, 7 HR, 16 RBI, 12 Runs)
Infield – Ed Vega – Johnny Blaze/Combat/Elite (9-19, .474, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 6 Runs)
Infield – Don DeDonatis III – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (10-16, .625, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 11 Runs)
Infield – Mitch Mabe – T&R Stucco/Worth (13-22, .591, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 12 Runs)
Infield – Sam Lopez – GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite (10-14, .714, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 7 Runs)
Infield – Bryson Baker – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (7-12, .583, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 11 Runs)
Infield – Todd Martin – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (8-13, .615, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 4 Runs)
Infield – Jeff Wallace – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (13-16, .813, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 12 Runs)
Infield – Greg Connell – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (10-16, .625, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 10 Runs)
Infield – Oscar Shipley – T&R Stucco/Worth (5-12, .417, 6 RBI, 3 Runs)
Infield – Chris Larsen – Johnny Blaze/Combat/Elite (10-15, .667, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 9 Runs)
Infield – Randall Poplin – T&R Stucco/Worth (12-19, .632, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 10 Runs)
Infield – Timothy Mattox – T&R Stucco/Worth (10-20, .500, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 7 Runs)
Outfield – Bobby Hughes – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (7-12, .583, 5 HR, 14 RBI, 9 Runs)
Outfield – Rick Baker – Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat (11-18, .611, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 7 Runs)
Outfield – Donovan Pokraka – GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite (8-15, .633, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 8 Runs)
Outfield – Johnny McCraw – Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat (9-18, .500, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 8 Runs)
Outfield – Rick Sedlacek – GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite (7-11, .636, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 11 Runs)
Outfield – Brian Wegman – Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat (13-16, .813, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 11 Runs)
Utility – BJ Fulk – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (9-13, .692, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 8 Runs)
Manager – Frank Webb/John Rector – Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth
OTHERS
Johnny Dykes, Suncoast/Quick Roofing (10-13, .769, 12 RBI, 8 Runs)
Marty Malloy, Jean Shoppe/Chaneys/Easton/Sports55 (13-18, .722, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 8 Runs)
Justin Mucciarelli, Johnny Blaze/Combat/Elite (10-15, .667, 4 RBI, 5 Runs)
Kevin Bazat, Suncoast/Quick Roofing (7-12, .583, 2 RBI, 4 Runs)
Brett Helmer, Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat (11-19, .579, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 8 Runs)
Kevin Filby, GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite (8-14, .571, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 7 Runs)
Jason Kendrick, Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat (10-19, .526, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 8 Runs)
Howie Krause, Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth (5-10, .500, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 4 Runs)
Todd Joerling, Jean Shoppe/Chaneys/Easton/Sports55 (9-18, 500, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 9 Runs)
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Resmondo/Specialty Tank/Worth, Winter Haven, FL (5-0)
2. T&R Stucco/Worth, Polk City, FL (5-2)
3. Long Haul/Miken/Phonemasters, Albertville, MN (3-2)
4. Dan Smith/Menosse/Benfield/Combat, San Jose, CA (3-2)
5t. GTL Cartel/Stucco/Worth/Elite, Othello, WA (3-2)
5t. Johnny Blaze/Combat/Elite, Las Vegas, NV (3-2)
7t. TaylorMade/Titan/PAS/Mizuno, Spotsylvania, VA (2-2)
7t. Jean Shoppe/Chaneys/Easton/Sports55, McKenzie, TN (2-2)
9t. Combat USA/Elite, Seattle, WA (1-2)
9t. Blitz/Watanabe/Weller/Minges/Easton, Cincinnati, OH (1-2)
9t. Suncoast/Quick Roofing/Reebok, Sarasota, FL (1-2)
9t. O&S/Povs/Hoffman/Combat, South St. Paul, MN (1-2)
13t. Bud Light/TPS/LineDrive/Sports55, Plymouth, MI (0-2)
13t. Northwest Combat/Trojans, Seattle, WA (0-2)
13t. Wood Law/Combat, Dallas, TX (0-2)
13t. A.J.S./Easton/3N2/Dssbats, Fort Myers, FL (0-2)
