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Jeff Price

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Dec. 13, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Run Outs No one ups for anyone. Why continue to try and circumvent or create rules to make a small group happy? It's simple, play by the rules set forth or move up to the division you belong in. If you want one up, move up! It's about the capability to hit 3 in the AAA division, not limit teams to 3. Change your bat or ball if your having issues keep it in the yard.
Dec. 10, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Run Outs The ball & bat made me do it! Does anyone else see the direction this is going in? If the equipment is the deciding factor in how far or quickly ball travel or approach players, why is it so hard to find an answer to all of this? If your one of those players who wants to feel empowered because of today’s equipment, so be it. But you can't have it both ways. I think outs after the limits have been reached is the only way to go. That’s why they are called limits. Big cat7 is dead on with his comments. The limits have allowed someone to sit on their behind and look at game stats (Homeruns, run diff, etc) and decide what division we should be in. Back year ago, the directors were the ones running tourneys and could witness the games and decide where teams belonged. Our team is built with friendship, and the AAA level in mind.
Dec. 4, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes Did the balls add 10, 20 or 30 + feet to every ball hit? Adjustments are made all the time. Wind, heat & cold can make all kinds of variances. But please don't use the balls made me do it line!
Dec. 4, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes So the 70' rule was put in more for the runners than the fielders? That makes more sense than talking about the DP and fielders safety.
Dec. 4, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes Someone needs to explain how the 70" bases are going to make it safer game. More hammy's are pulled in the last few feet trying to make it to the bag at first than at anytime in the game. Will they be cutting all the infields back to accomondate the 5" difference in the bag? If not, moving the bags makes no difference in safety or double plays. If an infielder can catch the rockets launched off the bats, chances are it will be an easy double play. Also, if the players move back on the grass to make up for the 5" lost, they will have to deal with the lip on the infield grass. That in itself will create more injuries than before the move. JMO
Nov. 30, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: pitching screens If everyone feels the bats don't make that big of a difference. Then lets go back to wood and the old cork center strung wound ball. Almost every comment regarding the bats are not the problem, it's the balls. Then what the lovefest with the bats? They cost more money and don't last nearly as long.
Nov. 27, 2012 Pricer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Thoughts for the upcoming SSUSA Rules Committee meeting! P.S. What ever happened to competing?
Nov. 27, 2012 Pricer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Thoughts for the upcoming SSUSA Rules Committee meeting! Nobody should have to move up or out for winning a championship in any division. Teams that are sandbagging, that is a different story. We're going way overboard on this win one/move on mentality. Directors just need to do their jobs. To broom someone up or out because they win on this weekend is BS. Putting a good team together of friends that can play is becoming a thing of the past. Is winning becoming the only reason we play?
Nov. 24, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Update from USSSA National Convention Don't like it and will not play with it!
Nov. 17, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: pitching screens Instead of finding more ways to protect ourselves and spending more money doing so. Why don't we save tons of money and go back to equipment that would make the game safe. JMO
Nov. 2, 2012 Pricer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit Sorry cal, the statement "World tourneys were never meant to be more than one representative from each state" was used to indicate a field of teams from the US that represented all of the states that registered with the association hosting the world tourney. In other words, world tourneys teams were supposed earn their entry, not given them. Their intentions were not to have world tourneys that allowed teams that had not qualified to participate. But I sure you could read between the lines, just not sure why your insisting on being anal. Everyone but you could interpret this. I like change as well, just not most of the changes where a World tourney is NOT really a world tourney. We all like softball or this conversation would not be happening. Others & I have played it for years and in my OPINION, we have removed a vital ingredients from our game, but added another. We've lost some integrity and really over emphasized money. JMO
Nov. 2, 2012 Pricer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit Well cal, I don't think any of them do anymore. But this could be why some of the softball purist don't think much of our game anymore. USSSA started the world series for each class with only teams that won qualifiers. Then it became NIT champs only. I think that number at my first WS was 16 teams. The NIT were filled with teams looking to win that berth. The money being made was made on the NIT and the WS was the prize for winning one. Now the awards for the World winners aren't much different the the ones earned at the local tourney's, but the sure is!
Nov. 2, 2012 Pricer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit Webbie, for all the folks who hate when Gary19 adds his 2 cents, I think you guys must be interested in what he says or why you would awake the sleeping dog. World tourneys were never meant to be more than one representitve from each state. A winner that earned the right to do so. What did all of these teams do to earn the passage to the most important tourney of the year? All it takes is MONEY! This is no world tourney. It's not the best of the best. it's the teams with the expendandable cash. JMO
Oct. 25, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Bats Discussion: Take responsibilty I'm glad your satisfied Silk. When you really think about it, 40 swings would be about a days worth of BP. So if anyone is saying they have a bat that last less than a day after purchase. By all means you have every right to be upset. But unless you can prove the equipment has a flaw or is defective, it's you got what you paid for. My beef is knowing we are buying non warrantied bats and complaining when they break. When anyone with common sense see NO WARRANTY on anything they purchase, it should send up a red flag. No one & I mean no one our age should expect anything different when purchasing this product. Have a great off season.
Oct. 17, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Bats Discussion: Take responsibilty Bat prices have remained the same, but the manufactures are at every chance they get finding another source that's offshore or economically poor country to make them cheaper. That's the only reason they have not raised prices. When they can not drop pricing on manufacturing, the prices will start to rise or they'll discontinue making that model. All the products being offered today started out being manufactured at a higher price, when they realized they had a good product they started a search for cheaper labor and materials. I can guarantee you this, they will not make it a practice to replace non warranty bats.
Oct. 17, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Bats Discussion: Take responsibilty For those that had bats replaced, I'm happy for you. But if you don't think we'll all be paying tomorrow for the way they're doing business today your wrong. Either the retail for these bats will go up, without any improvements or cost to the manufactures or if improvements are made at cost to them we'll see an added increase in retail. We're going to pay the difference anyway. Personally, replacing the bats with no warranty is bad business, period. A company doing this is setting themselves and/or the purchaser for disappointment when they eventually have to say no to you or someone else in a similar situation or they go out of business for a failed business plan. So continue to tell them that their no warranty bats really have one and you expect them to be replaced. Good luck!
Oct. 17, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Runs Webbie, my comment (Hockey was never played without a net. Baseball/softball started out without fences. Lame excuse or try at making light of my example.) was directed towards someone else. I've learned not to give much of an opinion without using facts on here anymore. By the way, it's starting to cool down here in the mitten!
Oct. 16, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Bats Discussion: Take responsibilty The burden of proof will be on the purchaser of the bat. So with that being said, how far and at what cost do you or anyone suggest this should go? I would think to prove what your suggesting will incur dollars & maybe an attorney. If the judge decides there is a gray area regarding this, he will go right back to the fact that THE BAT HAS NO WARRANTY. The first and only question the judge will ask the buyer, did you know this bat HAS NO WARRANTY? They indicate from the wrapper on the bat to all over the Internet where they are sold. NO WARRANTY express or implied. Does it concern anyone else, that if we didn't have these players out here trying to get something for nothing, the bats would possibly could cost half of what they are now. These companies have to pay for the attorneys to remind the dummies that they bought a bat with NO WARRANTY.
Oct. 16, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Runs Hockey was never played without a net. Baseball/softball started out without fences. Lame excuse or try at making light of my example. Did you not play without fences early in your career? Is that only reason you play? Pride can not only be a good thing, it can create problems sometimes if you can't swallow it at times.
Oct. 15, 2012 Pricer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Runs Our generation has changed as much or more than the younger one's. Self-gratification! If anyone on here ever thought that "I understand some of the different issues mentioned here but I do not see the solution of going back to calling a 55 or 60 yr old person out for hitting a ball over 300 feet" would even be in a softball discussion amongst ourselves 30 years ago, I'll be the first to call you a liar. If your going to have a homerun rule, then they should be outs after the limit has been met. If not, it's not worth even talking about. That's why we insist on playing in complexes with fences, so we can feed the egos. We can end all this talk be taking a tourneys to open fields. Egos would be in check after the first 420 bombs is snapped off for an out.

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