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| Oct. 28, 2015 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat weights Follow up post. Miken replaced my under weight Miken Black BigCat with one of the proper weight. The turn-a-round time for the exchange was one week from the day I shipped the bat, which I concider incredible. A BIG At-A-Boy for Miken. |
| Oct. 17, 2015 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat weights Okay, I am going to jump in here with my two cents worth because I have this problem. I recently purchased the new Miken Black Big Cat in 28 oz size. The bat felt light so I had it weighted. Actual weight is 27.2 oz. Now 27.2 oz is a far cry from 28 oz. Bats are sold based on weight, I have never seen a bat advertised as swing weight. I have a friend that purchased a 28 oz Miken Black Maxload that weights 29.7 oz and swings like a log. Needless to say, both of us are disappointed with our bats. Bats should be stickered to the closest actual weight. |
| April 11, 2015 1billyd | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Rating Question To Staff, if I understand the ratings/index chart, if I am a 70 major player moving to the 75 division, I would carry a classification of 75 major plus. What happens if there are no 75 major plus teams or a 75 major team with an open slot available to me? Do I just quit? |
| June 17, 2014 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: Miken Ultra 2 Advance - Still Being Used??? Still have a couple, tournament play only. Both are very well used and are ready to go the big ballfield in the sky at anytime. Perhaps the answer is that Miken start making them again. |
| March 5, 2014 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: New senior bats I see that the new GSC bat is not on the SSUSA Approved Bat List. |
| Oct. 31, 2013 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: GSC~~~Where Are You? I would still prefer to pay a fair share. |
| Oct. 31, 2013 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: GSC~~~Where Are You? This thing has been kicked around a long time and I feel compelled to respond to Jason’s last post. Yes, Jason is right, the original GSC no longer exists. However, if history serves me right, Steve was a co-owner of that company and his buyout (probably for the design patent rights) may or may not have any ongoing legal obligations. Contract law can be tricky and it may require a court decision as to whether previous purchasers have a legal claim. I say this, because the monies we paid in the past were used toward initial development of the new bat prior to Steve taking sole ownership. Also, Jason is right in that the new bat will be superior to the old Veterans. I for one feel that I should not expect a bat for the low promotional price that I paid for the old bat. To that end, on two occasions, once in a phone conversation with Steve and another in an email to a member of the staff, I proposed that I should pay some additional amount while receiving credit for the money previously paid. This seems to be a fair and equable solution, we would get credit for our initial payment and GSC would not be giving bats away. As far as the current state of affairs as stated by Jason, tells me that full scale production has not stated yet, and it will be awhile before we see any bats reach the market. |
| May 29, 2013 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: GSC Bat approved for Senior Softball Kind of strange, in spite of all the discussion about the bat being approved, the GSC website is not providing any updates other than adding a couple of videos. Seems prudent that they should be providing some up to date info. |
| March 14, 2013 1billyd | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: strange play Until the batter drops the bat, it is part of his person. Outside the line, means completly outside the line. If the bat was inside the line, I go with jackbrun. |
| March 14, 2013 1billyd | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: strange play curty, you didn't say whether the batter/runner was inside or outside the first base line. |
| March 7, 2013 1billyd | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior Softball Poem Thanks Glovedad, here's my contribution. The Boys of Winter I rise each dawn and slip away To the field of green where the boys of winter play We don our gear our lot is such To play this game we love so much What joy when throws go true The flight of ball against the blue By the grace of God we come another day To the field of green where the boys of winter play |
| March 7, 2013 1billyd | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC Yeah, same thing happened to my team in the Spring Nationals last year, we lost. But I think this 75’s team earned a shot because they competed and won a number of games in a higher bracket. Just think there should be some consistency because I have seen where single entry teams in some tourneys have received an invite. One other point. It seems to me that SSUSA would try to legitimately qualify as many teams as possible for the TOC because not nearly enough teams attend to fill up the brackets. |
| March 4, 2013 1billyd | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC Regarding TOC qualification, we have a situation stemming from the ISA Winter Nationals just completed in Auburndale this past weekend. In our 70’s AAA bracket we had a 75’s AAA team competing with us because there was no other 75’s team. These guys played awesome, they made it to the championship game and won four out of six games. Now these guys paid their money for a chance at qualifying for the TOC. However, as I understand it, they will not receive an automatic qualifier in their division like any number of teams have in the past. It seems to me that based on their level of play that they should not be penalized because another team in their age division dropped out. Am I wrong here? |
| Jan. 11, 2013 1billyd | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Spring Nats When is the Spring Nationals? Previous message says March 19-24, but tournament schedule says April 30 - May 5. |
| Nov. 18, 2012 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: GSC solid core bat senior bat Hadn't thought about, but on the other hand, it could be Bood Red. Strange that the photo does not appear on the gscbats website. |
| Nov. 16, 2012 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: GSC solid core bat senior bat Scroll down on this site for an interesting picture. http://www.hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=WHACS&sport=softball&t=c&p=home&s=softball |
| Oct. 20, 2012 1billyd | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 70 AAA Results in LV crusher, here is the link to results on this site. http://seniorsoftball.com/?event=650 |
| Aug. 23, 2012 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: gsc bat latest web site update Sure has been quiet, anybody hear anything new? |
| Feb. 29, 2012 1billyd | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Veteran Core bat Like ChiPrimeMarty I made my purchase in September 2010 under the same promotion, and like Marty, Bill has responded to my emails promptly. Having paid only $99, I am a little uncomfortable complaining about not receiving a bat that obviously going be worth considerably more. To that regard I wouldn’t mind a price adjustment with consideration given for how long I have been waiting and the fact that GSC has had use of my money for a year and a half. And like pitcher55, I would like to see a list of prepaid bats or receive a confirmation email so that I could know for sure that I have not fallen through the crack. |
| Feb. 16, 2012 1billyd | Topic: Bats Discussion: New Veteran CORE thread..... Hey folks, there is a short video on gscbats.com showing the CORE. |
