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| Feb. 3, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Player releases ▲ This is the correct statement of the general rule on player releases ▲ |
| Feb. 1, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC This horse had on St. Croix Steel shoes and he got to the termination of the Pony Express route in Sacramento a couple of days ago ... All of the scores, bracket results and order of finish were posted late Tuesday ... Try to keep up with us on this one! ... |
| Feb. 1, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Commitment Line question Send an identifiable (as to you) email detailing your suggestion to: info@seniorsoftball.com and put "Rules Committee" in the Subject/Memo line ... The rules committee will be meeting again in late November ... |
| Jan. 30, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Prizes The MVP of each championship team was awarded an "Axe" bat ... That bat was also the award for winning the batting-based skills competitions (Precision and Power Hitting) on Thursday before the tournament began ... |
| Jan. 19, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS 2024 DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for the SSUSA's Original Tournament of Champions 2024 in Polk County, FL, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" at the Manager's meeting before play commences ... NOTE: Managers who do NOT attend the Manager meeting will be presumed to be fully informed on ALL matters (such as schedule changes, tourney formats and rules issues) discussed at the meeting. Tournament rosters are frozen as of the Managers Meeting. NO on-site player additions are allowed, as all roster changes were previously approved through the Sacramento home office ... Managers who do not attend the Manager Meeting, and do not send a representative, will be prohibited from beginning tournament play before check-in with Field Director. The Master Games & Fields Grid and the Participating Teams List have been posted ... Good luck to all! ... DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's) Men's: 50's & 55's | 60's & 65's | 70's thru 85's 40+ Masters: Men | Women & 50/55+ Seniors Complete: All Ages & Divisions [Large file: 35 pages] Tournament Administration (PDF's) Master Games & Field Grid: T.O.C. 2024 Participating Teams List: T.O.C. 2024 |
| Jan. 16, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rating Generally, that "double" rating index spread (40-Major = 9 and 50-AAA = 7) is prohibited without PRIOR approval as mentioned at item #3 below __________ PLAYER ELIGIBILITY Player Rating Index ("R/I") History is HIGHEST R/I in last TWO (or ONE if 70+) + CURRENT Seasons 1. May play for ANY team with EQUAL R/I, if otherwise eligible as to age and residency requirements 2. May play ONE R/I less than HIGHEST R/I as one of three "out-of-rating" players allowed on that team's roster 3. May NOT play TWO R/I less without PRIOR approval by SSUSA Home Office under GRANTED exeception request |
| Jan. 10, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOP GUN's WINTER CLASSIC QUALIFIER 2024 "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for the SSUSA's Top Gun Winter Classic Qualifier 2024 in Bullhead City, AZ, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" when play commences ... The Master Planning Grid has been posted and the Participating Teams Tab as been activated ... Good luck to all! DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's) Men's: 50's thru 60's | 65's & 70's | 75's thru 85's Complete: All Ages & Divisions [Large file: 17 pages] Tournament Administration (PDF's) Master Games & Field Grid: Winter Classic 2024 |
| Jan. 8, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS 2024 TENTATIVE Field Assignments REVISION FOR RATING CORRECTION WALKER ROAD SOFTBALL COMPLEX (Lakeland) - 24 Teams Men's 60-Major (6) Men's 70-Major (1) & 70-AAA (2) & 75-Major+ (1) Men's 70-Major (3) & 75-AAA (2) Men's 80+ Division - ALL (6) Men's 85+ Division - ALL (3) |
| Jan. 6, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS 2024 TENTATIVE Field Assignments The following are the TENTATIVE Field Assignments for the 2024 SSUSA Tournament of Champions in Polk County, FL. Please note that TENTATIVE means they are NOT FINAL and are SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FINAL Field Assignments will be released simultaneous with the publication of the DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets shortly. Good luck everyone! AUBURNDALE SPORTS COMPLEX (Auburndale) - 31 Teams Men's 55-AAA (9) Men's 55-AAA (4) Men's 60-AAA (8) Men's 60-AA (5) Men's 70-AA (5) DIAMONDPLEX SPORTS COMPLEX (Winter Haven) - 24 Teams Men's 50-Major+ (1) & 50-Major (2) Men's 50-AAA (6) Men's 50-AA (3) Men's 65-Major (2) Men's 65-AAA (8) Men's 65-AA (2) LOYCE HARPE PARK (Lakeland) - 24 Teams Men's 40-Major (6) Men's 40-AAA (2) Men's 55-Major+ (1) & 55-Major (5) Women's 40W-AAA (4) & 40W-AA (2) Women's 50/55+ Seniors (4) WALKER ROAD SOFTBALL COMPLEX (Lakeland) - 24 Teams Men's 60-Major (6) Men's 70-Major (2) & 75-Major+ (1) Men's 70-AAA (1) & 75-Major (3) Men's 75-AAA (2) Men's 80+ Division - ALL (6) Men's 85+ Division - ALL (3) Ratings NotesTeams play in the 2024 SSUSA Original T.O.C. at the age and rating level they had when they won their invitation. If a team won multiple T.O.C. qualifying events in two different ratings, their invitation is at the higher of those ratings. Thank you to all of the participating teams and players, play and travel safely and Good Luck!! Released 01/06/2024 |
| Dec. 26, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Looking for 60s team for 2024 64stones ... You've posted essentially this same message almost every month for the last couple of years, apparently without a lot of success in hooking up with a team ... Maybe a change in your approach would be more effective? ... Click on the light green NY/PA/NJ area on the Clubs and Leagues graphic on this web site's Home Page ... SSUSA's Regional Directors, Pete DeRosa (NE), Chuck Sharkey (NY) and Bernie White (PA) are great guys, are knowledgeable of the teams in their areas and should all be willing and able to help you ... Their contact information, both phone and email, can be found there ... Good luck ... |
| Dec. 22, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What's the rile mad dog ... §1.29 is in the Rulebook as a DEFINITION (of a foul tip) and is not the actual governing RULE ... That appears at: §7.4 STRIKE CALLED BY UMPIRE C. For each foul tip. EFFECT: The ball is dead and the batter is out if it is the final strike. NOTE: A foul tip may be a waste foul." Your objection (confusion?) appears to be over the concept of the final strike that was created when we went to the 1-1 count WITH a "waste foul" for everyone ... Since the Committee allowed a foul tip to be that waste foul, there can be a theoretical 4th strike for the batter who still has "one to waste" in the count ... Accordingly, your assertion that a caught foul tip with two strikes on the batter is always an out is incorrect in that "waste foul" circumstance ... |
| Dec. 21, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Bats Discussion: New rule on shaved bats mck71 In our view, there's nothing vague in the intent of the National Rules Committee or in the amended language. If an altered bat is discovered at ANY SSUSA sanctioned event, or if a player declines to surrender his bat for inspection, the player suspension (10-years or LIFE, depending on his level of cooperation) commences immediately. The team sanction component will result in them not being eligible to participate in the next World Championships OR the next T.O.C. Nobody is able to retroactively determine with certainty if the altered bat was or was not in play during events that would have qualified them for the World Championships or the T.O.C. Barring the team from those events eliminates any possible detriment to the other teams competing. __________ SD00 The new TEAM SANCTION rules will take effect on January 1st and were NOT in place at the time of the incident that is the primary topic of this discussion. For future hypothetical reference, if the same circumstances and result were to occur, that future team (and all players on that tournament roster) would be barred from participating in the next World Championships and T.O.C. The team would NOT be suspended, so all other player movement options would be available to those players for any other event the team may choose to enter, EXCEPT none of those players would be allowed to join another team, in any age group, and then play in the barred World's and T.O.C. events. |
| Dec. 21, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Bats Discussion: New rule on shaved bats BANDITOS180 There is nothing in the rule amendment that suspends the team for the player having been found to have used an altered bat. There IS a TEAM SANCTION, but it is NOT a suspension. The team is barred from participating in that season's World Championships in Las Vegas and from the next Tournament of Champions, whether or not they had previously earned a bid, because all current year T.O.C. bids are forfeited. The team may play in as many other events as they desire, including upcoming T.O.C. events, other qualifiers, and the Eastern or Western National Championships. Here is the newly added TEAM SANCTIONS language, in its entirety: __________ TEAM SANCTIONS: If the player refuses to surrender the bat, or if the bat is found to be altered to enhance performance, the team will forfeit all previously earned current season Tournament of Champions bids and is declared ineligible to participate in the current season SSUSA World Championships and Tournament of Champions. |
| Dec. 20, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Associations Discussion: Older age groups playing younger age groups? Se11out ... You say the answer is "No", which would indicate that you must have made the request to Sacramento and were turned down ... Maybe you should re-contact them, since that's not an item that's going to be decided and/or resolved in the Message Board context ... |
| Dec. 19, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Associations Discussion: Older age groups playing younger age groups? Approving a team's request to "play younger" is going to be a decision made by the SSUSA office closer to the entry deadline date at the end of February ... Normally, the 50-Major team would be expected to play with 50+ age group Spring World's the following week in St. George, UT ...IF APPROVED, and a 50-Major team and a 40-AAA team ended up in the same tournament and grouping, they would play without an equalizer because they share a common rating index number ("8") ... |
| Dec. 17, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Walking to pitch Jay10 ... This is very likely a situation of an umpire "..making it up on the fly.." and does not reflect the intent of the rule or any valid instruction he (or she) might have been given from an official source ... We apologize for his error ... |
| Dec. 15, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 2023-24 SSUSA NATIONAL RULES COMMITTEE MEETINGS Official Minutes EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2023 (for the 2024 Season) |
| Dec. 15, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What's the rile dog ... Since this discussion isn't with regard to MLB rules, allow us to restate the SSUSA rules that govern our sanctioned play and differ from MLB ... Donna (and several others) remain correct in their analysis: __________ Rulebook §1.29 FOUL TIP A foul tip is a batted ball that goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batter's head, to the catcher's hand(s) or glove and is legally caught by the catcher. EFFECT: The ball is dead on all foul tips and the batter is out if it is the final strike. Rulebook §7.4 STRIKE CALLED BY UMPIRE C. For each foul tip. EFFECT: The ball is dead and the batter is out if it is the final strike. NOTE: A foul tip may be a waste foul." |
| Dec. 14, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What's the rile dog ... EXCEPT when the batter has a "waste foul left" to use ... Be careful when speaking in "absolutes" ... Donna is correct on this one ... |
| Dec. 14, 2023 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: State residency LEF #2 ... There are several criteria that may assist you in determining your "home" state as opposed to your "snowbird" state ... The partial list of factors that would indicate your "home" state include: The address on your federal income tax return; The address on your "Resident" or Part-year Resident" state income tax return if you live in state(s) requiring a return; The state that issued your current driver's license; The state where you are (or could be legally) registered to vote; The state where you spend the majority (= more than half) of the year in actual residency ... |
