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| Oct. 1, 2018 Tommy00 | Topic: Bats Discussion: ASA Bats Not Allowed in Vegas The tests are different now than they used to be. The old tests produced the BPF rating, where the new tests just conform to the 98 MPH or less rating. So the new tests don't guarantee that the BPF rating will be 1.21 or below. The way some bats are coming out of the wrapper and failing compression tests, they are probably very quickly surpassing the BPF 1.21 rating. |
| Sept. 21, 2017 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Player who had a CR now becomes a CR Last night we had a batter (Player A) get a base hit, get to first and call for a runner (Player B). 2 batters later, another guy (Player C) got on and Player A ran for him. Is there any rule against this? If not, I think there should be. |
| April 20, 2017 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitching rule That's exactly what USA/ASA says right now. |
| April 20, 2017 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitching rule Is it still required for the pitcher to show the ball before starting a pitching motion? USA softball now states that the pitcher must have the ball in front of them, while facing the batter / plate for 1 second before starting their pitching motion but no longer mentions showing the ball beforehand. Any help would be appreciated. |
| Jan. 13, 2017 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Taping of bat handle. It actually comes down to how many players actually know that more than 2 layers of tape makes a bat "altered", or whether or not you can tell that the "cone" at the bottom is all tape or a store bought cone covered in tape. Bottom line, someone in the know has to call you out for it to truly be illegal. |
| July 12, 2016 Tommy00 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Melee2 hair line crack Pop / Distance it hits as well or better than a broken-in 2016 Miken Ultra II Black Big Cat. Swing ease - It's hard to describe unless you have tried one yourself, but this bat accelerates through the zone better than almost any bat I have ever felt, the only exclusion being the Original Maxload Ultra with the handle flex. I have both the UII Big Cat and the Adidas Melee 2 in my bag, and in tense situations, I bring out the M2 because of how comfortable I am with it. |
| July 8, 2016 Tommy00 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Melee2 hair line crack My 27oz EL had a quarter size chip of paint come off. No other chipping / webbing or anything. It's smoking hot though. |
| April 12, 2016 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Rule question OZ, I 100% agree with that, except for the fact that the OP said it was an ASA League game. :) |
| April 11, 2016 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Rule question But, it is not a force out. The catcher would have to tag the runner coming home to make the third out. |
| March 22, 2016 Tommy00 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Your opinion on best Senior Bat Or, you could get the Miken Ultra II Big Cat with the 1oz end load which swings close to true to weight. I have one this year after swinging balanced for 5+ yrs. I am a believer. |
| July 9, 2013 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Playing out of your division in a tournament My main hope in this is to come up with a solution that gets everyone fair games so that we can practice for Vegas. Not trying to call anyone out or make anyone look bad, but we got removed from a tournament because there isn't a decent solution in place for our situation. I would definitely say that the 50 Major team expected to beat us! :) Hopefully someone in power sees this and thinks that there is a shred of a good idea so we don't get pushed out of future competition just because we don't have a bracket to play in. Thanks for your time folks, Tommy |
| July 9, 2013 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Playing out of your division in a tournament Ok, let me explain it a little more -- too many details in my head that I left out. This was a SSUSA sanctioned tournament. We signed our 40 AAA team up, but there were no other 40+ teams. Because of this, we had to play against 50+ teams. We played pool games and bracket games against them. We did not give up any runs in the pool games, but in the single elim bracket play, we did. We lost a pool play game heads up against a 50+ Major team, but beat them in an elimination game when we gave them 5 runs. Had they won, they would have been in the finals of the tournament. Please ask questions so I can clarify more if needed. |
| July 9, 2013 Tommy00 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Playing out of your division in a tournament Recently, my team played in a tournament where there were no other teams in our age division. By rule, we played up a division and gave runs where necessary. We heard lots of complaining about us being in the tournament and because we were using SSUSA approved bats (which 2/3 of our team doesn't even use). Since then, we were forced to withdraw from a tournament because several of the teams that we played against complained enough. We were / are only looking for Senior Softball tournament experience to prepare for Vegas. Looking back, I think it is unfair that we were emliminating teams from a tournament that we couldn't win ourselves. My time in the military taught me that I should never point out or complain about something without offering a solution, so I have a couple of possibilities that I would like to offer up. 1. Let teams who are outside the age division of the bracket play more pool games to get their minimum guaranteed games. These games should not count for the seeding of teams playing bracket games. 2. Let the team(s) play the same number of pool games as the other teams, then let them play against the teams eliminated from the bracket games. This gives the eliminated teams an extra game of experience as well. If the non-division team loses, they are done. This gives them the feel of being in bracket play, yet they aren't eliminating the teams from the bracket. 3. Keep things as is. If a team signs up for a tournament and there aren't any other teams in their age division, put them against the closest age division. Let the teams give up runs where appropriate, and put them in the bracket as seeded. Let us toss this around for a bit and see what everyone thinks. Tommy |
