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Real name:
Tad Ludes

Location:
Ventura, CA

Division:
Men's 65

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Nov. 11, 2014
stattad
Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Are walks hits in Senior Softball?

You should keep both. I always provide stats to our players, and we keep BA, OBP, and slugging percentage. Walks are important, but they never score a runner from second!
Nov. 6, 2014
stattad
Topic: Teams looking for players
Discussion: team seeking players for 2015 including Phoenix this month

This team has some talent, and there's got to be some 70-year-olds out there looking for a team. I'm not 70 yet, but I know Mike and I've seen his team play.
Nov. 5, 2014
stattad
Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Need team for Phoenix--70AAA or Major

I beg to differ. If you keep stats, AND you know the difference between a hit and an error, you'll see that a lot of AAA players can't even hit .600
Nov. 5, 2014
stattad
Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Need team for Phoenix--70AAA or Major

Between the two of them, they have eight championship rings, two MVPs, and around eight all-tournament patches.
Nov. 5, 2014
stattad
Topic: Players looking to join a team
Discussion: Need team for Phoenix--70AAA or Major

Two computer-challenged players need to find a new team after their squad broke up (Silver Sox 65AAA). I have played with both of them for years in tournaments and leagues. The first is a lefty-lefty 1B who hit .678 in 2012 tourneys and .571 in 2013. Don't have this year's stats because I went to a different team. He prides himself on being the master of the unassisted double play at first.

The second is a righty 2B-3B-P who hit .615 in 2012 and .658 in 2013. By the way, errors are NOT hits. They would like to join the same team because they always carpool together.


Nov. 3, 2014
stattad
Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Passing of Tom Sneddon

I'm sorry to have to announce the passing of Tom Sneddon of cancer. He was the manager of the Silver Sox 65AAA team in Southern California, and before that played on the 60AAA version of the team. Before that, he was the District Attorney that attempted to prosecute Michael Jackson. He will be missed.
Oct. 30, 2014
stattad
Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Team move-ups

I want to express my opinion that every team should have two different margin averages. One is for non-open innings and one for open innings. There is no way you can mesh the two together and not expect very skewed stats.
Sept. 6, 2014
stattad
Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: WMC schedules

I second that!

July 29, 2014
stattad
Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: player classification

Seems ridiculous to me. Hopefully the staff will chime in...
July 14, 2014
stattad
Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: batting title

Except of course no one bats only 9 players in a softball game.
June 30, 2014
stattad
Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Rules

Too bad. There used to be a lot of exciting plays involving the commitment line that I don't think we'll see anymore.
June 30, 2014
stattad
Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Rules

I don't agree. No discussion of 25' at all?
June 30, 2014
stattad
Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Rules

I don't think anyone had a calculator handy when they changed the commitment line. It used to be 30% of the distance between home and 3rd. Now it's 43%. The rule should be corrected to 25 feet from home. That would be 35.7% and not such a drastic change.
June 29, 2014
stattad
Topic: Rules of the game
Discussion: Rules

I thought I read that the commitment line was changed this year to 30' from home plate, not 20'.
June 20, 2014
stattad
Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Teams going to Call Cup in Hemet

R&R 65s Major will be there.
June 18, 2014
stattad
Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Recommendations for lodging in Hemet

I have stayed at the Quality Inn in Hemet probably four times now. I like it because it has bigger TVs than the Hampton Inn and they have DirecTV. I would definitely take it over the Hampton Inn because the latter doesn't give you any bang for your buck. Smaller TVs and fewer channels. Like Andy said, the Motel 6 on McCall Blvd. has mini-fridges, a restaurant around the corner and a Wendy's next door. That is where I'm staying this time.
June 18, 2014
stattad
Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Hitting

Fred--
What is a "WD"?
May 31, 2014
stattad
Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: Counting runs correctly

Andy--
If you had been running things, you would have left the 4 runs on the board and you'd still be playing in extra innings instead of our 1-run win!
May 30, 2014
stattad
Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: Counting runs correctly

We had an argument in one of the last games on Sunday involving how many runs were scored in an inning. The umpire had it wrong, but yet both scorers had the same number of batters in the innings, nine. That makes it easy. All you have to know is how many runners were left on base, and that was easy, too, because we had just walked a batter to load the bases. Just remember this formula:

Number of batters minus runners left on base, minus outs equals runs scored (9-3-3). In this case it was three, not four, and they finally changed it. Every umpire and manager should become familiar with this formula.
May 30, 2014
stattad
Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: Reno results

65 Major:
1. New Mexico Roadrunners
2. R&R 65s
3. Tharaldson
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