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March 11, 2013 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Memories From Yesterdays Gone By Bittersweet memories. Our eighth grade PE teacher enrolled us in a baseball league which played other schools on Sunday afternoons. As some of you old timers might know, there were some parents back then who were quite religious and did not believe in such frivolities on Sunday. I was OK to practice on Saturday, made the team, but never played or went to a game on Sunday. I always worked so never went out for sports in high school or college. Played a little low league softball in my 40s. Thrilled by Senior softball and won SSUSA national championships as 70 and 75. And yes I can now play on Sunday's as well as Saturday. Davy
Aug. 31, 2012 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Ratings I agree that individual rating of all players, i.e. utilizing the 5 tools would be almost impossible. However one indicator correlates fairly well. At what level have they played for the last two or three years? Seems to me that if you played for the same team for 2 or 3 years running at a given level, i.e. Major Plus, Major, AAA, or AA, the teams have already determined that you are valuable to them at that level. If you changed teams but still played at the same level, that would indicate that the new team also thought you would be valuable to them. Analysis of rosters and levels is not that difficult.
June 23, 2012 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Is winning the most important thing? Perspective from a 76 year old softball player. Winning maybe everything when you are young but age has a way of providing balance in both life and softball. Any tournament you come home from is one to be treasured both for the playing experience and friendships. Of course you do your best to help the team win but losing doesn't make you a failure. Enjoy it, meaning present rules, bats and balls, etc while you can, win or lose, because it will not last forever. davy
May 27, 2012 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Talking Trash I can't believe this is a subject without an obvious answer. This is almost like constantly griping about umpire calls, usually done by inferior or losing teams. Do any of the new young guns talk trash today? They didn't 25 years ago when I was 50 nor do the older players today. The most you might get is a quiet back handed compliment not heard by anyone else. I always took it as a sign of weakness by the talker. Davy
Dec. 20, 2010 Davy	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Courtesy Runner Positive & Negative Views Played senior softball for 25 years. Now on 75 roster. Designate up to 2 players before game who will require courtesy runner. Takes care of unique cases. Also allow 1 additional courtesy runner per inning who is in starting lineup or will be sub. requires some strategy in batting order planning or situation. Perfect for older teams, 70 plus or AAA /AA teams who usually won't bring rabbits only to a tournament. If the young guys or Major Plus/Major want unlimited CR's and rabbits only to compete, then knock yourself out. PS I declined to go to The World Championships with a 60's major team as a rabbit only. What a joke.
Feb. 22, 2010 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Looking for questions that YOU would like answers to. how many courtesy runners per game? a. unlimited b. none c. one per inning d .courtesy runner can only run once per game e. only one per inning and courtesy runner can only run once per game I prefer e as it allows for the truly hobbled(maybe injury)etc. but keeps a more balanced team with all skills important, not just slug hit and no run.
Dec. 27, 2009 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: poll:who would like Perspective from a 70's Major player who is 5'6" and 140 lbs. I play a decent ss, 2nd and 3rd and run like the wind, a singles hitter with good average and on base per %, also courtesy runner several times a game. Do I like the Miken Ultra 2? Of course when I'm hitting because of the sweet spot and ability to hit where you want to. But forget about my defense when playing the power teams. My range isn't important anymore so the arm is not a factor. Can't run down a bullet when its already by you. Unless its a tight game, my base running speed doesn't mean much as the next guy can hit it over the fence. If there were no courtesy runners the importance of the pure power guy would be reduced, thats one way to increase the balanced game. After all in baseball, you are out of the game if someone runs for you. A start would be only one courtesy runner per inning and that runner only once per game. My vote of course goes to the balanced game, not the HR derby.
May 11, 2008 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: COACHES CORNER-DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOT A COACH My basic principle is that the team comes first but the question is how best to manage. I bat leadoff for a sponsored 70's major team that has been in existance for 15 years. Here's what we do: 1. We have a non playing manager who makes game decisions. 2. We have a board of six players plus the manager who meet regularly and discuss and establish policy.i.e. roster players, recomended tournaments to attend, playing time for local shirt tournaments vrs championship tournaments, number to bat in local vrs championship, and personnel problems such as you described. 3. The team comes first, not any individual and is well represented by the team board. 4 We try hard to win but not at the expense of comarade or team chemistry which translates to FUN and SUCCESS. Our solution would be for the team board to consider the problem and its history, make a decision and move on. Hope this helps. Dave State Roofing Systems 70's
Feb. 1, 2008 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Major Plus - unlimited HR's I guess the answer is each skill group i.e. Major Plus, Major, AAA, AA should have rules of their own. regarding balls, bats, runs per inning, home runs, time limits, etc. SSUSA should poll players from each group to determine their wishes. Once those rules were established, players could decide which skill group they preferred to play and would be committed to that group for the year. PS Major Plus or AA is not necessarily a better game or vice versa Davy
Jan. 25, 2008 Davy	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: hitting the pitcher Have played alot of ball over the years at many different levels and positions. What a GREAT GAME! My take is: Agree with Einstein. Hitting the pitcher should be an out and if intentional, automatic ejection. Should also apply for all age groups and skill levels. The solution to Major plus teams having no one to play or National tournaments without parity is really quite simple. Northern Calif. ranks its 105 teams covering all age groups from 1 to 105 based on games won and lost and strength of opponent. The best team in Northern Calif, is of course a 50 major plus team and the worst is a 75 AA team. Major plus/major teams usually play down an age group, ie. 60 major plus plays 55 major or AAA and so on for all age groups. It takes a bit of thinking to rank the teams but it insures equal and plentiful competition. Actually SSUSA already seeds teams. What needs to change is the present concept of rigid age groups at the national level. Bring in some 40/45 teams for the 50 Major Plus teams to play. The rest of the teams and age groups will fall into ranking quite easily.
Aug. 25, 2004 Davy	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior Softball credibility at Fresno The 65 divison at Fresno was advertised on the web site and at the park as 8 teams playing round robin with upper 4 teams in Gold div. and lower 4 teams in Silver Div, playing double elimination. The upper 4 teams were Fairway Ford and Seals, both 4 and 0 and Brea Merchants and So Cal Panthers 2 and 2. The lower 4 teams were all 1 and 3. Just before the start of the Gold and Silver brackets, Senior Softball officals changed the format after complaints by Brea Merchants and So. Cal Panthers who didn't want to play Fairway or the Seals. As a result of the change the Gold bracket was just Fairway and the Seals and 6 teams in the Silver bracket. Brea Merchants ended up playing So. Cal Panthers for the Silver bracket championship The lower 4 teams got screwed. Forget Las Vegas Championship?

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