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Dave (Mango) Meggison
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| March 25, 2024 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Doesn't it just take a couple of clicks and a little typing? Wondering, You are probably suffering from the same affliction many seniors like myself suffer from…technological impotence. However I discovered a cure for this particular part of the problem that you and others on here sometimes experience. To see the updated scores: when you are on the tournament page that shows the brackets simply look at the top of your browser and in the little box you will see a lock and seniorsoftball.com followed by a curved back arrow. Simply Click on the arrow and the page will refresh with all the individual game scores. I promise that St. George scores are in there at least for the 2 divisions I was interested in. Thanks for all you do DD! |
| Dec. 29, 2022 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Thank you, SSUSA 100 percent agree with Webbie’s post! This is the time of year many of us count our blessings and I am thankful for SSUSA’s existence as a well organized organization that provides a high quality product for us. It’s the best Senior game in the country. And Dave Dowell is the man! He’s not only smart and well organized, but he’s also pretty funny as well! Hope everyone has a great 2023! Mango |
| Dec. 12, 2021 Mango | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Coin flips Doak….shhhhhh! Don’t let this out. Actually I agree with you that in slow pitch softball there are more advantages both psychologically and strategically as visitors. The biggest one strategically is in a close game with the home team trailing you know where the tying and winning runs are and can manage accordingly. Psychologically if you’re visitors the home team is always chasing you. I’ve been preaching this for years. Likewise not everyone on our team agrees with me but we’ve had many converts on our Sommerville team over time. Mango |
| March 19, 2021 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: IS Cathedral City happening this weekend Does anyone know if Cathedral City Spring Nationals will be happening this weekend? |
| Nov. 8, 2020 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Registration Renewal Dave, Sorry to hear you have "a very small staff". I remember a guy in gym class that had that problem too. I am assuming from the perpetual smile on Fran's face that you have found ways to overcome your shortcomings. Thanks for all you and the rest do for Senior Softball. Cheers, Mango |
| July 26, 2019 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 2018 TRIPLE GRAND SLAM WINNERS Albie 34, I'm trying to remember all the way back to last year and before so I may not be 100% accurate. But I dont think you get anything extra for the Triple Grand Slam itself. What you do get is a prize package for each event. One for Western Nationals, one for the World Championship(a free ring) and a separate prize for winning the USA game (it has varied generally from cleats, to shirts to backpacks). But again I could be wrong maybe one year we got cleats for the Triple Grand Slam on top of the others.Dave could probably answer this for sure. Regardless, if you were due something you should have received it by now. |
| April 29, 2019 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: THANKS FOR A WELL RUN TOURNEY DAVE AND THE SSUSA STAFF AT SUNSET PARK I concur with ODIE. The tournament at Sunset was well run. Directors were very good...knowledgeable, helpful, and available. The officiating ranged from good to excellent. Special shout out to umpire Tom (extremely excellent) who did our seeding games on Friday not to be confused with UIC Tom (always excellent) who did our championship games on Sunday. 50 platinum division was exceptionally competitive and featured great sportsmanship, respect and camaraderie. A very positive experience. |
| April 18, 2019 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LVSSA/SSUSA SOUTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 Marc, You are obviously new to the board and perhaps SSUSA. If you knew Dave Dowel you never would have leveled such a personal attack questioning his character and integrity. I'm sure if you ever meet him or get to be around SSUSA for a while and begin to grasp the enormity of the job he has as well as his professionalism you will think differently. You were out of line. Hopefully you will see that and apologize. |
| March 6, 2019 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cannabis topical - non THC I was guessing Gunny got the Extra Strength THC as opposed to the non THC. |
| Jan. 14, 2019 Mango | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: 65 Major Plus Players from Texas Looking for a Team Wow. I'm surprised this post is still up. Someone should have grabbed these 3 as soon as this was posted. Joe Read and company are good old boys that can play the game. They will make any team an immediate top tier team and you'd be hard pressed to find better guys. Some team is going to be very happy when they get these guys. Mango |
| Aug. 16, 2018 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Major++ Can anyone shed light on the following rumors? Next year Golden State has to spot all NBA teams points and a 6th player. Tim Mollette(sic) has taken over a controlling interest in SSUSA. |
| June 28, 2018 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: WORLDS AND NEW 4 DAY FORMAT We too will be missing players for the first day of a 4-day tournament model.And it would be nice to see the teams from back east that we dont see very often at full strength , their teams as well as ours. I was thinking along the same lines as the real deal. I dont know if SSUSA has the staffing to use multiple cities but it sure would solve some of the problems and I think add a bit of excitement to move it a little bit like the superbowl,world cup world series, all star games etc. Now there may be some contractual obligations left over from the merger of SSUSA and LVSSA. And SSUSA has to be pretty happy with the success of their current business model (600 plus teams) so probably no pressing need to change anything on their part. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out. |
| Feb. 9, 2018 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Spot the Major + player Hey Stick, You make a good point! Our Mavericks and Sommerville 50 Major plus teams did go about 15 deep with Major plus players (type C). And that’s probably why we did experience some success. And contrary to the stereotype of Major plus players being prima donnas our guys were “team first” players or they didn’t last with us. Hope to see you out there some time this year. Best, Mango |
| Feb. 8, 2018 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Spot the Major + player Webbie, Nice post and I agree with what you said without saying it specifically. That is the Major Plus player is different depending on age group. OZ What I have seen in the last 14 years in the 40/50 Major Plus division and last year in the 55’s -The 40’s, 50’s and even 55’s typical major plus player is neither player A nor B. Let’s call them player C. They are a player that hits 750-825 with called on power. And they can play defense. They are bigger, faster stronger and play better defense than the typical AAA players. There are usually at MINIMUM 6 to 8 players that fit this bill on a typical Major Plus team in the aforementioned age group. And on the better or elite teams you will be in the 8-10 player C’s . There are no 650 hitters with power that cant play defense in 40-55 Major plus unless they’re a sponsor. Lets face it with these bats and balls everyone can hit homers in this age group. It’s a joke There may be a few 700 hitters but they better be able to really go get the ball, be an exceptional pitcher or a great short stop. Webbie I don’t know about the older age groups but since everyone can hit with these balls and bats (75 year olds hitting homers) I’m going to guess, as you said, defense would be a premium and those types of players would be recruited more heavily in M+ at that age group. I watched a couple 60 tournament games last year and the biggest drop-off I noticed was on defense and running. Mango |
| Aug. 10, 2017 Mango | Topic: Website comments Discussion: MONEY Omar, I agree that the Rock is way too hot a ball especially for Vegas where the ball flys. I prefer the Stote. We played in Sacramento a couple weeks ago where it was 103 degrees at game time. There were homeruns. But only by home run hitters. The games were much more enjoyable than hitting super balls. Get rid of the Rock. In my opinion only fake home run hitters want the Rock. Mango |
| Aug. 3, 2017 Mango | Topic: Bats Discussion: Outcome of GSC Ed, I'm sorry that you and many others lost money to Steve Mckinlay and his CPA wife Kristi. I know he was sentenced to 5 years in prison and believe he is still in prison. I'm not sure what happened to Kristi Mckinlay. Last I heard she was trying to get home confinement. Do you know if she went to prison or jail?Or did she get home confinement? It seems she gave Steve an air of legitimacy with her CPA license and was perhaps as complicit as Steve. Mango |
| July 13, 2017 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Results of the SCSSA Beach Bash 17 FOFO, I understand your frustration and disappointment. You will be going from the top of the pack to perhaps the middle of the next pack. I get how that feels psychologically. Not sure that it lessens the pain and frustration you're feeling but D&K Tradition also got bumped to Major plus (according to the new ratings online). D&K played very well last weekend (in the cool beach weather) and played our Sommerville team to a tie. They are a very good team. I dont know your team so I cant really comment on whether or not you are a Major Plus team. However the math says that if you can compete with them you can compete with other Major Plus teams. That said, again I understand your frustration. You will be going from the top of the pack to perhaps the middle of the next pack. I get how that feels psychologically. However, I think you will find that the teams at the Major Plus level are not only good players but a good bunch of guys much like the ones you got to know at the Major level. They are playing for many of the same reasons as you guys(camaraderie, competition, exercise, fellowship, love of the game,sense of belonging etc).If you do play in Sacramento in a couple weeks Please introduce yourself and say hi. Mango #4 Sommerville Softball |
| June 6, 2017 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Trump ball used in Reno - 40 Major plus I agree 100%. Trump Stote is a very fair ball and should be used in all tournaments if possible. The Rock is way too hot a ball especially for Vegas. Additionally teams play all year with the Stote and then get the Rock in Vegas. It completely changes the game. I know there is a contract issue with the Rock in Vegas but it would be nice to play with the Stote all year. |
| May 30, 2017 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Scores from Reno This was an extremely well run tournament! Officiating was good. The fields were fantastic and the competition in our division was excellent! Dave even did a good job with the weather. |
| April 11, 2017 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tournament seeding Interesting topic. On a semi related topic I was wondering SSUSA’s reasoning for assigning home team to the higher rated team (the one giving equalizers) in mixed classification games. It seems most people feel home team is a big advantage. Do they feel they are giving an advantage back to a team that is giving up so many equalizers? And if so why? Mango |
