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Bob Farmer
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| Aug. 23, 2009 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: senior leagues in phoenix Rik56, I think leagues do not start till October in Phoenix. It would be best if you call Dennis at 602-214-4292. Bob Farmer |
| June 30, 2009 breeze53 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: ISA Nationals 56 year old, outfielder, resident of Florida, looking for a team to play on at any capacity for the ISA Nationals in Gallatin Tennessee on July 31-August 2. e-mail bobray53@yahoo.com |
| March 2, 2009 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New home run rules WOW, email me at bobray53@yahoo.com we can talk. Bob |
| March 1, 2009 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New home run rules Listen, we all know that our senior bats are being alter. I was shock to what extend it is going on. I have had many players come out and tell me what they do to their bats. It is going on in AA all the way to Major plus. Now these are the hottest bats made and we are still doctoring them. Now, I understand the rush from hitting HRs, but when I see 150-175 lb men hitting ball 350 plus. And the big boys hitting some 450' plus. Something is not right. We did it to ourselves. So, I am in favor of giving the new rules a try. I do not think it will stop the doctor bats. But, at least the field will be leveled, somewhat. The true homerun hitters will be hurt. {HI Bogie and Joe.} But something needs to done. Just my thoughts. Bob |
| Dec. 25, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Tampa-Brandon-Riverview 55+ player looking for a team Wiseman, call Jim Stancil He has the only 55 team that does anything in the area. 727-460-7127 Bob Farmer |
| Dec. 1, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: thoughts on FLA NAPLES Florida fields as a whole are mediocre. The grass in the outfields are usually manicure and fairly nice. But, the batter boxes are a joke. Every field the boxes, especially for right handers are never fill in and tamped. They just fill in the craters with loose dirt or sand. I rarely seen that problem out West. I do not know who to bitch too, so I will do it here. Playing the 55 AAAs we also had problems with the sun for the 8AM games. Bob |
| Nov. 24, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: No one really cares about player safety! Florida Half Century has just put in place a rule, that a screen will be used if the sun is blinding the pitcher. I think they are going to committee to disgust the situations that would arise by having a screen on the field. Bob |
| Oct. 29, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Congrats to Coors Light Congratulations Sonn. Great job to you and Hosey, Corey and the rest of the team!! I was told that no team east of the Mississippi could win the nationals against the big, bad west coast teams. I have 2 questions, first, how did your sister team do, the Rhinos and the 2nd question is NOW WHAT???? Bob Farmer |
| Sept. 6, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Bring back the grey combat !!!!!!!! Because of Walk, Stoney and my friends here in Florida, I think that I might have spoken to soon. But all I heard was {hot out of the wrapper} and in 25 swings the bat was ready to go, etc. All someone had to say was it breaks in like the Grays. Thanks for the knowledge. Bob |
| Sept. 5, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Bring back the grey combat !!!!!!!! Heard all these great comments on the new Macenko Combat Gear. Could not wait to get my hands on one. When I first saw the bat it look like the Virus Combat Gear painted yellow. I never liked the virus gear and I knew of no one that did. Now, I am not a big home run hitter, but this new combat has alot to be desire. People I hit with say it hits like the virus, in fact one person said that it is a virus painted yellow. We hit over 100 swings with 375 44 core balls and it does not come close to the U II or the gray combat. Now, maybe it has to be broken in more, but it goes into my bag as a practice bat only. I am down to 1 gray combat and was looking for a backup. Now, I have purchase a Ultra 2 as my backup till I can find someone willing to sale a end loaded gray. Just one mans opinon, I could be wrong. BRING BACK THE GRAYS!!!!!!! Bob |
| Sept. 3, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LVSSA Tournament last weekend Boys, boys, boys behave. Just wish Dirty would chime in over the numerous HRs, bats and balls etc. Then this post would be perfect. Bob |
| Sept. 1, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LVSSA tournamnet thoughts and observations Joe, I guess the tournament was a success this year. Since there are few to no responses. Last year there were numerous posts on how bad it was, I being one. So, maybe contrats to LVSSA for getting it right or doing a better job. Bob |
| Aug. 31, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Jobbed? Rule Bending? Honor? Sportsmanship? or Cheating? Where was the umpire in this situation. If you are the umpire in large tournament, you should not care about any side deals and applyed the rules to the situation. I have never heard anything like this. Boy, could you imagine what could happen if side deals were allow in all games. CHAOS But, after witnessing last years umpiring in the LSSVA, it does not surprise me. Bob |
| Aug. 24, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: USSSA Senior Nats Played 55AAA, the balls were OK, could not use senior bats but we knew that going in. We had 4 teams in our division. In the 3 games we played there were 6 HRs. Fields were mediocre at best, not what you expect for a national. We had 1 outfielder fall over the temporary fence. He was not hurt. Umpiring was so, so. We had trouble with the ball and strikes, and the faking, but almost never playing USSSA, I did not know what to expect. It did not feel like a national tournament. But what did we expect from a organization that drop out of the senior summitt. It tells me that U-trip does not care about senior softball. Most of the players including our coach said that they would not play u-trip again. That being said, congrats to the teams that won the tournament. We did play 2 teams that we have never played. Bob |
| Aug. 20, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: USSSA World Championships Dirty, No one is forcing us to play. But, our team likes the game and we enjoy playing against different teams. All I am trying to do is inform other players, teams, on what is going on at certain tournaments, so they will have better information in deciding where to play. I think that some of these associations are telling us in a round about way that they do not care about senior softball. I am hard headed but, I am starting to get the picture. Bob |
| Aug. 19, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: USSSA World Championships THE SCHEDULES WERE SUPPOSE TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE MANAGERS TUESDAY MORNING. BUT, AS USUAL THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND NOW ARE TO BE POSTED USSSA WEB SITE. BUT AS OF 1030PM, NOTHING. I GUESS IT IS TO BE A CONFIDENTIAL THING, TO BE A SURPRISE WHEN WE SHOW UP. I AM BEGINNING TO THINK THAT SSUSA OR MAYBE SPA { THE JURY IS STILL OUT } ARE THE ONLY ASSOCIATIONS THAT KNOW HOW TO RUN A TOURNAMENT. WE WILL SEE HOW THINGS GO NOW THAT RAIN MIGHT BE A FACTOR THIS WEEKEND. BOB |
| Aug. 15, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Senior bat. Kevin, Wished that the new combats will come out soon, so those of us without connections will be able to purchase them. I have broken 2 of my grays and now, I am down to 2 bats. I only use the combat. |
| Aug. 13, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: RAINOUT IN ISA NATIONALS IN BRIDGETON MO I think that alot of people are missing the point. Not taking in consideration of the time off work, the hassles of flying, getting things in order, so you can leave, and entry fees, our team spend at a minimum of $6000. { airfares, car rentals and motels } That brakes down to $1250 a game. Then to blow off the tournament, with no effort to get the fields ready tells me, as a team we have to rethink traveling any distance to play. Or maybe your team has the money to blow and do not have anything better to do than spend all day Sunday waiting on their planes to leave. What is next, a hour rain on Saturday afternoon, or morning, are they going to blow off the whole tournament because there will not be enough time to get the games in? I understand that sometimes mother nature his her way. But we as a team from now on will be alot more diligent on tournaments we play. Before this tournament we asked, what bats are we able to use, what type balls are going to be used, and what are the conditions of the fields? Now we will add, what is your plan in case of rain? Do you have a ground crews, or a backup plan of any kind? Maybe, just forget any tournament that is not driveable or that is not out west. Maybe the west is the best. Bob |
| Aug. 3, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: RAINOUT IN ISA NATIONALS IN BRIDGETON MO While it was a nice little tournament, it left a lot of teams with a bad taste for ISA. It rained for a hour 8 to 9 AM sometimes hard. With no effort to try to get the fields playable, the powers in charge cancelled the tournament about 930 or 10 AM. |
| July 31, 2008 breeze53 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: As a AA or AAA team would you police yourself when adding players Guys, the best way to police teams, are the tournament directors. When you have a sanction tournament from any assocation, and a team, lets say a AA team thats hit 5 or more HRs { like what I heard that when on in Champaign,Illinois} the director should have the power to move that team up to AAA or Major immediately. I just think that teams policing themselves is a dream. As for teams that are misrated, they played themselves in to that position and they should play themselves out of their position. Bob |
