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DOAK THOMAS
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AUSTIN, TX
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Men's 60
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| May 18, 2011 doker | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: looking for team in clearwater fla. area. HEY BALCO!!! JUST GO TO the florida half century site..www.fhcsoftball.org....it will give you many options...there are several great complexes in the clearwater/st pete area...and they play year round......doker37 |
| May 17, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: High tourney entry fees and weak prizes... AND YES I AM SHOUTING!!!!!!! |
| May 17, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: High tourney entry fees and weak prizes... ALL RIGHT GUYS!!!! THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED MANY TIMES BEFORE!!!!!!! ...SSUSA IS THE BEST ASSOCIATION IN SENIOR BALL HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE PRESENTING THESE TOURNEYS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD IN THEIR APPROACH TO US PLAYERS THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE TO MAKE MONEY AS AT THIS STAGE IN LIFE THE SETUP OF THESE GAMES IS THEIR JOB!!!!..AND I FOR ONE THINK THEY DO AN EXCELLENT JOB!!!! THINK ABOUT ALL THEY HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT HAPPEN....THERE MIGHT BE 222 TEAMS IN RENO BUT THERE ARE IN THE MENS ONLY APPROX 20 SEPARATE DIVISIONS..OF THOSE 222TEAMS..THATS 20 1STS..SECOND AND THIRDS....FIELD SET UP IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALL OVER THE AREA AROUND RENO /SPARKS AND CARSON CITY...UMPIRES FOR ALL THE GAMES /FIELD GENERALS FOR EACH COMPLEX...ALL THAT THIS ENTAILS IS MIND BOGGLING TO ME!!!! AND I'M SURE I HAVEN'T EVEN TOUCHED ON ALL THE PARTICULARS....AGAIN THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF IT!!!(MY OPINION)......LOCAL TOURNEYS OF 10-15 TEAMS CAN BE A NIGHTMARE....JUST ADD 200 MORE TEAMS TO THAT?????????????.....DAVE /TERRY /FRAN.....YOU DO A GREAT JOB!!!!....AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO...AS THIS TOURNEY THING IS MY DRIVING FORCE(OTHER THAN FAMILY) AT THIS POINT IN LIFE!!!!.DOKER |
| May 9, 2011 doker | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Is it fair............ is gary19 and dirty the same person?????...are you only on this site to stir up trouble????/...Kenny has been totally honest with all of us on the team and we understand his problem and help when we can....there is no controversy whatsoever on our team about Kenny!!!! we are all great friends and will remain that way as long as we are alive!!!! We definitely have missed his presence at the tourneys we've played as he is our spark plug and MAN who keeps us loose which makes us play better in the long run....KENNY 'we love you man' |
| April 20, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: ROCK 'N RENO I THINK A 50 MAJOR PLAYER CAN ONLY PLAY MAJOR PLUS IN ANOTHER AGE GROUP YOU CAN'T PLAY DOWN!!!!!!!!!!! |
| March 7, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Are some Positions more important than others? Most important position???? pitcher/shortstop and all outfield positions...first base ,second and third in that order...a catcher who can play like a first baseman is a plus.....also it does make a difference in what division you are playing in.....double AA needs a good infield more than a triple AAA and Major/Major+..where a good fast outfield is more important...as there are fewer balls hit down to the infield.....doker |
| March 7, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Something I've been wondering about for a while..... Hey Maverick and pitcher55....i guess you haven't bought a bat lately..as the senior bats are approx $100 cheaper than the so called 1.20 legal bats...all the good ones are $299+ and seniors are under $200...and there are no statistics saying more people are injured using the senior bats....in the younger age groups they just doctor their bats to react the same as the senior bats...thus some have the hot bat and others don't....using the senior bats at least evens the playing field as everyone has the hot bat!!!!!!!.....maybe using the 52-275 ball that maddog has been talking about wud dumb it down a bit....we used that ball this weekend in georgetown/tx...and it seemed to be slower thru the infield but still flew if you hit it right....again tho there are really no statistics verifying that using the hotter bats creates more injuries at least not in our senior tourneys....just my two cents...doker |
| Feb. 27, 2011 doker | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: A baserunner giving himself up and leaving field after being declared safe HEY GUYS...IF THE UMPIRE SAID THAT TIME HAD BEEN CALLED AND THE RUNNER HAD NOT ENTERED THE DUGOUT..HE IS ALLOWED TO WALK RUN OR CRAWL BACK TO SECOND AND IS SAFE....APPEAL OR NO APPEAL.....IF NO TIME HAD BEEN CALLED THEN THE FIELDING TEAM WUD HAV TO TAG HIM OUT...BASE PATHS ARE MADE BY THE RUNNER AS LONG AS NO ONE WAS TRYING TO TAG HIM...HE ACTUALLY CUD HAVE GONE BACK TO THIRD BASE SINCE IT WAS CLOSER(AGAIN IF NO TIME WAS CALLED)AND WUD STILL BE SAFE...BUT YOUR SCENARIO SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THE UMP CALLED TIME...WHICH MAKES HIS CALL CORRECT!!!!!!! JUST MY TWO CENTS...DOKER...25PLUS YEAR UMPIRE!!!! |
| Jan. 16, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOC - Loyce Harpe Park - Lakeland HEY JACK....BillyHill@austin.rr.com...doker i have his tel but forgot my phone this morning and you know how memories can go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Jan. 16, 2011 doker | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC HEY DAVE ...DOKER HERE....DOAK THOMAS....TANEL 360 AUSTIN/60AAA WILL BE THERE AT THE TOC...WE PLAY AT AUBURNDALE....WILL BE THERE ON WED 9TH..GOING TO TRY SOME OF THE CLINICS AND SPEC EVENTS ON WED AND THURS...HOPE TO SEE YA!!!!!!!!!!! AREN'T YOU OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY IN THE 55'S BY NOW???? |
| Jan. 16, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOC - Loyce Harpe Park - Lakeland BY THE WAY MADDOG....THE MULBERRY HOTEL IS AT SUPER8.COM...PICTURES LOOK PRETTY COOL!!!!! AND RATES ARE $43.99/NIGHT FOR TUES THRU SAT NIGHT 8-13TH CHECKOUT...DOKER |
| Jan. 16, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOC - Loyce Harpe Park - Lakeland LOYCE HARPE PARK IS THE OLD CARTER RD COMPLEX JUST NEW NAME.... FROM I4 AND HWY 98 IN NORTH LAKELAND GO SOUTH ON 98 TILL YOU HIT HWY92 AND CONTINUE STRAIGHT SOUTH ON FLORIDA AVE WHICH GOES THRU THE CENTER OF LAKELAND...CONTINUE SOUTH QUITE A WAYS YOU'LL GO UNDER TOLL RD 570 AND CONTINUE SOUTH TO CARTER RD TURN LEFT ONTO CARTER RD GO APPROX 1/4 MILE AND TURN RIGHT INTO PARK(PARK IS BEHIND THE WALMART)....GOOD COMPLEX WITH PLENTY OF SPACE TO HIT BEFORE YOUR GAME!!!!!!!!!DOKER |
| Jan. 16, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOC - Loyce Harpe Park - Lakeland HEY MADDOG!!! JUST A THOUGHT!!!! YOU COULD STAY APPROX 2MILES FROM THE FIELDS IN MULBERRY ON HWY 60 AND GET AN EXTRA HOUR OF ZZZZS AND SAVE $10-20 IN GAS FOR UNDER $50/NIGHT AND STILL GO INTO KISSIMMEE ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK???????? DOKER |
| Jan. 11, 2011 doker | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: 60 Player looking for a team in Central Texas hello!!!! doak here.... see profile.....if you are really looking to play alot...the tanel team in austin goes to probably the most tourneys of any team in texas....we're a good bunch of guys some drink BUD LIGHT and some drink GATORADE...but we all get along(most of the time) and have a good time!!!! at 60 is there anyway better than that.....please come out to the senior league on sunday nights and meet everyone....we play at krieg fields 6-10p sundays starting i believe on jan 30th...in austin!!!!! Contact me (see profile on this site for contact info.....DOKER |
| Jan. 5, 2011 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: SSUSA FOLKS HEY JOHN,MADDOG AND GARY....WHY DON'T THEY HAVE A TOURNEY IN AUSTIN AT KRIEG????? 8PLUS FIELDS AND ALL HAVE BEEN REDONE OVER THE SUMMER....SHUD BE IN GREAT SHAPE AT LEAST FOR A WHILE UNTIL GROUNDS CREW SCREWS THEM UP.....GARY,KENNY AND I WILL LOOK INTO THE COST TO SEE IF IT IS FEASABLE...ALOT CLOSER FOR U GUYS IN SAT THAN GEORGETOWN....DOKER |
| Dec. 14, 2010 doker | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Rockin Reno Dates 2011 60'S PLAY IN JUN ON THE WEEKEND AFTER MEM DAY....BUMMER!!! |
| Dec. 14, 2010 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: February Tournament of Champions Polk County HEY MADDOG!...THE HOTELS IN HAINES CITY AND DAVENPORT PLUS BARTOW AND LAKE WALES ARE CLOSER THAN KISSIMMEE...AND AFFORDABLE....WE STAYED AT THE HOJO IN DAVENPORT 2 YEARS AGO..CLEAN BUT NOTHING FANCY....I-4 AND HWY 27 IS ALSO ALOT CLOSER...TRY THE HOTELS AT EXIT 33 IN NORTH LAKELAND..OFF I-4..DOKER |
| Dec. 13, 2010 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: February Tournament of Champions Polk County HEY GUYS!!! SORRY TO BE ALL IN CAPS BUT IT IS EASIER TYPING!!....I'M FROM FLORIDA AND HAVE PLAYED IN LAKELAND/WINTERHAVEN MANY TIMES....I'M NOW WITH TANEL 60AAA OUT OF AUSTIN TX....AND WE WILL BE THERE!!...ANY HOTEL IN POLK COUNTY IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO ANY OF THE COMPLEXES.....KISSIMME IS A LONG WAY OFF BUT THE HOTELS ARE MUCH CHEAPER IN KISSIMME...PROBABLY 30+ MILES AWAY WHEREAS ANY WHERE IN POLK IS ONLY 15+ AT THE MOST....THERE IS A HOOTERS IN SOUTH LAKELAND AND ANOTHER IN NORTH LAKELAND....SEVERAL NICE SPORTS BARS IN WINTERHAVEN....ALL OF THE RESTAURANT CHAINS ARE IN BOTH CITIES THERE'S A GREAT BAR IN THE SWAN HOTEL ON THE SOUTHSIDE KAREOKE ON WEEKENDS...AND ALSO AT THE HOLIDAY INN AT I-4 AND 98 GREAT KAREOKE BAR.....THE ROADHOUSE ON 98 ON THE NORTH SIDE JUST SOUTH OF I-4 HAD GREAT BEER PRICES WHEN WE WERE THERE 2 YEARS AGO..... THE BEEF O'BRADYS IN WINTERHAVEN IS GOOD AND THE BAR AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON IN WINTERHAVEN HAS A GOOD SPORTS BAR....THERE ARE ALSO HOTELS ON HWY27 EAST OF WINTERHAVEN IN DAVENPORT AND HAINES CITY THAT AREN'T THAT FAR AWAY...ALSO PLANT CITY HAS A FEW IF YOU'RE PLAYING IN LAKELAND.....THERE'S A MALL AND THEATER COMPLEX JUST NORTH OF I-4 ON 98 IN LAKELAND.....JUST SOME INFO....DOKER |
| Sept. 22, 2010 doker | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotels in phoenix OK GUYS DOKER HERE!!!BEEN TO MANY TOURNEYS IN PHX AND HAVE PLAYED ON ALL THE FIELDS EXCEPT MOUNTAIN VISTA...AND HAVE STAYED IN MANY HOTELS!!! OUR TEAM IS NOT ATTENDING THIS YEAR AS MY TEAM"TANEL 360 AUSTIN 60+AAA"IS UNABLE TO GET ENOUGH PLAYERS TO ATTEND AND THE RULES ARE SO STRICT THAT I CAN'T PU WITH SOMEONE ELSE....OH WELL!!!...HERE ARE THE HOTELS I KNOW ABOUT..ALL OF WHICH ARE GOOD FOR US GUYS BUT NOT ALL ARE GOOD FOR US AND OUR WIVES...CATCH MY DRIFT??...PLAYING AT DESERT WEST...HOLIDAY INN AT 51ST AVE IS VERY NICE AND JUST NEXT DOOR IS THE REDROOF THAT'S FINE BUT CHEAPER AND BOTH ARE ONLY 5MIN FROM FIELDS AT 62/ENCANTO.....ALSO THE RAMADA INN METRO CENTER IS NICE/ GREAT BREAKFAST AND POOL AREA AND A GOOD SPORTS BAR TO WALK TO......PAPAGOS...TRY BEST WESTERN PLUS PAPAGO...ON MCDOWELL JUST EAST OF FIELDS(5MIN) CHEAP RATE AND RESTAURANT AND BAR ON PREMISES.......ROSE MOFFET..THE RAMADA ABOVE IS VERY CLOSE AND THE BEST WESTERN OFF 17FREEWAY IS VERY CLOSE...BOTH DECENT AND INEXPENSIVE.......CESAR CHAVEZ..STAY OFF BASELINE AND I10 NEXT TO ARIZONA MILLS...HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WITH WIFE OR RAMADA INN FOR GUYS (TT BAR RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND WAFFLE HOUSE)BOTH ARE RIGHT AT ARIZONA MILLS SHOPPING AND RESTAURANTS OR YOU CAN USE THE 51ST AVE WEST HOTELS ALREADY MENTIONED....ALSO CHANDLER HOTELS ARE JUST SOUTH OFF I10 FREEWAY...PARK IS APPROX 20 MIN RIDE FROM I-10 ON BASELINE....HOTELS IN CHANDLER SHUD BE GOOD FOR MOUNTAIN WEST FIELDS....GREAT ENTERTAINMENT AREAS JUST EAST(CASINO) AND AGAIN JUST WEST OF ASU CAMPUS WITH LOTS OF GREAT RESTAURANTS....FOR US UT FANS ..TEXAS X'S RESTAURANT IS JUST OFF BLACK CANYON FREEWAY IN NORTH PHX/SCOTSDALE.....JUST SOME INFO FOR THOSE ATTENDING....GOOD LUCK...DOKER |
| Sept. 1, 2010 doker | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: TANEL 360 AUSTIN 60AAA LOOKING FOR PLAYERS FOR PHOENIX IN OCT ANYONE FROM TEXAS/NM/ARK/OK 65+ AAA OR MAJOR INTERESTED???NEED PLAYERS FOR NATLS IN PHOENIX FOR 60AAA TEAM....TANEL360 OUT OF AUSTIN...SEVERAL OF OUR TOP PLAYERS UNABLE TO GO...NEED SHORTSTOP...AND OUTFIELDERS...REST OF US WANT TO GO BUT NEED HELP TO BE COMPETITIVE....;CALL DOKER AT 512-789-7061 ASAP!!! OR EMAIL...doker37@yahoo.com |
