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Jan. 5, 2013 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: More 1-1 Count Talk The 1-1 count survey CLEARLY shows that the younger the player the more they would rather play with a 1-1 count, in men and women. The older groups would rather play 0-0. The reason is simple, USSSA influence vs ASA influence. If this rule does not change now it most certainly will in the next few years. Why not handle it like the 65'/70' base debate, the younger groups go with a 1-1 count with 70' bases and the older groups go with a 0-0 count with 65' bases.
Jan. 5, 2013 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Cure for AAA after 3rd HR! I have been thinking for a while that the minimum lineup be an 11 man defense instead of 10.
Jan. 3, 2013 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Out after 3 Home Runs It really does look like there should be a different set of rules for the 40 to 60 age groups and the 60 to 80 age groups. The reason that the SSUSA brass changed the AAA HR rule, was to get those teams with a ton of power to move the Major level. It doesn't look like this is going to happen any time soon, especially with no incentive for the top Major teams to move to Major+.
Jan. 2, 2013 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Out after 3 Home Runs Not enough talk is given to how many times in the little tournaments around your areas are the AAA teams playing the Major/Major+ teams because there are not enough teams entered. The answer is most tournaments. SSUSA makes these rules thinking that AAA teams always play against AAA teams and Major teams always play against Major teams and that is just not the case in most tournaments. So the result is the Major and Major+ teams WILL be going up the middle a lot more when they play against the AAA teams if they have to play down to their HR rule.
Dec. 31, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: More 1-1 Count Talk Of the 55% who are in favor of keeping the 4-3 pitch count, it would be interesting to know what the percentage breakdown is in the different age groups. I would think that much of this comes from the older age groups who want to keep everything the same (like 65' bases) while the younger groups would prefer the 1-1 count with the 70' bases.
Dec. 31, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: survey Allan55, FYI 90% of the "kids" bats are doctored, and actually are more lively than a non-doctored senior bat. And again, who says they want to REDUCE playing time?
Dec. 29, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: survey Steve27, once again, we are not trying to SPEED the game up, we are trying to get more ACTION in the time given to play. At last check, the pitchers will still have to pitch the ball UNDERHANDED!
Dec. 27, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: survey Most players under the age of 60-65 have played with the 1-1 count, no adapting needed. Agree with your courtesy runners comment, Beasley. The 75+ and 80+ groups are being given the option of playing at 65' bases. Maybe also give them the option of playing with a full count too, so they don't have to change.
Dec. 26, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: survey To the 1-1 count, stop asking why do people want to get the game over with quicker? That's not what it does. The 1-1 count would take 10 minutes of STANDING AROUND and replace it with 10 minutes of ACTION! The game would not get over any quicker, probably just be able to play 7 innings instead of 6. Isn't that what we want?
Dec. 26, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA HR rule question The AAA HR rule may move some teams and players up to Major, but there is still no motivation for the top Major teams to move up to Major+. A compromise for the 1-1 count would be using it in the seeding games this year and see how it goes.
Dec. 13, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Run Outs Looks like the brass should re-consider the AAA HR rule and add 1-up to the 3 HR's. In fact, just add 1-up to all the levels, except probably AA. Major+ - 9, 1-up, walks Major - 6, 1-up, walks AAA - 3, 1-up, outs AA - 1, outs
Dec. 12, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes Shorter may not be the best word to use, but more playing action in the time you get to play the game.
Dec. 10, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Run Outs I think everyone could have lived with the new HR rule at AAA if they would have just made it 3 and ONE UP. That way, if teams want to go HR for HR at the AAA level, they could, but if a AAA team was no power was up against another AAA team that could hit well above the limit, they could keep it close. One-up is fair for everybody!
Dec. 9, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes The debate will continue to go on over the the 1-1 count. At some point, it will change when most all of the players that are involved with senior softball in the future know nothing but a 1 and 1 count. Until then, it probably will not change. Players don't want shortened games, they want more action in the time limit given for the games.
Dec. 8, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Run Outs They wanted to make the top AAA teams move up to Major. The only trouble is they didn't do anything to make the top Major teams move up to Major+. Because of that, most AAA teams will stay where they are if not forced up. The 3 HR's and outs is too restricted for AAA. Something like 6 HR's and outs would have been more reasonable.
Dec. 4, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes I'd rather have a pulled muscle than a ball between the eyes. 5 extra feet gives you a split second more time to react. Most fields are already deep enough to accomondate the 70' bases (especially with more turf fields), and if not, just have them cut back, it's not difficult. boston, I have always said that the runners are one's that are in the most danger. Give them a glove for protection! FOFO, You are right, the Major division will probably get a boost, but they'll be the same 4-5 teams at the Major+ events, because the Major rules are perfect with no incentive to move up!
Dec. 3, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes 3 HR then DBO's does seem very low. They could have given AAA 6 with DBO's and Major 6 with walks. That still would have been a big difference between the two divisions.
Dec. 2, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes If Major and Major+ are going to be playing against each other in 90% of the tournaments, don't you think they should play with rules that help the Major teams to compete? That's what an equalizer does. I play on a Major+ team anyway, so I'm not trying to get something for nothing.
Dec. 2, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes Stick, I know Major and Major+ will not combine. I was just pointing out that it's basically a division that can hit the ball out of the park all the time and a division that can't ... with two levels in each. Just the Major HR rule is not much of an equalizer for them (9 HR's to 6 HR's is not much difference). To be fair, if a Major+ team plays a Major team, they should play with ALL of the Major rules, HR's, runs per inning and no players outside their borders, since Major can't have them. Wood, the 1-1 count is not overrated as a time saver, it does save about 10 minutes on average ... time that can be used for game action, not watching batters take pitches.
Dec. 1, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Grading the Rule Changes What this AAA HR rule does is pretty much splits everything into upper and lower divisons. If you are a AAA team and want to hit the ball over the fence, move up to Major! AAA pitchers ... stay safe! Still no incentive for anyone to move up to Major+, however.

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