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Oct. 17, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: The way softball was played back when: Bases used to be 60' before they went to 65'. Would like to see them moved full time to 70'. Much better game, more DP's, not as many automatic doubles that don't even reach the gap, and safer in that infielders can play back more. I know, the infields need to be cut deeper, but that's happening more and more along with the numerous turf fields we are starting to play on. It's also safer for the baserunners, standing 5' further back on first or third with no protection from the batter.
Oct. 15, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV World Tournament Discussion stattad, I'm sure you remember that they used to have 3 seeding games, but the tournaments started on Thursdays. Don't want to go there again!
Oct. 11, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: AAA Home Runs Expect to see some toning down of the rules next year, not where they where, but somewhere in between. Black17 is right, Vegas does have a huge effect on distance.
Oct. 10, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: rumor has it Donll, I wasn't saying that it's THAT important to go 7 innings although you would think a 2 hour game would.
Oct. 10, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV World Tournament Discussion Starting with a 1 and 1 count does speed up a game about 10 minutes. Another way to speed up these games is each team provide a bucket (bag) of a dozen balls and place it by the umpire so he doesn't have to ask everytime when a ball goes out of play and/or have to look at it to make sure it's the right one. That would probably speed up games by 15 minutes!
Oct. 9, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV World Tournament Discussion Thanks Mario and Stick, as well as Sommerville and all the other teams. What happens in the heat of battle is just good competition between the lines. It's great that we can all get along after the games are over.
Oct. 8, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: rumor has it The only way they would move that many teams up is to reduce some of the limits currently allowed in Major+, like going back to 5 runs an inning (maybe 7), eliminating the out of area players entirely and putting a limit on the homeruns and going back to DBO's after an "X" amount. They should do this, regardless, 2 hour games that don't even go 7 innings is a little much.
Oct. 8, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV World Tournament Discussion Good to meet you, Mario!
Oct. 2, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball My take on Major+ is not about forcing Major teams to play up where they don't want to, it's making the Major+ division more fair for everyone that is currently there. By permitting teams that can afford to bring in players from outside their bordering states, they have made it increasingly harder for the small budget Major+ teams to compete. Eliminate this rule and I would agree with most of what you have written, Mario. I understand that the Arizona Elite team wanted to play at the Major+ level but SSUSA wouldn't let them. This is what I heard, don't know if it's totally true.
Oct. 2, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bases @ 70' Couldn't agree more, Webbie & sliplayer. Just because the bases are at 70', there is no rule that states you HAVE to move back on the grass! Ideally, you would want to move back, but if you don't have the arm, don't. We can adjust to 70' bases easily, just like we did with 65' bases a couple of decades ago.
Oct. 1, 2012 Jawood	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cheyenne Park for Worlds No place for that kind of comment or language, ffdonnie. I'm sure Dave was "tongue and cheek" with his comment. Lighten up! Like Webbie says, I'm sure Vegas will see the impact that SSUSA made and loosen things up next year. Maybe a 4th session is needed ... Dave would "love" that!
Sept. 30, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: World Tourn. Updates Used to think "how tough could it be" to get results out until I learned that Dave pretty much is doing everything scheduling wise by himself! Don't know where SSUSA would be without him!
Sept. 28, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball I do know whatever rules SSUSA goes to, they want to keep it as simple as possible (kiss) for the umpires to enforce. They feel that they have enough on their plate already with the game itself than have to know what equalizer rules are being played with from game to game. It is sad when 67% of the 50 Major+ teams choose not to attend the world tournament, and it's in Vegas! There would be even less if it weren't.
Sept. 28, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball It would not be difficult at all to make these "dynasty" teams in Major+ play as a Major++ team. They obviously have no where to move up to but are totally dominating the division. Good for them. Don't disband them, simply require them to play with equalizer rules against other Major+ teams, the same way as a dominant team has to in their own state and region throughout the country when they are the top dog. If this is done, along with bringing some of the past rules back, more teams may be willing to play and have a fighting chance of competing at Major+.
Sept. 27, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 40+ Bracket Probably so you don't have to play the same 2 other teams every game in your 3 team bracket.
Sept. 27, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball Ok, taits, let go 2+2 in AA. I don't think we can get away from the mixed brackets though ... not enough teams to have 30 different age groups and divisions. Vegas and Reno are the exceptions.
Sept. 27, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Las Vegas fields I was told they were dirt (rock) infields. That's great if they are indeed turf!
Sept. 26, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball taits, my thought on AA was I have always heard that there is a need for a truly recreation division and rules that more talented players would not want to drop down to play. Not that just because someone can't hit homeruns they are not talented, but you get the idea. Z28, do you want to play tournaments with 2 or 3 teams in it? It's headed that way. I guess you are with JK, looks like you are already there. You do have a great team!
Sept. 26, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball Omar, you are making my head spin. Actually there are even less Major+ teams than you showed ... some teams are listed twice and some don't even exist anymore. Just getting rid of the out of area players rule and snowbirds would be a good start. How can it be allowed that Major+ teams can have out of area players when they play Major teams most of the time and they can't have them? That has to change #1. Bring back the 5 runs per 1/2 inning, (instead of 9). The more runs per inning that a dominant team is allowed to score, the more dominant they become. With the run differential, I would be in favor of giving the lower team the opportunity to score an extra run an inning, not give them "fake runs". The Super Major+ teams can score 5 runs, and the regular Major+ teams can score 6, up to the open inning. At some point, make over the fence hits or whatever they are called, DBO's. How many do we need? Bring a little defense back! Major+ 8 HR's + 8 WALKS ... DBO's Major 6 + 6 ... DBO's AAA 4 + 4 ... DBO's AA 2 + 0 ... DBO's
Sept. 25, 2012 Jawood	Topic: Associations Discussion: future of senior softball Over the last 5 years at the Major+ level, a team from California has won the world championship in the age groups 40 to 60 16 out of 20 times. JK in the 40+ division has won it 4 times with the exception of 2010 when they had to play with an equalizer. The Mavericks in the 50+ division has won it 4 times with the exception of last year when they decided to not participate the second half of the season. MTC won it at the 55+ level in 2007 & 2008 and then won it again last year at the 60+ level. See some "dynasty" teams here? California seems to have the advantage with their 38 million population to choose from. This is not their fault but why do they need players from bordering states along with 2 extra players from non bordering states? Making California a "stand alone" state is a start. Then rather than disband the champions, make them play with some equalizers within the Major+ division. Call them Major++ or Super Major+. These equalizers, along with bringing the playing rules back to where they were in past years will help the Major+ division become a lot more competitive.

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