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Alan Gohlke

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Plano, TX

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Men's 55

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June 14, 2011 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitching Arc Limits Hey mad dog, what's up? I used to play unlimited arc when I lived in Chicago many years back and believe me, you do not want unlimited arc in senior ball!!! I pitched occasionally back then and I could routinely pitch the ball 25 feet or so in the air and drop the pitch just off the back point of the plate. We don't need none of that in senior ball!!!
June 14, 2011 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Bats Discussion: People keep buying very popular bats that break way too soon Gates 24: I am not sure you need my opinion but I would like to offer it. I am not sure how you can make a bat "roll" proof as it seems that you could put any bat into a bat roller, and I am not sure how you can make a bat that cannot be shaved because there has to be an endcap in the current way bats are manufactured and someone always seems to figure out how to get them off and back on or how to make bootleg end caps. But if you can figure these things out, I would urge you to patent your roll proof/shave proof bat design, get your bat approved by USSSA, ASA, SPA, SSUSA and all other associations and spend whatever you need to get all associations to approve only shave proof and roll proof (much harder to do, I suspect) bats and you will have several years head start on the current bat manufacturers. The current bat manufacturers could also figure out how to do these things but have chosen not to. Your bat could be the catalyst for some much needed change relative to the shaved bat problem. I know the Easton Reveal was supposed to have been tamper proof and never really caught on and I have not swung it to know whether it was a quality of bat issue or if the shaved bat problem is so bad, that people won't buy a bat that cannot be altered, but whatever Easton did wrong in producing or marketing the Reveal, you learn from that and try to overcome them. The shaved bat problem is real and it is finding its way into senior ball even with senior bats if you can believe it. For what it is worth, I think Made in America should be displayed on your bat, but not so much as to be a primary message on your bat. It is an important feature, but really not a primary feature, for most. God Bless American, may be not so important. It is a great message but while it may mean something to some, it probably won't make someone buy or not buy it. Your company and your call, I know. I really hope you are able to produce a great bat that can compete with the current non altered bats relative to "hotness", surpass them in durability, and that is also shave proof and roll proof. Our game needs a bat like this to be the only type of approved bat...in all associations!
June 10, 2011 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitching Arc Limits Hey Gary19 no disrespect in my comments that follow but most of us have been playing for 35 for 40 years straight or longer and have seen enough pitches to know when pitches are not being called correctly. I think no one minds an occasional pitch that a player might think is high or low not being called, but when it is routine, there is a problem. Here in TX, I feel we have a different problem in our tournaments. I believe our umps do not call the illegal high pitch enough giving the pitchers a pretty big advantage with pitches routinely being allowed that are over 15 feet high. I agree with you in that it is very difficult for a player to be exact as to whether a pitch is 3 foot high or not, but at almost 6 ft, I am quite sure when a pitch is not over my head and I am also quite sure when an "approximate" 15 foot high pitch is higher than 12 feet. I am just saying that many umps I see could do a beter job of calling illegal pitches. The rules say 6-12 feet and that is how the pitch should arc.
Feb. 21, 2011 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Looking for Senior 50 AAA team To the board: this guy is the real deal. I managed the senior team this guy played on over the last several years and he is a player through and through. Although he can play anywhere in the infield, 3rd base is his home and he will absolutely dive and stick his nose into every play at third. No playing in short left field with this guy, parallel to third at all times and daring you to hit him the ball. He is also a very good hitter, but most importantly he will leave it all on the field! He has more softball heart than any other senior player I know. Clarence: I did not know you moved to TN. I am guessing a new job took you there. Good luck pal. I know you will get picked up soon.
Jan. 7, 2011 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Texas Thunder Coach Please call me at 214-697-5661. Alan
Jan. 7, 2011 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Women's softball Discussion: BASKETBALL I play Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings whenever I can during the winter. 50 and over only and we have about 20 guys each night for pick up games....two on and one off. Why ya asking?
Dec. 15, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Bats Discussion: flying with your bats taits: I looked in the white pages for Henry Lacrose and Henry Lacrosse and could not find any listings.
Dec. 10, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Bats Discussion: flying with your bats To me, the issue is safety ftom theft as well physical protection of the actual bat(s). If you are in a position to, buy a bat bag that has lockable zippers for the bat storage area. I had a buddy of mine have his bats stolen or come up missing while in the airlines poseesion on a trip back from Phoenix two years ago. Haven't tried the golf bag idea yet but that sounds like it would work as well. Make sure no one can get to your bats!
Nov. 24, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What a year! Spoonplugger: funny you should mention Muskies. My name on the fishing boards I frequent is Muskieman and I go to Lake of the Woods at Nestor Falls in northwestern Ontario for 7 days at least once a year in the late Spring and sometimes I add a trip in the early fall. Catch enough walleye for the week the first day or two and then it is nothing but pitching and trolling for the biggest muskies in the lake....small world. Someday we have to go muskie/pike/walleye/smallmouth hunting.
Nov. 23, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What a year! Rapala Silver Shad Rap #9....best all around crankbait ever made...IMO....sorry spoonplugger. I usually go to Lake Ray Roberts about an hour north of Plano.
Nov. 23, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What a year! Hey Mad Dog: I absolutely don't troll anything in the stump infested minefields we have here in TX. But I will troll spoonplugs in the bays, coves, and open water shoreline in about 12-25' of water over non stump structure and catch anything that swims in the lake. I was kind of just joking with spoonplugger as I have no desire to hijack his thread!
Nov. 23, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What a year! Spoonplugger: forget all the softball talk, how you making out with them spoonplugs? I prefer the larger ones in the white color trolled very near bottom. Will catch anything in the lake.
Aug. 31, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA IN BOERNE Texas Silverbacks 50 Major team will add what most of you that were there already know: 1. Not enough fields which caused unbearable delays. We were supposed to play at 10:20 AM Sunday morning and did not play until around 1PM. We could not leave and come back because the two teams that were playing in front of us were playing a best out of three and you did not know when they would be done. Of course it went the full three and we were just sitting there trying to stay cool in the hot sun. We were in the 50 Major championship game and did not get done and into the parking lot until 7PM and most of us had a 5 hour drive back to the Dallas area and we lost two players because they had to leave to catch flights so we had to finish with 10 players which did not help. 2. no shade, no shade, no shade 3. field 3/11 was the worst field I have played on in senior tournament softball or any tournament for that matter. The infield near 2nd base was a rock filled sand pit and caused many dangerous bad hops at any level but certainly at the Major level in addition to causing two players I saw to fall down as they approached second base because they hit a sort of gully that was in front of second base. The outfield was spur filled and there were several instances where the outfielder picked the ball up to throw it in and had to pull spurs out of his hand. 4. Getting issued 4 balls in the begining of the tournament is not enough when it was a 5 game guarantee. He should give out 6 balls minimum even if it cost a bit more to enter. But Kieth knows these things and I think is going to move the tournament next year...to Dallas I hope :) Congratulations to Austin Rock for winning the 50 Major. We had them both times we played them until they put up 10 in the buffet inning in the first game we played against them in pool to lose by 1 and then they put up 12 in the buffet inning of the championship game.
July 19, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: So who won the 50 Major in Dalton? Or better yet, the top 5 please.
April 29, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SPA TOURNAMENT IN BAYTOWN THIS PAST WEEKEND We played the 50 Major in Baytown this past weekend. The umpire in charge knew what he was doing but the umpiring in our games were very bad. Probably the worst I have seen in some time. Other than that, Layla and SPA put on a pretty good tournament, for the 50 Major anyway.
March 31, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Age 50: Looking to join a team in Texas Played Carilto's several times. Good team and a good bunch of guys. Alan
March 31, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Age 50: Looking to join a team in Texas Email more details about yourself including height, weight, tournament team experience, ability to run your own bases, home run power ability, average tournament (not league) batting average, and most important your abilty to travel and afford travel and share of tournament expenses to alangohlke@aol.com. Alan Coach, Texas Silverbacks Major Tournament Softball team
Jan. 21, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tanel R.A.G.E, Bat Bag Question The military duffel bag may be a solution but I also want a rolling bat bag to take into the park and Tanel seems to have a very large and nice rolling bat bag but I need and want lockable zippers.
Jan. 21, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tanel R.A.G.E, Bat Bag Question I am considering buying a Tanel Rage bat bag. An important feature that I need in a bat bag are lockable zippers where there are two zipper handles with holes in each zipper handle that meet in the middle of the pouch you are trying to close and where a small lock can be used to lock the two zipper handles. This is particularly important for the bat carrier storage compartment for air travel. Has anyone made a recent purchase of this bag and does it have lockable zippers on all of the storage compartments or just some of them and if it is just some of them, which ones. The Tanel web site relative to this product says that it has lock accomodating zippers to protect valuables and I am wondering if that means that all the zippers are lock accomodating or just one pouch where one might be expected to store money and other valuables. When I looked at this bag at the 2009 World Tournament in Phoenix, I think I remember not buying the bag because it did not have a lockable zipper for the bat compartment. Maybe they came out with a 2010 model that has lock accomodating zippers for all zippers. With multiple bats worth $500 or more, a glove that is broke in just right for you,and spikes needing to travel, I can't believe the bat bag manufacturers haven't figured out this player need. Most of the bat bags do not have lockable zippers. Any help would be appreciated.
Jan. 2, 2010 PlanoPlayer	Topic: Associations Discussion: We'll see who wants good balls. Actually I had a similar post on this board a few months ago requesting SSUSA to put the 1 UP rule back in for all divisions. I am just a believer that the 1 UP rule makes the senior game much better. I have been at the SPA National in Dalton every year they have had it there and for every year they had it in Plano. I am not sure if I was clear enough but I did not mean the small fields in Dalton as they were fine and the complex is great (the chance of rain for the area is a risk though), I meant the small field of teams. There were only 11 teams at the SPA National AAA division in 2009. That is not a very good showing. I agree, Bruce can now have his thread back. I actually met Bruce at the 2009 SPA 2009 AAA National this past year. He is a great sportsman.

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