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Doug Hixon

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North Augusta, SC

Division:

Men's 65

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Jan. 5, 2011 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Strength Building Suggestions Wanted Gary 19, I work hard year round to be able to play this game to the very best of my ability for the team I play for, and part of that is being able to run with speed which I, by the grace of God, have been blessed with. part of the sacrifice I make to my team is being able to run when asked by the coach to do so. Now what tees me off is being called a derogatory name such as a rabbit by you or anybody else who has something against a rule they don't like in senior softball. Have some respect for us who do this, after all we don't call you a know it all although some of might think it. I probably could call some of you other things but out of respect, I don't.
Dec. 23, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Wishing All A Merry Christmas Wish a very Merry Christmas to all Sr. softball players, wives, coaches, umpires, and to all our brave military men and women as well as our police and firefighters, and have a great 2011. Doug.
Dec. 23, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Most Unusual, outlandish, Funny, etc. Softball story Playing in a church league game in the 80's, one umpire and it had to be his madien voyage, bottom of seventh and we were down by one run with two out and a runner on second. I hit a shot to left and the left fielder made a play on the ball and I decided to go for it and stretch it into a double, well halfway to second the left fielder threw a strike to the second baseman who was waiting for me, the umpire had run out in the middle of the infield and I called time out, well the ump threw his hands in the air and called time out and started walking back toward home plate, so I walked on to second. The opposing coach ran out raising cain that I couldn't do that and the umpire told him that you could call time out anytime you wanted. One run had already scored to tie the game and the next batter got a hit and I scored to win the game. Other coach protested the game and the umpire told him that the rules were the rules and his protest was over ruled
Dec. 20, 2010 outfielder	Topic: Bats Discussion: Senior Bats: Convince Me!!! Tater50 if you are close around Augusta, Ga we hit most every Sat at 1pm, just let me know if you're interested and I'll give you directions
Dec. 20, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: sitting here and wondering Hang in there mad dog, spring will be here before you know it and you will smell the fresh cut grass and see all your buddies heading to the park, and you'll be right there with them, like shane and curveball said it's the comradship and the new friends you make each and every year that means the most. You are part of a special breed of people, us old farts who still like to play the game and be competitive, enough of our breed is starting to leave us, so enjoy while you still have the ability to play. Merry Christmas, my friend.
Dec. 15, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: How did you get your start in softball? Hey guys, now this is what this site is all about, great posts, very interesting seeing what brought us all together in this wonderful sport. Thanks for the memories.
Dec. 15, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: How did you get your start in softball? Got talked into playing in a church league, and after playing baseball in high school and college and using wooden Louisville slugger bats, the softball was bigger and supposedly easier to hit but the wooden baseball bats weren't doing so well, barely getting it to the grass, then came the BOMBAT MEATHEAD, 38 ozs of pure aluminum, wow, the ball then made it to the left fielder. Had one Bombat that got curved on the end and I would turn it one way to hit to right and the other way to hit to left. All the writing wore off but, hey Mad dog, it wouldn't break. Fences were 250 and it took a shot to get one out. Those were the days.
Dec. 13, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Prayer list request Just to inform that Bill Sellars who is a tournament director as well as a player and sponsor of the 65 Blaze team out of Burlington, NC. has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and is to start chemo soon. I hope all of you will keep Bill in your prayers as well as his family. Thanks, Doug.
Dec. 13, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: softball player or not Most of us playing this grand game would agree that we would play with any equipment that is dictated by the assoc. we play in and some of us enjoy playing with the composit bats and the fire balls, but that's because it's allowable and is the best equipment available, and as long as they are the best available, we have to keep pace to be competitive.
Dec. 8, 2010 outfielder	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 5 Run Rule One of the assoc. starts the 1 run per inning in the second and goes thru the sixth with the seventh as an open inning, can't remember if it's SPA or NSA.
Dec. 6, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: February Tournament of Champions Polk County Any 65 AAA
Dec. 5, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotbats Webbie, thanks for your update and wanting to help improve Senior softball, it's people like you who are willing to get involved that will eventually make an impact on decisions made at these conferences and they will know that ordinary people or Players are interested enough to attend and will speak out
Dec. 4, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotbats Hey Webbie, if you go to the convention could you share some of the things discussed and or approved there with us, it would be great to know.
Dec. 4, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotbats emailed coachbuy.com about the crack in my GBA bat and they are going to replace it, that is great news
Dec. 4, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Ridge Hooks has been hospitalized Will keep Ridge in my prayers, try and keep us posted as much as you can, Steve, thanks for the heads-up, hope you mouth has healed.
Dec. 3, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: QUESTION FOR OUTFIELDERS Rawlings 14" is the best I've found, a little longer break-in time but well worth it. I use the Nokona NLT Classic glove conditioner to break in and keep clean. You might look at Ebay, sometimes you can find a decent glove a little cheaper, be sure to look at Rawlings site first and decide which one you are interested in then find the best price.
Dec. 1, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotbats It's hard for me to understand why anyone would want to alter a bat like theU2, what's the difference in hitting a ball 301 ft. vs. 350 ft. just doesn't make sense. If they can come up with a device that can detect altering of a bat, I think any violators should be banned from Senior softball for long period. As to the GBA bat, I've got one I've used for two bp sessions and I'm not sure but I believe it has a crack in it, guess I'll be able to tell for sure next bp.
Nov. 29, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: ASA stamped U2 Tater9, what ounce and how much
Nov. 29, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotbats Every assoc. in Senior softball is in business to make money, and in order to make money there has to be participation in the form of members at local and national tournaments, In order to ban certain bats and balls, first it would have to be agreed upon by the associations participating in the summit and if some don't agree to the ban it would pit the good guys against the bad guys having teams refuse to play where the hot bats and balls are banned as well as new organizations formed and advertise the fact of allowing the hot bats and balls. It would be a major contraversy in Senior Softball for a couple of years before a meeting of the minds takes place, it that ever happens, and what does happen to Senior Softball during this time, personally I love the game enough to play with a broomstick and a soccer ball, but there are hard liners on both sides of the arguement who could possibly walk away from the game
Nov. 28, 2010 outfielder	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: hotbats Hey Einstein, are you an attorney, the reason I ask is I spent 30+ yrs in law enforcement and spent most of those years listening to attorneys elaborate, detailed stories, jus tjoking, I do agree with you on the bats and balls, please Garyc and mad dog don't shoot at me for that.

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