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Ed Sirfus

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Men's 50

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Feb. 24, 2010 smooth01	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Teams Being Bumped Up I agree Brett , I believe this is the same team that had "Major Plus" on the back of thier uniforms in Phoenix.I questioned SSUSA about 3 teams last year, after the Phoenix Worlds,that played AAA and were rated Major, and they would not respond, You will most likely have to contact them by phone if you want any info.They won't respond on this site. Good Luck
Feb. 20, 2010 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOC 50AAA You have to realize that most of the AAA teams participating in the TOC have won Major tournaments and already were classified as Major,but get to play AAA in the TOC, because that is the classification they were in to qualify. What I'm trying to say is that most of the AAA TOC teams are Major. Sounds like thats where your team might belong if you played competitive in the TOC.
Feb. 17, 2010 smooth01	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Teams Being Bumped Up I consider the TOC a major tournament. Should those winners be moved up,or does it depend on the margin of score's?
Feb. 5, 2010 smooth01	Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: Looking for a strong defensive SS!! Shouldn't have a problem finding a SS in Calif., Everything I read on this site indicates the best players in the world come from there.
Jan. 9, 2010 smooth01	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Major+ Equalizer - What do you think? Last year, powers to be changed the HR rule to try and equalize teams ,in order to get more teams for the Major Plus to beat up on.Then they re-classified teams, moving many of them up to Major and Major Plus ,that did not belong there. Again,just to get more teams in the Major/Major Plus divisions. Now,we are discussing to make changes just to give these teams more runs ,needed to compete with Major/Major Plus and make the final scores LOOK like these teams can be competitive. Being that bitching about the HR rule is now not an option ,now we discuss runs scored. Classifications should be determined by talent and skill level,not by giving runs to equalize or by taking away HR's like they did last year.There should have not been any rule changes last year,This association and people on this message board ,keep bringing up the idea's of changes to the rules and how the game should be played,when they should just leave a good thing alone and quit trying to change something that's not broke.Looks like alot of these post are just for people who enjoy seeing their name on the board,and think they have to comment on every little post.It would be different if they really had an input to help the game,but they just comment to comment as if we really cared for their every little thought.
Dec. 31, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: midwest nationals How would it be any more cost effective for the teams WEST of Illinois having the tournament in Champaign?If talking a MIDWEST Nat., KC is the most central location with plenty of fields at one location.
Dec. 27, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: midwest nationals My vote is KC
Oct. 27, 2009 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Congrats to KC Barons Brett ,Congratulations to you and your Baron's team,you peaked at the right time and got us when it really counted.The battles we've had this year it doesn't suprise me we went extra inning's Sun morning.You represented the Midwest well It was another good showing from the Midwest for the second year in a row. (Brett-You've got to quite hanging out on the clothsline) Smooth(#20)-J&J Sports
Sept. 16, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Phoenix World Tournament Where do you find a rule book? Is it printed online somewhere?
July 26, 2009 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Ratings-div-ages & long comment Ratings are for equalizing teams within the same talent level, not trying to get the same number of teams in each division.As the skill level decreases from major plus, major, AAA and AA ,it only is common sense their will be more teams in those divisions,there are only so many major plus players to go around.As skill level decreases ,there will be more teams in those divisions.It does not make sense to try equalizing number of teams in divisions just for the big boy's to have someone to beat up on. It is fun to win a few games once in a while.I haven't read any proposals about giving runs to the lower skilled teams for equalization.
June 13, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Dave Dowell is Supernatural I bet Jackson would have liked to have had Dave Dowell in St Louis last year!
Feb. 24, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Bats Discussion: Worth Launch FS Bat is still for sale.
Feb. 22, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Bats Discussion: Worth Launch FS NIW Gold Launch 510 26oz $145.00 delivered Paypal or money order
Feb. 21, 2009 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Threads Removed SSUSA- How many reminders do we get, do we have to wait for Hennessy to get back toget an answers?
Feb. 14, 2009 smooth01	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: POSSIBLE COMPROMISE ON NEW HR RULE. Lets try this , I know this won't agree with everyone and probably room for improvement: How about this ,the offense has hit their limit,on the next HR, the defensive team then gets a choice of taking an out ,or taking a run.If they elect taking a run,the batter gets a walk, and any runners can only advance by the walk.
Jan. 30, 2009 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Improved Web Site I don't see the ad or link to Jacks Action Photo's
Jan. 12, 2009 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 2009 ISA world That is probably a good decision on his part, as he might find some teams that didn't attend the St Louis tournament last year .When making plans for tyour tournaments this year ,I would hope teams keep in mind the decisions that were made at last years ISA World.
Dec. 14, 2008 smooth01	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOC Field Assignments What are the field assignments,they should have been posted weeks ago so teams could make hotel reservations!
Dec. 12, 2008 smooth01	Topic: Bats Discussion: Yellow Macenko VS Grey Combat I can't speak for the MM , but I and others on our team purchased gray senior combats when they came out, and we had 3 break this year,They were advertised as having more durability than the Ultra II,They weren't out long enough to really claim that ,but they did.I bought a blue senior combat for batting practice so I could use the gray in tournaments, (they are the same bat, the gray broke and the blue is still going strong. I also use an Ultra II with ASA stamp for Major tournaments, it also is still going strong , Bottom line, the gray combat is no more durable than the Ultra II ,and my guess, the Macenko won't be either . As everything is compared to the Ultra II , why not buy it, as durability is not an issue as these new bats claim .
Nov. 22, 2008 smooth01	Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: who hits it the longest Mike Petersen from Bagbey's has hittest the farthest homerun I have ever saw. (more than once)

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