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Marv Ruddell

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Murrieta, CA

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Men's 60

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Sept. 15, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Meniscus Surgery Recovery Time? Saturday 4:00 72 hours: Ditched the crutch this am and walking with minimal discomfort but slow. Swelling is minimal but cant get the leg completely straitened out. Post op appointment Tuesday morning. So Far So Good
Sept. 13, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Meniscus Surgery Recovery Time? Day 2: 17 hours after release. No Pain absolutely no pain. I have a pair of white retarded support stockings (no Im not a cross dresser) I have to wear for 48 hours. I can put all my weight on the leg but Im suppose to take it slow so time will tell. As of now this one is better than the last one on the interior of the same knee two years ago. I was his last surgery of the day. Maybe this is what they mean by practice. By the time he got to me he got better :O)
Sept. 12, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Meniscus Surgery Recovery Time? Out of surgery @ 6:00 then arrived home at 8:00. No Pain so far. I'm able to put pressure on it with the aid of a crutch. Repaired meniscus and cleaned up some arthritis. Lets see how fast this 70 year old (69 2/3) will heal.
Sept. 11, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A Few Thoughts From the Hemet Ca.Tournament Qualifier Mike I know you're frustrated and I can feel it in your tone. BUT please do not say you will never play in Hemet again. The SCSSA (our oganization) has no affiliation with Don at SCSST. We are a completely independent organization from them. We hold 8 events in Hemet each year as well as in Temecula and San Clemente. I hope this clears up any confusion you may have. We wish you the best in the coming season and hope to see you in the future.
Sept. 11, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Is it too much to expect ice water in the dugout? Tony the next time you come to one of our tournaments you can have a free bottle of water on me. That being said I wont defend the weekend tournament because it wasn't ours. But I will tell you when we started out we had a discussion with the insurance carrier. We are insured for injury liability and not any law suits resulting in a bacterial infection stemming from providing contaminated water to dugouts. If the water is contaminated we are liable. Not the guy that may not be feeling well and soaked his towel in the big jug and found out later he was contagious. Seriously guys do you really drink out of those things? Have you ever seen one sanitized? Me either. Hemet though not too shady is our Home Park. There are I think 5 drinking fountains located within a convenient short walk from all dugouts. But more than that bring water! That way you know it has your own cooties on it :O)
Sept. 3, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Meniscus Surgery Recovery Time? I'll let you know. I'm having it done on the 12th. Last one two years ago I was running on it in 4 weeks. BTW will be 70 in 3 mo.
Aug. 18, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Website comments Discussion: Dead Link on Home Page Clear out your cookies and temp internet files. In the utilities do a clean up. That will give your browser more ram to work with
Aug. 18, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Tournament Prizes Not intended to sound like a commercial but this year we will give out more than $12,000 in cash and prizes. The finale alone will give each team in three age groups over $2,300 in cash and individual prizes. You’d think that they would be beating down the doors and falling all over themselves to get in. But sadly that isn't the case. I had one team tell me he couldn't make for the finals and he was almost a lock for first place. You can give out gold plated bats but IMO this isn't much of an incentive for a fully sponsored team. So California isn't a hot bed of teams like people think. There are only 30 to 50 active men's and women's traveling teams. Don't know the reason for that but I have my opinion. We try all kinds of creative things to get teams to participate from Cash to Tee Shirts to Scrip to Beer Mugs to Coolers to Rings to Dry Fits. Could be your area and or the overhead. I can only speak for So Cal. Venues are pricey compared to other areas. There is a lot going on in So Cal and it just seems to me that softball isn't one of those huge priority's. Or it just isn't promoted enough. I see a serious imbalance of the teams coming up vs the teams retiring. There are plenty of leagues and in Temecula and they have waiting lists. But the number of 50s coming in to tournament softball do not equal the number of teams retiring. Unless there is a serious push to get more teams involved here the number of teams will continue to dwindle. I guess I changed the subject a little didn’t I. But it has always been our mission to give out as many individual prizes where possible. Time will tell if the money invested will work or not.
Aug. 7, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Prostate Inquiry Ed Loma Linda and I believe Scrips here in So California are doing Proton Therapy. I have read they are getting outstanding success rates. Its a non invasive procedure. I believe other hospitals will add this procedure as equipment is available. Google Proton Therapy for more information. There is a book you can buy on Amazon also. This therapy was the discussion topic on the Sunday Morning FOX show a few months back. That was before they put Jamie Colby's legs behind a desk :O( Sorry I thought I'd lighten up things a bit. Good Luck to all that read this.
Aug. 6, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Bats Discussion: gsc bat latest web site update Let's put some facts into the mix here before this becomes more of an urban legend than it already is. I have no dog in this hunt now but the fact is our association was involved as a potential (potential is the operative word) dealer and or regional sales position with GSA bats from the very beginning three years ago this October. As time went on Bill confided to me that he was in need of capitol or a money partner. I personally was the one that introduced Steve McKinley to Bill Gately. I'd have to go back to some old emails but that union with Bill and Steve took place at least two years ago. After that I was only getting information from Bill. Steve was involved in manufacturing and Bill was in sales and R&D. I was only interested in the sales of the product. If anyone wants to discuss this with me I will be glad to anytime but not here. This forum is not the proper place.
July 31, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOURNAMENT WINNER AUTO MOVEUP - Part II As an owner of an association I find most of the posts on this subject are very informative. It also gives everybody a feel for the passion that is senior softball. If you don't think so look at the hits. I think most do not post but read. I have no dog in the hunt and favor no one. But the basic problem is the system is flawed. When I was at the annual board of directors meeting of SPA in March as a guest this subject was discussed at great length. Under the present system there will never be a solution and this will go on forever. All you will do is band aid the problem and I'm afraid players and teams will suffer in the long run. It will take thinking outside the box. You may view what I'm about to say as over simplification and too technical all at the same time. But until you start to develop a system that centers on the solution you'll not get anywhere. Think of Bowling or Golf. Both have a system of handicapping players. Bowling for instance has the ABC. Hypothetically lets advance the debate 5 to 10 years and some very ingenious person or persons forms an association or business for the sole purpose of collecting batting averages. Lets call it the SSBAA or Senior Softball Batting Average Association for lack of a more sexy title. This organization is contracted by and or sanctioned by the major associations and independent regional associations to collect and compile data from all tournaments big and small. Then teams are formed using a mathematical formula base initially on offence only. As a team you're formed by a ceiling of points. Like in bowling you're allowed for the sake of argument 750 or 800 points. That is the total you can have for a team to enter a league. So if a softball team had a point total to achieve and it couldn't go over it then the manager would have to put a team together based on a formula of that total. Major teams have a total and so on down the list. Then when you went to a tournament every player would have a SSBAA card. That card (remember five to ten years from now) had a bar code on it. The card would have all your Softball data on it as well. The tournament directors and staff would be outfitted with a smart phone. The phone would then pick up the information from the official scorekeepers and into the data base it would go. Or one step further. The scorekeepers have iPads with a scorekeeping ap. The data is sent instantaneously to the data bank. Scorekeepers would be a must. As an association I would have to get them just like I get umpires. These are the same type of people that we remember use to to sit for 5 hours keeping score at the bowling alleys to make a few extra bucks because they were retired and needed grocery money. (Time flys doesn’t it) We as a team would pay a fee for objective and non biased score keeping. Eventually each and every player would have an official batting average. This average would be used to make up a team for tournament play. I know its simple but technical at the same time. But guys we live in a technical world and this new and innovative technology will eventually solve or at least lead the way to a solution to this dilemma. It would take some courage on some peoples part and a whole lot of cooperation by associations both big and small. I know it can be done. Time will tell.
July 29, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Crankshaft / Sunday Comics Check out today's "Crankshaft" in the Sunday Comics. If any of you can relate don't admit it. Your secret is safe with us. Have a good week guys :O)
July 27, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOURNAMENT WINNER AUTO MOVEUP - Part II LeeLee et all: Without going into a lot of detail here the key is to have a network of knowledgeable people that can objectively rate players. Softball for seniors would be much more even across the board if ALL players were rated. But.... That’s not going to happen. So the best next thing is to rate impact players and do a system where these players get reviewed on a regular bases. I know Ridge is trying this and is setting up a network of knowledgeable objective anonymous people. The key words are knowledgeable, anonymous and objective. That has been one of the hardest things to accomplish getting all three in one person. Its a start and if the two associations shared information and tried to implement a strategy I know it could be done. Consistency would be key as well. Shared information would make the task easier. Its a start and food for thought. As for golf I shoot in the 70s. I even play on warmer days as well :O)
July 27, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TOURNAMENT WINNER AUTO MOVEUP I don't know how this will be resolved but I will tell you that working with Mango and Don both David Sommerville teams is a real pleasure. These two franchises are class acts. I absolutely respect the integrity and sportsmanship these two teams represent. IMO it has to start with good management. As a local association I have had more managers tell me we want to see the best so our guys know what its like to play the best. I had a triple A team tell me recently he'd like to play them once so his guys would know what really good is. I know him well and he was serious. I know its probably not a good analogy but when I play golf with a really good golfer my game improves. I wish I could have charged admission for the Games in San Clemente in the upper division. It was a real treat to watch these guys do battle. Well... except for the hockey game that broke out twice :O) We use a simple one up at all our events and it does keep the scoring down and lets the weaker team have a better chance. It will be different at SPA WN in September. But the 400 foot shots there are retrievable. (Don’t park behind the left field fence on field 6 :0) I believe SPA’s approach to this is to develop an impact player list with the help of all the SPA affiliates throughout the country. I know Ridge doesn't like to see teams break up and have to dissolve so I know they are looking at this issue as well. BTW Sommerville did not go undefeated. AZ Elite beat them 18-12 (seriously 12)in pool play. What is that saying "On any given Sunday" Good luck with this topic. It is an enjoyable read.
July 20, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Team Points Omar: With about 6 weeks left 7 teams from out of the area. MO, AZ, CO, WA, NorCA and NV
July 18, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Team Points That would be Hemet CA. Apparently 33 teams think otherwise so far :O)
July 18, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Bats Discussion: 52 Core 275 Comp Which Bat? If you plan on going to San Clemente make room for 3 cases of softballs. We put 200 or more in play there. And that is just the number we put on the field. I know teams were loosing used ones from their batting practice buckets as well. We could have used whiffle balls there and they would have hit them out and we were just above sea level :O)
July 18, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Team Points I need to jump in here to make sure the topic of SPA coming to the west coast is for real and not a rumor. Its a National event titled appropriately the Western Nationals. The web site provided by Taits is correct. As for Ridge promising he'd be in Reno for 5 years you can ask him about it there because he will be at this event in person. Any other questions you can email me at wwm1@adelphia.net
June 25, 2012 Marv19	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SCSSA Wine Country Invitational Results With absolutely perfect weather in one of the most picturesque settings on the west coast. Teams from as far away as Arizona, Nevada and the Central Coast of California descended on the Temecula Valley to do battle in the 3rd Annual Wine Country Invitational. In the end it was the team from Arizona, GSF, that played giant killer by defeating two of the best teams in 50/55 M/M+ age group, Nighthawks and Westcoast 50s. Hats off to you guys. In the 55 division it was the amazing team from Santa Barbara, The Coasters. Our deepest appreciation goes out to the guys that traveled a great distance to go undefeated in pool play. Only to have wait for what had to seem an eternity as the #1 seed to play in the finals knowing the late game would put them on the road at 7:30 Sunday night. I have driven that road many times from OC to Santa Barbara and we really can’t tell you how much ethics and integrity this showed us. You guys not only won the the trophy's but the the character award of the year from us. In the other two divisions the team from Temecula, Grants Posse showed once again that these guys have what it takes to be honest contenders in October for the national 50AAA title. Division 4: You will not believe one of the scores on the way to the title (42-11). This is what OTE posted in the semis to get to the final game. In the finals however it was different story as only 1 run separated R & R and OTE. In a division made up of only 60M teams in the end it would be OTE as the Champs. Only 4 teams could emerge as victors on that sunny Sunday in the Wine Country but to us you're all champions... all of you! Division 1 Champs GSF RU Nighthawks Division 2 Champs Grants Posse RU Desert Dawgs 50 Division 3 Champs Coasters RU Desert Dawgs 55 Division 4 Champs OTE RU R & R
June 16, 2012 Marv19	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Website Hey John: Thanks for posting THE tournament I asked you about last month. I'll add information there as I get it.

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