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March 17, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: website has unwanted software Firefox has cleared it this morning. |
March 2, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 70 Major Plus teams playing in Vegas T-mon-thank you and always a pleasure to compete against you guys. I think I first met you about 15 years ago, I think. Yes, our Scorpion team is a bit stronger, but a lot hinges on if we can stay healthy. We should see you guys in Reno. Best of luck and say hi to the guys for me! |
March 1, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 70 Major Plus teams playing in Vegas Hi T-Mon-I heard Enviro-Vac had split into 2 teams, one at 70 and one at 75. Have you been able to fill both? Hope to see you guys in Reno! |
Feb. 22, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Double play or force out? Absolutely a double play. A few years ago in Winter Worlds, we were playing Socal 55's, I think it was. They had 2nd and third, nobody out and 5 on third. We walked the next batter to load them up. the next guy hit a one hopper to the third baseman who tagged the runner that held on the base, then stepped on third and then threw to second. The second basemen did not realize we already had the triple play and threw to first to complete the quadruple play. The umpire laughingly said 'You're all out!! |
Feb. 14, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batters Box Rule Change Scott, with the front of the box at 39 inches from the front of the plate, if your stride is 18 inches, then you can line up with your back foot even with the front of the plate. Set your feet 20 inches apart. An 18 inch stride will leave you 1 inch short of the top of the batters box and therefore legal, and you will be in front of the plate so the pitch will be higher for you. Good luck. |
Feb. 14, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batters Box Rule Change Scott-the actual distance in 39 inches from the front of the plate to the top of the batters box. I agree with Dave. The batters box has been there, for a reason. Why change it now? I also agree on the difficulty of an umpire calling it. Do we draw a line, which will be gone in one inning, in the box? I don't think the new rule really changes anything. |
Feb. 13, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batters Box Rule Change Nails-Section 7.3. Yes, a batter striking the ball fair or foul is out if out of the batters box. |
Feb. 12, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batters Box Rule Change Welcome to the art of pitching, Scott. The hitter has every advantage in the world. The pitcher has to throw the ball at a certain height and hit a mat a certain size. If he can do this legally and throw a pitch that is hard to hit well, he has done all he can. Good pitchers vary it up between the short, low pitch and the high deep pitch. I happen to agree that there should be a limit to how far a batter can advance in the box to hit a pitch. I've seen Murray hit that low pitch a long ways. He adjusted. It can be done. |
Feb. 5, 2024 Webbie25 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: New to the board and to senior softball BIGDIESEL77-Good choice, Don. It's still fun. I'm 71 and never dreamed I would even be playing at this age. Many of us believe that the key is to NEVER STOP PLAYING. Have fun, and work back into it slowly.......muscles that haven't been used for some time pull so easily. Good luck. |
Dec. 29, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Bats Discussion: New rule on shaved bats I sure didn't mean to infer that it was. I did say I was fully confident they are not. Sorry for the misunderstanding. |
Dec. 28, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Bats Discussion: New rule on shaved bats I have to weigh in. Maybe I am in a shell, but I cannot tell by the sound of a hit if it was a shaved bat. I have played against teams and been told later that my teammates were SURE they were using enhanced bats. I never knew. I play this game for the competition, the fun of playing, and the camaraderie. I don't watch what equipment my teammates use. It's not my concern. But if they were to use a shaved bat, I am not sure I would even know how to determine that outside of the obvious signs described in this thread. My feeling is that it is a sorry state we are in that cheating in a game that we are playing into our seventies and eighties is a target for cheating. Just WHY? Our Glory Days are behind us. Who is going to ever remember that an 80 year old hit 22 home runs with a shaved bat???? Who the heck cares? I am 100% behind disqualification if anyone is stupid enough to do this. I have bought 2 bats from AAA teammates-Dudley Lightnings. They are lively bats, but I am fully confident they are not 'enhanced'. But now I am hesitant to use them. We are Seniors, playing a game that kids play, at a level that people from our era never dreamed possible. Why do people have to cheat-even here? |
Dec. 10, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What's the rile BJ, we were playing the standard SSUSA count stating with a 1&1 count and one foul to waste. The player took a strike and then foul tipped the ball to the catcher, but not over his head. Had he swung and missed, it would have been a strikeout. But the rule is there is one foul ball to waste. The rule, 1.29 states that a foul tip is out if it is the 'final' strike. Our question here is to define the 'final' strike. Is the final strike the foul tip that does not go over the catchers head and is caught by the catcher as the rule is applied in baseball, or does that rule only apply if the batter had already used his foul to waste. We feel we need a clarification. |
Dec. 9, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What's the rile Kenny, I looked it up also. 1.29 an out if it is the 'final' strike. That is probably what confused the umps. The batter still had one to waste and he did not consider it the 'final' strike. Dave, have you got a clarification on this? thanks. |
Dec. 4, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softballs You guys sure crushed it against us. How is it neither one of us won?????? LOL It's sure a team game. Enjoyed the competition. |
Dec. 4, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softballs We played with an Onyx ball in Tucson. Stayed clean and seemed to have a bit more carry than the Baden. I liked the ball. |
Oct. 21, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: World Championship Medals If anyone can do it better, have at it. It's easy to criticize, but putting your money where your mouth is would be the real test.I am very happy with the venues they do provide and the competition. PS Tim -are you one of those TP hoarders that ran even costco out of TP? LOL |
Oct. 9, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batter out of the box If this is a concern for you as a batter, maybe you should carry a tape measure with you to measure from the front of the plate to the top of the batters box to make sure it is right. 39.5 inches. |
Oct. 8, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas Worlds and 2024 And I got accused of being long winded in another tongue in cheek post. LMAO |
Oct. 6, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batter out of the box Christom-so do we draw a line to establish where the point is that both feet are in front of the line? That will be gone in the first inning. Do we require that turf fields draw that line? All you are doing is opening a different can of worms, as I see it. Does hitting a home run make it right to be out of the box? If you extend the box, either by writing the rule differently to move the front of the box a few inches forward, or to allow a person's foot to go over as long as their back foot does not end up in front of the plate, you are allowing the batter to advance to a point closer to the fence, and to the pitcher. I see no difference. |
Oct. 6, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 35-35 Amazing! A couple years ago Steve Imlay, playing 60 M+ and 65 M+ in worlds went 54-58. Amazing. |