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Mark Weber

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April 30, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Spring 2013 Harry, thanks. The bombs Mike was talking about was me 'bombing' on Saturday! LOL Sunday was a bit better. But we couldn't get them.
April 30, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Spring 2013 Again (darn it), I have to congratulate Hollis (60 M+) on a great tourney. We about had you on Saturday, but you came from behind like champions. You just flat hit the ball hard and played great defense. End of story. We cannot wait to get on the field with you again. (If I never see another knuckle ball in the outfield, it will be too soon). D&K-could we have played 3 closer games? Also look forward to future games. The fun is still there!
April 30, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 70 FT BASES Omar-we had played Vegas before and played 70 foot bases. I support it strongly-at least for 65 yrs old and under. The increased time in the infield in a game that is as offense oriented as our is, was a much needed change. Infielders are already playing deep because of the bats, and they now have a little extra time to make that play or turn that double play. As far as wearing your arm out, my question is 'Why would you play deeper on the infield?' You are already playing very deep. After watching I have concluded that you are much better off playing at the same depth you played on the 65 foot bases and take advantage of the longer bases rather than increasing your depth by 5 feet and still having the issue of having to hurry throws. By increasing your depth even more you may catch a ball you may not have gotten from 5 feet closer occasionally, but I believe strongly that playing closer and having that extra time on most plays is much more beneficial to the defense, and that extra 5 feet creates a tougher throw, too. These bats have stretched defenses enough, making a slowly hit ball an almost certain hit even for guys with average speed (and speed is a 'relative' term at our age). I believe playing that 5 feet closer will get you many more outs on slow rollers, slightly muffed balls, and double plays than the potential gain from ball flagged down from 5 feet farther back. Plus it takes away the automatic extra base on hits for all except the very fast, which is the way it should be.
April 29, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Your Prayers are Needed Our hearts and prayers go out to her. Please keep us posted on her recovery. Mark and Patti Weber
April 29, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Public Forum VS Anonymity Kennard-I agree. I especially have a problem with guys that stir up controversy and hide behind a 'handle'. Good seeing you again this weekend. 3 great, close games as usual.
April 8, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: SW Championships - Team and Action pictures Hi Jack. Welcome to a new year! I hope things are going well with you. Our team is now Joe Browns All Stars-60 M+. Hope you have a second to come by.
April 8, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New ASA bats Swing-when we had the combo I mentioned above, the move was already afoot to 'dumb' things down because it was too lively. That SB12 and balls like it were ridiculous. I remember one tournament in Phoenix where the highest run total I saw was 12, and the longest shot was about 250. That ball would go past the infield and float in the air until someone ran under it and caught it. I don't think we have to worry about that.
April 6, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New ASA bats Swing-I'm with you. I've said many times a 'measured step back' to alloy bats and a 47 core would be a good thing-and save us money-except the bat companies would probably charge us 200 bucks for an alloy bat too, and balls would go to 15 bucks each.
March 31, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: NEW COMBAT DIRTY Sorry-Jawood. Here's my take-got a 30 balance-but it feels more end loaded than a Miken. The pop was great-right out of the wrapper. I probably hit 15 out on 40 hits. It is a tad too heavy for me, but it does have plenty of pop. I may try a 28 and see if it works. btw-I am most comfortable with a 29 balanced. CRUSADER-Ron, if you find another one like the one last year-I WILL BUY IT FROM YOU!!
March 25, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What is 400 feet.... It's a popup for you, Steve, but a dream for most of the rest of us.
March 23, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What is 400 feet.... I wondered when someone would comment on my tongue in cheek use of the Pythagorean theory. They estimate in golf that the difference is about 10% for every 5000 feet, but as you know there are other factors involved. Humidity, shape of the ball after these senior super bats hit them a few times (except for the rock which stays consistently spherical), temperature (there is also a theorem that calculates how much further a ball goes on a cold day compared to a warm one as long as the bat does not break), and of course, muscle tone of the hitter combined with breathing the thinner air which provides less oxygen to the lungs and therefore decreases the strength of the hitter by .00243 percent. The actual answer for Remo vs. sea level is then 8.4952348 percent. Thank you.
March 22, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What is 400 feet.... Boston-we do play a lot of 320-325, but a majority of fields are just not built to accomodate fences that far. Really, the number of guys with that capability is not that long. I guess I should amend my observation that 400 feet is not as uncommon as you might think, but it is a special shot to see. Anyone our age-60+, that can hit one that far is amazing, with any bat. Mike, prime rim? I can't believe you are 'ribbing' me about that? Those Prime Ribs add at least 32 inches to my longest shots. I need that to get them to barely clear the infield. I do agree with the 315-350 for most homers.
March 21, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What is 400 feet.... There has been a lot of discussion about 'home runs of length'-i.e. 350 to 400 feet or more. I found that a lot of guys were way off in assessing length, so I am offering this observation when watching a long one. Home plate to the pitchers mound is(for the sake of simplicity) 50 feet. Not too far when you consider it on it's own. But if you were to mentally take that short distance outside the fence, you would realize, especially at Major and Major Plus that it is not that far over the 300 foot fence to give you a 350 foot shot. The 400 foot shot can use the same type of comparison. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we find that with 70 foot bases that second base from the plate is almost exactly 99 feet (square root of 4900 + 4900 or 9800). Taking that mental image outside a 300 foot fence gives you a 400 foot shot, approximately. I saw many of those last year playing with Steve Imlay, Fred Purvis, Mike Adair, and against a whole host of incredible power hitters at 60 Major Plus. I also saw some against some major teams-who had guys hit them just as far. The balls in the Combat Dirty video that were hitting the cement parking lot were right around 400 and some went farther than that. So, when talking about these guys and their distance, 400 is not an uncommon shot.
March 17, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: NEW COMBAT DIRTY twins-you think he is bad 'shouting' here, try being on his team and misplacing a hat. You will never hear the end of it!
March 13, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: Bats Discussion: COMBAT BANKRUPTCY And all I wanted was an Obamabat.......Sorry I started this with a joke.
March 12, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 5 on third Big-you are absolutely correct-outfielders need to play where they can throw a runner out at home on a fly ball. Any deeper and they might as well not even be out there. I even advocate a 5 man infield for these plays in case the batter does hit a ground ball by mistake.
March 12, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: Bats Discussion: COMBAT BANKRUPTCY I think the government ought to bail out Combat for us. It's too big to fail....... I need a new ObamaBat.
March 8, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Bat/ball combos of yesteryear Ok- you are both right in some ways. Tim-1982-1984 we were using Howards bats and equivalent, but those three years we used the T4000, Hot Dots, TN Poly softballs and they were flying 400 feet. Before that the Poly Core Blue Dot ruled. I never heard what the cor and compression were, but we were playing 65-57 games playing with Shallow Waterbeds out of Lubbock. In 1985 I think it was they came out with the Gold Dots, RF 80 softballs that went nowhere and HR's went down a ton. The first bat I saw that had amazing pop was the Demarini Ultimate Weapon-I still have 5 broken ones in the garage. They even put your name on the early ones. They were C405 I think. Then came the CU31 single walls and then they went to double walls. The balls came down from 50 cor to 47's and then to 44's which is where they are for us now. But we still hit the 50's a long way with the demarini's. I have gotten my Steeles bat out and cannot get it out of the park, but the balls are SO much softer it makes a huge difference. I have almost hit the warning track and think it was a pretty good shot. My memories are not perfect, but this is my recollection of the advance of the BAT! Corrections accepted with a smile!
March 8, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior Softball Poem guys let's take this to a new thread-the poems have been forgotten. Unfortunately!
March 6, 2013 Webbie25	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Not Pleased with Rating System Bob-while I agree that there are no major teams here, and you know I faced the same problem you do, my realization is that there is very little good competitive softball played in New Mexico because there are very few complexes in the whole state, so you have to travel anyway. I think I spent about the same last year playing out of Phoenix as I did playing for the Desperados. You will still be able to play here when they do hold a tourney, you just might have to spot runs.

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