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| April 23, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Need your honest opinion........ No way I'm pitching in this league if you're using senior bats. I'd love to be a hitter, though. Sounds like a dangerous combination to me. Lots of fall off in reaction times from early 60's to early 70's (I've been there), but lots of guys in this age range can still mash the ball. |
| April 2, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: An Old, But Never Forgotten Memory My experiences were not nearly as dramatic as Southpaw's and Airbosn's. I spent the first 6 months of my tour on Hon Tre Island in the bay off of Nha Trang. No action at all while I was there although there was some immediately before and after. I do have a dramatic picture of Nha Trang, taken from the island on the opening night of Tet '68. Later I moved to the Tuy Hoa/Phu Heip area. I was Signal Corps. we provided signal support up and down the coast. At Phu Heip we supported, among others, a battalion of the Korean White Horse division and an element of the 173rd. Was on Tuy Hoa airbase one night when sappers got through the wire and destroyed a couple of C-130's. Otherwise, I was fortunate enough to spend most of my time in secure areas (spell that REMF). Welcome home, guys! |
| April 1, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: An Old, But Never Forgotten Memory Amazing how those memories stick with us. Where did you spend your time In-country? My nephew and his new wife recently took a vacation to Vietnam. They actually had to pay for it. I told him he was just 50 years too late, or he could have gone for free with all expenses paid! |
| March 25, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bats and balls allowed for ASA and USSSA tournaments Kev, I see you live in TN. In addition to the associations listed above, SPA (Softball Players Association) conducts many tournaments in the Southeast. You senior bats will be acceptable in SPA. If USSSA has any significant senior presence, I am not aware of it. |
| March 24, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: Bats Discussion: shoes If you are considering the Soloman's (Diesel Dan's link) take a close look at their "Lacing System.' I, personally, find it to be a pain in the neck and it can't be replaced with regular shoe laces. Otherwise, the shoes are comfortable, lightweight, very grippy. They fit me true to size, but I have a somewhat narrow foot. Can't speak to durability because my dislike of the lacing system keeps them in the closet most of the time. |
| Jan. 26, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cataract Surgery Mannjo, the best information I've found confirms what you've been told. I was intrigued by the possibility of multifocal lenses so that I could get rid of glasses altogether, but even the literature from my ophthalmologist stated that if night driving was a concern multifocal lenses were not a good choice because halos and glare could be a problem. I deduced from that, that playing softball at night would be problematic as well. |
| Jan. 13, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cataract Surgery Thanks rh25. After reading the literature the ophthalmologist gave me and doing a little research online, that was the conclusion I had drawn. I've worn glasses since high school, so, if I still need them for reading that will be OK. Just want to be sure I do the right thing for softball. |
| Jan. 13, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cataract Surgery Thanks for all the input. Curious to know who opted for multifocal lenses and who for single focus. I understand that single focus would require me to wear glasses in some situations, but I'm trying to figure out which would be better for softball. |
| Jan. 13, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cataract Surgery For those who have had cataract surgery: After the surgery and recovery period, did you go through an adjustment period in getting used to you new (a presumably improved) vision? In other words, even though you're vision was better, did it take you some period of time to get use to it? |
| Jan. 12, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: North Texas (Allen/Plano area) Chris, I sent a copy of your post to the coaches of two teams I play on in the Richardson league last night. You should be hearing from one or both of them shortly. You didn't indicate whether you were interested in league, tournament, or both, but the league is a good place to make some contacts for tournaments. The Richardson league plays at Heights Park (Arapaho and Floyd Rd, behind the Rec Center). The only senior leagues I am aware of in DFW are this one and one that plays in Grand Prairie (plus a day league, which would be a problem if you still work). |
| Jan. 10, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Interference Randall, this has come up a number of times in the Umpiring section of the Softballfans website. The consensus among the experienced umpires is exactly as you described it. As long as the runner does nothing to overtly interfere (wave his hand, throw a hip, ala Reggie Jackson, etc) he is entitled to his position, with no requirement to "slide or get out of the way." As one umpire put it, "the runner can't simply go poof and disappear." In fact, one guy opined that, were the runner to veer out of the base path and get hit, he might then be guilty of interference. My understanding has always been as you described. We all know we have a number of rules in Senior Softball that differ from USSSA, ASA, and other organizations. I am not disputing what the Staff posted because SSUSA may have a different rule (or a different way of interpreting the rule). Depending on what sanction you are asking about, you might want to check out that forum (softball fans.com). |
| Jan. 6, 2017 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Looking For Some Feedback Here's our planned schedule. I want to know upfront what tournaments you are committed to. Once you tell me that, I expect you to keep that commitment barring REAL emergencies. You know the tournament dates, plan to get there on time and plan your departure late enough to play in the finals. |
| Dec. 23, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Texas info....Not good...Merry Xmas to all over these past years!! Glad to see a tournament scheduled for North Texas once again. The problems teams have in planning their schedules for the year is that planned new tournaments frequently don't attract enough participants to justify being held and end up being cancelled or having such slim fields that they are less enjoyable. Many are reluctant to plan a season's schedule around new, unproven tournaments. I don't know a solution to this problem other than a lot of promotional effort by the organizers. Too bad we don't have a forum where teams could post their tentative schedules and compare to others in their age group. Then we could see where everyone is planning to play and coordinate schedules to increase the likelihood of good participation. Just to use a hypothetical example, let's say there is are tournaments in OKC, Tulsa, Dallas, and Hot Springs, AR in a three week period. Without coordination, each may find itself with divisions consisting of 2-3 teams. If managers could look at each others' planned schedule, they could coordinate and agree on one tournament and create a really good field of teams. |
| Nov. 23, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: The 1 day Tourney Movement Consider yourself lucky if you can drive 2 hours to get to a tournament. This past season, my shortest trip was 6 hours, with at least five that were 10+ hours. I sure don't want to drive those distances for a one day tournament. |
| July 28, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Just Wondering? Bank of Rison (70AAA) will be at Gadsden. |
| July 23, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: Women's softball Discussion: St George, UT http://www.seniorgames.net/teamfinder/ Fooling around on the net tonight and found this link if you haven't already looked. |
| July 9, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: Women's softball Discussion: St George, UT Luna, the Huntsman Games has a website where you can sign up to be contacted by teams needing players. You might want to give that a try if you haven't already. I know several guys who have picked up with a team for the tournament that way. |
| June 6, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 2nd base RUN BY LINE Here is the rule as used in the Metroplex Senior Softball Association in DFW. Was too complicated and unnecessary in my opinion. RUNNER TO 2ND OR 3RD BASE: In Divisions B and C, at second and third base, the runner must run to the side of the base away from the direction of the incoming ball, or the defensive play, unless they are trying to continue on to the next base. If they “run through” the base and run on the same side of the bag as the incoming ball or the defensive play, they will be called out, unless, in the opinion of the umpires, the runner has to deviate from this course in an effort to avoid contact with the defensive player. In Divisions B & C, the runner must touch the “run through line”, or the ground beyond the “run through line”, for that base before the fielder catches the ball and has contact with the base or the runner will be called out. After running through a base, a runner may then turn either left or right provided there is no motion or attempt to advance to the next base. In running through a base, if the runner touches the base, he is live and subject to being tagged out (umpires' decision). In Divisions B & C, if he/she runs through the base, they must return and touch the base before attempting to advance. In all Divisions, once a runner has touched and rounded a base, he may dive or slide back into that base if play requires. |
| April 13, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: Bats Discussion: Non-senior bats I have a well broken-in Louisville Z3000 with a U-Trip stamp that is almost as hot as my senior bats. |
| March 23, 2016 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Appeal Play? I posted this on the Softballfans.com umpiring forum and got two contradictory answers: SSUSA tournament. Potential 5th run in a 5-run inning is on 3rd. Two outs. Batter hits what would be a clean single. Runner from 3rd touches the scoring plate with what would be the 5th run of the inning. Batter goes straight to the dugout without touching 1B. After discussion with defensive coach, umpire calls the runner out (3rd out) and disallows the run. Is this the correct call? Is this an appeal play? If an appeal play, does that make it a timing play with regard to whether the run scores or not? |
