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| Nov. 2, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit cal, in the 60s and 70s many teams had NO representatives at Worlds. The fields, at least the ones I watched in the 60s and 70s, had less than 50 teams so clearly each state was not getting a team in. And that was with often 3 teams just from Ohio, since we would get the state qualifier, the Cleveland qualifier, and often a host team from this area when the tourney was either in Cleveland or Parma as it often was. |
| Nov. 2, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit Garocket, perhaps in some places but not all. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s the Metro Cleveland district got their tournament winner directly to the Worlds while the runner-up got a second chance to go to regionals. But in either event you had to win your way in, not just pay to get in. And with only a 2-game guarantee. |
| Nov. 2, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit Not sure about states, but in the 60s, 70s, and into the 80s the ASA had very clearly defined regions, and only the champ of each region qualified for worlds. Kind of made it meaningful to get in and get to play, not just a matter of who wanted to spend some money and make a trip. Also, only double elimination, no guarantee of more than 2 games. The honor of earning your way in, and playing in a truly select field, was more than enough reason for teams to travel to play potentially only 2 games. |
| Nov. 2, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Senior softball summit Yep, you are right. You busted me. I am soooooooooo afraid of meeting you. Glad to see you flatter yourself, at least someone is. How will the number keep growing? Are they adding qualifiers? Oops, never mind. For a moment there I flashed back to the days when you actually had to qualify and earn your spot at Worlds, not just be willing to contribute to the association's coffers. |
| Nov. 2, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Bats Discussion: what kinds of bats? Miken Freak 98 |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop I just Googled Eric Barnes NFL and Eric Barnes Chicago Bears, and no relevant hits at all. Closest was Erich Barnes, played with among others the Giants and Browns, and he is now almost 80. Can't imagine he would now be the fastest guy in senior softball. |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop So there still seems to be a few holes in Heifner's story. |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop No, not at all. Clearly the Cowboys got the better of that trade. |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop Just wondering. How do we know Bennie is Eric? |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop "Sorry, I can't carry on with this thread as I leave for the winter worlds tomorrow. I will be playing softball and you won't. The exploitation will be horrible, but I will fight through it." What tournament did you win to qualify? Or another case of just being willing to spend the money? I will be playing today. Two games indoors. Nice try, though......:) |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop Yes he was. Something like 11 guys. I don't think anyone is trading 11 guys for one of these senior softball speedsters....:) |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop A) Perhaps, but we don't know for sure. B) That's Herschel Walker, a former world-class football player, sprinter, and hell a bobsledder; these are softball players, and slow-pitch at that. |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop @#$#@*&%$#@*&(%$#@ |
| Nov. 1, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: SportsmanShop I know you can't trust everything on the internet, and maybe this guy went by a different name back then, but I just checked a Cowboys' all-time roster and there is NO Eric Barnes listed. |
| Oct. 31, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Warning on quality of Combat Bats If there is no Federal law requiring defective product warranties, then there is nothing "excellent" about it. Now there might be, I don't have any idea, which is why I asked the question without just blindly believing. |
| Oct. 31, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Warning on quality of Combat Bats J R, is there Federal law that mandates that? |
| Oct. 31, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Warning on quality of Combat Bats I have a feeling, could be wrong, that if the first swing didn't go 350' it was the bat's fault. |
| Oct. 31, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Warning on quality of Combat Bats "I can't believe guys are complaining about bat companies selling bats w/o warranties" Oh, I bet you can believe it. You have been on here long enough to know how a lot of these guys roll.....:( |
| Oct. 31, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Warning on quality of Combat Bats The problem could be that who would decide if the bat is "no good". The purchaser? A lot of guys will try to pull some scam on the manufacturers with that. I know some bats might be really obvious, but others won't be yet guys will try to return them just because they don't like them even though they knew there was no warranty when they bought it. Just a slippery slope. Just wondering, what is making it "no good" to you guys? |
| Oct. 30, 2012 Gary19 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softball team fund raisers Could be wrong, but I still think in a down economy people are not going to be so inclined to contribute in too many ways to middle-age to old men who should have enough of their own money by this stage of their lives for their pleasure. |
