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Dave Dowell
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Sacramento, CA
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Men's 70
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| Nov. 17, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Ratings Home Landing Page Manny ... We're going to go ahead and leave those teams in the system so we don't flush all of the player history and applicable ratings data for those players who are still active at older age divisions ... Thanks just the same for the idea ... |
| Nov. 15, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships Hi Doug ... Sorry I missed this one and it slipped by ... It's highly unlikely that the date will change after it's been published ... There are a lot of other "dominos" in the line, so it's not as simple as it may initially seem ... Hopefully the weather will be acceptable, and we hope you will provide us with an update after it ends ... Thanks for your insights and good luck this Season ... |
| Nov. 14, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Question for DD There's no formal rotation plan for specific weekends for the 50/55's and the 40/60's groups, although there were some years it worked out that way ... The current decision to stick with the 2023 arrangement for 2024 (and likely into the foreseeable future) is based on the field supply/games demand allocation geometry for those groups ... And that's impacted by the reluctance of Sparks to accommodate our games demand by deferring their local leagues on the second weekend ... They don't run those leagues over Memorial Day weekend, which allows us unrestricted (and favorable) scheduling ... The best "fit" is the way it shows for this Season ... Good luck ... |
| Nov. 12, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rose Mofford Sports Complex City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation personnel tell us that full concession/snack bar services will be available at Desert West, R. Mofford and Papago Parks in both sessions ... The "traditional" food trailer vendor will be at C. Chavez as they have for a decade or more, and Gidget & Family will be at Sahuaro Ranch as usual in Session #2 ... |
| Nov. 10, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 40's & 50's Winter Worlds Schedule - AZ This (Friday) afternoon ... In final review as we type ... |
| Nov. 9, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rockin Reno Thanks Bill ... YOU are not wrong, but the 2024 list WAS wrong ... Give it a couple of minutes, then refresh that page ... It should be fixed to show the 60's back in with the 40's ... Sorry about that! |
| Nov. 9, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rockin Reno There's no formal rotation plan for specific weekends for the 50/55's and the 40/60's groups ... The decision to stick with the 2023 arrangement for 2024 (and likely the foreseeable future) is based on the field supply/demand allocation geometry for those groups ... And that's impacted by the reluctance of Sparks to accommodate our games demand by deferring their local leagues on the second weekend ... They don't run those leagues over Memorial Day weekend, which allows us unrestricted (and favorable) scheduling ... The best "fit" is the way it shows for this Season ... Good luck ... |
| Nov. 7, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Women's softball Discussion: 53 Looking to join womens 50 team I posted those TENTATIVE field assignments on November 2nd. Nothing has changed since then. Good luck! |
| Nov. 1, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 2023 Winter Worlds Phoenix TENTATIVE field assignments within the next couple of days ... DRAFT Schedules and brackets for Session #1 within a week or so and for Session #2 shortly thereafter ... |
| Oct. 31, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: Texas Thunder looking for 60 yr old players Happy Birthday • Happy November Fool's Day |
| Oct. 31, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Worlds Phoenix myklkp ... Yes, there will be an update in the next couple of days ... The soft entry deadline is later today (5:00 PM PDT on Halloween) ... That will give us the data to make informed field assignment decisions, which we will do efficiently ... We will NOT be returning this year to Legacy Park ... Good luck! ... |
| Oct. 26, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Ft Myers WW in Nov? See relevant information post at top of Message Board ... |
| Oct. 25, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Question for Dave Regarding border states Mike ... See Rulebook §13.1(3)D.4. on page 65 ... "..The Canadian provinces east of Manitoba are merged and known as the Eastern Canada region. The Canadian provinces west of Ontario are merged and known as the Western Canada region. These regions may draw players from their U.S. bordering states, but may not draw players from the other Canada region.." |
| Oct. 25, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Question for Dave Regarding border states Rulebook §13.1(3) • TEAM REGIONS OF SSWC (on page 64) A. Bordering States Rule (See states and bordering states and provinces list - pages 82-83): 1. All men’s 40+ to 70+ teams may be comprised of players from their home state or neighboring states (See illustration). See also §13.1(2)C. 2. All men’s 40+ to 70+ teams, EXCEPT teams from California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada and Oregon, may also draw up to two players from states on the same side of the Mississippi River as the home state of the team. |
| Oct. 23, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Ft Myers WW in Nov? Entry deadline is close of business (Left Coast time) tomorrow ... We'll likely have something for you by mid-week ... |
| Oct. 20, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Worlds Phoenix Yes, we have opted out of the lease agreement with Legacy Park for the facilities to be used during the Winter World Championships ... This is because of the continuing financial uncertainties they are experiencing ... We are hopeful that they can resolve them favorably ... |
| Oct. 18, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Need help with a rule The impact of the ball was forceful enough to immediately cause the glove to come off the fielder's hand and land on the ground with the ball in it. Once the glove with the ball (and without the fielder's hand in it) touches the ground, a catch is no longer possible. Batter-runner is SAFE ... Good call, Coop ... |
| Oct. 18, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas Worlds and 2024 I'm not involved in the development of the annual tournament calendar (and never have been) ... I just author the game schedules a tournament at a time! ... |
| Oct. 13, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas Worlds and 2024 No |
| Oct. 11, 2023 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Worlds Phoenix NY² ... There are a lot of moving pieces in this one, so it's highly likely we may be in Halloween costumes when we have a firm answer! ... The operational status of Legacy Park is somewhat uncertain as I type this ... We are scratching around looking for a "Plan B" assemblage of fields across multiple PHX area cities (Glendale, Phoenix, Gilbert and Mesa) in case Legacy ends up being unavailable ... This one isn't being easy yet! ... |
