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| Nov. 17, 2007 J R 251 posts | Las Vegas I played 65 aa at Desert Breeze,fields were great,well maintained,umpiring was good,Dave did great job as director,very good tournament |
| Nov. 20, 2007 Brett Men's 55 239 posts | Freedom Park fields (where 50+ major and major + played) were in poor shape, holes in outfield, no concessions, poor umpiring. |
| Nov. 20, 2007 OREO Men's 60 88 posts | VEGAS: PLAYED AT ROMEO FRIDAY, FIELDS WERE GOOD AND MAINTAINED VERY GOOD. UMPIRES WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SLOW PITCH RULES AND DID NOT COVER INFIELD ON CLOSE CALLS. PLAYED DESERT BREEZE, DID NOT CARE FOR "GRASS" USED IN INFIELD OR OUTFIELD, DEPENDING ON SPIN OF BALL, IT MAY BOUNCE 2 DIFFERENT DIRCTIONS. FIELDS WERE NEVER WORKED ON ALL DAY SATURDAY. UMPIRES WERE VERY WEAK!!! ELEMINATION GAMES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE "2" UMPIRES. MISTAKES WERE MADE ON BOTH SIDES, COULD HAVE BEEN GAME CHANGERS. UMPS DID NOT KNOW SCORE, EVEN HAD TO ASK WHAT THE BALL/STRIKE COUNT WAS ON BATTERS. WILL NOT SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY TO GO THAT FAR TO HAVE ONLY 1 UMP AND NO SCORE KEEPER!!!! |
| Nov. 20, 2007 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | Hollywood park Fri: Lawn needed mowing and nasty lips where infield meets grass. No lines 1st game. Maintance poor. Doc Romeo Sat: fields ok, but we had the worst ump in the CA, |
| Nov. 20, 2007 SouthernLeather 22 posts | OREO, I feel your pain, it happens every year, one umpire and no scorekeeper in a National tournament... You want it to be good, heck it's Vegas....but that tournament just sucks the money and doesn't show any desire to the participating teams to get better. It is by far the worst representation of a National tournament I have ever seen in 30+ years.... And I really hate to say that cause any reason to go to Vegas is a good reason....but, it is what it is... |
| Nov. 20, 2007 Mac10 3 posts | Finished 2nd at Vegas in the 50 AAA Division ( Island Boys ) Great awards for 2nd place 1 Tanel Hat and nothing else. |
| Nov. 20, 2007 arizonaken Men's 65 22 posts | We played in the 65 AA at Desert Breeze. The artificial grass was interesting to play on. As an outfielder it made playing a short fly or a hard hit line drive a challenge. One thing for sure all the bounces were true. I thought the umpiring was great. TD did a great job. The Texas Holdems are a great bunch of senior softballers. To bad somebody had to lose. Ken Skinner Left Fielder 65 Sidewinders |
| Nov. 20, 2007 Lecak Men's 60 1026 posts | As a local resident of Las Vegas and active in the local leagues and tournaments, several points in defense of SSUSA and their field selections. SSUSA from what I can gather has to contact of number of parks and rec people to cobble together fields for us to play. Three of the better complexes in town are very rarely available, Arroyo Grande, Cheyenne and Russell Road. We almost always have a young guns tournament or two going on in town at the same time that us Seniors play. Field maintenance is always a problem in town due to the weather extremes and lack of water (mother nature still provides the best sprinkling system). I hope everyone enjoyed what Vegas provides and enjoyed the weather. We had probably the best weather conditions imaginable mid 70's calm winds and plenty of sunshine. Thanks SSUSA. |
| Nov. 20, 2007 4x4 Men's 65 601 posts | We played @ Desert Bloom on Friday and Sat. The outfields were more like desert than bloom, (dry/hardened with holes and tire ridges ringing the outfield and bare grass areas of about 40%) We then moved to Desert Breeze for the final games on Sunday and these fields were a pleasure to play at. The combination infield turf to dirt base paths - to turf for the outfield was somewhat unusual initially but nice fields to play on. Other than one call by an Umpire that was physical impossiblity all went well. |
