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| March 22 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | are there 2 OLR Nighthawks 55's (CA)teams i see then in both brackets? 1 Fangrabbers • Tow Time (AZ) 2 Life After Fifty • LAF (CA) 3 OLR Nighthawks 55's (CA) 1 OLR Nighthawks (CA) 5 Master Collision (CO) 2 BRL 55's (UT) 6 Over The Edge (CA) 3 Chicano Cubs (AZ) 7 Utah Coyotes 4 Double Nickels (CA) |
| March 22 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | my bad at SPRING WORLD'S UPDATE Mesquite |
| March 22 DaveDowell Men's 70 4323 posts | Those three Major+ teams, OLR Nighthawks (55's) and LAF (50's) and Fangrabbers (50's) are playing 'exhibition' in their respective age groups on Friday before commencing their own 3-team 50/55 Major+ Division seeding games and bracket on Saturday and Sunday. |
| March 22 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | thank you sir! so OLR is playing in both? |
| March 22 Tate22 Men's 60 280 posts | Softballer: Yes, we (OLR Nighthawks) are playing 55 Major teams on Friday and then playing 50 Major Plus teams on Saturday and Sunday. We get a little confused ourselves, we're a 55 team that just got bumped to Major Plus. In five tournaments so far this year we've played twice as many 50 major and major plus teams as 55's. We asked to play in our age group even if we had to give runs. What team are you on? Don Newhard Manager - OLR |
| March 23 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | Don i did play for Wilson's 55 and now I'm on a new team Timberworks construction! we are not going to Mesquite. |
| March 23 butch17 Men's 55 412 posts | Don, What you are running into is the same problem we had last year. I talked to ssusa and they said they were going to re-rate the teams so we would not have this problem. Obviously their in depth rating system didnt work well in 55 Major+ div. We have cut our schedule back to go to the tourneys with the most teams. Both our team and ssusa come out losers we dont get to play softball as much as we would like and ssusa will only get our money for 2 tourneys instead of 5 or 6. |
| March 23 Tate22 Men's 60 280 posts | Butch 17: Yup, and that's a shame. We know how good your team is and we'd like to be playing you to gauge our progress. Think about the LVSSA events this year, one coming up April 18&19. We will be there also. There are six other 55M+ teams in the West that could be at this event, not sure about all of them, but at least two are fighting their rating so probably laying low. That's the curse of the M+ rating. Last year we got bumped to 50 M+ and went to the Western Region as the only team in that division. Our reward was that we got to play 40's teams and the one 55M+ team. We could have been mixed with 9 50 Major teams. Combine 55M and 55M+ at the Mesquite event this weekend and you have a 7-team bracket. With the run and homerun limits, this would be competitive. Someday, someday!! Anyway, good luck this year we hope to see you down the road somewhere. Don |
| March 23 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | you be right there Don Someday Someday |
| March 24 butch17 Men's 55 412 posts | We would love to go everywhere and play but we dont have the money and a lot of our guys are still working. We have chosen our schedule if any 55 Major+ is interested. 5-2 Indy, SPA in Ga., ISA in TN., LVSSA in Vegas and Phoenix. This is about half of what we normally would play. Combining the two divisions is the only way to get the consistant number of teams at these tourneys. Don good luck to you guys and hope to see you somewhere this year. Butch |
| March 25 curveball Men's 65 705 posts | Butch, after combining, there are 2 60 Major+ teams in Mesquite! Not sure combining has worked, "a consistant number of teams at these tourneys," 2? Looks like alot of the "moved up" teams are showing how they feel, they aren't going! |
| March 25 salio2k Men's 60 547 posts | No change from Vegas Winter Worlds. At least there were 3 in Phoenix. |
| March 25 softball4b Men's 70 1250 posts | I have a spreadsheet of 55+ teams that have announced their schedule. softball4b@aol.com, I will add to it if anyone is interested. |
| March 25 softballer Men's 65 594 posts | now that would be interesting to see! |
