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| Sept. 14 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Turlock Unleashed Had a good time at NorCal in Turlock this weekend save the way the balls faded when it was hot. The new spec ball is barely OK when it's cool and terrible when it's hot, across the board thanks to letting marketeers have their way with us. Had lots of conversations about the balls and EVERYONE I talked with, Dave, Kevin et al, agreed the balls have gotten painfully worse over the last couple of years taking meaningfully away from our game. More on that later. Stanislaus fielded the most powerful team in the tournament as it seems the talent turnover from 40's to 50's is evident. Curly and Gary, Charley, Chris, Mark(s) and the rest of the Chubb boys looked very good, too. Weather was ideal even though showers threatened on Saturday. I heard from Mango that Courtesy defended their championship in the midwest and did so without firing a shot as none of the games of the tournament could be played. Lastly, I saw not one pitcher buzzed by any of the big hitters over the whole tournament. You see, we enforce the rule about pitchers being hit ourselves when we use good bats and balls and home runs are singles. (N.B. Terry, Dave et al) Can't wait for next year. |
| Sept. 14 Dirty Men's 50 1371 posts | r I'm confused. In the first paragraph you say the balls were "barely OK when it's cool and terrible when it's hot". Then in the last paragraph you say "we enforce the rule about pitchers being hit ourselves when we use good bats and balls." So were the balls good or not????? |
