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| March 22, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Great time in Fremont Thanks Lanny Witt and his crew for a great weekend of softball in NorCal. Their snack bar is the best I've ever experienced since playing senior ball. Chicken sandwiches grilled bar-b-cue style outside to die for. I had to have 2. Terrific teams and great guys just like always with East Bay Oldies, The Longhorns, Conklin Bros., Chubb and the talented and pesky Quick Silver. We, the Barons, had a blast. But easily the hero of the event was Mark Greene who plays for the Barons. Mark is a retired fireman and cracked 2 bats in BP on Saturday but found a senior bat on the practice field while were leaving and turned it in without saying a word to anyone of us. I find out from Lanny that the guy who lost it was gratefully teary-eyed when Lanny said someone had turned in the bat as he never expected to see it again. Way to go, Mark Greene. He made all of us senior ball players look good. We used Baden Fire balls which seemed to hold up very well and were lively all the way through the games. Thanks, again Lanny and NorCal for a great weekend. |
| March 22, 2010 angus73 Men's 65 100 posts | einstein; congrats on the well deserved win, it was a pretty tough bracket to not lose a game. |
| March 22, 2010 Longhorns 51 posts | Hey Joe the Longhorns really enjoyed playing a competive game with you an the Barons. I want to congratulate your team for beating us twice an East Bay twice too. Its a big thing for a new team to do this. We look forward to playing you guys as many times possible in Nor cal it will only make us better for the Big Tourn. I love to see the Mavricks, come down an play, we could get MTC 50, East Bay, Longhorns, Barrons.It would be a great tourn. Anyway joe This is Kurt we are going to Turlock on April 10th, 11th MTC will be there Hopefully the Oldies Love to see you guys come compete. Take care my friend. |
| March 22, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Thanks, Kurt and Angus. It's great to play against the best teams for all of us for all the right reasons. We'll keep getting and make each other better en route to nationals. Mango of the Mavericks emailed me, looking to come up and play in NorCal a couple of times and I hope they make the trip. I told him the best deal of the year for anyone would be to come to the Big League Dreams NCSSA FINAL in August and play for gold watches. We'll be in Turlock, too, Curt. Let's get together and check schedules so we can play against each other as often as possible. You've got a squad of terrific players and guys. You're the best, Kurt. See you in Turlock. |
| March 22, 2010 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | Congrats, einstein, on your tournament victory in Fremont, especially with a new team...and against teams like the Longhorns. Heard you were playing there but couldn't get there to watch you and the Barons. |
| March 22, 2010 Longhorns 51 posts | Joe it would be great to get the Mavericks to play in BLD. Good field an a great Facility also. Thanks for the comments about our team you have our total respect. I will see you in Turlock an give you a copy of our schedule. Keep up the Positive Attitude towards Senior Softball lets go out an have fun,play hard an get home safe. |
| March 22, 2010 Johnny Hose Men's 50 73 posts | Joe, Obviously went better than well, huh. How'd George hit? Way to go, you're making me proud. Talk to you soon & congrats. |
| March 23, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Thanks, again Kurt. I don't believe the dates go against anything SSUSA is doing locally or anyone else but August 21, 22 will be the NCSSA championships at the Big League Dreams complex in Manteca and we'd love to see Goodman and the Mavericks and the Bandits and whomever spend the 30 bucks to join our association (per team) and come on out for great tournament with bragging rights and individual awards for both first and second place. You've heard me say we've got the best teams in the country before, right? Now it's time to put your money on the table and check us out. Mango and Marco? We're affiliated with SSUSA, also and go by most of their rules but HR's are singles in NCSSA with HR equalizer at 1. Let me know and go to the ncssa website for more info. Hey Johnny. Thanks and you'd love these guys. They're monster players AND great guys. You're kinda team, the Barons. Johnny and the Barons has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Old Rock and Rol-ish OK, you're OK and thanks for the recognition. You need to introduce yourself to me sometime in NorCal so we can smile and have a hug. Lastly, and maybe Kevin can weigh in on this with his knowledge about balls and bats. I like the Baden Fire ball for the most part but I heard and felt something both hitting and watching that sounded like a broken bat think maybe it was the ball. Does something happen to the core of a ball that would make it lose its integrity/bounce, make a popping sound and what would that be? |
| March 23, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Oh. I forgot to mention about George. He's a monster with a bat, Johnny. He was killin' it and hit's better when the game is on the line. Typical George. |
| March 28, 2010 WOW 197 posts | Joe Thanks for the kind words. It was good to see you and also congrats. to your new team. To have Mark turn in that bat shows what kind of teammate you have. A class act! This bat belonged to a player from the team that came from SoCal to attend the tourn. I'm sure they went back home with a lot of respect for the NorCal guys. Lanny |
