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| May 31, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Rockin' Reno mid tourney Weather is fantastic, sunny and cool. The back drop in Reno is just breathtaking for a city slicker like me with snow capped mountains, blue skies and clear, thin air. Fran and Dave here being their engaging, gracious and warm selves. Umping is good. Fields are fantastic, field prep is on time, concessions well done and friendly. The ball/bat combo is fine with Trump balls 44x375. I met E4 and Desert Dave in person and it was wonderfully important to recognize, hand shake and/or hug people on the website I hadn't before. John, E4 and I talked a little. I could tell he's a terrific, guy, smart, gracious and caring and look forward to talking more with him on line. More when the tournament's over. |
| May 31, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Whew! Finally made it home from a great weekend in Reno-Sparks, Nevada. So many friendly and happy faces. Thanks to the 4 other teams in our 60 major plus bracket, Ruth, Robeson, Omen and GSF for terrific competition and sportsmanship when playing us, highlighted by Ron Danosky of GSF refusing to use/pitch a couple of sub par balls that found their way into the tournament when it would have been to his team's advantage in a close fought game. Way to go Ron, Woody and GSF. You made us all look good. Way to go OMEN for making it past GSF and into the finals with an extemely well pitched game by A/C Linde. Way to go, A/C. I heard nothing but reinforcement for speaking up for senior softball players on the website and against going to a dissatisfying bat/ball combo. Thanks again to Frannie, Dave and Terry for an extremely satisfying and well run event. And lastly for now. We, MTC, played GSF as the last two winners on a field with the wind blowing out strongly to right, a hitters field. With 44x375 balls and senior bats there were 3 balls hit out of the park in a 12 to 8 game. No one was hurt, scared, intimidated or cheeky or will be fooled or herded into a movement to safer and less ego driven equipment. Oh yeah. There was an injury, a broken bone in case anyone's interested. It came after 2 teammates wrestled each other to the ground during a game and one broke his collar bone. Lively bats and balls, forever is how we want to and deserve to play our game. |
| June 1, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | The man who takes our sideline pictures and action shots has become part of us. I remember the first time I saw him on the field near the duggout during a game and thought sharply, "What's that camera guy doing on our field?". Not only does he take terrific action shots which as we get older get more difficult to produce but I look forward to his warm smile and encouragement on the field. Help me in recognizing this great guy who's become a wonderfully vital member of our softball community. SSUSA, Dave, can you help us identify this man and his website? |
| June 1, 2010 DaveDowell Men's 70 4312 posts | Jack Eberhard ... http://jacksactionshots.com ... Terrific photographer and an even better guy ... |
| June 1, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | Thanks, Dave. We had a great time. See you at the next one. |
| June 2, 2010 SLOBALL1 Men's 50 174 posts | Who won the 50+ ? |
| June 2, 2010 einstein Men's 50 3112 posts | That's this coming weekend. 60's, 40's and Women played last weekend. 60 Major plus: MTC OMEN GSF |
| June 3, 2010 Webbie25 Men's 70 2413 posts | Jack got a great action shot-actually 5-of a catch I made in Phoenix in 2007 and sent me the pics. He is a great guy, and I look forward to seeing him this weekend. Dave Dowell, I talked to you last year in Phoenix when we made our little run in 50AAA. Look forward to seeing you, too, along with other guys posting on this site. Now, if only the back, knee, big toe, elbow, neck, pinkie and other parts hold together.........:-) |
| June 4, 2010 doker Men's 60 185 posts | EVERYONE!!! RENO, REALLY WAS AWESOME!!!!!!DOKER |
