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| April 17, 2012 Pricer Men's 50 621 posts | Survey What is the percentage of senior players playing tourney ball today that played 6 or more tourneys a year back in their 20's & 30's? Also, how long did you play at that pace? What percentage of Major, A, B, C players are still playing senior ball today? |
| April 17, 2012 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | 20's not 6 a year, military then. Late 20's only a few per year, 30's yes, Motorcraft and a couple other teams A\B. Back when good balls and alum bats were still a good combo and you could still reach the 300' fence. Yes, there were 300' fenced back then, and yes too, short ones like Lodi & Stockton still have and are still used with composites. Fresno uses one for some that has 291 to left, 278 +- in the center and 252 to right. Great for left handers or ball pullers. Now, when ever I can afford it, not often. |
| April 17, 2012 curveball Men's 65 705 posts | Major level at that pace since 76', 3 year absense for work, plus a 2 year absense for cancer. In looking at my teams in the late 70's, early 90's, 3-4 per team still playing, out of a 14-15 man roster. My 90' team still has 9 out of 12 playing. (a 10th would be also if not for health, wheel chair bound) |
| April 17, 2012 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | curveball, LMK who you'll play w\ in Reno if going, I'll find ya, if at same park. I would love to put faces to names of the guys on here. A big part of the comrade of the game. |
| April 17, 2012 JBTexas Men's 70 434 posts | Play six or more since 68 with the exception of a year in Vietnam in 70, and three years (age 46-49)before starting senior play in 2000. Average 10 a year since starting Sr. Ball. |
| April 17, 2012 Gary19 Men's 50 2609 posts | Played probably 8-13 a year in my 20s, Open and A, for probably 8 years. Oh, for the days of 32 to sometimes 85 team brackets. Along with the 220+ team ASA "A" Cleveland Metro tourneys in the mid to late 70s. |
| April 17, 2012 boston Men's 60 355 posts | Never played softball in my 20's. Only played baseball thought softball was a game for fat old men and women. Didn't really get into softball till mid 40's. Baseball was getting tougher to play with the young guns out there. |
| April 17, 2012 Gary19 Men's 50 2609 posts | boston, don't forget the 9-year-old girls who were playing it too. And somehow without safety bases, two home plates, and run limits. =) |
| April 17, 2012 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | started playing in the late 60's when i went into the military,baseball before that,and some even after starting to play softball......didn't play a lot of tourney's till the mid 80's,then it was 5-8 a year.....played mostly C with a little B ball back then with local guys......we didn't travel all that much(lived in sacramento,ca at this time).moved to seattle area in 92 and played C and military B back then with 5-8 tourneys a year also.jan 95 moved to italy and played on the base team then,and we usaully got in 3-4 tourneys with the base team and 3-5 intramural tourney's on base till nov 2000.then was sent to san deigo,ca where i started playing senior ball dec 2000 was my first senior tourney,been playing ever since,also have played with the kids in D&E ball...... |
| April 17, 2012 Bomber #7 Men's 60 62 posts | tait, I'm sure we've crossed pathes in the past. You know Phil fron SLO? We're not playing in Reno this year. How bout' Vegas, you playing here? |
| April 17, 2012 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | Bomber, Oh yea, Phil and Fred Pratt too Still see Fred every now and then. Plays for Physiomotion 65. I usually go up against them...lol. Knew\played for Phil Cook too. RIP Your a long ways from there it seems now. |
| April 17, 2012 17Black Men's 60 414 posts | Started playing age 21. Played Asa one division until early 80's. Played C, B for most part in about five associations until retirement age 42. Started playing in senior league at 48 and AAA tournaments now age 53 |
| April 17, 2012 stick8 1991 posts | Jeff back in the day didn't it seem like we played almost every weekend? If it wasn't the old conference it was some qualifier, a local open tourney or some out of the way festival tournament. Back then I sure don't remember many weekends where I was home cutting the grass :) |
| April 17, 2012 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | taits, who are you playing with now? Heard you left the Senior Spartans. In answer to Pricer's survey, I started playing men's softball when I was 13. I was a pitcher then (fast pitch) and have mostly been a pitcher all my career. I went to very few tournaments when I was a young man—didn't have the money for fees, travel, lodging, etc. (only gas was affordable), and I had too much going on in my life—family, church, job, charity work, etc. Only since I've begun playing senior ball do I go to a lot of tournaments, about 16-18 a year. Wasn't a major player back then either, but play AAA or Major now. |
| April 18, 2012 taits Men's 65 4548 posts | Omar, Please contact me @ tait_ebay@yahoo.com and I'd be glad to explain it and where I will be. |
| April 18, 2012 neck10 714 posts | Pricer started playing softball in 1976 leauge played a few tourney's first two yeaRS THEN got on a traveling team in 1978 played every weekend from may to october in 1989 we were traveling to much played arizonia inthe asa's milwalkee in ussa ,detroit qualifiers 3 times just got to be too much just played leauge & states until 3yrs ago now play(ssusa,ISA,heartland) feb in the TOC & at least once a month in the summer have played heartland last two years(chattanogga) we play indy,louiville,lansing,vegas,& one ISA in indiana keeps us pretty busy. |
| April 18, 2012 softball4b Men's 70 1248 posts | 1971. Doubleheaders 2 nights a week and tournaments every other weekend, when conditions allowed (Midwest) . No break in tourney play, but cut down on league play. Play league one night a week with my son, Studs and Duds. Grandpas, dads, sons and outlaws, I mean in-laws. Tourneys - try to play at least every 3rd week either 55 or 60 with 60 team being primary. (CA since 88) |
| April 18, 2012 hombre Men's 60 240 posts | I played about 3 or 4 seasons of D ball when I was about thirty. I only remember playing in about five tournaments. I began playing 55AAA in 2003. Not too impressive. I wish that I had begun playing much earlier. |
