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New major plus ratings for 50-55 and 60

» Lecak: Click on the team ratings section and sort by date looks like the ...
      »Gekle BUilders: I saw 6 major teams got moved up to major + and a total of 14 teams ...
      »Jawood: They can take all the Major teams they want and bump them up to Major ...
      »Duke: Jawood, You are absolutely correct. Andy Smith, Double ...
3 Nov. 3, 2008 2967

Lincoln Nebraska

» cutty: This pass week I wittness some pretty good 50 Major plus softball ...
      »the wood: Yes, the Mavericks and Hendricks played a lot of good ball in ...
      »Lecak: Bob I hear congatulations are in order to GSF, good luck and good ...
      »cutty: If the home team is batting and a certain amount of runs are needed ...
      »the wood: Cutty, your point is well taken... on the flip side though, when the ...
      »cutty: Thanks for your outlook. Good luck the rest of the way.
5 Aug. 12, 2008 3722

MC & Softball Gramps

» taits: I just went through the info I have on this tournament and I can't ...
0 July 14, 2008 2636

Open Business meeting.

» taits: Do any hole an actual business meeting that gets "problems" solved ...
0 July 6, 2008 2475

S P A

» J R: I went to the S PA Tournament in Irving this weekend,very well run ...
0 June 1, 2008 2159

News on NCSSA joining SSUSA

» taits: The vote to move from ASA to SSUSA rules was last Dec. That was ...
      »BONES: I ONLY HOPE THEY CHANGE THE SLIDING RULE FOR YOU FOLKS THAT PLAY ...
      »taits: Bones, Thanks for the note. To date they (NCSSA) are still using the ...
2 May 7, 2008 4537

SPA HR rules

» T.Burk: Did SPA change the Home run rules for AAA to outs after the second ...
      »DD: We competed in the recent Mustang Classic Qualifier Mar 29-30 in ...
      »T.Burk: Dennis, thanks for the info. Did you play all AAA or did they mix ...
      »DD: Well, we faced teams that hit the stuffing out of the ball---Sooner ...
      »Corky: It would be better if it was 2 then 1 and 1 up with singles until the ...
4 April 9, 2008 4236

launch 510

» tg69: does this bat have a warranty?
      »Fred Scerra: NO.
1 April 4, 2008 2129

ASA Nationals Question?

» 2awesom: I help Coach a 50+ Major Team from Penna. ASA 50+ States did not ...
      »SAG: Hey 2awesom, Not sure where you placed last year in the ASA ...
      »2awesom: hi steve thanks for the information We actually placed 3rd at ASA ...
      »BruceinGa: Rick, when I played with Old South/Miken a few years ago we had a ...
      »2awesom: Thanks Very Much, Bruce! I will contact the TD and go from there! ...
4 March 6, 2008 3605

New England Senior Softball Meeting

» Fred Scerra: I would like to extend my thanks to Steve Simmons and Terry Hennessy ...
0 March 2, 2008 3393

2008 National Senior Softball Summit

» taits: Does anyone have, or at least what they can share, what was discussed ...
      »taits: Update; should have some answers (maybe all) by this weekend or so.
      »DD: Mr. Tait, ISSA sent an email memorandum on Jan 23 that contained ...
      »taits: DD; No need for the Mr. But thanks. I didn't want to be specific on ...
      »taits: DD, Good job paraphrasing. Would seem as though they tend to agree ...
      »BruceinGa: So, do you think that the Summit would recommend we all use ASA bats ...
      »taits: Bruce, it that was for me, Personally, in as much as there are really ...
      »tcadmw1: Ok here we go again with this topic but if the Senior Summitt is or ...
      »audieh: I believe USSSA has monitored what we are saying on this board and is ...
      »Fred Scerra: Of all the discussions about bats and ball and safety the statement ...
      »wagon487: two comments from people they don't know what they are talking ...
      »Enviro-Vac: Great post Mike Walker
      »Hotcorner: Hi Fred & all concerned: The intent of the DBO rule is, in my view, ...
      »audieh: Wagon, you missed my point and took offense at cheapest! So tell me, ...
      »Cliff 21: Audieh: With all due respect the cheapest hit in softball is a mishit ...
      »Fred Scerra: wagon487: The part of the discussion that everyone misses is hitting ...
      »GeHall44: Hey guys, Did you ever wonder why golf club manufacturers have not ...
      »jim16: Mike Walker is one of the real softball minds out there. Listen ...
      »GeHall44: Jim Agreed, I always enjoy Mike's post on here. Fyi - my orthopedic ...
      »jim16: I get so tired of guys coming on here to rail about the dangers of ...
      »GeHall44: Jim, OK, I don't think you are reading into what I was trying to ...
      »jim16: GeHall44, This thread has quite a bit on safety of batted balls. I ...
      »jrhunch: gehall44,asa rules suck.where i play you cant use the fatboy it is ...
      »DCPete: Anyone on this thread who thinks that composite bats are dangerous or ...
      »GeHall44: Ok, lots of good points. I did read the whole thread over a few ...
      »tcadmw1: First, thanks to those of you who hae used my name kindly or in vain ...
      »Fred Scerra: Can someone tell me what the logic is that if I can't use my Senior ...
      »tcadmw1: Hi Fred, I think there are those players and teams who will stay ...
      »tattooball: The safety issue is a double edge sword for the associations. The ...
      »Lecak: Mike I got to sit in on the summit on the fringes as a member of the ...
      »taits: trumpball, in as much as your in the market to sell balls and all, ...
      »Lecak: OK so I wasn't an English major UTRIP and NSA were not there. ISSA ...
      »taits: Lecak, English major, what's that, a new division? lol I know I ...
      »tattooball: Tait's The test were performed in an independent A2LA accredited ...
      »Lecak: I looked at my notes in more detail and the only mention of bats that ...
      »taits: trumpball, Fair enough, Do not remember the papers from back then, ...
      »tcadmw1: Hi Lecak, Very nice post. I am glad you had a chance to witness the ...
      »tattooball: Some of the things you may not understand is right now with the cor ...
      »taits: trumpball Not sure about the %'s but otherwise I'd agree. Too many ...
      »tattooball: taits, The difference is that it doesn't matter what bat you use, ...
      »taits: trumpball, On that, I will have to disagree about the performance ...
      »jim16: TRUMPBALL, You are just too far ahead of us old potbellied broken ...
      »tattooball: taits, I have to disagree with your thought on the game not being ...
      »tattooball: Jim are you refering to yourself as an athlete?
      »Foothills: Trump , if you hit the 44/375 ball as far with an aluminum bat as you ...
      »Leoslocks: I thought everyone figured out that Compression affected the ...
      »tattooball: First let me say there is no change to the ball for 2008. Second I ...
      »GeHall44: Mike Walker - thanks for answering my questions. It is much more ...
      »tattooball: Let's think about this in simple terms. COR is the the ability to ...
      »einstein: Hey Kevin, Glad you're on our side. I've been saying all along from a ...
      »GeHall44: Kevin - that's exactly the explanation I was looking for. Thank ...
      »GeHall44: Joeeeey, I'm sitting hear at the computer because it's raining up ...
      »einstein: Hey Gee, Always glad to hear your voice. Tell me about the rain. Good ...
      »GeHall44: Hey Joe, Great news about the balls from Kevin. That guy has balls, ...
      »tattooball: Funny that you mention the bat manufactures. These are the same ...
      »GeHall44: OK Kevin. I wish you success with this ball because it certainly ...
      »tattooball: I really don't think there is any. We tested with guys of all ...
      »DCPete: OK, so why do we need a "safer ball" when almost everyone on this ...
      »tattooball: Why would I want to sell less balls? The ball are about the same in ...
      »2awesom: kein, i just wanted to add that i for one certainly appreciate ...
      »2awesom: sorry that was supposed to say Kevin...
60 Feb. 3, 2008 7534

Two new rules adapted at the summit

» taits: Two rules posted by Gary Tryhorn on the NCSSA web site are: Current ...
0 Jan. 26, 2008 2357

Too many sub classifications

» udaplaya: My $.02 worth (i.e., not expecting everyone to agree) I am new to ...
      »taits: Sounds like you know Joe Lecak. That's kinda like the hypothetical he ...
      »WOW: The lack of teams in the upper divisions is because of the few ...
      »Gary Heifner: I have played at the 50, 55 and now 60 level. There is a huge ...
      »the wood: WOW: You have made several comments about 'paid players' and also ...
      »DoubleL10: WOW, I'm with Bob Woodruff on this one. I am the DoubleL10 that Bob ...
      »sjuhoops: WOW i am sjuhoops that bob mentioned in his email. this is my 15th ...
      »sjuhoops: WOW sorry Hank Cluess GSF, 60 MAJ +
      »Enviro-Vac: To many sub-classifications - I agree
      »BruceinGa: I would like to see 50's and 55's combined with only three classes.
      »the wood: In the interest of brevity, I didn't respond to the sub ...
      »the wood: Hank; I'm not sure what happened with your check. It was mailed last ...
      »einstein: Woodly, At major plus, the open division, where ex major leaguers ...
      »the wood: Einstein, you're preaching to the choir. I know of no one that is ...
      »softballer: OH MY! NO ONE IS BEING PD! OPEN YOUR EYES! SOME GET ROOMS AND ...
      »the wood: I don't know who you are and/or which major plus team that you play ...
      »CRUSADERVB: Sorry Hank......I accidently picked your check up , it was stuck to ...
      »softballer: to wood i sir do not play majors but i do know of people that have ...
      »taits: Crap, where do I, err, we, sign up. I am also am aware of the things ...
      »audieh: OK, I agree with Einstein and Bob here on the latest comments. I ...
      »taits: I think the point that originally was made about this was that ...
      »the wood: Softballer: I am glad that you made the distinction between expense ...
      »the wood: Taits: The 'cream of the crop' is already in the major plus level, ...
      »taits: BW, I'll agree with that. I do know of teams that are\were AA and ...
      »the wood: Taits: In reality, when are 'all things' equal'? If I were picking a ...
      »DoubleL10: BW, Amen to that! I've been teams where we received "financial ...
      »taits: BW, I'd agree to that.
      »WOW: I purposely have stayed away from additional posts since I opened ...
      »the wood: WOW: Making nebulous claims about players getting paid is not exactly ...
      »taits: BW, As you should know, pay, wages or what ever you call it, ...
      »softballer: expense reimbursement and income.PD no matter what you call it!!!!
      »the wood: Since you seem to know so little about the tax code (are you familiar ...
      »softballer: all i'm saying is there is pd player! more power to them and they ...
      »the wood: And I'm saying that I honestly know of NO ONE that is being paid to ...
      »BruceinGa: I know of one that has asked for $1000 a weekend to play. This ...
34 Jan. 22, 2008 4843

Teams and or players looking each other

» taits: NCSSA (Bob) has now posted 5 very good links. Not in order here. 1. ...
      »Fred Scerra: What is his website?
      »taits: http://ncssa.info/new2008/homepage.php I hope you find what you want.
      »Fred Scerra: Thanks
      »WOW: all you need is ncssa.info for all the Nor Cal tourn. Best ...
      »taits: WOW, with that one you mat end up at the 2007 site. It's still up.
      »hitt2: Tait You can still get to all of the new info thru the old site. ...
      »taits: Jef, you should have an email.
      »WOW: That is the ONLY site for ncssa. All 2008 info is there along with ...
      »taits: WOW,: '05,'06, '07 are still up if you look for them. Even a 1998 ...
      »Wes: could not make ncssa.info/new2008/homepage.php Work Wes
      »WOW: I just e-mailed site director, I can't get to it either. Usually it ...
      »taits: Try this one: http://ncssa.info
      »WOW: ncssa.info is now up.
      »angus73: the web site addition is a great idea and looks like it could be ...
14 Jan. 22, 2008 5711

Summit representatives

» taits: It might be well worth knowing at what level\age bracket each of the ...
      »BruceinGa: Your mentioning of women in senior softball reminded me of the ...
      »taits: Bruce we have 5 in our league. But the BOd tries to discourage them ...
      »the wood: Taits: What is it that you are trying to ask/say? Is it that those ...
      »J R: we have 12 women in our league in houston,we have 24 teams 4 skill ...
      »AlleninGa: I watched the three women that Bruce mentioned get evaluated ...
5 Jan. 14, 2008 2521

Idea for the Summit National ID card

» Lecak: I know I'm not the first but why can't we have a national ID card ...
      »taits: Lecak , I thought there was a note in one of the SSUSA papers awhile ...
1 Nov. 30, 2007 2942

Bring back 3 game Round Robins !!??

» CAT: I believe that the organizations need to bring back the three game ...
      »Enviro-Vac: I agree 100% Cat. When we travel to a destination we are going there ...
      »OREO: EVIRO, 5GAME GUARANTEE IS 5GAMES. 3 GAMES 1ST DAY, EITHER 2RR & ...
      »the wood: I cannot speak for all major + players but the majority of the ones ...
      »OREO: A FEW YEARS AGO THE SPA TOOK A SURVEY OF MGRS. ON A "SMALL" VARIETY ...
      »Dbax: At the Tournament of Champions, we came through the losers bracket ...
      »wagon487: the wood, how many teams were at the majors+ SSWC in MN? I played for ...
      »wagon487: SHOULD BE 50 not 55 in the above massage.
      »the wood: Wagon: you asked how many teams were in MN... in our division there ...
      »turn2: I like the 2 game seeds and that is enough practice for my 60 guys. ...
      »wagon487: THE WOOD, thanks for answering my question. Plam Springs was nice, ...
      »audieh: I totally agree with Bob Wood. Two round robin games and then start ...
      »chollis: Well said bro!
      »BruceinGa: You also have my vote to play Friday and Saturday night in order to ...
      »mad dog: i'm with ya alls with the getting done early on sunday,i watch the ...
14 Nov. 27, 2007 3726

Divisions

» PattyMac: Why can't we just play softball like we used to when we started many ...
      »Ken: PattyMac The trouble with no Ultra ll’s in your competitive division ...
      »BruceinGa: PattyMac, I like your idea about combining 50's and 55's with only ...
      »tcadmw1: Interesting topic PattyMac! I also enjoy the fact that Bruce is in ...
      »PattyMac: We all know who can hit and who can't. We know who can hit hrs also. ...
      »BruceinGa: You're right PattyMac. Last year when Ridge Hooks polled the team ...
      »tcadmw1: I agree with trying to get more players playing senior softball. I ...
      »PattyMac: SPA has the right idea with good balls. The balls used this year ...
      »jdawg10: Personally, I 'd love to see softball revert back to the old days. ...
      »tcadmw1: Working on setting up a circuit for anyone to play the game as ...
      »tcadmw1: If you want to learn more about what is being discussed regarding ...
      »fastover50: I agree with Bruce and Pat. Lets go back to 47 core balls. Then lets ...
      »Fourfour: I agree with most of the problems and suggestions. I think 2 ...
      »Jawood: This is the plan that I submitted to the paper last month for their ...
      »chollis: Interesting topic guys. My thoughts are have Major Plus (which I ...
      »taits: Recreational vs competative. Besides the ways listed, one could use ...
      »STONEMAN: PATTY MAC: Over the past 5 yrs, I have seen this desire to have more ...
      »Jawood: Stoneman, Disagree with point #1. I don't think you should have ...
      »brakeman: I think the solution for classification could be solved with better ...
      »taits: Perhaps eliminating the teams & division that do not have at least 4 ...
      »Brett: SPA has the right idea with good balls.??????? The Lexum/Baiden ...
      »audieh: Oh Patty Mac and Mr Walker your opening up a can of worms. But hey, ...
      »taits: Audie, Looking back at most of the post reguarding this I think it ...
      »E. Ness: Audieh, I hope there is another Walker on here and you were not ...
      »audieh: E. Ness, I was referring to Mike Walker out of Orlando, Florida. I ...
24 Sept. 7, 2007 6957

Dwindling #s in Manassas !!!??........

» CAT: The ISSA/ISF as with a few other organizations are wondering as to ...
      »CAT: How about a team that was 0-5 and just because they were the only one ...
      »CAT: Any word out there on the approx. number of teams going to the ...
      »rabbit: Hi Cat, you only get 4 games for $400.00, balls are no good, they do ...
      »Michigan Vet: Played O-55 in ISF in Manassas this year, only 5 teams. One of them ...
      »CAT: How about a few years ago, they started our championship game with ...
      »Fred Scerra: I am going in the 75 Div and looking forward to it. I was down there ...
      »CAT: Fred, the tourn. will be fun for you and there are some nice site ...
      »Fred Scerra: Using ASA bats don't bother me as I am not a power hitter anymore. I ...
      »DoubleL10: Fred, You might try the Cracker Barrel at 234 and I-66 on the East ...
      »CAT: I have referred sooo many of my teams to the USA country buffet that ...
      »Fred Scerra: Thanks I will have to try it. Last time I was there we stayed in the ...
      »bernie: The best part of playing in Manassas is that if you happen to have a ...
      »Fred Scerra: I wish you guys would stop whining when you can't use your Ultra's. ...
      »CAT: You never hear me crying about equipment other than when playing in ...
      »taits: I read a tournament flyer I believe was near Fort Knoz, not sure, but ...
      »Fred Scerra: I noticed that this year. Our local mens league switch to Worth Pro ...
      »jc24: There are....54 teams, it looks like for the ISF for Aug.18th ?? It's ...
      »the wood: As a Calif team, Manassas is difficult for us to consider. We have ...
      »terrymac: The last time our Ohio Silverados played in Manassas we stated in The ...
      »Fred Scerra: terrymac: We stayed there in 2003. It wasn't the greatest then but ...
      »Fred Scerra: For those of you that don't go because of the balls you missed a good ...
21 Aug. 20, 2007 5254

lvssa web site

» face: I am trying to get to the lvssa website www.lvssa.com and it does not ...
      »STONEMAN: FACE: LVSSA's web site is down. Not sure why! Could be 4 ...
1 Aug. 13, 2007 2899
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