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The First 20 Minutes-Surprising Science Reveals Exercise Better Train Smarter Live ... » HJ: Those who follow this site know I always try to find the science ... »Enviro-Vac: Thanks for posting that HJ.	1	April 27, 2013	381
Seeding Games » Allan55: I would like feedback on what players feel is a good number of ... »Jawood: Play a round robin format with ALL the games counting! »taits: Allan, As for playing all the teams in your bracket, one could say ... »Enviro-Vac: I prefer 4-games for the seeding round with a double KO. We usually ... »local: My 2 cents. Eliminate the double loser bracket and make it 3 game ... »FOFO: Three seeding games and double elimination, but if they offer more I ... »kbl: GUYS...i like 3 play-in games also with D/E...i was in a tournament ... »SSUSA Staff: Seems like it's time to recycle this one again, for at least the ... »Jawood: Taits, you are correct. I was thinking of the RR format when each ... »Tim Millette: Ssusa staff....if your going to address current issues that need to ... »SSUSA Staff: The message above was a 30-second cut and paste, Tim. The other ... »Al33: Staff, You keep referring to "A strong majority of teams believe ... »DaveDowell: AI33 - You have a fundamental lack of understanding of the ... »mad dog: dang ya beat me to it......like dave says,its not triple elim,only 3 ... »Al33: Thank you Dave for the clarification. However if a team goes 0-2 in ... »Omar Khayyam: Yes, a team that goes 0-2 is still in play. That's the good thing ... »DaveDowell: No problem ... As I mention at every Manager Meeting during the ... »BobLaser: I agree with Enviro Vac for the same reasons. More pool games means ... »garyheifner: Hate the 4 prelim games. It simply tires out the players and ... »Wayne 37: In my opinion, I'd rather play late into the night than get up the ... »udaplaya: My preference (which isn't even worth two cents): no ratings (the ... »udaplaya: another thing... bring back night games, especially in lieu of ... »curveball: uda, night games become a problem in lots of cities because of the ... »garyheifner: udaplaya When you lump your ideas together, they would kill senior ... »Capt Kirk: Are seeding games part of the formula for rating a team? Capt	24	April 27, 2013	1135
Disappointed » T.Burk: Just learned today that a group of men I played with last year were ... »gott2play: Tim, I take it that you were a "pay to play" team. A group of 60 ... »BruceinGa: Sounds to me there was a lack of communication among the players and ... »T.Burk: I might agree if we had not discussed the future (2013) after our ... »taits: Might check with SSUSA to see if they are required to get a release ... »Brett: Tim, I feel your pain and know exactly how you feel. Player loyalty ... »Wayne 37: If they say, "I have to ask my wife.", I put them down as a ...	6	April 25, 2013	1096
Tournament Results » RAM33: Does anybody know the results of the Cartersville tournament 50 Major ... »Beasley: Team 1 Sports won it. Addictive (C&M) finished 2nd and Team Tennessee ... »Tri18: Have to say a few things about it... 1. great job by Pete Fowler for ... »surf88: Good job guys. Ed Andrews Reebok Sr. Rep »JDub: Congratulations Alan & Team 1 Sports ! ! ! "Evening the playing ... »lb16: i think by the homeruns for single after the limit was reached, keeps ... »TommyC: Anybody know who one the 55 Major. When we left Crystal Pharmacy had ... »ses6: final Results for all age brackets Mid-South NIT cartersville last ... »ses6: Lost and Found Have one item someone who played in Cartersville may ... »Tri18: Jeff, During the double elimination rounds when major and major plus ...	9	April 25, 2013	646
SW Championships Vegas » surf88: As the SW Championships get underway today in Vegas, I wanted to wish ...	0	April 23, 2013	206
SW Championships - Team and Action pictures » Jack: I will be in Vegas shooting the SW Championships in a couple of ... »Wayne 37: You've never shot my team or me..........lol, but you do take some ... »Webbie25: Hi Jack. Welcome to a new year! I hope things are going well with ... »Jack: Wayne, what team do you play for? I will find you or at least give ... »Wayne 37: Jack, I don't travel anymore......at least for now. I've just ... »lewis: Is there another Gary 19 in the making? »Jack: Leaving for Vegas tomorrow. Contact me there: Jack 303-435-0700 or ...	6	April 21, 2013	459
interpretaion » steve65: Pete-4x4 did you translate the message from Russian to English--I ... »4x4: I recognized that it was Cyrillic. Where I am now is multi-national ... »SSUSA Staff: Something like this happened on the SSUSA Message Board shortly after ...	2	April 20, 2013	399
For the Reebok Reps: » taits: I heard this am from a very reliable source that Reebok has gone out ... »DoubleL10: I saw a letter from Bill Ruth, co-owner of SSUSA, stating the same. »taits: I wasn't going to disclose the source, but I'm sure others got the ... »J R: You scared me I ordered a spare »surf88: I can share that Reebok is still building quality composite bats and ... »BruceinGa: I heard from a good source that you may see the Melee Legend with ... »surf88: The "Melee Legends" will look exactly the same. The "Barrage" ...	6	April 19, 2013	1120
just heard from your sponsor....not good news....thanks George SSUSA » Big Mike: Just got a call from our sponsor. Seems he reads these boards too. He ... »Olden Slow: Big Mike...Not defending SSUSA but the 60's team I play for went ... »neck10: sponsers are hard to come by,I do know where your coming from we ... »Big Mike: well lets take this one person at a time. we were going to bring in ...	3	April 17, 2013	878
NOT real happy with SSUSA right now. Monaco Mayhem team » Big Mike: We took over the team of CE John. A 65AA team. Some of the guys moved ... »GSWP001: Big Mike. We played you the last game and it was a good even game. ... »taits: I can relate to that, however if you have players that have never ... »Big Mike: Taits, here is ONE of the problems with the rating system. The ... »ShaneV: Doesn't seem right. I'll send the game cards from this weekend to ... »ShaneV: One correction: 4/14/2013 8:00 First American 70M+ 18 (11 Def.) ... »number27: Big Mike, I agree with the previous comments and your ratings should ... »taits: Mike, From the scores I* see where you are coming from, but not ... »Big Mike: Number27....scary moment indeed....Bill is a tough ol iron ... »ShaneV: Followup: Any 60AA established team that adds 7 unknown ... »Enviro-Vac: And you do a good job of it Shane. ...the Weather on the other hand... »Big Mike: Vac...you are so right about the weather.......I have never played in ... »ShaneV: The one thing I cannot control, weather... I promise we'll have ...	12	April 16, 2013	866
Joe is back » birdie: Welcome back Joe. I wonder what the over and under is on you next ... »Dbax: If you are referring to Einstein, that post was from 2007. »birdie: Dbax, I should have looked a little closer. A six year old post gets ... »Perl: It is time for Einstein to make a comeback to this board. His ...	3	April 12, 2013	431
How Weather Affects Softball Travel Distances: » bashbro1: From the Desk of bashbro1 Kent, WA: As a softball flies through ... »einstein: Absolutely brilliantly interesting stuff. You're a senior softball ... »OLDBUCK23: Kevin at Anaconda / Trump told me that the average ssoftball will ... »DoubleL10: Here in Houston we use these balls in our HCSSL League. They do not ... »OLDBUCK23: No doubt. That's ball abuse. I hate it when that haappens. »OLDBUCK23: This show appeared on TV every week right before Gunsmoke. It's star ... »OLDBUCK23: Sorry, wrong topic. What a meathead ! »Dbax: LMAO!!! »hitt2: Now this is positive and helpful info Nice job »kaitlyn18: Does anyone know if there are any studies on the affect of weather on ... »Tim Millette: It scared me for a minute..... I say an Einstein posting.... »Enviro-Vac: ...and I was think I should move to Reno »bkb555: I rememeber years ago, I read the book, "The Physics of Baseball" ... »surf88: Can you imagine the distance some of you monster blasters can get on ... »Joey525i: Humidor is what our AAA team Albuquerque Isotopes are using to try ...	14	April 12, 2013	4192
About The Heart » Gunny2: something different but near and dear to us all the heart I just ... »JDub: Heart-Healthy Habits for ...	1	April 12, 2013	210
Prayer For All » surf88: I'd like to wish all a wonderful blessed Easter and a prayer for ... »Tri18: Ed, A fantastic post. Thank you for reminding us all what today is ... »Fabe: Prayn that the Spirit that rose Jesus from the grave will be upon you ... »B-DUB: And may we live everyday with the warmth of Jesus in our ...	3	April 12, 2013	289
place best hitters last strategy » CAPT D5: Have ran across a group of players who claim that better hitters ... »JBTexas : Over this past season our 9 thru 12 hitters had about 20-25 fewer at ... »CAPT D5: JBTexas, What amazed me about this strategy was how few stepped ... »rightrj1: Capt, just look at it this way....Some of us THINK THE GAME and some ... »MaverickAH: In my mind, either is an oversimplification when it come to putting ... »garyheifner: I believe a question somewhat like this came up a few years ago. The ... »CAPT D5: Got it rightrj1, thinking is too much to ask of some. Many though, do ... »Wayne 37: I used to bat in the 10 hole on a past team that was good hit, no ... »bkb555: not a good idea at all......worst case scenario, your best hitters ... »HJ: Some argue the only logical way to do the lineup is strictly by on ... »Webbie25: HJ-by adjusting after every game you have no stability in your ... »Omar Khayyam: Changing a lineup is an art in itself for a manager. On the first AAA ... »SS13: That has to be the dumbest idea ive ever heard, why would you take ... »HJ: Webbie, The adjustment would be based upon OBP for the whole season ... »Omar Khayyam: HJ, your observation on fast runners who make infielders hurry their ... »Webbie25: I also agree with your assessment. Too many coaches don't factor in ... »HJ: I don't play tournament SB and don't follow the discussions on the ... »stick8: HJ the short answer would be depending on what the rule is after the ... »CAPT D5: Obviously, this better batter last strategy was to allow lesser ... »HJ: Thanks stick. CAPT, I agree with you that lesser hitters should bat ... »cal50: stick, I have always thought that you put together a lineup with 2 ... »stick8: Cal50 that would be excellent if you can put together a team of ... »cal50: Stick, I have not seen it as a problem at all on our 50 team. I ... »garyheifner: I did observe "2" teams last year who did hit some very good/great ... »bernie: Being that statics play a large part in how we determine success in ... »JDub: Malo 37, These guys really know what they're talking about. I ... »Webbie25: JDub, after what you guys did to us (GSF) in Prescott (you are Az ... »Tim Millette: I have just one question on this "best hitter hitting last ... »stick8: I bat last on my team (OKI) but I don't consider myself the best ... »CurtfromKY: There are sev good points made and a few not so good. Are we not ... »HJ: Curt, every game ends w/someone in the batting order. Unless it is ... »CurtfromKY: You are right HJ that the game ends w an out but that doesn't mean it ... »SS: I used to play with a group in a small town that played more for fun ... »Malo37: I agree that your last 2 hitters are very important. Our "lowriders" ...	33	April 11, 2013	2341
A Sincere Question: » southpaw: Just wondering if Cerce found a tourney team and how he has fared ...	0	April 11, 2013	169
Travel Discounts » JDub: AAA, AARP, Other - Please Share your thoughts ! ? ! ? »Dbax: Jeff, we use AAA all the time. Cancelled AARP after about a year. ... »mad dog: guys go to priceline.com and bid for your travel.....the last year ... »HJ: Explain what kind of travel you do and someone may have some good ... »JDub: Travel Discounts - Air Fare, Auto Rentals, and Hotels. AAA is $55 ... »southernson: Mad Dog is right, bidding on priceline.com is a good way to save ... »Brett: AARP Discount: Show your AARP membership card at Denny's restaurants ...	6	April 10, 2013	712
LVSSA/SSUSA SOUTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS » rightrj1: Hey Guys, What 50 major teams will be in Vegas at the ned of the ...	0	April 10, 2013	290
New ASA bats » swing for the fences : Looks like our League in SF is going the the 52 core 300 ball... The ... »mad dog: well if it wasn't for the bat technology,along with the a-holes who ... »Webbie25: Swing-I'm with you. I've said many times a 'measured step back' to ... »Wayne 37: I don't think the new USSSA bats are as hot as the old ones. One ... »swing for the fences : I don't know about you guys, but I just want to hit a ball that feels ... »Webbie25: Swing-when we had the combo I mentioned above, the move was already ... »hitman: Mad Dog, Haven't you been the one telling everybody how good the the ... »mad dog: hitman,we use the 52/300 in our ASA senior league using senior ...	7	April 8, 2013	785
Another Prayer Request » Tri18: A lot of you know Roger Bard who plays on my Team 1 Sports team. He ... »Fabe: Alan prayers being sent from the Tropics! God bless my ... »southernson: Alan, Prayers sent from the Florida Classics. I've been there as I ... »Big Mike: Alan...a lot of the Wounded Warriors know Roger...they all send their ... »BJ_30yearCG: Alan, thank you for the post. I will definitely keep Roger and his ... »Tater50: We do not know Roger but the Columbus LX Team sends their prayers. We ... »Beasley: I spoke with Wendy (Roger's wife) a short time ago and she said that ... »Eurskine: It's only a little boy's game that we play.....but we do pickup a lot ... »BMC13: PLease make sure that Roger and his family know that Stacy and I will ... »audieh: The Hollis Appraisal team has placed Roger in out prayer ring. We are ... »Al33: Hey Alan and John, We all up here in NY wish Roger a speedy ... »notretiredyet555: Beas, give Wendy our best. We are keeping Roger in our prayers and ... »doc25: Been playing against Roger,Dave,Sal,Curt,Beasley and the rest of the ... »Beasley: I texted Roger the other day and passed along everyone's thoughts and ... »Conman: Doc .. thanks for the kind words, you are truly a class act as are ... »Beasley: About 8:00 pm Wendy texted and said that Roger was out of surgery and ... »Beasley: Update - Wendy says that Roger is sitting up this morning and they ... »PJ3P: Thanks for keeping us updated Beas. Roger hurry back, I need you to ... »Silk11: Alan... Thoughts and praters go out to Roger and his Family! »Beasley: Update - I talked to Roger yesterday and he's at home recoperating ...	19	April 8, 2013	877

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