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| July 9, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rerating As mck71 points out, roster rules between the two Associations are significantly different. Comparing records and results in ISSA vs SSUSA is also difficult. Here is what is not difficult- The team was asked to "play more" SSUSA, then submit a reclass request. The team's record for 2024 was 0-0. The team's record for 2025 is currently 0-0. |
| July 9, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Home Run Rule Question Most AAA teams don't have the talent / depth to hit 6 HRs in a game. Major teams do. That's why you play to the lower rated team's HR rule. |
| June 6, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Batter in Batters Box Lol. |
| June 4, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Uniform Rule on the Line Up Card B. Numbers – An Arabic number of contrasting colors at least 5" (15.24 cm) high must be worn on uniforms. No players on the same team may wear identical numbers. (Numbers 3 and 03 are examples of identical numbers.) Players without numbers will not be permitted to play. If duplicate numbers exist, only one of the players may play at a time. There is no penalty for a player wearing a wrong number. Correct the number in the score book and continue play. NOTE: There is no penalty for duplicate numbers. Request one player to change jerseys, or require a substitute to enter for one of the players. |
| June 3, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Batter in Batters Box Did this happen at the Smoky tournament? |
| May 31, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic 5:15am on Saturday. More rain. Fields are again under water, and we have a tree down. I surrender. We are canceled this weekend |
| May 30, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic Managers, 2:00pm update for the Crabtown Classic- At this time, S3 of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic is still a GO for Saturday / Sunday. We've had reps on site at each park and have had conversations with maintenance staff at the Bachman and Carroll County Sports Complex. They are planning to bring their teams in as early as 5am on Saturday to help get ready for play. There is rain in the forecast for tonight so it's a matter of when it falls, and how much actually falls. I remind everyone that just 3 weeks ago the forecast called for 90% chance of rain in the area. We were able to get all games in at the Maryland Classic using these same complexes. That said, we are making a few changes to the SAT schedule- 1- Pool play games will use shortened times, and will be scheduled on the hour. >> Currently no change to bracket game time limits. 2- First pitch will be moved back 1 hour at each park >> 9:30am first pitch at both parks. 3- The Mens's 50 Major and 50 Major Plus divisions will move from Carroll County to Bachman Sports Complex on Saturday More on game times..... Original time - Revised time 8:30am game time is now 9:30am 9:50am game time is now 10:30am 11:10am game time is now 11:30am 12:30pm game time is now 12:30pm More info to follow.... For now, I wanted to release the information that I have to share. ALL MANAGERS SHOULD BE CHECKING THEIR EMAILS REGULARLY Regards, Tim |
| May 30, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic 6:20am on Friday. Overnight rain hit the park once again. Per parks staff, fields are again under water. Friday play is canceled in the Men's 55 and 60 divisions. Tim |
| May 28, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic 11:00am update on WEDNESDAY (email sent to managers) Managers in the Men's 65, 70 and 75s division- Rains began around 6pm yesterday and have not stopped. Fields are currently under water, and rain is expected to continue until 10pm tonight (WED). After speaking with the Parks Depts, it is highly unlikely that we'll be able to safely play ball tomorrow. For that reason, Session 1- for Men's 65, 70 and 75s division teams is CANCELED. Reschedule, Refund and Rolling of Credits..... Those conversations will happen later. Right now, I'm focused on the immediate issue of letting teams know, so that they can cancel rooms, etc. Thanks in advance for your patience. IMPORTANT- Session 2 managers (Men's 55 and Men's 60). At this time, your tournament is still scheduled to begin at 9:30am on Friday. We only need 3 of 6 diamonds to get you going on Friday. If something changes, you'll hear from me. Session 3 managers (Men 40-50 & Women 40-50)- At this time, there are no changes to the weekend schedule. We'll keep an eye on weather and will stay in contact with the Bachman and CCSC parks departments. We will keep you updated on any changes. Tim McElroy |
| May 27, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic 3:45pm update (email sent to managers) Managers, I am still building the paperwork for the revised Crabtown Classic schedule for Session 1, but wanted to share general information and first game times- FORMAT- It is still a 4 game guarantee format, but we will use shortened (1 hour) game times for S1. As of now, ALL GAMES are scheduled for Bachman Sports Complex on Thursday / Friday. FIRST GAMES- 8:30am..... F1- West Chester Wild vs Robinson's Furniture F2- Jag-One / Jersey Masters 75s vs Simmons Day All-Stars F3- Syracuse Cyclones 75s vs Spring Ford 70+ F4- Jersey Boys vs High Street Bucs 70 F6- Lynch Construction vs Promotion / PHX Tube 9:30am.... F1- Ancient Mariners vs West Chester Wild F2- Clubhouse vs Jag-One / Jersey Masters 75s F3- Jag-One / Jersey Masters 70s vs Syracuse Cyclones 75s F4- Northern VA Force 65s vs Promotion / PHX Tube 65s 10:30am.... F6- Hudson Valley Cyclones 65s vs Virginia Vipers 65s 11:30am... F4- Anchor Mechanical 65s vs Virginia Vipers 65s F6- Spring Ford 65+ vs Hudson Valley Cyclones 65s All teams should expect to play 2 seed games and 1, possibly 2 bracket games on Thursday. FULL, DETAILED SCHEDULES will be released to managers later this evening. Thanks in advance for your patience. Tim McElroy |
| May 27, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic The following email was sent to S1 managers this morning 5:55am on Tuesday (5/27/25) Hello Managers, Like many of you, I've been closely monitoring the weather forecast for Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. All signs point toward rain, and potentially unsafe playing conditions on Wednesday. For those reasons, I've chosen to DELAY the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic. Here's what that means- Wednesday- No games. Thursday, Friday- 2 day tournament for all teams in the Men's 65, 70, 75 age divisions I have a personal obligation this morning so it will be a few hours before I can focus on softball. My goal is to release a revised schedule late this afternoon (estimated- 5pm). Managers should monitor their email. PLEASE pass the word on to your 65, 70 and 75s teammates so that they can make necessary travel changes. Summary- S1 (Men 65, 70, 75) will play on Thu, Fri vs the original Wed, Thu, Fri plan S2 (Men 55, 60) has not changed at this time S3 (Men & Women 40-50) has not changed at this time Friendly Reminder- Official communications on the tournament will come from tournament staff. Do yourself a favor and avoid the rumor mill, or any "I heard....." conversations that might take place at the breakfast table. Regards, Tim McElroy |
| May 18, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A.C.C. results from Raleigh, NC Session 2 results.... 40 Major 1. Sake 2. Turn 2 40 AAA 1. LFG 2. Yall Next 50-55 Platinum 1. BPA 55s 2. Auto Triage 50 AAA 1. Warpath 2. Strictly Business 55 Major IF GAME in progress... Top of 6, and Walkoff is attempting to double dip Skid Daddy. 55 AAA 1. Ryan Steel 2. S.I. Alliance 55 AA 1. Longshormen 2. Detroit Pride 60 Major 1. The Bank 2. LBV 60 AAA 1. GRC / TC Backer 2. Holy City |
| May 15, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A.C.C. results from Raleigh, NC Session 1 is in the books. Here's a summary of the results 75 Major Plus 1. Venom 2. NoVA Force 75s 70 Major 1. R.E.I. 2. Deep Purple 3. Pill & Pill 70 Silver 1. Syracuse Cyclones 2. Scrap Iron Peak 3. S. Wake Shockers 65 Major Plus 1. Texas Crush Sixty Fives 2. TRT 65 Major 1. The Ockers Company 2. Talaga Construction 3. Old Skool/ Extra Innings 65 AAA 1. Disturbing Elements 2. Great Lakes Tornadoes |
| May 2, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Carson City IMO, moving the dates back by 30 days would trigger a new set of problems. Life gets in the way for older players- work, family, injury and bad diagnosis. The roster you think you have 30 days ahead of a tourney RARELY looks the same on game day. On this park complaint issue, you're suggesting that SSUSA doesn't listen or care. -People complained about Shadow Mountain, and it has been pulled from the rotation. -People complained about Sunset 5 and 6 and they were pulled from the rotation -People complained about Shadow Rock and it might now be the best facility in the Vegas inventory. SSUSA does hear your concerns and conveys those sentiments to its partners. Not all things can be fixed overnight. Putting on events requires 5,000 different planning and coordination activities that people just don't understand. Item 5,001 shouldn't be mapping out drive distances from KOA locations to a ballpark that you might be playing at once every 3 seasons. |
| April 25, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Carson City INCORRECT- Posting of field locations has nothing to do with money (which, by the way is an extremely tired argument made by too many uninformed folks). Here's the deal- A significant number of teams enter the tournament in the final week before registration closes and those late arriving entries impact decisions as to who plays where. SSUSA used to post TENTATIVE park locations but was often criticized by folks that weren't familiar with that term. These days, they wait until registration closes before reviewing the list and posting any field assignment decisions. |
| April 24, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Maryland Classic field assignments I do have two womens 40 teams (Queen Bs, Cherry Bomb) looking to play. If another team wants to jump in, I'm happy to include a 1 day (Sun) womens bracket. |
| April 24, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Maryland Classic field assignments Schedules for the Maryland Classic should be released on Friday. Here are the (tentative) field assignments for those that want to book rooms. BACHMAN SPORTS COMPLEX (Sat, Sun) 50 Major, 50 Major Plus, 55 Major Plus (8) 55 Major / 50 AAA (7) 60 Major, 60 AAA, 60 AA, 55 AAA (4) CARROLL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX (Sat, Sun) 40 Major / Major + (7) 40 AAA (6) CARROLL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX (Mon, Tue) 65 Major, 65 AAA, 79 AAA (5) Tim |
| April 21, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Maryland Classic Team list Short answer- Team list will be posted in a few hours. Long answer- There was a "wait list" for the MD Classic because it has become so popular. Just this morning, I was able to confirm some additional field space at Bachman Sports Complex in Glen Burnie. Teams from the wait list are being contacted now to confirm their IN / OUT status. If there are any additional teams wanting to get in, there is now room for you- email me no later than TUES (4/22) at 2pm. PotomacSports1@gmail.com Tim |
| April 17, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Need help on a ruling for when a bases loaded walk occurs As a trainer, I instruct umpires to carefully watch the batter-runner and each baserunner when a 5th run scenario occurs. They should know how many outs there are and what the call is if one or the other fails to advance to the next base. I saw the proper technique applied more than a few times at BLD last week. So on behalf of umpires that take pride in their work, I take exception to the idea that umps will encourage runners to take a shortcut "most of the time." |
| April 17, 2025 TimMcElroy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: teams and schedule Joe- The team list will be posted shortly. I asked the staff to delay it's release until all teams added from the wait list had paid their entry fees. All of managers received an email to this effect on Sat / Sun but I guess the word did not trickle down. Schedules- They are in process, along with the 4 other tournaments in 3 states that I'm currently working on. For the York, PA tournament the S1 schedule (65, 70, 75s) will play out on Thurs, Fri. The 40-60s schedule will be extremely (EXTREMELY) full. We'll use 8 diamonds on SAT, SUN with games from 8am - 8pm daily. If you're wondering about a start time, I shared this info with managers, too- Too many teams to accept special start time requests. All teams entering should expect to play at 8am daily. Tim McElroy |
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