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Shane Verley
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Chehalis, WA
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Men's 55
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| Sept. 14, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bases @ 70' Just noticed that NY Motion is not on the Las Vegas team list. In fact none of the 55AAA teams (4) that played in the Eastern are coming. That is diaappointing... ShaneV |
| Sept. 14, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 50's AAA who is going to vegas in oct. And the font in the southern hemisphere of this bracket (and others) will be unreadable!!! ShaneV |
| Sept. 14, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 50's AAA who is going to vegas in oct. So seeding will be #1 to #52? There will be no separation of East & West at the start of bracket play. Some old guy I know was probably reading too much into this. ShaneV |
| Sept. 14, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: When to change pitchers These may be somewhat obvious to most: One strategy I've seen used effectively, as soon as your opponent appears to get comfortable with your current pitcher, switch. Also when choosing your starting pitcher, go with the one your opponent has seen the least, or if they've seen them all many times, the one they struggle with most, pretty obvious. And if your pitchers don't struggle with multiple switches you might keep your opponent off balance through 7 innings. ShaneV |
| Sept. 14, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Who has the horsepower? Who has the horsepower to take on a 450+ team tournament? LVSSA/SSUSA, that's who. No doubt it's going to be a challenge in every possible way, but you can bet they are gearing up with every resource they have to pull this off! ShaneV |
| Sept. 14, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bases @ 70' Heard about this around the time the merger was announced. Nearly all venues in Las Vegas are going to have 70' bases for World Masters coming up. Las Vegas is an NSA town and mandate 70' and all the venues they "control". We're playing "Road to Las Vegas" open event here in Lacey this weekend, so we're going to do 70' bases to get used to it. ShaneV |
| Aug. 31, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Las Vegas Worlds 55AAA And so what 55AAA teams will be in Las Vegas September 28-29-30? ShaneV JCI/The Y |
| Aug. 28, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 50's AAA who is going to vegas in oct. I believe from Washington State: Northwest Seadogs. Team Pound. ShaneV |
| Aug. 10, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: player qualification for vegas You are welcome. Note that I forgot to say "unofficial". I'm a local director and know a bit about these rules but the knowledge came from being in similar situations as a manager and asking questions until I fully understood, just like you're doing. Keep asking!!! ShaneV |
| Aug. 10, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: player qualification for vegas Syracuse is a qualifier. Get all your guys (for Vegas) to that tournament and then use that roster as your chosen Qualifier for Vegas - good to go. If you have someone who played in another qualifier, including Eastern, and cannot make it to Syracuse, simply let SSUSA know when you choose the Syracuse roster as your Qualifying roster, that you wish to add this/these additional "regular" players to your Vegas roster. There are additional rules you can find on the rules page. See "World Championships Roster Considerations & Rules (pdf)". ShaneV |
| Aug. 7, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: player qualification for vegas Dave and Fran, I believe that life IS so precious BECAUSE it has a beginning an end. Cherish and also endure every part of the Miracle. Thinking of you this week... ShaneV Jones Chemical Inc. |
| Aug. 1, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Practice fields in Aurora Our hotel is close to Kennedy Ballfields (exit #5 - exit #4) and the largest field looks to be 285' or so. We'll probably hit Friday morning around 10:00. We don't play until 3:30 & 5:00 so we have plenty of time to chill then head to Aurora Sports Park. Our whole division plays at 8:00am Saturday so no time to hit again. ShaneV |
| Aug. 1, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Throwing A friend and former pitcher taught me years ago how important it is to focus on using your forearm strength. Many have a tendancy to focus on shoulder throwing but the extra push you can achieve pushing the ball with forearm- wrist-fingers has helped me with distance and accuracy. I use rubber bands and some weights to strengthen the throwing shoulder and avoid shoulder problems. Playing in the cold for years my shoulder used to always hurt. Not so anymore. Used to play 6 months of the year and nothing the other 6 months. In senior ball we are active from February to October, and the off-season is half what it used to be. I find less time to get out of shape helps, just enough time to rest and heal. ShaneV |
| July 30, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Practice fields in Aurora Likely cannot hit on soccer fields, most will no allow it. On the satellite view I found 3 complexes within a few miles of our hotel: Closest one is Olympic Park, another is Kennedy Ballfields and there is another one near the intersection of E Mississippi and S. Buckley. And be sure to stop my the Cinemark Century Aurora 16 and leave some flowers!!! Seriously, it's just off the 225 at exit #8. ShaneV |
| July 27, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: EASTERN NATIONALS 50AAA NOT GETTING 5GAME GUARANTEE And the two teams in game #8 are both playing their 3rd bracket game. I agree very difficult to follow. ShaneV |
| July 27, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: EASTERN NATIONALS 50AAA NOT GETTING 5GAME GUARANTEE Say seed #1 loses game #4. Loser game #3 plays loser game #4 in game #7. Loser game #7 plays winner of game #6 IF necessary to get their 5GG. Say seed #2 (or seed #7) loses game #3. They play in game #7 and if they win they go on. If they lose then they play winner of game #6 IF necessary to get their 5GG. Dave does make mistakes, but not this time. ShaneV |
| July 26, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 5 run spot that allows 6 runs per inning to lower rated teams Plano, your well described argument includes only an analysis of the math, and offense in general. Consider that the higher rated team IS hitting at a lower rated defense, and the lower rated team is hitting at a higher rated defense. That is the other half of the analysis, and half of the reason for the awarded "equalizer" runs. ShaneV |
| July 26, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Western NATIONALS or qualifier format??? Top finishing 55-Major AND 60-Major+ teams receive USA National Championship game berths in Las Vegas, 1st Place Awards and 2013 TOC bid. |
| July 24, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Western Schedule Thanks. I'll be checking regularly. ShaneV |
| July 23, 2012 ShaneV | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Western Schedule As always, we're all anxious to see the schedules for The Western Nationals, which start one week from tomorrow. No doubt Dave is on it and will have Session #1 posted very soon. If you're reading this Dave, could you keep JCI out of the first two game slots Friday morning? Need our beauty sleep... ShaneV |
