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| April 1, 2023 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New rules and changes W25 - Always bright and early... <:) |
| Jan. 15, 2023 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: National Rules Voting Is there further clarification available on rule change No. 6, specifically as it relates to M+ team who may play in a M division due to lack of M+ teams? 6. Major Plus player boundaries Motion to allow Major Plus teams (aged 40+ through 70+) to have two players from the opposite side of the Mississippi River from their home state without giving an equalizer (and being required to compete as an Open Division team). MOTION PASSED: 6-5 (1 abstaining) |
| Nov. 29, 2022 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Team Reclassifications Coop - good post and nice to see SSUSA rethink the move up formula! |
| July 19, 2022 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Jim Sherman Memorial last weekend Salem OR I could not agree more, good post! Wallace Marine Park has always been one of favorites. For us, it is unfortunate that this tournament and the Western Nationals are so close together. |
| June 8, 2022 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Balls being used in Nor Cal Championships I thought the Worth ball used in Reno was fine but we did not see 100* heat. I believe it got into the 80s in Reno and at that Temp. the ball hit well. |
| May 21, 2022 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rock'N Reno Batting Practice Thanks. The information is appreciated. |
| May 19, 2022 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rock'N Reno Batting Practice Reno Batting Practice – we have not played in Reno in a couple of years. Have batting practice field use rules changed? Any special rules or fields applicable? |
| March 26, 2022 Enviro-Vac | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batting out of order Could the runner not be replaced by a substitute player who is on the official lineup card but has not yet entered the game - if available? |
| Dec. 10, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 3 Game Guarantee v.s Double Elimination Bracket Our team would take and prefer the 3 game RR with a double KO over current configurations. |
| Sept. 21, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Dave Dowell Well done Dave and fully deserved. You don't have an easy job! |
| Sept. 16, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: More on Major Plus DD and Webbie25, I think you are benefiting everyone in senior softball by keeping this thread alive to prompt more thought. To answer your query of what I would suggest Webbie25, I believe DD made a good suggestion on Aug. 27/21, “If you truly want a strong, healthy major plus division, it might be the right time to encourage some of the best players in the older divisions to spread the wealth. Start new teams”. I also am somewhat aligned in thought with the two messages in Doaks’ August 13/21 post on this subject, one by Tat22 and the other by Baseballbill, referenced below: Tat22 …”I know one change I would like to see. When a team is bumped to Major+ make it for one year instead of two. A lot of times when a team gets bumped they are on the verge of going up in age classification, or half of the team can go up in age and the other half can't leaving the "younger" players in limbo for the next year and the burden of finding a team that will pick them up and automatically be at the plus level due to the number of players to be picked up. I think making the plus tag apply for only one year would benefit a great number of players.” Baseballbill …”Senior Softball protects all age/class divisions by moving a team up in class when winning the worlds except for Major Plus teams. In the 2019 annual meeting it was proposed that when a Major Plus team wins there age division, they get moved to the next lower major Plus age division (65 to 60) so they also move up in class. For whatever reason, it was voted down. This option to me makes sense and will stop a Major Plus team from dominating a division.” |
| Sept. 7, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Can a player run for another one twice in one inning? Great post on Sept. 1 MurrayW, good sense of humor! |
| Aug. 31, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Can a player run for another one twice in one inning? DD that four word rule change you suggest makes no sense to me. If player A is a Sub. and has not played but is on the lineup card so as to make him/her available as a CR and runs for player B as a CR, and scores, then subsequently and in the same inning player C gets hurt and is unable to run why would player A who was legally substituted in, not be able to run for self? |
| Aug. 28, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: More on Major Plus That’s a really well thought out analysis and proposition DD |
| Aug. 17, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: major plus The M+ issues as stated in this thread all have merit and have been around a long time and will probably be as long as there are teams that dominate. Here’s a link to a thread with a similar topic from 2015. https://seniorsoftball.com/?messageboard&viewby_thread=122883&message_topic_id=misc&keywordsfound=major+plus+problems Our team unfortunately has not been able to play ball in the US since 2019 due to COVID / border closures but having played at M+ I can submit my humble assessment for whatever it’s worth: Most of the proposed solutions do not consider players and or teams that come from sparsely populated regions. Breaking up M+ teams or dispersing those players onto other M teams might be a worthy proposition but have their own inherent setbacks such as playing with friends as one example. Also, sparsely populated regions might not have access to M+ players and/or that the travel and distance involved for adding M+ players are not always realistic. It seems to me that one or two M+ teams already have a solution that "sort of" works – if overpowering a division play down an age group straight up against your competition. That 5-years is a good equalizer. ENVIRO-VAC |
| June 8, 2021 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Which Ball travels further: ASA or SSUSA Murray - you could hit a ball out with a fence post >:) |
| July 7, 2020 Enviro-Vac | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Team list for the Northwest Championships? Good luck to all. Wish we could go. |
| July 1, 2020 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: C-19 JBTexas - I am curious. Do you know if that local tournament in Boerne followed any safety protocol for C-19? |
| May 8, 2020 Enviro-Vac | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Classy Move SSUSA https://seniorsoftball.com/?news&story=1635 |
| April 28, 2019 Enviro-Vac | Topic: Bats Discussion: 2015 dudley thunder compared to the new ones they are selling hmmmm I bought two I have not used yet as I am waiting for warmer weather before I use them. |
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