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| July 16, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Results in for Northwest Session 2 but not Northeast session 2 Westersizzle33 - More than likely the reason is simply logistics. Eastern tournaments have to Fedex the results to CA the day after a tourney so there is a lag to posting whereas Western tourneys they can simply bring the results back to the home office and post when completed (which they are NOT actually all completed if you read the results). Hope this helps. |
| July 14, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Equalizer question oc - so the way it was explained to me was that AAA teams are given the equalizer because they are not as strong as M TEAMS (1 - 11). The reasoning allowing those runs to count in tiebreaker is that a 55M team is more likely to score more runs in a game than a AAA team (as they can only hit 3HR vs 6HR M teams can hit). So the teams that had to play 2 M teams were more likely to have a higher runs against, make sense? Of course it doesn't always seem to work out that way but that is the explanation I have rec'd and makes sense most of the time! :-) Hope this helps. |
| July 9, 2025 mck71 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rerating Coop - I get that you feel like you have a valid reason for a rerating but honestly, coming onto their website and starting the post with "You need to change the way you rerate teams." might NOT be the best way to go about that? So you guys got moved down in ISSA, that's great, happy for you. Now assume that you have aged up to 65 you want to go play in Vegas because you guys like to play in Vegas. I get that as well. But based on their rules, NOT ISSA, you need to play x amount of tourneys and show that you can't compete but as you stated, you only tried the one year and maybe you weren't as bad in the SSUSA tourneys? (and yes, I know how that works, we won Vegas in 2015 and we did not play well as a M team in 2016, went 0 - 5 first tourney but sadly we lost, just didn't get beat bad enough! lol) I will add that we just kept playing Major and tried to get better, not always winning but needless to say we have been playing Major since (and yes, we played AAA in ISSA for a time even though we were Major in SSUSA). The issue I see is that ISSA allows teams to pick up players from different teams when they are short so IMO a LOT of AAA teams would be Major in SSUSA due to that particular allowance. Not all, but quite a few so you saying you are getting beat by AAA teams they actually might be M in SSUSA (like us at the time), make sense? And you are correct, we are old guys and it's a game that is supposed to be fun. The competitive part is cool as well but should not be the most important aspect of playing (yes, I wrote it but wasn't easy! lol) Good luck! |
| May 28, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Senior Bats JohnO, I would not say Onxy has "great customer service". A few of us bought the early white with black writing Enough Said, they were highly rated by Dave V at the time. Of course we might have gotten a second run, they were basically garbage (I still have a brand new one in the wrapper). One I traded (26 balanced) broke for the guy I traded it to. I had one (25oz 1oz EL) crack before I even got game swings on it. And I broke it in win warm weather and with 52's. I called and didn't get much help, actually spoke in person to the son, believe his name is Ryan, in Utah at the Huntsman, he simply wanted me to buy another bat, I said thanks but I didn't think buying another bat with the ones I had bought already being duds didn't make sense. This of course was my experience a few years ago but sometimes all you need is one bad experience and you look somewhere else for your next purchase. |
| May 28, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Weather DELAYS the start of the Don Brooks Crabtown Classic While this is unfortunate, I know we are truly grateful for the early notice Tim. I know that it's never ideal to cancel due to a forecast but in this case I believe you made the right call. Good luck to all playing the rest of the weekend, hopefully you will get it in! |
| May 16, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A.C.C. results from Raleigh, NC Thx for posting the results Tim, good luck this weekend! |
| April 1, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Bats Discussion: OG Bats I agree as well, will be hitting my OG in Va Beach this week, year 7 with it! and I was able to pick up an OG 2.0 brand new for a reasonable price so that is my back up (also have 3 OG red knobs so think I am good, my wife will sell then when I am dead). LOL |
| March 26, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tidewater Classic The full schedule was posted on Tournament page on Monday, good luck to all! |
| March 2, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: roster AB - I would suggest calling the home office between 9 - 5 PST and they will walk you through it first time. SSUSA. 916-326-5303. Good luck! |
| Feb. 25, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A wild suggestion for the 12 ft pitching height John - Part of the problem is where do these umpires come from who do our tournaments? Sadly there aren't many 12' sanctions outside of Senior ball. USA/ASA went to 10' a while back, NSA was always 10', USSSA is 3' from release with a cap of 10' and believe ISA is the same?. Add in that outside of USA/ASA, not one of those other sanctions has umpires calling "illegal" so without making excuses (even though this reads like one), most umpires don't have that experience with 12' AND (this is the big one), MOST players complain about the 12' pitch so rather than listen to the complaints, they simply seem to have 10' MAX as their height limits. We get a lot more 4 - 5' pitches than over 10' IMO. And I know, they should TRY but sometimes they just don't. I am an umpire as well and I try and umpire as I would like my umpires to behave; I hustle, I keep game moving, I make sure scores are correct after each inning and my strike zone is the same in inning 1 and inning 7 and all in between. I will add that I have had to make adjustments to my "illegal" call simply because I am a loud guy and I would startle the batter! lol Now I make sure I say either "illegal" (usually a high pitch) and "flat" for a low one because I can say flat quicker than I can say illegal and most flat pitches come in quicker but I only say it loud enough for the batter and the catcher can hear me. I will point up to the pitcher to let them know if it's high or a palm down sign for flat so they understand what I called. As far as compensation, I can't speak to that. I mean if they get $35 a game for 90 mins, that is a decent wage and I believe some make more than others but not easy for one guy to be out there for 6 games a day. I stopped doing tournaments for that reason, did 9 games in one day and by the last 2 games, which happened to be Championship games, my legs were heavy and I was tired so felt bad for the teams but they had no one else to do the games so I "sucked it up", but you get my point, I am never sure how many games they have done so not sure so I try and not complain too much. And as for helping myself out, I simply try and pay attn to what the umpire is calling. I absolutely don't have to agree with their calls but I better be ready to hit a ball that I THINK they might call a strike or I am the idiot, right? :-) Best of luck to everyone this year! |
| Feb. 19, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Throwing of a bat Randall - I would warn a player initially and if it happens again, you then have that option to call dead ball batter out. I would enforce that myself when either blatant or someone (incl. myself) gets hit after the warning. Hope this helps. |
| Feb. 19, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A wild suggestion for the 12 ft pitching height Awe come on Gary, you have been around long enough to know you can't make absolute statements like that. I definitely know what 12 feet is and have been around quite a few that know it as well. I will add it has gotten lower since USA/ASA went to 10 feet. I would say in my experience, more times than not it has been flat pitches more so that high ones but that might be just me. And LC7 - My brother, it's a big yellow ball, we throw it slowly underhand to guys who mostly spend their time hitting (you don't see many fielding or baserunning video's on YT :-) So yeah, when I get ahead in the count, I seriously doubt Oreo will be on the menu but again, that's just me so if that makes me a cheater, well... it is what it is! :-) Best of luck to all this season! |
| Feb. 19, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A wild suggestion for the 12 ft pitching height kotonk - I believe that while the enforcement of the 6 to 12' arc is not consistent at all, adding this device into a tournament setting would cause more issues as well as expense to TD's than it's currently worth? I always try and give feedback to TD's if I feel an umpire or two need "help" with their definition of 6 - 12 but other than that, I just try and make sure I understand their strike zone before it costs me (ex. pitch comes in at 4' and they call it a strike, I simply ask "is that going to be a strike all game?" and this way I don't let a low strike 3 get me out). LC7 - I am a pitcher and so what I am reading is if I throw a pitch that is 13 feet high or 4 feet low, you are telling me I am a "cheater"? I don't have a height gage with me when I throw so I do count on the umpire to understand the difference between the 2 to some extent. And when they don't and they won't allow me to pitch over 10 ft (happens more than you might believe), are they cheaters? Yeah, I am focused on that word because it has a very negative connotation. I pitch they way the umpires allow me and if they call a pitch illegal, REGARDLESS IF IT ISN'T (and yes, I am an umpire as well), then I have to throw another pitch or that batter walks, basically a "such is life" event. To me, cheaters are players who shave bats, allow illegal players on their roster, throw their game balls in the cooler, etc. To me, that is the true definition of cheating but you do you sir, good luck! |
| Feb. 17, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Player injured in a rundown. IMO Randall, the second you called "time out" the play is now over and I would consider everything a "dead ball" ruling. I am sure there are way smarter men and women with rule specific data to back up what I am saying but while you are correct that the person more than likely wasn't going to continue the run down, because you called time you should have put the runner back to 2B. I mean what you are saying is that if I don't feel like running the guy down, I can simply peg him in the face and then tag him while he is lying on the ground and save myself all that running back and forth? :-) (and yeah, just trying to be funny BUT you see what I am saying) |
| Jan. 16, 2025 mck71 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Rolled bats Not Dave - I ASSUMED when I read the post that is "implied" to senior bats you bring onsite because SSUSA rules are very clear as Tim pointed out on any non senior bat, very easily determined by umpires when you step into the box (or should be easy). You can always ask at any tourney just to be on the safe side. Good luck to all in 2025! |
| Nov. 8, 2024 mck71 | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: Atlanta MONARCHS LOOKING FOR PLAYERS He mentioned it in the first line Oldballs - "We are Classified as a Major Gold (50+) in ISSA and Major in the rest of the Organizations." I know they have other age teams and Eurskine seems to help out the other teams as well, know they have a 60 M team (Monarchs/Miken Elite) but not sure they have a 65 team. |
| Sept. 21, 2024 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 3 losses in bracket play jl - there is a thread below discussing the same thing. Most agree that it's fair (as do I). As Dave stated, as long as we are playing, we should be playing for something. I am assuming that you guys were one of the teams they sent home. So, flip the script and you guys lost 4 in a row, do you want to play an exhibition game and be done? This has been the format for as long as I have been playing SSUSA in 5GG events, was even voted on a few years back and majority ruled to keep the format so really no need for it to be corrected IMO. Congrats to all the winners and all the competitors! P.S. - it was actually 5 teams they sent home, nice run in LB by NW Elite. |
| Sept. 17, 2024 mck71 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Score from Vegas Session 1 It's on the main Tournaments page Sherwin listed as Results. |
| July 24, 2024 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Eastern National revision for Potomack not seeing it Open the pdf, at the top you should see an icon on the top left that looks like a circle with an arrow on it, if you hover your mouse on it, will say "refresh", just click on that. Good luck! |
| July 17, 2024 mck71 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • Complete results are posted on Tournaments page. |
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