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Nov. 11, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Atta boys Agreed! I enjoy checking the scores out as a turny unfolds whether I am playing in it or not.
Sept. 26, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Quick Scores I've seen that mentioned about the 5GG for years. I can only imagine how difficult it can be. It seems it would be best to not enter the pool play games into the systems that can't handle it. Just use these services for bracket play only. Each field director would simply update the bracket when pool play is finished. As the tournament goes on the field director could update the scores in real-time. How about using AI? I am sure with the use of AI tools someone would be willing to be contracted to make a reusable tool to use for any 4 or 5 GG tournament with 2 or 3 pool play game formats with up to 100 teams per bracket. I understand there are sometimes teams with special requests and the idea of trying to not make teams play against teams they have played against recently. AI can do that since it could have the prior year and current year initially loaded into its database to look at. After the pool play games are spit out someone can review and manually switch teams around with special requests like those asking to have an early or late game or to match up teams for the National Game. A contracted hire or free lancer can be found at sites like Fiverr, Upwork, Guru and Freelancer. Somebody reading this may even have someone in mind that enjoys tinkering with AI that would enjoy donating their time and skill for free. :) Just some thoughts that cross my mind and I've discussed with others.
Sept. 24, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: player rankings and eligibility for 2026. According to the index a 55 M would not be eligible to play 60 AAA. https://seniorsoftball.com/wc/wc2016/Ratings-Index-Chart.pdf
Aug. 19, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pump Fake In a recent SSUSA tournament there was a pump fake situation. I'll first ask this. Is a pump fake in SSUSA an automatic dead ball or illegal pitch and a ball awarded to the batter? Here is what happened. Batter has a 2/1 count. Pitcher pumps forward and stops, then back to his pitching motion. Batter walks out of box before pitcher can pitch. Pump fake was called. The pitchers team argues a little bit then batter goes back into the batters box. Batter ends up walking. Batter reaches first and two other runners advance. A pinch runner is put on first and second base. Pitcher ready to pitch. Then the team stops play and asks the umps to talk to each other about the ball awarded for the pump fake. Umps talk and say the pitcher did it on accident and it was not intentional. They take the ball called for the pump fake away..... they send the batter back to hit and remove pinch runner. I can see if they did this immediately before a pitch was thrown after the ball called for a pump fake but how can a protest be done after another pitch was thrown?
Aug. 13, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Website comments Discussion: Website Security Will do. It happened yesterday on the laptop. I didn't take screenshots from Norton. When on the phone it is random. I sometimes get site not secure warnings or that data is being shared type warnings. Next time i get it on my phone I will take the screenshot.
Aug. 12, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Website comments Discussion: Website Security Hi SSUSA- Please have your web security provider review this website for risk. This site often gets flagged for HIGH security risk by my anti-virus software and browsers.
July 18, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Half Swing/Bunts/Chops/Slow Swings and the CACA swing I used to hate it because I couldn't do it myself. Lol I have learned to do it a little and I must admit it is fun to do when it works! Most associations consider it to be a swing if the wrists snap. It is a judgment call by the umpire if the wrists snap or not. I never seen an umpire judge someone by the speed of the swing.
June 10, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: A Question About Safety Single elim would take care of it. Something like 3 or 4 pool play games right into a single elim bracket.
April 30, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Land of Enchantment Hey Daniel! Is this the new turf complex? Jennifer Riordan Spark Kindness Sports Complex / Albuquerque Regional Sports Complex, 1801 Arroyo Vista Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120
April 17, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Need help on a ruling for when a bases loaded walk occurs The moment the runner touches the plate it is the third out and the ball game goes into extra innings or ends in a tie.
April 16, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Ranking and Rosters USSSA is one. If you are playing in a turny you can look at the team you are playing to see the roster and it shows the players rankings. There are a few ways to search things out on their site that is not just for managers.
April 7, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Veags KOA Park it anywhere around Fremont street for free!
April 7, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Website comments Discussion: Viewing PDFs Opening in a new tab has been the work around I use on my phone.
Feb. 11, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Baden Softballs They are a decent ball. They do not get mushy. They are dangerous to fielders as they get used. The reason being is for some reason they hold dirt really well. I have seen some teams rub dirt into them so it is harder for the fielders to see the batted ball. Especially as the sun is starting to go down. If your league will let you hit the blue stitch balls, they tend to not retain the dirt as much and teams like the performance more than the red stitch balls.
Jan. 31, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Bat Testing Modification Fantastic!
Jan. 31, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Bats Discussion: No Harm No Foul Bat Testing Fantastic! Thank you for everyone that gave their opinions and thank you SSUSA for revisiting this!
Jan. 24, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Umpire question ^^^haha^^^
Jan. 24, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Question for SSUSA Staff Thinking out loud here. Bat warmers would not be needed if playing in temperatures safe and recommended for the equipment we use. The work around was various methods to bring the bat to at least the minimum temperature the bat was designed to be used at. All SSUSA senior bat manufacturers have a warning to not hit with their bats below a certain temperature. Many SSUSA tournaments have games in temperatures below the limit. We can't swing non SSUSA stamped bats any longer which are a bit safer to hit in colder weather. What can we swing when there is a game below the minimum temperature required for our bats? Will the game times be delayed until the recommended bat temperature is reached? Say 65 degrees and up? All games lower than that get postponed? Will SSUSA change the bat standards for bat companies to make it safe and recommended to use the equipment as low as say 55, 50, 45 degrees? Just some things that come to mind. I am fortunate enough to have a bat problem so when I break them I have a back-up ready. Many people I play with do not have that problem and have extended the life of their bat by keeping it at or above the recommended temperature.
Jan. 24, 2025 marcster13	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: bat testers. JohnO28- I agree! It is silly to take a bat that has not entered into a game. If the bat testing is completed before that players first game and it fails compression there is no reason to take the bat. It is a waste of time and money. Just mark the bat as not eligible or no sticker or whatever the method is of marking a bat. I had a few bats tested for sh*ts n giggles. One was 125! Wow! I owned that bat since brand new and it was less than 8 months old. It looked great! We were all shocked. retested multiple times in shock. I put another bat in and it was around 180. I would have never suspected it to be that low, didn't even know it is possible. lol I'd be pretty pissed If I had that tested at a tourney and the bat was taken because it tested too low before I ever even stepped into a dugout. A simple, "nope, failed compression" would suffice.
Jan. 24, 2025 marcster13	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Umpire question I have seen this now and then in league which is not a big deal. Kinda funny. I have never seen it done in a tourney though and would suspect I never will.

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