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Dave (Mango) Meggison
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| May 17, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 5 runs or 11 fielders I agree with Jawood that when playing a team of less skilled players ( lower classification) the 5 runs an inning as opposed to 7 is an equalizer. You are also playing the "less skilled players" home run rule which is another equalizer. The extra runs or players is merely a third equalizer for the less skilled players. |
| May 4, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softballs in Reno SSUSA Thanks for the prompt reply. |
| May 4, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softballs in Reno Thanks Tim, However last year in several tournaments Trump stores without the SSUSA logo were used ( isa, Asa etc). I was wondering if these are ok to use this year as well. I guess it's referring to the second part of the rule that says " pre-approved by SSUSA headquarters in Sacramento". Was wondering if SSUSA could weigh in on this. |
| May 3, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softballs in Reno Does anyone know what balls can or will be used in Reno? The rule reads as follows: In all SSUSA-sponsored qualifiers and tournaments, official game balls must have the official SSUSA stamp or be pre-approved by SSUSA headquarters, located in Sacramento, CA I was wondering what balls without an SSUSA stamp are allowed/pre-approved. It seems like last year there were conflicting rulings. Any clarification would be appreciated for the 2015 season. Thanks. |
| April 27, 2015 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Las Vegas Tourney 1. Summy's 55 2. MTC 55 3. Aftershock |
| March 23, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Not HAPPY with Bats Unlimited! Hey Big Mike, I've been dealing with Steve from Bat's Unlimited for over 8 years. He's always been above board, honest and straight forward. Nothing sketchy about him or Bat's Unlimited. I can't speak for FedEx or your neighbors but Bat's Unlimited is OK in my book. I read an article around Christmas about thieves following Fed Ex trucks and picking up packages left on doorsteps. If that happened I don't see how Bats Unlimited is responsible. Mango |
| March 14, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Required Face Masks How about toning down the balls? The easiest fix for directors to control the safety of the game. Second easiest fix is getting rid of rules that encourage power hitters to hit the ball down ( return to the dead ball walk) |
| Feb. 10, 2015 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Hyper Z pretty impressive! Just got done hitting the new Louisville Slugger Hyper Z. There were four of us (all 50 Major Plus players) hitting on a hardball field with a 345-foot fence. Everyone swung their own bats for a round of 40 swings then the Louisville Hyper Z for 40 swing each. We were hitting the Ultra II, the GSC, and a couple of different Combats. The Hyper Z was by far the best bat in terms of overall performance-exit speed and carry/distance. Each player hit the ball farther/ more home runs with the new Hyper Z (fresh out of the wrapper) than with their own bat. Not sure of durability yet as we only put 160 swings on it today. But as far as performance goes it was the best bat in the park! |
| Nov. 23, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Suggestions for 2015 Crump 22 Not sure which tournament you are talking about with “unlimited” home runs. Is it the one in Rockford in August? Also, I would like to point out that I am not advocating “unlimited” home runs in the plus division. I would be happy with going back to a cap on homers then DBW. There is quite a difference between a ball hit over the fence for 4 bases and a ball hit over the fence for 1 base. If you stop and think about it-the DBW is quite limiting in terms of offensive production. |
| Nov. 19, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Suggestions for 2015 For the 50, 55 and possibly the 60 Major Plus- Get rid of the DBO and go back to the Dead Ball Walk after home runs are gone. There are too many big strong players in those age group/divisions. I saw too many pitchers get blasted this season. It’s only a matter of time before someone is very seriously injured. There is no reason to have the DBO in the Plus divisions. I encourage all Plus players that wish the rule changed to send an email to the rules committee at the address above in Dave’s post (SSUSA Post -info@seniorsoftball.com with "Rules Committee" in the subject line ) |
| Sept. 9, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Vegas - Session 1 I agree with JT25 get rid of the dbo rule in Plus or get rid of the ROCK Ball. The ROCK Ball is ridiculous for Vegas. |
| Aug. 3, 2014 Mango | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: WHY SEVEN RUNS PER INNING? Hey Stick, I'm doing well, thanks. How about you? Who are you playing with this year and will you be coming to Vegas? Also do you know of any 50 Major Plus teams from back in your area who will be coming out? Please encourage them all-it should be a good World Series. |
| Aug. 1, 2014 Mango | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: WHY SEVEN RUNS PER INNING? SSUSA Staff- Right!!!! I agree with that point as well! More runs per inning should result in more aggregate at bats. I was merely pointing out an additional benefit of 7 vs 5,the added importance of defense. Again-Thanks for listening to Plus Players and letting them have a voice in shaping the game they play. |
| Aug. 1, 2014 Mango | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: WHY SEVEN RUNS PER INNING? SSUSA- Thanks for listening! The higher the runs per inning the more important defense becomes. Anyone that has played at the plus level for any period of time would probably agree. A couple years ago it was 9 runs an inning and I would like to see it go back to that. We had a player boot a double play ball that ended up costing us 9 runs. We lost by 3 runs. Had there been a 5 run limit we would have won the game. We still don’t speak that player’s name :-) As far as the run totals. Run totals are a product of a number of things (home runs being one of the things that was changed this year to perhaps depress run totals) but one of the most important factors is the amount of time you have to score runs. 99% of the games have time limits and this is a big factor in how many runs you can score. And can someone explain to me the thought process where one thinks they are getting to play more softball because they play 7 innings. If you have played a 7 inning game in 55 minute and a 5 inning game in 70 minutes-who has played more softball? |
| July 9, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What was to consensus on DBO Homerun rule after Rock N Roll Reno? The dbo may act as an equalizer to help the weaker teams with softer hitting players, or narrow the gap between major and major plus teams, or make the game more or less enjoyable to players, but it certainly doesn’t add defense to the game. Any time a team gets to hit without recording an out that devalues and subtracts defense. And sorry Tim, I kind of got off topic on your thread- In Reno our pitcher was hit 3 times and we hit 3 pitchers. That’s a total of 6. It seems pretty high-especially for the pitchers that were hit. But this is not how one should do statistics (anecdotally). I would use logic- and if players are hitting the ball down more because of the dbo- it stands to reason that you increase the chance of players(infielders and runners) getting hit .That’s just simple probability. Suppose you made a rule where any groundball was an out then players would lift the ball more and probability would suggest that that would statistically decreases the chance of players getting hit. That’s really sort of common sense isn’t it? |
| July 9, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What was to consensus on DBO Homerun rule after Rock N Roll Reno? Actually Tim to be fair, I didn’t say it eliminates defense, I said it lessens the amount of defense necessary to get up to hit. However, in one game a few months ago I watched a team make all three outs in one inning by watching dbo’s hit over the fence. They never once made a defensive play. The defensive team couldn’t catch the hard hit balls that were hit down, and there were lots of them. Even though they had a great defensive pitcher…. evidenced by the fact that he was serving up lots of cookies for lots of hits that inning (according to RightRj this make a good pitcher). In this particular case it did “eliminate” defense for that half inning. |
| July 9, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What was to consensus on DBO Homerun rule after Rock N Roll Reno? Hammer Glad I could entertain you because if you can't laugh..... However, the dbo rule and the 5/7 run limit per inning both REDUCE defense. If you think about it, watching a ball hit over the fence for an out doesn't really require much defense does it…in fact it requires 0 defense. Hard to argue different. |
| July 8, 2014 Mango | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What was to consensus on DBO Homerun rule after Rock N Roll Reno? Ok Tim, I’ll bite. Only because its summer time and I’m a bit bored.. We have a guy who has an over the line swing- he’s really good at it at it. Spent years working on it. He has been successful with that swing at an .800 percent (8 hits every 10 at bats) success rate over the course of the last 9 years. I've played with and against some very good seniors and I don’t know of a player that hits a homer 8 times out of 10. Our very best home run hitter has a success rate of just over .333 (1 homer every 3 at bats). Who does the rule penalize here? The .333 or the .800 percent success rate player? Would you propose a rule limiting the number of dink hits a team can have? After 8 dinks they have to hit the ball hard? Sounds kind of silly doesn't it? But it’s the same logic. More importantly the dbo rule takes defense away from a game where they already devalue defense (5 or 7 runs an inning devalues defense). When fair balls hit really hard go over a fence for an out-that is one less out defensive teams have to record. At the 50 major plus level this season, the home runs rule has put less defense in the game! |
| June 3, 2014 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Reno results Sommerville Softball won the 50 Major Plus Division going 8-1, with 5 straight wins on Sunday(without a break). This included double dipping an excellent North West Legends team by a score of 29-13 in the Championship game followed by a 32-28 win in the “if” game. Respect and camaraderie among the plus players, accompanied by excellent competition, great fields, and very good umpiring provided a very enjoyable weekend. As always, Dave Dowel did a great job as TD. |
| May 9, 2014 Mango | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: ROLL CALL FOR "ROCK N RENO" Hey Rev, Saw GSC is going as an "exhibition" team. What's that about? Mango |
