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| March 10, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Spring Worlds Probably not |
| March 9, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Bats Discussion: Testing the new senior 1.20 bat James G- If you know about specific guys swinging illegal bats and say nothing, you ARE part of the problem. Every player should be very firm about not allowing a player to use illegal bats on his own team and has every right to do all he can to make sure his opponent doesn't have an unfair, and unsafe, advantage. It's not always easy to be the one that speaks up, but people that do are to be admired and not shunned or ridiculed. And that doesn't even begin to talk about why someone that's been on this earth over a half a century should be cheating. Just my $0.02 worth. |
| March 7, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Super Mjor Softball-The way the game was meant to be played Mr. Wood- You may have missed the point or maybe we didn't say it very well. The thread would be a bit less offensive if it were called Super Major Softball-The way we'd like to play it Sorry to have riled you up. I appreciate your commentary here. |
| March 6, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Super Mjor Softball-The way the game was meant to be played Just wanted to add my thanks to TerryMac and WOW for expressing what many of us AAA/AA players believe. And thanks to Bruce for his comment. We hear the phrase "For the love of the game" a lot. It's true in all sports and at all levels of talent. If you want the best example, spend a weekend at your local Special Olympics. Reading this thread has been a bit scary, fearing that the little tail (major plus) was trying to wag thre big dog, which is the rest of us. |
| Feb. 28, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: The "TOC" make it a more major and fair event. grumpy55- Congrats on making it both years. If you're right about the January dates for 2009, that's not good being so close to the holidays. February would be better if December isn't available. Also, I seem to remember that there were about 95 or so teams last year, not 116. |
| Feb. 28, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: The "TOC" make it a more major and fair event. GaryH- Like your post, and I agree with 2 things you said but disagree with another. The Worlds are already in October and it looks like they will stay there for a while. The Winter Nationals and Worlds are already in November, so that will probably stay the same too. I'm from Tucson and the Southwest that used to be in early December is moving to April this year. That open December weekend would be great for the TOC. I don't know what contracts ssusa might have about the TOC, but that would sure be nice for the cold weather teams like yours. We're lucky enough to be able to play all year here so it doesn't make any difference to us. I also agree that the past year rosters should be the only ones allowed. Even though there were 3 teams from the Tucson area in the TOC this year, and all of them were from the Southwest tournament with new rosters, none of them won. It just doesn't seem fair to me for a team with younger players playing in the TOC. I hope they fix that. We disagree on the teams to invite. Our team was so close this year to making it. We lost the championship game that would have got us there by 1 run. But I still don't think we should have been invited. We didn't win. A few weeks ago I wrote here that I just can't get too excited by "Tournament of Champions and Almost Champions That Want to Play Even Thought They Didn't Qualify and Shouldn't Be There". I still feel that way even though a bunch of my friends here in Tucson who went said is was the best tournament they have ever played in, period. Winners got free rings from Jostens, every player got a great TOC polo shirt from Miken and everyone and their families got to go to a free dinner on Friday night. I agree with you that a December TOC would get more teams, but "more is better" isn't what the TOC is about. It's about Champions. Just makes me wish we had played a little bit better when it mattered. Maybe this year. |
| Feb. 22, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Ralph Godwin ump- There is a Ralph Godwin that plays softball for the 60 major plus Thomas Engineering/Tanel 360 team from Manassas, VA. There's an article on them and a picture of the team at http://www.tanel360.com/players_corner/mens_sports.cfm Maybe you can spot him in the picture. It's a start. |
| Feb. 22, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Bats Discussion: New ASA bat standard I've been following this topic for a week or so and now think I'm pretty much in line with Fred S's thinking. I'm not at all concerned with the bat standard any tournament might use. But I am concerned that we are on a level playing field. If it's an ASA tournament, I'll use an ASA approved bat. Not because it's the best senior bat out there. It's not. But because the competition is the thing for me. Let's just play the game for the fun of it. I'm not in my 50's anymore. And when I was, the technology on bats didn't make even a marginal hitter a home run threat like it does today. I enjoy being in a game where softball is actually played. Htting for average and base hits. Moving a runner up or knocking him in. Making a good defensive play. Hitting a cut off man and stopping a run from scoring. I sure enjoy that more than watching the hot-bat events in some of the younger age groups. Those events are just hitting exhibitions and are as close to playing softball as a driving range is to playing golf. Just my $.02 worth. |
| Feb. 2, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Teams moving up taits- The reason it sounds like another post is because it's the same as the other post Islandryder has here. He got no playing time on the first one, so he tred it again. I looked into this team he's upset with, and according to the news articles here and the results from the winter nationals and the worlds, of the 4 tournaments they won, two were 2-team divisions, both against the same team, Chicago Classics Red, and they won the winter nationals in an 8 team division in the if game. The other win is a single game in the worlds for the usa title, but they didn't even finish in the top 10 out of 13 in Phoenix. So I gues they won in groups of 2, 2, 8 and 2 and got killed in a 13 team division. And they didn't win anything that was an automatic move either. Makes me wonder if there might be a personal agenda here. They're a major team, but sure don't look like they are major-plus stuff yet. |
| Jan. 28, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: senior softball lab I like the concept of having a lab to try things out. But beware the likely outrage that can come when rules are changed in mid tournament. May work if it is clear that all of the lab rats go away before the brackets start. Nice thread to consider! |
| Jan. 26, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC TEAM 60 MAJOR PLUS DIV. PeteD and taits- Not sure what 750 is talking about, but I found that team in 3 places here on this site. They are on the ratings list for 60s as Michael's Force 4 (Chicago Classics Red) Chicago IL Major-Plus. They are also on the list of teams that got moved up in 2008 from 60 major to 60 major plus as Chicago Classics Red. And they are on the toc intived teams list in 60-major as Chicago Classic Red for two wins that got them there. They won the northerns and they won the ISA nationals so maybe that's why they are on the toc list as major plus instead of major. As I understand the roster rules, they can bring either of those team rosters to the toc. Seems to me like a simple team name change. I guess we should be careful believing everying that's typed here ALL IN CAPS. :) |
| Jan. 26, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: mr. hennessey ans. to letting this team in toc. bigdog- Two things. What team are you talking about? And you seem to be a dog that needs to learn a new trick. 5 posts, and all are the same thing. We finished second in our best chance to make the TOC this time. All that means is we need to do a little better next year. |
| Jan. 22, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Significant Rule Changes for SSUSA 2008 Season! SAL- I just read the ssusa posting on the rule changes. It sure looks like the rule is to protect against the line shot back at the pitcher. It looks like a DBO if it nails him, even if he throws his arms up to protect himself and it hits his arms. Pretty simple from what I read. And a good rule IMHO. |
| Jan. 14, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: letting team in toc that finished 2nd so you can have more team in the bracket were there is only 2 teams. Bashbro- There's a siginificant difference between replacing one pretty girl with another and replacing 15 ugly old guys with 15 more of the same! |
| Jan. 13, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: letting team in toc that finished 2nd so you can have more team in the bracket were there is only 2 teams. Leave it as it is. I just can't get too excited by "Tournament of Champions and Almost Champions that Want to Play Even Thought They Didn't Qualify and Shouldn't Be There" |
| Jan. 7, 2008 DesertGuy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What would you change in Senior Softball? If more innings is the desired goal, the 1-1 count or the 0-0 count makes little if any difference. Speeding up the game and therefore getting more innings is a simple partnership between the umpires and the managers. 1. be on time and ready to play, early if the field is open. 2. hustle on and off the field. 3. limit or eliminate between innings infield and pitching warmups. and 4. have CR's ready to go ahead of time. These 4 simple things, which have been posted here too may times already, are far more helpful in speeding up the game than depriving the batter of one or two pitches to choose from. |
| Dec. 28, 2007 DesertGuy | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Question on TOC roster JohnBob- Pretty sure you have to bring the roster you won with, even if it's a 2008 roster from the Winter nationals or worlds. And I think if you won two times, you can't mix and match those rosters, t has to be one or the other. I like the idea that the ToC is for the 2007 winners, but don't know how good an idea it is to use the timeline you mentioned. It's still very hot here in Arizona in September and I think the Worlds are going to be in Phoenix for the next couple of years. I also know how lucky we are here to be playing all year round and not having to shut down for the winter. Good luck if you're going to the ToC. |
| Dec. 24, 2007 DesertGuy | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TV Trivia 10 wood- It's almost embarrassing to still know this after so many years. The character names were Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin (spelling may be wrong on that) To stay with this show, there was a spin-off later called the Girl from U.N.C.L.E. I can't remember what her character's name was, but who played the lead role? |
| Dec. 19, 2007 DesertGuy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: MOV' UP ONCE W/ OUT BE' RELEASE.....? I'm not sure what the wood was going to type, but I favor keeping the geographic restrictions. Only exception might be where there is not a team in the player's state or those nearby. If geographic restrictions go away, the rich will get richer, with the sponsored teams openly buying their talent. The result will be an outcry from some here for a Major++ division above the Major+ now. Unless the non sponsor teams get knocked down to simple Majors. Should be a lively discussion then. |
| Dec. 13, 2007 DesertGuy | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: IT APPEARS THAT SOME SENIORS HAVE NO RULES. jolly52- I don't think there's anything personal by Brett or anyone else that has taken part in this. For that I am thankful. But I DO think there is confusion on what it takes to be moved. As VegasPaul said, there are automatic moves if a team wins the major year end tournament of the summit groups. And he was good enough to let us know that even that is not totally automatic if there are less than 5 or 6 teams in the group. The rest of the moves are not so clear. They are at least to some extent subjective, and I guess anything that is subjective is looked at a little bit differently. Especially by those that are affected by the decision. I am not familiar with your team, or his except by name. But I am familiar with a 60's team that had a lot of success last year in AAA but fell down a bit at the ssusa worlds. They got moved to Major and won in Las Vegas. Maybe that's the best way to accept a move that's not automatic. They went out and took care of things in their next tournament. I'd enjoy seeing Brett's team do the same thing. |
