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| Nov. 8, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: posted scores I just looked at the Winter Nationals tournament and I'm loving seeing all the pool and bracket scores and results! Thank you SSUSA and the SSUSA Winter National's Director. Well done. |
| Oct. 20, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Illegal Pitch Rule John, there's not much left for me to say other than, "I agree". Your comments were spot on. |
| Sept. 30, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Bats Discussion: Compression testing Bats must test at 140 or higher. Anything below 140 fails and can't be used in SSUSA tournaments. In Vegas if a bat failed the test an SSUSA rep grinded the SSUSA acronym off the bat to show it wasn't legal. (Except for the bat of one person whose bat failed but he grabbed his bat and ran out of the room. It was rather comical.) |
| Sept. 29, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bracket Updates John, if you go to the tournament page at the top you'll see "Draft Game Schedules & Brackets", then each age group listed. Is it possible that's where you're looking for updated results? If scroll down you'll see "Final Results Session One" and it lists each 55 division separately. Each of those show the updated brackets. Hope that helps. |
| Sept. 26, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bracket Updates I was one of the early posts requesting SSUSA post Vegas scores. (The post was deleted, but I don't believe it was bcuz of anything I wrote.) On that thread a number of people requested SSUSA simply take pictures of the brackets and post the pics. SSUSA responded to those requests and posted pics of the brackets. I get that people would like SSUSA to move to a real time update system, and I'd like that too. In the meantime, if they do what we asked, is it really fair to beat them up over some sloppy handwriting or abbreviated team names? I can clearly see all the bracket results and scores, which what we were all requesting. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't seem very fair to get what we requested and then pile on with insults. Just my two cents. |
| June 5, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 69 year of age playing on 70 teams MP, the rule still applies for 2025, a 70's team is allowed three 69 year olds. |
| June 4, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rule Consistency Hey Bruce, Thanks much for your response. I’ll follow your suggestion and shoot SSUSA an email to see if they’re receptive to requiring all tournaments under their purview to follow the same set of rules. I’ve found even if SSUSA isn’t receptive to an idea they’re good about responding and explaining their rationale. Based on your response it looks like there’s a point I didn’t communicate very well. The issue wasn’t that the 2 tournaments didn’t know the SSUSA rules, both said the items that didn’t follow SSUSA rules were rules that were specific to their tournaments. My hope is that all tournaments under SSUSA’s umbrella will follow the same set of SSUSA rules. Thanks again for your suggestions. |
| June 1, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Rule Consistency SSUSA, the written word doesn’t always come across the way it’s intended so let me start by saying I don’t mean this message in a negative way. I think SSUSA is the single best Sr. softball association and my suggestion below “might” help make it even better. My team has played 2 tournaments in 2025 and there have been a number of rules applied that aren’t consistent with SSUSA’s rule book. I recognize some tourneys are run by “independent” directors, but as players we don’t make that distinction, we view all tournaments on the SSUSA site as SSUSA sanctioned tournaments. Here are a few examples of unique rules we experienced: 1) We made it to the championship game out of the losers bracket to face the team out of the winner’s bracket. The umpire did a coin toss that we won, then the director stepped in and said the team out of the winner’s bracket is always the home team, so we became the visiting team. 2) In a pool game we were down 20-10 after 6 innings and the umpire called the game by the “10-run” rule, which doesn't exist for SSUSA. (I don’t believe we would have come back to win the game so that’s not my point here.) 3) In one of the two tournaments game time for all pool and bracket games was 62 minutes. (One of our games ended after 4½ innings and two games after 5 innings.) 4) One tourney used the flip/flop rule and one did not. 5) Last year we played an SSUSA tourney that used a 0-0 count instead of the standard 1-1 count. 6) This one isn’t a rule concern, but neither tourney posted any pool, bracket or even team names on the SSUSA tourney site. One posted the pool schedule after the tourney started and one never posted any pre or post info. Would SSUSA consider requiring all tournaments under the SSUSA umbrella to use the same set of rules? This next one is a little more challenging, but would SSUSA consider requiring all tournaments to post pool and bracket info in advance and to post tournament results after the tourney? I’d be glad to submit these suggestions through a formal process if SSUSA believes they have merit. Just let me know. Thx for your consideration. |
| Feb. 5, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Bat Testing Modification Concerendcit1, just an FYI that SSUSA has stated they don't take rule-change suggestions from the message board. They do however consider any rule change suggestions emailed to the SSUSA main email address, which is: info@SeniorSoftball.com. Good luck in your quest to see the bat warmer rule adjusted. |
| Jan. 31, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Bat Testing Modification SSUSA, I just read your email with your adjustments to the bat testing rule and I pasted a key excerpt below. I wanted to share my appreciation for your continual efforts to do the right thing for the game and the players. I think your adjustment to the rule is fair and a commendable action by SSUSA. Many large associations likely would have allowed pride to get in the way, instead you simply focused on doing what was best for everyone involved. Many thanks for always trying to be fair and just. EXCERPT from SSUSA Email "In order to help players determine whether their bats meet performance criteria, SSUSA has begun no-harm, no-foul pre-tests at major tournaments. At the recent Tournament of Champions, SSUSA conducted pre-tournament bat tests in which players voluntarily brought bats to be tested. The bats that failed were marked illegal for play and given back to the players with no penalty. The point of our bat-testing program is not to suspend players. The point is to get the hot bats out of the game." Well done SSUSA. |
| Jan. 18, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Bats Discussion: Rolled bats Thx for the quick response Dave. I was hoping the new rule would allow a player to offer ANY bat for testing prior to the tournament without fear of a player ban, especially since the definition of an "older/well-worn bat" could be subjective. I still hope SSUSA moves to that position. In the meantime I'm going to start painting my bats to make sure they look worn. :) (BTW, that was intended to be humorous and not derogatory.) Thx for always being helpful, Dave. |
| Jan. 18, 2025 TooOldToFight | Topic: Bats Discussion: Rolled bats SSUSA Dave, if I understand your proposal correctly, then I like it and agree with. I believe what you were saying is you'd like to see a process where bats could be tested voluntarily prior to the start of a tournament and if that bat fails the player can't use it, but would not be banned for life. Did I correctly interpret what you were suggesting? I've purchased my bats from friends who say they're not doctored. I'm probably as far as you can get from a power hitter, my game is to "try" to hit it where defenders aren't. So, a rolled bat doesn't aid my ability, but I can't say with 100% certainty if I have a doctored bat or not. I would gladly offer up my bat(s) for testing before a tournament and if it fails I'd be perfectly fine not using it. Banning people for an honest mistake doesn't seem right, especially if they're offering their bat for testing. I hope that makes sense and I hope SSUSA goes that route. |
| Nov. 7, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Nationals Score Updates Thx Tim! |
| Nov. 7, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Nationals Score Updates Thx Tim, appreciate the response. The fact that you're always reliable and on top of things is much appreciated. I can wait til Friday. |
| Nov. 6, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Nationals Score Updates SSUSA or Fellow Softballers, I'm looking for score/result updates for the Winter Nationals and not having any luck finding them. I've refreshed and I've checked the tournament site as well as the message board but no luck. I have several friends playing on different teams and I was hoping to find out how they're doing without bothering them. SSUSA has gotten better about updating scores so I'm hoping I'm just looking in the wrong place and someone can direct me to the right location. Thanks in advance for any assistance anyone can provide. |
| June 4, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Little canada Not looking to stir up trouble, especially since USSSA has made great progress this year with posting scores, and that progress hasn't gone unnoticed nor unappreciated. I view every tournament on SSUSA's tournament page as an SSUSA tournament, whether it's run by an independent director or not. With that being said, would SSUSA consider making it a requirement for every tournament director, independent or otherwise, to post results on the SSUSA tournament page? Thanks for your consideration of this request. |
| April 21, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Posting of Scores For several years I've seen many posts condemning SSUSA for either not posting scores at all or not posting them in a timely manner. To be honest, I think this has been SSUSA's main shortcoming. With that said, kudos to SSUSA for hearing the concern and working hard to address it this year. I've been able to see detailed pool and bracket results for every tournament I've been interested in. Thanks for listening and congrats on a job well done Team SSUSA. SSUSA is the best Senior association and filling this gap solidifies your position at the top. |
| Feb. 15, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batters Box Rule Change The average male shoe is a size 10. (I know because I polled 6 friends.) The average deer hoof is only 2 to 3". If a man is forced to have his injured back foot replaced with a deer hoof he immediately becomes disadvantaged since his margin for error of stepping out of the box is decreased 3 to 5 fold. Similarly, a blind batter could hit a perfect line drive and not realize he's stepped 3 feet out of the box until he hears the umpire scream, "Out of the box, you're out! What's the matter with you, are you blind?!" SSUSA, please update the batter's box rule to include these two unique but likely scenarios, as well as the infinite number of additional unique scenarios that might occur. Thank you. One more suggestion, consider charging people a fee based on the ridiculousness of their post. Please implement after this message because I couldn't afford the fine. Removing my tongue from my cheek, the rule seems as reasonable as anything else I've seen, so I suggest we give it a shot and if SSUSA decides it needs to be adjusted they'll do so. Just my two cents. |
| Feb. 14, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: I am 64 this year, can I play in 65+ tournament Wiffleball, you can play in the 65+ age group if you turn 65 at any point during this calendar year. For example, even if you don't turn 65 until December of 2024 you can start playing in the 65+ age group as early as January of 2024. If you turn 64 in this calendar year (2024) you are not eligible to play with the 65+ age group until the Nov. Winter National Championships in Florida or the Nov. Winter World Championships in Az. Those two tournaments are viewed by SSUSA as tournaments for the next calendar year, and since you would be 65 in 2025 you are eligible to play in these two tourneys, but none prior. Hope that helps. |
| Jan. 27, 2024 TooOldToFight | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Posting game scores I'm a huge fan of the SSUSA organization and it's leadership/directors. I feel the only noteworthy shortcoming is real-time score updates. Regarding score updates in general, things have improved where more (not all) tournaments get updated after-the-fact, which is certainly a step in the right direction. If SSUSA moves to real-time score updates they will have addressed their one shortcoming and be viewed as head and shoulders above the other senior softball organizations. |
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