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| Oct. 13, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Just information Dirty, The below listed references are there for your reading pleasure. I believe that they could link you to other sites American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Through the public information link on the AAOS home page (www.aaos.org), you can access fact sheets on injury prevention for many popular sports, including baseball. AAOS's phone number is 1-800-346-2267. American Academy of Pediatrics Review AAP's policy statement, Risk of Injuries from Baseball and Softball in Children 5 to 14 Years of Age - (http://www.aap.org/default.htm). AAP's phone number is 847-228-5097. American Red Cross If you coach a youth sports team, get advice from the American Red Cross on conditioning young athletes. ARC's phone number is 703-248-4222. Brain Injury Association BIA's fact sheet about sports and concussion safety (http://www.biausa.org/Prevfacts.htm) provides data on brain injuries for several sports, including baseball. Call BIA at 1-800-444-6443. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC's phone number is 1-800-638-2772. Little League Baseball, Inc. Link to the Little League home page (www.littleleague.org) to access facts on health and safety. National SAFE KIDS Campaign Visit the SAFE KIDS home page (www.safekids.org) to access fact sheets on sports and recreation injuries, or call 202-662-0600. References The data and safety tips in this fact sheet were obtained from the following sources: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Baseball. Available at http://www.aaos.org/wordhtml/pat_educ/baseball.htm. Accessed July 8, 1999. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Seminar (Sullivan J, Grana W, editors). The Pediatric Athlete. Park Ridge, IL: The Academy, 1990:141,149-151,259. American Academy of Pediatrics. Risk of injury from baseball and softball in children 5 to 14 years of age. Pediatrics 1994;93(4):690-692. American Academy of Pediatrics. Sports Medicine: Health care for young athletes. Elk Grove Village, IL: The Academy, 1991:148-150. American Red Cross. Red Cross gears up to help prevent sports injuries this spring: coaches advised on proper conditioning of young athletes. News release, May 7, 1998. Caine D, Caine C, Lindner K, editors. Epidemiology of Sports Injuries. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1996:63-85. CDC. Sliding-associated injuries in college and professional baseball - 1990-1991. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1993;42(12):223,229-230. Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine. Softball injuries: Phase I of a study on the costs, causes and prevention of recreational softball injuries. Available at http://users.aol.com/wwwipsm/pubs/softball_I.html. Accessed July 7, 1999. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Baseball safety. CPSC publication #329. Washington, DC: The Commission. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Reducing youth baseball injuries with protective equipment. Consumer Product Safety Review 1996;1(1):1-4. Len Rizzuto Environmental / Safety Specialist |
| Oct. 11, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SPA Winter Nationals 41 teams were in attendance with the 50/55 playing at the new park on 9 mile roda (John R. Jones Sportsplex. A new Baden ball was used and enjoyed by all. The new Axe handle bat was made available for players to swing and buy. Field crews did a great job in getting field ready for each game. Heard nor observed any issues with umps...Did heard some grumbling about teams playing down, however, it was very minor. Go to exchangepark.net and you will find the brackets. |
| Oct. 7, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Baden balls and AX_HANDLE bat Jimmy, According to the Baden rep, "The ball is a NEW 44/375". We were asked to test the ball at the Winternational and provide feedback. Hopefully they are what they are, 44/375 and not a restamp. |
| Oct. 6, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Baden balls and AX_HANDLE bat Larry, You could use a broomstick and hit them out...LOL |
| Oct. 6, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Baden balls and AX_HANDLE bat Jimmy / Lefty. A few local guys are proud owners of the AXE...They hit with it today and all the batters had very good things to say. I have heard from another source that it will that about 200 - 300 hits before it is broken in. Lefty you are correct about this ball. We hit that ball before the tourny and decided to use it without making a big fuss about a new ball. I am now selling my usssa balls from Dalton to the local teams so I can get more Badens for next years tournaments. BTW, I made that shoe string catch...LOL, How much did you pay the ump...LMAO. |
| Oct. 5, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Playing Down Taits, You are correct about TRYING to level the playing field. However, there should be written guidelines vice my "gut" feeling which is the way it goes now. It could be stated that if you play down an age group you will also play down a rating...Very simple. |
| Oct. 5, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Playing Down To the greatest minds in senior softball. I am looking for rules or regs pertaining to age group(s) playing down. Example: 65 major team has to play down to the 60 level. Question(s), 1. Does the 65 team stay in the same rating level, i.e., major? 2. Are there instructions stating the procedure? IMHO I would think that playing down would also include moving down a rating. This situation came up this past weekend and I could not find a clear rule. I read the associations rules, however, they more or less were written for platium /gold /silver breakdown. |
| Oct. 1, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: new ball talk Balls, Balls, Balls. As a tourney official I can state that if we are using poor performing balls, YOU will be bitchin up a storm. I was involved with a national a year or so ago and used a poor performing association approved ball and before the first pool games were finished by the 70 / 65 / 60 age groups the bitchin was loud and plenty. I could not wait for the 50/55's to arrive, lol. Man can those guys get mean. Gentlemen, I am fully aware of no advantage when teams are using the same equipment. However, team demand good performing balls. If they are not provided they will spend their hard earned money somewhere else... This I have experienced and YOU the players demand good equipment. |
| Sept. 4, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Safety in Softball (A little humor) Larry, since 7 05 8 of us are in the 65 bracket and Bill is now in the that rare air we will play the Winternational as a 65 year old team. Don't know what the team name will be but I vote for the "Rockin Oldies". |
| Sept. 3, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Balls again? Joe, The balls used at Dalton were great balls. I was fortunate to procure all the leftovers for the Winternational at Pensacola. Additionally, I will be conducting a ball survey and keeping track of balls used. I am leaning towards giving each team a dozen and then they can buy additional if necessary. The ball issue is really a easy fix. Thanks for your passion. |
| Sept. 3, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Safety in Softball (A little humor) Bruce, As a special goverment employee (SGE) for OSHA conducting audits I would not want them around the playing field or inspecting equipment...Hell, we would never get to play. LOL. See in P'cola |
| Sept. 2, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Safety in Softball (A little humor) First. You should eliminate the hazard entirely. Bat from a tee, lol Second. You need to add some type of a safeguarding technology. Shields, barriers, or isolate and keep the pitcher out of harms way. Like in the dugout...or procure a plasma shield from the Enterprise. LOL Third. You need to use warning signs or labels. Maybe place a few around the mound, "Do not hit the pitcher". The signs will work just like stop sign on streets. Fourth. Train and instruct the pitcher on how to effectively deal with hazards that exist. Use the glove,( I was always wondering why I had one, back up, use the back of the box to pitch from, breakdown in a defense posture, etc. Finally, as someone said a while back, “Armor Up”, or to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as necessary or needed, such as face mask, shin guards, mouth piece, etc. Hockey equipment is not bad. One finally idea...move the bases to 70 feet and mound to 60 feet with 10 foot box. I know I have to much time on my hand. I should be hitting off the tee to sharpen my marksmenship skills...LOL |
| Aug. 12, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA Southern Championship JohnBob, The team, Morris Farm will not be attending. Team management and SSUSA had some difficulty with communications. Don't know the story yet. Good luck in Lansing...Our next tournament; SPA Winter National in Pensacola. |
| Aug. 11, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Bats Discussion: Should Umpires Be More Aggresive to inventory Bats before the game Bruce, he was not ejected. I was umping a game a short while ago when a batter asked me to look over his bat to verify if the bat was cracked or it was just the paint chipping or crazing...One quick look and bat was removed from the game. Experienced players know when a bat is unnacceptable, however, there are a FEW, VERY FEW in senior ball who will try for every edge, legal or otherwise. |
| Aug. 11, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Bats Discussion: Should Umpires Be More Aggresive to inventory Bats before the game Bruce is correct, additionally, one must remember that there is a protest fee that goes along with a bat challenge. Determining if a bat has been altered using the Mark I, Mod 0, eyeball is extremely difficult. |
| Aug. 9, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Bats Discussion: Should Umpires Be More Aggresive to inventory Bats before the game 1. Senior game allows bats with BPF 1.2 standard. 2. A good catcher will look over the bats that are dropped after the batter hits the ball and departs for 1st base. If he believe that a bat is altered he will bring it to the attention of the officials. 3. Players also have a responsibility to inform officials of issues. 4. During routine league games it is a chore to inspect 60-80 bats especially when time is tight. Bats at national tournaments are done at check in and labeled/marked. |
| Aug. 7, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: PPR Clarification. As a Safety Professional this rule does nothing for the safety of the pitcher and that is a fact...Now for Gallatin. The umpires (for our games) would not call a DBO if the pitcher was attempting to make a play. We played in the same tournament as those above, however, each set of umpires had different ideas about the rule. Senior players don't you just love it when an organization can not / will not adjust a very crappy rule. |
| Aug. 5, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA Southern Championship JohnBob... 1st. game a couple 2nd. 13...We score those runs in the top of the 7th. A very close game until the 7th. Miss Birmingham, come to Pensacola in early October. |
| Aug. 4, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA Southern Championship JohnBob, Sure would like to see you guys and Turf Pro again...Very even teams. I believe the fans and players enjoyed the competition. BTW, hope all is well in that rain event. |
| Aug. 3, 2009 Airbosn | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: ISA, Gallatin, Got to Gallatin Thursday, then the rains came, did not think we would play until Saturday, however, field crews got the fields ready...Played all our games on field 7 and 8 which were in playing condition. Triple Creek will be a fine facility when construction is completed. BTW a hi-five to Oklahoma Turf Pro. They gave us and the fans some excellent softball. Morris Farm Player #33 |
