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| April 20, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Southwest Scores Jim, LMAO. My comment was aimed at those that always complain and went silent rather than acknowledge that they are now doing it. But thanks for the comment...Sounds like you had a great tournament! Way to go. |
| April 14, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Southwest Scores Way to go, Dave. Wow, guys, the silence is deafening in here about posting the scores........... |
| April 6, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: How would you call this one? Come on, guys. g joe said the game is over as the winning run crosses the plate. That is 100% correct. So why do you miss neck10 and not me.....asking for a friend.... |
| April 6, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: How would you call this one? g joe is correct. |
| April 1, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: nicest softball complexes Golden Eagle in Sparks has to be in the conversation. I also understand the New Legacy parks are also great. |
| April 1, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New rules and changes I have to applaud the association’s move today to follow the major league lead and go to larger bases and a UNIVERSAL tie breaker for senior softball. The wisdom shown by the major leagues to make the game EASIER for the millionaires that seem to be unable to break a shift, run so far, or are too ‘put upon’ to play extra innings the way it was meant to be played because they might be ‘too tired’ must be the role model for Seniors, also. With that in mind, the NEW 5-foot square bases will have many advantages for seniors. 1. It will decrease the distance between bases to 65 feet (except from home to first) and will be easier to get there with less effort. 2. It will be easier for the first baseman to ‘find’ the bag on infield grounders. 3. The increase in size for the safety base also will lessen the chances of a collision. 4. Runners have a larger bag to hit as they round the bases. This is important for those facing early ‘old person mental issues’ also known as ‘Senior Moments’. 5. I understand the new bases will be equipped with a beeping sound to make it easier for the eyesight impaired to find the new and bigger base……… 6. This also will help with the ‘ghost’ tag of second on a double play. Also, the new universal tie-breaker should help Seniors get extra inning games over quickly. Starting with the bases loaded in the extra innings should provide plenty of chances to score. I heartily approve of these moves!!!! |
| March 24, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Verbal Interference Mike, you must have caught most of them, for sure......just sayin' |
| March 24, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Verbal Interference I haven't laughed so hard over a thread in a long time. Yelling 'Boot' is verbal interference? If I ever made an error on a ground ball because someone yelled 'Boot', I would be thoroughly embarrassed to admit it. If my focus was that bad, that's my problem. Heck, we were taught playing baseball to 'razz' the batter. 'hey, batter batter, you swing like a rusty gate.' We even yelled 'SWING' when the ball was pitched. Back then that was taught to us. Nowadays people get butt hurt. "awww, gee, I don't REALLY swing like a rusty gate." (tears ensue). Or, 'Gee, Mr. Umpire, I swung because the catcher yelled 'SWING'. It used to be that verbal interference was something that could be construed as the umpire making a call when he or she said nothing, like 'foul ball' or 'infield fly rule' which misleads a runner and causes him or her to stop or change what they are doing. When did that all change?????? |
| Feb. 13, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 16' inch Tournament Arizona Maybe waiting for it to warm up some. This has been the coldest AZ winter in decades according to many people. Just had about an inch of hail and 48 degrees at 1 PM. Winter Worlds, Fountain Hills on Dec 9-10 and Jan 19-20 were also VERY cold tourneys here. I came here for warmer weather. |
| Feb. 13, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC Umpiring shortage, Tim? I am sure not surprised. I have watched what these guys put up with and am surprised we have enough for large tourneys already. Just like we are not professionals, they aren't either. You can argue that they get paid, but most are guys trying to make some bucks for their families. And I have watched too many people go way beyond acceptable arguing. We need to remember it is a GAME. |
| Feb. 8, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: legal catch Diesel Dan, you have now made the first argument for slow motion cameras at every softball game to determine what a catch is and what control is. Football has gone 'stupid' over determining what a catch is for many years and wasted many hours of viewer time trying to decide whether a ball moved an inch or not. How many years until we have appeals of calls that take up to 10 minutes each and all the rules associated with that in Senior Softball. Sounds like a worst nightmare scenario. |
| Feb. 8, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 4 game guarantees in 2023? Rob, if you look at every single tournament that had the 2 game pool play, there is a section of the losers bracket that is set aside to make sure the every team gets at least 5 games. If a team plays 2 in the seeding and then goes 0-2 in the bracket games, they DO get the fifth game and are actually back in the tournament. They are written in as 'if needed' games. I've been on a couple teams that would have gone home after 4, but got the fifth game and the opportunity to go home gloriously at 0-5. It's always been there. |
| Jan. 28, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: scoring line in senior softball BJ, we (a couple umpires and directors and I) were discussing that exact play at the first tourney of the year and came up with a couple suggestions. My idea was that when that commitment line play happens and the player runs up to it and stops, the umpire then says 'rundown'. At that point the commitment line no longer is relevant for that play and you just have a normal rundown-like real softball, and the player is then tagged anywhere for the out... The other idea was to just do away with the commitment line. Nobody could remember why we put it in in the first place. Both eliminate that 'non-softball' play. |
| Jan. 24, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 4 game tournaments Norm, costs have skyrocketed for everything. Eggs are 8 bucks a dozen now, gas is high, hotel rooms have skyrocketed, dining out has gotten way more expensive, and ALL RELATED expenses have increased because of this inflation. SSUSA MUST BE FIGHTING THE SAME THING. I think it will come down to either a 4 game guarantee or higher entry fees. It's not their fault. |
| Jan. 21, 2023 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 4 Game or 5 Game Guarantee?? Wow, have we gotten just a little bit spoiled by SSUSA? I want to see a show of hands.......how many tournaments in the past, you know , all the non-senior tournaments, did you ever have a 5 game guarantee? Or a 4 game guarantee.....or even a three game guarantee. You could travel across the country and go 'oh and two and barbeque'. Anybody that actually has their eyes open are seeing the big increases in the cost of everything. Why would a softball tournament and their expenses be any different? We are in a whole different world now than we knew when we were younger. I think we need to give SSUSA some slack as they figure out how bad it is going to be with actual expenses from tournaments after they close the book on them. Personally, I would like to see the 5 game guarantee remain, but I do not like the 2 game round robin and the potential for a team to lose 2 bracket games and come back and win the tournament, as Cal Energy almost did in the 65 M+ bracket last year in World's. Kudo's to them for regrouping, but they should have been going home. So, my vote goes for 5 games with 3 pool games and let's wait for a year and hope prices stabilize before we complain too much. |
| Dec. 25, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Thank you, SSUSA That's the second time in one month you have said that, Mike. LMAO |
| Dec. 25, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Thank you, SSUSA Good morning all. I do not understand why so many people have a problem with the way SSUSA runs their business. It is a business in every sense of the word. They work tirelessly year around to provide the best tournaments they can. They work on making this game the best that they can for all of us every day and have for a lot of years. We can pretty much count on when the major tournaments are every year. They work on the rules every year to try and make the game better. Finding umpires is getting harder every year but they get the best ones they can. They have to work with the cities and fields to make sure there are enough for the large amount of games that will be played. We all appreciate the fields that are maintained well, but sometimes that doesn't happen. But I know they try. They also get room rates at local hotels for every tournament. That is no small task either. Every year they have to fight a myriad of problems. What will the weather do? What do we do if it does rain? This last year they had to contend with the destruction of a major hurricane. What about the supply chain for softballs? How do they choose the best ball to be used and then obtain them in quantities large enough for the biggest tournaments? And there are still a lot of people that will complain it isn't lively enough, or doesn't stay clean enough, or the stitches are raised too far, or it doesn't fly over the fence every time they want it to. Others will complain it is too lively and people will get hurt. SSUSA can never win. Then you have bats. They have to determine which bats are too lively or even, sadly, doctored to perform better.I will leave that one right there. On top of all that, you have the ratings of teams. How do you really rate the teams. I have heard so many people say it is 'obvious' that a team should be re-rated, but is it? I have found that there are so many things to take into consideration that it can be very tough to make that decision. We have all seen teams that 'didn't play their best games' in a tournament. Of course SSUSA wants to make sure every team plays in the highest division they can compete in so teams don't dominate year after year at the three lower levels, but many teams, sadly, don't agree. Yet SSUSA fights that battle every day of the year also. That is just some of what SSUSA does EVERY DAY to put out the best tournaments for us to play in that they can. Are they perfect? Nobody is. But I believe nobody tries harder to satisfy thousands of GRUMPY OLD softball players. I also want to thank Dave Dowell for what he has given to SSUSA and to We the Players. He monitors the message board and tries to answer our questions and he does it with amazing patience. He does the scheduling and does a heck of a job juggling fields, times, and always comes up with a viable bracket for each age group and skill level group. Many have never really looked at the bracket for a large group, like 50 or more teams. It's a lot of games and a limited amount of fields, and just so much daylight and so many hours in a day. Remember, there is 40, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, and even 85 and 90 year old brackets and 4 skill levels at each age group. That's over 30 divisions to set up for EVERY tourney. Dave does a great job, yet EVERY tournament there is someone hollering about the fact that scores are not posted in real time. They always talk about 'How easy it is'. Well, why don't YOU go up there, volunteer your time to set up a system and then find someone to volunteer to go to every tournament field to input ALL the scores. Directors bust tail to make sure the fields are ready, the umpires are ready, teams are checked in, any other problems are taken care of and that happens BEFORE one team even hits the field in the morning. To ask them to sit down after a full day and input scores to satisfy a few people......well, I think they have done enough. From me, Thank you, SSUSA, for doing what you do. I, for one, appreciate the fact you do this. Merry Christmas!!! |
| Dec. 25, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Happy Holidays Merry Christmas to all!!!! May 2023 be your best year ever!!! |
| Dec. 14, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: TORN MENICUS armiho211-Been there several times. I had 4 meniscus repairs stating in 1988. Also 1 ACL replacement. I played in a big Royal Blue CTI brace from 1998 to Dec 2013 before getting my replacement. My meniscus repairs worked until there was no meniscus left. But I was too stubborn to get the replacement. DON'T DO WHAT I DID. I tried to medicate the pain away in 2013. I was taking more and more pain killers to 'get through the year'. Tylenol, Aleve, Ibuprophen can make a potent combination and I did that. Got to worlds and was in so much pain I could hardly walk without it. The third morning I took 2 tylenol, 4 aleve and, by 10 am I had also taken 13 200 mg of ibuprophen. Someone hit me a ball in Right Center and my throw went closer to our left fielder than it did to third base. I popped to the pitcher twice. I got combative in the dugout. I was not me at all. I was taken out of the game because my teammates realized something was wrong. When my wife found out what I had taken, the look from her was something I will never forget. That was my wakeup call. All that medication was DANGEROUS AS HELL and all to play a few more games.Don't make the mistake I did. Find a good sports doctor and accept what appears to be the inevitable. I'm still playing 9 years after the replacement. The old pain is gone. Not perfect, but beats not playing. Good luck. |
| Nov. 23, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets I am an 'experience' now Mike? Really. Wait until you hear about my idea for baseball for pitchers. They will be forced to obey a speed limit of 95 miles per hour. A "Smokie' umpire will ticket them for violations. Then hitter will have a better chance. |
