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| 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. |
| Nov. 23, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets garyc-The best reason for going to the extra man at 65 is for combined brackets where 70's play 65's. Having played both now, there is a very huge difference in the 65 game and the 70 game. I played third base against 65 M+ hitters and there was a couple balls went by in worlds that convinced me to age up to 70 this year. There was less impact on the game at 65 from the extra player, but it did make a difference. There really is a much bigger impact on 70 plus teams. One reason is very few home runs at 70 so more balls are playable. As a hitter, I would rather not hit against it, but I see the logic. I am sure this will be debated a lot more in coming years. And, on another note in this thread, I disagree strongly (again) with MLB and their rule changes. I grew up with baseball being a huge part of my life. Watching the rare games on tv, keeping stats, copying batting stances, playing all day every day until the streetlights came on, it was a huge part of my life. A couple years ago they went to looking like Senior Softball with the international tiebreaker in extra innings and 7 inning double headers. The poor under paid and overworked players that make unfathomable amounts of money (unfathomable for us poor players) must have been too tired to play the full games. Now they ban the shift, because those same underpaid and overworked players are too egotistical to learn, or even to try to learn to break the shift. It's all about the almighty home run and that, more than anything has a negative effect on scoring. Yes, you can argue the pitchers are stronger and have nasty stuff, too, but swinging for the fences all the time results in guys with 40 home runs, hitting .185 and striking out 200 times in a year. Many will remember Dave Kingman did that, but many now are much worse. Kingman at least hit .236 lifetime and had a career best .288 one year. The fans want more scoring and excitement yet they worship at the altar of the 500 foot solo blast. You can't have it both ways. However, as a conclusion to this rant, I am waiting for the bases to be shortened to 80 feet and fences to be mandated at 300 feet in an effort to prop up scoring. This will also mean the poor babies don't have to run so far offensively or defensively. Sadly, it's all about me, me, me anymore in MLB. I think I will go put on a replay of 'Revenge of the Nerds' instead of watching baseball. |
| Nov. 21, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets We just got done with 70M and there were a tremendous number of double plays.That really keeps the scores down. |
| Nov. 18, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Winter Worlds 2022 In almost perfect weather, and what is considered cold (upper 60's and breezy) for Phoenix in November, Winter Worlds came out great. Especially, I have to compliment our directors, including Tim McElroy for making a 'big call' that sometimes is not made. The championship game for 70 Major was on a 'sun field' with the sun moving over to right behind the pitcher during the game. With the low positioning of the sun this time of year, it is almost impossible to play totally around the sun. When it went to an IF game, they made the call to move to another field. THANK YOU. |
| Oct. 20, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 11 Players For 65 Brackets Interesting topic. I lost a few hits to the extra infielder at 65's this year. I knew he was there and hit it to him. My bad. But nobody has mentioned the option of playing 5 deep in the outfield if you have a good infield and a good defensive pitcher. I saw it a couple times, and the power alleys disappear. It might prove to be a better move than 5 infielders for some teams. Having said that, I do think the reasoning behind going to the extra fielder is sound. |
| Oct. 8, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: CHANGE IN POLICY FOR PLAYERS COMPETING IN TWO AGE GROUPS I think this is an excellent move. We have several players in our area playing 65AAA that would love to also play 60AAA but haven't been able to up until now because of fear of being rated major. |
| Oct. 4, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: KC KIDS Looking for Two Players Schibs-congratulations on your showing at worlds with a team that just got moved up to 65 M+. No fear....won your first 2 bracket games and lost on a walkoff in the finals of the winners bracket. Great showing!!!! Anyone lucky enough to play for this team will have a great experience! |
| Sept. 16, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Baden Fire Wow, Friday morning and no ball reviews? Maybe it's my computer.....How's it going with them, Dave? |
| Sept. 14, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Miken One of the best bats I ever had was a Miken Ultra 1.20 back in 2012 that I bought used. It was already old, but it lasted almost all year. Great bat and hot. |
| Sept. 14, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Worlds 70 Major Bracket Logic? I also would like to clarify one other point. I think most will agree that as we age our skills are diminishing and the older we get the faster they have been going away. I am one of those Scorpions aging up from 65 to 70 next year. I could have played 70 this year. The difference in me from 65 to 70 is big. I am much slower, now hit for occasional power and not consistent power, and I get tired much more easily despite pretty hard training. My arm is not nearly as strong. I compete at 65 M+ but those 65 year olds sure look strong and fast.....For a team to compete with the 65 M+ teams for 2 years while being 70+ is remarkable in many ways. |
| Sept. 14, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Worlds 70 Major Bracket Logic? breeze, you are welcome to your opinion. I am sorry you chose to air a situation that should have stayed within the team and not on the message board. My point was only that I would welcome the chance to challenge the best out there again. And I question those that run and hide from them, because THAT creates the situation where Timberworks has nobody to play at their age group. And whether they can compete down an age bracket or not does not change the fact that this is the world tournament and they deserve to play their age group. They are the 70 M+ champions until somebody beats them. I guess as we get older, the desire to beat the best wanes for some. |
| Sept. 13, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Worlds 70 Major Bracket Logic? Having been tremendously fortunate to have played with Timberworks for 2 years, I have a couple observations. When I played with them in 2017-2018, it was, by far, the most well rounded and complete team I had ever played on. We were M++ and gave 5 runs to the other M+ teams in 2018, but not every team actually took those runs. Anybody who thinks this is just a matter of this team hitting the field and having the games won is totally incorrect. We won those games because we attacked from the beginning with hitters that always came through to start the games, and we didn’t let teams get back in the game with a very good defense. Everybody here knows of some of the great M+ teams that won every tournament up to worlds and then disappeared early in Vegas. This NEVER happened to Timberworks. This is a tribute to a team that finishes every year and has for 8 years. The criticism here levelled at them for opting to play their own age group is incredibly unfair. The criticism should go to the other 70 M+ teams that will not even go to play them. It’s not Timberworks fault. People also forget this is the SECOND year that a 70 M+ team was competing in 65 M+, which make them 2 years into the next age group, and those of us that have reached that age realize there is an increasing separation of talent for every 5 years after 60. My hat is off to the Timberworks organization. As an aside, next year Mike Adair has put together a real good Scorpions 70 M team that I am happy to be included on. We will be 70 M, but personally I hope we get a chance to play Timberworks. They are a great group of guys, my friends, and the best out there. Have too many of us lost the drive to PLAY AND BEAT the best? Maybe that is the problem……. |
| Aug. 13, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 90's National Championship Game (anyone who knows a player 88 and over) If they cannot quite make a full two team 90's game, will one team be able to play against the 85 year old KIDS? Seriously, this is awesome. |
| July 4, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Combined division at Jim Sherman Dave, you ought to let them have a crack at setting up Worlds. Setting up just one would stifle a lot of criticism. |
| July 1, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Coming to Tacoma WA area this weekend for 3 months Hi Gary-Best of luck in Tacoma! James, I remember you also. Be careful of Gary.....he's a pitcher......LOL |
| April 16, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: SLI hitting Academy After retiring for 5 months, I forgot how to hold the bat, so Steve was able to help me with that. I guess I will never really retire.....love it too much. |
| April 14, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: SLI hitting Academy I have known Steve Imlay for over 10 years and consider him a good friend. Yesterday, for the second time, I attended a school with 6 other Seniors on hitting. I am always amazed at what he knows about hitting. I watched 6 guys improve their exit speed considerably. He picked out a problem with my swing also and helped me. Watching the guys see the improvement was fun. Players, I actually got a blister through a batting glove because we swung so many times. This is about a 6 hour clinic and is the real deal. This school is definitely worth it to anyone that wants to improve. Mark Weber Scorpions 65 Major Plus |
| April 11, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Umpire's call The fact that the throw was an excellent throw for a 65 year old outfielder-low, hard, and about 2 feet off the ground right over the base was what made that play happen. The runner never thought it would be close. |
| April 9, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Umpire's call It is not often I have seen posts giving kudos on calls by umpires. I want to change that for a minute. We were playing in Fountain Hills last weekend in the 60M bracket. One umpire. I play third base. A throw came in from the outfield. It was perfect, right on the base and about a foot off the ground. The runner was coming in and did not slide. I reached out between his legs as he got near the base and caught the throw. I knew immediately that I hadn't actually tagged him. Then I heard the umpire, at close range, say 'SAFE, there was no tag.' He had come full tilt down from the plate and was in perfect position to call the play after a 6 -8 foot slide to the correct position. Great hustle and correct call! |
| April 1, 2022 Webbie25 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Softballs Because of the new standard in softballs since supply is hitting us so hard and the best ones are tough to find, I have begun my own company to produce comparable softballs to the balls we have been provided with lately in our league, at least, at a reasonable price. The new ‘My Pillow Softballs’ -with apologies to Mike Lindell, will have a COR rating of 22/187 and are guaranteed to leave the bat when hit. No more need for 300-foot fences. We can play on any nice field with fences over 200 feet. No more bad hops on the infield. No more masks for infielders, pitchers and catchers. Like the DH, it will keep players playing for longer because they will run much less, including from the bench to a defensive position and back every inning. We can go back to 60-foot bases. The new softballs will retail at $155.99 per dozen now and go up 10% every month to allow for inflation. They are a must have! (PS I am very close to getting them approved at the Field of Dreams in Las Vegas. We might just have to change the name to Field of SCREAMS. |
