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Murray Williams
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| July 29, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Medical exemption From my personal experience of having 3 knee replacements (right knee partial 11 years ago and full 4 years ago, left knee 1.5 years ago) I agree with Dave's pain and mobility statement. Before my partial knee replacement, I went through 2 or 3 years of knee pain that led to back pain. I could force myself to get through a tournament, but due to the pain in both the knee and back, I couldn't workout or take batting practice. My play deteriorated going from a 50 Major Plus player to not being good enough to play on my Major Plus team and playing AAA and Major with my friends. After the surgery I had no pain and I became more mobile so I was able to workout and take batting practice. I became a much better player than I was then and able to be a productive Major Plus player after that. At 68, I am able to play on a 55, 60, and 65 Major Plus team. With that said, I think each surgery and situation is different so I am not going to assume that everyone else will have the same results as I had. But, I do not think that a replacement part should automatically qualify you to be rated at a lower level. There should be some kind of evaluation you have to go through with input from directors and other coaches that know you. Murray Williams 55 Major Plus Rock-n-Legends 60 Majopr Plus Texas Crush |
| July 6, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Equalizer 5 runs plus an extra fielder since 40 Major is two rating groups higher than 50 AAA. |
| July 5, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player ranking G Man, yes, that is exactly what I am saying. If you are a 55 Major player you don't need to play 40 AAA, you would already be considered Major Plus at 60. In my opinion, SSUSA has it right with this rule. There is at least a rating difference in the level of play between two age groups (maybe with the exception of 50 to 55). Every 5 years there is a definite falloff in ability. Someone who is 60 but is good enough to play for a 55 Major team should be Major Plus in 60 and over. |
| July 5, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player ranking I'm not really sure why this is being called a "punishment". If the player is good enough to play down at a certain level then why shouldn't he carry that rating index with him? If he is not good enough, why is he playing at that lower level where he can't compete? |
| June 13, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Southern Championships - Dalton, GA Texas Crush 65 Major Plus is going to be there if there is anyone to play. |
| May 14, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: Bats Discussion: Enough Said mnball, just curious. If you think the white one-piece bat was great, why would you buy a black one instead of another white one-piece bat? |
| March 9, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 11 defensive players 65+ Montanapnc, I think it would penalize the lesser skilled levels more than the higher skill levels. Higher skilled players should be able to keep the ball out of the middle and not hit infield grounders with runners on first. |
| March 6, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What’s the Rule Tim, I thought I did specify that the runner had a foot on the bag and is hit by the ball in fair territory. Anyways, your assumption that the 3rd baseman was behind the runner and the ball hit the batter's body in fair territory is correct. The runners on 2nd and 3rd were not forced. Donna and Tim, thanks for clarifying the rule for me, and restoring my faith in rules should make logical sense. |
| March 6, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: What’s the Rule First of all this was at an ISSA tournament so the rules may be different. Here’s the situation. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. Batter hits a line drive that hits the runner on 3rd base. The umpire rules it a fair ball and that the runner kept his foot on the base when he was hit. I don’t know the rule, but logically I think it should be a dead ball, the batter awarded first and the runners on 2nd and 3rd remain there, since there was no runner on 1st to force them to advance. The umpire said that it was a dead ball, the batter is awarded first and both runners move up a base, scoring the runner from third and the other runner moving from second to third. What is the correct ruling? |
| March 2, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Scorekeeping Question Benji4 not Benju4...I wish there was an edit function here. |
| March 2, 2022 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Scorekeeping Question Benju4, I agree totally except a sacrifice fly that scores the last run of the inning or wins the game counts as a sacrifice fly. |
| Dec. 16, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Same age, different divisions... So if a "friend" plays 65, 60, and 55 all on Major Plus teams, is his rating at the lowest age group? 65 Major Plus could theoretically play 50 AA, but since this "friend" also plays 55 Major Plus, does that mean that the lowest he can play on a 50 team is Major? Don't worry; this "friend" has no desire to play 50 AA or 50 AAA. Only 50 Major if caught in a moment of weakness! :) |
| Nov. 19, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Stepping out of the box to avoid being quick-pitched It also goes the other way. After all, this is slow pitch softball. How much time do you need to get ready for a pitch? Years ago, when I played young man's league, an opposing batter would take until he got a strike and step out for 20-30 seconds after every pitch. Since we had a time limit, he could make the difference between getting to play an extra inning. We got to the point where we just intentionally walked him every time he came up to bat. Eventually, he got the message and begged us to pitch to him and stopped with his game-wasting actions before every pitch. |
| Sept. 24, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: More on Major Plus Doak, congratulations to you and your team, you guys played well and hit when it counted. When I heal up I am still looking forward to our race! :) |
| Sept. 24, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Dave Dowell Congratulations, Dave! I missed you at BLD this week to congratulate you in person. |
| Sept. 2, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Vegas Worlds - Field Assignments FOFO, I for one have played at both Shadow Rock and Hollywood and prefer those to the short BLD fields. |
| Sept. 2, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV Worlds Thanks Dave! Will the 80’s play at BLD if I pay the entry fee and food and beverage bill?😁 See you at BLD in a couple of weeks and will buy you a cold beverage for listening to my complaints! |
| Sept. 1, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV Worlds Dave, I’m never going to miss my chance to complain about playing at BLD! 😁 I know that it is a tough job and you are never going to make everyone happy. Maybe make us play with those balls that were used in Reno that no one liked when playing on short fields. Would putting the the 5 team 80 Majors at BLD (maybe the two 80 Major Plus teams too) and moving the 6 team 65/70 Major Plus games to Arroyo Grande work? Seriously, the only thing I would have done differently, if BLD was the only option, is to put the Major Plus on the biggest fields. I think that Dodger stadium is the closest to regulation, so for Wednesday, I would swap the 70 AAA playing at Dodger with the 65/70 Major Plus on Crosley. See you there, Dave. |
| Sept. 1, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV Worlds Rock softballs/Small BLD fields/Major Plus teams on those fields...bad combination. |
| Sept. 1, 2021 MurrayW | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Can a player run for another one twice in one inning? Oh, and stick8, thanks for making BJ the CR/Sub runner rather than me! That scenario would never apply to me. After they put me into the game as a CR for the first player, my coach would have never seen me again to put me in as a sub for 2nd player! Plus, I am not sure that I would want to play for a coach that is so stupid to put me in to run once in an inning, let alone twice! |
