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| March 12, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Bats Discussion: Pre tournament bat testing in St George You will receive an email from the SSUSA office on that when we get a little closer to the start date ... |
| March 12, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: ST George - The Fields at Little Valley GMCinCOS ... There is a minimal possibility that restricted flight softballs could be used at The Fields at Little Valley ... We will have them on site in case that chance turns into a reality ... There are a couple homeowners adjacent to the complex who take exception to softballs landing on or near their property, despite the fact that they bought their homes well after the complex was built and operating ... Generally, rather than come and talk to the Director, they just take the ball and drive down to City Hall to register a complaint, which is followed soon by a Parks and Rec. official visit! ... This causes us to not use the excellent Little Valley fields if we don't have to ... If we need them, like this year, we schedule less likely home run power hitting divisions there ... This is the first time we've scheduled Little Valley for Session #2 since 2021 ... That year, we put 55-AAA and 50/55-AA there and it caused problems ... This year, we scheduled 45 games in S2 there, with only six of them being 60-AAA on Fields #2-3 ... If the 60-AAA aren't causing "neighbor problems", we'll stay with the standard BADEN Fire balls ... If that's not working, we'll go to the restricted flight balls for the remaining four 60-AAA games on Fields #2-3 after the two on Tuesday (which are early enough that they'll be done by the time we might get a City visit!) ... Anyway, that's the plan! ... Good luck! ... |
| March 9, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Adverse wind conditions MurrayW ... He's asking about the application of SSUSA Rulebook §6.16 (WIND OR SUN AFFECTING BOTH PITCHERS) on page 37 and whether or not intentional walks are prohibited ... They are not ... |
| March 8, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TopGun Bullhead GG ... The status remains unchanged ... For the record, you may absolutely rely on the following regarding ALL schedules I write: • They are released: [1] As soon as they are complete, [2] and after clearing final review by the Parks & Rec. authorities and SSUSA internal checking protocols. • We have absolutely NO incentive to delay publication of ANY tournament schedule, regardless of apparent issues some may have to differentiate between when they WANT something as opposed to when they might actually NEED it. • We have NEVER failed to publish a tournament schedule in plenty of time for every team to make it to their first game, with days, and sometimes weeks, to spare. Right now, we're 10 days from the start of Session #1 and 13 days from Session #2. I'm pretty sure we're going to be OK on this one, too. • I write the schedules in the chronological order of their start dates. The Spring World's stepped out of the on-deck circle into the batter's box very late last night. Hopefully this is reasonably clear ... |
| March 6, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Adverse wind conditions My sense of it is YES ... An intentional walk is not preconditioned on an inability to throw strikes in windy conditions ... All the pitcher has to do is point to 1st base and say, "Put him on." |
| March 5, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Tidewater Classic SGW ... That list will be compiled and released on or shortly after the entry deadline of 03/12/2025 ... Good luck! ... |
| March 2, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TopGun Bullhead Two answers for your two questions: [1] Top Gun Winter Classic Results have been posted on the event tournament page for about 10 days now ... [2] When I finish them ... |
| Feb. 17, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: 55 Major We're going to shut this one down, mostly because it's apparently got a compass heading of 180° due South ... For the record: [1] JohnO28, you're correct, he's "that guy"; [2] Scott, I've heard that, too; and [3] Dbax, you're 101% accurate ... |
| Feb. 12, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Baden Softballs Hey John and Bill ... Yesterday, U-Trip un-sanctioned (if that's the word), the Onyx Energy M and W balls as being "non-conforming" ... Someone sent us a copy of the official DECERTIFICATION NOTICE ... I'm guessing that means they can't be used in USSSA competition, or at least they couldn't yesterday ... |
| Feb. 8, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: legal players YES, presuming he is otherwise eligible as to residency and an available roster spot on the 40's team ... |
| Feb. 5, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Bats Discussion: e-mail update on bat testing T2 ... I asked Nic to send that email to you as a favor ... We routinely send correspondence only to currently registered players ... That's not the same population as people like yourself, for example, who are only registered on this Message Board ... It also does not include lots of registered players who have "opted out" of receiving emails from us ... I don't see that recipient list theory changing anytime soon ... |
| Feb. 4, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Eligibility YES ... The rating index (R/I) numbers for 70-Major and 65-AAA are the same (R/I=4) ... You may play for the younger team, without restriction, assuming you are otherwise eligible as to residency ... Good luck! |
| Feb. 2, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Strike landing mat From page 84 of the Official SSUSA Rulebook: 34.5" (l) x 19" (w) ... |
| Jan. 31, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Team rating update 9 ball ... There will not be any performance related rating changes following the T.O.C. since it's a 2024 Season roster event ... There will be "restored" ratings to revert back to the true ratings for teams that played at a lesser rating in the T.O.C. (you play in the T.O.C. at the level your team was at when it won its bid to the event) ... |
| Jan. 30, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: New 70+ team for 2026/start playing Nov 2025 WOW ... That's a "blast from the past" for the AZ MOB ... Is Mike Mule still around? ... He hasn't been registered in about 10 years ... |
| Jan. 29, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Top Gun Winter Classic Time Zone You'll be fine without being "that guy" ... I usually stay at the Casablanca Resort in Mesquite when I work the Spring World's in St. George ... And in the 35± minute drive from the hotel to the fields, I'm in three states with varying time zones, with NV to AZ in the first three minutes ... The cell phone doesn't mess that up like I can! ... Good luck next week! ... |
| Jan. 29, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Top Gun Winter Classic Time Zone ALL game times for ALL SSUSA events are stated in the time zone of the location ... For anyone who travels anywhere by airplane, it's exactly like that ... ALL times are LOCAL to the venue ... I normally rely on my cell phone for accuracy ... That beats the heck out of changing back and forth ... |
| Jan. 28, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: New 70+ team for 2026/start playing Nov 2025 Dbax ... We had another team in the Midwest that had the words "Old Guys" in the name ... Indy F.O.G. ... |
| Jan. 27, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Added younger players Not more than five (5), all of whom must be otherwise eligible as to residency and experience rating history for that team ... |
| Jan. 27, 2025 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC Results SGW ... The results are posted, and all are available from the links on the event Tournament Page ... They went live at about 5:00 PM Left Coast (my) time Sunday evening ... |
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