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| March 29, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Southwest Championsips Yes, really ... A couple of respectful observations ... • Tournament schedules get drafted in the chronological order of their start date and the Tidewater Classic in Virginia Beach was completed on Thursday evening following TWO re-writes that were outside of our causation or control. • I drafted the Session I component of the Southwest Championships overnight and it will publish after final review on Monday. It won't be sooner because we gave the staff the Easter weekend off. • If you're interested, Maverick Construction will play at 8:00 and 11:00 AM on Tuesday, 04/09/24 on Field #7 @ Arroyo Grande Sports Complex ... • The "housing-issue" excuse is generally a false one. Most players stay year-after-year at the same hotel/casino that issued their "frequent loser" cards. In fact, TENTATIVE has about a .985 batting average over the years and very rarely makes an out ... • There IS a difference between the time when you may WANT something as opposed to when you might actually NEED it ... You're too early to fit the "NEED" category at this time ... |
| March 28, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Southwest Championsips In the next few days for your Session #1 age group ... We're still 12 days out from starting ... Your tentative field assignments have been posted, so there's really not anything that should be of much concern at this point ... Good luck! |
| March 25, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Doesn't it just take a couple of clicks and a little typing? Thanks, Bob21 ... I agree with you completely on The Canyons ... I haven't been everywhere, but it would be a difficult task for me to name five dirt/grass facilities anywhere else that are better ... Every view from every field looks like a Champer of Commerce post card ... |
| March 25, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Doesn't it just take a couple of clicks and a little typing? Wondering ... All of those individual age divisions were updated daily within 10 minutes of the last game of the day going final ... They were combined at the end of the event to result in the 31-page global report ... "Refresh" your download as Mango suggested and you can see any individual group without having to wade thru the entire tournament ... The upside of that approach is not having the "Ready, Fire, Aim ...... Oooopppps" moment happen ... |
| March 25, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Doesn't it just take a couple of clicks and a little typing? It is only a couple of clicks for you to go to the Tournament page for the event and ALL of the scores for EVERY game will be at your fingertips. |
| March 24, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bracket Updates Softball4b ... That "Abuse of the Equine Corpse" line was originally coined by a great old-school Sr. Softball Hall of Fame Legend nicknamed "The Wood" ... You'll know who he is when I tell you he ran the Major+ GSF (Golden State Fasteners) franchise for years ... He is a very funny man! ... I saw him a year or so ago at a Hall of Fame induction and we were laughing about that line ... The first time he used it here, in exactly this context, very few people figured out it's just a fancy way to say "Beating a Dead Horse" ... Maybe he'll chime in this time around! ... |
| March 23, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batting Box rule change Left handed player called out correctly, entirely within the box Montanapnc ... As the Tournament Director at the event you mentioned, I can state with certainty that our umpires did an excellent job describing and enforcing the new rule ... I covered it with them EVERY morning at the umpires' meeting before play commenced ... The purpose of the rule change was three-fold, and we can describe it in about 75 words: ... It was [1] to conform the SSUSA rule to what is common in many/most other adult slow-pitch associations, [2] to simply define a very understandable concept of keeping the back foot down as an anchor against pitcher encroachment, and use the front edge of the plate, a common element in ALL ballfields, as the forward limit ... Batters' boxes ARE different from facility to facility, but the front edge of the plate is in the same place everywhere ... Good luck as you adapt to change ... |
| March 23, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Bracket Updates And The Abuse of the Equine Corpse continues ... Despite every score for every game of the current Spring World's being online on a "same day basis" ... |
| March 22, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Music City results @Scott Harder: No criticism noted ... @JohnO28: I'm pretty confident that Tim's Rock v. Baden comparison was in the context of only the "knuckleball effect" on sharply hit line drive type plays ... The Rocks we used in Las Vegas are otherwise a completely different animal than any other ball we've ever used ... A more accurate comparison may be the Baden v. BSN Microcell™ technology balls ... They are somewhat performance similar ... And I concur on the Baden "dirty balls" (pardon the word choice!) issue ... |
| March 19, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Player can play defense but cannot bat. FF ... Be careful when you choose to speak in absolutes ... We do NOT prohibit ALL defenders who do not bat ... The A.D.A. - DEFO exception mentioned is accurate, so there can be a circumstance of a non-batting defender ... However, generally that is not the case: A player not covered by A.D.A. can otherwise be "in the game" only by being in the batting order ... So, someone paying defense must be in the batting order and bat OR have a pre-approved DEFO exception. |
| March 17, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Double play or force out? Damn ... Tough crowd in Florida! ... Ha! |
| March 16, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Double play or force out? ...especially since there've already been three pretty good explanations so far! |
| March 11, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Pitching screens NO ... Not for SSUSA sanctioned tournament play ... Some of our sanctioned leagues do have local rules that allow for the use of pitching screens ... |
| March 11, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Website comments Discussion: General Message Board format idea Rhonda ... Welcome to the Senior Softball Message Board ... As the Moderator here, may I suggest that "consolidation" could be your friend? ... You made your first 11 posts in about a half an hour ... Maybe you could consider listing the events where you would like to attract interest in a single efficient post, rather than forcing everyone halfway down the page? ... Thanks, and good luck this Season! |
| March 3, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Add / Rule Book Yes, you may ... Four KEY words ► ONE TIME PER SEASON ... Good luck! |
| March 3, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Add / Rule Book H² ... The information I believe you are looking for was discussed here in a message thread originated by HSquared on 01/07/2022 ... It was an eight-post back-and-forth thread between you and me ... This is an SSUSA eligibility department roster composition/approval policy and not a formal Rulebook provision ... Here's the direct link for you to cut/paste to review it ... https://seniorsoftball.com/?messageboard&viewby_thread=170358 |
| Feb. 23, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: aloha bowl "Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true!" ... Aesop’s Fables, (circa 260 BC) __________ The Aloha Bowl '24 Master Plan is currently in the final phase of development, and is structured for a five-games minimum format (not a "guarantee") for all teams, subject, of course, to favorable weather ... You should be prepared for VERY full, and VERY long, days of play in the Friday thru Sunday Session #2 ... Good luck everyone! ... |
| Feb. 22, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Double play or force out? DOUBLE PLAY ... The runner who was on 3rd base at the time of the pitch is required to vacate the base to clear for the runner from 2nd base advancing ... The 3rd base is NOT a safe haven when the runner is "forced" to advance ... By tagging that lead runner, the force play at 3rd base is preserved ... Stepping on the bag after the tag completes the double play ... It was a very heads-up defensive play by the third baseman ... |
| Feb. 21, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: aloha bowl ...sometime in the next couple/few days ... Session #1 (65+) will publish first ... |
| Feb. 15, 2024 DaveDowell | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batters Box Rule Change Scott ... I wasn't trying to single anyone out ... To the contrary, I intended to be all-inclusive ... I suspect you likely fit somewhere in the height range of 3'-7" to 6'-8", which is the upper and lower limit of ALL non-pitcher Major League Baseball players in history ... I picked that group because they have one thing in common: The ability to STAY IN THE BATTER'S BOX for nearly a century and a half of play ... If you think there should be further refinement, please write it up for submission, or attend in person, the 2024 National Rules Committee sessions at the annual convention in late November ... |
