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| July 13, 2015 itsbigwilley 1 posts | Please Pick Me Up If any teams needs a player, I am available Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday. I play outfield (mostly right). I have pretty good speed (especially for a 50 year old) and my bat is decent. |
| July 14, 2015 Clean Up 68 posts | Can you be at the ball field on Sunday at 1 pm here in Anchorage? |
| July 14, 2015 BruceinGa Men's 70 3233 posts | We have evaluations this evening and next Tuesday here in Woodstock, Ga. Be there at 6:00 each day. There are several tournament team coaches in attendance also. |
| July 15, 2015 Macbri19 Men's 50 8 posts | Bruce, do these evaluations happen often or are these rare occasions? |
| July 15, 2015 BruceinGa Men's 70 3233 posts | We hold evaluations before our spring and fall seasons. When I first played in the league 15 years ago I didn't think much of the draft method but I found that it makes the teams much more equal. Well, in theory it should. :) Only new players or ones that haven't played for the past year need attend. |
| July 19, 2015 Wayne 37 Men's 65 773 posts | BruceinGA, I wish we would do that in our senior league in Richardson, TX. I play on a bad team, but I'm remaining loyal to the old guy that "tries" to manage it. You can actually play for two teams with your original team as your primary team if both teams are playing at the same. I kept bringing good players out to play with us, but that was only in vain as some better team would scope them out, and get them to quit, and change teams. The league should require that you get a release from your original team, or sit out a minimum of one year if you don't like playing for the team who gave you a spot in the first place. Our "league president" currently gets the privilege of scoping out new players who want to join the league by phone or email. If they are not to his satisfaction they get sent to an average team, or if they're a really poor player they get sent to the lower rung teams. I admit I don't enjoy losing on a mostly regular basis, nor sometimes not even being competitive, but I don't understand some teams thinking the only way they can have fun is pounding on teams with much lesser skilled players. As is now you have 50/55 M & M+ players going against guys in their 70's or older Competitive balance all through the league would make it much more enjoyable for me at least. |
| July 19, 2015 BruceinGa Men's 70 3233 posts | Wayne, 15 years ago I didn't think that I would like the draft system but I have changed my mind. I thought I would like playing with my buddies but after a few years you get to know most of the players on other teams, through league or tournament teams. There still are a couple of teams that don't win much but it is because the coaches don't do their homework on new players. We have also discussed splitting us in to 49-57 and 57+ in another league. I would stay with the younger group! Have fun and talk it over, maybe things will change. |
| July 19, 2015 Dbax Men's 65 2100 posts | No one needs a big willey? |
| July 20, 2015 Bubble Gum 122 posts | "Big Willey" is the name my wife gave to my body part! |
