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» #6: I may have just missed it , but I have been checking the SPA website ...
      »armiho211: # 6- i also have been checking since monday, i dont know where ...
      »#6: armiho211, It's not Layla's fault. She does a good job ! We play at ...
2 March 18, 2010 2664

rating

» #6: Need some help from my softball family out there. Here's the ...
      »taits: No real continuity\consistancy between the different assns. Some ...
      »lemons: #6, The Indy 60's were rated AA all year by both associations, even ...
      »#6: Mek, Thanks and good luck to your team as well !
      »#6: Sorry.I meant Mel !
4 March 11, 2010 2913

King and His Court

» King and His Court: King and His Court started from a very humble beginning over 65 years ...
      »Ho: Been there, had the distinction in 1965 of having Eddie strike me out ...
      »lemons: Is J.R. still throwing, or have you added a completely new group? I ...
      »green rocket: I remember a benefit celebrity softball game for UNICEF that he did ...
3 March 11, 2010 3430

Herb Oliver?

» BruceinGa: Does anyone know about the new endevors of Herb Oliver?
      »gary437: Bruce, He called me last week and was telling me,he was going to ...
      »BruceinGa: Thanks Gary437, I heard that two weeks ago he was at the Marietta ...
      »jah#4: Keith let us know on the board if Herb lets you know when and where. ...
      »gary437: Bruce, I think it is Heartland Association!
      »gary437: Don, I will keep you inform as I hear it! Good luck to all! Keith ...
      »BruceinGa: Thanks for the correction Keith
      »butch17: Herb also called me last week and said he was forming new assoc. and ...
      »Lecak: Who is Herb Oliver? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
      »Airbosn: Former owner / director of SPA. Now attempting to start a new / ...
      »JohnBob: After seeing this post I gave Herb a call and ask for his approval t ...
      »BruceinGa: Any news?
      »Airbosn: Bruce, Herb sent me a package. The package includes rules, ...
      »butch17: Bruce, Herb sent package to me also. If you want e-mail me at ...
      »DoubleL10: Airbosn, Have you heard anything further about the Heartland ...
      »JohnBob: 1010 in my post above I put herb's pnone # call him he will be glad ...
15 March 10, 2010 7052

new player

» slyone25: Just wanted everyone to know i turn 50 this june, played in a ...
      »wagon487: did you want a cookie?
      »salio2k: You came to the right place. All of us here hit 800 and get selected ...
      »Paco13: OK, now we know...and who are you? We are old but we are not ...
      »lazer larry: Guy's he won't be much good. He has to heal from a broken arm he got ...
      »Jawood: Laughed outloud to wagon487's comment!
      »E4/E6: You guys are Brutal, funny, but Brutal. =) Welcome to Senior Ball ...
6 Feb. 13, 2010 3769

We'll see who wants good balls.

» BruceinGa: I just replied to a survey from another senior association. A couple ...
      »taits: Bruce, It was a very good survey. Roughly 17 questions. Covered most ...
      »#6: BruceinGa and taits, Hope you both are doing well and good luck in ...
      »taits: #6, I'd say that was the 44\375 ball not the 52 -275. Do you mean we ...
      »JohnBob: I agree it is a very good survey,one question was about going to a ...
      »taits: Some were really basic: how long have you been playing, age & last ...
      »wagon487: i thought it was a good ideal! some good questions, job well done ...
      »Lefty: checked my e-mail and I think it's a good survey with good questions. ...
      »einstein: Hey Bruce. Right on and I would add voting to polling which sounds a ...
      »BruceinGa: Taits, #6 wants us to have a so-so year in 2010. lol JohnBob, Major ...
      »taits: JohnBob, Move to Central CA and M+ players can play AA in ncssa. No ...
      »einstein: Hey Bruce, Take the poll conducted by SSUSA and the managers of the ...
      »einstein: This is a terrific thread and representative of us. Way to go guys ...
      »PlanoPlayer: Filled out my SPA survey. Not a bad survey. The general comments or ...
      »PlanoPlayer: I forgot to let you know that in my general comments I suggested that ...
      »wagon487: planoplayer, i could have saved you some characters, SPA does have ...
      »wagon487: All the SPA's I've played in were 3 days. Dalton, three days, they ...
      »PlanoPlayer: Don't have 1 up in AAA and for me, high pitches were a problem at ...
      »PlanoPlayer: AAA is four day starting play on Thursday and ending on Sunday.
      »wagon487: If you want 1 up (which you say the don't have in AAA) play major. If ...
      »PlanoPlayer: I am not here to argue with you. My comments remain the same.
      »wagon487: I'm not arguing with you. I thought I gave you a fix to your ...
      »PlanoPlayer: Wagon 487: You are promulgating the idea that 1 UP is not needed in ...
      »PlanoPlayer: Wagon 487: You are promulgating the idea that 1 UP is not needed in ...
      »wagon487: SSUSA does not have one up, five HR's in Major and then it's on out. ...
      »wagon487: Bruce, you can now have hyour thread back.......sorry about that:)
      »PlanoPlayer: Actually I had a similar post on this board a few months ago ...
      »BruceinGa: Thanks guys. What does promulgating mean???
      »Airbosn: As a tournament committee treasurer I can tell you this, 1. If we ...
      »LP: the 1 up rule , and i mean used fron the start of the game not after ...
      »mad dog: AA,AAA should have a set hr rule,there should not be a 1-up for those ...
      »DCPete: Sand-bagging at AA & AAA does happen, but there should be some way of ...
      »#6: We beat a very good team from Vancouver at the Vegas Winter Worlds ...
      »mad dog: DCPete,what div.walking the guy to me is not a sportsman type ...
      »Dirty: sad puppy, games are not all about sportsmanship. They are about ...
      »mad dog: as usual another dumb and dumber post,dipty when you gonna learn.
      »Dirty: Why would you whine about sportsmanship, especially in the example he ...
      »E4/E6: Theres a lot of merit to everything being said here. No one right or ...
37 Jan. 3, 2010 4177

SSWS World tournament

» bert55: Does anyone have info on status of SSWS(NASCS)? Website has not been ...
      »CRUSADERVB: I HAVE EMAILED GREGG MAAS TWICE WITH NO REPLY'S
      »butch17: CRUSADERVB, Hope you had great holiday. If you get chance e-mail me ...
      »DoubleL10: Ron, I did not find out from Greg until early this year about the ...
      »CRUSADERVB: BUTCH...WILL DO HEY LARRY...SIMPLE SOLUTION, WE WON'T PLAY SSUSA, WE ...
      »curty: how 'bout seeking a waiver of sorts, concerning rosters that could be ...
      »BruceinGa: Curty, that would make sense. Allow existing teams to continue to ...
6 Dec. 31, 2009 4577

Harrisonburg Va.

» hoovedog: Does Harrisonburg Va. Have Senior softball? And what were WERE the ...
      »DoubleL10: Craig, Larry Lopez here. Are you moving to Harrisonburg? I think ...
      »hoovedog: Thanks Larry, My Parents are getting up in age in Broadway,, so I ...
      »DoubleL10: Craig, Harrisonburg itself does not show as having 55 senior teams. ...
      »hoovedog: Thanks Again Larry!! Have a Prosperous New Year! I will never forget ...
4 Dec. 31, 2009 3037

Best summer league

» barrym: If you live in northern cal. The best league is the tuesday night ...
0 Dec. 16, 2009 2076

louisiana softball

» neck10: why arn't there any 50 or 55 teams in louisiana????????
      »monty25: there are two teams 1)la legends(aaa) 2) randy smith(major) you can ...
      »#6: Not sure but I thought the la legends we 60 aaa........
      »bulldog88: At the SPA Winternationals in Pensacola the first of October, there ...
      »misty23: You are absolutely right dog88. They played in the 50+ at the new ...
      »oneofeleven18: Dog88- were you in Pensacola? I think I met you several years ago ...
      »Viki: FELLAS- CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH COACH FROM RANDY ...
      »J.D.: Senior Softball is coming back to Louisiana. After Katrina all ...
7 Dec. 14, 2009 5279

saftey

» barrym: I would like to see the senior softball director at the las vegas ...
0 Nov. 23, 2009 2175

LVSSA strikes again

» michigan native: Over the Edge, BRL, Ancell, had a great making for a good start to a ...
      »taits: Lacak, You know that's worse than the HR issue, What's your take on ...
      »pushin60: Michigan native, believe me, LVSSA knew these teams were rated major ...
      »JohnBob: This happens every year at LVSSA ! Happen to us in same 55aaa 4 years ...
      »L A 29: WE were in that division also and believe me we won't be going back.I ...
      »GCH: In 2008 we went to the fall championship for LVSSA and and ...
      »butch17: Don't let Lecack see this thread.(lol)
      »mad dog: butch yeah that lecak guy is a clown,how else good he have hit those ...
      »mad dog: oops "good" should of been "could"
      »local: Well, how would you like to have been the Aro Glass team that lost to ...
      »Lecak: Maddog we may cross paths next year, less SSUSA, more LVSSA, some ...
      »curveball: So, when playing in Vegas, we will now have to carry an extra bat? ...
      »Lecak: I saw a copy of a memo that stated that due to the contract the city ...
      »coach55: Okay to all you guys wondering how we got to play AAA in Las Vegas. I ...
      »mad dog: hi joe lecak,so BLD is almost ready,only thing will we be safe in ...
14 Oct. 30, 2009 5160

ISSA ran the worst national tournament ever!

» wagon487: Just got back from Manassas VA and it was a mess. Saturday they were ...
      »Swampy: If that is you Wags, you failed to mention about the brackets not ...
      »armiho211: we stopped going to this tournament 3 years ago, bad balls, not ...
      »diehard: Our team (High St. Bucs 55's ) played 55AAA this past weekend in ...
      »PlanoPlayer: diehard: are you sure you saw Jeff Hall and Rusty. I do not think ...
      »wagon487: Diehard, two of the three sites used for this past weekend were 4 ...
      »diehard: PlanoPlayer, This tournament had 35,40, 50, 55 and up age groups ...
      »diehard: Hey Wagon, I'm sorry that it turned out that way for you guys. ...
      »ju25: Congrats diehard, The Bucs are a classy bunch of guys who hit ...
      »Paco13: Wagon, 1st of all congratulations!!! I played 50 AAA (Tidewater ...
      »diehard: ju25 Thanks for the kind words. The same goes for your team ...
      »ju25: Thanks Greg, Very kind of you. 44 & 24 runs in the championship ...
      »wagon487: Enough of kissing each others behind! Way to hijack my thread. This ...
      »diehard: Hey Wagon, I used to wonder how you got your nickname, now I know!
      »Paco13: Wagon, please accept my apology, no intend to hijack your post. Just ...
      »wagon487: Greg, just keeping it real, ahright:)
      »ju25: Wagon Sorry to hear your division didn't go so well, but ours did. ...
      »diehard: Wagon, I am also sorry, you are a friend and I am sorry for the way ...
      »turn2: Part of the reason for the games being behind were because they we ...
      »jah#4: I have to agree with Wagon487 it was the poor run tournament that I ...
      »Sizzleen: The worst for me was the fields. This was the first time I visited ...
      »pizzaboy: Sizzleen I don't know which fields you played on but I play infield ...
      »wagon487: The problem was not using good balls and bats, the problem was there ...
      »pizzaboy: Wagon so your for playing a time limit to keep the games on ...
      »Mr. Manassas: My problem with the tournament was with the organization of the ...
      »Proudtex40: Wags, Steve Shannon here. It was great seeing you and sorry you had a ...
      »turn2: This was the best turn out for the 50 Major Plus division that I hav ...
      »wagon487: The SPA in GA a couple of weekends ago had none of these problems. ...
      »JohnBob: Was the PPR used? Also I agree with Mr Manassas in the world ...
      »wagon487: the ppr was not used
      »WOW: A 35 yr old age bracket in "Senior Soiftball". What next, anyone over ...
30 Aug. 22, 2009 9954

LVSSA Website

» Bermuda Punch: Is the LVSSA (Las Vegas) website up and running? I have not been ...
0 June 21, 2009 3091

ASA tournments

» Stretch14: Local was right. The umpires didn't have a clue. The TD was calling ...
      »pasqua: on umpires, some blues have a chip on there shoulders remember they ...
      »Nancy Allen: From your post, I believe this was an ASA tournament; so addressing ...
      »taits: pasqua, I believe you are the guy that posted trying to put T's on ...
      »hitt2: Pasqua If your looking for the person overseeing the Modesto area ...
      »Wes: Nancy I need some help for next year---what is your e-mail?? Wes
      »Wes: Nancy I need some help for next year---what is your e-mail?? Wes
6 June 12, 2009 3839

Softball Marathon benefit

» Don5: The Stanislaus Senior Softball Association (SSSA) is holding a senior ...
0 April 8, 2009 3060

New Players and teams wanted

» Commish: POP'S 40 and 50 & over Softball" in Long Island N.Y. is EXPANDING for ...
0 March 17, 2009 2846

team ratings?

» BruceinGa: Will each association have its own Team Rating? Will the Summit ...
      »bullet: I don't think SSUSA has any idea.If they did why would tell us.We ARE ...
      »Sisavic: After last year's Summit, SS USA announced it would keep its own ...
      »taits: Just because another assn is not strict enough on rosters, I would ...
      »Sisavic: Taits, I'm not sure what you mean. Please try again. Here's my ...
      »Lecak: Hi Bruce I bet they will not have their own ratings. My team is ...
      »Ken: The roster they have on us is the one from the recent Winter ...
      »taits: Sisavic, Lets try this: Just because an assn doesn't take the time to ...
      »BruceinGa: Joe, I agree. There will always be "sharing" information about ...
      »Airbosn: Bruce, At one time TD's would submit an evaluation of teams to an ...
      »Ken: Airbosn, from what I understand, SSUSA TDs are supposed to send in an ...
      »DCPete: This means that the Run Differential is off by 5 runs in all the ...
      »taits: The only time a run differential should be used is in case of a tie, ...
      »Duke: DCPete, Games with the 5 run equalizer are not used in computing run ...
13 Jan. 5, 2009 4292

Is the TOC a true TOCs ???

» CAT: What the SSUSA has done to inspire teams to pursue the ultimate win ...
      »curveball: Probably won't happen. Or, the question of the 1 champion overall ...
      »taits: The only way I see is happening, if ever, is for one of them to ...
2 Nov. 24, 2008 3430

I.D.Fees

» DMac: Moving up to sixties. Just went to print out the application for a ...
      »BruceinGa: I too am eligable to move to the 60's and saw the $50 this weekend. ...
      »Ken: Dennis, looks like we can expect you to play 55's next year.
      »mad dog: you've got to be kidding me $50 for a card.what do they plan on ...
      »DMac: Ken: The thought crossed my mind, but they are too slick for me. The ...
      »DesertGuy: DMac- The $50 is for a 5 yr. card. Ten bucks a year also includes the ...
      »DMac: It's a soak D.G. I would save a lot of money each year if I wasn't ...
      »Dirty: As I have been saying. These tournaments are a great idea in theory, ...
      »DesertGuy: DMac- I guess times really are tough. $10 a year for the Sr. Softball ...
      »DMac: We all have our own stories and situations. It takes a very small ...
9 Nov. 4, 2008 3070
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