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Lincoln Nebraska» cutty: This pass week I wittness some pretty good 50 Major plus softball ...»the wood: Yes, the Mavericks and Hendricks played a lot of good ball in ... »Lecak: Bob I hear congatulations are in order to GSF, good luck and good ... »cutty: If the home team is batting and a certain amount of runs are needed ... »the wood: Cutty, your point is well taken... on the flip side though, when the ... »cutty: Thanks for your outlook. Good luck the rest of the way. |
5 | Aug. 12, 2008 | 2250 |
MC & Softball Gramps» taits: I just went through the info I have on this tournament and I can't ... |
0 | July 14, 2008 | 1496 |
Open Business meeting.» taits: Do any hole an actual business meeting that gets "problems" solved ... |
0 | July 6, 2008 | 1515 |
S P A» J R: I went to the S PA Tournament in Irving this weekend,very well run ... |
0 | June 1, 2008 | 1358 |
News on NCSSA joining SSUSA» taits: The vote to move from ASA to SSUSA rules was last Dec. That was ...»BONES: I ONLY HOPE THEY CHANGE THE SLIDING RULE FOR YOU FOLKS THAT PLAY ... »taits: Bones, Thanks for the note. To date they (NCSSA) are still using ... |
2 | May 7, 2008 | 3207 |
SPA HR rules» T.Burk: Did SPA change the Home run rules for AAA to outs after the second ...»DD: We competed in the recent Mustang Classic Qualifier Mar 29-30 in ... »T.Burk: Dennis, thanks for the info. Did you play all AAA or did they mix ... »DD: Well, we faced teams that hit the stuffing out of the ball---Sooner ... »Corky: It would be better if it was 2 then 1 and 1 up with singles until the ... |
4 | April 9, 2008 | 2450 |
launch 510» tg69: does this bat have a warranty?»Fred Scerra: NO. |
1 | April 4, 2008 | 1359 |
ASA Nationals Question?» 2awesom: I help Coach a 50+ Major Team from Penna. ASA 50+ States did not ...»SAG: Hey 2awesom, Not sure where you placed last year in the ASA ... »2awesom: hi steve thanks for the information We actually placed 3rd at ASA ... »BruceinGa: Rick, when I played with Old South/Miken a few years ago we had a ... »2awesom: Thanks Very Much, Bruce! I will contact the TD and go from there! ... |
4 | March 6, 2008 | 2141 |
New England Senior Softball Meeting» Fred Scerra: I would like to extend my thanks to Steve Simmons and Terry Hennessy ... |
0 | March 2, 2008 | 2119 |
2008 National Senior Softball Summit» taits: Does anyone have, or at least what they can share, what was discussed ...»taits: Update; should have some answers (maybe all) by this weekend or so. »DD: Mr. Tait, ISSA sent an email memorandum on Jan 23 that ... »taits: DD; No need for the Mr. But thanks. I didn't want to be specific on ... »taits: DD, Good job paraphrasing. Would seem as though they tend to agree ... »BruceinGa: So, do you think that the Summit would recommend we all use ASA bats ... »taits: Bruce, it that was for me, Personally, in as much as there are really ... »tcadmw1: Ok here we go again with this topic but if the Senior Summitt is or ... »audieh: I believe USSSA has monitored what we are saying on this board and is ... »Fred Scerra: Of all the discussions about bats and ball and safety the statement ... »wagon487: two comments from people they don't know what they are talking ... »Enviro-Vac: Great post Mike Walker »Hotcorner: Hi Fred & all concerned: The intent of the DBO rule is, in my view, ... »audieh: Wagon, you missed my point and took offense at cheapest! So tell me, ... »Cliff 21: Audieh: With all due respect the cheapest hit in softball is a ... »Fred Scerra: wagon487: The part of the discussion that everyone misses is hitting ... »GeHall44: Hey guys, Did you ever wonder why golf club manufacturers have not ... »jim16: Mike Walker is one of the real softball minds out there. Listen ... »GeHall44: Jim Agreed, I always enjoy Mike's post on here. Fyi - my orthopedic ... »jim16: I get so tired of guys coming on here to rail about the dangers of ... »GeHall44: Jim, OK, I don't think you are reading into what I was trying to ... »jim16: GeHall44, This thread has quite a bit on safety of batted balls. I ... »jrhunch: gehall44,asa rules suck.where i play you cant use the fatboy it is ... »DCPete: Anyone on this thread who thinks that composite bats are dangerous or ... »GeHall44: Ok, lots of good points. I did read the whole thread over a few ... »tcadmw1: First, thanks to those of you who hae used my name kindly or in vain ... »Fred Scerra: Can someone tell me what the logic is that if I can't use my Senior ... »tcadmw1: Hi Fred, I think there are those players and teams who will stay ... »tattooball: The safety issue is a double edge sword for the associations. The ... »Lecak: Mike I got to sit in on the summit on the fringes as a member of the ... »taits: trumpball, in as much as your in the market to sell balls and all, ... »Lecak: OK so I wasn't an English major UTRIP and NSA were not there. ISSA ... »taits: Lecak, English major, what's that, a new division? lol I know I ... »tattooball: Tait's The test were performed in an independent A2LA accredited ... »Lecak: I looked at my notes in more detail and the only mention of bats that ... »taits: trumpball, Fair enough, Do not remember the papers from back then, ... »tcadmw1: Hi Lecak, Very nice post. I am glad you had a chance to witness ... »tattooball: Some of the things you may not understand is right now with the cor ... »taits: trumpball Not sure about the %'s but otherwise I'd agree. Too many ... »tattooball: taits, The difference is that it doesn't matter what bat you use, ... »taits: trumpball, On that, I will have to disagree about the performance ... »jim16: TRUMPBALL, You are just too far ahead of us old potbellied broken ... »tattooball: taits, I have to disagree with your thought on the game not being ... »tattooball: Jim are you refering to yourself as an athlete? »Foothills: Trump , if you hit the 44/375 ball as far with an aluminum bat as you ... »Leoslocks: I thought everyone figured out that Compression affected the ... »tattooball: First let me say there is no change to the ball for 2008. Second I ... »GeHall44: Mike Walker - thanks for answering my questions. It is much more ... »tattooball: Let's think about this in simple terms. COR is the the ability to ... »einstein: Hey Kevin, Glad you're on our side. I've been saying all along from ... »GeHall44: Kevin - that's exactly the explanation I was looking for. Thank ... »GeHall44: Joeeeey, I'm sitting hear at the computer because it's raining up ... »einstein: Hey Gee, Always glad to hear your voice. Tell me about the ... »GeHall44: Hey Joe, Great news about the balls from Kevin. That guy has balls, ... »tattooball: Funny that you mention the bat manufactures. These are the same ... »GeHall44: OK Kevin. I wish you success with this ball because it certainly ... »tattooball: I really don't think there is any. We tested with guys of all ... »DCPete: OK, so why do we need a "safer ball" when almost everyone on this ... »tattooball: Why would I want to sell less balls? The ball are about the same in ... »2awesom: kein, i just wanted to add that i for one certainly appreciate ... »2awesom: sorry that was supposed to say Kevin... |
60 | Feb. 3, 2008 | 5159 |
Two new rules adapted at the summit» taits: Two rules posted by Gary Tryhorn on the NCSSA web site are: Current ... |
0 | Jan. 26, 2008 | 1595 |
Too many sub classifications» udaplaya: My $.02 worth (i.e., not expecting everyone to agree) I am new to ...»taits: Sounds like you know Joe Lecak. That's kinda like the hypothetical ... »WOW: The lack of teams in the upper divisions is because of the few ... »Gary Heifner: I have played at the 50, 55 and now 60 level. There is a huge ... »the wood: WOW: You have made several comments about 'paid players' and also ... »DoubleL10: WOW, I'm with Bob Woodruff on this one. I am the DoubleL10 that ... »sjuhoops: WOW i am sjuhoops that bob mentioned in his email. this is my 15th ... »sjuhoops: WOW sorry Hank Cluess GSF, 60 MAJ + »Enviro-Vac: To many sub-classifications - I agree »BruceinGa: I would like to see 50's and 55's combined with only three classes. »the wood: In the interest of brevity, I didn't respond to the sub ... »the wood: Hank; I'm not sure what happened with your check. It was mailed last ... »einstein: Woodly, At major plus, the open division, where ex major leaguers ... »the wood: Einstein, you're preaching to the choir. I know of no one that is ... »softballer: OH MY! NO ONE IS BEING PD! OPEN YOUR EYES! SOME GET ROOMS AND ... »the wood: I don't know who you are and/or which major plus team that you play ... »CRUSADERVB: Sorry Hank......I accidently picked your check up , it was stuck to ... »softballer: to wood i sir do not play majors but i do know of people that ... »taits: Crap, where do I, err, we, sign up. I am also am aware of the ... »audieh: OK, I agree with Einstein and Bob here on the latest comments. I ... »taits: I think the point that originally was made about this was that ... »the wood: Softballer: I am glad that you made the distinction between expense ... »the wood: Taits: The 'cream of the crop' is already in the major plus level, ... »taits: BW, I'll agree with that. I do know of teams that are\were AA and ... »the wood: Taits: In reality, when are 'all things' equal'? If I were picking a ... »DoubleL10: BW, Amen to that! I've been teams where we received "financial ... »taits: BW, I'd agree to that. »WOW: I purposely have stayed away from additional posts since I opened ... »the wood: WOW: Making nebulous claims about players getting paid is not ... »taits: BW, As you should know, pay, wages or what ever you call it, ... »softballer: expense reimbursement and income.PD no matter what you call it!!!! »the wood: Since you seem to know so little about the tax code (are you familiar ... »softballer: all i'm saying is there is pd player! more power to them and they ... »the wood: And I'm saying that I honestly know of NO ONE that is being paid to ... »BruceinGa: I know of one that has asked for $1000 a weekend to play. This ... |
34 | Jan. 22, 2008 | 3160 |
Teams and or players looking each other» taits: NCSSA (Bob) has now posted 5 very good links. Not in order here. 1. ...»Fred Scerra: What is his website? »taits: http://ncssa.info/new2008/homepage.php I hope you find what you ... »Fred Scerra: Thanks »WOW: all you need is ncssa.info for all the Nor Cal tourn. Best ... »taits: WOW, with that one you mat end up at the 2007 site. It's still up. »hitt2: Tait You can still get to all of the new info thru the old site. ... »taits: Jef, you should have an email. »WOW: That is the ONLY site for ncssa. All 2008 info is there along with ... »taits: WOW,: '05,'06, '07 are still up if you look for them. Even a 1998 ... »Wes: could not make ncssa.info/new2008/homepage.php Work Wes »WOW: I just e-mailed site director, I can't get to it either. Usually it ... »taits: Try this one: http://ncssa.info »WOW: ncssa.info is now up. »angus73: the web site addition is a great idea and looks like it could be ... |
14 | Jan. 22, 2008 | 3489 |
Summit representatives» taits: It might be well worth knowing at what level\age bracket each of the ...»BruceinGa: Your mentioning of women in senior softball reminded me of the ... »taits: Bruce we have 5 in our league. But the BOd tries to discourage them ... »the wood: Taits: What is it that you are trying to ask/say? Is it that those ... »J R: we have 12 women in our league in houston,we have 24 teams 4 skill ... »AlleninGa: I watched the three women that Bruce mentioned get evaluated ... |
5 | Jan. 14, 2008 | 1438 |
Idea for the Summit National ID card» Lecak: I know I'm not the first but why can't we have a national ID card ...»taits: Lecak , I thought there was a note in one of the SSUSA papers awhile ... |
1 | Nov. 30, 2007 | 1993 |
Bring back 3 game Round Robins !!??» CAT: I believe that the organizations need to bring back the three game ...»Enviro-Vac: I agree 100% Cat. When we travel to a destination we are going there ... »OREO: EVIRO, 5GAME GUARANTEE IS 5GAMES. 3 GAMES 1ST DAY, EITHER 2RR & ... »the wood: I cannot speak for all major + players but the majority of the ones ... »OREO: A FEW YEARS AGO THE SPA TOOK A SURVEY OF MGRS. ON A "SMALL" VARIETY ... »Dbax: At the Tournament of Champions, we came through the losers bracket ... »wagon487: the wood, how many teams were at the majors+ SSWC in MN? I played ... »wagon487: SHOULD BE 50 not 55 in the above massage. »the wood: Wagon: you asked how many teams were in MN... in our division there ... »turn2: I like the 2 game seeds and that is enough practice for my 60 guys. ... »wagon487: THE WOOD, thanks for answering my question. Plam Springs was nice, ... »audieh: I totally agree with Bob Wood. Two round robin games and then start ... »chollis: Well said bro! »BruceinGa: You also have my vote to play Friday and Saturday night in order to ... »mad dog: i'm with ya alls with the getting done early on sunday,i watch the ... |
14 | Nov. 27, 2007 | 2258 |
Divisions» PattyMac: Why can't we just play softball like we used to when we started many ...»Ken: PattyMac The trouble with no Ultra ll’s in your competitive ... »BruceinGa: PattyMac, I like your idea about combining 50's and 55's with only ... »tcadmw1: Interesting topic PattyMac! I also enjoy the fact that Bruce is in ... »PattyMac: We all know who can hit and who can't. We know who can hit hrs also. ... »BruceinGa: You're right PattyMac. Last year when Ridge Hooks polled the team ... »tcadmw1: I agree with trying to get more players playing senior softball. I ... »PattyMac: SPA has the right idea with good balls. The balls used this year ... »jdawg10: Personally, I 'd love to see softball revert back to the old days. ... »tcadmw1: Working on setting up a circuit for anyone to play the game as ... »tcadmw1: If you want to learn more about what is being discussed regarding ... »fastover50: I agree with Bruce and Pat. Lets go back to 47 core balls. Then lets ... »Fourfour: I agree with most of the problems and suggestions. I think 2 ... »Jawood: This is the plan that I submitted to the paper last month for their ... »chollis: Interesting topic guys. My thoughts are have Major Plus (which I ... »taits: Recreational vs competative. Besides the ways listed, one could use ... »STONEMAN: PATTY MAC: Over the past 5 yrs, I have seen this desire to have more ... »Jawood: Stoneman, Disagree with point #1. I don't think you should have ... »brakeman: I think the solution for classification could be solved with better ... »taits: Perhaps eliminating the teams & division that do not have at least 4 ... »Brett: SPA has the right idea with good balls.??????? The Lexum/Baiden ... »audieh: Oh Patty Mac and Mr Walker your opening up a can of worms. But hey, ... »taits: Audie, Looking back at most of the post reguarding this I think it ... »E. Ness: Audieh, I hope there is another Walker on here and you were not ... »audieh: E. Ness, I was referring to Mike Walker out of Orlando, Florida. I ... |
24 | Sept. 7, 2007 | 4636 |
Dwindling #s in Manassas !!!??........» CAT: The ISSA/ISF as with a few other organizations are wondering as to ...»CAT: How about a team that was 0-5 and just because they were the only one ... »CAT: Any word out there on the approx. number of teams going to the ... »rabbit: Hi Cat, you only get 4 games for $400.00, balls are no good, they do ... »Michigan Vet: Played O-55 in ISF in Manassas this year, only 5 teams. One of them ... »CAT: How about a few years ago, they started our championship game with ... »Fred Scerra: I am going in the 75 Div and looking forward to it. I was down there ... »CAT: Fred, the tourn. will be fun for you and there are some nice site ... »Fred Scerra: Using ASA bats don't bother me as I am not a power hitter anymore. I ... »DoubleL10: Fred, You might try the Cracker Barrel at 234 and I-66 on the East ... »CAT: I have referred sooo many of my teams to the USA country buffet that ... »Fred Scerra: Thanks I will have to try it. Last time I was there we stayed in the ... »bernie: The best part of playing in Manassas is that if you happen to have a ... »Fred Scerra: I wish you guys would stop whining when you can't use your Ultra's. ... »CAT: You never hear me crying about equipment other than when playing in ... »taits: I read a tournament flyer I believe was near Fort Knoz, not sure, but ... »Fred Scerra: I noticed that this year. Our local mens league switch to Worth Pro ... »jc24: There are....54 teams, it looks like for the ISF for Aug.18th ... »the wood: As a Calif team, Manassas is difficult for us to consider. We have ... »terrymac: The last time our Ohio Silverados played in Manassas we stated in The ... »Fred Scerra: terrymac: We stayed there in 2003. It wasn't the greatest then but ... »Fred Scerra: For those of you that don't go because of the balls you missed a good ... |
21 | Aug. 20, 2007 | 3100 |
lvssa web site» face: I am trying to get to the lvssa website www.lvssa.com and it does not ...»STONEMAN: FACE: LVSSA's web site is down. Not sure why! Could be 4 ... |
1 | Aug. 13, 2007 | 1682 |
asa» bohack: seniors have to stay away from all the tournaments that asa promots. ...»Cimarron: I agree about avoiding any ASA tournaments. I base this, not only on ... »Cimarron: I agree about avoiding any ASA tournaments. I base this, not only on ... »taits: One thing, at least where or when I have been dealing with them, ASA, ... »bohack: Cimoarron you have it wright about asa, once and awhile the throw a ... »turn2: i know in the nationals at burlington n.c. last year they gave so ... »taits: From what I get from post all over is that it's really not about them ... »Jawood: ASA is a non issue in the Northwest. I know it's still big in the ... »Fred Scerra: From what I gather from this thread and many others on this board the ... »Nancy Allen: I do umpire ASA games, but my biggest objection is the list of bats ... »taits: The senior tournaments I have put on until this year, were backed by ... »Fred Scerra: Nancy Allen if you check the Senior Section of the ASA rules on ... »Nancy Allen: Fred, sorry I was referring more to ASA in general. You are right ... »taits: I rarely see metal cleats anywhere other than in fastpitch ... »Fred Scerra: Ah we are back to normal. I have to disagree with Gary19 on the ... »taits: Kinda normal or abby normal, we all agree to disagree if seems. »Cognac Lite: QUESTION: Can anyone tell me the legal bats that may be used for ... »Lecak: Cognac Lite I use a simple rulr of thumb when it comes to ASA if it ... »taits: ASA bats, approved and non approved, can all be found on their web ... |
18 | July 31, 2007 | 3786 |
