TAKO88: So I attempted to get some clarification on the Mississippi River ...
TAKO88: And that should say double a team not double 18
DaveDowell: TAKO88 ... Please carefully re-read the Official Minutes (at the ...
TAKO88: Thank you dave. I read that about it being reopened and tabled but ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave, Not trying to be funny. But what is your definition of a BAT ...
Olden Slow: Her Dave:
I played in Phoenix and it was in the 70's, I just find it ...
JohnO28: Mason,
I find it ironic that SSUSA went out of their way to ...
Olden Slow: John;
I was in Phoenix playing and the temps were in the 70'sPropand ...
JohnO28: Olden Slow,
Guessing you were playing 75 based on the "Men's 75" ...
Dbax: The weekend was much colder than during the week. Even during the ...
Olden Slow: Dbax
Youre correct, your post is ridiculous.
Keep in mind that us old ...
DaveDowell: Grandpa ... I'm not a semanticist, so I have no intention of trying ...
Fabe: Dave,
I pray you stay warm n healthy! Thinking of you hea in da ...
Dbax: Olden Slow, temperatures were not in the 70’s on Friday, Saturday ...
DaveDowell: The official Phoenix temperature extremes during the Winter World's ...
JohnO28: The official Phoenix temperature extremes during the Winter World's ...
Not Dave: Dave/Committee Members, Nobody is trying to embarrass you guys. All ...
JohnO28: Not Dave,
While I agree wholeheartedly with you we're beating a dead ...
Olden Slow: Dbax and John, I stand corrected. I guess I'm used to playing in ...
yankeesfan12: Go to cabelas or any hunting store even amazon and get yourself a ...
DaveDowell: JohnO28: It's probably time for you to start paying closer attention ...
9 ball: Morng folks..can I get a reminder why we can no longer use a USA/ASA ...
Donna McGuire: 9 ball: There are two steps to this. The first was happened when USA ...
9 ball: Tku for informative reply Donna, seems nothing is as easy as it ...
JohnO28: Dave,
While I appreciate your recommendation that I read better the ...
DaveDowell: Well John, apparently unlike you, I have no reservations about ...
Not Dave: Mr. Dowell, By NO means am I advocating the use of ROLLED, SHAVED ...
Mason's Grandpa: Yankeesfan, I have a pair of NON HEATED Thermal socks (Just THICK ...
DaveDowell: Other Dave ... I was confident you weren't advocating allowing rolled ...
Not Dave: Real Dave, I totally hear what you are saying. But why does it not ...
DaveDowell: Other Dave ... The operative rule, for BOTH softballs and bats, is ...
DBLB32: Dave Dowell, I do not understand WHY ASA/USA Softball has anything to ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave Dowell, Thank you, you just proved our point. A WARM BALL DOES ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave Dowell, Please do not close this thread. A lot of your members ...
DaveDowell: DBLB32 ... At the risk of further promoting cyclical redundancy on ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave, Why wait? Knowing what you are hearing from your members, ...
DaveDowell: Grandpa ... In my sole view, the most compelling reason to wait ...
JohnO28: Mason's Grandpa,
While I think overall this is a terrible rule and ...
DaveDowell: Consistently negative, erroneous and recklessly offensive guest ...
Nancy Allen: Mason’s Grandpa, I can tell that you are passionate about this and ...
Fabe: Wanted to say to all my softball Braddahs, mahalo for your questions ...
titanhd:
Just Read that Dudley has developed 2 new Senior model bats. The ...
DirkPitt: I get it that SSUSA is not going to change to allow bat warmers until ...
Woody22: Mr Dowell, I have a couple of legitimate(at least I think they are) ...
Dbax: This just in. There will be no tournaments in Arizona during the ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dbax.. Got it. Bats will get to hot MATURELY by the Sun.
Mason's Grandpa: NATURELY
Dbax: Yep. And that will make them fail the compression test and make them ...
ffdonnie: There is still a little sanity in softball, from NCSSA ...
JohnO28: FFDonnie,
Yeah but NCS is the same company that got called out last ...
JNL: The bat warmer rule and considering bats to "altered" because they ...
Dbax: Two thumbs up to JNL. That’s it in a nutshell. When I first heard ...
garyheifner: I am a foul line to foul line singles hitter. When it gets below 60 I ...
Full Count: Using plastic bat warmers in 30°,40°. 50°60° weather is only to ...
Not Dave: NorCal Softball voted to still ALLOW Bat Warmers. The association has ...
DBLB32: It came to my attention that the RULES Committee voted 9-1 yesterday ...
Doubled 5: Dblb32 I couldn't agree more. I break 2 bats a year. I need a bat ...
JohnO28: Just another example of the people making the rules don't actually ...
S24: Is using the sun via a solar bat sleeve included in this rule ? I ...
Mason's Grandpa: I totally also agree with DBLB32. Players should be allowed to use ...
JohnO28: This just seems like another way SSUSA helps manufacturers make more ...
JohnO28: Ironically, if you read the USA rules on Altered bats it says ...
SSUSA Staff: ...Or, for the sake of intellectual integrity, you could have also ...
Donna McGuire: John028, please read page 40 of the online 2024 USA Rule Book, which ...
Nvjimmymac: Are we talking about the silver lined plastic sleeve case you mount ...
Woody22: Question…is the sun considered a warming device.? Lots of players ...
Mason's Grandpa: Please read the SECTION 7 ALL EQUIPMENT Rule.
SECTION 7 • ALL ...
Mason's Grandpa: SSUSA, we are not, or at least I'm not trying to bust your chops. The ...
DBLB32: Yes when the Balls are COOLER they travel much better and quicker. ...
GMCinCOS: "“[T]he characteristics of any approved equipment cannot be ...
Not Dave: A bat that is in a SLEEVE, CLEAR POUCH or BOX is being heated by the ...
Not Dave: Last year SSUSA put in a NEW Rule about the Batters Box. The majority ...
SSUSA Staff: Mason's Grandpa ... There was extensive and vigorous discussion on ...
Mason's Grandpa: BTW. When you are playing on an ARTIFICIAL Turf field and you lay ...
Mason's Grandpa: SSUSA Staff... your vigorous discussion and result to me doesn't ...
SSUSA Staff: Grandpa ... We recognize, and respect, that you may not approve of ...
ball_smasher: Grandpa, rule makes sense to me. Some geniuses with propane heaters ...
Mason's Grandpa: Ball Smasher, I very much respect your opinion. The player/s that are ...
Mason's Grandpa: SSUSA STAFF, Rule 3.4 (6) Again the rule does NOT hold water as far ...
LeeM: SSUSA , can you please address the question posted on Dec. 6 by ...
9 ball: Ok here we go,I'm gonna duck for cover after this.I've recently ...
Mason's Grandpa: 9 ball, There is no reason to duck for cover. You did not say ...
BANDITOS180: Great points about the balls as well. SSUSA claims they care about ...
garyheifner: You guys are mostly talking about temps in the 60s. We will be ...
Nancy Allen: JohnO28, it sounds like you might think that there is some kind of ...
DBLB32: Banditos180, , it seems that you agree that because one person ...
DBLB32: garyheifner, thank you for your post. You are proving / supporting ...
JohnO28: Nancy Allen,
I'm not sure what the point of your post is to be ...
yankeesfan12: We use propane heaters, either the large one or small one they both ...
Mason's Grandpa: yankeefan, Are you playing SSUSA when you are using your Propane ...
DBLB32: I just happen to be browsing the internet tonight. Look what I came ...
DBLB32: Sorry Softball players. In my last post I put a thumbnail-7.jpg. It ...
Fabe: Wow! very interesting read n statement made! Aloha, Fabe
DaveDowell: Fabe ... He fell for the totally fake letterhead and bogus ...
garyheifner: This is so easy to resolve--simply allow single sleeve bat warmers. ...
Not Dave: garyheifner, That is ALL that DBLB32 and the majority of the players ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave Dowell, no disrespect meant. you are a good guy, and we all know ...
DaveDowell: Grandpa ... I have no way of knowing what authenticity, if any, the ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave, Can you please answer this question. Why is SSUSA IGNORING the ...
Mason's Grandpa: We are ALL willing to work with SSUSA to come to some kind of ...
AZTOMC: Question? From what I have been told and, and in my research, it is ...
Mason's Grandpa: AZTOMC, You are correct. Because of the COLD Weather and WET Fields, ...
DaveDowell: Grandpa ... Respectfully, we don't believe that an open democratic ...
HSquared: It happened with the USGA and R&A.... "Golf ball roll-back for ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave... What about the Balls that are being ALTERED due to having to ...
DaveDowell: Grandpa ... I'm surprised that anyone would think that playing a game ...
Not Dave: OK Guys, I have been reading all the comments from all the ...
Mason's Grandpa: I love you Dave, But now you are being ridiculous. The Bat ...
DaveDowell: Grandpa ... Now we're getting into "messenger killing" for sport, but ...
Mason's Grandpa: Thanks for the bantering Dave. To bad SSUSA and it's players can't ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave, I have question for you. When it is below 70 degrees. Can we ...
et20: If the rubber sleeves are illegal, then are the backpacks with rubber ...
TWG: To claim that warming your bat is somehow similar to rolling or ...
LeeM: Dave Dowell, please address the comment from Nvjimmymac posted Dec. ...
jimperry19: Dave, I have gone back and read this entire thread. I assume the ...
DBLB32: Dave, I started what has turned into a train wreck. All I meant to do ...
DaveDowell: LeeM: Dec. 8 - Nvjimmymac - Are we talking about the silver lined ...
Scott Harder: Dave, if you want something to support this rule, I have hard ...
DBLB32: Scott, It is good to know. BUT, If a player uses a bat warmer and it ...
Mason's Grandpa: Dave... Can you please answer the question that I posted yesterday ...
Mikelmart: So it seems that the team(s) that used portable propane heaters were ...
Scott Harder: DBLB, it seems to me that it would be too hard to police; the ...
DBLB32: Scott, Last year during Worlds our teams bats were tested TWICE. I ...
DBLB32: Mikelmart. That is what I have been asking. That is ALL we are asking ...
NYGNYY: Just was told last night that if you change the grip on a bat and use ...
Donna McGuire: NYGNYY: From the SSUSA rule book: “Replacing a grip with another ...
Not Dave: Donna, I live in your region. You are a Umpire in Chief, you just ...
Donna McGuire: Yes, there are actual tests that show that a bat’s compression ...
Mason's Grandpa: Donna, Again your comment does not hold water. I looked up "Has ASA ...
DaveDowell: CLOSING COMMENT • Bat warmers became an issue of interest when ...
Mason's Grandpa: Thanks Dave. A lot of us have always known the bat warmers were not ...
garyheifner: OK-we choose not to sacrifice a $240 bat. How about some suggestions ...
Not Dave: gary, Maybe we should turn SSUSA into a WOODEN BAT LEAGUE. Bats are ...
DaveDowell: That's funny stuff ... Gary, you're eligible for the 80's division ...
tscs000: I'm a new resident in Florida. This past summer I lived in Minnesota ...
tscs000: Where on the player registration form do I indicate that I'm a snow ...
SSUSA Staff: tscs000 ... There is a separate Snowbird application form (called: ...
Rocky2812: I understood that SSUSA made their rating changes only twice a year ...
titanhd: A Team Rating can be changed by SSUSA at ANY time during the Season.
Big City: Can someone please post the link to renew online. I’ve read all ...
Fresh: How can I start building my roster? Please send access
wdodge22: Have you registered the team? Once it is registered to your username ...
DaveDowell: Rhonda ... Welcome to the Senior Softball Message Board ... As the ...
nails: Anyone know what 75 teams r going for Jan 30 tourney. I heard there ...
lsb/18: the program is called quick scores,please give it a try
Gummie: It would be great to review the tournament brackets after a ...
BANDITOS180: Agreed, would be nice to see these. Strange though that they are able ...
JohnO28: Banditos180,
Thats a fight you're not going to win. It's been ...
tall_thunder: Hey, can anyone help me, I cannot open, download or see any of the ...
Full Count: Open with Firefox
DD: One of the pillars of our sport passed away recently and ...
GI: Just returned home from the service for Rick Peterson. It was an ...
dslinger_:
What are thoughts regarding 75+ players being allowed to play on an ...
Stbetterton: I agree with you dslinger, at 75 years of age were lucky to be alive. ...
Chicken Legs: I'm always used to point to how SSUSA posted game results of the two ...
Bullet10: I also like to follow the results for many teams. I hope it can be ...
3 Wood: Is there really not a way that I can register online? Far as I can ...
SSUSA Staff: Online RENEWAL is pretty easy and efficient ... FIRST TIME ...
Rj40: the renewal link is not on my personal home page -- is the system ...
Dbax: RJ40, there has never been a renewal link on my homepage. I have to ...
hitnrun5: At top of page, click on to forms, it's the first one
Dbax: Hi Kenny,
That’s a mail in or fax form.
hitnrun5: I see that now, no link on my home page that I can find.
SS13: Has anyone found the online renewal link?
DaveDowell: Looks as though the best and most reliable one is at the end of your ...
Peanut22: How do I sign up a New Team fir 2021 in SSUSA. I can't find a new ...
DaveDowell: The only way you can sign up for a new team is to start your own and ...
Peanut22: DaveDowell that's exactly what I'm doing. We had 5 players get left ...
DaveDowell: Excellent! ... Call the Sacramento Home Office at (916) 326.5303 ...
Curly67: Called office latter part of October and renewed, received ...
DaveDowell: Curly67 ... If you were to receive an e-card, that should have ...
Curly67: Thanks for the update Dave.
cuda65: Players, that is both men and women, looking for some sage advice. I ...
Lebobster1: As a last ditch effort to avoid the fusion that two MD's (a ...
SSUSA Staff: OZ40 - What, if anything, were you thinking with your totally ...
OZ40: My bad. I wasn't aware that facts posted regarding decisions of our ...
jfsully: "be very careful how you proceed" WTF, is that a threat?
Now SSUSA ...
SSUSA Staff: OZ40 • We are a SOFTBALL Association and operate under an exemption ...
OZ40: Understood to a point. But as far as political goes, there is nothing ...
SSUSA Staff: Thanks OZ40 ... "Staying with Softball" represents and is consistent ...
TimMcElroy: It seems that the rumor mill is in full motion today. Some of the ...
TimMcElroy: Today's rumor is also FALSE.
The Eastern Nationals are NOT moving to ...
pizzaboy: Tim what is tomorrow's rumor?I'm asking for a friend.
SSUSA Staff: SSUSA has deleted multiple Message Board posts by multiple posters ...
