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| Jan. 11, 2014 Matt43 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: One up rule for 70's Playing with a 70's Major Plus team, it is rare when we are able to play against other Major Plus teams mostly because at 70 there are fewer players. The reasoning to differentiate Major Plus from Major is home run ability. However, while many of us were consistent home run hitters in our younger years, this does not carry over into the seventies. Even using the Rock, regarded as one of the best long hitting balls, we may hit 2 or 3 home runs in 6 games. Check the Tournament statistics. Home run hitting is a rarity. Many tournaments we have to give 5 runs and we play as an exhibition team. Spend money for no possibility of winning a tournament or making a tournament "all tournament team. Having played against many major teams, it seems, to me, the answer is simple. Seventies and above should go to the "one up" rule on home runs with any additional home runs, hit out of sequence, be an out. This would greatly level the playing field and allow seventy teams to play a variety of other seventy teams. Just a thought |
| Sept. 23, 2013 Matt43 | Topic: Product review Discussion: Rock softball Just for a follow up on the Rock ball. We have used the same Rocks exclusively for batting practice for over a year with the replacing of 10 or 12 balls. We hit an average of once a week. We hit 40 balls apiece times 10 players. This is over 20,000 hits on these balls. We have observed maybe 6-8 balls knuckle during a 400 ball batting practice. This is hitting most of the time in 90 - 100 degrees. We also observed that even with all the hits on the ball they still retain most of their durability. |
