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| May 5, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TOP GUN RENO TUNE-UP 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for the SSUSA's Top Gun Reno Tune-up Qualifier 2024 in Perris, CA, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" when play commences ... Good luck to all! DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's)• Men's: 50's | 55's & 60's | 65's thru 80's • Complete: All Ages & Divisions [14 pages] Tournament Administration (PDF's)• Master Games & Field Grid: Reno Tune-up 2024 |
| May 5, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SUNDAY PLAY CANCELED • The Oak Grove Sports Complex canceled all Sunday play at 6:00 AM CDT today (Sunday) due to their inability to maintain safely playable fields following overnight rains ... The on-site Directors are contacting teams who have earned awards based on the final tournament standings ... Thank you to all teams for your patience and cooperation as this three-day battle with Mother Nature played out ... |
| May 4, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Bat testing standard A "seam" is NOT a "crack" ... |
| May 4, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: New Bat testing standard Five ... We have ordered over a dozen new Bat Testers ... When they are received, we'll have them initially calibrated, review the operating instructions, warranty provisions/precautions, the periodic testing standards and any maintenance recommendations ... Of course, we will comply with all of those items as soon as they are known ... |
| May 2, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Texas State Championship Session 2 FRIDAY WEATHER RECOVERY CONTINGENCY PLAN PART II • The games schedule for FRIDAY on Fields "H" and "I" at the Oak Grove Complex has been modified slightly ... The Parks Department has asked for an additional two hours to give them the best chance at the fields being playable tomorrow ... Accordingly, games will play TWO HOURS LATER than originally scheduled ... First games of the day will be at 10:00 AM (rather than 8:00 AM) and the last (single) game of the day will be at 7:00 PM (rather than 5:00 PM) ... This change affects the 55-Major and 60-Silver divisions (ONLY) also affects FRIDAY ONLY ... |
| May 2, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets FRIDAY WEATHER RECOVERY CONTINGENCY PLAN PART II • The games schedule for FRIDAY on Fields "H" and "I" at the Oak Grove Complex has been modified slightly ... The Parks Department has asked for an additional two hours to give them the best chance at the fields being playable tomorrow ... Accordingly, games will play TWO HOURS LATER than originally scheduled ... First games of the day will be at 10:00 AM (rather than 8:00 AM) and the last (single) game of the day will be at 7:00 PM (rather than 5:00 PM) ... This change affects the 55-Major and 60-Silver divisions (ONLY) also affects FRIDAY ONLY ... |
| May 2, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Texas State Championship Session 2 FRIDAY WEATHER RECOVERY CONTINGENCY PLAN • The games schedule for FRIDAY on Fields #1-4 (ONLY) has been moved to a facility about 14 miles from the Oak Grove Softball Complex ... This change affects the 50-Men, the 55-AAA and the 60/65-Major divisions (ONLY) ... The games will play at: • The Parks at Texas Star North Softball Complex • 951 Highland Drive • Euless, TX 76040 The 55-Major and 60-Silver divisions will play at Oak Grove on Fields "H" and "I" as originally scheduled ... This change affects FRIDAY ONLY and the weekend schedule, weather permitting, will play in its entirety at Oak Grove ... |
| May 2, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets FRIDAY WEATHER RECOVERY CONTINGENCY PLAN • The games schedule for FRIDAY on Fields #1-4 (ONLY) has been moved to a facility about 14 miles from the Oak Grove Softball Complex ... This change affects the 50-Men, the 55-AAA and the 60/65-Major divisions (ONLY) ... The games will play at: • The Parks at Texas Star North Softball Complex • 951 Highland Drive • Euless, TX 76040 The 55-Major and 60-Silver divisions will play at Oak Grove on Fields "H" and "I" as originally scheduled ... This change affects FRIDAY ONLY and the weekend schedule, weather permitting, will play in its entirety at Oak Grove ... |
| April 29, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Outfield Reqs on 11 player teams Quicksilver • SSUSA has only one defensive alignment rule in play ... All defensive players, except the catcher, must be in fair territory before a pitch may be delivered (Rulebook §6.8 on page 35) ... The catcher must be in the catcher's box ... There are no specific minimum or maximum number of players required or allowed in either the infield or outfield ... |
| April 29, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 REVISION • There was a minor adjustment this morning for a 50-AA team, Team Madness (TX), that will be unable to field a team for Friday pool games ... Changes were required to the Men's 50+ Division seeding games for both Friday and Saturday ... Revisions are online with an effective date of 4/29/2024, and may require you to refresh your download to see the latest version ... Good luck everyone ... |
| April 25, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batting Box rule change Left handed player called out correctly, entirely within the box Rangeview85 ... The "batter is out penalty" is predicated on the ball actually being batted while the batter is in a prohibited position ... If the pitch is being "taken", there is no violation ... But the Rulebook does describe where the batter must be before the start of the pitch, and B.J. accurately states the process of stopping the pitcher if the batter is not compliant ... __________ §7.3 • BATTING POSITION A. The batter must have at least some portion of both feet on or inside the lines of the batter's box at the start of the pitch. A batter who steps out of the batter’s box at any time during the pitch and then hits the ball, fair or foul, shall be called out. Steps out means touching the ground completely outside of the lines of the batter’s box. |
| April 23, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batting Box rule change Left handed player called out correctly, entirely within the box Well, you've got the better part of a full season to adapt, since the SSUSA considers rules amendments only one time per year ... Here's the "deal" ... The Rules Committee does NOT take comments made on this forum into account when considering a change in policy, procedure or rules ... We expect interested parties to either [1] attend the annual meetings in person to be heard OR [2] submit identifiable written correspondence (by email to Info@seniorsoftball.com with "Rules Committee" in the Memo Line or by snail-mail) ... You should plan now to attend the meetings if at all possible and present your arguments for changes ... We're very visitor-friendly! ... Please note that ALL the arguments and suggestions made here over the year on this forum are specifically EXCLUDED from potential Meeting Agenda inclusion ... This is due to the generally unregulated and anonymous (like yourself here) nature of the forum, especially when many of those suggestions contradict each other ... We hope to hear from you by proper channels or, even better, see you in early December ... |
| April 22, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #1 REVISION • There was an unexpected withdrawal this morning of a 70-AAA team, Midwest A's (MO), after the TENTATIVE schedules had been released ... Required revisions are now online with an effective date of 4/22/2024, and may require you to refresh your download to see the latest version ... Good luck everyone ... |
| April 22, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 REVISION • There was an unexpected withdrawal this morning of a 60-AAA team, KC Elite (MO), after the TENTATIVE schedules had been released ... Changes were required to the Men's 50-Major, 55-Major, 55-AAA and 60-Silver divisions ... Revisions are now online with an effective date of 4/22/2024, and may require you to refresh your download to see the latest version ... Good luck everyone ... |
| April 21, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Carson City It's probable (NOT certain) that some division(s) in the Men's 55+ age group will be playing in Carson City this year ... The last time they played there was five years ago in 2019, and prior to then was 2016 ... We won't know for sure until shortly after the entry deadline date of May 3rd ... |
| April 20, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for the SSUSA's Texas State Championships 2024 in Grapevine, TX, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" when play commences ... Good luck to all! DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's)• Men's: 50's | 55's | 60's | 65's & 70-AA | 70-AAA thru 85's • Complete: All Ages & Divisions [Large file: 21 pages] Tournament Administration (PDF's)• Master Games & Field Grid: Texas State 2024 • Participating Teams List: Texas State 2024 |
| April 19, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets DRAFT Game Schedules and Brackets for the SSUSA's Northern Championships 2024 in Twin Cities Gateway, MN, have been posted and are available from the links below and on the event's Tournament page ... As always, these DRAFT schedules are TENTATIVE, are subject to change and become final ONLY when released as "OFFICIAL" when play commences ... Good luck to all! DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's)• Men's: 50's thru 60's | 65's thru 80's • Complete: All Ages & Divisions [12 pages] Tournament Administration (PDF's)• Master Games & Field Grid: Northern's 2024 • Participating Teams List: Northern's 2024 |
| April 19, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: New Roster Rule txnighttrain ... The rule is designed to discourage the practice by some teams of either not submitting a tournament roster at all, or being seriously tardy in doing so ... It does not have any application in the example you mentioned of wanting to add a player to your roster after the deadline ... Contact the eligibility department like you normally do, by email and/or phone, and they'll be happy to help you add more players who are otherwise eligible as to age, residency and player rating history experience ... |
| April 16, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Bats Discussion: Interpretation of the new bat rule SSUSA APPROVED BATSThe following bats have been approved for Senior Softball-USA use:Updated September 5, 2023 . Combat: All Combat slow-pitch bats manufactured before 2021 must be stamped 1.21 BPF or lower. |
| April 15, 2024 SSUSA Staff | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: SSUSA's MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 • "DRAFT" Game Schedules & Brackets SESSION #2 REVISION • The late withdrawal of LN Construction (MO) in the 50-Major division resulted in reducing it from seven to six teams for bracket play ... There were also changes to revise round robin seeding play ... The changes are online with an effective date of April 15, 2024 ... Good luck! |
