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John OSullivan
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| Sept. 19, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Who will be there? TOURNAMENT INFORMATION: Tournament Staff: TD: Terry Hennessy and Fran Dowell. Rover: Ron Grassi, Mike Hula and Bobby Ellison. UIC: Rick Seifman. Big League Dreams - Las Vegas: Dave Dowell. Arroyo Grande Sports Complex: Bill Hill. Shadow Rock Softball Complex: Linda Weber. Sunset Softball Complex: Donna McGuire. Cheyenne Sports Complex: Butch & Katheryn Jones. Desert Breeze Sports Complex: Jerry & Maria Smith. No mention of Hollywood, who will be running the show there? |
| Sept. 19, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Foul tip Circus, Was just skimming that, I thought they banned all artificial noise makers recently. |
| Sept. 19, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cold Softballs from coolers Hitting10th, There are a few issues with that though. First, you wouldn't be able to throw in a new ball that hasn't been hit 100 times already and baking in the sunshine all day if you needed to. By having control of our own ball supply we can throw in a ball whenever we want. Secondly, the associations will lose a lot of money in ball sales at the tourneys which is just cash money in their pockets. |
| Sept. 19, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat Testing at Worlds SD00, this is why I kept asking for the entire procedure of the whole bat testing process. I honestly don't see how a player can be pushing for a bat that was in his bag if he had never used it in a game(at least for that tourney) situation. You can make the assumption that if it was altered and he knew( not saying it was in any way shape or form, just playing Devils advocate) there is a chance he could have pulled it out to use it or maybe he wouldn't. But simply having an altered bat while is shitty and stupid with how hot the stuff we already use is you can't be penalized for what you may or may not have done. Possessing an altered bat isn't against any laws and if it was all these bat shavers would be shut down. But I asked countless amount of times of the entire process and was repeatedly ignored and then when someone else commented on it, there was a very vague process that left out the majority of the steps. |
| Sept. 17, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat Testing at Worlds Jeffery, So they tested 8 bats from 4 people, were those bats that were being used in the games? If a person had 4 bats in their bag who decided which 2 of the 4 were getting tested? Seems odd that they can just demand 2 bats from a single player instead of testing their bat that is being used in a game. |
| Sept. 17, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cold Softballs from coolers Dave, What is the actual rule of what should happen in that instance though? |
| Sept. 17, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Cold Softballs from coolers that is something that has been going on for years and I've never seen anything done besides the balls removed from the game. The issue though is depending on how long they were in the "cooler" disallowing them til they were warm to the touch doesn't really mean they still aren't harder and going to hit better. If they were in there for several hours it will take several hours for the inside of the ball to soften up as well, the outside will obviously warm up first and become a bit softer but if the inside is still frozen(or much cooler) they are still going to travel further and have a higher exit velocity. I honestly don't know the rule for this but at the very least the umps should have confiscated the balls at the bare minumum and kept them altogether. |
| Sept. 17, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Question about a rule yankee fan, I agree. |
| Sept. 17, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat Testing at Worlds AJC, I can't believe I'm actually doing this but in Dave's defense he never said ALL bats were compression tested. He said Bats were compression tested as ALL facilities yesterday. Now that probably means they randomly tested a couple of bats at each facility. But to your point, I talked to 10 different guys that were playing 55s last weekend and not a single one ever saw a bat being compression tested(not saying they weren't) but they saw none. They all saw the same thing you did, umps running their hands down the barrel feeling and looking for cracks and like you said no one was asked to take all their bats out and have them examined. |
| Sept. 15, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Question about a rule If a game goes to extra innings the international rule goes into effect where the last batted out goes to 2B to start the inning. The player in question was injured and couldn't run the batting team tried to use a substitution but were told no. I know you can't get a pinch runner but why would the player not be allowed to be removed due to substitution? |
| Sept. 15, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Bats Discussion: Bat Testing at Worlds Dave, So were bats just randomly tested then yesterday? I have multiple buddies that played on multiple 55 teams this past weekend and they all said not a single bat was compression tested in any of the 6 games they played this past weekend. They also sometimes the umps "Inspected" the bats prior to the game and sometimes they didn't. Two of my buddies were at Cheyenne and went up to the table where the compression tester was located and the people behind the table told them they personally didn't know how to use the compression tester and didn't know who did. |
| Sept. 14, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Border States rule Dave, What happens in that case if there are no other available players to enter the game? |
| Sept. 13, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Ball being used for Vegas? I really wish there was a way to post pics of just how bad these Baden balls are for getting dirty. Some of the pics buddies have sent me after playing in Vegas it's absolutely terrible how bad they look after less than a game. No other ball I have ever seen gets this dirty. But Hey I guess Baden sells more balls and SSUSA makes more money selling more balls. If you can't get a complete game out of a ball and end up using 2 or 3 balls a game because they are so filthy then it's more money for everyone but the players. |
| Sept. 12, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Thank You Terry Hennessey for the Bat Testing Article Bruce, Some seniors need barrels that soft to even take advantage of the trampoline effect. If you can't compress the barrel then having composite bats do nothing for you. While I agree 140 is low but I'm also not an older Senior that might struggle with compressing the barrel but hope that I will be playing til I'm old enough that I need that 140 barrel compression |
| Sept. 10, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Ball being used for Vegas? The Baden Fire isn't the worst ball out there by any means performance wise and like some have said both teams are hitting the same ball. I do however have an issue with the crappy covers and the fact that Baden supposedly fixed the issue with the covers getting so dirty they are almost unusable and become a safety issue with them being so hard to see. For that reason alone SSUSA should be getting away from them because what good does it do to test bats for "Safety" reasons if we are put at risk by using balls with inferior covers which will promote more injuries that shaved bats. That being said NSA, One Nation, PSA, SPA have all released upgraded balls in the past 2 years while SSUSA took a step back and now have one of the worst balls out there due to the cover issues. |
| Aug. 27, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: ONYX BALLS I bought a Dozen of the Onyx and a dozen of the Mortar balls to do a heads up comparison during games. We play in a league where the home team supplies the balls for each game for both teams to use. Interestingly found out 2 things. First both balls held up well and didn't seem bothered much by the heat. The Onyx balls seemed to travel a bit further and get through the infield a little faster. But the really interesting part was 2 pitchers from 2 different noticed a difference right away. I started both games with the Onyx in play and then when a foul ball happened or a HR was hit the Mortar was thrown in second. The one pitcher before every throwing the Mortar started looking down at the ball and threw it back to me and said this isn't a legal ball its smaller and lighter than a regular ball. We talked back and forth and it's an officially stamped ball so we used it but he is right the Mortar is slightly smaller and lighter than the Onyx and pretty much the old beat up balls in my bag. Second pitcher didn't notice and size difference but after 2 pitches said this ball is lighter than an official ball. I still have to do an actual side by side comparison of them both. Than being said for the price the Onyx ball is top end, they will definitely be the ball of choice for our team moving forward. Hope that helps |
| Aug. 20, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Hmmmm Why was my post removed asking Tim McElroy for further explanation of the protocols SSUSA has put into effect for what the process is once a bat is surrendered to be inspected? Tim stands behind SSUSA on every single post he comments on and I simply asked him what the process was once the bat leaves our hands since SSUSA hasn't given us the process and he always seems to have behind the scenes knowledge of the inner workings of SSUSA. Everything was done respectfully and no swearing was involved. We simply want to know what happens to our property once it's taken. Why is this such a secret we as players have a right to know. There were multiple people commenting that also wanted to know the process. Continually avoiding answers to legit questions by deleting comments and entire posts doesn't give a good look on SSUSAs part. It's our property not yours we have the right to know what you're doing with it |
| Aug. 19, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: Looking for 2 50/55AA players for Vegas Worlds Bear, thought you have enough guys? |
| Aug. 14, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Bats Discussion: failed bats softball4b, I find it hard to believe that in all these years playing that you've only noticed 5 different sounding bats. Just our last tourney alone we could tell there were at least 3 bats that sounded way different than the same bat other people were swinging. If you haven't noticed more than 5 in years you don't know what to listen for. |
| Aug. 13, 2024 JohnO28 | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Batter Box Rule Fuzz, as far as I know ALL senior leagues count the mat and plate as a strike. Stick8 One Nation does for sure. |
