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Real name:

John OSullivan

Location:

Oak Forest IL

Division:

Men's 50

Messages posted by JohnO28

July 10, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Playing 2 divisions in a tourney I know some associations don't allow players to play in different divisions with different ratings in the same tourney. For example, does SSUSA have a rule against a 55AAA player playing 60M in the same tourney as long as player is eligible to play 60s?
July 8, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Being a pickup up for Loudoun tournament for July 26-28 Dave, I obviously don't know all the facts but from his original post he's already on the team who is telling him he can't take more than 15. I was under the impression that he had been playing with them already this year by him stating "my original team", I took that to mean he was part of the team and had been playing with them already this year. I could be mistaken in that though.
July 7, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Being a pickup up for Loudoun tournament for July 26-28 Sounds like youre getting the runaround. No ruled saying you can only take 15
July 7, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Being a pickup up for Loudoun tournament for July 26-28 I would think the first think you need to do is talk to your Manager and find out why you couldn't be added to the team roster you're already on and see if it's just for the Loudon tourney or the rest of the season. It's my understanding that you can't go play for anyone else while you're still on someones yearly roster even if you're left off of an individual tourney roster. You would have to be released by current team Manager before you could play with someone else and if you're released then you can't go back and play with your current team. Start with the Manager and then if you don't get any resolution there contact SSUSA HQ.
July 7, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player on Idle Roster Can someone explain how the "IDLE" option on the roster works? I've never had to use it before and I've emailed several times to SSUSA HQ and it's gone unanswered. Is it a loophole so you can have more than 20 people on your roster? If someone is on your idle roster can someone else claim them off of you idle roster? Can a person continuously go on and off of it? Can you put a "Chip" player on it who's hurt and use it to pick up another "Chip" player while they're hurt? Just not sure how it works as I've never seen it before this year, have always had about 15 guys on my roster and just used that to fill spots.
June 25, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Ranking Thanks Dave....
June 25, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Ranking If you have a 55AAA player that is currently on your roster and then he subs ona team to play 50AAA or 50M would he then become a 55M player and count as a chip on the current 55AAA team?
June 19, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Ranking when subbing on another team So looking for some clarification here. Guy starts his Senior career playing on a 50AAA team for 2 years and then left that team and started a new team which has been now ranked as 50AA team for 2 plus years. He is the Manager/Coach of the 50AA team currently and occasionally will sub on a 55M team when needed. How would that player still be classified as a 50AAA player and count as a chip on his own team?
June 17, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Team Change From my understanding, the player must be released from the roster and then play at least one qualifying tourney with the team he wants to go to Vegas with.
June 8, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 55AAA Team Needing Pitcher for June Tourneys 55AAA out of IL looking for a pitcher for June 20-21st in Sturgis MI. Both our pitchers are unavailable that weekend.
May 26, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Baden Ball AJC, You're wasting you're time, these balls have been being used since I think Covid year now. It was talked about on here many times about the cover being bad from the very beginning and the contract was supposed to I think only for a couple years and we heard multiple times from the people that monitor this message board that Baden was made aware of the issue and it was being addressed. I believe(could be wrong) they came back at one point and said the cover had been fixed but those of us who actually play have witnessed no improvement in the cover since that was stated. They also told us a while back that the contract with Baden was expiring a couple years ago but apparently they renewed it. From some videos I saw posted by more than one ball company they were asked to give pricing on supplying balls to SSUSA and guessing since Baden is still the official ball they didn't get a new contract with anyone else. Tim, Not doubting what you're saying but, every time this topic is brought up time and time again member after member chime in and talk about how bad the covers are and how hard it is to see them in a short amount of time especially in Vegas. The players never come on here and agree with what you're saying or whoever is answering from SSUSA that day. Just seems that no players EVER take the side of the cover is good, it's always brought up as a safety concern. Do the balls fly well even when the temps and humidity rise, yeah. Do the covers hold up against tearing, for the most part yes. Do the covers remain clean and highly visible like every other cover out there, absolutely not.
May 22, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: on deck batter hit by thrown ball BJ, First off, I never once said it was a RULE for the on deck batter to get the bat. Secondly, where in the hell are you umpiring that the on deck circle is 20-25 from the baseline. I've been playing and umping this game a damn long time and unless you're playing on College or Pro fields there is maybe 1% chance that you have more than 10-12' between foul line and dugout fencing. Without knowing where the bat was up the baseline I'm still not ruling Interference. If the bat was right by the batters box I can see it "possibly" having the chance of being interference but as Larry S said it wasn't intentional and I'm certainly not calling interference on a badly thrown ball from halfway between 1B and 2B to home as interference unless the bat was right near the batters box.
May 21, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: on deck batter hit by thrown ball Larry S You have stated a few times now "foul territory". Foul territory is a BIG area, where was the throw coming from? Where was the player/bat when it was being retrieved? It could be the 1B side halfway up the line and the throw was coming from LF. These are all big parts of the missing information.
May 20, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: on deck batter hit by thrown ball B.J. Not nearly enough information to go on here. First off, how many fields actually have on deck circles? Secondly, we don't know where the on deck batter was last I checked the on deck circle when actually provided are in foul territory. To my understanding of the rule the on deck batter "could" be called for interference if he INTENTIONALLY interfered with the thrown ball. If it was intentional then the runner closest to home would be called out. If it was accidental then play continues and runners can advance at their own risk. The other thing to consider here is it's also the on deck batters to clear the batters bat from the field of play while the play is going on. There needs to be more clarification from Larry S on where the throw originated from, where it was touched and did it appear to be intentional or not. Without intent I'm ruling dead ball and runners would be determined by location on the field when ball was touched.
May 13, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: 8.4(10) - When Runners are Entitled to Advance Yes he still has to go back and tag up. I will be interested to see how people answer the second part. The way I interpret the rule is you get 2 bases. Seeing as how he was headed back to 1B then he should only get 2B.
May 12, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Associations Discussion: Player rating Since Brotherhood is talking about AA teams and their rosters just curious as to how long a team should be allowed to stay AA? How are AA teams allowed to add 1-3 AAA players multiple years in a row and yet still stay AA? It was my understanding when that my first year playing ball was on a Major team and when I then went to play with a AAA team that I carried that Major status for 2 full seasons and counted as 1 of 3 "Chip" player for those 2 years and then after that I would be considered a AAA player. So how can some of these AA teams continue to add AAA players from other teams year after year but never move up from AA?
March 28, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Equalizer Dave, Just wanted to be clear because that is a big argument amongst a lot of people who operate in the "Grey Area" or as you said play the semantics game.
March 28, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Equalizer Dave, Just so it's clear, when you say no there is no equalizer here. They play straight up. Already had a buddy who saw this say "See even Dave agrees when we played that AA team we should have gotten our 3 HRs because it's even up. No runs given 1 HR each Coin toss for home Correct?
March 21, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Player Rating Question Fireguyq, As TOTF said your best bet is to call SSUSA directly and see what they say. I have heard that 40s teams when moving up to 50 is different than 50,55, 60, 65 etc moving up. From what I was told from a few people that moved from 40's to 50s their ranking if they were AAA became Major at the 50s level. Not sure if that is true but all other levels if you age up to the next level you carry your ranking with you. If I was told wrong and 40s to 50s is no different than the other age groups then you would be AAA in 50s and as long as the AA team you were going to didn't already have 3 AAA players you wouldn't be screwing them. Somewhere there is a chart that shows what your ranking would be at different levels. I just found the chart it would appear that you're 40s AAA ranking would make you a Major player in 50s. https://www.seniorsoftball.com/wc/wc2016/Ratings-Index-Chart.pdf
March 19, 2026 JohnO28	Topic: Product review Discussion: Baden Balls Used at Official SSUSA Tourneys Marcster13, I vaguely remember hearing people talk about them a year or two ago but never saw them.. I believe they said the same thing about them that you did..

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