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Donald Harder
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Murfreesboro, TN
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Men's 55
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| April 3, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: nicest softball complexes My experience is mostly in the midwest and southern part of the country. CW is right on, the complex in Troutville, VA is one of the best. My favorite place to play is the stadium field in Plant City, FL; former Cincinatti Reds spring training location. The fields at BMAC in Bridgeton, MO and O'Fallon, IL are also some of the best. Gainsville, GA has a nice set of fields as well. |
| March 28, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: Michigan based 55/over Men's team looking for players for Tennessee and beyond JJ curious to know what you mean? Are you playing in TN, will you be playing in other places or is this a specific tournament you're looking for someone. If someone lives in TN (not adjoining MI) can they play on your team? |
| March 23, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: 50 or 55 Major Team looking for Player He's a good player looking for a good team! |
| March 16, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Bats Discussion: wig popper Upon further consideration and watching the video I would not recommend it for anyone under 60, unless you like buying replacements or are considered as a table setter. |
| March 16, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Bats Discussion: wig popper This is a great bat if you like a one-piece that swings like a Dudley. I'm just a dumb softball guy with no talent, but it seems to me to be more helpful for those with less than the strongest swing. I have watched other use it and that's my assessment. If you slow it down and just concentrate on contacting the ball, you may like it. I had two of these bats, wound up giving them away. It's very hot but fragile, had less than 50 swings on the first one and it broke (in Florida so temps weren't the problem). When you hit it square you won't be disappointed it's as hot as any bat available. I normally hit a 30oz or 29.5oz Diamond and really had a hard time squaring it up because the heaviest they make is 28oz. Having a bat you can hit good would be better than one that's hot but not fit for your swing. For me, I gave up on it. I'm not looking forward to playing defense against it!! And really, any senior bat is good enough to get hits with. |
| March 15, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Music City When I was younger, I would prefer to play in bad conditions rather than not playing. Two weeks ago, I was disappointed/angry that my team decided not to play in the Music City. Looking at Zac7's post, I must have changed my position as I have aged because I'm not heartbroken that I won't be playing :) |
| March 2, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: Tennessee team You may want to give Don Howell a call 334-868-8453 |
| Feb. 13, 2023 Scott Harder | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Looking for a team Lilhop01, where do you live and what classification did you last play? |
| Sept. 1, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Teams on FIRE WOW!! We play softball on the weekends and talk about softball during the week, what's the harm and why have a message board if you can't talk about softball? It's great that I've got some intel on the team we are about to play, thanks 65phantom22! |
| Sept. 1, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Pitcher Catcher 1st baseman There are dozens of teams from Charlotte to Myrtle Beach that play in that area. You should have no trouble finding a team. Good Luck hope you knock it out of the park |
| Aug. 29, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Teams on FIRE WOW!! 65phantom22, this is a great analysis of the two teams and I appreciate the insight. My comment was tongue in cheek because anytime someone does good, the people they beat tend to make invalid claims...they are playing down, using shaved bats, cheating some how etc. Everyone wants a chance to win...This senior stuff is so fragmented you can sometimes win tournaments without even playing anyone. Either way, it's all fun and I will continue to play as long as there are 9 other people willing to take the field with me. |
| Aug. 23, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Teams on FIRE WOW!! #movethemup |
| Aug. 23, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: LV Field question? On the message board you have the 55 majors playing at Desert Breeze Park. That Park is not on the list of parks or the map. Can you put the address/location of Desert Breeze Park on the list? Any other information about the park would also be interesting to know. Turf/Grass, Age, Fence distance, etc. |
| Aug. 11, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: 90's National Championship Game (anyone who knows a player 88 and over) You just reset my personal goals. Hoping to be 90 major plus some day |
| Aug. 3, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Am i wrong to think this way Please look at the string started in May titled "enough said" If you are altering a senior bat you may need help. They are all super hot already and if you can't hit it well, it's not the bat. I hear people suggest others are cutting/shaving bats, but it could just be that they are good hitters. |
| Aug. 2, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What’s your call Seems absurd that someone would throw the ball like that, but you did say it was not a "mature" men's game. Trying to make that argument would be embarrassing to me; you lost, he came through, tip your hat. However, One thing to think of is if the other baserunners don't get to the next base, the force out is still in effect. If they are celebrating and not paying attention, you could get a force out which would negate the run and the batter would be out on a fielder's choice. But in this case the force out at third is not in effect because the runner on second scored. Throwing it to 3rd was a illogical thing to do but we know how frustrated ballplayers don't always make sound decisions. Now that you explained it, if the force out is not an option, the next time someone hits a walk off base hit against me, I'll get the ball and aim for people celebrating :) |
| July 27, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Columbus IN I'm just glad we can still play and I really appreciate all the effort put out just to make it possible for us to play. There are too many people out there that think they should be treated like kings as if they were stars on an MLB team. I want to make a positive comment that the umpires were great, especially the father son duo we had at Dunn. I hope all the whining doesn't discourage them from continuing to participate. But the 7 games we played were all well umped, we made more mistakes than the umps did. Here are the issues we would like to see addressed for the Columbus, IN tournament 1. I do agree that Dunn fields were worse than Cane Ridge in Nashville, and almost as bad as Cincinnati. If those fields are our only option, we will sit it out next year. I'll spare you the description because I think you know. 2. The brackets also were not properly thought out. We had to win our third game, one in the winners and two in the losers, to get to a team that lost their first game in the winners and won one in the losers. So in bracket play we were 3-1 and had to play at 8am on Sunday to get to a team who was 1-1 at 9:30. Winning our first game hurt us. I love the 3GG in bracket play but you need to make the O-2 teams play each other and eliminate the loser of that game. 3. Too many teams were brought back for Sunday. If you started the day on Sunday in the losers bracket, you would have to win 6 games in a row in 97 degree heat to go all the way. I saw a team do it but it's not ideal. Makes for a long drawn out weekend with a lot of down time only to be compressed at the end. 4. The gold dot ball is really bad when it heats up with any humidity. Makes the outfielders look really good and who needs that? If you want evidence look at the run totals. Overall, it's the 5th time I've played that one and I've enjoyed all of them. Thanks for all you to do allow us to continue to stay young at least in our hearts and minds. |
| June 13, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: catch no catch IMO... when the glove left your hand it no longer is part of your "body" and you have lost control. Very much the same as if it were a base. If the ball hits the base and pops up and you catch it before it hits the ground, it's a hit unless you throw the runner out at first. Imagine if you were running for a pop up and you realized you were not going to get there so you throw your glove on the ground, the ball hits your glove and you catch it before it hits the ground. Loss control of glove = loss control of ball. |
| June 1, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Verbal Obstruction or Interference So... what if it wasn't the catcher who yelled? What if it was a fan in the stands directly behind the catcher and everyone thought it was the catcher? |
| June 1, 2022 Scott Harder | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Verbal Obstruction or Interference Just to clarify.. I don't believe the call was not commensurate with the rules; great call that took courage to make. What I am saying is the runner should not have stopped running according to basic fundamentals for playing the game. It seems like he forced a call to be made that was not really needed. With 2 outs, I'm running until someone stops me. Also, I've done a lot worse, not out of trying to be deceptive, but as a verbal cheerleader and I assume no one listens or cares what I might say; because you never know. HOWEVER, my real pet peeve is how players make mistakes and then hope the umpires bail them out. Until the players play perfect, why do we expect the umpires to be perfect? How many times have you seen a team make 5 errors in an inning and them blow up over a borderline call? |
