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March 20, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships Not disappointed. Just thankful its going to be decent as being in NE Kansas the last 55 years, I can tell you the times in the middle of March where its 80 degrees, let alone 90+ are few & far between. And yes we're playing Mon-Wed.
March 20, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships Dave SSUSA got really lucky on the weather. and I mean really lucky. Keep in mind though this is not the only complex in the KC area that SSUSA could try to schedule a TOC. Mid America in Shawnee Kansas has 10 turfed diamonds. Frank White complex in Lees Summit MO has 5 turfed diamonds and Hartman Park (5 minutes from Frank White fields also in Lees Summit) has 3 more ag lime diamonds. Might want to check those venues out. Might even get a better deal. Plus the fields are all 300 feet, not like 330 down the lines and 375 to center like Homefield is.
March 17, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships On 2nd thought- how about NOT scheduling tournaments the 1st few days of spring in The northern half of the middle of the country?
March 16, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships Yes its going to warm up this week (thank God) but the point is- what would the SSUSA directors have done if the 65-80 divisions would have played today or tomorrow? There were teams coming in from Minnesota, Colorado & Nebraska. As a player I think we should be told what SSUSAs plans would have been. So a team travels 6-7 hours to play in below wind chill temps. So im askingva "what if" question. Id like to know an answer.
March 16, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships It's a tropical 10 degrees with a -7 wind chill here in KCK this morning. If this TOC was today for the 65-80 divisions would we be expected to play?
March 11, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships Bob21. Its crazy. Im 50 minutes from this complex. Monday 41, Tues mid 50's, Thurs mid 60's, then Fri-Sat-Sun 80's every day. 50's, 55's & 60's will luck out if that forecast holds. Mon 80's and then Tues-Wed mid 60's but 40's in morning. Still a ways off but I'll be ok with those temps if they hold up for us older divisions.
March 11, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships I did the math. 62 teams last year, actually it is 35 teams this year. 27 teams decided not to play this year. Not exactly 100% positive what that is saying, but it is definitely saying something. And my team is playing.
March 2, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships Crummy- last year 62 teams, this year 37
Feb. 28, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships with this tournament 2 weeks after daylight savings time returns and the sun rising in the east 1 hour later than now, will the 8 am games start in the dark?
Feb. 24, 2026 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships JohnO28. Personally I hope this tournament gets canceled due to lack of teams entering. Lots of pulled muscles and cracked bats will undoubtedly happen. Praying its at least 60 degrees throughout the tournament if it makes but that is asking a lot during the first week of spring in March in northeast Kansas.
Nov. 22, 2025 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: March 20-25 TOC Tournament -Homefield Sports Complex-KC KS Another thing to consider, most if not all players in middle America (other than Texas) have only had indoor hitting practice once the calendar turns to November until spring thaw. Then putting a tournament on when its still more than likely going to be cold, what is going to happen? Pulled muscles and cracked bats is whats going to happen. It just doesn't add up having a TOC in Kansas City, KS before a TOC in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like WCLARK 06 states, make it make sense, cause its sure isn't making any sense to me. And Tim M I get it with parks and availability & all that but see my 1st post. Surely there would be 1 weekend from April thru the end of August where the 8 turf complex or the 10 turf complex would be available for a SSUSA TOC event. I would almost guarantee a bigger turnout if this was held late in the spring or early summer.
Nov. 20, 2025 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: March 20-25 TOC Tournament -Homefield Sports Complex-KC KS Any particular reason this tournament was moved from the middle of April to March 20-25? It was questionable enough with weather issues the last 2 years (cold, wind and rain) in the middle of April & now moving it to the end of winter/the 1st week of spring, there is no clue as to what we may encounter weather wise. We've had ice storms and blizzards in the middle of March before in the KC area. I just dont understand this move. Kansas isn't Texas, Florida or California. Homefield has 8 turfed diamonds and Mid-America in Shawnee KS has 10 turfed diamonds, surely there is a weekend later in the season where only rain would be a concern for a TOC tournament.
Nov. 4, 2025 Parman	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Rule 13 Northern States teams being moved up to Major Plus Montanapnc, I think our team (70 KC Kids) can one up your situation & we feel your pain too. We started the year as 70M, played you in the spring Vegas Championships and you knocked us out Thursday morning. We did not place in the top 4. We never saw another 70 Major team until the Northern TOC in Minnesota in June. One other 70 M participated and one 70 M+ team also participated. We went 1-1 in pool, lost to the 70M team and beat the M+ team by 3 with our 5 run spot. The 3rd pool game was against a 65AAA team so it did not count in the seeding. About 4 pm on Sat. a monsoon came thru which wiped out play for the rest of the day. Director(s) made Sunday a single elimination contest. the 70 M team also beat the 70 M+ team so they were seed #1. We were seeded #3 and played the 70 M+ team again winning 13-6 with our 5 run spot. Played the #1 seed (the 70 M team) and had our best performance of the year winning 35-26. The 70 M+ team then came to KC in July and we played them again a best 2 out of 3 and swept them but they were missing their #1, 3 & 4 hitters plus their #1 pitcher. Then later in July 4 of our 5 infielders got hurt and we were unable to participate in the Rocky Mountain TOC and the Vegas World Series. We then find out last Friday we have been moved to Major Plus for 2026 even after not placing in spring Vegas or going to the World Series. No one on our team can understand why. A logical thinking person might conclude that maybe the 70 M+ team should have just been moved down to 70 M for 2026. I dont know who we will be able to play for this next season. There are very few older Major teams in this part of the country too. Other than the Vegas, Minn & the 2 out of 3 July tourney every other game we played was against 65 AAA or 70 AAA. We played 1 game against a 65 M team that won it all in Vegas a couple of months ago and they beat us 24-9 even with us getting 5 runs. I guess every tournament we are in and they are in, we will play them since we are both M+ now. I really wonder how these re-classifications of teams are actually handled by the powers that be in Sacremento.
Sept. 24, 2025 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: 75 aaa brackets Berger is exactly right. Its a shame KC will never host the World Championships. We have 2 basically brand new complexes that have a combined 18 artificial turf diamonds and at least 3 more complexes in the area off the top of my head that have another 12 well maintained 300 ft fields. The only fields that can even compare to the KC fields in Vegas are Arroyo Grande and Shadow Rock. I would think the SSUSA board might take a look at this, but no doubt the chances are slim & none.
March 2, 2025 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Midwest Championships - playing fields The fields are 330-400 so if the ball gets past your outfielders unless Usain Bolt is on your team its going to be an inside the park HR. I am hoping temp fences will be installed for the tournament. Its really tough on older players. I know of at least 2 KC area team that will not play in this tournament unless there are temp fences this year. This is a brand new beautiful turf complex with 8 diamonds but all were built as baseball fields.
May 12, 2024 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Baseball Fields A simple solution. Why not move this TOC to the 10 field turf complex that has 300 ft fences in Shawnee KS? Surely there is 1 week in the these fields would be available.
April 30, 2024 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Baseball Fields We played on turf Baseball fields 2 weeks ago in KC KS. Great new complex but huge fields. 375 feet in center. 325-330 down the lines. All I can tell you if it gets in the gap its a HR unless the hitter is a Steve Balboni type and then its a triple. Hope your team has extremely fast outfielders than can close the gaps. 65, 70 + 75 year old teams cant cover that much outfield territory at a reasonable level. Personally I didnt care for it, it changes the game too much. I know the old saying "its the same for both teams" but realistically its not the same if your rosters aren't similar. There is another 10 diamond complex in KC that all fields are 300 ft fences, I'm hoping SSUSA will go back there next year as they used that complex years ago for the Midwest TOC.
Sept. 10, 2023 Parman	Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: What do 12 and 6 foot arcs really look like? Going to 6-10 ft arc would eliminate nearly all of the barking at umpires about high pitches. Id like to see it adopted
July 19, 2023 Parman	Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Question about updating teams ratings I was looking at ratings for 65+ this morning. In 65 Major+ there are 11 teams that were rated at the plus level that are 6 years or older now from when they were 1st rated Major+. And 4 of them were rated at the plus level from 2009, 2012 or 2013. Are those teams still around in 65 Major+ ? I wouldn't think so. Do the team rating pages ever get updated?
March 20, 2023 Parman	Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Music City I meant to say- why any tournaments in any other States besides those 5 are even scheduled this time of the year is beyond me.

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