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| July 19, 2020 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Stents I had two stents implanted about 15 years ago. I played in a tournament three weeks later and have been playing ever since. The doc's only concern was that the incision in my groin be properly healed before I exerted myself. Now I was lucky in that they found my blockage before I had a heart attack. I am sure the path would have been different had I had a cardiac event before the stents |
| May 20, 2020 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Please, a story from anyone! Anything but Corona, Corona, Corona! May have posted this before, but we're all watching reruns: Southpaw, this happened in Cullman,AL. Finals of NSA Senior World Series, 60 AAA Division. I'm playing with a team from Central Arkansas. We're in the finals, having come through the winner's bracket. Championship game is late on Saturday night against another Arkansas team from Hot Springs, who have been our friendly rivals for years. We're down by 10 going into the bottom of the seventh, but have come back to trail by one with only one out and runners on 1st and 3rd. I'm the next batter. There's a brief delay after which I take my stance---at the scoring plate. Umpire says "that's OK, but we're playing over here." More than a little rattled at that point, I move to the correct plate. Now I'm getting all kinds of "encouragement" from our dugout: "Hit it on the grass." "Hit a fly ball." "Stay out of the double play." First pitch, I swing and miss completely. Second pitch, I'm way ahead of the ball and hit a weak foul ball which falls near the 1B dugout. At this point, our dugout is in despair. Third pitch, I hit a line drive through the 5-6 hole that scores the tying run from 3B. The runner on 1B is the the fastest guy on our team, and when the LF briefly bobbles the ball, he scores all the way from first to win the game and the Senior World Series. Now it's 15 years later. Do you think anybody on that team remembers that I drove in the winning run. Heck No! But they all remember me taking my batting stance at the wrong plate. |
| April 3, 2020 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: George's Dilemma Dirtball, my nephew showed me pictures of the SBD on his base in Iraq. Looked like the technology hadn't changed in 50 years, just the uniforms. |
| April 1, 2020 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: George's Dilemma Another Mess Hall Story: Arrived in-country January 4, 1968, three weeks before Tet. Assigned to 228th Signal Company at a remote radio relay site on Hon Tre Island, just off the coast at Nha Trang. We were at approximately 400 meters above sea level, so our site provided excellent line of site radio shots up and down the coast and to some of the inland locations in II Cosrps. The civilian contracting company, Page Electronics, was building a permanent installation which was co-located on our site and for which we provided logistic support. Now, if you were there, you know that the ex-pats and civilians contractors in VN were an odd lot Early in my tour, we were trying to improve our perimeter and build a new bunker, when our guys ran into a large rock formation that we had no equipment to clear. One of the Page geniuses claimed to be a demolition expert. He came up with several sticks of dynamite and proceeded to make a big show of blasting the rock formation. After setting his charges, and with the whole company looking on, he announces loudly, "Fire in the Hole", "Fire in the Hole", "Fire in the Hole", pushes the plunger on his igniter and blows a 20 pound rock through the roof of our mess hall. The mess hall was out of service that night, the rock formation never got cleared, and we re-sited the bunker. |
| July 10, 2019 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Does the run count? Dave, it even makes me mad when I see a player on the opposing team do that. |
| June 27, 2019 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Do we win or do we lose It's a timing play. If the runner from third crossed the plate before the runner going back to second was put out, the run counts; game over. You can't have a force play once the batter has been retired. |
| June 16, 2019 TexasTransplant | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: Mid-west Championship JB, Boyd Metals will be there as a 70 AAA team. In past years there have been 5 or 6 70+ teams of various rankings. I believe Ok-Ark will be there. There are usually teams from the KC and St Louis areas. While I don't live in the Rogers area, I do have family in the area. They have not been impacted greatly by the flooding. Most of that was in Eastern Oklahoma. |
| June 13, 2019 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: site to buy/sell used senior bats Frank, softballfans.com has a special forum for buying and selling bats. As with the FB page referenced above, you have to have some level of trust in the buyer. They do have buyer ratings posted by other sellers, however. Would hate to see you give it up, but I'm afraid we're all getting there. |
| March 11, 2019 TexasTransplant | Topic: Teams looking for players Discussion: senior slow pitch softball Kirby, Where are the teams in the 70+ and 75+ divisions in this league based? |
| Jan. 8, 2019 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: drop down box for rules under the title TOURNAMENTS canon, I have the same problem on my Mac. Prompted by your post, I just tried it on my new Chromebook and it works. |
| Dec. 3, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Soft Toss Machine I had a Wilson soft toss machine. It didn't toss the balls high enough to simulate slow pitch pitching. I built a stand so that the balls would go higher, but, with regular softballs, it was too erratic to do any good. Possibly, if you used cage balls or something else with out seams, it would perform better. After storing it for 12 years, I ended up putting mine by the curb for the local junk guy to pick up. Maybe it improved his hitting. |
| Dec. 3, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: God Just Got a Great Leadoff Hitter We have lost our leadoff hitter and friend and my warm-up partner. Johnny Haney died from a heart attack Saturday at his home in North Little Rock, AR. Our team had evolved over the years as we aged and went through multiple sponsors (Central Arkansas Seniors, Teeters, Crackerbox, Bank of Rison, and, most recently, Boyd Metals 70’s). The one constant was Johnny at the top of our batting order. He was the consumate leadoff hitter. A left-handed batter, he could dink the ball to left field, hit line drives to all fields, and, when the outfield tried to cheat in to stop him, he could bow-up and burn them. He was a little over-weight and, in recent years, his knees had limited him to a designated hitter role, but more than one shortstop learned to his dismay that Johnny could motor down the line. It was almost as if he willed himself to get there faster. Frequently the opposition would shake their heads when Johnny displayed surprising speed to first base only to be lifted for a pinch runner because of his knees. Johnny loved the game and no one played it with more passion. If there was a game to be played, Johnny wanted to play it, whether it was 100+ degrees or we had been sitting in the hotel two days watching the rain, he was ready if there was a possibility of a game. If they play softball in heaven, and what kind of place will it be if they don’t, God just got himself a great leadoff hitter. I hope when we meet again, I’m good enough to be on Johnny’s team once more. I hope they’re playing two up there today. Rest in Peace, Johnny. |
| July 10, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Achilles Tendon Injury Challenge your physical therapist. Let him know that, despite your age, you're seriously interested in getting back to your sport. If a good physical therapist knows you're willing to put in the work, he/she can develop a lot of injury and sport specific programs to help you heal faster. And don't skip the work at home between PT session! |
| July 8, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Achilles Tendon Injury Had a similar problem about 12 years ago. Heel spur with calcified growth on the tendon. The doc surgically severed my achilles, removed the spur and, as I understood, scraped the calcified growth off the tendon, then reattached it. I had the surgery in December and was playing by the end of June. Did rigorous physical for four months, three times a week in the clinic and every day at home. Every case has its own peculiarities. If your doc is telling you one year, maybe your problem is more severe, but it wouldn't hurt to get another opinion. |
| June 19, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: Players looking to join a team Discussion: Looking for 50 Team in North TX There are senior leagues in Richardson and Grand Prairie. The Richardson league plays at Heights Park, on Floyd Road just south of Arapaho on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Most nights teams are looking for players. Come out and pound your glove, you can probably hook up with a team pretty quickly. I believe the Grand Prairie league plays at Mike Lewis Park on Monday and Wednesday. There is also a day league that plays throughout the Metroplex, however, you have to be 55 for that one and it's probably not going to be a good fit if you still work. All leagues have a lot of tournament players, so that would be a good way to get involved with a tournament team. |
| May 29, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Is the infield fly rule based on physical ability to catch the ball? B.J., I will grant your point that any fielder might conceivably catch an infield fly, but it must be a ball that CAN BE caught BY AN INFIELDER with ordinary effort. Here's a good synopsis of the rule from the umpire section of the Softball Fans board: "ASA defines an Infield Fly as "a fair fly ball, not including a line drive or an attempted bunt which can be caught by an infielder, pitcher or catcher with ordinary effort when first and second or first, second and third bases are occupied with less than two outs." Every other organization (USSSA, NSA, ISA, SSUSA) defines it in much the same way." My question is when does a player, in this case the 11th man who frequently moves around the field, cease to be an infielder? If he positions himself 50 feet behind second, is he still an infielder for purposes of the IFR? 100 feet? What if his team elects to play him at the same depth as its "regular" outfielders? |
| May 29, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: Rules of the game Discussion: Is the infield fly rule based on physical ability to catch the ball? A related question: When you get to the 70+ age group (65+ in SPA) and have the 11th fielder, how do you determine when he/she is an infielder and when he/she is an outfielder? The most common alignment I see is to place the 11th man in the center of the infield, somewhere immediately behind 2nd base, but it's not uncommon to see this player 20, 30, or 40 feet into the outfield and possibly in LC or RC depending upon the situation. When does he cease being an infielder for purposes of the IF rule? |
| May 14, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Pitching screen preferences We use a rigid, 4" x 7' screen in league. We are able to simply chain it to the backstop between sessions. I provides significantly more protection than the PitchSafe. My BP group uses it PitchSafe and it is hard to beat for mobile use and if you have to break it down and store it between sessions. |
| May 3, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: General and miscellaneous Discussion: Home plate mat size Interestingly, the SPA rulebook shows their mat to be 35" x 21"; two inches wider than the SSUSA mat. |
| Feb. 17, 2018 TexasTransplant | Topic: Tournaments Discussion: TOC LAST WEEKEND And while you're at it, just publish the names of the teams and the tournaments they won. You don't have to read them all off. The program is too long. One guy at our table was actually asleep. |
