[Hold My Own]

ive never actually met anyone on this board, but id be in for some softball, a little bbq after or something.

I love at Intramurial softball, theres always the one dbag who thinks hes hot stuff and has to wear like a full on jersey to the game, like the pants tucked into the socks, the 3/4 shirt tucked in, the hat, the shades, and the eyeblack. its awesome to see him go up and strike out in slow pitch

I hope HMO doesn't take this post personal.........

haha nice...it would have been really personal if he said "There's always a 24 year old playing intramural's who cant give it up"

[RubberMallet]

Did you have the ASA version or NSA? I'm surprised some of our big boys said they had to beat a tree with it just to break it in...but that was the REAP2 though (ASA)

original. i have the sr ripit too and that was is a beast

[01LUGrad]

Someone said "Summer" and "Softball." Ahhhh. The good times in life. Only a couple of months away.

I'd play, but I have a Sabathia-type contract as a pitcher on my church league team. You couldn't afford me.

[JK37]

While school is in we need to have a softball day at peaks for Flamefan'rs if we get enough to play a game then awesome if not then we just hit around and stuff

If I was in town, I'd come ump it, haha! HMO knows, I got skills behind the plate!

I umped adult leagues for 7 years, 2 in L'burg. HMO, you're not kidding about the dearth of "C" teams. There's not a lot of high level talent in L'burg anymore.

Seriously, I'd rather get paid to be at the park than have to pay to play. Just my opinion. You start out making $25/game in L'burg, doing three games/night, maybe 2-3 nights/week. Not bad pocket change.

[flames1971]

Softball?!??!?!? I'm so uncordinated that I can't even hit the ball

[RubberMallet]

While school is in we need to have a softball day at peaks for Flamefan'rs if we get enough to play a game then awesome if not then we just hit around and stuff

If I was in town, I'd come ump it, haha! HMO knows, I got skills behind the plate!

I umped adult leagues for 7 years, 2 in L'burg. HMO, you're not kidding about the dearth of "C" teams. There's not a lot of high level talent in L'burg anymore.

Seriously, I'd rather get paid to be at the park than have to pay to play. Just my opinion. You start out making $25/game in L'burg, doing three games/night, maybe 2-3 nights/week. Not bad pocket change.

the problem we have locally is that its all asa here. we however are surrounded by usssa leagues in IA and the chicago area. and a c usssa league is entirely different than a c asa league and usually it correlates to usssa c actually being asa b. which makes for tough for tournaments...

[Hold My Own]

While school is in we need to have a softball day at peaks for Flamefan'rs if we get enough to play a game then awesome if not then we just hit around and stuff

If I was in town, I'd come ump it, haha! HMO knows, I got skills behind the plate!

I umped adult leagues for 7 years, 2 in L'burg. HMO, you're not kidding about the dearth of "C" teams. There's not a lot of high level talent in L'burg anymore.

Seriously, I'd rather get paid to be at the park than have to pay to play. Just my opinion. You start out making $25/game in L'burg, doing three games/night, maybe 2-3 nights/week. Not bad pocket change.

the problem we have locally is that its all asa here. we however are surrounded by usssa leagues in IA and the chicago area. and a c usssa league is entirely different than a c asa league and usually it correlates to usssa c actually being asa b. which makes for tough for tournaments...

That's the good thing about living in the country for me...there is an outlaw tourny every weekend....I just got the Orginal Freak limited edition in for the Utrip and outlaw tournys.


This is prob the earliest I've felt really good out there...normally it takes some time but yesterday I had 3 bombs so that was good (ASA)

[JK37]

While school is in we need to have a softball day at peaks for Flamefan'rs if we get enough to play a game then awesome if not then we just hit around and stuff

If I was in town, I'd come ump it, haha! HMO knows, I got skills behind the plate!

I umped adult leagues for 7 years, 2 in L'burg. HMO, you're not kidding about the dearth of "C" teams. There's not a lot of high level talent in L'burg anymore.

Seriously, I'd rather get paid to be at the park than have to pay to play. Just my opinion. You start out making $25/game in L'burg, doing three games/night, maybe 2-3 nights/week. Not bad pocket change.

the problem we have locally is that its all asa here. we however are surrounded by usssa leagues in IA and the chicago area. and a c usssa league is entirely different than a c asa league and usually it correlates to usssa c actually being asa b. which makes for tough for tournaments...

Exactly! My league in WV had 100+ teams, and a few in the uppermost diviison were legit USSA "B" teams. Objectively, in my 2 years umping in L'burg, I've yet to see a team that could compete w/ the top-tier teams I was used to.

We routinely had weekend semi-pro softball players from Pittsburgh come down to Morgantown (less than 1.5-hour drive) to play weeknights in our league. What they could do with a softball, hitting and fielding, was unreal at times. And VERY different from baseball stars playing softball.

[Hold My Own]

Exactly! My league in WV had 100+ teams, and a few in the uppermost diviison were legit USSA "B" teams. Objectively, in my 2 years umping in L'burg, I've yet to see a team that could compete w/ the top-tier teams I was used to.

Yeh there arent really most travel teams take a few players off each super 6 squad....generally the best players. Or some guys team up with teams out of Richmond and Roanoke

[JK37]

Exactly! My league in WV had 100+ teams, and a few in the uppermost diviison were legit USSA "B" teams. Objectively, in my 2 years umping in L'burg, I've yet to see a team that could compete w/ the top-tier teams I was used to.

Yeh there arent really most travel teams take a few players off each super 6 squad....generally the best players. Or some guys team up with teams out of Richmond and Roanoke

There aren't enough serious players in their mid-20's getting into the sport, at least in central VA. A balance of 20-somethings and players in their 30's/40's is optimal. When the core of elite talent is pushing 50, there's a drop-off. That's what I saw in L'burg.

[RubberMallet]

If I was in town, I'd come ump it, haha! HMO knows, I got skills behind the plate!

I umped adult leagues for 7 years, 2 in L'burg. HMO, you're not kidding about the dearth of "C" teams. There's not a lot of high level talent in L'burg anymore.

Seriously, I'd rather get paid to be at the park than have to pay to play. Just my opinion. You start out making $25/game in L'burg, doing three games/night, maybe 2-3 nights/week. Not bad pocket change.

the problem we have locally is that its all asa here. we however are surrounded by usssa leagues in IA and the chicago area. and a c usssa league is entirely different than a c asa league and usually it correlates to usssa c actually being asa b. which makes for tough for tournaments...

That's the good thing about living in the country for me...there is an outlaw tourny every weekend....I just got the Orginal Freak limited edition in for the Utrip and outlaw tournys.


This is prob the earliest I've felt really good out there...normally it takes some time but yesterday I had 3 bombs so that was good (ASA)

i play in 1 outlaw tourney each year....and for that i have a batch1 original synergy. its got very little decals left on it and the the fibers around the endcap are exposed... it has a 3" crack on one side of the bat (has had that for about 100 swings) i got it off of egay for like 70 bucks...

and this thing is ultraesque. the only cuts it sees is gametime cuts...

[Realist]

Slow pitch softball. Anyone can play, and boring.

Fast pitch people. Find a fast pitch league. Then you actually feel like you accomplished something on the rare times you hit one out. And you can steal. And hit and run. And bunt. Move runners over. People strike out, and you can't foul out. It's a real game.

[Schfourteenteen]

Bought my $30 Easton Cyclone today. Definitely will dominate the 14 team Church softball league. I can still HMO in the other league Im in, but its not nearly as gratifying as hitting liners past thr 60 year old 3rd baseman.

[JK37]

Bought my $30 Easton Cyclone today. Definitely will dominate the 14 team Church softball league. I can still HMO in the other league Im in, but its not nearly as gratifying as hitting liners past thr 60 year old 3rd baseman.

3rd Base and Pitcher can be very dangerous - the most so in slo1 pitch. I've seen a 3rd baseman who was all-american infielder in college take a liner in the eye. (He said he never saw it, only heard it.) Also have seen a pitched get hit in the nuts (had to have one testicle surgically removed in the ER b/c it ruptured). The worst may have been the pitcher who lunged barehanded at a liner, and the ball literally took his pinky finger right off.

Personally, the worst is a foul tip back over a catcher's head right into the ump's face. Also, USSSA two-man mechanics put the base ump in front of 2nd base w/ runners on, and the ball can be a missile up the middle right at you!

[RubberMallet]

Slow pitch softball. Anyone can play, and boring.

Fast pitch people. Find a fast pitch league. Then you actually feel like you accomplished something on the rare times you hit one out. And you can steal. And hit and run. And bunt. Move runners over. People strike out, and you can't foul out. It's a real game.

that would be great if the nearest one wasn't an hour and a half away...

and no not anyone can play slow pitch softball....they might be able to hit the ball but you still have to field.

["R" i "]

Is there going to be a FF softball game/ hit around?

[blwall1416]

Let's just say that HMO's team is no longer undefeated in the city league....

[RubberMallet]

we played a team last night i've played with a few times....they are like an entire family that live and breath softball....its the first year they've played in our city leagues but they play all over the place. they play 4 weeknights a week AND they play tourneys almost every weekend....

i asked their SS what his BA is for this year. he said he's batting .815 in 171 at bats. he is like the area softball phenom and he's not lying. his first 3 ab's, nobody is on....smokes the ball over the ss/p hole.... 4th ab, 2 men on... our pitcher is shouting at the lcfielder..."you!" and i look at him and go, "dude this ball is over them trees" what happens next?



and it was on a ball that he had no business swinging at. he swings an easton extended that looks like it has 4000 hits on it.

[Hold My Own]

haha...yes we did indeed split....lucky for you we didnt play the 7th! That 12 run lead quickly turned to 4 and I think the 7th was our inning


Ps I hate field 1 and it's retarded we're playing there!

[blwall1416]

I finally started hitting the ball better last night. Wasn't the best, but better. Maybe by the end of the season I'll be back to my former self.


By the way, we were saving our best inning for the 7th......so its a good thing for you guys that we didn't play.......wouldn't want to run up the score.

[RubberMallet]

by the way...a death in the family last week for me...

[Hold My Own]

I finally started hitting the ball better last night. Wasn't the best, but better. Maybe by the end of the season I'll be back to my former self.


By the way, we were saving our best inning for the 7th......so its a good thing for you guys that we didn't play.......wouldn't want to run up the score.

Yeah, you were on last night...that was the first week I didnt have at least 2 home runs...that field was playing mind games with our entire team. We went from scoring 38 runs last week to whatever we did last night

[jinxy]

Have you played in any of the tournaments over in Roanoke and Salem this year. We may get up a team from the lake to play in the last one in July I believe it is.

[Hold My Own]

Have you played in any of the tournaments over in Roanoke and Salem this year. We may get up a team from the lake to play in the last one in July I believe it is.

We won won a few weeks ago in Salem, then this last weekend we went 0-4 up there, Chick-fila beat us twice in a thrashing...not a good weekend...hopefully this weekend is better

[BJWilliams]

So Im watching ESPN over the weekend and did you know that there is world class slow pitch softball? There was a game on between the US and Canadian national slow pitch men's softball teams (USA won 30-23).