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« on: May 05, 2014, 07:56:13 am »

Any of you fat lazy old men play softball?
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2014, 07:57:58 am »

Yes, indeed....I play in 2 leagues. They are both "orthodox", but one is much faster (mens league) than the other one (co-ed league).
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2014, 08:40:21 am »

Lol yeah I played a co-ed tourney before.  I dont know all the different names, theres about 3-4 different names for the same game type here.  Nobody plays actual fast pitch here anymore, just moonball/ slow pitch/ unlimited arc, and then theres a few smaller leagues of modified/ half whip where you can bring your arm to like bowling ball length or so idk lol.  Then there are a few tournies where we play 6-12 foot arc where its just an absolute home run derby.  What's orthodox for you guys?
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2014, 08:58:02 am »

Cool. Yeah, orthodox for us is the bowling ball motion. You can bring your arm back as far as you want, but it has to be a straight motion when you deliver. It can be pretty fast if you get a good pitcher, but nothing like whip pitch. I also play in a few slow pitch (6-12 foot arc) tourneys every year. Those could be home run derbies but they usually have some rule where you can only hit so many per game and then it's an out if you hit more or it counts as a double. Sometimes it's the +1 rule where you can hit one more than the other team currently has for home runs, so if they have 4 then you can have 5, but if you hit #6 then you are out, etc. There are usually a bunch of rules to keep the home runs and scoring down.

We don't have those rules in the orthodox leagues though. You can hit as many homers as you want. There's no stealing though.

I want to get a new bat this year. Bought one last year but it sucked....it was a Combat. I think I'll go with an Easton this year. I just have to figure out which ones are legal and good.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2014, 09:32:16 am »

I played in a coed league a few years ago , about the second practice in the girl Jaime wanted to hangout afterwards ,so she came back to my house afterwards while I showered and changed . She ended up wanting to take a shower. Long story short we ended up boning and she turned into a complete stalker obsessed psychopath so I had to quit the team. That is my experience with softball, good times.
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2014, 09:37:22 am »

JK that never happened
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2014, 09:47:18 am »

There is bunting and stealing supposedly in the modified I'm playing tonight, no idea how thats gonna go lol.  The 6-12 arc leagues which are about an hour from here I know have home run rules, where we play there aren't any.  The in town league I've played in ( unlimited ) uses a softer core ball i dont remember which one, its supposed to be restricted flight.  They also buy 6 bats at the start of every year ( just started this few years back ), and that's all you can use.  Its honestly done great things for the league, and I was so opposed to it before.    

The better league I play in though, still unlimited, just started doing a bat compression test last year, and it has to be under 1200 maybe 1500 compression to get a sticker.  This league had a huge problem of shaved and rolled bats, little people and kids who aren't even ballplayers were hitting fly balls landing 20 feet over the fence like it was nothing, and it was way out of hand lol.  

Anyways, yeah I used an Easton Salvo last year, I really liked it.  We also used two Miken Triads, and they were real good too, they broke in extremely fast though and when we got them tested again for playoffs, neither passed.  I got a louisville slugger Z 3000 this year, mostly because it has a big Z on it and came in digital camouflage.  It's been way too cold to use it yet though.  We usually order our bats from this softball express magazine, I know guys who've talked of batsbatsbats.com and another one similar to that I just can't think of it.  Softball express will show you all the new bats this year, the specs on all of them, if they are ASA approved and what not.  I'd say pick your bat out there, and then look around for the best deal on it.

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http://www.softballfans.com/common/images/products/large/ls_z3000_usssa_end.jpg
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2014, 10:19:28 am »

Lol softball.
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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2014, 10:21:55 am »

Yeah, we have umps every game and they check for shaved bats and look for the stamps, so you can't get away with anything illegal. We have the same restrictions around compression. I don't know what the compression is for the league, but we use Worth Gold Dot balls and ASA 2004 stamps. We used to have looser restrictions around balls and it would be hard to keep them in the yard.

I looked at the Z3000 last year (or maybe it was the Z2000 then). I thought it looked pretty good, but I don't think I could find one with a ASA 2004 stamp....I think it was only the new ASA stamp or the USSSA stamp. Our team used a Louisville bat many years ago (15 years or so) and there were lots of home runs off that one.

I'm torn between balanced and end loaded bats too. I like the end loaded because it pulls you around with it, but I'm never sure if I can get the right swing in orthodox these days to use an end loaded (pitch speed varies with each pitcher)....it's fine for slo pitch because you have all day to swing.
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« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2014, 10:43:57 am »

Lol its funny you say that about the bat and balls.  I actually got the balanced version, just showed the pic of the end loaded, and  I just checked my bat and it only says ISF certified  2005 Huh? .   I never used the worth gold dot balls before until we used in a tournament last year at the 6-12.  I didn't like them, they felt extremely light, and got dinged up easily, and ball that was hit hard left a dent in it lol.  They did fly out sometimes thats for sure, I'm just not sold on them like everyone else is in the league, I remember it being brought up that we were switching to them this year in town.  Can't say I remember what ball we were using before.

The other league we had used a ball called The Guru for years.  I know we've switched back and forth between that and "The Evil Ball", which I did just find on google and it is actually called that lol.  Ball compression wise I can't remember what is what, even with the Red/Gold Dot I know there is a ton of different compressions. 

Anyways thats what are problem is too much thinking lol, this is a simple game.  I'll let you know what i think of the Z 3000, like I said I don't think i'll use it tonight because of the whether.
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« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2014, 11:01:37 am »

I'm not a fan of the Gold Dot. We find they don't fly out enough at all. I think our home run leader had 8 or 9 homers in 18 games or so :/ and we have some good hitters and good bats. I'm thinking about going all out this year and seeing how many I can actually hit if I just swing for the fence every time. I turn 40 this year and it's not like I'm a superstar, but I want to hit more than I ever have. Maybe a new bat will help  Smiley

I just emailed our team captain and he said we go by slow pitch bat standards because we aren't technically a fastpitch league, so I guess I can get an ISF or the new ASA stamp now. They made that change for this year. I think I'm good to go with almost any bat now. Wahoo!

Yeah, let me know how it goes with the Z 3000; although, it's too cold here, so I don't think I'll go with a multi-wall bat :/ I'll probably try a singlewall.
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« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2014, 11:47:51 am »

Haha you'd be middle of the pack for age on my team.  My old man is 54 and he is our leadoff hitter.  He is the oldest, but we have a bunch of guys in there 40's.  I used to be the youngest, 24, I think I might still be our youngest player on all my teams actually lol.  We play whole teams who aren't even my age. 

Glad somebody else here appreciates this sport.  I dont know what I'd do if I softball season didn't come around every year, probably yell at kids over xbox live.   
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« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2014, 12:20:13 pm »

Lol, you young guys are too enthusiastic  Tongue I'm in the middle on our team too. But these days our team is pretty much mid-30s to mid-40s. We used to have some fathers on the team that were in their 60s and probably close to 70. We won our league last year which was pretty sweet because one of the teams we play has a bunch of guys in their 20s and they are very enthusiastic. It's was nice to humble them a bit  Smiley

And yeah, I used to play hockey in summer too, but not anymore, so softball is all I have to look forward to.
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« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2014, 12:20:52 pm »

Never been asked to play, so i'll be playing kickball this summer. I use to be a decent runner, havent ran more then 1/4 mile at a jog pace in 3 years.
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« Reply #14 on: May 05, 2014, 12:44:02 pm »

Yeah I hear ya on humbling the young guys, I know I'm young but I'm not into the cocky male cattle dung and can't stand a lot of the younger teams. 

Did you play baseball growing up Soldier?  Most guys playing softball haven't ran more than home to first since last season. 
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