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OK, we’re still the O-fers, but it looks good in a headline. Sloppy, Pineapple, Burger were the bottom three in the batting order tonight against Ciao Mambo. You might remember Ciao Mambo — they brutally destroyed us during the preseason tournament and it was ciao, mambo. I think we’ve held our own against them since the early dismantling. Tonight, . . . → Read More: Sloppy Pineapple Burger wins! Salty said I should write something nice, so I will, right after I wish him good luck as the wedding crasher this weekend. Have fun storming the castle! So Beck wrote the lineup, and for about three innings he looked like a damn genius because we were on pace to win the game 1-0. But, alas, things . . . → Read More: O-fers 17, Lakers Inn 9 The defense made a timely return Thursday night, because our offensive juggernaut has turned into a juggernaught lately.* * Good play on words. +5 points to myself. We actually led this thing most of the way, and even took a 5-4 lead onto the field in the top of the seventh inning. But you can’t expect to win . . . → Read More: Moon Time 7, O-fers 5 We won the game 15-14, but the May 13 game against Lake City Community Church should have ended in an O-fers victory by a 13-12 score. My website, my opinion. Here’s the situation that got us up in arms and almost cost us a win. The Setup: LCCC had runners on first and third with two outs in the top of the seventh, trailing by one run. Event: The LCCC batter hits a sharp ground ball that hits the runner on third. It was clearly a fair ball. The runner told anyone who would listen that the ball hit him on the ankle, so let’s assume that he wouldn’t lie about that. Was the runner still touching third, or had he jumped off the bag to avoid the ball? I don’t know, but I thought at the time that he had jumped. I wish I had a Zapruder film of him limping home. Continue reading It was a ball-slapping situation I cannot find it in the 2010 ASA rulebook, but I thought the national association had planned to change this year to start all hitters with a one-ball, one-strike count. Does anyone remember seeing that from the 2009 rules, or am I misremembering? It is also possible that I am confusing that with the yellow balls, which . . . → Read More: I could be mistaken ASA has many more divisions than in the past, which means the national tournaments are smaller than they used to be. In 1998, the men’s D western nationals had 84 teams. Last year, the men’s D western nationals had 17 teams, while the men’s E western nationals had 36.* Still, Boise (or Seattle) is about as close . . . → Read More: Can’t get much closer This rule change was hidden among a mundane list adopted by the Amateur Softball Association for 2010: The pitching arc height for All Divisions of Slow Pitch is now 6-10 feet. This is going to be a reasonably big change for most of us in ASA-dominated Idaho. Pitchers were smart to use as much of the previous 12-foot limit as . . . → Read More: Montana just had a heart attack Another of the ASA rule changes for 2009 is a stronger requirement for the conditions of the bats in play. The new rule (3.1F) says “the bat shall be free of burrs, dents and visible cracks,” period. It used to be that the umpires carried around a ring, 2 1/4″ in diameter, that they placed around any . . . → Read More: Dents now only allowed in head Another of the ASA rule changes (but one that won’t go into effect until 2010) is that the exciting yellow ball will be used in all slow-pitch national championships. Again, I’m not sure what the local association will do just yet. I think the yellow ball is a bit easier to spot on defense in the infield, . . . → Read More: Balls, yellow balls |
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