Slo Pitch Softball starts next Thursday!

sporr · 04-30-2003, 08:59 PM

Woohoo! 30 years old and playing for the first time next week on a team with my co-commish. My dad is also on the team.

LivnLegend · 04-30-2003, 09:18 PM

Remember to swing for the fences every time up!! Small ball is for sissies!

Signed,
Rob in Phoeninx

fantom1979 · 04-30-2003, 10:08 PM

My league started two weeks ago. I am hitting an awesome .375, but I do have a long ball.

PS In case you didnt know, .375 is about 225 points below the Mendoza line in slow pitch softball.

sporr · 04-30-2003, 10:10 PM

I need to work on not popping everything up like I did when I filled in on occasion last season...

fantom1979 · 04-30-2003, 10:31 PM

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Originally posted by sporr
I need to work on not popping everything up like I did when I filled in on occasion last season...

Right now I have the opposite problem, I keep the shortstop busy. Since I have just about zero speed, the SS has all freaking day to get the ball to first. I am sure sometime this year a SS will walk the ball to first just to show me up.

jgross68 · 05-01-2003, 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by sporr
I need to work on not popping everything up like I did when I filled in on occasion last season...

Just remember this: When it comes to swinging a bat in slow-pitch, most of what you learned playing baseball is wrong. Longer, looping swings are desirable. Compact, efficient swings are bad, m'kay?

fantom1979 · 05-02-2003, 07:29 AM

oh yeah, baseball swings and softball swings are totally different. It took me a good year after getting out of high school before I could hit a softball

sixto · 05-02-2003, 08:52 AM

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Originally posted by jgross68
Compact, efficient swings are bad, m'kay?

It works for me. I can't generate any power with one of those big-hitch, all-arms softball swings. Being lefty in a coed league is a great advantage. I probably get an extra 4 homers a year just by being lefty and smashing it over the heads of the women who are so bad their teams try to hide them in RF.

Once I hit one over a woman's head for a HR, and next time up to my surprise she was still shallow. So I hit another one over her head for another HR. On my next at bat she was so deep that I hit the ball in front of her for a 3B.

That was fun. I love being good at something.

atarizx3 · 05-02-2003, 08:54 AM

we just had our first softball game of the year last night.

The line for me:
3AB, 1 3B, 1 ITP HR, 1 1B, 3 R

JWay · 05-02-2003, 12:46 PM

Oh boy i can't wait until im old and fat and 30 to play in these leagues

Then I'll be able to throw my pattented slow pitch buzzer beater from the Cornfields pitch. SPBBCP for short

sixto · 05-02-2003, 03:56 PM

you can play before you're 30, JWay. and before you're old and fat.

jgross68 · 05-02-2003, 04:35 PM

I actually played my first season of slow-pitch when I was 19, in a church league. Man, them Christians is vicious! The jerks in that league put me off softball for several years. I didn't play again until about 5-6 years ago. Much more fun this time round. Probably because I can drink beer now.

PoisonMaddux · 05-02-2003, 04:51 PM

Woohoo, my fraternity won the intramural softball championship at my university just a few days ago. Free t-shirt!

I went 5-6 in the last two games, with one inside-the-parker

(I'm not a big guy, so the fools in the outfield were playing me shallow) *I cranked it over their heads.

Only bad thing is I have a nice long scab across my shin now, after trying to break up a double play at second base, wearing shorts.

Have fun with your seasons

sporr · 05-02-2003, 05:24 PM

The league I'm in is also a church league even though I'm not that religious. Last season a guy got kicked out of a game for cussing. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. He got called out sliding into 3b and went ballistic. The second the "F" word exited his mouth he was out of there. He didn't go easily though. He proceeded to cuss out the ump on his way out of the park. The team almost had to forfeit.

twins15 · 05-02-2003, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by PoisonMaddux

Only bad thing is I have a nice long scab across my shin now, after trying to break up a double play at second base, wearing shorts.

Boo-Hoo.

A kid on our baseball team borke his ankle sliding into home.

fantom1979 · 05-02-2003, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by JWay
Oh boy i can't wait until im old and fat and 30 to play in these leagues

Yeah, you dont have to be 30 to play. I have been playing since i was 20, and I am only 23 now. As a matter of fact, we only have one guy over 30 on our two teams.

04-30-2003, 08:59 PM	#1
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	Slo Pitch Softball starts next Thursday! Woohoo! 30 years old and playing for the first time next week on a team with my co-commish. My dad is also on the team.

04-30-2003, 09:18 PM	#2
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Remember to swing for the fences every time up!! Small ball is for sissies! Signed, Rob in Phoeninx __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

04-30-2003, 10:08 PM	#3
fantom1979 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,498	My league started two weeks ago. I am hitting an awesome .375, but I do have a long ball. PS In case you didnt know, .375 is about 225 points below the Mendoza line in slow pitch softball. __________________

05-02-2003, 07:29 AM	#7
fantom1979 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,498	oh yeah, baseball swings and softball swings are totally different. It took me a good year after getting out of high school before I could hit a softball __________________

05-02-2003, 08:54 AM	#9
atarizx3 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allenstown, NH Posts: 987	we just had our first softball game of the year last night. The line for me: 3AB, 1 3B, 1 ITP HR, 1 1B, 3 R __________________

04-30-2003, 10:10 PM	#4
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	I need to work on not popping everything up like I did when I filled in on occasion last season...

05-02-2003, 12:46 PM	#10
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,021	Oh boy i can't wait until im old and fat and 30 to play in these leagues Then I'll be able to throw my pattented slow pitch buzzer beater from the Cornfields pitch. SPBBCP for short

05-02-2003, 03:56 PM	#11
sixto Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 2,262	you can play before you're 30, JWay. and before you're old and fat.

05-02-2003, 04:35 PM	#12
jgross68 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ....is everything! OTA: .882, Member #866 Posts: 690	I actually played my first season of slow-pitch when I was 19, in a church league. Man, them Christians is vicious! The jerks in that league put me off softball for several years. I didn't play again until about 5-6 years ago. Much more fun this time round. Probably because I can drink beer now. __________________ Javier Gustavo Ruprecht Oss LXVIII Bizarro-Gastric ReFlux Emeritus Judo Purist and Supporter of Monkey Rodeo Leagues: OTBL \| ABC \| OCHO \| Off The Wall (Coming Soon!) Blogs: The Legacy of Tony Womack \| How We Got Enron! ...the musical (Now even less frequently updated!) Topical quote for any occasion: "Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth." ~Henrik Ibsen, "An Enemy of the People"

05-02-2003, 04:51 PM	#13
PoisonMaddux Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 156	Woohoo, my fraternity won the intramural softball championship at my university just a few days ago. Free t-shirt! I went 5-6 in the last two games, with one inside-the-parker (I'm not a big guy, so the fools in the outfield were playing me shallow) *I cranked it over their heads. Only bad thing is I have a nice long scab across my shin now, after trying to break up a double play at second base, wearing shorts. Have fun with your seasons __________________ Atlanta Braves in 2003!

05-02-2003, 05:24 PM	#14
sporr Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Muscatine, IA Posts: 8,277	The league I'm in is also a church league even though I'm not that religious. Last season a guy got kicked out of a game for cussing. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. He got called out sliding into 3b and went ballistic. The second the "F" word exited his mouth he was out of there. He didn't go easily though. He proceeded to cuss out the ump on his way out of the park. The team almost had to forfeit.