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  1. oldtimer
    True. We use a 12 inch ball. Women may use an 11 inch ball. An 80 something woman living close to us was married to a big name in Chicago softball and they used the larger ball. Our fences tend to run 300 feet and few guys in the 75 and over age bracket can hit it over those fences. I play 2 or 3 times a week and play year round but in different locations.
  2. oldtimer
    The arc has to be over 6 feet but less than 12. Because we play two games, sometimes we adopt the starting count of 1 and 1 since a lot of guys take the first pitch anyway. I played fast pitch when I was 20 and didn't pick up slow pitch until I was 69. I like an active sport better than golf.
  3. oldtimer
    I don't know whose fault it is but the team with the highest payroll in the majors is now without a major portion of that lineup. Think who are not able to play. Panda and Pedroia to start. Pearce and Nunez pay still on the roll. Then Sale, Price, Betts, JDM. There are others like Chavis and Hembree who haven't been with the team. Easy to see $140 mil not available and then others who are in deep slumps. Is cora responsible? He is manager, so he has to accept part of the blame but is it fair for him to shoulder it all?
  4. oldtimer
    No it is the standard sized ball where starting with a 1 and 1 count and striking out on a foul ball ate meant to speed up the game. You don't get a lot of balls thrown by you in slow pitch.
  5. oldtimer
    So the list of young keepers may shrink after this season is over. Sad to see the product being put on the field.
  6. oldtimer
    I wanted to see some youngsters up but that isn't happening. The results wouldn't necessarily been different but we might have gotten a look at a couple of next seasons players.
  7. oldtimer
    Maybe Beni is auditioning for a trade. Batting .137 in his last 15 games.
  8. oldtimer
    Cora's gone batty?
  9. oldtimer
    In softball you're out.
  10. oldtimer
    I was born before we were in the 2nd world war and know there is at least one guy here much older, bless his soul. By the way, Beni is down to 268 and in a free fall. Hard to know what is going on there.
  11. oldtimer
    Maybe it makes more sense to play Dalbec at 1st, Chavis at 2nd and bring Chatham in for one of the utility players. Chatham can handle any infield position, can probably handle an outfield postion (good arm and adequate speed) and may add some power if he can add 10 to 15 pounds. The thing is we may have another budding first baseman coming along in 2021. How we look at Dalbec and Ockimey may be impacted by that. Our outfield is where we may need moore help. JBJ may go due to his cost vs value, Mookie is a keeper, but can we compete for him at what he may be offered by others. Beni is also worrisome. He is a sliightly above average defensive player. His main value is as a high on base % guy. He is in a major funk now and may be subject to some kind of depression which impacts his performance. Either he needs different coaching or he is developing into a player who will not be as good as expected. Hope not but his trajectory is downward.
  12. oldtimer
    Poor Beni. He has really lost it and needs help.
  13. oldtimer
    If you have interest in the subject in depth, I refer you to the technical papers listed in the following: https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/bats.html
  14. oldtimer
    I own one I bought at Hospice for $5 but I also own 4 carbon fiber bats that all ran over $175 and the last one was $200 with a discount. They do break and I have broken 4 Miken's and one Dudley Hot W and I am old enough that I shouldn't be able to do that. The aluminum bats are used in cold weather since they don't break easily.
  15. oldtimer
    Sad that the offense can't hit this guy. Sure, Mookie is out and now JDM but how about others stepping forward. JBJ is the only one until Travis came through. Something seems wrong with the spirit of this team.
  16. oldtimer
    Double walled carbon fiber bats run around $200 and can go more. They are used in softball, and senior softball gets the ones with the highest Bat Performance Factor. High speed phots at impact show the ball deforming a lot. Bats develop handle bend when swung and also deform when hit. Lots of reseach has been done on this subject.
  17. oldtimer
    Now you're talking my sport, softball!
  18. oldtimer
    That is why many of us support a reset in 2020. The advocacy is for keeping our young core, being as competitive as possible while resetting, starting the rebuild of the farm and getting out from as many underperforming contracts as possible. It has now been discussed ad nauseum and the next moves will be up to the front office. Not much to discuss until a new GM is put into place. The FO will probably not state their business plan and we will have to guess at it by the moves they make and don't make. Any speculation now is just our guesses about what is about to unfold.
  19. oldtimer
    If they do use robo umps to call balls and strikes, they will be used to inform umps not displace them.
  20. oldtimer
    So will it mean 13 pitchers and 13 field players for the Sox?
  21. oldtimer
    Dalbec may turn out to be a decent 1st baseman with power and Chavis may be able to handle 2nd and show improvement at the plate. Travis doesn't excite me either in the field or at the plate. Okay, but easily replaceable. Chatham may also be suitable as a utility infielder. I see a competition with Holt and Lin for that role. Holts a FA and may command more than we have to spend. The outfield should still have Betts (I hope) and Beni. Who do we have to play at the third outfield spot. It shouldn't be JDM and he may be gone either in 2020 or 2021 anyway. We moved up Duran to 4th on our prospect list. He must show some talent to have made such a big jump so quickly. I'm for taking a hard look at him. Gorky and Owings are no doubt gone.
  22. oldtimer
    Both he and Beni went into slumps. I am not going to suggest corrections for Devers because when he was hot, he hit balls in and out of the strike zone. Seemed like a natural hitter who started to think too much.
  23. oldtimer
    Having read the bios on the candidates who might be available to replace DD as GM, I find Matt Arnold, an assistant GM of the Brewers to have the best match of skills to what we will need going forward. Is he available or interested. Time will tell.
  24. oldtimer
    I hear you, but the fact is that hitters have to pick up the ball from the pitchers release point. These guys often throw at better than 95 mph and can have 3 or 4 pitches to bring up there. In addition, the batters often face the same pitcher twice or less in a game. They need time to settle themselves in their routine to have much chance of getting the bat on the ball.
  25. oldtimer
    Will Cora change any of his coaches? Will the new GM powwow with Cora and the front office to decide on a different plan. It turns out the plan didn't work as our pitchers weren't ready in the beginning and were too fragile to make it even into September let along October. Most teams experience pitching problems during the year, but ours seemed to be more pronounced.
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