Kyyle23 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Opening night tonite, spring season double headers. gonna be cold AF and probably snowing :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I'll be playing for my 4th straight year. Our season doesn't start for another couple of weeks though. Schedule isn't even out yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonbluess Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Actually have a team 4 years running but we had a bunch of guys drop out this year. As a result there are about 5 of us without a team. If anyone here is looking for a few extra guys PM me. Chances are I can land you an entire infield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 We finished the first half of our season at 5 - 2. The two losses were pretty close. A couple of dumb mistakes lost the games for us. We seem to have a better team this year than in years past. Before most of the girls on the team were simply wives/girlfriends/co-workers of the other players and were mostly there to fill a spot. Now we have girls that actually played softball in HS and/or college and know what they are doing. Second half starts this Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 My softball team got into a brawl with a new team two weeks ago, craziest thing I have ever been a part of on the softball field. My SS got sucker punched, two guys from the other team were banned from our league for life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 11 hours ago, Kyyle23 said: My softball team got into a brawl with a new team two weeks ago, craziest thing I have ever been a part of on the softball field. My SS got sucker punched, two guys from the other team were banned from our league for life Almost witnessed this in a Sunday baseball league in the game before ours earlier this year. Team was down 13-2 and they were talking shit to the other team. Pitcher (for the team that was losing) struck out a guy and yelled at him to sit down. Next guy hit a grounder back at the pitcher and he started chasing him down the line before throwing him out. The guy went up to the pitcher and benches cleared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 11 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said: Almost witnessed this in a Sunday baseball league in the game before ours earlier this year. Team was down 13-2 and they were talking shit to the other team. Pitcher (for the team that was losing) struck out a guy and yelled at him to sit down. Next guy hit a grounder back at the pitcher and he started chasing him down the line before throwing him out. The guy went up to the pitcher and benches cleared. The opposing pitcher started the shit with us too. Our SS hit box and the pitcher caught it and got super pissed and said “how dare you?” And threw the ball at my guys head when he wasn’t even looking. The ump did nothing and let us keep playing. All hell broke loose in the handshake line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said: The opposing pitcher started the shit with us too. Our SS hit box and the pitcher caught it and got super pissed and said “how dare you?” And threw the ball at my guys head when he wasn’t even looking. The ump did nothing and let us keep playing. All hell broke loose in the handshake line Oh yeah this game ended early. They only had one inning left anyway and the one team was being slaughtered anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) I don't understand the people that take rec league softball that seriously that they get involved in a fight over it. I'm there to have fun and try not to get hurt. We had a guy on our team a couple of years ago that had a temper that went from 0 to 60 in about 1.5 seconds. He got into more than a few arguments with players on other teams. One thing our league has done to try to help avoid collisions at home plate (which has led to brawls in the past) is that they installed a completely separate home plate for runners. It's slightly behind and to the left of the catcher. So when you come around 3rd base, you have to veer to the right and touch that plate to score a run. All plays at home are force plays no matter what. There is also a line marked on the 3rd base line that once you cross it, you aren't allowed to go back to third base. So once you pass that line, if the ball gets to home plate before you and the fielder touches the "real" plate, you are out. It's worked out well so far. Edited June 13, 2018 by Iwritecode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Does everyone get a trophy as well? Nerds! jk One team in our league when I used to play had a loud mouth pitcher that even his own teammates hated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 13 hours ago, Kyyle23 said: My softball team got into a brawl with a new team two weeks ago, craziest thing I have ever been a part of on the softball field. My SS got sucker punched, two guys from the other team were banned from our league for life Exactly why I stopped playing mens 12in league. Too many "former' baseball players trying to beat each other up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Iwritecode said: I don't understand the people that take rec league softball that seriously that they get involved in a fight over it. I'm there to have fun and try not to get hurt. We had a guy on our team a couple of years ago that had a temper that went from 0 to 60 in about 1.5 seconds. He got into more than a few arguments with players on other teams. One thing our league has done to try to help avoid collisions at home plate (which has led to brawls in the past) is that they installed a completely separate home plate for runners. It's slightly behind and to the left of the catcher. So when you come around 3rd base, you have to veer to the right and touch that plate to score a run. All plays at home are force plays no matter what. There is also a line marked on the 3rd base line that once you cross it, you aren't allowed to go back to third base. So once you pass that line, if the ball gets to home plate before you and the fielder touches the "real" plate, you are out. It's worked out well so far. when I lived in Carbondale, we played with the 3rd baseline hash mark too, but not with a separate base. I actually thought it was fun playing home plate like first base. I mean, if you guys are playing with the hash, there should be no reason to have a scoring plate. collisions should be effectively removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 1 hour ago, RockRaines said: Exactly why I stopped playing mens 12in league. Too many "former' baseball players trying to beat each other up. i have been playing since i turned 18, and this is the first time i have ever been involved in a brawl like that. Chest bumping and shit talking, sure. But it never got that bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 My fav is when the team you beat twice in the regular season, makes it to the title game to face you, and shows up with 4 guys who hadn't played all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Brian said: My fav is when the team you beat twice in the regular season, makes it to the title game to face you, and shows up with 4 guys who hadn't played all year. even better when you slaughter that team twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 33 minutes ago, Kyyle23 said: when I lived in Carbondale, we played with the 3rd baseline hash mark too, but not with a separate base. I actually thought it was fun playing home plate like first base. I mean, if you guys are playing with the hash, there should be no reason to have a scoring plate. collisions should be effectively removed "Should be". Just an extra layer of precaution I guess. Similar to the extra orange base at first for the runners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Brian said: My fav is when the team you beat twice in the regular season, makes it to the title game to face you, and shows up with 4 guys who hadn't played all year. I had it once where the other team (in coed) showed up with 3 girls from the pro softball team in town. They played 3B, SS and 2B and slaughtered us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Kyyle23 said: i have been playing since i turned 18, and this is the first time i have ever been involved in a brawl like that. Chest bumping and shit talking, sure. But it never got that bad At Eckert park, there was one season where there was 2-3 real brawls on the field and I just stood in LF watching. That was my last 12in season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggsmaggs Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I played 12 inch during college and we routinely played teams that had ex-college baseball players. We had players who peaked in high school, and got murdered nearly every game. One time, our pitcher got nailed in the face with a ball and broke his orbital bone. That was our last season playing 12 inch, as no one wanted to pitch anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 We had a double-header last night. We were down late in both of them but managed to come back and win both. I also learned a new rule. The other team was batting and there was 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd. The batter had one strike and on the second pitch she popped the ball up to our firstbaseman. He caught the ball in foul territory but the runner on 3rd failed to tag up and ran home immediately. Firstbaseman threw to 3rd thinking it would be a double play but the umpire called dead ball. Apparently as soon as the ball landed in foul territory (even though it was caught) it's considered a strikeout and the runners cannot advance. Just another quirk of slow-pitch softball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) On 6/29/2018 at 11:53 AM, Iwritecode said: We had a double-header last night. We were down late in both of them but managed to come back and win both. I also learned a new rule. The other team was batting and there was 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd. The batter had one strike and on the second pitch she popped the ball up to our firstbaseman. He caught the ball in foul territory but the runner on 3rd failed to tag up and ran home immediately. Firstbaseman threw to 3rd thinking it would be a double play but the umpire called dead ball. Apparently as soon as the ball landed in foul territory (even though it was caught) it's considered a strikeout and the runners cannot advance. Just another quirk of slow-pitch softball. Why would that be a strike out with only one strike? I'd understand if there were 2 strikes. Edited July 5, 2018 by soxfan2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 On 6/13/2018 at 11:35 AM, Kyyle23 said: when I lived in Carbondale, we played with the 3rd baseline hash mark too, but not with a separate base. I actually thought it was fun playing home plate like first base. I mean, if you guys are playing with the hash, there should be no reason to have a scoring plate. collisions should be effectively removed SIU alum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, soxfan2014 said: Why would that be a strike out with only one strike? I'd understand if there were 2 strikes. In our league it's 2 strikes and you are out. 3 balls is a walk. If you hit a foul ball on your second strike, you are out. I think most of the rules are designed to make the game as fast as possible since we have a time limit of 1 hour to play. Edited July 5, 2018 by Iwritecode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 12 minutes ago, Iwritecode said: In our league it's 2 strikes and you are out. 3 balls is a walk. If you hit a foul ball on your second strike, you are out. I think most of the rules are designed to make the game as fast as possible since we have a time limit of 1 hour to play. Yeah, we started with a 1-1 count too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, soxfan2014 said: SIU alum? Didn’t finish but def started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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