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  1. BuckeyeGuy

    Tell me you were watching that!!! (UGA/FL) SPOILER ALERT

    Holy smokes! Walk off HR for UGA's Puailoa! Damn that was exciting!
  2. BuckeyeGuy

    Pinch hitting

    I was watching OSU/Zona this morning, and top 7 down 2, OSU goes with 3 pinch hitters in a row (I think it was 5-6-7 hitters). No lefty/righty matchup, and 2 of the PH's had under 50 PA's on the season as well as lower OPS (girls they replaced had over 100). Same Zona pitcher all game. Why in...
  3. BuckeyeGuy

    Commish Corner: what would you do?

    You are the commish for a rec league with 600+ girls, 55 teams. You have basic age rules: a girl can play up one year of age, but not play down. You have a "special needs" girl who is likely to get hurt in 12U so you ask the Coordinator to move her down to 10U, and he does. Later, you have...
  4. BuckeyeGuy

    A coaching conundrum, on a serious note

    So I'm coaching 7th grade MS with 16 girls. There's a long thread about whether or not I should keep or cut, not the point of this post. DD plays for me, but she's been injured and has only played in 1 game out of 14. Many of the girls play for community-select level teams, and are utterly...
  5. BuckeyeGuy

    Coaching and scorekeeping

    So, many of you know that I coach 16 girls on my middle school team. I coach 3B while I let one of the girls coach 1B, and I grab whomever I can to keep score. 10 games into the season and I'm finally getting around to entering the games into Game Changer and holy crap - my scorekeepers suck...
  6. BuckeyeGuy

    Little help?

    OK, the story is a little long, but the video is short: My MS team had our first scrimmage today against a team coached by a good friend. His DD is my #3 catcher. He also coaches a TB team that his DD plays for (and I have 4 of them on my team). It's all very incestuous. Anyway, during the 6th...
  7. BuckeyeGuy

    Coaching clipboard

    So I have this old Franklin Sports dry erase lineup clipboard that I love. It has room for 14 lineup spots on the left with #/Name/Pos boxes, and to the right is a diamond where I write in the #'s of who is at each position. I am looking to replace it for this school ball season, but I can't...
  8. BuckeyeGuy

    OBS? No?

    It's a FB video, sorry, but it seems to me the catcher did not have the ball when the possible obstruction occurred? https://www.facebook.com/FloSoftball/videos/249264558745379/
  9. BuckeyeGuy

    At the NECC C-bus camp

    DD is a young and small 13, so about a foot shorter than everyone lol! Looking forward to what Jay has to teach and hopeful DD takes something new from this. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  10. BuckeyeGuy

    Wide Width Cleats?

    Usually my Google-fu is strong, but this one is killing me. I need some wide-width cleats for DD. Anyone got a source? Or a used pair of 5.5's? Need an E width, but might could use D.
  11. BuckeyeGuy

    Go Bucks!

    OhioStateBuckeyes.com Prantl Selected As Louisville Slugger/NFCA National Player of the Week :: The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site The Ohio State University Official Athletic Site :: Softball Cammi's a hero to DD!
  12. BuckeyeGuy

    Chalk Talk?

    Chalk Talk Pro Anyone tried this? Kind of related to the Situational Defense thread. Saw it at a coach's clinic, looks really cool. I've emailed them to ask if you have to pay for each version separately because it's friggin expensive.
  13. BuckeyeGuy

    Blocking / Hitting Dummy?

    DD's been taking some batting lessons at a local place, and they have this thing there that looks like a blocking dummy but is for beating to death with a bat. It uses the same material as a batting cage backstop, the heavy rubber mat that hangs behind the catcher, bolted to a metal frame. I'll...
  14. BuckeyeGuy

    Equipment bag question

    Looking for a used, wheeled gear bag for DD, but I don't know which models are big enough to hold catcher's gear + batting helmet and both gloves. I found one yesterday at PIA but when I dropped a helmet into it I could see it would only hold the catcher's gear with no room left for the batting...
  15. BuckeyeGuy

    Tournament help needed

    OK, here's the biggie for the year lol! Our league has never done any sort of opening day ceremonies thing. This is another change I want to have this season: an opening day party with all 60+ teams on the field at once. That part is pretty straight forward: I make it picture day, too, and...
  16. BuckeyeGuy

    Framing as a metric

    The rise and fall of catcher framing - Beyond the Box Score Interesting.
  17. BuckeyeGuy

    Silly question?

    Given that I've moved my rec league from grade based grouping to age based, I thought it might be a good idea to rename the divisions to avoid confusion with the old system. So I'm looking for ideas and feedback (and no, I don't really want to just go with 8U and 10U): Old Names Princess Rookie...
  18. BuckeyeGuy

    Question for those who've run leagues

    In 2014, my rec league had about $14k left over at the end of the year. None of that money was carried over to 2015. At the end of 2015 we had about $8k, and none of that was carried over to this year. We are a not for profit, 501(c)(3) I think. So my question to those of you with experience...
  19. BuckeyeGuy

    How to evaluate a non-catcher catching?

    So here's my conundrum: We are doing evals for my 12U and 14U divisions this season. First round of the draft will be any girl who shows even a little talent at pitching. 2nd round will be catchers - I hope. What I need is some way to evaluate something catcher-ish without requiring a girl to...
  20. BuckeyeGuy

    Yet another commish question

    Alright DFPeople - I've prevailed upon our coordinator to change our rec age groups from by-grade to the more standard 6U-14U. Of course, I've immediately got parents of kids who don't turn 5 until later in the year complaining. I understand the concept of not being able to please everyone...

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