Search results

Welcome to Discuss Fastpitch

Your FREE Account is waiting to the Best Softball Community on the Web.

Register Log in
  1. G

    Sunglasses

    My best hitter wears them all the time for the mid-day games and she's hitting about .425 this season.
  2. G

    jennie finch retires!

    Now that she's not playing any more, she'll have more time to devote to being a draw at softball clinics and such.
  3. G

    Sunglasses

    If you need to wear sunglasses to cut down glare and improve eyesight in the field, then it stands to reason that you should wear them when batting.
  4. G

    Betweenies?

    Yes, along with finding the gaps.
  5. G

    How to start your own travel team

    STEP #1: Find an experienced coach w/o a kid on the team. STEP #2: Let him/her run the team w/o second-guessing him/her. STEP #3: Enjoy watching your kids play.
  6. G

    jennie finch vs baseball

    Back in the mid-1990s I went to an exhibition baseball game, in Everett, WA, pitting the Everett Mariners (Class A) against an all-women's baseball team called the Coors Silver Bullets. A friend of mine, and former Seattle Mariner, Bob Stinson, was playing. I don't remember her name, but one...
  7. G

    Softball at the Next Level

    Yep. It appears to be a spam. The first clue might have been them using "high school softball prospects" and "college" in the same sentence.
  8. G

    World Cup of Softball

    TV coverage for the World Cup of Softball will begin July 22nd. The women’s action will be called by two-time Olympic Champion Michele Smith and Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play announcer Eric Collins. My question is: Are we going to be subjected to the CONSTANT comparisons of fastpitch to...
  9. G

    Timed game: Pick home or away?

    If it's drop-dead, I choose to hit first. If it's no new inning, I take home.
  10. G

    Little League Softball Pitching Rest Required?

    andy, are you in Kirkland?
  11. G

    Rules Question

    That's correct. In the zone when you are hit - no matter what part of the body - it's a strike.
  12. G

    WCWS: who's gonna make it???

    I'm going with Tennessee.
  13. G

    Just take the first strike!

    Unless you're trying to take advantage of a struggling pitcher or move a speedy baserunner with a straight steal, taking a first strike is a bad strategy.
  14. G

    What is Pony "Berth Qualified"?

    It means a team that has placed high enough in a qualifier tournament to attend the PONY nationals.
  15. G

    NCAA Division II Championship Game

    In a word - UGLY! I've seen plenty of D2 games over the years, but none as ugly as yesterday's Hawaii/Valdosta match-up. One fielding error after another. What an embarassing representation of our sport. And these were supposed to be the 2 best teams in D2. :(
  16. G

    Fastpitch on grass infields?

    1. Grass Infields? No. 2. Little League Softball plays their national tournament on grass infields. Need I say more? 3. As long as the surface plays like dirt, I don't see why not. 4. A week long tournament ought to be a 10 game guarantee, minimum. 7 games is a weekend format.
  17. G

    ISA? Anybody have any experience with them?

    I'm looking into the ISA - Independent Softball Assoc. - world series, scheduled for mid-July in central Florida. We don't have ISA here in Virginia, so I'm trying to get some input from folks with experience at ISA events.
  18. G

    two situations

    Wrong on both counts, ASAPAump. Runner has to stay in the established basepath and you need to hustle your butt out of the coaches box and avoid interfering with the play.
  19. G

    Length to weight ratio

    The length to weight ratio is most easily explained by example. A 31/21 bat is 31" long and weighs 21 ounces or is -10 (31 minus 21), meaning the weight of the bat (in ounces) is 10 less than the length of the bat (in inches). Another example, a 33/24 is a -9 (33-24 = 9).
  20. G

    For everything else.. there's MasterCard.

    An athletic scholarship? That's not $136,000 for 4 years, that's $34,000 per year for every year the coach feels she's worth renewing. Not a subtle difference.

Latest posts

Members online

Total: 921 (members: 10, guests: 911)

Forum statistics

Threads
42,910
Messages
680,670
Members
21,651
Latest member
christian_softballdad3298

Share this page

Top