James23
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Post by James23 on Feb 18, 2011 10:27:57 GMT -5
This is what I don't understand. This issue is this simple.
A batter must walk into the batters box using a bat that is stickered (which means its legal because it passed a test). What in the fucking world do we need buckets for? You can keep your god damn bat in the car trunk, your bat bag, against the fence or in the stands for all I care. All that matters is YOUR BAT is LEGAL when you stand in the batters box. Period.
Nobody should be able to use a piece of my equipment if I tell them they can't. I don't even let my own teammates use my bats (that I pay MY OWN money for and spend MY OWN time breaking in to get them how I like them). These rule changes remind me of someone blindly throwing darts at a dartboard hoping to find something that somehow stops cheating.
If someone goes into OUR BUCKET and pulls out MY BAT and breaks it someone is BUYING ME another bat.
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Post by steelbutcher on Feb 18, 2011 10:52:06 GMT -5
Get out the paddles, I think softball in Milwaukee has flat lined, at least the leagues. And james23 brings up a good point about who pays for a broken bat. Was that addressed at the meeting?
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Post by bgraser12 on Feb 18, 2011 11:29:03 GMT -5
And james23 brings up a good point about who pays for a broken bat. Was that addressed at the meeting? This was addressed at the meeting...Smoothie and Tate "don't put your bat in the bucket then" Me roll my eyes and say thats absurd. Still Smoothie was stuck on having buckets. I don't dislike the buckets I actually like it that you have to have all your bats in there but I don't need anyone swinging my bat if it passed a test. Thats where the flaw is.
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clos8
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Post by clos8 on Feb 18, 2011 12:38:17 GMT -5
ha guys its los here's my 2 cents on the bat issue its pretty simple everybody knows that we all spend a lot of money on ower bats and that most of us don't like other guys swinging your bat.i mean everybody brings there owne bat any way. also we have all been playing for a long time and all the players should know by know that you dont swing another guys bat unless you ask. and i know when im up ready to hit that piss rope threw the in field im only using my bat.(keeping it real guys all these new rules don't mean shit we all know the game lets play ball)
p.s james 23 i feel ya and i bet ever body feels the same way about it if you brake it you pay for it that simple (us your own shit and there wont be a problem im with you on that player)
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Post by jeffkohnlein on Feb 18, 2011 12:53:55 GMT -5
hearn, before anything is finalized we'll for sure have to come up with a legit solution to your question. we talked about it a little bit afterwards in the parking lot where if someone throws a dirty bat in there that passed the compression test and the other team uses it and hits someone with it then where does the liability fall. it absolutely should not fall on the batter (although legally it will if the pitchers sues because that person swung it)...
i never understood the reasoning behind smoothie and tate pushing the buckets so hard because if someone swung one of our bats (ie bubba's recoil) because they thought it was hot and, in turn, hit a bomb themselves what did they just prove? they certainly didn't prove the bat was altered because its impossible too. what they did was take advantage of a bat that bubba spent 1.5yrs+ breaking in on his own time and dime because they couldn't do the same thing themselves with their own bats. we have a re-testing protest in place so we need to get rid of the buckets because it serves no purpose. the bats there pass the same test everyone else's bats do so there shouldn't be any issue
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Post by jeffkohnlein on Feb 18, 2011 12:57:46 GMT -5
if anyone digs in our team's bucket then we'll be forced to dig into our bucket too...that's how we roll. it makes sense if you don't think about it. i'm going to write my name on my bat in crayon so everyone knows which is mine I say we all just switch bats one game. We all swing burghardts bats you and you swing ours. and then after the game talk about who had the better bats. just for the hell of it. lol i'd do it. for the most part all of us have swung the same bats at some point over the past few years so we know how they swing. i'm still writing my name on the barrel of my speed in crayon so peeps know which is mine when they dig in our bucket.
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Post by Stenny17 on Feb 18, 2011 14:17:40 GMT -5
How many of you are actually going to be going to the park hoping to swing someone else's bat? I mean seriously.
Quit throwing a shit fit because this is not rec league. We all have our own gear, and plan on bringing it to the games so we can use it. Everyone is getting soo butthurt focusing on negative things... the reality is we are going to the games to win and swing the bats we bought/brought.
For the record, I will be puting every DeMarini I own in the buckets, so by all means, please swing them! You guys will really like the new stuff!
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Post by mpk17 on Feb 18, 2011 21:57:35 GMT -5
I don't think it will be an issue but there is always the possibility that it could happen and that's what people don't like. In all honestly it might happen a handful of times all year.
Why can't we just keep the buckets with our bats in them but the other team can't use them. I like the idea of the buckets on the fields so teams can't try and sneak bats into them during the game. if that doesn't please people then you have to show the umpire your bat with the sticker on the end before every plate appearence to prove your bat is legal.
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Post by sburgy4 on Feb 19, 2011 0:11:33 GMT -5
I say we all just switch bats one game. We all swing burghardts bats you and you swing ours. and then after the game talk about who had the better bats. just for the hell of it. lol i'd do it. for the most part all of us have swung the same bats at some point over the past few years so we know how they swing. i'm still writing my name on the barrel of my speed in crayon so peeps know which is mine when they dig in our bucket. That'd be great... I say first week of the year no one brings any bats or puts anything in the bucket. so every game is a draw and City realized how absolutely pathetic this is. Stenny no matter how you look at it, this is a rec league lol, none of us are getting paid except for Joel Seidel, kid is a monster.
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Post by Stenny17 on Feb 19, 2011 16:34:13 GMT -5
lol i'd do it. for the most part all of us have swung the same bats at some point over the past few years so we know how they swing. i'm still writing my name on the barrel of my speed in crayon so peeps know which is mine when they dig in our bucket. That'd be great... I say first week of the year no one brings any bats or puts anything in the bucket. so every game is a draw and City realized how absolutely pathetic this is. Stenny no matter how you look at it, this is a rec league lol, none of us are getting paid except for Joel Seidel, kid is a monster. There is nothing bigger than Milwaukee City and County softball. I take needles in the buttocks for this stuff!
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whg44
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Post by whg44 on Feb 19, 2011 16:45:11 GMT -5
I think here lies this biggest problem with Softball today, people spend so much time talking and worrying about bats instead of the game itself.
Ultimately Softball should come down to who is the better team, not who has the better bats...
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Post by jeffkohnlein on Feb 21, 2011 12:48:17 GMT -5
just needles???
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Post by Stenny17 on Feb 21, 2011 13:23:11 GMT -5
for Burgy... needles is a compliment!
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Post by spindler27 on Feb 22, 2011 0:15:53 GMT -5
lol i'd do it. for the most part all of us have swung the same bats at some point over the past few years so we know how they swing. i'm still writing my name on the barrel of my speed in crayon so peeps know which is mine when they dig in our bucket. That'd be great... I say first week of the year no one brings any bats or puts anything in the bucket. so every game is a draw and City realized how absolutely pathetic this is. Stenny no matter how you look at it, this is a rec league lol, none of us are getting paid except for Joel Seidel, kid is a monster. I get paid in insults by my own teammate via facebook, not exactly the lifestyle i had expected!
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dlb4
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Post by dlb4 on Feb 22, 2011 8:56:47 GMT -5
Im swinging whatever bat you bring to the games, lets be honest 27. I really wish we played you more often. Killer Killer!!!!!
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