Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Talkin' Softball https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address BlairMacca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256523#post256523 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256523#post256523 Woah changing to the Yankees is like changing to supporting Man U. You could at least do what I did and change from the Yankees to the Red Sox...!

I was never a big baseball fan (except the playoffs), but watching the in depth Baseball doco from PBS got me…

]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:31:26 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256384#post256384 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256384#post256384 Can you remind me about this next summer?

Heh I can try, but since a frequently forget why I went down the corridor ...

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:53:53 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256375#post256375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256375#post256375 But for those wanting something to do on a mild Monday evening in summer I strongly recommend the slowpitch league.

Can you remind me about this next summer?

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:52:45 +1200 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256371#post256371 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256371#post256371 hockey has a structure akin to cricket in what respect?

To me it seems flat out, barely laying eyes on the ball (puck) chaos vs stop start subtle nuanced stroke play, sprawling out over several hours/days. Even the shortest form takes an hour longer than a game of hockey vs…

]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:14:11 +1200 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256361#post256361 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256361#post256361 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:13:51 +1200 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256360#post256360 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256360#post256360 You can't change teams Hadyn, it's against the rules!!!

Anyways, the yankees spend twice as much as any team in the MLB on player salaries and are expected to win the World Series every year so more times than not they will underachieve abd really piss their fans off.

I'm…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:47:40 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256355#post256355 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256355#post256355 My great-cousins, Mark, Dean and Brent Stephenson of Johnsonville, all played softball at a high level, and Brent was good enough to be recruited by a company team in the US, which paid for an apartment, housekeeper, car and university education.

The best thing they ever did for me was…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:49:33 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256352#post256352 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256352#post256352 These must be some robust rules. Do you have on-field arbitration?

That's one reason why I like second division, less issue with 40 yr olds arguing rules as if they were olympic class athletes instead of old folks out having fun.

Not that I haven't been guilty of being "that…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:44:57 +1200 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256349#post256349 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256349#post256349 Touche

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:33:48 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256348#post256348 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256348#post256348 there a few rule changes that are designed to avoid having overly competitive 40 yr olds collide with each other.

These must be some robust rules. Do you have on-field arbitration?

ETA: Wow! Blog spam. Not something you see every day.

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:30:41 +1200 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256346#post256346 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256346#post256346 +1 for Slowpitch.

For those who don't know the game, the pitch has to be slow, arcing between 6 and 14 feet, which makes it easy to hit. To compensate, you have 10 fielders (1 extra outfielder), and no stealing (a base-runner can't leave the base until the ball is…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:19:13 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256345#post256345 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256345#post256345 If you throw it really hard, with the right wrist action

... you can throw it right over the head of first base and over the dead ball line :(

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:51:29 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256344#post256344 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256344#post256344 A group of my friends and I have played slowpitch softball for the last 15 years as part of the central slowpitch softball league. The league has been run for all that time by Jerry who is also a rocketeer hence the name of his team the public missiles.

Over…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:49:14 +1200 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256343#post256343 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256343#post256343 We should put a team together. We could play other blogs

I'd be keen. Although my last game was during an ESL youth camp, about an hour West of Tokyo in 1991.

Not sure of the correct terminology, but 'smacked it out of the park' is how I remember it.…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:01:18 +1200 Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256342#post256342 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256342#post256342 There is a softball diamond close to the railway line, up in the hills behind Fuengirola in Andalucia. Which is where I stumbled my way through a series of 'Residentes V Toursitas' games at the end of 77, start of 78.
Standing in the right outfield, a chilled bottle of…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:42:36 +1200 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256341#post256341 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256341#post256341 I don't like American sports. I think I'm too Englished.

I do like this blog though, especially the bit where you fall on your arse. You should fall on your arse in blogs more often. :)

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:39:44 +1200 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256340#post256340 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256340#post256340 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:16:05 +1200 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256339#post256339 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256339#post256339 I played softball through school, usually as catcher or shortstop, and even coached a junior team one year.
We should put a team together. We could play other blogs

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:13:17 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256338#post256338 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256338#post256338 I played softball through school, usually as catcher or shortstop, and even coached a junior team one year.

But towards the end it became clear to me that I just wasn't good enough to continue. My last game was against a Cashmere High team whose pitcher was bringing the ball…

]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:04:13 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256337#post256337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-talkin-softball/?p=256337#post256337 Discussion from blog post.

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