tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post7161315349543817804..comments2023-10-31T07:40:02.775-04:00Comments on The Softball Insider: Crossing the LineThe Softball Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366259959215249331noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-17067369222976972492013-05-25T14:08:40.610-04:002013-05-25T14:08:40.610-04:00sO ITS BIG BAD WEST VS THE rest of the league huh...sO ITS BIG BAD WEST VS THE rest of the league huh! again i say we did not want this ! as i said earlier i dont want to play in a sling league and i think most of you are with me! but you cant say oh that guy is more illegal than that guy! get rid of them or shut the @#$% up!!!! in a sling league we will survive! dont know if i can say the same for the rest of you!!!! ANG HK 11!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-30544873304849936172013-05-25T14:03:12.769-04:002013-05-25T14:03:12.769-04:00Response to mr perpetrator collaborater!!!! West...Response to mr perpetrator collaborater!!!! West did not want it this way jerkoff!!!!! West only wants to play on an even playing field!!! Why should we have to throw legal guys when the whole league is throwing illegals!! We are not the good men doing nothing WE have been saying it all along jerkoff mr annonymous!! have some balls and sign your shit punk!!! ang hk 11!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-73126337788089531792013-05-25T09:07:54.020-04:002013-05-25T09:07:54.020-04:00So instead of making the Big Apple MORE legal modi...So instead of making the Big Apple MORE legal modified it is going to be even LESS legal. What a surprise (not).<br />How will the slingers who have tried to modify their motion(Parker,Terry,Rocca,Langer,Miranda,Armando,etc.) now throw after they have watched Carlos?<br />Who will Highlanders bring out now? <br />Big Apple has become the joke of NYC softball.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-61286053014758806332013-05-24T12:11:01.441-04:002013-05-24T12:11:01.441-04:00"Sling" refers to the whip in the arm mo..."Sling" refers to the whip in the arm motion. Everyone who plays modified knows that. No homework or analysis needed. Nothing else matters, if you whip, you're illegal for 10 man modifed. End of story, its not really complicated. Juan Moreirashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807617612295343407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-22225771116409041572013-05-24T11:59:37.236-04:002013-05-24T11:59:37.236-04:00I used to play in a great league in Riverdale. The...I used to play in a great league in Riverdale. There were a lot teams, great competition, and a great atmosphere/softball vibe. The commissioner was a great guy who would hold bbqs and buy beer for everyone. Unfortunately, he became an alcoholic and league started to go to shit. In the middle of a season, about 10 teams had a meeting and voted him out. We put one of the managers in charge for the rest of the year. That guy revived the league and its credibility. That was 1989; that manager was Freddy Gonzalez who still runs Summer and Fall leagues throughout the Bronx with over 150 teams. Point is.....You have a lot of smart in the BASL; lots of experienced/great softball players and the prime softball stage. You need leadership. Get together and put the right person in charge. You could find at least 5 candidates in these comments alone. Just do it.Juan Moreirashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05807617612295343407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-20969682388483148442013-05-24T10:06:21.493-04:002013-05-24T10:06:21.493-04:00Great, so now another unhittable pitcher has been ...Great, so now another unhittable pitcher has been added to the mix. What a great solution. You managers are really doing an awesome job. Contragulations. You've now collectively proven why a league MUST have a commissioner as dictator. In paid leagues, it's simple...the guy who runs the league makes the rules. Ric wrote a blog about the interests of the many vs. the interests of the one. About 7-8 managers now operate only with self-interest now which has led to utter disaster for this league. Fuck everyone else, I want to win a trophy and give a tearful speech in November! How dishonest. Win with pitchers you have to pay, guys you don't even know personally. What a joke. Disgusting. Just call it what it is at this point, an open league. Anything goes. The best team never wins the BASL, only the best pitcher. Why bother?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-85132673742740875292013-05-24T10:03:17.960-04:002013-05-24T10:03:17.960-04:00What are rules for anyway What are rules for anyway Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-49496762944441216042013-05-24T08:14:30.077-04:002013-05-24T08:14:30.077-04:00"ban together" -- awesome!"ban together" -- awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-78997486628956009442013-05-24T06:52:33.449-04:002013-05-24T06:52:33.449-04:00Perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, victims: ...Perpetrators, collaborators, bystanders, victims: we can be clear about three of these categories. The bystander, however, is the fulcrum. If there are enough notable exceptions, then protest reaches a critical mass. We don’t usually think of history as being shaped by silence, but, as English philosopher Edmund Burke said, ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing.’ (The Henrik Hudson School District Library Media Centre)<br />If you’re HK then it’s great! The squeaky wheel does get the oil, however, what about the rest of the league? It’s true that the complaining and protest have been HK by far, and I guess in attempt to appease them they were offered a carrot on a stick. The league is hemorrhaging and they’re supplied a band-aid. Not sure what this decision accomplished other than silence the loudest voice. It's time for the rest of the league to ban together!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-23798744592711633392013-05-23T15:29:33.244-04:002013-05-23T15:29:33.244-04:00Great concept, Ang, but it points out the definiti...Great concept, Ang, but it points out the definitional problem that the league faces. For example... JB isn't fully legal modified, but he doesn't sling. Langer slings. But JB is better than Langer. So against whom does West unleash the wrath of Carlos?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-17755458518694045632013-05-23T13:43:24.855-04:002013-05-23T13:43:24.855-04:00Well as far as i know the issue has been resolved ...Well as far as i know the issue has been resolved this way . Carlos goes against any questionable sling guys! if you start a modified guy u see edgar , start a slinger and u get LOS!!!! not how i want it but hey we have to be able to defend ourselves against all these guys dying t win at all cost!! and just to let u know guess how much its costing us to have LOS pitch for us ???? $0! thats the meaning of PALS!!!! haters! ANG HK 11!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-62535053382705929852013-05-19T13:56:16.969-04:002013-05-19T13:56:16.969-04:00What are you saying? Ang likes JB? What are you saying? Ang likes JB? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-40502521203358026172013-05-19T13:55:56.411-04:002013-05-19T13:55:56.411-04:00??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-19025774753658929732013-05-19T10:25:24.865-04:002013-05-19T10:25:24.865-04:00 Notice John Brown is conveniently left off of the... Notice John Brown is conveniently left off of the Anonymous May 16, 2013 10:30 AM Posting discussing banned pitchers. Hmmmmmmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-60899312748134337122013-05-18T23:21:22.974-04:002013-05-18T23:21:22.974-04:00Tomorrow is the day. Lets see Karlos. Tomorrow is the day. Lets see Karlos. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-32387960676052179082013-05-16T20:41:20.306-04:002013-05-16T20:41:20.306-04:00ball outside the wrist (cedric) is illegal in 10 m...ball outside the wrist (cedric) is illegal in 10 man...very legal in 9 man thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-844582247077729752013-05-16T14:37:31.974-04:002013-05-16T14:37:31.974-04:00I can just see you screaming the words you write. ...I can just see you screaming the words you write. HILARIOUS! Your spelling should be ILLEGAL!<br /><br />I've been saying the exact same thing for a long time. Whether illegal or just plain too good for the reasons mentioned by others in these posts, it doesn't really matter. The line was crossed by Choice Parts many years ago and teams finally got sick of accommodating the exception that JB always got. And now we're stuck with the worst situation the league has faced since I have been a part of it. Banned list is only sensible way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-66794625488271156802013-05-16T14:04:58.181-04:002013-05-16T14:04:58.181-04:00The league will fold Ang. Higher ups have egos tha...The league will fold Ang. Higher ups have egos that won't quit. It's that sad and simple. Your note was perfectly stated. No one will listen. No one cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-44383325990083461982013-05-16T10:30:56.253-04:002013-05-16T10:30:56.253-04:00This next comment might make me sound a lil full o...This next comment might make me sound a lil full of myself but im gonna make it anyway! the way i see it, i have been playing modified fastpitch softball in central park and all over this city since the early 1990,s . and with the exception of the 1 or 2 years that i played on the saturday open league where i had the pleasure of meeting and facing great pitchers like Rocca,Rameshe,Mikos,Solano. ihave never seen these guys play in any of the other mdified leagues that i have been in over that time. before two years ago i had never met Armando, Miranda ,Parker. there is a reason that i had never met those guys or faced the gentlemen that i mentioned earlier!!!!!!! THEY ARE ILLEAGAL IN EVERY LEAGUE IN THIS CITY THATS NOT OPEN!!!!!!! So the way i see it kinda is if i dont know them then they are ILLEAGAL!!!! and im sure there are a hundred guys in our league that have been around as long or longer than i have that can make the same claim!!! So lets take the blinders of folks and call it what it is!! THESE GUYS ARE NOT LEGAL MODIFIED PERIOD!!! GET RID OF THEM!!! Before the league folds! ANG WEST HK 11 !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-36151390676576959222013-05-15T11:30:17.196-04:002013-05-15T11:30:17.196-04:009 man sling with bunting/stealing
my vote
9 man sling with bunting/stealing<br />my vote<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-25714789716814300252013-05-15T08:55:52.316-04:002013-05-15T08:55:52.316-04:00You're right. The real issues is fairness and ...You're right. The real issues is fairness and you're right again when you say it once was a great league. No longer is. Your statement about the "blind obsession with winning" is right on the mark. We have a commissioner who is a really good man but a really bad commissioner. His complacency as the league was turning over to sling is the major culprit other than the must win at any cost mentality that exists among the team managers. You are right again when you say 9 man sling or 10 man modified with a banned list. My guess is neither will happen. They'll leave it up to the umpires to make it right which is bad choice. Just get a banned list and move on. Won't happen. Things will get far worse and ultimately many teams and or players will leave and the league will suffer the unfortunate consequences. The league will likely not exist soon enough or will fall apart enough because of the loss of players or teams that it won't be fun any more. The sad end is upon us. Too bad. It didn't have to happen. The big egos are still in control. The win at any cost mentality remains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-86120465370735041722013-05-15T08:16:49.638-04:002013-05-15T08:16:49.638-04:00Ricky publishes a meaningful, passionate and enter...Ricky publishes a meaningful, passionate and entertaining blog. What have you done, last anonymous poster, that is so much smarter?<br /><br />Let's focus on the most relevant issue facing this once GREAT league: FAIRNESS. Can we please for once put aside the endless dribble pointed at individuals, years of indecision and complacency, blind obsession with winning, selfish egos, and hubris?! Without a deliberative decision, BASL will either way suffer the consequences.<br /><br />9 man sling with bunting/stealing<br />OR<br />10 man strict modified with a ban list<br /><br />BASL is clearly a league that has reached a crossroads. Decision or not, the time for action is now....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-89013642560998424952013-05-14T23:54:11.947-04:002013-05-14T23:54:11.947-04:00Parker is legal. That is a joke. Parker is legal. That is a joke. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-35068335717784463482013-05-14T17:04:11.779-04:002013-05-14T17:04:11.779-04:00It seems nothing was done about the pitching after...It seems nothing was done about the pitching after all. League dies within 2 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8896431037290255558.post-11135028165591363642013-05-13T20:28:01.003-04:002013-05-13T20:28:01.003-04:00Cedric is ten man legal! never had a problem with ...Cedric is ten man legal! never had a problem with him !!! but no FUCKIN way is Parker legal ill say it till i die!!!! Ang 11 West HK!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com