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That is why local teams generally stay away from Disney. It is mostly a BAD experience.
That is why local teams generally stay away from Disney. It is mostly a BAD experience.
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BAD is putting it mildly. Hated everything about it except we found a nice sports bar that had good food and $7.95 buckets of beer.
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Looks like there are more than enough fields to hold a fastpitch tourney without using those 4 fields. Place looks huge.
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The first minute of the video is from the 2010 championship game and it's definitely a baseball field. Would the lines be that pristine if they were on dirt?
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Where was the sports bar? I live 3 minutes from Disney WWS.
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Yea, you could see in the video from 0:00 to 1:00 that a baseball field is being used.
From 1:00 to the end... it is a dirt infield... so I am figuring that was the other games of the tournament. Actually on a home run clip.. you can see a warning track before the fence.
Maybe they had to go to artifical because of rain.
Check it out again..... Link to watch video http://championship.profastpitch.com/
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It definitely looked odd, but they are pro athletes. It's a hurdle (minor) that any true athlete will quickly put behind them. It comes down to hitting and fielding and a grass infield does very little to effect that.
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The issue is not whether they were able to compete with the "hurdle" thrown at them. The issue is why did they have to? I wonder what would be said if a tripple A baseball championship game was played on a solid grass infield, no pitchers mound and a temperary fence on a ****** field.
BTW - A grass or turf infield has a dramatic effect on the game - especially at the top levels. As does not being able to create a trench coming off the pitchers plate.
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I respectfully disagree.
I'll agree that is has an effect, but a DRAMATIC effect is an embellishment.
If you ask the players I'm sure they would tell you that it created an interesting dynamic, but wasn't enough to make them second guess playing. I'm sure some even enjoyed it.
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I agree the issue is WHY? It's ignorant. Yea the girls could play using a baseball which would create an interesting dynamic but why? A handball would be an interesting dynamic. LOL Maybe a super ball. Maybe play without gloves, that would be interesting. LOL
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I like the super ball idea. Do they even sell those anymore?
Back in the day, when we were bored at work, we used to go out and hit golf balls with a baseball bat. That was fun! I hit a moon shot one night that cleared the cooling tower, and went into the adjacent parking lot.
Just one activity of many to pass the time on rotating shift work.
Back in the day, when we were bored at work, we used to go out and hit golf balls with a baseball bat. That was fun! I hit a moon shot one night that cleared the cooling tower, and went into the adjacent parking lot.
Just one activity of many to pass the time on rotating shift work.
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You never been there, Musty? It's huge. Huge responsibility if it rains , too !!!
Jaye's Restaurant - Stringtown Rd off I-71 to the west about two blocks - 24 hrs
Best home cooking I ever had. Been there many times and never had a bad meal.
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Super ball as a kid...LOL Use to use a wiffle ball bat and we would play in a lot next to this big old tall brick building in my hometown. You hit it over the building it was a home run, could catch hits off the side of the building for outs, etc...
Hit through one of the two windows only on the side of the building... everybody chipped in and bought the window pane glass....LOL
Hit through one of the two windows only on the side of the building... everybody chipped in and bought the window pane glass....LOL
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Athletes in Action is checking out the thread...LOL...
WE LOVE the Athletes in Action facility in Xenia, Ohio. Artifical turf outfields. Rain quits and you are on in 15-20 minutes.
Just a plug for you Athletes in Action people !!!!!!!!
WE LOVE the Athletes in Action facility in Xenia, Ohio. Artifical turf outfields. Rain quits and you are on in 15-20 minutes.
Just a plug for you Athletes in Action people !!!!!!!!
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I will find out this week. We practice at the same field (Osceola HS) as the Pride does and I am sure some of them will still be around.
I respectfully disagree as well. The short game is DRAMATICALLY different. Even though the pros play on rock hard infields, the overspin on hard grounders off turf is very different - and faster. Even the commentators were commenting about how unfair it was for the pitchers because of the pitchers plate area.
But as I said earlier. None of that is important. The issue is "why"?
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musty - which sports bar?
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Yea, you could see in the video from 0:00 to 1:00 that a baseball field is being used.
From 1:00 to the end... it is a dirt infield... so I am figuring that was the other games of the tournament. Actually on a home run clip.. you can see a warning track before the fence.
Maybe they had to go to artifical because of rain.
Check it out again..... Link to watch video http://championship.profastpitch.com/
In the context of what the coach is saying, I figure those are clips from the regular season. You can tell it is a couple different fields by looking at the stands behind the plate.
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I didn't like it one bit. Come on USSSA, you're better than that!!!
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I got a call into Joey. She'll be able to tell me why it played on a field like that.
