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Answer: When you're playing at the SGS Shootout. ?
Received the rule packet and it clearly stated in bold text that "Metal cleats are permitted at the CYO fields only". ?So everyone is yeah, great idea, until you get there and they say "only if you're playing 18 and Over" - not written anywhere, and at least 4 teams have to go back out and get the plastic ones from the car.
That's the minor nit. ?The major one is that the tournament is advertised as an "A" tournament, which means pitching distances are 43'. ?I get here, have them move it for the first game, but then am told that since there are a few "B" teams in the tournament we have to play by the "B" rules and the distance goes to 40' (and I get an umpire behind the plate for two games in a row who is, by his own admission, only used to seeing 12U and 14U pitchers and it showed). ?Add this to the fact that I was told by the Ohio USSSA director that if I would enter his tournaments he would guarantee that there would be a 18U Major division for each of them. ?I entered both and have yet to see a 18U Major bracket.
My pitchers and I did not want to see a 40' distance, we paid for 43' 18U Major tournaments we end up playing by "B" rules without recourse, and I have umpires apologizing after games for the bad calls by the plate ump. ?After last week's debacle I'm not sure who is worse NSA or USSSA. > > > > ?Feel like I've gotten robbed by both.
Received the rule packet and it clearly stated in bold text that "Metal cleats are permitted at the CYO fields only". ?So everyone is yeah, great idea, until you get there and they say "only if you're playing 18 and Over" - not written anywhere, and at least 4 teams have to go back out and get the plastic ones from the car.
That's the minor nit. ?The major one is that the tournament is advertised as an "A" tournament, which means pitching distances are 43'. ?I get here, have them move it for the first game, but then am told that since there are a few "B" teams in the tournament we have to play by the "B" rules and the distance goes to 40' (and I get an umpire behind the plate for two games in a row who is, by his own admission, only used to seeing 12U and 14U pitchers and it showed). ?Add this to the fact that I was told by the Ohio USSSA director that if I would enter his tournaments he would guarantee that there would be a 18U Major division for each of them. ?I entered both and have yet to see a 18U Major bracket.
My pitchers and I did not want to see a 40' distance, we paid for 43' 18U Major tournaments we end up playing by "B" rules without recourse, and I have umpires apologizing after games for the bad calls by the plate ump. ?After last week's debacle I'm not sure who is worse NSA or USSSA. > > > > ?Feel like I've gotten robbed by both.