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2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 6, 2021, 6:36 pm

I’ve been fortunate to play in Florida Ohio two different times Michigan two different times Nebraska Iowa Colorado a few times California Arizona Nevada Oregon Washington I’m probably a handful of locations that I forgot

That’s right the most important one was Oklahoma 15 years ago

I love to be in the outcast in the outsider and treated like I was the scum of the earth

All it did was give me motivation to beat the opponents and especially if those opponents came from areas that I did not like

Nothing better than being egotistical and getting your ass kicked by team that you thought was inferior

I want my only world title in Oklahoma and it was great because those Northeasterners were some cocky you know what’s

After today I am declaring I am coming out of retirement and hell-bent on winning another world title and nobody’s going to stop me

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 6, 2021, 6:57 pm, in reply to "2021 season goals "

I loved beating Perkins, Freeze, Madison Eagles, PSI, or any team from the Ohio/Michigan/Minnesota and don't get me started on the beating New Jersey

Those scumbags were the best

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 12:02 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

This year I hope we play teams from Missouri so we can stick it them

I’m beginning to dislike them too

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Skip on January 7, 2021, 5:28 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Bro, get off the bottle and go to sleep! Nobody gives a damn about your E ring.

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 8:11 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

It was actually a D ring

This year gonna try to win a C ring

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by To Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 9:39 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

AA has helped millions I'm sure there are meetings in the town you live.

Good Luck

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Baseball fan on January 7, 2021, 9:44 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

You have never won a ring.

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 10:45 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Letter of the law says I did win a ring .... but.... I felt a top 5 finish in a higher division with basically the same team was a better accomplishment the next year

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 11:40 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Skippy

I’ve been off the bottle after a .016 DUI

Closing in on 23 years

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Shitty Lawyer on January 7, 2021, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

You must’ve been proud of your attorney for not getting you out of a DUI that was well below the legal limits 🤦🏾‍♂️

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 1:23 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Didn’t lawyer up. Plead guilty to the typographical error of a 0.16.... but you knew that .. you just wanted to be a Richard and make fun of it

10 year tail with DMV
3 years court probation zero alcohol while driving
3 years of points on my driving record and got dropped from all state
16 DUI classes
6 days of orange vest weekend work
5 years of not driving work vehicles
6 hours in the drunk tank

And that’s just a slap on the wrist in my state

Lesson learned .... never will drink and drive again and ended my drinking all together

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Baseball fan on January 7, 2021, 3:01 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

If you paid for your ring you didn’t win one. Plenty of Cracker Jack rings out there.

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Posted by Mr.E on January 7, 2021, 4:15 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Rings are silly.

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Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 4:29 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Paid $226 and it sits in the Bottom drawer of my dresser collecting dust

In my backyard multiple associations and seniors give out rings for free in countless meaningless tourneys

So I wonder if those rings are worth more ?

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Mr.E on January 7, 2021, 4:41 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Paying for one is even more silly. I remember when you use to just sign up for worlds, win, and they'd give it to you. Oh wait, they still do, so I've heard.

It cracks me up when people wear theirs to tournaments, which happen to be the senior guys. "Look here kid...maybe one day you'll have one of these." Lmao gtfo

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 7, 2021, 5:15 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Took me 12 seasons to finally make it to a world tourney (Mr E there was a time when you had to qualify to the 32 team world). In all divisions and I did that 3 times before the flood gates opened

Took me 20 years to win a world title even though it was D and 98 teams... still was fun and memorable

Any award I’ve won is in the garage, dump or goodwill

But the memories last forever which is way more than some flea market tshirt or a ring from some arcade juke box made out of tin

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Che on January 8, 2021, 6:47 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

The younger generation do not know that back than you had to qualify to play in USA Nationals or USSSA World's. Nowadays you just need to participate in your state tournament go 0-3 not 0-2 like it should be and you are in the World tournament. It's the everyone gets a medal or invite to play in it....GTFHO

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Stop old man on January 8, 2021, 9:17 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

The “younger generation” isn’t the leadership that made those changes. There isn’t a 20 something year old in the offices begging for a 3 game guarantee, or to qualify for worlds.

We didn’t ask for medals at t ball either, because we didn’t know we should get them. Our PARENTS (most likely your generation) started handing them out. So blame yourself not the kids 🤷🏻‍♂️

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Skippy on January 8, 2021, 2:19 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Glad to hear you now abstain. I know many people who still haven't learned despite repetitive dangerous behavior.

I have nothing but respect for you and it has nothing to do with softball.

P.S. - I find the whole ring thing silly. They are little more than plastic trophies or plaques that need dusting.

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Rambo Fan on January 8, 2021, 3:19 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

The incident was the best thing to happen to me.... and in a weird way I’m glad it did... scared me straight...

If i was ever To win again I would never buy a ring.... A handful of us who played together for a long time and actually won all agreed to purchase it just because

But never again.... and I’ve only worn it one time to a football game... And I felt a little stupid Ha Ha Ha

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Mr.E on January 8, 2021, 6:56 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Good job "stop old man". That's honestly one of the best things I've heard, in regards to "the younger generation". I'll be sure to use that in the future, although I feel I fall in between the younger generation and the older folks, depending how mature I'm feeling.

To Che, I know that 2 years ago, we had to play in an NIT(which we won), states, and northwest nationals to be able to go to worlds. This was in NorCal. Not sure how they do it elsewhere. Obviously last year was different.

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Posted by Let's Break It Down on January 9, 2021, 1:10 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

Your parents generation may have started handing them out. But you must elaborate on why they started handing them out. It was some time ago that spanking, humiliating, or tough love discipline became a big no-no. So the younger generation, whom are somewhat intelligent, learned to cry or act a total ass to get their way. Reason being, the parents couldn't beat that ass like it needed so would hand something to the child and whisper for them to stfu and go play. The children knowing it was shitty and sucky behavior, realized if they did that in everything including sports, they would get rewarded. And poof, there is your history lesson for the day.

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Baseball fan on January 9, 2021, 7:43 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

That’s just like your opinion man....

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Posted by Shut up old man on January 9, 2021, 12:19 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

So a bunch of kids made parents stop doing what they were always doing? No, your peers started telling you it was wrong or not allowed.

You’re trying to say 10 year olds made all these decisions

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Posted by Rambo Fan on January 9, 2021, 3:01 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

1999 was the year Usssa opened the flood gates and let anyone go to worlds

Smart decision eliminating all that money being spent going to a Labor Day regional in multiple regions

Smarter decision years later moving all the worlds to Florida to fill those Disney hotels

Prior to 1999 teams season ended Labor Day if they didn’t get their world berth

Sh@@ there were teams at the B to E level pre 1999 that’s didn’t even make it to Regionals cuz they didn’t get there berth... probably more in the C to E level though

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by it is true on January 12, 2021, 8:56 am, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

In senior ball at least 1/2 the tourneys are ring tourneys, eastern, western, northern, southern, spring, winter summer and fall, etc. Then you have like SSA, SSSA, USSSA, NSA, ISA, WSL, and probably 5-6 more running all these events all season, the ring people are doing well !

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Posted by ring joke TM60+ on January 14, 2021, 1:42 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

the senior rings stuff is comical.

My first year playing seniors, I was playing with / players that ever went to a World tourney when we were young.

Our team went to the western world Ring tourney and being the only major plus team we were awarded the western world ring title..my first senior ring

being the western world champions we were given the opportunity to play the east west game at senior worlds... The other team didn’t go to worlds so we “won” our second ring.. two thirds of the ssusa grand slam...

We didn’t win a game at the worlds that year...0-5 but a few of our guys ordered their two rings we won by NEVER BEATING A TEAM IN OUR DIVISION ALL YEAR.

Re: 2021 season goals

Posted by Jeff on January 20, 2021, 12:53 pm, in reply to "Re: 2021 season goals "

cool story bro...life is short, no reason to be so bitter

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