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  1. DougJones43
    i am going to be out of town as well, unfortunately.
  2. DougJones43
    Anyone else who has played left have a problem with the lights like this? i'm not sure if it's the lights necessarily, but i do find judging a ball more difficult in left than other fields. it seems easier to get a good read from a centerfield position (LC, C, or RC). in left, the ball is coming at you from a strange angle and seems to hook and shift direction in mid-air. i think it's something that you get used to and adjust to the more you play out there.
  3. DougJones43
    i'm going to throw out an "atta boy" to jimbo for giving us a good scouting report on how to position our defense for this team. he was right on the money with the best way to approach their lineup. the fielders were in good positions to make plays on the ball all night. everyone else did a great job too. congrats brewer fever on closing your season on a high note. good luck to you. good win guys!
  4. DougJones43
    has anybody else noticed over the past couple days, posts have been mysteriously vanishing into thin air? sometimes, it will even be listed under the "last comment" column, but when you look in the thread, it's not there. i know this happened to nullbyte in the softball forum, and he commented about it. it's happened a few other times too, that i've noticed.
  5. DougJones43
    cannot attend today. gotta work. hope you're feeling better, jamie.
  6. DougJones43
    i agree with valpo's assessment of sloppy cut-offs, and i'm largely to blame for that. we need to make certain though that if a throw needs to be made on a baserunner from the outfield, that the pitcher loudly yells out what base to throw to ("TWO TWO TWO" or "HOME HOME HOME"). if i'm concentrating on catching a fly ball or picking up a basehit, i can't see what's happening on the base paths. there has been a few instances where i caught a ball, and didn't hear anything, and had no idea where to throw it. from now on though, i'll assume that if i don't hear anything that i'll just immidiately throw to the cut-off. i wasn't really aware that's how we were doing it until matt just posted it. keep the suggestions coming. i'd like to improve my defense as much as possible.
  7. DougJones43
    24-years-old out of Manitowoc Lincoln High School
  8. DougJones43
    wow, that's fantastic. i think it looks great.
  9. DougJones43
    houlie, if you want to play LF, that's ok by me. i wasn't aware anybody else wanted to play it.
  10. DougJones43
    One thing I saw today and was told by other players, our outfield did not charge in on base hits as much as they should have the tricky part about those is that you don't want the ball to get by you. charging full speed ahead and cleanly picking a line-drive basehit on that outfield surface is easier said than done (at least for me http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif ). i stayed back on a few hits, but it was only because i had let a ball get by me in the first inning, and i didn't want to let it happen again. i wanted to keep it in front of me and play it cleanly. however, if the team would like to see the OFers charge more basehits, i'll do my best.
  11. DougJones43
    my goodness, what a handsome team we are. i think we need to put out a brewerfan.net softball team swimsuit calendar.
  12. DougJones43
    count me in for one. thank you very much, nicole.
  13. DougJones43
    i agree with the idea that there should be a mix of first and second string fielders throughout the game. this will allow for our defense to be average in the early innings, and average in the late innings (as opposed to above average early, and below average late). for example, let's say a team's fielders were ranked from 1-16 (1 being the best fielder). i think a rotation like the one below would give the team good balance throughout the game. <span style="text-decoration:underline">INNINGS 1-4</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline">INNINGS 5-7</span> 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 this is the type of substitution pattern iron chef napalm was suggesting (i think?). it allows everybody to play for half of the game, isn't overly complicated with guys switching in and out all of the time, and keeps good balance on defense throughout the game. obviously this would need to be fine tuned to work in a manner that would allow for people to play their proper positions, but you get the idea. i agree that this team is meant to be fun, first and foremost. that doesn't mean we shouldn't put our heads together and try and find ways to be successful and win some games.
  14. DougJones43
    uh oh.
  15. DougJones43
    valpo, if you weren't at SS tonight, i think we would have given up about 10 more hits. i think we're lucky to have you there. good job by all on defense tonight, although i would have liked a more cleanly played game out of myself in LC. i still had a great time, and i agree with brian that club carnival played a good, classy ballgame. we match up well with them, and i'm looking forward to playing them again and hopefully picking up a win next time.
  16. DougJones43
    http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1564/hallbrasky0ct.png "We once had a bachelor party for Billy Hall. He ate the entire cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it!"
  17. DougJones43
    dear nastytwig, that's one of the greatest pictures i have ever seen. thanks for providing me with a full minute of uncontrolable laughter.
  18. DougJones43
    maybe his nickname should be bill "brasky" hall
  19. DougJones43
    nice victory tonight.
  20. DougJones43
    Their lineup that inning was Greene, Barfield, Gonzolez. I see plenty of justification not wasting your best pitcher on them. what about the other day, when DEMARIA was called upon in a tie game to face the heart of the dodgers order, and turnbow was never heard from. it's just a personal preference i guess. i'd like to see the closer used in the crucial late inning situation, save opp. or not. i'd rather count on the less reliable reliever when we might have a couple run lead. looks like saving turnbow is working out well tonight though. i'll be very happy if we get this win.
  21. DougJones43
    I really don't understand why this is that big of a deal. Either you have to trust someone to get you to the next inning, or you use Turnbow and then trust that another guy can close it out. 3 outs is 3 outs. personally, i don't see it that way. in a tie game, all it takes is giving up one run and that's it. game over. however, if we hold them with our best pitcher and score a few runs, the guy pitching with the lead now has a little more leeway, and even if he gives up the lead and the opposition ties it, you still have a chance to keep playing and get the win.
  22. DougJones43
    i agree with russ. it's been almost a week since turnbow has pitched. yost has "saved" him for opportunities that never arrived because our inferior bullpen pitchers blew it. turnbow should be used in the game's most crucial inning, not just sitting around waiting for a situation that might not even happen. granted, we were fortunate to work around a lead-off walk in the 9th here, but seriously, what is it going to take to get turnbow in there?
  23. DougJones43
    brady just looks terrible. he rarely hits the ball even remotely hard. he has all of 5 extra basehits this season, and it's mid-may. i can't really think of any reason anymore that bill hall shouldn't be in CF everyday he's not playing the infield.
  24. DougJones43
    it must make somebody feel old and slow to be thrown out by a mile by MIKE PIAZZA
  25. DougJones43
    what the heck was that?
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