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    Firestone Stadium

    I understand that Firestone Stadium underwent renovations to add turf. On Google earth it looks like turf outfield and dirt infield. In particular are the pitching circles turf or dirt ?
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    Scholarship levels

    I'm curious what the experience of others has been on adjustments, either favorable or unfavorable, to the amount of athletic scholarship funds received in subsequent years. Is it fairly common to get a bump if you contributed to the team or do most players stay more or less the same all four...
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    D2 College post season primer

    Trying to figure out how the post season works as far as conference, regional, super regional, world series etc. Have a daughters playing in the Gliac which I understand is part of the Midwest region. Their conference final is second week of May and understand the winner of the conference gets...
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    Calculating scholarships

    I read a lot about D1 schools having 12 scholarships and d2 having 7.2 etc. Trying to understand what constitutes a scholarship. If as a D1 example tuition is $20k a year and residence is $12k and other costs another $3-4k what amount is multiplied by 12? Is the maximum amount available 12 x...
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    Has the return of softball resulted in more Covid cases?

    Here in Ontario, we are struggling to get anything started for softball. Curious what has been the experience in the states who have restarted? Have there been any outbreaks identified to have come as a result of practices and games being played? Some areas of the country have seen a rise in...
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    Alternatives to Medals ?

    Looking for some thoughts on alternatives to medals to award at our host tournaments. Anyone received anything that was a little unique and more interesting than the traditional options?
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    Looking for ex games February in Las Vegas

    We are bringing a couple of teams (16U and 18U) from Ontario Canada to the Valentines Blast in Las Vegas Feb 8/9 2020. We would like to find some local teams that might wish to play ex games on the Friday (Feb 7th) prior to the tournament. Would appreciate any contact names/organizations people...
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    Temporary home run fencing

    We are looking at buying a couple of home run fences for our host tournament. We play on various slo pitch dimension fields but have permission from the municipality to install fencing for the tournament. We are likely looking at the Enduro or Grand slam type fencing-the 314' roll to make a 200'...
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    Timing of verbal commitment and formal offer

    DD's first choice was a D2 school that specialized in the program she wished to study. After attending a camp in January of her junior year the coach offered her a verbal commitment. At that point he told her that it wouldn't be a full ride -which we didn't expect, but no specific amount was...
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    Bases Loaded Jam

    This past summer while playing at Provincials I got to have a pure gold proud daddy moment with my then 12 year old DD.. At the U14 level we have a 4 inning cap on innings allowed by one pitcher in a game. In a semi final game where the winner earns a spot to play in the Eastern Canadian...
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    Big fish or big pond ?

    Our DD has just completed her first year of travel ball on a 12u team as a 9 year old playing up. It was a team of mostly all 11 year olds. We went in knowing she would be a younger player and wouldn't be a superstar but liked the organization and thought it would benefit her. She also played...

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