MH Softball Team???

[Remington]

Would anyone be interested in having a My Hattiesburg softball team?? I figure it should be coed. I really don't know anything about the leagues or anything like that, but would love to play. I have a good bat! :)

[Conveyor Belt]

Embarrasingly, I know NOTHING of the sport... other than hitting the ball and going to base.

I'd be a bit interested, I think... I can't throw for sh!t, though. Can't really hit, either.

[fuzzis]

I'd play. As long as there aren't any super competitive folks out there who would break my femur with the ball....:smt105

[Scarlett O'Hara]

I'd cheer....................I'm horrible at softball!!!!

[Honey]

I'd cheer too.

[FIRECHIEF1]

I'd play, I've played softball all my life and love it. Not really big on the COED thing, just too many rules, but whatever.

[jmb]

Any of you that live close enough to do this should go for it. You'd have such a great time. :)

[amanda]

I'd only be good for comic relief. I've played on Legal Secretary leagues before and have developed a thick skin for it. :)

[fuzzis]

I'd only be good for comic relief. I've played on Legal Secretary leagues before and have developed a thick skin for it. :)

I once made a spectacular, leaping catch...landing was not quite so spectacular, though. Seeing as I had that broken femur. :smt086

[amanda]

I once made a spectacular, leaping catch...landing was not quite so spectacular, though. Seeing as I had that broken femur. :smt086


I get an "A" for Effort in my sports attempts. I tried Co-Ed Softball in the 11th grade and went to school the first day with a black eye. No joke, the ball hit the bat that I hadn't moved an inch, and popped me in the eye. One of my most embarassing moments. :kekeke:

[faithram521]

Growing up I went to private schools and I guess they thought that softball was to dangerous for kids to play before reaching high school and we always played cabbage ball. Once we reached high school the girls did play softball but during school it was always cabbage ball. If y'all just want to play amongst each other, this might be a better option. Nobody would need a glove and the ball is easier to hit since it is bigger. Just a thought.

[58ford]

Man. It sucks being cripple. I don't think I'd be very good at softball, but I love to hit stuff with a stick.

[luvnlife]

Hahaha 58ford, we'll just hang up a pinata for you and you can hit away!:smack:

[Mike'sGirl]

My hubby, EchoFourBravo, and I played on my company's co-ed team last year. I sucked, but had fun. E4B is actually really good.
We got our butts whipped at most every game. A lot of kids on college baseball and softball teams end up on these local league teams. Regular folk don't stand a chance.

[kevin]

I played all my life sounds like a winner!

[Southern_Belle]

aaron and i would play!! we love to play softball and haven't had the opportunity in a few years. the city has leagues in spring, summer and fall - i think. and i believe to form a team it is around $225.00 or $250.00. you provide your own equipment, jerseys, and people. so basically the fee is for entry. i have been told the number is 601.545.4624 for more information.

[Honey]

It really sounds like a fun time. I would love to cheer the team. I have my hair up in pic tails as we speak. Go team go!

[luvnlife]

The last time I played softball was a coed team with the church. I was sore for 2 weeks:smt009

[Baloo]

I would love to play, but I would need LOTS of practice before playing in a game. I played on a co-ed team for a couple years and sucked, but did improve with practice. Can use our screen names on the entry form and jerseys?

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Rah, Rah, Sis, Boom, Bah!!!!!!!!!!
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[Echo Four Bravo]

Count me in!

[Remington]

I'm all for playing spring, summer, and fall. One thing that was upsetting in the last league I was in was that we didn't play enough games. I love to play.

[Remington]

It do have to be coed. We can't have a team and only invite the guys on here!! Besides, I might want to apply the tag to some cutie! :)

[Echo Four Bravo]

It do have to be coed. We can't have a team and only invite the guys on here!! Besides, I might want to apply the tag to some cutie! :)
Coed is more fun anyway.

[Southern_Belle]

and i will stand up and say that i am ok. i played slow pitch and fast pitch all four years in high school. so i might be a girl, but i don't hit or throw like a girl in that game :-D plus - i really like to play!!! really!

[Honey]

Go team go!

[Echo Four Bravo]

and i will stand up and say that i am ok. i played slow pitch and fast pitch all four years in high school. so i might be a girl, but i don't hit or throw like a girl in that game :-D plus - i really like to play!!! really!
It appears we have the beginnings of something like a team here.;)

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Two bits, Four bits, Six bits, a dollar........All for MH stand up and holler!!

[luvnlife]

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Ok girls I picked out our cheerleader outfits! Who's in?????

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Do you have something that offers a little more coverage?

[Honey]

Well I'm out.

[Honey]

I not wearing bra and panties outside of the house.

[fuzzis]

I not wearing bra and panties outside of the house.

Honey. I didn't know you went commando. :smt118

[virgo]

I wish i still lived in HB. I would love to join!

[amanda]

I not wearing bra and panties outside of the house.


Uh, really? Note to all MHers - if you see Honey outside the house - she's not wearing a bra and panties. :kekeke:

[Honey]

Off Topic!

[Honey]

Is it hot in here? Can we get some ice water or a fan?

[Honey]

Maybe a moderator or two? Can someone turn the air on, please?

[Scarlett O'Hara]

What has happened to our Honey? First she bringing the beer to the Mardi Gras parade and now this?

[luvnlife]

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Ok ladies, is this one better???:kekeke: (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://costumecraze.com/images/vendors/pony/400120-main.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.coolcostumesforhalloween.com/category/fifties/&h=409&w=200&sz=22&hl=en&start=27&um=1&tbnid=0VtRF45x3dvS5M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=61&prev=/images%3Fq%3D1950%2Bcheerleader%26start%3D18%26nds p%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4 SHCN_enUS235US236%26sa%3DN)

[Honey]

Well that's better but my reputation has been damaged and now I can't cheer.

[luvnlife]

Awww Honey It'll be ok. Here have this:cocktail:It'll make you feel better. If not have another, then if you STILL don't feel better, have one more and soon you just won't give a darn:drunk:

[Dixie Tree Slayer]

I'd play. As long as there aren't any super competitive folks out there who would break my femur with the ball....:smt105Hmmmm I can think of a few things to do involving your femur... But none of them involve breaking it!:evil:

[FIRECHIEF1]

What happened to the softball thread it just died. do we not have enough people interested to make a team? all we need is about 14 players

[Echo Four Bravo]

Put me in coach, I'm ready to play!

[thrillseeker]

I can cheer and get water and stuff. You dont want me on a team that is for sure.

[Remington]

I'm ready to play and have some equipment, but really have no idea how to start a team or when the league starts.

[luvnlife]

Can the cheerleaders wear tiaras?

[aaron]

I'm ready to play and have some equipment, but really have no idea how to start a team or when the league starts.

They have a registration day where you go out and fill out a team form and get waivers for your team members. You need $250 for a team. Waivers don't have to be filled out then, but do have to be turned in before you play. You need your own ball for the game. Blue dot I think, they sell them around town.

[fuzzis]

Can the cheerleaders wear tiaras?

Hell...if I'm playin', I'm wearing a freakin' tiara. (it stays on my head very, very well :-D)

[Echo Four Bravo]

It's gotten to the point where I take my glove to my little girl's practices, hoping they want the parents to play 20/20.

[XC9]

I can still keep score and coach a base if needed. I miss softball SSSSOOOOOO bad. I use to play 4 nights a week. I started the co-ed league in Hattiesburg back in about 1990. We had a mens and womens league and I always played on a mans team when they were short a player so Mr. Potter told me to start a co-ed league and run it. Mitchell Williams was the first co-ed umpire we hired. GOD I miss softball. If you have a new team they also have different leagues to enter into according to your teams ability: A, B, C and D A is for good teams B =pretty good on down.

[FIRECHIEF1]

I will find out when we have to register by. I also have several bats and softballs. Do yall think we could come up with the 250 to register and money to buy shirts and a case of balls. first we have to know that we have enough men and women to make a team. The number has to be equal. we have to have 6men and 6women that will show up every game.

[FIRECHIEF1]

I just called and they said they were still taking teams but season was supposed to start next week so if we wanted to get a team in we would have to act fast. I am not sure if we could pull it together fast enough. Yall just let me know what you think.

[58ford]

I'd like to be on a team, but I can't run.....I can catch though........as long as you throw the ball right to me. And I have an uncanny knack for determining exactly how wrong an umpire is.

How many people are on a softball team & how much is $250 & a case of balls divided up between them.
And, are we going into this with any intention of actually winning??

[meemsterrocz]

where would the games be played ... I'd be a spectacular spectator. Got lots of experience with my 2 grandsons in the OGAA. They say they can hear me even above the "take me out to the ballgame" music.
:smt041

[Echo Four Bravo]

If we have enough ppl who want to play, let's give it a shot!

[cubby 1]

I'd love to play, but my work schedule is so whack that I don't think I'd be able to show up for most of the games. When are most games played?

[Remington]

I can play....got lots of practice balls and can provide some game balls. I can also pay the $250 if we can get enough names to make a team. If someone can call and put our name in, I can get the money there. Heck, someone has to make an effort. I'm a guy and can play 3rd, 1st or catch.

[Honey]

I'm ready to watch and cheer you all on. Yay!

[fuzzis]

I'll play. I'm a girl. :kekeke: And I can play that spot in the outfield where no one hits the balls :kekeke: I have also played catcher in the past.

[Honey]

Go Fuzzis Go.

[cubby 1]

I just need to know when the games are. I can't make a promise that I can make all the games, but I will certainly try. Obviously I'm a guy. I don't really play any position very well, but I've played 2nd and outfield.

Please let me know when games are!

[Chichiguita]

I'm with Honey, Scarlett and Thrill, I'll cheer...

I've always wanted to wear that little skirt...and I CAN still do the splits...

[luvnlife]

I think I can still do the splits too chichi!!!

[Chichiguita]

I think I can still do the splits too chichi!!!
:clap:

READY, OKAY--

I Think we've got ourselves a squad!!!

[luvnlife]

I might could dig out my old cheeleader outfit!!

[thrillseeker]

Ya'll wont get this girl in a cheerleading outfit but I will wear shorts and a cute tee. :-D I can be the dugout girl if ya'll need one. I know my way around the baseball field but I just dont like to play rather watch those cute butts.

[Echo Four Bravo]

I'd prefer SS or 2nd, but if necessary, I'll play in the outfield.

[Southern_Belle]

aaron and i can play if a team is started. aaron can play outfield. i can play pitcher or outfield, or anywhere really. although i'm a little scared of infield positions (first, second, third and SS) when the boys get up to bat. i can pitch though. we both have gloves, some softballs, and i think a bat or two (i think on the bats not sure).

we are really interested though.

[Southern_Belle]

even if we don't have enough for a team, i think it would be fun to get together and scrimmage and just play around.

[cubby 1]

I say lets play.

[XC9]

aaron and i can play if a team is started. aaron can play outfield. i can play pitcher or outfield, or anywhere really. although i'm a little scared of infield positions (first, second, third and SS) when the boys get up to bat. i can pitch though. we both have gloves, some softballs, and i think a bat or two (i think on the bats not sure).

we are really interested though. Southern Belle, if you can pitch you can play 1st or 2nd too. The pitchers mound is closest to the batter and I have seen many a pitcher taken out in a game. I broke my coachs ankle the very first practice we had years ago. She pitched it and I slammed it up the middle and she couldn't get out of the way fast enough. The ball hit her on the ankle bone and broke it. As a woman I would never pitch, especially to a man.

[virgo]

I'd play if I were still living there. :( But when I visit, I will be sure to catch a game to cheer you all on! :yes:

[FIRECHIEF1]

Ok we need to figure it out. If you can play put down if you can and your gender so that we can count and see how many we have we need six males and six females

[JMC]

I just don't have the time to devote to it right now. Maybe next year.

[fuzzis]

So far it looks like SB and I are the only females. :confused:

[Conveyor Belt]

So far it looks like SB and I are the only females. :confused:

doesnt' noway count as a girl?

[Southern_Belle]

Southern Belle, if you can pitch you can play 1st or 2nd too. The pitchers mound is closest to the batter and I have seen many a pitcher taken out in a game. I broke my coachs ankle the very first practice we had years ago. She pitched it and I slammed it up the middle and she couldn't get out of the way fast enough. The ball hit her on the ankle bone and broke it. As a woman I would never pitch, especially to a man.

i am not really good at fielding on infield hits. as pitcher i don't have to do that much fielding. occaisionally it comes up the middle, but not very often. unless someone is place hitting and aims. i love to pitch though.

im in. Girl
aaron is in. Guy

[TheKing]

make SURE you have at LEAST 12-14 peeps on the team because i guarantee you... every week without fail you are goign to have someone(s) that cant show (call me sexist...its usually the girls)

take this from someone who ran two teams for two seasons

[Remington]

Count me as one guy who can always show up. Need outfielders, though. Normally in softball, most balls are hit to the outfield or hard grounders that get through. So need people in the outfield who can run and throw the ball back in. I messed my rotator cuff several years ago and can only thrown half side arm and no longer over the top. I can play third, but not enough range for SS or 2nd. One thing about infield, at SS or 2nd, you can play back but at 3rd, 1st or pitching, you can get eat up by a hard grounder or a line drive. At 1st, you need to stay close enough that you can cover the bag and if infield arms aren't great, might have to dig some.

I tried pitching one time and a guy hit a shot right back at me and only had enough time to move glove about a foot to catch it. Any more than that and I wouldn't have been fast enough and I would have got nailed. That scared me into not wanting to pitch anymore. When I did after that, I would pitch and start back pedaling.

Who do I get the money to?? (I am assuming I'll eventually get paid back by those who join. :))

[Mike'sGirl]

make SURE you have at LEAST 12-14 peeps on the team because i guarantee you... every week without fail you are goign to have someone(s) that cant show (call me sexist...its usually the girls)

take this from someone who ran two teams for two seasons


I beg to differ on the 'girls' part.

We organized 2 teams at our company last year.
A co-ed team of mostly girls, and a men's team.
Our co-ed team made it to all our games.
Our men's team forfeited EVERY single game due to not enough players showing up.

Better get enough girls to play, I say......they're reliable. :smt023

[Echo Four Bravo]

I can play. I'm a manly man.

[fuzzis]

So far we still only have two girls willing. I'd hold on to that check, Rem, because if SB and I are it, it doesn't matter how many boys sign up.

[FIRECHIEF1]

I realize we need to include everyone, but if we don't have enough women who want to play, Petal has a mens league that starts April 24. The deadline to sign up is April 17 so this would buy us a little more time if we could get enough guys together to enter a team. Just a Thought.

[cubby 1]

I'm in. I'm a guy.

I may not make every game, but I'll make as many as I can.

[cubby 1]

I realize we need to include everyone, but if we don't have enough women who want to play, Petal has a mens league that starts April 24. The deadline to sign up is April 17 so this would buy us a little more time if we could get enough guys together to enter a team. Just a Thought.

Given the limited female response, I'd say this is the best way to go.

[Remington]

So far, about 2 girls and 4 guys?? That's it??

[Remington]

This is what I have counted so far and this goes back to the 1st page of this thread.

Men
1 EchoFourBravo
2 Firechief1
3 Remington
4 Kevin
5 Aaron
6 cubby 1 (can play some games???)

Women
1 Fuzzis
2 Southern_Belle
3 Mike'sGirl (wasn't sure if she wanted to play???)
4 Baloo (still want to play???)
5 XC9 (coach or player???)

As it stands, we need a few more males and especially a few more females to say we have a team. I suppose it's time to start recruiting some of the quieter posters.....or find some ringers! Need to make sure we have enough committed before paying out $250 for the entry fee and $70 for a case of balls. And I say we shoot for the easy league.

[XC9]

I can't play, I haven't been released from my surgery and am having another surgery soon. My husband is a great 1st baseman, he is 6'5 and has tremendous reach. He doesn't get on the forum and socialize like I do but he met some of y'all at Donanelles. I want to be a part in what ever I can do though.

[Remington]

BUMP!!! Anyone??

[aaron]

I think rushing this for the spring season is going to result in heartache. Probably should shoot for a summer or fall team and try to get things together by then.

[Remington]

Are there summer and fall leagues?? That will be ok. It is sort of late to get the old arms in shape. I would rather start a month before season started to get my arm back in shape. I'm not familiar with the leagues and how many seasons and when they start. Though, I'm not sure if we would even have enough guys for the all men league that someone said started on the 24th.

[aaron]

Yeah, there is a summer and fall league. Assuming they have enough teams to sign up, which they usually have plenty.

[JimmyJam]

I would love to play in a scrimmage or practice game, but with 2 little kids, its hard to be on a league team anymore. Let me know if you need a warm body for practice. I am pretty fair at first base. :smt023

[Remington]

Well, in the meantime, maybe some MHer's can get together and throw the ball some, hit the ball some, catch the ball some, and get in some semblance of shape. At least in my case. Then we can see who can play what position and what positions we need to recruit. Someone can post about how much fun we had and others will want to join the team. Or we can talk about how bad we sucked and cancel the whole thing!! :D

I do really want to get out and do something. I'm not getting near enough exercise.

[damnyank]

XC9 was harping on me last night at the bowling center about me playing. Let's see, other than working nights, being oveweight and hopefully getting my knee replacement this summer, there's no reason for me not to come out of retirement. :oops:

I mean I have about 10 years of military fastpitch experience, 15 years of military slow pitch experience (we were pemitted to play both as they were different seasons) and 13 years of organized hardball experience as a youth! I was a good catcher, a great hitter and had the worlds' biggest mouth! So XC9 told me I needed to get my a$$ out and provide verbal support once ya'll start playing the games! :smt023

[Echo Four Bravo]

I can say from experience that a co-ed league is more relaxed and more fun, but if we can't get enough to participate, I'm more than willing to play in a summer or fall men's league.
I played in the adult baseball league that was active in Hattiesburg a few years ago and had a blast, even though most of the players were fresh out of college baseball programs and had the advantage of being a few years younger than me. As far as getting together to practice, I'm all for it. I never get tired of throwing the ball around. The kids usually want to quit way before I do. :smt001

[Southern_Belle]

Well, in the meantime, maybe some MHer's can get together and throw the ball some, hit the ball some, catch the ball some, and get in some semblance of shape. At least in my case. Then we can see who can play what position and what positions we need to recruit. Someone can post about how much fun we had and others will want to join the team. Or we can talk about how bad we sucked and cancel the whole thing!! :D

I do really want to get out and do something. I'm not getting near enough exercise.

i say we shoot for summer or fall. maybe we can get together on like a sun afternoon and just play around. throw, catch, bat. at least get some practice in before the season we choose to play in.

[kevin]

Yeah I agree Southern Belle we could get together and practice fundamentals. I've played every position and Coached some. I think if we could wait and be organized we would be better off. I'd like to see some Mh uniform's. This is a great Idea! I'll play anytime though....We might get to play the American. I promise a Homerun in that game!!!