Any bat or ball - baseball fields
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swingnmiss
#1 IN YOUR HEARTS
No. I've played Stadium Ball and even with 335' fences that are 20' high, we still hit many out with 47 core 525's and Utrip bats. It's fun, but really not all that much of a challenge. Once you figure out that all you have to do is drive and it goes out...........It's relatively easy to do. An Ultra would just be stupid.
Hebrew Hacker
Derby Jew
Bad idea, but not just because hitting them out still wouldn't be too difficult for most good hitters. That combination of bat and ball is just asking for trips to the hospital, and not just for the pitchers.
rat bastard
Active Member
used a u2 with baden 40/375s and a nice wind to help, they've gone out,,,,that was just BP though,,,,,,,, U2s in league around here, someone's definately getting hurt
HABADAWOOSAA
I'm The Suck.
Might be ok with the 90ft bases and a 11 man field.
BigBee
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
The truth! I played in a league a few years ago on a baseball field (~330 down the lines, IF was a concrete parking lot with a handful of sand spread on it), and we started the season being able to use any ball and bat. It was a true beer league (my 1st game, P took a beer out to the mound and set it down next to him
) with just a bunch of guys who wanted to drink a few pops and play some ball. There were about 3 teams that knew anything about softball, and they were using 47/525 balls. 1 week, 2 guys wound up taking badhops of the cheekbones that required stitches.I showed up the next week w/ a few 47/525's, but was told they had changed the rules on balls due to what had happened the week before
Probably good they made the change when they did - we were only 4 games into a 16 game season...
Hacksaw34
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I agree with this statement. When you are hitting 47/525's with a decent utrip bat it is not that difficult to get them out of a baseball field. You should never combine an Ultra and those balls unless there is no one in the field and you have a pitching screen
theBOMBsquad
Addicted to Softballfans
Played in a wood bat tourney w 44 525s and after we had a hr derby for fun and hit w a launch 510, freak and a og flex. woww. ball goes forever.
If its a true baseball field dimensions (325 lines out to nearly 400 in center) with a grass infield, then it should work out.
We thought about throwing a tourney with 11 inch girls balls with utrip bats, pitching screen and 11 fielders on a baseball field. Its 410 in center, 380 in gaps, 330 down lines. Down the lines, lots of guys can hit them out, but many are humbled when the balls go to center or the gaps.
Hitting it 400 feet with utrip bats and a girls ball can only be done by maybe 10% of weekend players under normal conditions. Remember the stats on this site are greatly inflated.
We thought about throwing a tourney with 11 inch girls balls with utrip bats, pitching screen and 11 fielders on a baseball field. Its 410 in center, 380 in gaps, 330 down lines. Down the lines, lots of guys can hit them out, but many are humbled when the balls go to center or the gaps.
Hitting it 400 feet with utrip bats and a girls ball can only be done by maybe 10% of weekend players under normal conditions. Remember the stats on this site are greatly inflated.
swingnmiss
#1 IN YOUR HEARTS
Really? We used Utrip bats and 47/525's at Avista Stadium in Spokane a couple of years ago and were hitting 8 to 10 a game, with infielders diving out of the way of some balls........It was only marginally safe. With Ultra's I would be afraid to even run the bases.
you must be a bunch of mashers then and belong on the stadium tour.
We take bp on a large baseball field occasionally and only a few balls are hit out each session with a mixture of beat up 47/525s and 44/400 balls. Granted its hot out and the wind is usually blowing in off the river too.
The girls balls fly but are not rated at 47/525 compression. I think they are 44/450.
swingnmiss
#1 IN YOUR HEARTS
8 to 10 between the both teams. I think one game we hit 8 and the Jokers hit 7 or something. Either way, rock hard balls off an Ultra are retarded.
We also take bp on a baseball field that is 335' down the right field line and hit as many as 10 to 12 a round of 30. With ASA bats and 44/375 balls. You lean into them, and back spin them....They go a long way.