John Kings Smoke Show Saturday Highlights

The Mens and Womens division started on Saturday at 8am. Throughout the day the weather got the best of the area putting the tournament into a rain and lightning delay for 30 min. The games then became 2 pitch for the afternoon until the rest of the night. It was cold and windy but a great day nonetheless

[@Goodluck-hd5gp]

1 batter in and it’s apparent shaved bats have entered the chat!

[@RyanGresham-oe2kr]

Well shit let me use your bat my dude

[@theemptyandbroken]

Lmao love when guys who can’t hit out assume everyone’s got a shaved bat

[@benthompson4011]

You don’t even have to shave them anymore they come from the factory thin

[@markheckman2196]

They test every bat that's used, nothing is shaved anymore

[@alant5757]

Man…. Reminds me back when I used to play 4 nights a week and every weekend. For many, many years…. Dang….

[@mpigroup4159]

I played lots of softball in the 80's 90's and early 2000 and none of these home runs in this video would go out of a 300 ft. field back then. Not even close. Those bats are way too hot.

[@cfoz8612]

What balls they are using has something to do with it as well

[@markheckman2196]

This field is 330 center and 300 lines

[@rltw2753]

Those sticks juiced as hell , sone of those swings were weak asf

[@itzanopinion]

it 's not the bats....those are some rock-hard a$$ softballs....pretty sure even a mediocre swing could put a ball out! :-)(

[@coreybates6902]

Coming from a guy who’s has practiced it it ain’t as easy as it looks

[@jzlpz-ml6fc]

Prob using fastpitch balls, sounds rock hard

[@markheckman2196]

​@@jzlpz-ml6fcfast pitch balls would crack the bats. 😂

[@bluefalcon3ID]

Always appreciate ya JK

[@kingsslowpitchsoftball]

Appreciate you as well!

[@kyleb2214]

What’s the rule about batters having to stay in the batters box while swinging? I saw more than a couple of batters with feet out of the box while swinging and after swinging. Just wondering

[@djtauriac777]

Back foot can not cross the front of the plate, nor can the front foot cross the plate either.

[@chestermcpeak3205]

Batters out can't step out But they're also praying if you hit it Over the fence you don't have to run the base

[@gcbros6482]

1:43 Pole Shot!!!!!

[@I_am_shane808]

Bats are HOT🔥HOT🙄

[@jrey6186]

100% back to the game after a decade and pushing 70yrs, out of shape swinging M2 Sinsters .52/300s crazy distance, lol

[@blacjackdaniels200]

Over the fence should wither be an out or there has to be a home run limit.

[@tmanwheeler8270]

Absolutely

[@jeremyloyd4671]

Their is a home run limit

[@michaeljames4630]

where did these guys play JuCo or Single A at??

[@David45223]

Grown men hitting in a little league softball field with slow pitch

[@kyleb2214]

For real 😆😆 they should use wood bats

[@markheckman2196]

The field is high, 330 center, 300 lines

[@countrylover40]

when did softball move to playing on carpet, seeing more and more of it in softball videos

[@Walk_Off_0311]

Turf fields are easier to maintain i guess

[@cfoz8612]

Less rain outs… esp helps with big tournaments when teams travel to play

[@andrewarnstein730]

What size are these fields looks like there miss hitting homeruns?

[@kingsslowpitchsoftball]

300ft all around

[@antmj2335]

The compression of those balls must be super high. Seeing a lot of weak, loopy swings hit it over.

[@Monkeysuncle123]

We played with super red dot 50 core balls, what kind of ball is that and Is that turf? Never seen that before, we played on hard ass red dirt with a few rocks here n there 😂😂, softball can be super fun especially tournament style!!!!

[@bransonledbetter351]

Where are these fields?

[@kingsslowpitchsoftball]

Mid America Ballpark in Shawnee, KS

[@HHH396]

What compression ball are they using?

[@markheckman2196]

Normal compression, it's a tournament you have to buy the balls from them

[@michaelnaretto3409]

Curious. Hitting a homerun and NOT running the bases? When I played softball if a home run was hit the batter still ran the bases like in baseball...

[@seancue2803]

Most games are on the clock. They feel it'll take time off, so they don't run. I'd like to see the folks running the base. Be kinda cool.

[@cfoz8612]

They changed that rule years ago… hit and sit now to speed up the games

[@mosesbuddhajesus3362]

Love seeing homers, but a low fence at 300 feet...is not really impressive. Maybe if you just started playing, but not for a team made out of huge guys lol. Would be nice at 330-350 tho

[@bobmalack481]

Some great batting and power here, but the pitching is a total dud with no noticable spin,/ change of direction at the plate, and with a overly high arch. All you have to do is deliver the minimum 6 foot arch closer to fast pitch, I dont get it. I pitch with the low legal arch with a curve, screwball, and what I call a 'rizer', a sinker, and a 'palm ball' (kinda a knuckleball)..and too many slow pitch hitters swing at out of the strike zone HIGH balls. Make the pitcher get the ball DOWN into the strike zone..E-gawds!..Robert at 69 in the senior leagues.

[@jchillin6316]

4 hr limit

[@richevans609]

5:21

[@brandonmoger5073]

That wouldnt even be a fun league to play in, winning is defined by whitch team gets more home run hits

[@kingsslowpitchsoftball]

League? This is a tournament

[@anthonytorrez3491]

this is a hitting game

[@Freyes190]

@@kingsslowpitchsoftball 300 feet. Shit a joke. Softball 300 feet across the outfield. This tournament is a joke.

[@Javiano]

300 Feet lol thats it ?

[@masonntn5292]

0:19 - that ball didn’t even make it to the road. Probably missed the car by 25+ feet.

[@jrey6186]

Ya but always a tourney wishful event ... hence the term 'dinger' ...

[@jefflovinfishin621]

Bat companies have ruined the game of softball. These dudes have the worst swings I’ve ever seen hitting home runs. 5 man infield with home runs being an offensive ejection like at worlds in Orlando and these teams wouldn’t score a run. The game is in a bad bad place.

[@countrylover40]

Softballs also come into play with higher core and compressions

[@dalehatcher3935]

Try playing on a regulation baseball field here with us and watch the balls leave the park. 😂😂. 330 down the lines 385 in the gaps and 405 center field for a softball game. That’s a real field.

[@anthonytorrez3491]

you can’t even hit it out a 300 field 😭

[@Dolphhhh]

Small field is part of the game, manage homeruns correctly. Its hard for some people to not hit it out on accident. Run out of homeruns every hit over the wall is an out. Plus im pretty sure a lot of these dudes can hit one 390-420 pretty easily….

[@Dolphhhh]

@TBIRD69-uz9rr 100 percent its a lot harder to keep it in for a hit then hit it over for an out

[@richevans609]

I like the Small Field Strategy...

[@joricopittman1279]

That's a kids field

[@rltw2753]

Does that say 100ft 😂😂😂 y’all goofy if that’s real

[@gavinmckay7182]

to small of a field

[@richardbigouette3651]

Makes it harder to not hit homeruns.

[@gavinmckay7182]

@@richardbigouette3651 hahahahahah yep it does

[@jonr7364]

FAT

[@073286]

Worst place for a softball field ever lol

[@richardbigouette3651]

Truth

[@brandonmoger5073]

Why?

[@Mentalsamurai28]

@@brandonmoger5073 cars driving by and could get hit

[@brokl26]

Worst place for a highway.

[@Freyes190]

It’s a kid field. Developers probably made it for kids to play there not grown ass man lol

[@thesay5663]

So boring what is the point of bases, anyone can hit home runs with the new bats…. Home runs should be outs period !!!

[@markheckman2196]

Right, apparently you never played