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DUE TO ALL THIS DAMN RAIN,

THE SPRING 2026 SEASON WILL BE

DELAYED 1 WEEK AND WILL BEGIN ON

FEB 26TH IF IT DOESN'T GET

RAINED OUT AS WELL. 

 

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SEVERAL

NEW PLAYERS TO THE WARRIORS.

SLIDERS

MIKE DAVISON, MIKE HOWDER,

GRIM REAPERS

CARLOS VILLAREAL,

RETURN OF THE SLIME

THOMAS LARSON, JONATHAN TAPPAN,

DAVID ARZOLA

GREY DUDES

JUAN LIE, RICK MARKEL, JEREMIAH SORRELLS,

KRISTIAN WAHLGREN

I WAS MY 3RD ROUND PICK

MORE PICTURES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE

"ABOUT" TAB IN THE TEAM PHOTOS SECTION

DECEMBER 18TH THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS PLAYED BETWEEN #1 RED ROCKETS AND #2 BASIC INSTINCTS.

IN A HARD FOUGHT CONTEST THAT WAS BASICALLY TIED AFTER 6, THE PINK GUYS POSTED 12 RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE OPEN INNING. RED COULD ONLY MUSTER 5 RUNS OF THEIR OWN AND THAT WAS HOW THE GAME WAS DECIDED... 23-15.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BASIC INSTINCTS FOR CAPPING OFF A GREAT SEASON WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

 TEAMS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

TOTAL

BASIC INSTINCTS

5

0

0 

2

2

2

12

23

RED ROCKETS

2

0

3

0

5

0

5

15

YOU CAN FIND PHOTOS OF THE GAME AT THE NEW WEBSITE

San Diego Warriors Softball | Join the Softball Action Today

 

 
 
 

The Warriors League is grateful to Rich McLaughlin and his company, RMAC Medical Management Inc., for the sponsorship of our league and for making it possible for us to give each player a brand new shirt each and every season and not having to collect, launder and re-issue shrunken and used shirts.

Reiteration of our "flip flop" rule

June 9, 2024

The Warriors' League's "flip flop" rule has been on the books for well over a decade. Our rule is that when the VISITING team has a lead of eight (8) runs or more after 5 1/2 innings of play, then the home team bats twice and the visitors then come up (if necessary) in the bottom of the seventh inning to finish the game.

The Warriors League does not permit side arangements between managers/umpires to contravene our rules regardless of the situation and regardless of the score. So, for example, if after 5 1/2 innings, the score is a worst-case scenario of 25-0 in favor of the home team, then that home team will indeed come to bat in the bottom of the 6th, with an opportunity to make it 30-0 if they can. 

                 The visiting team batting last is the "flip-flop". Any scenario where the visiting team does not get the opportunity to bat last (if needed) is not a "flip-flop". We hope this clarifies our long-standing "flip flop" rule for everyone.

To anyone age 69 or turning 69 in 2026

If you are already age 69, or will have your 69th birthday anytime during 2026, and your name does not already appear on our list in the "Headlines" link, please contact the league with this information.

A salute to our longest tenured Warriors

December 31, 2023

Since 1997: Manager Gabe Delgado

Since 1998: Manager Ron Yardley

Since 2001: Tracy McAtee

Since 2002: Dale Olson & Scott Johnston

Since 2003: League President Kelly Wheeler

Since 2004: Robert Berkstresser

 

 

Warriors Resource Guide available at PAGES link above

 

Basepath safety issues

June 9, 2024

Our league would like to reiterate our rules regarding player safety on the basepaths. If everyone always followed these three simple rules we would have fewer basepath safety issues:

1. When running to first base, if a play is potentially going to be made on you (you hit a ground ball) you MUST run to the base that sits in FOUL territory while the first baseman uses the bag that sits in FAIR territory.
If you run to the wrong bag when a throw to first base is coming, you will be called OUT even if you beat the throw or even if the first baseman doesn't catch the throw. This rule has been listed in our rules for years. Our rules are available at "Warriors Specific Rules" which can be found by clicking on "pages" near the top of the welcome page.

2. When running from first base towards second base, all base runners MUST Slide or Avoid the second baseman or the shortstop covering the bag. We do not want player-to-player contact. Unavoidable contact during a clean slide is just a part of the game with which we have to live. Making contact with an infielder's upper torso while coming in standing up (contact with your shoulder, elbow, hip or knee) is entirely another story. Please slide into the bag or peel away. If you do it correctly and the fielder drops the throw, you will be called safe.

3. When running from first base, if you are put out at second while you are still far away from the second base bag, GET OUT OF THE WAY and do not block the defensive player's throwing lane. You could get drilled unless the defensive player voluntarily opts to alter his throw so as to avoid your forehead.

As our former Commissioner Bob Johnson put it, if a player cannot go to work on Friday, because of something like this that happened with us on Thursday, then it was not a good night.

Top Fourteen Things To Know About the Warriors Softball League

1. Our primary reason for existence is to have fun in a safe way and build male friendships.
2. To accomplish that we only allow the use of league-furnished, ASA approved bats, in 26oz, 27oz, 28oz and 29oz weights. Any other bat, other than those provided by the league, is prohibited, except for players 69 years of age, or players turning 69 that year. These players may use any bat of their choosing. Currently we use the Mizuno "Craze" and the Mizuno "Frenzy" composite bats.
3. We use a 375/.44 polyurethane-core softball.
4. We re-draft teams each season, so players are not with the same teammates each and every season. Eventually, everyone plays with (and against) everybody else.
5. We have "AAA"-type tournament-quality players, and we have "A"-type recreational-quality players, and everything in between.
6. We have 45-year-old players and we have age 70+-year-players and every age in between.
7. We have a true draft, but even though we do not make promises or issue guarantees, we bend over backwards to make every effort to try to make special accommodations to players who need to be on the same team for whatever reason (siblings, carpool together from afar, etc.)
8. We allow the use of courtesy runners once a batter reaches first base.
9. Outfielders must station themselves behind an arc of orange cones until a ball is struck by a batter. If a batted ball touches the outfield grass, the batter can do no worse than a single and does not need to run/walk/crawl/get to first base. Batters may not be put out at first base on a throw from any outfielder.
10. We hire our own real paid umpires.
11. Every team participates in the first round of the post-season playoffs.
12. Every player receives a new shirt each season and it's theirs to keep forever. We do not issue faded, shrunken, ill-fitting hand-me-down shirts to our players.
13. The league hosts all players, from all teams, to a pizza party immediately after conclusion of each season's championship game, at no charge to the players. At the party, usually attended by 60-70 players, the Brad Betz Memorial Award is presented to the league's "best teammate". For information on this award, click on the Brad Betz tab on the left side of this homepage near the top.
14. All games have not only a fully-stocked first aid kit on site, but also a cardiac defibrillator at each backstop. Most league players have been trained on how to use it.