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| April 21, 2016 IK 3 posts | new 85 team forming looking for players 85 team forming to play in the Las Vegas World Masters Championships on September 26-29. The main portions of the players, so far, are coming from the Arizona Prospector 80 team. We still need several players ages 83 to 85+. If interested please email Bob Eisenhauer at bobikee@aol.com. |
| April 22, 2016 Enviro-Vac Men's 65 489 posts | Now that's encouraging. Good luck! |
| May 3, 2016 IK 3 posts | Now looking specifically a short stop & a 3rd baseman |
| May 3, 2016 17Black Men's 60 414 posts | If you would have told me when I was 16, that I would still be playing ball at 56, I would have said you're out of your mind. Here I am. IK------Congrats to still be playing------good luck in your search------I hope the man upstairs keeps me healthy to still play in another 30 years!!!! |
| May 3, 2016 DMac Men's 60 207 posts | As a soon to be 67 year all who spends way too much time looking for my car at the mall, do guys your age actually remember what position they play? |
| May 3, 2016 stattad Men's 65 235 posts | When people ask me if I have a bucket list, I tell them only one. I want to play on an 85-year old team in 16 years. |
| May 4, 2016 Fred S Men's 85 297 posts | DMac: Before the games they give us a direction sheet of how to get to your position. When we do get a hit they have a guide dog to help us get to the base. LOL |
| May 4, 2016 DMac Men's 60 207 posts | Thanks for the laugh, Fred. It's nice to know that a sense of humor is not one of the things a player loses with age. |
| May 4, 2016 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | Fred, I'm pleased to read of the help that SSUSA gives us oldsters. I wasn't aware of it because we have yet to play in a tournament because half our team usually can't find the park. Those who do arrive at the park have younger wives who drive! LOL |
| May 5, 2016 Crusher 70 Men's 75 21 posts | Initially the youngest player on the team would help me drop kernels of corn from the first base dug out to my position at third base! it was easy for me to follow them back to our dug out. During an unusually long break between innings a flock of pigeons descended and ate my lifeline. Realizing this, a friend on the other team set out to get me in my dug out! Somehow or other he got lost in center field! Upon seeing this guy wondering around in the outfield one of our older guys went to rescue him, but on the way nature called and he asked one of their younger players to show him where the John was located! Having a young and lucid umpire that realized what age bracket he was umpiring. also the fact that he was losing players at an alarming rate! He went to his backpack, pulled out a large 9/12 sheet of paper and preceded to draw an excellent diagram of the field, each position plus restroom locations- he took this masterpiece to the tourney director who used a copy machine to produce enough copies for all of our elderly bracket teammates!. Armed with these direction a miracle transpired---------------guess what--------------------------- No more corn was wasted, no offensive fielders were wondering aimlessly around among the defense, Nobody was lost in the John.- although we thought we heard some irate women tell some "masher" he needed to read the door more carefully! And I NOW have my wife sit behind third base! If she's got a towel over her head I have to take out my directions and make my way to my dug out! I'm TOAST! The older we get the more of a sense of humor we need! If you learn to laugh at your foibles as much as those of your teammates you are well on your way to fit in to play 75-80-85 ball! As you can guess this was written with an old tongue in an old cheek,but in my years of playing I can think of several umps and directors who would have gone the extra mile and actually done the paperwork! My wife often comments on the help and concern that makes itself present when an injury or an illness happens at a tournament. Being "Senior" seniors we have often gone through these things ourselves, so we Can commiserate and make suggestions comming from our experiences. The more you play Senior Softball, the more you realize how large your family Is! Crusher 70 (Now 80)/H |
| May 6, 2016 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | so omar you know dmac then....as his wife is 40 yrs younger than he is....and somehow he has had kids...with her....LOL......whats up dennis........no retirement in sight yet...or what..... |
| May 6, 2016 DMac Men's 60 207 posts | Everything is good, Bobby. I survived a heart attack in January, but I'm back, 25 pounds lighter and playing for OTE. Teaching is too easy a job to quit so there is no reason to retire yet. Hope to see you in Vegas this year. |
| May 6, 2016 Omar Khayyam 1357 posts | mad dog, don't know if I know DMac (might have met him and forgotten him…or worse, might have been on the same team with him and forgotten him), but I admire any man who has a wife 40 years younger, but I might doubt his intelligence to have kids! I'm glad I didn't have to chase around a rug rat in the last 40 years. Hard enough patrolling the outfield. |
| May 7, 2016 mad dog Men's 65 4191 posts | glad to hear that you recovered nicely...dennis....that damn heart thing keeps giving all of us trouble...i had a stroke last august/sept.....but like you have recovered...thank goodness....haven't lost the weight tho...and need to real bad......still have afib as they call it(been jumped started twice to no avail)....but still can operate with it.....i'll be with the texas rattlers in vegas...65AA...see ya there...... yes omar he is a little crazy to have little ones at his age...LOL.... |
