Ron Petersen, 64, has been one of the top hitters on the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) baseball team for the past four years. Petersen, who is also the current TOTS manager, batted a hefty .667 during the month of September with 18 hits in 27 at bats and two home runs.
Ron was absent from the TOTS and Udall Park for the most of October as he motored north to compete in the Men's Senior League Baseball (MSBL) World Series in Phoenix, along with TOTS teammates Jerry Hamelin, Chico Bigham, Floyd Lance, Billy Heiny and Danny Price. "I didn't exactly knock the cover off the ball at the World Series," Ron said. "But I've been hitting the ball pretty well since I've been back."
That may be an understatement. Petersen is batting over .700 for the month of November and last week may have been his best week in quite some time. In back to back games, Petersen walloped three home runs, all tape measure jobs over the right field fence at Udall.
Petersen is one of a handful of TOTS players who still works full time and is forced to mix in his job (as a TEP employee) and his playing time with the "boys of summer" at Udall. "I work it out. I love baseball," Ron said. He especially loved it this week as he sprinted around the bases following each of his round-trippers. As for the TOTS, the club's roster is expanding. The baseball club adds players this time of year. "The weather is good and we pick up a lot of winter visitors," Petersen adds.
Baseball is a big "hit" at Udall Park. Ron Petersen can attest to that.
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