85-year-old bats .364 at MSBL World Series

Eighty-five-year-old Floyd Lance, a member of the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) baseball team, is batting .364 at the Men's Senior League Baseball (MSBL) World Series this week in Phoenix. Lance, playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 70-and-over division, has four hits in 11 at bats with a walk and a sacrifice.

The Diamondbacks aren't fairing as well as a team as they head into the final day tomorrow with a 1-3 record. "We have had some bad innings this week," Lance said. "Too many errors." The senior Diamondbacks split with the Ohio Classics this week and lost to a team from South Dakota and a team from San Diego. Lance and the Diamondbacks will complete their play in the senior World Series tomorrow morning when they tangle once again with the South Dakota Rushmores. South Dakota will play San Diego on Saturday for the championship. "We're through after tomorrow," Lance added. "It's been fun."

MSBL Update: Lance and his teammates on the 70-and-over Arizona Diamondbacks lost 8-2 to South Dakota on Friday. Th loss ended play for Lance, a member of the Tucson Old Timers, and completed the three weeks of play in the MSBL for Lance and all the Tucson Golden Aces who participated in the senior World Series.

From the 60-and-over division, through to the 65-and-over-division, and through the 70-and-over division...fun was had by all the Aces -- despite the losses and the injuries. And those in attendance that witnessed the three-weeks of play never lost sight of the fact that these senior athletes are an amazing group of individuals who can still play the game of baseball and enjoy every moment of it.

We'll be back in 2011.