Blackbirds to face Reds in TMSBL matchup

I'll get a chance to play against some of my old teammates Thursday at Reid Park. The Mountain Blackbirds will take on the Mountain Reds in a 38-and-over Tucson Mens Senior Baseball League matchup. Game time is set for 7 p.m. The Mountain Reds have four players on their roster who are teammates of mine on the Tucson Aces,   a  60-and-over MSBL World Series team. The Aces, who competed in the annual Phoenix senior baseball tournament in 2010 but failed to make it to the championship rounds, almost won it all in 2011 as they won their first five games to reach  the playoffs and then went on to finish second at the World Series, losing in the championship finale to a team from El Paso. The four players, Ozzie Espinoza, Joe Jimenez, Marc Sewell and Arnold Mares -- all TMSBL Hall of Famers, are currently members of the Reds, a team which has a game and a half lead over the Blackbirds in the standings as we head into the sixth week of action in the wood-bat league at Reid Park.