TOTS Senior Baseball Network (TSBN)
Meet the TOTS shortstops
Ed Rife, 75, Born: Akron, Ohio.....Member of the TOTS since 2000.....A smooth infielder and one the TOTS top pitchers.....Nickname: "Mr. Smooth".
Arnie White, 71, Born: Fulton, New York.....Member of the TOTS since 2010.....Currently a professor at the UofA.....owns a ranch in Montana....Played in his second MSBl/MABL World Series this year.....Nickname: "Cowboy".
Dave Rhoades, 68, Born: Greely, CO.....Member of the TOTS since 2005.....A Rockies' fan.....Currently a Financial Advisor.....Nickname: "Money"
Dennis Crowley, 63, Born: Boston, MA......Member of the TOTS since 2010.....A left hander and the "fastest" TOT.....Nickname: "Wheels".
Delon "Doc" Thompson, 70, Born: Roland, IA.....Member of the TOTS since 2011.....A Country Western singer.....travels the country promoting his Albums.....A hard-throwing right hander.....played in the minor leagues in the 1960s.....Nicknames: "The Music Man" and "The Cyclone Kid" -- he once played and pitched for the Iowa State Cyclones.
Chico Bigham, 74, Born: Monroe, NC.....Member of the TOTS since 1999.....A pitcher in the TOTS' rotation and known for his ability to pitch a lot of innings. Nicknames: "Rubber Arm" and "The Architect" -- also maintains our ball field, three days a week for 52 weeks, year in year out.
Ron Petersen, 65, Born: Lamars, IA.....Member of the TOTS since 2005.....Also in the TOTS' pitching rotation along with Rife, White, Crowley, Thompson, Bigham, Billy Heiny and Lloyd Barzell.....Lives and breathes baseball....once owned a baseball card store and helps run a local Fantasy Baseball League which has been existence for more than 20 years....Nickname: "Mr. Baseball".
Meet the TOTS catchers
Billy Heiny, 83, Born: Terre Haute, IN.....Member of the TOTS since 1997.....Catches, pitches, plays infield and outfield...does it all. Nickname: "Doc" -- he's a retired Dentist.
John Petrick, 70, Born: Burnet, TX.....Member of the TOTS since 2005.....Hails from Texas, spends part of the year in Tucson.....Nickname: "The Texan"
Dick McAnally, 80, Born: Tulsa, OK.....A retired attorney, the club needs at least one! Nickname: "Coach" -- I haven't found out why, but many of the players refer to him as such.
Pete Peters, 63, Born: Fairfield, IA.....Former fast-pitch softball pitcher....played in his first MSBL/MABL World Series this year.....Nickname: "Pistol Pete" -- hurt his arm earlier in the year and could bounce the ball underhand on one hop, right on target, to second base.
Ron Kwart, 79, Born: Detroit, MI.....Former high school baseball coach and retired firefighter.....Nickname: "The Fireman".
Ted Davis, 61, Born: Athens, Alabama.....A former assistant Dean of Finance at the University of Arizona.....One of the youngest ball players on the TOTS.....A UofA fan -- the University of Alabama, that is...Nickname: "Alabama Redneck" (a no-brainer)
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