TOTS Senior Baseball Network (TSBN)
60-and-over baseball
Game of the Week
Ed Rife, 76, with his family in the stands cheering on his every move, led Team Blue to a 10-7 win over Team White in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) baseball game today at Udall Park.
Rife, who throws right handed but bats left, ripped a bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the sixth inning, just inside the first baseline, to cap off a five-run inning as Team Blue came from behind to earn the win.
The ball rolled all the way to the fence and Rife scampered all the way to third base. "They (the third base coach and Team Blue's dugout) wanted to send me home, but I was out of gas."
Right-hander Dan Lundwall pitched all seven innings for Team White and was saddled with the loss, while right-hander Lloyd Barzell picked up the victory.
Ed's family came all the way from Charlotte, North Carolina to spend the Christmas holiday in Tucson and take in an old-timers' game or two while they are here. They certainly weren't disappointed today and more than once you could hear the words being belted out, "Way to go, Grandpa!"
Of course everyone on the field of play was a "Grandpa." But in the eyes of the Rife family, there is only one grandpa worth yelling for.
Photo: Grandpa Ed.
Note: Ed Rife, born in Akron, Ohio, turns 77 tomorrow, December 28. Happy Birthday, Ed…and nice hit!
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