Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Pistol Pete Peters singled up the middle in the top of the sixth inning, knocking in Dennis Crowley with what proved to be the winning run as Team Blue beat Team White 3-2 in a 60-and-over baseball game today at Udall Park.
The game turned into a pitching duel between two hard-throwing right-handers, Doc Thompson and Lloyd "Baby Bull" Barzell.
Barzell, who recently returned from Red Lodge, Montana, where he spent three weeks working on a ranch owned by fellow teammate Arnie White. White, owns 85 acres just outside of Red Lodge, just an hour drive from the north entrance to West Yellowstone Park.
"We baled 1,744 bales of hay, working from early in the morning until 9 at night," said Barzell, 64, who returned to the ball field today fit as a fiddle. "I had a great time and it was a lot of work, not sure I want to do it again."
Barzell loves throwing the baseball a lot more than he does hurling bales of hay through the air. "It's good to be back with my teammates on the TOTS."
Today's game was up for grabs from the beginning to the end. Team White scored two runs in the first inning, but Team Blue managed to tie the game in the fourth. In the top of the sixth, Peters belted a Barzell fastball over second to give Team Blue the lead.
In the bottom of the sixth, Thompson capped the game with a 1-2-3 inning. "It was a well played game by both sides," Thompson added.
The TOTS were able to get two games in this week, despite a rain out on Monday. The TOTS will be at it again next week with games scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Photos: Top, Thompson, bottom, Barzell.
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