Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Little Joe Aparicio may be the shortest member on the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, but he's a big man as far as the amateur baseball organization is concerned.
Aparicio, 83, is one of three 80-somethings who played today at Udall Park -- the other players are Billy Heiny, 87, and Jerry Smarik, 85.
Heiny and Smarik have been around a while -- Heiny has been a TOT since 1997, Smarik since 1991, and both players have reached the 1,000 plateau in career hits.
Little Joe is about to join his two long-time teammates. Aparicio picked up his 988th career hit with the TOTS at Udall Park today and needs just 12 more to join the organization's 1,000 hit club.
Aparicio no longer gets his hits in bunches, in fact in January he collected one hit and last month he hit safely four times. At the rate he's going, Little Joe just might surpass the 1,000-hit mark sometime this summer.
In 2018, when the organization celebrates its 50th year (1968-2018), Aparicio will celebrate his 20th season (1998-2018) with the club.
Way to go, Joe!
Photo: of Little Joe Aparicio, who's playing his 19th season with the TOTS and needs just 12 more hits to reach 1,000 career hits with the club.
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