Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Arnie "The Montana Kid" White, who turns 76 next week, and Dan "Pigpen" Price, 72, toed the rubber at Udall Park this morning in a 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) game. It wasn't the first time and chances are good they'll go up against each other again in the near future.
After all, that's what TOTS' pitchers do. They keep on plugging...or pitching...or throwing. Whatever you want to call it when an old-timer toes the rubber and attempts to throw a baseball sixty feet, six inches.
Today's game was a real nail biter, at least until the fifth inning. That's when a 60-year-old took over for White -- the flame-throwing, 6 feet, 6 inch Reed Palmer, the TOTS' answer to a Nolan Ryan-Randy Johnson look alike.
Palmer shutdown Team Blue the rest of the way and Team White broke a 4-4 tie in the top of the seventh inning, thanks to consecutive singles up the middle off Price by Roger Beebe, Lloyd Barzell, Ron Carlson and Danny Boxberger.
The hits led to four runs and a 8-4 win for Team White over Team Blue.
Price thought he had won the battle somewhat. "I tried my best to pitch around Reed. I mean he's got 18 home runs and needs one more to tie for the all-time single season TOTS' record."
Palmer grounded out to Team Blue's first baseman Dave Byars twice. In a third at bat, Price tried his best to keep the ball away from Palmer's wheelhouse, but a 3-2 pitch was too far outside and Palmer trotted off to first base.
"Reed didn't get No. 19 today," Price said. "He'll have to do it on another day."
The TOTS will be back in action at Udall on Monday. Game time: 10 a.m.
Photos: Today's starting pitchers at Udall -- Arnie "Montana Kid" White and Pigpen Price
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