Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
The newest addition to the Tucson Old Timers baseball club is 66-year-old Brad Vermeer. He spent 25 years as a high school teacher in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Vermeer, who grew up in Pella, Iowa, becomes the 254th member to ever play for the amateur baseball organization, which will celebrate its 50th year in 2018.
Ted Davis, a member of the TOTS since 2011, recently compiled and released a list of ball players who have joined and worn a TOTS' uniform since the organization was founded by Joe Gorman in 1968.
Today at Udall Park, Vermeer received his TOTS' hat and then went 1 for 4 --including a sharp single to left field. He played for Team White this morning. Team Blue won the game 11-7, thanks to key hits from Tim Boyd, Bob Daliege, Dave Byars, Doc Thompson and John Mathews. Mathews pitched a complete game for Team White to pick up the victory, while Team Blue's Reed Palmer was saddled with the hard-luck loss.
As for Vermeer, he's just getting his feet wet, so to speak, as a hitter. "I'm just trying to make contact with the ball right now." Vermeer played in eight games in November and today was his third time he's taken the field in December. But today Brad officially became a TOT.
Welcome aboard, Brad!
Brad and the TOTS will be back in action on Friday at Udall Park. Game time: 10 a.m.
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