Men's Senior Baseball League World Series
73-and-over division
San Antonio Red Sox
Reese Wellmann from Cub Hill, Maryland and Danny "Pigpen" Price from Tucson, Arizona have been playing together at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series for five years. They are pals once a year in October. They get down and dirty and give it all they got despite being in their middle 70s.
Today at the Salt River Complex, spring home of the Colorado Rockies/Arizona Diamondbacks, the duo acted like they knew what they were doing.
With the bases loaded in the third inning, Wellmann, who started the game behind the plate, unleashed a throw to Price at third who applied the tag on the runner for a successful pickoff play.
"I looked into his eyes (Price's of course) and we had the runner picked off by two feet," Reese said.
As for Price, he thought it was a perfect throw. "It was right on the money."
That was the good news in today's game against the Tri Valley Vets. The bad news: The 73-and-over San Antonio Red Sox took it on the chin once again, losing 10-6 and fall to 0-3 in the tournament.
It just wasn't in the cards today for the Red Sox, despite a gutsy effort from lefty Bill Burgess from Adkins, Texas, who pitched nine strong innings and was saddled with the loss.
"It wasn't the pitcher's fault," said Price, after the game. "Just too many errors and not enough key hits. "It makes it tough when you have to get five outs to get out of an inning (in other words -- too many miscues)."
For some more bad news: The Red Sox still have two games left and must face the two best teams in the division -- the San Diego Padres and the South Dakota Rushmores.
Photos: of Reese Wellmann (top) and Pigpen Price (bottom) under less stressful conditions away from the ball park.
Note: Wellmann went 2 for 3 today with a walk and Price went 1 for 3 and a walk.
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