It's funny how things can end up at the MSBL World Series

2018 Men's Senior Baseball League World Series

60-and-over Cactus division

The Paladin team


It's funny how things can end up on the "final days" of a divisional playoff round and in a title game that follows at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix.

For instance, let's take a look at the saga last week of two teams -- the DFW Phillies and the Paladin team from Albuquerque, a team with a roster which included two of "our own" -- Tucson Old Timers' standouts Mike Dawson and John Mathews.

Paladin beat the DFW Phillies 15-7 earlier in the week for their only win and failed to qualify for the playoff round. On the other hand, the Phillies made it through the playoffs and then won the title and all the championship rings that go with it with a 11-6 win in the title game over the Dragons yesterday at Hohokam Park in Mesa.

Go figure.

Those kind of results happen all the time at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series.