Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
As far as Pigpen Price is concerned, it's been a pain in the neck for most of the 2019 season.
The doctors say Price, who turns 74 next Tuesday, is an old man with an old neck, complete with plenty of bone spurs taking up residence along his spinal cord. In order for Price to suit up and play baseball for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, he must first use a contraption daily. The apparatus includes a pulley, a bag with seven pounds of water, a harness and chin strap and a rope -- all of which attaches to the top of a door. A 15 to 20 minute stretching exercise ensues.
"Over time it is supposed to help relieve the pain so I can swing freely and get the bat on the ball," says Price, who is finally seeing some benefit from using the contraption. "I almost hung myself the first day I tried it."
Today at Udall Park, Price went 2 for 2 -- including a double and a sacrifice fly, while driving in three runs to lead Team Blue to a come-from-behind 7-5 win over Team White. Teammate Doc Thompson went 3 for 3 and drove in two runs as Team Blue turned a 5-4 deficit into a win with a three-run sixth inning.
Ken Nebesny was the hitting star for Team White with a 3 for 3 day and two runs batted in. Reed Palmer went the distance for Team Blue and picked up the pitching victory, while Joe Opocensky was saddled with the loss.
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