TOTS future in doubt

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

After I rant and rave a little, I'll show you photos that were lost somewhere in my computer. The late Conrad Royksund, our numero uno photographer, was good at taking photos at just the right time.

If a Tucson Old Timer had his mind elsewhere, well that was okay. Conrad always liked to catch the players unaware.

As for my ranting, it's been five weeks since the Tucson Old Timers have had a game. It was a good one -- a 4-0 win for Team Blue over Team White. Bob Daliege hurled the shutout.

When the next game is played...when the shelter in place is lifted, we'll get the scoop on what happens to us -- a 60-and-over baseball organization, which has been around for 52 years. We were almost two and half months into our season when this coronavirus rolled in and created havoc all over this great country of ours.

It's a bummer. No TOTS'  season has ever been canceled.

So, we sit and wait. I few of us sneak into Udall, get the batting machine out of the shed, practice the six feet apart rule and take a few cuts. The players rotate around, but there are less than 10 ballplayers on hand at one time...some come on Monday, some on Tuesday and a few show up on Friday to close out the week. Added up, the players spend two hours at the park, get a little exercise and then hustle home to be semi-quarantined and watch the next episode of  The Bold and the Beautiful.

It doesn't take long to get back into the swing of the soap operas. This week, Ridge and Brooke are having marriage problems, while Bill Spencer, who is married to Katie Logan, that's Brooke's sister, suddenly kissed Brooke, who was emotionally upset  because Ridge's son, Thomas, is being a bad guy, causing nothing but problems for all the Forrester family and the Logan family.

My goodness! Can we get  back to baseball?

If we do get back, will we have enough players to field two teams for a seven inning game? We have  4 or 5 players over the age of 80 and two player above the age of 90. Add to that a handful of players 75 and up.

Actually, the whole organization is  full of vulnerable adults. The young whippersnappers, those in their 60s, aren't quite effected by all  this choas. You know, when you are in your 60s you have the world by the tail.

Just kidding, but you get the drift. Right?

Okay, Ill just take a deep breath, watch the news for a while and then catch an episode of  The Young and the Restless.  I could fit in on that show, but I'm more of The Old and the Restless.

And now for some pictures from the archives...