Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
The rumor is Mike Dawson was a pretty good baseball player for Tucson Santa Rita High School. Of course, that was many moons ago. The early 1970s to be exact.
Dawson is a littler older now. In fact, he turned 65 last April and is now eligible for the silver sneakers program. As far as baseball goes, he still plays like a young stud who just happens to throw strikes for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers.
Today at Udall Park, Dawson the starter for Team White, pitched all seven innings en route to a 9-2 win over Team Blue. The Tucson Santa Rita grad struck out four, walked one and allowed Team Blue only seven hits. He also went 3 for 4, with a double, a triple and knocked in three runs.
Not a bad day for Mr. Dawson.
As for Team Blue, it just wasn't their day. Joe Opocensky and Pete Maldonado combined for four of the seven hits. Team White's Tim Tolson and Jesse Ochoa collected three hits apiece in support of Dawson.
The TOTS will be back in action on Wednesday with a 10 a.m. game at Udall and close out the week with a game on Friday.
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