Pigpen to play for New England Red Sox at 2021 MSBL World Series

 Men's Senior Baseball League World Series

October/2021 

Phoenix, Arizona

In all my years of playing baseball, I've been in the dugout and on the playing field with some crazy characters -- most of them during the past 14 years have been, and still are teammates of mine on the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, an organized amateur baseball team, which plays three days a week year around at Udall Park.

Every year, I stretch it up a notch and travel to Phoenix every October to play in the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series, a prestigious tournament which involves over 3,000 players and 330 teams -- including teams from all over the United States, Canada, Australia and the Virgin Islands.

After a "slow down" year ins 2020, due to the coronavirus, the tournament regroups this year and expects closer to 4,000 players and 400 teams.

The goal is to win your division and a championship, which includes a ring for all your hard work. This year, I'll play for the 73-and-over New England Red Sox, a mixture of talented players from the Tucson Old Timers, the Old Pueblo Club and a handful of players from the East Coast -- including former Boston Red Sox pro Bill "Spaceman" Lee (see photos above, two recent photos and one back in the day).

Lee, now 74, is expected to be our ace pitcher this year -- a crafty lefty who won 119 games during his 14 years in the major leagues -- mostly with the Boston Red Sox.

Spaceman is the character of all characters, on and off the field of play, and there are enough videos on the internet to document Lee's antics, during his "prime" and his "golden years" as well.

Lee has played for many teams at the MSBL World Series in Phoenix and at the Roy Hobbs World Series, held every November in Ft. Myers, Florida.

As for me, now an old-timer at 76 (even an old man on the 73-and-over New England roster), I'll head for the MSBL World Series and play in my 14th tournament.. Four of my teammates on the Tucson Old Timers will be on  the New England roster including: Pete Peters, Bob Daliege, David Byars and Mike Steele. I also have a few buddies on the New England roster from the Tucson Old Pueblo Club and they include Mike Morales and Joe Banner (see photos below).

Photos: Pigpen Price, Pete Peters, Bob Daliege, David Byars, Mike Steele and Joe Banner and Mike Morales in uniform.

Once again the host stadium for the MSBL World Series will be Tempe Diablo Stadium, spring training home of the LA Angels (see photo below).

Three months to go and counting...

I'd better get cracking and get this old body in shape. During the 2020 MSBL World Series I banged up my left knee. I returned home on crutches, hobbling and out of action for three months. I hope for a better result this year.