Men's Senior Baseball League World Series
Phoenix, Arizona
Playing for the Puget Sound Aqua Sox
73-and-over American division
From the desk of an old-timer who loves to play baseball. My week this October at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series.
My teammates this year, are a bunch of old guys, who call themselves the Puget Sound Aqua Sox and hail from the state of Washington. We begin play on Monday, Oct. 24, against a California team called the Cal Vets. The game is scheduled for 1:30 PM at Maryvale, field #4. Game 2 on Tuesday, Oct 25, is against a team from Canada called the Red Deer Legends. The first pitch is scheduled for 10 AM at the Indian School Complex, field #4.
For Game 3 on Wednesday, Oct. 26, we journey to the new Bell Park facility, field #3, in east Mesa, and a 9 AM encounter with a team from Oklahoma City. Game 4, on Thursday, Oct. 27, we take on our friends from St Thomas/Virgin Islands at the Salt River Complex with a 9:30 AM start.
The Puget Sound Aqua Sox will finish the five-game round robin with the Mudville 9 on Friday, Oct. 28, at 2 PM at Fitch Park, field #2, in Mesa.
The playoffs and championship will follow on Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 29-30). That's if we qualify for the playoffs. It goes by the won-loss record for the week. Tiebreakers may come into play to decide which teams stay alive and move on.
If I find myself in the playoffs with the Aqua Sox, I may have to play against some of my teammates from the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers, namely Bob Daliege and Pete Peters. We all played for the New England Red Sox last October. Of course, I never saw a pitch as I ended up in the hospital with breathing problems, just hours before the first MSBL World Series game in 2021.
The three of us will stay at the same hotel we stayed in last season, despite the fact we are on different teams this year.
The New England Red Sox should have the services, once again, of ace hurler Bill "Spaceman" Lee, the former pro pitcher, who won 119 games in the Majors.
Lee, 75, had a heart-related incident on August 19, while playing for the Savannah Bananas and was paddled twice, recovered, and walked to the ambulance. Lee (photo below) eventually had a pacemaker put in, and is back playing baseball.
It's tough keeping us old guys down.
Below is the schedule for the New England Red Sox team (along with my fellow TOTS members, Daliege and Peters).
Oct. 24 -- New England vs. Rhode Island, 2 PM, Maryvale, field #7
Oct. 25-- New England vs. Mudville 9, 10 AM, field #2, at Indian School Complex
Oct. 26-- New England vs. St Thomas/Virgins Islands, 9 AM, field # 2, Bell Bank Park
Oct. 27-- New England vs. Oklahoma City Dodgers, 9:30 AM, Salt River Complex, field #5
Oct. 28-- New England vs. Red Deer, 2 PM, field #3, at Fitch Park in Mesa.
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