Today could be a real Halloween treat for the Tucson Old Timers

 

The Tucson Old Timers have made it to Halloween at the 2025 Men's Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix with an unblemished 4-0 record.

The baseball organization, with a mixture of the top players from the eastside Tucson Old Pueblo club, have been around since 1968 and play three days a week at Udall Park.

This year the Tucson Old Timers have knocked off the Southern Cal Dodgers, Fresno Grizzles, Cal Vets and the Virgin Islands this week and now take on the LA Athletics today for the rights to the top seed for Saturday's semi finals. The winners of those two games play for the title in the 73-and-over division on Sunday at 9 a.m. at Autry Park in Mesa.

Manager Pete Peters will send Arnold Mares (1-0) to the mound today at the Salt River Complex in Scottsdale at 1:30 p.m.. Win or lose, the TOTS will play on Saturday (Nov. 1) at Fitch Park in Mesa in a must win to get to the title game.

Of course, Peters will throw the 'kitchen sink' on Sunday with a pitching staff of Mares, Joe Jimenez, Joe Opocensky, Pete Maldonado and maybe using an 'ace in the hole' Paul Rosthenhaulser, who currently is doing his thing at the plate despite a groin injury.

"Paul is batting around .900 for the series," Peters said. "We are getting key hits also from Ernesto Escala, Tim Tolson, Joe Jimenez and Joe Opocensky."

The TOTS are using their only speed on the bases by getting the most out of leadoff man Jim Sears, along with the heart of  the club's batting order of Escala, Rosthenhaulser, Opocensky, Tolson, Bob Long and Herb McReynolds, who are frustrating the opposing pitchers at the senior world series.

The TOTS are hoping for their share of treats this weekend. So far so good.

Livingston, Beady, Tolson led TOTS' hitters in October

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Randy Livingston, Jon Beady, and Tim Tolson were the top three hitters during the month of October for the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers.

Livingston finished the month 21 for 35, a .600 batting average, while Beady went 20 for 28 (.714) and Tolson batted an even .500 with 17 hits in 34 trips to the plate. Beady was the top man in RBI with 13.

Forty-four players saw action at Udall Park, and as a club, batted .366 with 208 hits in 568 trips to the plate.

The TOTS closed down play for the last week of October due to the participation of a dozen players at the 2025 Men's Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix. The TOTS return to action at Udall on the third of November.

Go, TOTS!

121st World Series

 

The postseason in 2025 lived up to all the hype. Through all the do or die wild card games, the divison games and the conference finals two teams emerged to fight it for the world series title -- the Toronto Blue Jays as they return to the classic for the first time in 32 years and the LA Dodgers and their superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Toronto won Game 7 tonight 4-3 over Seattle in front of the Blue Jay fans and the Dodgers have had a few days off after disposing of an excellent Philadelphia team, and now the two teams have reached center stage to battle for the big prize.

The 121st World Series should be fun to watch.

Beady continues to produce Judge-like stats

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

Jon Beady continues to produce Judge-like numbers this summer, and September was no exception. Look at these batting stats as he dominated the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers.

Beady, 64, batted .750 with a slugging percentage of 1,028.

The hard-hitting righthander went 27 for 36 in 11 games. He scored 21 runs with eight doubles and a triple during the month while driving in ten runs.

Only Joe Opocensky, Mike Dawson, and Reed Palmer knocked in more runs as the trio finished with 13 apiece. Opocensky went 19 for 33, Dawson went 11 for 28, and Palmer went 10 for 17. Randy Livingston went 14 for 23 to finish with a  .609 batting average,  while Doug Harding went 12 for 28 in ten games. Tim Tolson and Angel Durazo finished with 13 hits apiece. Durazo played in just six games but batted a blistering .765 (13 for 17), and Tolson played in all 11 games, maintaining a .394 average (13 for 33)

Once again, Dawson was the workhorse on the mound, finishing with a 3-1 record.  Glen Vann pitched in just two games but was the strikeout leader with nine.

October is here, and fall begins. Go, TOTS!

Photos: Jon Beady, most hits in September (27), Glen Vann,  most strikeouts (9), Mike Dawson, best pitching record in September (3-1)