Age Is Just A Number
Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River
in 2009.
At 59, "Satchel" Paige became the oldest Major
League baseball player.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of books began with "Little House in the Big Woods," which chronicled her pioneering
childhood in the late 1800s. She was 64 at that time.
At 69, Canadian Ed Whitlock of Milton, Ontario,
Canada, became the oldest person to run a standard marathon in under three hours, (2:52:47).
Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats.
At age 74, Clint Eastwood became the oldest of eighteen directors to have directed two or more Best Picture winners.
At 75, cancer survivor Barbara Hillary became
one of the oldest people, and the first black woman, to reach the North Pole.
People can do incredible feats at any age, don’t let age hold you back. At WHSS we are still whacking the softball and making plays in the field, at ages that
range from 55-80. Here are some oldies, but goodies, who came together on 5/1, to play a competitive game in the AL.
Plenty of Tread Left On The Tire, Visitors: Rivera, Reagen, Keller, Guzman, Hamilton, JD, Zelazny, Laffoon,
Capozzi, Vandenberg and Coffman.
Grave Busters, Home: Hicks, Burns, Shirer, Matta, Book, Witmer, Dampier, Guzzo, Skidmore, Constantine
and Guttenberger.
Comedian George Burns said;
“You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.” The Tread On The Tire team came out and burned rubber, they scored 5 runs in the first. Rivera, Keller, Guzman, Hamilton, JD, Zelazny, Laffoon, Capozzi
and Vandenberg all had spring in their step and in their bats. After the first inning the Tread team proved that Old Guys Rule, they lead 5-2.
Some of the guys playing today are so old, that the Dead Sea was only sick when they were young-
(George Burns). The Visitors added 4 runs to their score in the 4th. Coffman, Rivera, Reagen, Keller, Guzman and Hamilton added to the run total with their performance. The Home team’s bats came alive in
the 4th. Constantine, Guttenberger, Hicks, Shirer, Matta, Book and Witmer blew out the candles on the cake.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake- (Bob Hope).
After 4 innings the score was Team Tread On The Tire: 12- Grave Busters: 11.
It was after the 4th inning that the game took a momentum swing. The Tread on the Tire team pulled into their dugout for a long pit stop and their
bats took a long nap. They only scored 2 more runs, over the next 5 innings. Part of their run production was cut off when Dave Shirer made the defensive play of the game going, back, back, back, to catch a deep fly ball hit by Reagen. A catch for the ages.
Meanwhile on offense, the Grave Busters were busting loose, we were on fire, scoring 10 runs during that time. The Grave Busters proved the old saying;
“just because there is snow on the roof, it doesn’t mean there is not a fire in the hearth.”
The final score was Plenty Of Tread On The Tires: 14- Grave Busters: 21.
Age did not affect the ability to hit for these players.
Leading Hitters For The Visitors:
Rivera: 3/5.
Reagen: 3/5.
Keller: 4/5, with a double.
Guzman: 5/5 with a HR.
Hamilton: 4/5 with a double.
JD: 3/5.
Capozzi: 2/4.
Vandenberg: 2/4.
Leading Hitters For the Home Team:
Hicks: 3/5 and a SF.
Burns: 3/5.
Shirer: 3/5 with a double.
Matta: 4/5 with a double.
Book: 3/5 with a double.
Witmer: 4/5 with a double.
Guzzo: 3/5.
Constantine: 4/5 with a double and a triple.
Guttenberger: 4/4 and a SF.
The wisdom of age.
“Poor Old fool,” thought the well-dressed gentleman as he watched an old man fish in a puddle outside a pub. So, he invited
the old man inside for a drink. As they sipped their whiskeys, the gentleman thought he’d humor the old man and asked, “So how many have you caught today?”
The old man replied, “You’re the eighth.”
Written by Nick Matta
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