In a French class in grad school, I mis-translated "Je me souviens" as "I remember myself" (not realizing that the complete verb was the reflexive "se souvenir").  Yes, my translation looked odd, but it did seem to me to express a certain feeling.

As I played on Sunday, I increasingly remembered my childhood self, the joy of each moment of playing ( Read more... )

 It was over 90 degrees at the start of our game on Tuesday.  Out of curiosity, I wore my heart rate monitor.  For the 3+ hours from the time I started warming up through the end of my game, my average heart rate was 120 bpm.  If the relationship between calorie expenditure and heart rate from my fitness test is applicable under these conditions, ( Read more... )

 How many ways can you get to first base in senior league baseball?

I've come up with 9 so far.

I got to first in a different way in each of my five plate appearances today.

The starting pitcher for the other team was in his seventies!  He pitched in the minor leagues in the 1950s.  He still had decent velocity and great control.  One of my goals ( Read more... )

 I've had a couple of opportunities to practice with one of my teammates, Gerry, and his son Mitch who just finished his freshman year in high school.  These have been very helpful for my hitting, because Mitch already throws in the low 70s, i.e., possibly faster than anyone in our senior league ( Read more... )

Actually, for the most part I had a very good day on Tuesday.  I went four for four, including a double deep into the left-center gap my second time up.  (No telling if I could have turned it into a triple because Bob, the runner ahead of me, stopped at third so I just jogged into second) .

But after I singled in the bottom of the 6th, I was ( Read more... )

Going to have to catch up on reporting last week's doubleheader later on ( Read more... )

We played a doubleheader today, the only one on our schedule.

I'll try to report on the events in a series of installments.

Thanks in very large part to the fact that we've played 4 games while some other teams have only played one, I am currently tied for 2nd in the league in hits, runs and stolen bases, and tied for third in RBIs.

 On Wednesday I played in my first night baseball game ever.  Unfortunately, the field where we played was fairly low quality, so it was difficult to see that well, especially in the outfield ( Read more... )

I haven't been as interested in Major League Baseball since the strike year ('93?), but now that I'm playing I pay close attention when there's a game on.  Tivo is really nice because you quickly replay swings frame by frame.

Watching Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals) in his first at bat last night was freaky.  His head was so still (despite the ( Read more... )

We played the first game of our season on Sunday.  Not only was it my first real game since high school, it was also my team's first game in the 48+ league.  I found out late in the game that our opponents, the Lugnuts, were last year's league champs.  Their pitcher was 6-1 last season, and also 2-0 with a 0.91 ERA in the 38+ league.

I started the ( Read more... )