I was telling my daughter about last night in the Senior League. She said "Old Man's League?" I told her I refer to it as "Second Chance League". Not good enough to be in regular league, so this is my second chance. :)

I can relate to that Dancer. Just turned 65 and I've been playing in a 60+ senior. Also playing tournament ball since last year. So to get in better shape for upcoming tournaments, I also joined a 40+ night league. After 1st night doubleheader, sitting in the parking lot having a couple of cold ones, the topic of age came up. When I told 'young' ones I was 65, one guy says : Holy S___! God Bless You! I just laughed! as I am one of the outfielders and run better than most of them.

I'm 69 and have been playing in the Florida Half Century Association for 19 years now. While we all (Seniors) remember the "good old days", we experience the issue of the mind saying "yes still can" and our bodies tell us "I don't think so". Bottom line is, the sooner we accept the fact that, that was then, this is now, we will adjust accordingly. For many years now I have subscribed to the fact that "The older I get, the better I used to be"! I still love the game and listen to
the young man inside of me saying "you still can", just not like you used to.

Cheezhed1 " I still love the game and listen to
the young man inside of me saying "you still can". I like that quote. I still love the game and I am amaze I can STILL play.

One of my first senior tournaments was at the old Boomer complex in Okla. City. There were eight fields. Our senior tournament was using four of the fields and a flat-belly tournament was being held on the other four. While I was waiting between games a couple of the young guys wandered by our fields. One of them said, not without a degree of respect, "Do you think we'll still be playing when we're that age?" His buddy responded, "Hell, do you think we'll still be alive?"

I've told my teammates that back when I was playing 50+ I used to look at the 70's and ask myself why those guys didn't have enough self-respect to quit rather than make fools of themselves. I now know the answer to that question.