Rekindle an old flame
Our bodies tell us that we’re not able to catch, hit, run or throw like we use to in our youth; maybe haven’t played ball in a number of years, but Holy Toledo! in our minds it’s spring and we’re making over-the-head Willie Mays catches, hitting Mickey Mantle-like moonshots–we just need the means of doing it again. Age be damned, it’s time to play ball. We are the Retreads.
Interested in comraderie and competing on the field? If you're game, grab your glove and join us for senior softball.
PLAY BALL!
AGAIN.
NEWS
RETREADS WIN TOURNAMENT
The Retreads sent two teams to the Annual Downs Syndrome benefit tournament in Richmond April 23 and 24. The teams finished with a combined record of 6-2, and swept both Richmond entries 4-0.
Retreads 1, managed by Dennis Bigler, won the tournament with a 4-0 record. Fourteen team members batted over .500, Bernard Hairston hit two home runs to pace the team in Game 3. Buzzy Bussard turned in MVP caliber play by pitching all four games and batting .700.
Win Dayton came from the DL to manage Retreads 2 to a Runner-up finish with help from Greg Amante and Steve Friski. Frank Robinson pitched all 4 games and was great.. Tom Payne, Millie Quarles,, Sheryl Dupree and Larry Baumgardner each had several key hits; the star of the team was newcomer Darren Haden who had several home runs and was stellar in the field.
TEAM COMES UP SHORT
The Retreads (0-10) played Lynchburg on Monday June, 1 and lost both games of a double header. The theme for the games–at least the opener–was that the Retreads came up "short." For starters, the Retreads lost three players in the first three innings of game one; starting with Win Dayton who slammed into the left-center field chain link fence trying to run down a long fly ball, that left him lying on the turf for several minutes, and with several bloody abrasions across his face; then Greg Amante injured his foot when the right-center fielder was sprinting for a shallow ball in the gap (possible achilles heel); Jerry Jared had to leave for a personal emergency. Tim Le Roux took over at rover, and Kevin Carpenter from catcher to right-center.
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Going into the seventh inning, the Retreads were leading 11-10, but Lynchburg scored a single run on a pair of hits, and then a walk off ground rule double (over the fence) to win 12-11. The second game saw Lynchburg win 18-10. The score was even at 5-5 through three innings, but Lynchburg was able to consistently put up runs over the next four innings and the retreads had three innings of going without putting a foot on home plate. The bright spot for the Retreads, was much better defensive play in both the infield and outfield with several nifty catches and fielding hard ground balls for outs: Hopefully, the hits and run production will pick up to augment the defense.
