Seniors In Softball League Keep Moving

By BILL DOYLE, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, San Antonio Express-News: World
Sat, 07/26/2014 - 6:35am

Seniors in softball league keep moving (AP) — Shortstop Don Basinsky picked up a ground ball, stepped on second base and underhanded a throw to first to complete a double play at Rockwood Field. Does anybody tell Basinsky that he's crazy to be still playing softball at his age? Basinsky is quite a character, and Worcester Senior Softball is filled with them. At many games, Basinsky wears Superman socks with streamers attached to them, but not the day a reporter interviewed him at a game. When Fuzzy goes in the hole, makes the play and throws to first base, said Rich McMahon, 67, of Worcester, you take it for granted. In a recent game, he lined a home run over the left-field fence. When the players sit on the bench wearing their shorts, you can see the scars running up and down many of their knees from replacement surgery. Carl Forsman, 78, of Hampton, N.H., has two artificial knees and an artificial left shoulder, but he extended his arm parallel to the ground and kicked his hand with his right leg and then his left leg to show his flexibility. [...] their gloves are older than some guys who have quit playing softball because they thought they were too old. Pavini had a hip replacement in March, but resumed playing softball two months later. Guys still try to make a play. Bobby Docimo, 73, of Auburn and all the pitchers pitch from behind a batting practice screen, but he got hit with a batted ball in the ankle the other day. After a recent game, the 78-year-old Shrewsbury resident went home to shower, then headed off to work his shift selling furniture at Bob's in Natick until 9:30 that night. After the games, many of the players head to McDonald's in Tatnuck Square for coffee and, as Gardella put it, to tell lies.

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