#505 playing ball

As people age, sometimes they are forced to give up their favorite hobbies.  A group of local men found an ingenious way to continue playing their beloved baseball game.  They created their own diamond (named Geezer Field) and formed the We're Not Dead Yet League.  The best part:  they play nine innings a week!

I smiled when I read that they had taken elements of what they love and created their own rules to make it suit their abilities and needs.  I am sure that they have a grand time playing the game.  

What is something you enjoy doing that you are not able to fully experience for one reason or another?  No time to be in community theatre: offer to help with a school pageant.  Unable to bowl anymore: be like the older sisters in our Mother House and form a competitive Wii "league".  Eyesight failing or no time to read:  switch to audio books or e-readers that can enlarge your type.  

No matter how you do it, don't let logistics keep you from your love.

-- beth triplett
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Source:  Extra Innings: Past-their-prime ballplayers relive the glory in their own league.  Telegraph Herald, October 12, 2013.