I did a baseball fantasy camp in 1992 back when I could still sort of look like a baseball player. I mentioned it to my wife when I hit 60, and she correctly said I should do it again soon if ever, so I did, a one time thing, just for kicks. I had a blast. In fact, they do two camps now, it's gotten popular, and the second week is basically "veterans only", the same guys who come every year sign up for that, and it gets booked quickly (we get dibs). Last year I did both camps, one of three guys who did that. It was fun seeing the "rookies" go through the experience, and now most of them are returning (it isn't cheap).
My wife again noted I won't be able to do this forever, so I should do both camps again, so I signed up.We get two days off in between to recover. And I need to recover, it's not an old man's sport, even with "adjusted" rules. So my "hobby" now all year is getting into shape for camp, which is tougher and tougher every year. But I'm throwing pretty well, I'm going to be fascinated to see how I do, my goal is to complete a game (7 innings), which is a stretch goal for me in more ways than three.
The odd thing is I've been on three championship teams, so I have three "rings", which are big gaudy things nobody would wear in public, but some guys have been ten years with no ring, so I might at times wear all three in the club house, or around the pros. I'm going for four. My pitching coach is one of the pros at both camps and he says he'll draft me pretty early to ensure I'm on his team. This is actually me on their web site.
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