Well, we just did our first senior men's exhibition game down here, and we all had a pretty good time. Plate mechanics didn't feel quite right to me, as I'm used to going to the holding zone a lot more. Not to mention the slower runners kind of threw me off-tempo. I uh... kinda crashed into one of them. R1 on 1B, and fly ball hit to the outfield. Runner took off before the catch, then realized he might have to tag up, so he started back towards first. The fielder missed the ball. I thought he had taken a couple more steps towards 1B, so I continued into the diamond and uh... found out he didn't get as close to 1B as I thought he would. He turned and ran towards 2B, and it was a 155 lb runner meeting a 220 lb umpire. Yep, I'm a world-class schmuck. 16 years of calling ball, and I've NEVER run into a player until today! Fortunately, he wasn't remotely injured (thank god it wasn't a 70-over game). By all accounts, it was a clean hit, though.
But all in all, they were some good games, and the town is looking to create a seniors league. We're looking forward to this kind of expansion.