I thought 30 was baseball's prime age, until I met the Yard Dogs

The Algonquin Yard Dogs Men's Senior League Baseball team have a lot of experience when it comes to playing the game of baseball.  Some may say a little past their prime.  But as a team constructed of players 50 and older, maybe they're just trying to set a new age as the the prime.

Jim Nelson, one of the Yard Dogs plasters, says that the league is still very competitive and some of the players played in semi pro ball when they were younger.

Jim Curry, another member of the team, explains that the competitiveness of the league varies for team to team. He goes on to say that most of the players are just hoping to come out on sunday and have a good time and not get hurt.

Though they are a little older as a team, and some of the skills they had when they were younger diminished, they have found ways of working around the slowing of skills and are still able to get the win.

"I have put on 50 pounds since I was younger, I can't throw as hard, but I can still field and hit pretty good", said Nleson when asked about what the difference between playing now and when he was younger was.

This team for people should not only be about winning, but for those who love the game, a league to look forward to when you approach this age.

"This team started several years ago as a 30 and older team and some of the players have come up through the leagues together, I think we still have three original members, but now we are in a 50 and older league", said nelson.

Though it is nice to get the Sunday afternoons are nice when the Yard Dogs get the W, they said the reason they still play is for the love of the game. 

The MSLBA league has age groups starting as young as 18 and older and the oldest league right now being the 50 and older, but as the Yard Dogs mature a little more, we will see if they are able to change that and show that age is just a number.