Plans for 2013

Hi guys,

I’m starting to get the standard beginning of season email about what’s going on for this year. I’ll get to that below.

But first… A bit about what’s been going on with me…

My mom has gone through a bunch of health challenges in the past couple of months.

• Came down with cellulitis in her leg. Hospital, antibiotics.
• Fell and gashed her head just before Christmas. Back to the hospital to get it fixed. Dizziness that led to the fall probably caused by interaction between blood pressure meds and the antibiotics.
• Changed antibiotics. Had an adverse reaction to that one. Changed blood pressure meds.
• Came down with a nasty flu, probably in the hospital. So did my sister, her care-giver.
• While both were in the middle of the flu, mom fell again and broke her hip.
• Back to the hospital, wait a few days to get her hemoglobin and other vitals up to be able to do surgery, convince the hospital to NOT give the adverse reaction antibiotics, etc.
• Start rehab in a rehab facility.
• Fell in  rehab facility and broke her femur on the leg with the recently repaired hip.
• Back into the hospital. Need to get blood vitals back up again. Surgery tomorrow, maybe.

I’m going to Florida to visit and help next week.

My son is also in the middle of a bunch of health issues. There’s a similar long story. The short version is that he has a lung problem. Finally got the required reference to a lung specialist. He’s had some tests that have been helpful. Soon should get a mask for sleep apnea. Going back for more tests in mid Feb. We were in WA a couple of weekends ago to visit. I got to meet the lung specialist. Things look hopeful, but some serious rehab is in his future.

My niece (sister’s daughter) just lost her 6 month old daughter to a tragic accident. The baby choked on her vomit in her crib, couldn’t be revived by paramedics, rushed to ER and hooked up. After 3 days, the doctors declared her brain dead. They donated her organs. The funeral was this past Monday.

So… That’s why I haven’t been as active with planning for the coming baseball season as you might have been expecting.

Here’s the quick version of the plans for 2013.

• We are planning for a 65+ division in TV. I’m hoping that all of our age-eligible Antiques will participate. I’m mentally pencilling the Antiques Blue for 65+ and Antiques Red for 55+. Lots of details to work out. We’ll probably have waivers for many guys who are at least 62 and want to play 65+.
• The 55+ division will continue as before. No major changes planned.
• I haven’t figured out how much the fees for this year will be. But I do know that they will go up. We did NOT cover our costs for last year. Anybody who can, please go to the Antiques website and use Paypal to pay $325 now. It will be at least that much this year. I will ask for more if the price is higher and give you a refund if the price goes down. http://antiquesbaseball.com/pay-your-fees/
• That page also has the info if you want to pay by check.
• There’s a Manager’s meeting scheduled for Feb 24. I will know more after that meeting.
• Angelo Crudale is organizing an Antiques team to enter a 60+ team in San Diego on Memorial Day. Contact him at ccruski at sbcglobal dot net if you’re interested. I plan to play if at all possible. That depends on how all the family health stuff plays out.
• Gus is working on a practice field to get some workouts in this spring. Stay tuned.

I have a stack of stuff to publish on the website regarding our results in the Roy Hobbs World Series. I’m hoping to get to that before much longer…

Whew…

-Denny