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Jupiter Senior Softball News

To Paul Storch there among three divisions and is followed by pickup games for $4,000,” he said. A
was a noticeable “buzz in and spring and fall leagues the remainder of the year. high point, however,
the air” as scores of senior Bill “Doc” Pollack, a retired dentist and seasonal was that he got to pitch
softball players took to the resident from Livingston, N.J., is in his 17th season batting practice to Micky
fields Jan. 6 for the start of playing in the league. He celebrates his 90th birthday Mantle, Yogi Berra,
the Jupiter Senior Softball February 11, making him the oldest active player. He also Elston Howard and other
Association’s 2025 Winter is manager of the Blue Division team, “Bill’s Warriors.” Yankee greats, he noted.
League. When asked why he keeps playing, he said, “I love The Jupiter slow-
“I saw about 150 the guys, I love the atmosphere and love the competition. pitch softball program
ballplayers out there and all “It’s just fun.” In the off-season he still plays softball and is sponsored by the
were absolutely thrilled to hardball once or twice a week in New Jersey. nonprofit Jupiter Senior
be participating in opening Pollack said he’s been playing ball since he was eight Softball Association in
day. You could feel it in the Commissioner Paul Storch years old, including through college and in semi-pro and cooperation with Jupiter’s
air,” said Storch, who is senior leagues. He pitched baseball into his 80s, compiling Parks and Recreation
commissioner of the Jupiter Senior Softball Association. a record of 1,028 wins. When he was in dental school the De pa rt m e nt . Ga m e s
The league runs from January through March and is New York Yankees wanted to sign him but he turned down are every Monday,
the cornerstone of the year-round senior softball program. the offer. Wednesday and Friday
Persons 55 and older are eligible and there is no upper “In those days the the maximum bonus they could mornings at Jupiter
age limit. The winter league features 15 teams competing offer was $4,000 and I wasn’t about to quit dental school Community Park and new Bill Pollack, who turned 90 this
players of all skills are month, is playing in Jupiter’s
welcome. 2025 Winter Softball League.
Registration can be
made online at www.
leaguelineup.com/jssa. Sponsorships are also available.
For more information contact Gary Newman at (917)
623-0791.

Ron Horne, 71, sprints for first base after getting a hit in a
Winter League softball game.
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SAT Practice Test

By Peggy Forgan, M.Ed.,
College Planner
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