COLUMBIA — His knees bend to get ready to catch a bright yellow softball. Stan Kline pounds the web of his glove in anticipation and crouches behind home plate with the sun reflecting off his sunglasses waiting for the floating ball. The ball is hit sharply toward first baseman Norris Kruse and bounces of his glove and ricochets off his cleats.
Softball keeps over-70 pair active
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | 11:22 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:27 a.m. CDT, Thursday, July 2, 2009
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