He was an old man who played baseball in a league for old men and he was the oldest of them all and he liked this. He arose each morning as incandescent as the sun itself and he carefully tucked in his uniform top and pulled his black socks high and crisp to his knees and was ready.
For nine innings this summer,The Denver Post will share stories that capture our state’s love of baseball. We spend the fourth inning with Lou Rotola, 81 years ago, and wanting to play two today.
Lou Rotola turned 81 years old on this day, June 19th, 2015, and he drove an hour south from Fort Collins to Denver to play baseball.