SASSL Open Practices at Normoyle are scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 and Thursday, Sept. 14 on Field 3 at Normoyle Park Softball Complex. Ed Jernigan or J.J. Valdez will lead the batting practice and fielding sessions open to all San Antonio Seniors Softball League players and prospects 39 and older, including 29 and older women of the SASSL coed league. 

The valiant efforts of San Antonio Seniors Softball League groundskeepers Mando Solis, Earlie Satterwhite, and J.J. Valdez frequently are the difference between rainouts and SASSL league games played at Normoyle Park Softball Complex. Photo by Tim Hipps, SASSL Media and Public Relations Webmaster

Attention: All San Antonio Seniors Softball League members and families

District 5 is holding an open meeting at the Normoyle Community Center at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 26, to determine how the approved $6.7-million bond allocation for Normoyle Park will be spent.   

1. Numbers matter! We need a throng of SASSL members and families to show District 5 we want a first-class softball facility at Normoyle not only for our members but to host regional senior softball tournaments right here in San Antonio.

2. We want at least $3 to $5 million of the $6.7-million bond allocation for Normoyle Park to be spent on completing the softball complex!

3. The SASSL is the largest local senior softball organization in the United States of America with more than 1,500 registered seniors in the program, but San Antonio has one of the nation’s worst complexes for hosting senior softball leagues. 

4. This may be our last chance to finish the partially completed Normoyle Park Softball Complex Master Plan developed by prestigious architectural firm Overland Powers. The SASSL received a partial allocation from three bond programs during the past decade and spent $100,000 of the league’s money on the basic layout of a first-class venue. 

5. By lighting all four fields with state-of-the-art LEDs, the city could double number of the games scheduled nightly, and all SASSL seasons could be completed on time, weather permitting. 

6. We now have a golden opportunity to complete the Normoyle Park Softball Complex Master Plan and San Antonio will have a first-class softball facility like Fort Sam Houston and many other cities throughout Texas and across the USA.

7. We also want to host a few regional tournaments each year, which will result in a huge payback to the San Antonio economy. 

8. Why shouldn’t the seventh-largest city in America have a senior softball facility comparable to that of most large cities and many smaller towns across the nation?

Please mark your calendars and show up before 6:30 p.m. for the District 5 meeting on June 26, and bring your family and friends!! If we leverage our strength in numbers and generate a large enough group of SASSL players and supporters to attend this meeting, we’ll probably get the money needed to complete our Normoyle Park Softball Complex project before the start of the 2024 seasons. 

Call, text or e-mail me at my contact information below or contact SASSL CEO Pete Peterson pete@sassl.org (210) 413-8130 with any questions. 

We are counting on seeing you there!!

Thanks,

Bill Altman

Founder and Board Chairman

SASSL dba San Antonio Seniors Softball League

501 (c)(3) Charity

1978-Present

(210) 872-8135 (cell or text)

San Antonio Seniors Softball League 40-and-older spring league games will be played tonight as scheduled for Wednesday, May 24 at Normoyle Park Softball Complex. SASSL Head Groundskeeper and San Antonio Legends 75s living legend of senior softball Earlie Satterwhite said "don't forget your bug spray" because the mosquitoes will be thick at swamplike Normoyle tonight. - Tim Hipps, SASSL Media & Public Relations

WELCOME to new teams Black Diamond and United Auto COED!

Our SASSL family continues to pray and support Alamo City Heat's Ram Guererro, Veronica and their family. A GoFundMe has been established, check SASSL Facebook page for more information.

The fields are set for the 2023 San Antonio Seniors Softball League Preseason Tournament hosted by San Antonio Legends, Feb. 23-26, at the Normoyle Park Softball Complex.

SASSL 70-and-older draft league teams will compete Thursday, Feb. 23, followed by SASSL 75+ draft league Outlaws, Old Stars, Tigers and Underdogs on Friday, 60+ Saturday, and 50+ Sunday.

The 60s division consists of Team Texas, Old School Rebels, Rattlers, Silver Streaks, Cobras, Silver Stars, .45s, M60 Tankers, S&S Club, and Texas Threat 60s. 

The 50s division consists of Alamo City Heat, Relentless, Team Creed, San Antonio Bandits, H4B (Here For Beer), and Softball Rehab.

Entry fee for the double-elimination event is $200 + $10 per game for umpires. 

For more details, contact tournament directors Robert Marichalar (210) 912-1943 or Fred Gonzales (210) 854-8006.

SASSL is THE LARGEST local SENIOR SOFTBALL ORGANIZATION in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, per number of participants!

We urge all players and managers of the San Antonio Seniors Softball League to help maintain that No. 1 ranking by making and keeping your families, friends, and communities aware of our program. 

In an era of social media, word of mouth remains the best communicator. Please help spread the WORD!

SASSL, dba "The San Antonio Seniors Softball League" is a non-profit Charity charted under the State of Texas to "promote the physical and mental fitness of senior citizens through participation in senior sports and specifically senior softball. As an amateur sports organization it fosters national or international competition. The corporation is organized and approved by the IRS for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986.