In memory of Frog.
That’s the extra motivation for the Chattanooga Legends 75-over men’s softball team that will begin play Thursday in Houston in the National Senior Games.
A few of the players who helped the Legends earn their national berth in the state games last July in Franklin, Tenn., can’t make the trip because of ailments or other reasons, but Ray “Frog” Fowler won’t be there because he died this spring.
The Legends will be wearing him on their sleeves, though, as they continue through the summer with the 2011 state and the Heartland nationals. Player-coach Jack Gibson is having uniform patches made that say “Frog’s Team.”
“Frog played with us for years and years and years,” Gibson said. “The last few years it was hard for him to run because his knees had got so bad, but he was our catcher when we won the state last year.