• Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
BIO:
Bob Bosse’s 60-year slow pitch career didn’t really peak until 1992 when he began playing senior softball with Joseph Chevrolet. Prior to that Bob won several Knights of Columbus Ohio State and National Championships, and enjoyed a third place (1970) and second place (1971) finish in the Men’s Major Metro Tournament with Hill & Griffith. But it was when Bob began participating at the senior level that his success began to skyrocket. From 1992-’11 with Joseph, Bob won seven 40-over, 50-over and 60-over World Championships, was named to eight All-World teams, and was a two-time World Tournament MVP. During the 2005 season, Bob pitched Joseph to the championship of the Senior Softball Winter World in Fort Myers, Fl., where he batted .680 and was named Tournament MVP. Two years later Bob duplicated that performance in Ft. Myers, winning another SSUSA title and MVP honors. Then in 2012- ’13, he captured a pair of World titles and garnered two more All-World selections with the Dayton Legends 60’s. He bagged yet another World title and All-American honors with Cincy 60’s in 2014, and has collected five more All-World selections – including three MVP awards – with the Dayton Legends 70’s. Bob’s teams have also captured numerous invitational tournament crowns in the tri-state participating in the SPA and ISA programs. Bob has played primarily as a pitcher and 2nd baseman during his career, and enjoyed a lifetime batting average of approximately .650.
• Wednesday, February 19th, 2020
BIO:
Like many accomplished Senior players, Kathy Sowers experienced only modest success prior to her 20-plus years as a member of the Ohio Cardinals. Yes, there were league championships won as a teenager in Bellevue, Oh. and Norwalk, Oh., and Kathy earned MVP honors in the Middletown Invitational at the age of just 21. She also enjoyed a MAC Conference title with Bowling Green State University during the 1972-’73 season, and ASA Metro and District titles with Frisch’s in 1974. But her 45-plus year career was relatively unremarkable over the next 23 years, until she joined the Ohio Cardinals in 1997. The rest – as they say – is history! The Cardinals have won no fewer than 8 National and 43 World Championships in SSWS, USSSA, SSWC, and SPA programs and in the Huntsman World Senior Games, plus one Bronze, One silver and 8 Gold Medals in the National Senior Olympic Games. And she has been named to various 35 All-World or All-American teams. In addition to the Cardinals, she has played with teams from coast to coast, including Arizona, California, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Primarily an outfielder, Kathy boasts a lifetime batting average of .479. Staying healthy, playing on successful teams, moving runners and producing rbi’s – plus getting the occasional “big girl hit” – have all contributed to Kathy’s success. But most important to Kathy has been the “great people” she has met that “have become her good friends.” “I appreciate all aspects of the game and it has made me a better person today,” she says.
