Editor’s note: Don’t miss this feature story by Bob Otto.
Bobby says:
Today is Rod Peterson’s birthday (an age he adamantly refused to divulge, actually fibbed about), so I gave him a call and we talked fastpitch about the good old days of his Farm Tavern team.
MADISON, WI – Rod Peterson sponsored and managed the Farm Tavern men’s fastpitch softball team from 1975 to 2008. He didn’t saddle his ballplayers with long list of rules – just one: Be a team player.
Players who could abide by that simple rule received the ultimate compliment from Peterson, who farms 800 acres of corn and soybeans near Madison: that of, “he’s a good farmer.”
“If we had a bad apple, we got rid of him,” Peterson said. “Guys had to fit in. Our personalities all flowed together. We had quite a few players who were good farmers.”… Click here to continue reading at Otto in Focus.
I very much enjoyed the article about Rod Peterson owner of the fastpitch team “the Farm Tavern”. One main reason being that I have known him for over 20 years because of this awesome game! Sadly, I’ve lost contact with a lot of my old fastpitch friends now that Decatur IL doesn’t hold games/tourneys any more. This article is over 4 yrs old. I just have to find out. Is Rod still living?
Rod, The best to you. Of course you know that you have lost the battle regarding, “The real and only GOD’s COUNTRY”. Your friend, Herb, Tumacacori, Arizona