ANDREW Law has done it all for the Eagles Baseball Club, but he feels he still has even more to give.
The 32-year-old will become the sixth player for the Sunraysia Baseball League club to reach 300 senior games when his team faces Saints at Chaffey Park on Sunday.
Law has compiled a long list of accolades over the years, including seven A Grade premierships, SBL Ian Bishop Award for baseballer of the year, multiple matches as a Sunraysia representative, playing for both Victoria and South Australia in state carnivals, and life membership and a club championship for the Eagles.
He also held the presidential post for seven years and has spent time as a coach in the lower grades.
“I’ve been looking forward to it for a while,” Law said.
“It’s taken a while, obviously COVID slowed it down a little and only playing 15 to 18 games a year drags it out, but I’ve been looking forward to it.
“I think there’s only five others who have done it before … I think there’s two of us who are still currently playing but we’ll keep ticking along.”
Law developed his love of the game learning tee-ball at under-7 level, which blossomed from there.
As a teenager he made his A Grade debut for the club in 2007 and the next year played in the first of his seven flags.
Of his impending 300 games, 245 will have come at the top level.
Alongside playing plenty of representative baseball, Law was also a member of a tour to the USA as a youngster to play American high schools.
Now he wants to not only keep playing but help the next generation of baseballers come through the ranks.
“I’ve gone from one of the young bucks to one of the vets now, I think I’m the second oldest on the team this year,” he said.
“It’s good though, going from getting instructions to giving them and trying to help others develop their game, that’s another big part of why we keep playing.
“We’re pretty competitive, the quality is still here even thought the numbers are dropping off, but we’re still a strong competition up around here and I don’t see myself giving it away any time soon.
“Coach has got me playing third base and pitching a little bit, and holding down seventh spot in the batting order.
“We’re still in the finals hunt at the moment, hopefully we can get there again.”
Another factor keeping Lawn in the game is the desire to play alongside his two sons.
“I want to everything I can to keep the league ticking and get out on the diamond with my boys,” he said.
“I’ve got probably 11 years before that happens but I still like to think I’m young and I have that time in me.
“I just want to keep playing as many games as I can.”
