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Don’t be fooled or mistaken, he knew the inning, the score, the lineup, who hit, who ground- ed out, who scored, who fl ew out, who singled, doubled, or tripled, and he certainly knew who committed an error,” said Keizer baseball mom Tammy Ready. “His snack bag was al- ways full, and he was always willing to share. As a matter of fact, he loved and lived for it.” Aicher was diagnosed with cancer a couple of years ago. At fi rst, it rarely stopped him from attending games. But as his condition continued to de- teriorate, people close to Aic- her knew that he wouldn’t be around for much longer. With the COVID-19 pan- demic cancelling spring sports, Aicher was unable to watch the game that he loved during his fi nal days, which is why Jake Martin, whose son, Ethan, plays for McNary, decided to organize a pick-up game for the man that was always in the stands. “When the shutdown hap- pened, we knew there wasn’t going to be a season, and we knew that Tony’s health wasn’t good, so I just wanted to make phone calls to people to see if we could try to organize a game in Tony’s honor,” Martin said. “Tony was a great man that was appreciated by everyone.” Martin wasn’t sure what the response would be when he started making phone calls asking people to participate, especially in the middle of a pandemic. But nearly everyone Martin called was thrilled to get the chance to play for Ai- cher. “It’s really nice to live in a community where you can make calls asking people to do something and they get excit- ed,” Martin said. After being informed of what was being organized, Sa- lem-Keizer Volcanoes CEO Mickey Walker allowed Volca- noes Stadium to be the site of the game. “Everyone I talked to had fond memories of Tony, and everyone was just so happy to be able to be together again. I was happy I was able to provide a spot for them to play and do whatever I could to accommo- date them,” Walker said. Because of COVID-19 re- lated restrictions, only 25 peo- ple were allowed to be on the fi eld. There were 20 players, and nearly all of them are in the McNary baseball program. There were also four coaches. Only one spectator per player was permitted to come and watch. The game was scheduled for Saturday, May 30. Unfortu- nately, Aicher passed away three days before the game, with his loving family by his side. Even though he couldn’t Lost and Found evening light. Fish were feeding under the surface fi lm and I tried many differ- ent fl ies, catching only one small fi sh. I couldn’t fi gure out what they were feeding on. As it neared dark, I reached into a vest pocket to retrieve my glasses to replace my sunglasses. I found an empty case. I waded back to camp, sure I’d left them on the camp table. No such luck. Tom and I went through eve r y t h i n g , the truck, all the boxes, vest pockets and every- w h e re we could imagine they could be. I just fi gured I lost them. About an hour later, Tom walked the 30 feet to the river’s edge to start a small fi re. Noticing something shining Submitted Nearly two dozen Keizer baseball players gathered to play in honor of Tony Aicher, who passed away three days before the game was played. BY MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes If you have been to a Keizer youth sporting event in the last decade, it’s likely that Tony Aic- her was in attendance. Four of Aicher’s grandchil- dren (Zane, Kyle, Samantha and Sydnee) grew up playing multiple sports in Keizer youth leagues and at McNary. And Aicher was almost always in at- tendance. While Aicher had a love for all sports that his grandchildren played, baseball held a special place in his heart. Aicher was known for be- ing a mainstay at youth baseball games in Keizer. He offered players advice, took copious statistics and always brought As we get older we tend to forget things more. Not facts about things, but normal, mundane things. For example, going into a room and forget- ting what you went in there to get. On a recent fi shing trip to the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon, this memory prob- lem was very prevalent. My fi shing partner, Tom, and I love fl y fi shing the Owyhee for its great brown trout and prolifi c insect hatches. I always start each trip very organized. The camp boxes and cooler are packed with the essentials because we are often off the grid, far from a store. After one day, it seemed we could never fi nd anything. One of us was always asking where something was and we’d both search until we found the misplaced item. It seemed to dominate our con- versations. On the second day, fi shing down the river from camp, we did well catching some nice fi sh. Upon returning to camp, we fi shed the fl at wa- ter just upstream in the fading be there in person, the play- “It was a bittersweet day, not ers still wanted to get together only because Tony couldn’t be and celebrate the life of Aicher there in person, but because this by playing the was the proba- game that he bly the last time “ Many say loved. that all these The atmo- ‘baseball is just kids will get to sphere was laid play together.” back accord- a sport.’ Those “There were ing to Martin. some tears, people never there were After playing many smiles, a few innings, met Grandpa there were lots the kids took Aicher. There of laughs, and batting practice every kid on from Patrick was not a kid on that fi eld was Levis, a former there for all of youth coach. that fi eld that the right rea- While the play- felt they were sons, even in ers still showed their competi- there just for the the midst of ev- erything going tive nature, ev- baseball.” on in the world eryone in the stadium knew — Tammy Ready, today,” Ready added. “Many that this was a say ‘baseball gathering that was much bigger than baseball. is just a sport.’ Those people “After being cooped up for have never met Grandpa Aich- so long, everyone was so damn er. There was not a kid on that happy to be there. The kids had fi eld that felt they were there an absolute blast,” Martin said. just for the baseball.” in the light of his headlamp, he spotted glasses under the chair I had been sitting in ear- lier in the day. A great fi nd. On our third day, down the river, we had a great af- ternoon in a small rifl e, where egg-laying caddis fl ies were all over the surface of the water. We landed about three doz- en nice brown trout until the bugs disappeared. We each had one 20-inch fi sh to top it off. Returning to camp the evening, we once again wad- ed upstream where fi sh were feeding again. Same frustrat- ing results. Then it occurred to me, something that had escaped my rational thinking. Aicher Something I’d been successful with in year’s past, I had just forgotten. Caddis hatch out of the water in late evening. I quick- ly tied on a size 14 soft hackle emerger and cast to the slight swirls from fi sh I’d been un- able to entice. In four casts I hooked and landed three brown trout, one being 20 inches and the last, a 22-inch trophy. I had somehow forgotten about caddis hatching in the late evening. I’d lost the abil- ity to fi nd the obvious solu- tion. But I found that solution again. I hope I remember next time. I’m getting older.
