Skip and Louise Trainer hit a home run in life and love. After 63 years of marriage, the Trainers are still very much in love—with each other, and with baseball.

The Trainers have both been involved with baseball for many years. Skip, who is now 81 years old, came from Amityville at the request of Louise’s uncle. He was recruited to play baseball for small, individual teams in the Pine Forge area. Louise’s father was a ball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, and when baseball came to the Pine Forge area, the family would go out for some evening entertainment. That was when Louise and Skip met.

“Skip was the catcher out on the field,” said Louise. “I used to watch the games, and I thought he was pretty special. He used to look over at me and wink.”