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Pirates Take to the High Seas
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Wed. 6/8 (New Scotland) - The 55-Pirates took on the 55-Angels in a tilt at the venerable Bill Burgoon Field at Swift Road Town Park, on a picture perfect night for baseball. The Buccos were facing long-time nemesis, Jim Konstantkis, who has had the Swashbucklers' number over the last few regular sea...
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Sad News
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https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion-albany/name/...
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G'bye Roger
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The news was not unexpected but it's still sad: Roger Angell, one of the best if not the best, baseball writers who ever wrote about the game, died yesterday, Friday, May 20, at 101 in New York. I'll miss him, even though his last posting in the magazine he mostly wrote for, The New Yorker, was about five y...
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Whiz v Damn Yankees - Meeting #1
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The Whiz and Damn Yankees met for the 1st of 4 games last night at the B Diamond. Starting pitchers were Bob Bolt for the Whiz and Lex Herrlett for the Damn Yankees. The Whiz got it started early scoring a run in the top of the 1st. Dave Sirani led off with a single, then stole second. Paul Graziano laid down a...
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62 Americans Rise To The Challenge
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Trailing 8-5 entering the top of the 7th the Americans scored 4 runs to best the Arachnids 9-8. Wayne Nicholsen pitched the first 6 for the Arachinids and gave way to Darrell Duncan who came on in relief for the 7th. A couple of hits, a couple of errors, and a couple of walks resulted in the visitors victor...
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Watervliet Resurrected
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Thanks to Dennis Lanes hard work and dedication, the Watervliet field is back! About 20 of Denniss teammates from the Dodgers and Mets showed up Saturday morning to do the work needed to get the field back into playable shape. Its great to have this beautiful field back for the CDMSBL for the rest of the...
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Invitation For Age 55+ Players Saturday, June 11, Cooperstown
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We have room for several more players in our games at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, Saturday, June 11, 10 AM and 1:30 PM against players from Easton, Pennsylvania MSBL. There will be players in their 50s to 70s. The 10 AM game will be the less challenging game. Play in one or both games. Its a great expe...
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55-Buccos Raise the Jolly Roger!! Pirates 4 Americans 3
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Schenectady NY - With the temperatures near 90 with a summer feel, the 55-Americans were guests of the 55-Pirates at the pristine A- Diamond, on Tuesday nite. Missing key players due to injury and/or commitments had the Pirates line-up altered, as they looked to payback the Americans for a 17-9 trou...
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55 game at B diamond postponed. 6/1
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The 55 game between the Cubs and Damn Yankees at the B diamond has been postpone for tonight 6/1.
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Twins v Whiz
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The Twins and Whiz squared off at the ¨B¨ diamond last night. Pitching for the Twins was Jeff Whitehead with Wayne Nicholsen coming on in relief. Starting for the Whiz was Mike Kane and the Rolaids Relief pitcher Pete Geannelis, who earned a hold for his efforts. Mike Kane had a rough start in the top of t...
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Many Hits In 55 Twins-Whiz Game
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18 hits were recorded in the Twins verses Whiz game last night on a hot and dusty B Diamond. Unfortunately for the Twins, the Whiz had 16 of those hits. No way to sugarcoat it. It was a tough one for the Twins as the Whiz were in the drivers seat pretty much throughout. Charlie Freer led off the game for the Tw...
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62 Cardinals Glide By Arachnids
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The Arachnids came out of the gate with good promise taking a 3-0 lead into the 4th . In the bottom of the inning the Cards manufactured 2 runs on 2 hits, a walk, and an infield error. The sky fell on the Arachnids in the 5th as the Cardinals plated 5 runs on 6 hits, a walk, and an outfield error by yours truly. W...
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Thanks for the tales!
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Wrote my last note on the fly and I left out some names worth mentioning. My message was a reply to Don Ball's entertaining tale of his Dodgers v. the Damn Yankees game, where Don neatly included material from all over the diamond to the parking lot, inserting three musical references, to make his story...
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Whiz Kids Win Round 1: 4 - 3
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The Whiz Kids and Cubs got together Wednesday night at the B-Diamond for the 1st of 4 regular season matchups. Both teams were missing a couple of key players, but the majority of each starting line up was in place for both squads. Jeff Friedman and Mike Girard squared off in what turned out to be a pitchi...
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Dodgers Rally Past the Damn Yankees
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The Dodgers got our first taste of the A Diamond on Wednesday against the top-tier Damn Yankees. The weather was perfect for baseball and Central Park was filled with the sound of Polka music and the fragrance of a vegetarian BBQ. The Dodgers scored one in the top of the 1st on a single and stolen base by M...
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