A Diamond. 5:30 start. Good baseball weather. 7 innings of Darrell Duncan and John Weber on the hill. All 21 Yankee outs were recorded in the infield. All but 1 out for the Arachnids happened in the infield. Both pitchers were keeping the ball down. Curveballs working well. Arachnids with 9 hits, Yank...
The Cubs and Twins got together for a make-up game last Friday night at New Scotland. It was a warm and muggy night, that brought back many memories of Friday night's spent at New Scotland over the past 35 years. Both teams went all out (100%) for 7 innings, with the final score Cubs 10 - Twins 5, and afterw...
At New Scotland . Another good night for baseball. The Twins opened the game scoring one run in the top of the first on three singles and a walk against starter Mike Girard. However, they left the bases loaded. The Cubs answered in the bottom of the first scoring four runs on two singles, two walks, and an...
The Cubs and Pirates got together for a game at New Scotland last night on a hot and humid night. With the Cubs sitting atop the division at 7-0, and the Pirates sitting at the other end of the standings at 0-6-1, the Cubs came into the game a bit over confident. The Pirates used that to their advantage in gr...
Two good baseball team squared off at B diamond on a beautiful evening for baseball, July 8, 2025. However, the biggest story of the evening was that it was the final game for Artie Gianakos. I have no idea how long Artie has been playing, but I think he started before I was born and Im over 70. All kidding a...
New Scotland. Just about as muggy as it can get. Arachnids held the 4-2 lead going into the bottom of the fifth as both teams played pretty good baseball. The final was spiders 7, Reds 3. Spiders tallied 12 hits while the home team garnered 5. Picking up the win was starting pitcher Wayne Nicholsen who we...
The Whiz and Yankees met yesterday for a night game at the A Diamond. Top of the 1st, the Whiz got things going. Shawn Martin led off with a single. Martin stole second base and Paul Graziano laid down a sacrifice bunt, moving Martin to 3rd. Jim Hicks hit an RBI single followed by Doug Reisinger with a sing...
I just wanted to reach out to all of my baseball brothers and let you know that my treasured time with the Capital District Men's Senior Baseball League has come to an end. Age, and some recent health issues, have helped put some life priorities in perspective, and Cindi and I decided it was time to move c...
Tim - Thanks, too, for your fine note. It's hard to believe the reality, and it is a reality, that something that gives us so much pleasure. that we can still perform, or sometimes still perform, with grace and talent, and, the topper, that includes a group of people whose company we actually or mostly l...
THE GAME 23 Runs 20 Hits 15 Walks 2 HBP 7 Ks 8 Pitchers 273 Pitches 1 Softball Team The above are combined numbers for both teams added together. Jimmy Jazz got hit twice in the game. The second time definitely had to hurt and will leave a mark Im sorry to say. Both teams used 4 pitchers. John Haff hit a tremen...
New Scotland field was hot and humid. Both starting pitchers, JEFF Martin for the Cardinals and Wayne Nicholson for the Arachnids, kept the game scoreless through five full innings. Nicholsen had a perfect game going through 5 1/3 innings. However, after snagging a line drive in the top of the sixth...
With all of the rainouts and heat index cancellations over the past few weeks, the Giants and Cubs agreed to try to get Tuesday's cancelled game played on Thursday. There was rain on an off all day, so getting the game in was no sure thing. We agreed to use the 13+ field at the Rotterdam Babe Ruth complex. W...
The Whiz and Dodgers were able to play their game at the A Diamond where it was a cool 96 degrees at the start of the game. Top of the 1st with 1 out had Paul Graziano, Jim Hicks and Doug Reisinger reached on consecutive singles. Next batter reached on an error, followed by Paul Scutieri hitting a single. Wh...
