On a day that had weather, the 'Murikans (GWB) came to the park ready to play. The Cubs came out a wee bit flatish.....like pancake....that got run over by a furniture delivery truck. It weren't pretty but the Cubs hung on to win as Mike LaBarge's guys scored two in the 7th (to make it 5-3) and threatening...
Finally, some really beautiful perfect temperature baseball at magnificent Watervliet high school field last night. Like I do sometimes when time is a little tight, I will pare down this report. The Dodgers came out swinging in the top of the first scoring two runs on 3 hits. The twins came back in the...
The Arachnids and Yankees met for the first time this season at A Diamond last night. The game got started a little after 8 PM.John Weber started for the Yankees and put the spiders down 1-2-3 in the top of the 1st on 3 infield grounders. The Yankees touched up Arachnids starter TJ Scorsone for five hits a...
My fellow baseball playing and reading fans, I have a nifty baseball experience to tell you about, On Sunday, May 17, twenty-six baseball players, some from the Capital District Senior Baseball League, others not, people just showing up, ranging in age from, oh, Id guess, 30 to 79 (no guessing there...
Loves us some Jim Dalton and crew! Those guys play hard! Cubs just came to the field last night with hitting shoes on! Cubs amassed 20 hits and plated 17. Cubs started Carlos Espada on the mound. Carlos worked out all winter on his pitching mechanics and trying different pitches. It paid off - threw all s...
Wayne Nicholsen was the starter for the Arachnids and Jeffrey Whitehead got the call for the Peppers. New Scotland field. The field was well groomed, but the infield dirt was quite hard even though we had rain recently. Nicholsen yielded two hits to the Peppers in the top of the first, but got out of the...
In a game that seemed to last about 6 minutes (started at 5:45 and ended at 7:09), the Cubs came away with a win against the tough Twins. Pitching & Defense was the theme for both teams. 12 total hits in the game. Twins three hits all came in one inning. Highlights: Cubs - Ron Massaroni & Darrell Du...
The Capital Division is moving the game originally scheduled for Sunday, 6/21 on Father's Day up to Sunday, 6/14. Same start time of 4:30PM New Scotland.
Both the Twins and Pirates put starters on the hill who pitched the entire game. Wayne. Nicholsen for the home team Twins and Dana Hansen for the Pirates. Both last names end in sen and I think they are might well be related from way way back in Scandinavia area. Scoring went back and forth with the Pirate...
On a glorious Thursday evening on the most body-friendly baseball field for old guys bodies (A Diamond), the 55 Cubs and Dodgers matched lineups. Tight game (4-3) until the 6th inning when the Cubs added 5 additional runs! Cubs Highlights: - Darrell Duncan & Ron Massaroni were strike throwing m...
Twins and Whiz met last night for the early game at the A Diamond. Starting pitcher for the Twins was Stefan Koutsakis, for the Whiz Jeff Friedman. Top of the 1st the Whiz scored 5 runs. Consecutive singles by Adam Ellenbogen, Joe Burns and Doug Reisinger led to a run. After getting the next 2 batters, Bo...
On a beautiful night for baseball the 55 Yankees and Americans square off at the A Diamond. The night was all About DOUG DUELL!!!! In the 4th inning Duell was having a game for the ages a perfect game through the first 4 innings! It was hot and humid he comes to me between the inning and says I never had a no hi...
The ARACHNIDS and REDS squared off at New Scotland this past Monday evening. The field is in very nice shape with a lot of work having been done on the off-season, including a new backstop and some new drainage. Beautiful evening. Arachnids had Wayne Nicholson on the mound and he went five good innings...
