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...
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...
FYI - In case anyone happens to find themselves in Lee, Mass between now to Labor Day, there is a free baseball exhibit over at the Lee Outlets. I have not seen it yet, but I have seen other exhibits by Baseball in the Berkshires and they are always very interesting. Here is the info link: https://basebal...
6/24 Three 55 games have been canceled. Game 1, 6pm at A Diamond Americans vs Pirates. Game 2, 6pm at WHS Cubs vs Giants. Game 3, Twins vs Yankees 7:45pm at A Diamond. -- Edited by MrJ on Tuesday 24th of June 2025 12:36:03 PM
6/23 The 62games at A Diamond between the Arachnids and Peppers, and the Pirates and Yankees at New Scotland due to the heat have both been canceled tonight. A makeup date TBA. -- Edited by MrJ on Monday 23rd of June 2025 12:04:11 PM-- Edited by MrJ on Monday 23rd of June 2025 12:05:03 PM
Attention all Capital Division players. Today's game has been moved to Schenectady Central Park B DIAMOND. 5:30 START. If you have Question call Jaz. -- Edited by MrJ on Sunday 22nd of June 2025 01:23:11 PM
With the first game of the year between last year's championship series participants on tap, there was suspense all night long. The suspense started before the game even started. At about 4:00 pm there was a pop-up rain storm that hit Watervliet hard. When I was on the way to the field to check it out, th...
6/17 6pm game at A Diamond between the Yankees / Peppers has been rained out. A makeup date TBA. 6/17 8:15 game at A Diamond between the Dodgers/ Giants has been canceled as well. Makeup date TBA. -- Edited by MrJ on Tuesday 17th of June 2025 04:28:34 PM
The Arachnids took it on the chin earlier in the season as the Americans prevailed 3-2 in early May. The visiting Americans let it be known in the top of the first that they fully intended to continue their control of the spiders as they scored the first run of the ball game. Mike Kane reached out a fielder...
