The Dodgers beat the Pirates 9 - 3 to advance another game in the 55+ double-elimination tournament. Despite leading after every inning, the Dodgers never felt comfortable with our leads. The Pirates' Bill Smith had our batters off balance for seven innings and the Pirates had runners on base and hi...
The Cyclones managed to steal a couple from a very tough Shaskys squad on Sunday, sweeping a doubleheader by 7-4 in Game 1 and 7-1 in Game 2. The Shaskys went down 1-2-3 in the top of the first. The Cyclones began with a booming double by lead off hitter Sherwin So and a walk by Jeremy Jarvis followed and the...
After being rained out in their previous attempt this season with no score after 4 innings, the Braves and Bombers squared off again on Sunday to try again. This time in Watervliet with zero threat of rain. Dave Smitherman had 1-2-3 innings in 4 of his 6 innings pitched for the Bombers. Chris Dunn went t...
An idea to guys in every division: CPR training for every team? It could save more than one of our lives. I got the idea thanks to a note that Tommy Smith posted a story a week or so ago about a friend and teammate, Mike Bisner, manager of the 33+ Padres, whose quick thinking and CPR training, recently saved...
Jim Preller went 4-4 and scattered 6 hits over 7 innings as the Whiz Kids defeated the Americans 9-3 Thursday night. The Americans scored 2 in the top of the first when Dave DeMaria hit a 2-out single, and Greg Smith walked. Nick Kanellis drove in DeMaria with a double, and Smith scored on an error. The Wh...
The 45+ Cougars could use an age-eligible catcher, to catch one game of a possible double-header tomorrow, Sunday, July 29. We are playing at least one game starting at 12:30pm at Blatnick. The second game would be at 3:00pm, contingent upon player and umpire availability. Phone me: 518-758-2216....
The Pirates squared off against the Americans at New Scotland in an opening round playoff game. This game had a little of everything, with good pitching, timely hitting and some web gems. After battling from 3-0, 5-3, 5-4, tied at 5-5, and 9-5 deficits, Americans rallied again to tie at 9-9, before pl...
Tonight's 55+ game between the Cardinals and the Cubs has been moved from the C-Diamond in Schenectady (under water), to Watervliet High School. Many thanks to Dennis Lane for working this out for us! Don't know what we would do without him!!!
This game mostly ugly broken up by some good plays and hits. Bad hops, (depending on your perspective of course), diving catches?, and bobbled balls all around. the pitching ignored these antics and plowed ahead. Kent for the Nisky Warriors and Jimmy K for the Marlins. I liken it to some kind of civil w...
Should TWO teams, in the top 4, end up with identical win/loss records, after all 16 games, how do we break the ties? Assume that the two team have beat each other twice, during the regular season, so head to head record is out as a tie breaker. ... and go!
Somehow the field in New Scotland missed the torrential rain that battered neighborhoods just a few miles away. With mother nature on our side the Peppers and Dodgers squared off in the first round of the 55+ double-elimination tournament. The Peppers started quickly with a walk, an E5 (I was the 5) a...
The Twins had difficulty fielding 9 players last night due to injuries and vacations and it showed as the Giants plated 12 runs in the first inning against a Twins infielder turned pitcher for 1 2/3 innings. After the first inning, the Giants and Twins each scored 3 runs in the rest of the game, but the da...
With both teams down a few of their top players, and playing a game that looked like it was destined to be postponed, the Cubs came out on top 12-0 in 5 innings, at Legion Field in Albany. Many thanks go out to Jimmy Konstantakis for getting Legion Field for us at the 11th hour. In a battle of starting pitche...
