The Board of Directors met at Swift Road Park to attend to some summer business. A discussion was had about the League website. An RFP was discussed and the BOD is looking for ideas and proposals and bids for improvement, There were three voting items on the agenda as follows: Motion by Don Wixon and a se...
The Golden Marlins plated five runs in the bottom of the first inning and six in the bottom of the third inning to outlast the Cyclones by a score of 11-9. There were only five combined walks and two combined errors between the teams - it was the bats that did the damage for both teams. A lot of crooked numbe...
Game 1 with Shaskys was tied at 2 going into the 6th when Shaskys scored one in the top of the 6th to take a 3-2 lead. The Braves batted around in the bottom half, plating 7 runs to win it by a final score of 9-3. Mark Denicola went the distance for the win. Game 2 against the Marlins was another good.The Braves...
Bombers end up on top of the Yankees 6-1. Dave Smitherman went the distance for the Bombers. Baby Bomber Jim Bradley hit his first Hr as a Bomber a missle down the left field line. Bitner pitches a solid game for the yankees. A couple miscues defensively for the yankees opened it up for the Bombers.
But it was fun! The Dodgers and Americans squared off at the C Diamond and it looked like Buy One Get One Free from the defense. In the top of the first, the Americans lined four solid singles, the Dodgers threw in four errors and the Americans took a seven run lead. The Dodgers redeemed their BOGO coupons...
On a picture perfect night at New Scotland's Swift Road Park, the Cubs and Pirates got together for an entertaining game. The Pirates got off to a good start against Cubs' starter, Scott Ross, with a two run home run by Darnell Baker, in the top of the first inning. Scott had two more Pirates reach base, a...
The Capital Division has some openings for this Saturday's game at Bleeker Stadium. Enjoy some Albany tradition at a field that was opened in 1931. Most of the players in the Capital Division are 60+ but we are inviting everyone who is looking to play some weekend baseball. We start warm-ups at 10:30 A...
The 55 Twins played against the Whiz last night at New Scotland field in a game that was called due to darkness and ended in an 8-8 tie. The Twins were up in the bottom of the 7th with 2 runners on and no outs and a 2-2 count on the batter when the catcher said he could not safely see the ball anymore and the umpir...
After a brief delay due to lack of umpires, the Braves and Royal Brewers played their game on a beautiful day in Chatham. Special thanks to the umpire we recruited from the parking lot. He was the catcher for the 18 division Chatham Pirates who was there for his game following ours and happened to have hi...
The Capital Division will have its first game this Saturday at Bleeker Stadium. We have openings for three players. The players in this game are 55 - 70 years young. Warm-ups start at 10:30 AM. Game will start at 11:00. There is a $10 fee to play. Please email me at dballjr@nycap.rr.com if you would like...
With 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th, the Giants won 6-5 over the Cards last night, D Duncan pitched 5 strong, but suffered some shoddy defense, sandwiched around a Ferraro double in a 3 run 5th inning. Giving the Cards a 5-3 lead. JK pitched scoreless 6th and 7th innings, holding the Cards at bay. In the bo...
On another beautiful night at the A-diamond in Schenectady, the Cubs overpowered the Peppers 19-4, in 5 innings. The Cubs used 23 hits (9 of which were doubles) to put 19 runs on the board against 4 Peppers pitchers. All of the Cubs 12 batters had at least one hit, and all but 2 scored at least one run. Hot-...