At A Diamond last night, where the field temperature was 104 degrees at the start of the game, the Twins and Yankees had a heck of a game.The Yankees scored 4 unearned runs helped by 4 Twins errors over the first 3 innings while the Twins plated 3. In the 5th, the Yankees scored 5 runs on 5 hits to make it 9-3 a...
Today I've had a few emails and texts attempting to puzzle out the playoff format for the 55s. My understanding does not cohere with Jim Porter's understanding, and generally there's a degree of uncertainty all around. I wish the Board would post a brief, cogent, coherent explanation of what happen...
Well, you don't have to know what that would be like! The Capital Division has four openings for this Saturday's game. We will play at Bleecker Stadium and the game starts at 11:00. Warm-ups start at 10:30. Cost is $10 per player. Most of the players in the game are 55+. But we are easy to get along with! So...
The Cubs brushed off a tenacious Dodger's offense on Tuesday night at the C-diamond to improve their record to 9-0, and secure the number one seed for phase two of the regular season. The Dodgers came out smoking against the undefeated Cubs, in the top of the first scoring 3 times on hits by Harry Stault...
Entering the 7th tied 3-3, the Yankees were able to plate 2 more runs to make it 5-3. The Twins had the tying run at the plate with one out in the bottom of the 7th . Ben Phillips hit a hard grounder up the middle that appeared to be bound for center, but the Yankees 2nd baseman made a great snag going to his righ...
The Braves and the Bombers both remain undefeated after being rained out following 4 scoreless innings. Chris Dunn and Dave Smitherman were both dominant with 5 Ks each. Looking forward to the rematch on a dryer day!
The Dodgers brought their offense to Central Park for a showdown against the Red Hot Peppers. The Dodgers pounded out twenty hits and used an eight-run third inning to seal the victory. Jim Bradley had four hits including two doubles and (my 45+ Shaskys teammates) Tom Hoeg had three hits and Tony Groc...
The 55 Twins squared off against the Cardinals at Gruner Park last night with the Twins coming away with a 5-3 win. The Cardinals broke the ice early in the first with 2 hits and scored all three of their runs aided by 2 Twins errors. The top of the 2nd saw the Twins score 2 runs on 2 hits while the Cards made 2 e...
Ralph Caputo got the Cubs off on the right foot, pitching the first 3 innings, shutting out the Americans, while surrendering just 1 walk, and no hits. two American's hitters did reach on errors, in the second inning with one out, but Ralph picked up his fielders by getting a pop out to second and a week g...
