Sunday's supposed to be a great day to be out and about, and Tuesday is supposed to be mainly fair. But Monday, when the 55+ division has its four, first-round, playoff games scheduled, is, as of this posting, slated to be nearly an all-day rain. It figures. Rain has trailed us this season like the cloud...
The Whiz Kid and Yanks played two games last week, with the outcomes of those games finalizing the standings in the 55+ Division. Game 1 was played Monday at New Scotland. Great pitching duel between Mike Kane (WP, 7-2) of the Whiz, and Chris Abrams of the Yanks, with the Whiz winning 4-2. Dan Maguire's...
The Twins and Marlins got together for their final regular season game at New Scotland last night. The Marlins jumped out to a big lead and held on in the final inning, to beat the Twins 8-5. The Marlins were staked to their lead in large part to the shut out pitching of Ralph Caputo and Kevin Jackson over t...
Team 8 Americans vs team 1 Whiz Kids at Watervleit high school . Team 7 Peppers vs team 2 Giants at Central park C diamond. Team 6 Twins vs 3 Damn Yankees at Central park B diamond. Team 5 Cardinals vs team 4 Marlins at New Scotland. All games start at 5:45 pm. Go to the 55 site to see the entire layout. Good luc...
The City of Schenectady has received a $1.5M grant from the state to rebuild the Cental Park "A'' Diamond. A bid of just over $1.2M was submitted to do the work. Stay tuned! jimk
Just got word from Jim Porter that the Whiz and Yankees' game is final: The teams tied 8-8 in 8 innings Friday night at New Scotland. Both starting pitchers, Jim Preller for the Whiz, and Chris Abrams for the Yanks went the distance. Credit them both. They did a great job, and threw, what? about 120 pitch...
With at least one more game to be played, and possibly two, the #1-#3 seeds have yet to be determined. Will keep you updated. Jim Porter Whiz Kids 55+ Division
OK CDMSBLers, I have decided to put my neck out there and try to organize a Labor Day Tournament. We're not going to go crazy here and we're going to try to keep this small so it does not get out of hand. In fact, I would like a MAXIMUM of six teams. I think if we keep it small and focus on making the small tournam...
The 55+ Red Hot Peppers rallied twice to down the Americans 11-9 at Satellite Field on Thursday night and, in the process, won their fourth straight game. The Peps started out the season with four flat tires, going 0-9, but they since found some air and won five of their last seven games. Hitting was the...
2nd round (best of 5) Fri, Aug 4th - 7pm - Shuttleworth (#2 Blacksox vs #4 Chatham) Fri, Aug 4th - 7pm - Bob Moore ( #1 Mets vs #6 Diamond Dogs) Sat, Aug 5th - 1230pm Bob Moore - (#6 Diamond Dogs vs #1 Mets) Sat, Aug 5th - 3pm - Bob Moore (#4 Chatham vs #2 Blacksox) Sun, Aug 6th - 1pm - Chatham (#2 Blacksox vs #4...
The Whiz Kids defeated the Cards 10-3 Wednesday night at Watervliet high school. Greg Mangione (2-3, 2 r) and Brian Musella (2-4, 2 RBI) led the offense, while Jim Preller (5-0) picked up the victory. For the Cards, Bob Yakatan, Don Ball, and Tom Maney had 2 hits each. Good luck to manager Jerry Hawkins...
On a night, at New Scotland, that looked like it wasn't going to happen, the Yanks and Platinum Marlins got together on a beautiful night for a game. At 4:00 pm everyone thought that a big area of rain was about to engulf the Voorheesville area. At 4:30 pm, the storm disappeared, and the sun came out. If yo...
The 55 cards will be short players for wed. 8/2 at Watervleit high school vs the Whiz due to injuries and vacations. We could use 2 players to help us out. If you are interested , Contact Jerry Hawkins at jnhawk7@yahoo.com or me at secondbase48@hotmail.com. Thanks -- Edited by MrJ on Tuesday 1st of Augu...
The Twins have a need for a catcher for our makeup game against the Platinum Marlins this Thursday evening, August 3 at New Scotland Field. Please contact Twins GM Jim Edelman directly by email at CLJVEDELMAN@AOL.COM Cell 413-717-2552 Many Thanks Jim -- Edited by crowbait on Tuesday 1st of August 20...
