beautiful night for ball at Belizzi and the Indians defeated a tough Dbacks squad 7-2 behind 5 strong innings from Jami Burnetter and 2 relief from Eric Joyce. Will horan a boomimg double and a few others with a hit as well. Hank has a fine squad who have been moving up the standings and will be a tough out c...
Former NY Yankees pitcher, and occasional CDMSBL pitcher, Jim Bouton, 78, is struggling with a form of a brain disease, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is linked to dementia. New York Times reporter Tyler Kepner wrote a moving story about Bouton's experience for the Sunday paper. You can acces...
Ron Massaroni was only two outs from throwing a no-hitter, and instead left Watervliet High field Wednesday night with a complete-game one-hitter, as the 55+ Red Hot Peppers won their first game of the season, a 7-0 victory over the Twins. Ron pitched quick and smooth, striking out four batters and w...
Beautiful night for baseball last night at the B diamond after a nice holiday break and the Indians defeated the Padres 13-0 in 5 behind B J Roberts first career no hitter and he threw only 40 pitches total in the game. A good defense was there all night with 2 dbl plays a nice catches in the Outfield. Mike r...
The Giants beat the 55 Twins last night 11-0 (2 earned) at New Scotland field. Although the Twins were missing 4 key players and are a little banged up at the moment, this post is not an excuse piece. We've played the Giants twice in three days this week and for the life of me, I am very surprised they have 3 l...
The good news is Scott Card is making a remarkable recovery. The bad news is he had a stroke. He is rehabilitating in Sunnyview Rehab Center in Schenectady. If his prognosis is in any way predicated on his character, Scott will make a full recovery. He has been one of the best and most enjoyable players i...
It was a case of too little too late for the Damn Yankees on Wednesday, as they suffered their second defeat of the season at the hands of the Platinum Marlins in a 55s battle at Satellite Field. Mike Girard went the distance on the mound for the Teal and had to escape a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the se...
Mike Kane allowed a leadoff single to Rich Garbarino, then retired the next 18 Americans as the Whiz Kids won 10-0 in six innings Monday night. Kane struck out six and didn't issue a walk as he kept the batters off balance. The only other ball to leave the infield was Gene Smith's fly to right in the 5th. Th...
The Cyclones played a double header at the Chatham Little League Complex on Sunday making up two rain outs. The Cyclones took advantage of a short-staffed Chatham Brewers team in game one and then a short-staffed Niskayuna Warriors team in game two sweeping the double-header and leaving the ranks o...
I post tonight because the scheduled ump failed to show. In his stead, Herb Carter's son, Jesse, filled in, calling balls & strikes from behind the mound and he deserves a hearty shout out. Yes, Jesse is Herb's son and Herb was on the opposing team. Jesse is a certified umpire, so I had no reservatio...
