Folks: Some time ago, I learned from league president John Reel that he expected there to be a "tsunami" of players, twenty or more, coming up from the over-55s to the over-62s for the 2025 season. That appears to be happening and the numbers are far more than the current six-team league can accommodat...
Reports from the A-Diamond last night have the Damn Yankees coming out on top by the score of 9-4. That gives the Yanks a 2-1 win in the best 2 of 3 Semi's and sets them up with a date in the finals with the #1 seed Cubs. The Finals schedule is as follows: Monday 10/07/24 at the A-Diamond, at 6:00 pm; Wednesday...
The Cubs swept their semi-final series with a 11-5 victory over the Twins on Monday night, at the A-Diamond. The Cubs spotted the Twins a 2-0 lead through 2 innings, but found their stride in the 3rd and 4th innings, pounding out 10 hits in those 2 frames, pushing across 9 runs and never looked back. The t...
The 55+ Semi-finals got off with a bang last night at the A-Diamond! The underdog 4th seeded Twins took on the number one seed Cubs. For the first 5 innings, Twins' starter Gary Webber was in control, and the Twins had what looked like an unsurmountable 4-0 lead. In fact Webber no hit the Cubs through the...
The Twins and Dodgers met Monday evening for their 7:30pm playoff game under the bright lights at A-Diamond. On the mound for the Dodgers, Mark Callahan and for the Twins, Gary Webber. The Twins got the scoring going in the top of the first. After the Dodgers recorded the first 2 outs, Steve Rychick bla...
Ladies & Gents: In case you missed it: A game for the ages. The Los Angeles Dodgers walloped the Miami Marlins on Thursday night, Sept. 19, by a 20-4 score. This was the line of the Dodgers leadoff hitter. I love just reading it: Player .......................... AB R H BB RBI HR 17 Shohei Ohtani DH ....
The Cubs played a friendly game vs the Dodgers at Watervliet High School last night. It was the last regular season game for both teams, and had zero implications in the standings. The Cubs won the meaningless game 9-5 to finish the season atop the standings at 16-2. With the loss, The Dodgers finished...
Sunday, 9/15 (New Scotland NY) - In a well played game at New Scotland yesterday, the Albany Reds beat the Capital City Blues, by a score of 9-5, a perfect afternoon for baseball in the Capital Division. Both teams were loaded with pitching, and a great mix of youth and CD-MSBL veterans. Jack Radzik too...
Room for a couple more players this Sunday, September 15. Age 54 and above. 2 games. One at 10 AM and one at 1 PM. Play in one or both. Doubleday Field. We will play a mid-level team from Long Island to honor the memory of former member of the 55 Twins and 62 Arachnids John Newman who we lost last year to pancre...
The Cubs beat the Yanks, Thursday night at the A-Diamond, by a score of 9-4 to clinch the regular season title, and the number 1 overall seed in the upcoming 55+ playoffs. The game was tighter than the final score. In fact the Yanks had a 4-3 lead after the first 3 innings. The Cubs jumped out to a 2-0 lead in...
The 2024 playoff schedules for the 45's and 55's is on their respective web sites in their headline's boxes to the right on their welcome pages. Updates will be added as the games get underway. I hope this helps.
