joe careccia tells a wonderful story about fred pidgeon's two grand slams thursday night at tawasentha and the fact that fred's 94-year-old father was there to see them. thanks, joe, for telling it, and congratulations to fred for his marvelous feat. i hope father and son shared a libation like a goo...
A small, rag-tag group of Bears traveled to Johnstown to face the Yankees and squeaked out an 8-5 win. Bears starter Curt Tucker went the distance and carried a shutout into the last inning but started to tire in the seventh. Determined to finish it himself, he kept his cool and completed the game for th...
With only two days remaining and 5 games to play we only know that the Giants clinched in June and the Yankees in early July. The 3-8th spots are still up in the air. bottom line what's at stake is who among the Americans , Whiz, and Cardinals will be 3rd , 4th and 5th; And then who will be in the 6th , 7th and 8th...
Ok so the Giants run ruled another team and won the game. That's nothing new and that's not really the story. Here's what the real story is: I'm a umpire for the 55 division. As I was approaching the field through the outfield gate at Tawasentha field in Guilderland I met a older man who asked me if his son w...
The Marlins pounded out about 104 hits and stole about 66 bases to end the Giants' record 33-game winning streak Tuesday night with an 18-4 mercy-rule win at the "B'' Diamond in Schenectady. Marlins scored 6 times in the first, but the Giants got within 6-3 before the Marlins scored 9 in the third...
A beautiful night at the Bob and the Indians defeated the Diamondbacks 6-3 behind a complete game from rookie Leo Primeau who scattered 7 hits in his 1st start of the year. With the win the Indians secured the reg season and 1 seed for the playoffs. B J Roberts led the way with a single and 2 BB and scored 2 ru...
I want to set this up for those of you not familiar with the 55+ division. The Giants came into this game with a two-season, 33-game winning streak. This year they were 13-0, with almost half of those victories coming by way of the mercy rule. The last place Platinum Marlins were 3-9, with almost half of t...
The 55 Cards need a couple of players to play Thursaday 7/23 6pm at Tawsentha field. Due to vacations and several injuries we will be short players. If interested please call 518-945-2519 , email- jenkins3x@mhcable.com or leave a note here. Thanks
The Braves topped the Cougars Sunday at Satellite. Greg Gougker had two dingers for the Braves. Mark Denicola pitched a solid 5 innings and Jim Bonaparte pitched a perfect inning in relief. My favorite highlight though was the pre-game meeting with the umpires where Frank "advised" the...
On a hot and muggy day at New Scotland, the Cubs earned a 18-9 victory over the Yankees. The Yanks got off to a flying start, by plating 4 runs in the top of the first. Joe Careccia and John Kalinski had the key hits, and the Cubs pitched in with two errors. The Cubs didn't allow the Yanks to enjoy that lead ver...
The Cyclones may still be searching for their first win in 2015, but for the second time in as many weeks, they gave the Blue Jays all that we wanted and more. Today's rematch, at C Diamond in Schenectady, and on a very warm Sunday morning, came down to the seventh inning. Three times before then the Jays h...
