If the Cubs yesterday laid an egg, today the Blue Jays fell like Humpty Dumpty and found themselves all scrambled on the beaches of western Florida. It was a disappointing end to the tournament as Blue Jay bats, gloves, and arms all seemed to check out early in a 17-2 drubbing by the Berks County Bombers...
The Cubs ran into another "junker-baller" pitcher, in the morning game, and again it proved to be their undoing. While the Cubs were able to muster 14 hits, those 14 hits only translated into 4 runs. Three or four hard line drives found the gloves of Delaware defenders, and 1 even found the h...
Team Albany had good news and some bad news in sunny Florida today. The good news is that Team Albany qualified for the play offs. The bad news was a loss to the undefeated team from Puerto Rico. Both teams knew before the game that they had qualified and used the opportunity to rest some players who had lo...
At last year's Fall Classic, the Albany Blue Jays gave up 5-run lead in the 9th inning in a loss to the Chesapeake A's, en route to an 0-5 finish. It was the only win for Chesapeake. The grudge match occurred this afternoon, with the Jays 0-3 and the A's already 2-1. Skipper Artie Gianakos started on the bu...
Philadelphia A's 23 - Cubs 10 The Cubs completely sucked. End of that story. New chapter: A double header in Sarasota, Florida (90 minutes south), starting at 10:00 am. We have already qualified for the playoffs, but are in trouble for the bye. Our game 4 starter can't make it due to family emergency! S...
Team Albany rebounded from a disastrous Tuesday to defeat Team Delco by a score of 8-5 behind the pitching performance of Chris Abrams and Jerry Solomon . Abrams pitched 7.1 innings for the win before Solomon came in with the bases loaded and two outs with the number four hitter up to shut the door. Jerr...
The Cubs were expecting a walk-over against a Louisville Colonels team that had a less than stellar record at this tournament over the past 10 years, and were 0-2 coming into the game. Well we got a lot different Louisville team last night! The Colonels not only gave us a great game, but they led 3-2 as la...
Been a rough start for the 45 Blue Jays in Florida. The scheduler managed to give us 3 games in a 24-hour span over Monday and Tuesday. We entered the tourney with a roster of 14 guys, but we suffered 2 injuries (1 calf and 1 thumb) the week before as guys played in other age divisions. Today, we added 2 hamst...
Team Albany coached by Steve Vangelder dropped two games today at the Blue Jays Complex in Dunedin. Albany lost the first game to the NJ Reds by a score of 13-6. The inability of the Albany pitchers to throw strikes consistently was the teams downfall. In the second game Albany dropped a lopsided loss t...
Team Albany pounded out 20 hits in a 13-6 victory over the Lehigh Valley team at the Blue Jays stadium in Dunedinn. Jimmy K started and went seven innings for the win with relief help from Chris Abrams. The whole line up contributed with hits in the victory. Up next is a double header on Tuesday.
The Capital District Cubs had it go pretty much according to plan in the first game in Round Robin play. The Cubs pounded out 24 hits worked 6 walks, reached on 2 HBP and stole 5 bases in a 20-1 drubbing of the Susquehanna Valley Braves. The Braves, who were a quarter final playoff opponent of the Cubs back...
As has been posted here, many of our members continue to play ball. I am pleased that so many have taken advantage of the opportunities afforded. Beyond just more baseball these National and Regional tournaments give you the chance to see how you measure up with other teams from all over the region, Co...
The Capital District Cubs are finishing our preparations for our run in the 2014 Fall Classic in Clearwater, Florida (45+ Wood Bat Central Division). Two years ago, a similar bunch made a run all of the way to the semi-finals, where we ran into a fully sponsored team and came up just a little short. This...
Nominations for the 2015 Hall of Fame are being accepted now, and should be sent to John Reel via email. jreeloo1@nycap.rr.com The forms and or format will be posted on the home page soon. Most of you already know the format. Questions, contact John. Thanks
Steve Van Gelder is taking a team 56 and over in that division's inaugural MSBL National tournament. Steve did a lot of work to assemble a strong team to represent CDMSBL as MSBL returns the tournament to the West Coast of the Sunshine State. The tournament in the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater area runs t...
