Ted Valenti's son Tyler who had supported our league for years is in the Albany trauma unit after getting hit by a truck who turned right in front of him on his motorcycle. He broke his back and most of his ribs and could use some prayers. He's not out of the woods yet. Ted's family has been a great group of pe...
The 45 Cubs outlasted a very game Royals team 6-3 in 10 innings on Saturday on a beautiful day in Chatham. The Royals' Todd Freidman and the Cubs' Chris Dunn both went the distance. The Royals scored a single run in the bottom of the first inning and the Cubs then tied it in the top of the third. In the bottom...
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On a perfect Thursday night at the A-Diamond, the Cubs pounded out 15 hits and worked 5 walks in an 11-2 victory over the Dodgers. The big inning came in the top of the 4th, with the Cubs holding a slim 2-1 advantage. The Cubs started of the inning with 6 consecutive hits, plating 6 runs, to blow the game ope...
Pirates Best Twins 12-11 Schenectady, B-Diamond 5/11 - In an affair that had the base paths full of traffic with 33 hits and 23 runs, the Pirates held on for a 12-11 victory over the visiting Twins, on a perfect nite for baseball at the B-Diamond ball orchard! The Twins struck first off Pirates starter D...
If you're in the over-62s, or just wonder what that's like, here's one angle: Two games in two days can feel like one long doubleheader. On the third day, rest isn't just welcome. It's necessary. So I write this with my feet up. On a pleasant, sunny Tuesday night, the Americans won a narrow one, 6-5, for t...
Our annual series of games against our friends from western NY is to take place on June 16. The Father's game is schedule for 10:00 a.m. and the Father-Son game is schedule for 1:30 p.m. All fathers must be at least 55 years old, and sons preferably 18 and over. Cost will be $30 per player. If you are intere...
https://www.msblnational.com/msbl-league-president-spotlight-john-reel-capital-district-msbl-albany-new-york/It might be easier just to go to our old web site front page and click on the link there...
Friday night at New Scotland, the Cubs and Americans got together for a ballgame on a nice Spring night. The field was in great shape, and the evening was as good as we have seen since the season started. The Cubs bats rung out 19 hits in 4 innings off of 3 Americans pitchers. These 19 hits along with 4 walks...
There's nothing like a good baseball movie to help put a long winter in the rear-view mirror, and to soothe the disappointment of three straight game rainouts to open another season of playing ball. I got my fix tonight watching Moneyball (yet again). There is a scene early in the movie where high scho...
The Pirates jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top half of the first inning capitalizing on 2 errors, 2 walks, and 2 hits. The Arachnids regrouped in the bottom of the inning and scored 4 times to take the lead they would not relinquish. 2 more runs in the second gave the home team a 6-3 lead and it stayed that way...
The Anacrids' scribe Jim Edelman already covered well the facts of the Spidermen's 6-4 win over the Americans to open the over-62 season. So what's left? For this player, it's rediscovering the game and its players. To wit, I've found that there's such a thing as the "three-inning seasonal warmup" t...
The visiting Americans opened the game loading the bases via 2 walks and a Twins error. However, Twins pitcher Jeff Whitehead hung in and Houdinied his way out of the jam without a run scoring. The bottom of the first saw the Twins score 2 runs on 1 hit, 2 walks, and a hit batter off starter Rich Garbarino....
