Last week when the Arachnids and Yankees squared off the stellar starter for the Yanks, Craig Miller, hit 3 Arachnid batters and was forced by rule to leave the tie ballgame with one out in the bottom of the 7th , runners at first and second. Wayne Nicholsen greets the reliever with a single driving home...
In the battle for third place in the over-62 division, Ralph Caputo wore eyeglasses. He spied an opening. And he hit into it. If that hit didn't make all the difference, it came close. Once again, geezer me is working here without the scorebook, so what you see here is essentially memory, also known as "...
I get called fairly often by GMs looking for subs. Partly because there aren't many old guys who want to sub as a catcher. Partly because I generally say yes when asked to sub. But mostly because the five or six guys who the GMs called before they called me said no. Maybe we should offer those first 5 or 6 pla...
The Whiz Kids and Cubs met last night at the A-Diamond in game 3 of their regular season meetings. The Cubs won the first two meetings, and were 12-0 coming into the game. The only two blemishes on the Whiz Kids' record came from the Cubs. The Cubs opened the scoring, in the bottom of the 1st inning. Chris D...
Tonight's game between the first place Cubs and the second place Whiz Kids has been moved from Watervliet High School to the A-Diamond in Schenectady's Central Park. The rain is forecast to miss the A-Diamond, and the game should go on as planned. It should be a great game. If you are not otherwise occu...
CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW For the 3rd time in 4 years, the #1 seed Bombers will face off against the #3 seed Ducks in championship. The Bombers won the first two matchups (2020 and 2021), and last year after Bombers got knocked out 2nd round by the Albany Angels, Ducks won their first championship (2022), n...
Peppers/Arachnids at New Scotland and Pirates/Yankees at WHS tonight 8/7 have been both postponed. Makeup TBA -- Edited by MrJ on Monday 7th of August 2023 01:17:48 PM
John Newman, who played for the 55 Twins for 8 seasons and moved to the 62 Arachnids this season has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. John last played for the Arachnids on June 5 at Watervliet High School. An outstanding pitcher and all around top level baseball and basketball player. He was our...
Watervliet, NY 8/2 - A long season, featuring blown leads, and close losses to a turn for the better on Wednesday, as the 62-Pirates beat the 62-Americans by a final of 11-4. These two teams usually match up in back and forth close game and this woild be more of the same. Emergency starter Jimmie Dalton,...
Whiz and Americans played there game last night at the Peter B. Coeymans Elementary field in Ravena. Joe Burns started for the Whiz with Bob Bolt coming in for relief. Starting for the Americans was Dan Durback with Dave Plew coming in for relief. The Americans were able to hold the Whiz scoreless thru...
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The 9-1 Arachnids entertained the 12-0 Yankees at Watervliet High School on the last evening of July. Beautiful weather graced the venue, a rare commodity this summer. Yankees went down 1-2-3 in the first with their inning ending on a double play. Spiders get 3 quick runs in the bottom of the 1st on via...
Tuesday night at the B-Diamond was a perfect night for a ball game. The B-Diamond looked great after a fresh mowing. The sun was out and not a cloud in the sky. It wasn't too hot and there was a light breeze. Thank you, Jesus! Enough of the weather report: The Cubs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st i...
