"Big Game" Ron Massaroni pitched a gem when his team needed it the most. With the Cubs facing a sweep by the Yankees in the Finals, Ron threw 7 incredible innings, giving up no runs on 4 singles, 1 walk, and 2 hit batters, while striking out 2. He also fielded his position flawlessly. He snared 3 hot line dr...
Tonight's Game 2 of the 55+ Championship Series has been moved up to 7:00 pm. The game was originally scheduled for 7:45 pm. It has now been moved up to 7:00 pm.
The Yanks outhit, outpitched, and outplayed the Cubs on Friday night, in game 1 of the Finals, to the tune of 13-3. The Yankees banged out 14 hits, led by Bob Altobelli's 3 hits and one loud out. Lex Herlett, Tony Parella, Darrell Duncan, and Jack Griffin all had two hits each. The Cubs had just 5 singles,...
Game 1 The teams met for a night game at the A Diamond last Thursday night. Starting for the Yankees was Doug Duell, for the Whiz Bob Bolt. Bolt got through the top of the 1st inning 1, 2, 3. Bottom of the 1st had the Whiz tally 2 runs. With 2 outs Jim Hicks reached on a fielders choice and Doug Reisinger reache...
The 9/17 game 3 between the 55 Whiz and Yankees has been moved from WHS to A Diamond at 7:30 pm start. -- Edited by MrJ on Wednesday 17th of September 2025 07:14:16 AM
The second game of the Semi-finals began the same way a lot of Cubs' games begin: Carlos Espada singled and immediately stole second. He moved to third on a productive groundout by Bryce Cutler, and then scored when Mike Girard followed with a ball off the end of he bat that worked like a squeeze bunt sco...
Pete - I just got a message using your name & email address from some woman I don't know supposedly named Virginia. Somehow she tied her connection to you, and said she wanted me to use my credit card to help her buy something for a sick friend I said no. I wrote you at your email address with a head's up,...
The 55 Twins hosted the Cubs in the second game of their semifinal series at A Diamond. After surrendering a lead off single to Carlos Espada, Twins starting pitcher Gary Webber retired the next three Cubs in the top of the first but Espada, who had stolen 2nd scored on a fielders choice to the right side...
The Cubs got off to a flying start in game one of their Semi-final series with the Twins. Carlos Espada and Bryce Cutler both walked to start off the game. Mike Girard's ground out moved both runners into scoring position. Jerry Rosen and Ron Lochner followed with RBI singles. Mike Reutter and PJ Marto...
Watervliet High School. Perfect baseball weather. The Cubs, helped by two walks, three singles, and some soft Twins defense used a five run first inning to defeat the Twins 9-3. The Twins recorded 7 hits in the game led by Jeff Whitehead who went 3-3 including 2 doubles and Stefan Koutsakis who was 2-3...
Both teams entered the game with high hopes. Both teams had multiple players on the field who were less than 100 percent physically. Its pretty much always about the legs. Gary Webber was the starting pitcher for the Twins. John Weber was the starting pitcher for the Dodgers. Gary Webber retired the D...
Guided by Wayne Nicholsons five hit complete game pitching performance, the 55 Twins defeated the very formidable Yankees last night at A diamond 10-5. Both teams were a little sloppy in the field which led to more runs being scored than would have happened on a perfect defensive evening. The Yankee...
The Cubs and Whiz Kids got together Monday night, at the A-Diamond, for their final regular season meeting. The game held no meaning in the standings, so both teams batted every player and pitched position players. That being said, both teams are made up of very competitive players, and neither team...
In a game that meant a lot to the Cubs and very little to the Yankees, the Cubs beat the Yankees 10-5, Tuesday night. With the win, the Cubs are locked in to the number 1 seed for the 55+ Playoffs. With 1 game left and a 1 game lead over the Whiz Kids, and holding the tie breaker vs the Whiz, the Cubs locked up the...
