To play the game on pristine A Diamond last night, when, between the smoke from Canada and thunderstorms in the area, was a gift. After losing to the Twins back in May, the rising Americans took the second game 9-6 last night. Both teams had 13 hits. The deciding factor was a bases loaded double by new Ame...
For a model of terrific scorekeeping and game summary let me direct your eyes to Arachnids' manager Jim Edelman's account, a few entries back, of his team's 6-4 victory over the Americans in an over-62 game at Watervliet High on Monday.. The only thing Jim missed was to record the comments of the seven...
The Matinee Division kicked off the 2023 season today at the A Diamond in Schenectady on a hazy, smokey overcast day with 24 players in attendance. Joe Careccia led off the game with a line drive single to center and eventually came around to score giving JKs team their first and only lead of the day. McQ...
The next capital division game is Sunday 6/11 at 5pm at New Scotland. Please let John Reel know if you are in. johnreel55@gmail.com -- Edited by MrJ on Wednesday 7th of June 2023 03:11:05 PM
Gene Hallenbeck had to make the call whether or not to send players to Watervliet High School to play the second regular season meeting between the Whiz Kids and the Cubs. He was hesitant to cancel, but the combo of the dirty air and an iffy weather forecast helped Gene make the right call. The game was ca...
6/5/23 Watervliet High School . Excellent infield conditions. Outfield hard and fast. Very light breeze and high clouds. Great baseball weather. The Arachnids score first as the second batter of the game, Kenny Wellington, turns a hanging curve into an inside the park home run with a Titanic shot h...
Did anyone pick up a Rawlings black with brown web glove at NS Sunday after the 10 am Game. I was left on the first base side. Please contact Rick Knipper if you found it. rick0828@gmail.com . He was a sub for the ADK Bears Sunday. Thank you. -- Edited by MrJ on Tuesday 6th of June 2023 07:10:58 AM
Because I left my scorebook in the team's equipment bag, and because that bag is now miles from my desk, I am forced to rely on memory and imagination to reconstruct what I can of the over-62's Americans' 14-1 victory over the Peppers on a very pleasant, blue sky Tuesday evening, May 23rd, at the A-Diamo...
The Dodgers scored a dozen runs in the 3rd inning to roust a boat-load of Pirates. 17 Pirates showed up to Watervliet looking to pillage or plunder or whatever Pirates do. They did hit the ball hard, ran the bases aggressively and made some very good defensive plays. But, arghh! Greg Gougler hit two bom...
Hey fellas, thought Id throw this up here knowing theres a lot of baseball fans. My sons Saratoga Stampede team is having a raffle with the main prizes being box seats to the Mets/Phillies and Yankees/Red Sox this fall. Bunch of other prizes as well, including some golf packages. Let me know if anyone i...
On a beautiful night for baseball at New Scotland on Tuesday night, The Cubs bested up the Twins 13-3. The Cubs pushed 13 runs across on 15 hits and two walks, in just 4 innings. Now, probably half of those hits were "well placed -- not on the barrel" hits, if you know what I mean. Jeff Whitehead (Twins star...
The Dodgers and Whiz squared off Thursday evening at the Watervliet H.S. field. Starting pitchers were Jim Tesereiro for the Dodgers and Joe Burns for the Whiz. Both pitchers kept the game in check through 3 innings of play. In the top of the 4th the Dodgers got things going. After getting the lead off b...
