Ladies & gents, a head's up: Our league treasurer and forever player, Don Wixon, now 75 and counting, got a nice write up on the National MSBL website. by Steve LaMontia, MSBL's Director of Communications. Thought you'd enjoyed reading it. I especially liked the pickleball part: What an idea fo...
Not a lot of 18+ division news here in the bulletin board but its been said to be the change you what to see in the world. Im not a eloquent as some so Ill just let the GameChanger recap do the talking. Of note however, father/son combo Dan (2 for 3, 3 rbi) and Jake (HR, 2 rbi) Hernandez combined for 3 hits and 5 R...
Wednesday 6/22 - (New Scotland) - Gotta love a pair of Aces!!....and that's what transpired at New Scotland Town Park on an overcast and cool Wednesday evening when Jonny Martin for the Angels toed the slab against the Pirate's Eric Westfall. So often pitching duels fizzle out and become crooked num...
I need to put a lift kit into my golf cart. Anyone mechanically inclined? No, I'm not show boating. I built the cart for my dad to take him hunting Thanks- Len
Yankees square up the season series with the Dodgers at Watervllet Highschool field! Yankees grabbed 3 runs first inning and 3 runs 2nd inning. To a 6-0 lead Dodgers fight back plate 4 runs but beYankees werent done. Win game 11-4.dont let the score fool you the Dodgers come to compete. Yanks got some b...
With Dan Durbak out sick and Dave Plew throwing 7 innings the previous night the 62 Peppers had to go deep into their pitching stock against the visiting Arachinids. Long story short, the Spiders put up quite a few runs taking home a victory against a good hitting Peppers team. Leading hitters for the P...
(Wednesday 6/16, New Scotland) - An old adage goes that "a tie game is like kissing your sister". Well there were a bunch of ugly sisters that hooked up last night as the Pirates and Americans battled 7-innings in the gloaming, to a 12 All tie game. Destined to an ESPN "Instant Classic", (had they showed...
The 55 Angels and Twins squared off on B Diamond last night. Angels struck first in the top of the 2nd with Scarsone driving home Jon Martin for the first run of the game. The Twins came back in the bottom of the second scoring three runs on four walks a hit batter and just one single. Twins added three more i...
6/13 Schenectady, A-Diamond; The marauding Cardinals trekked up from Kingston last night, and forced the Pirates to walk the "b"lank, with an 8-0 whitewashing. The Red Birds rode the superlative pitching of Al Freer and Bill Chichester, allowing 4 hits,and no walks, and the gold glove caliber pla...
Last Friday night the Cubs and Dodgers got together at a pristine Watervliet High School for a top 4 tilt. The Dodger entered the game with a 3-1 record (with a recent lopsided win over the Yankees) and the Cubs sported a 3-2 record (losing close games to the Yankees and Whiz). In the run up to the game, Don...
Here's an enjoyable way to start a game: seven of the Peppers' first ten batters slammed singles Monday night (June 6) at New Scotland field, leading to five runs. A second inning's hitting nearly mirrored that, and the Peppers started the game up 10-0, on their way to an 11-5 victory over the Pirates....
Wed. 6/8 (New Scotland) - The 55-Pirates took on the 55-Angels in a tilt at the venerable Bill Burgoon Field at Swift Road Town Park, on a picture perfect night for baseball. The Buccos were facing long-time nemesis, Jim Konstantkis, who has had the Swashbucklers' number over the last few regular sea...
