The news was not unexpected but it's still sad: Roger Angell, one of the best if not the best, baseball writers who ever wrote about the game, died yesterday, Friday, May 20, at 101 in New York. I'll miss him, even though his last posting in the magazine he mostly wrote for, The New Yorker, was about five y...
The Whiz and Damn Yankees met for the 1st of 4 games last night at the B Diamond. Starting pitchers were Bob Bolt for the Whiz and Lex Herrlett for the Damn Yankees. The Whiz got it started early scoring a run in the top of the 1st. Dave Sirani led off with a single, then stole second. Paul Graziano laid down a...
Trailing 8-5 entering the top of the 7th the Americans scored 4 runs to best the Arachnids 9-8. Wayne Nicholsen pitched the first 6 for the Arachinids and gave way to Darrell Duncan who came on in relief for the 7th. A couple of hits, a couple of errors, and a couple of walks resulted in the visitors victor...
Thanks to Dennis Lanes hard work and dedication, the Watervliet field is back! About 20 of Denniss teammates from the Dodgers and Mets showed up Saturday morning to do the work needed to get the field back into playable shape. Its great to have this beautiful field back for the CDMSBL for the rest of the...
We have room for several more players in our games at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, Saturday, June 11, 10 AM and 1:30 PM against players from Easton, Pennsylvania MSBL. There will be players in their 50s to 70s. The 10 AM game will be the less challenging game. Play in one or both games. Its a great expe...
Schenectady NY - With the temperatures near 90 with a summer feel, the 55-Americans were guests of the 55-Pirates at the pristine A- Diamond, on Tuesday nite. Missing key players due to injury and/or commitments had the Pirates line-up altered, as they looked to payback the Americans for a 17-9 trou...
The Twins and Whiz squared off at the ¨B¨ diamond last night. Pitching for the Twins was Jeff Whitehead with Wayne Nicholsen coming on in relief. Starting for the Whiz was Mike Kane and the Rolaids Relief pitcher Pete Geannelis, who earned a hold for his efforts. Mike Kane had a rough start in the top of t...
18 hits were recorded in the Twins verses Whiz game last night on a hot and dusty B Diamond. Unfortunately for the Twins, the Whiz had 16 of those hits. No way to sugarcoat it. It was a tough one for the Twins as the Whiz were in the drivers seat pretty much throughout. Charlie Freer led off the game for the Tw...
The Arachnids came out of the gate with good promise taking a 3-0 lead into the 4th . In the bottom of the inning the Cards manufactured 2 runs on 2 hits, a walk, and an infield error. The sky fell on the Arachnids in the 5th as the Cardinals plated 5 runs on 6 hits, a walk, and an outfield error by yours truly. W...
Wrote my last note on the fly and I left out some names worth mentioning. My message was a reply to Don Ball's entertaining tale of his Dodgers v. the Damn Yankees game, where Don neatly included material from all over the diamond to the parking lot, inserting three musical references, to make his story...
The Whiz Kids and Cubs got together Wednesday night at the B-Diamond for the 1st of 4 regular season matchups. Both teams were missing a couple of key players, but the majority of each starting line up was in place for both squads. Jeff Friedman and Mike Girard squared off in what turned out to be a pitchi...
The Dodgers got our first taste of the A Diamond on Wednesday against the top-tier Damn Yankees. The weather was perfect for baseball and Central Park was filled with the sound of Polka music and the fragrance of a vegetarian BBQ. The Dodgers scored one in the top of the 1st on a single and stolen base by M...
Here are the results of the 55 Twins-Pirates contest played on the improved B Diamond, although, watch out for that nasty dip in left field. The Twins came out strong scoring 5 in the bottom of the first inning. Things settled down after that with the two teams scoring a total of 7 more runs over the last 6...
Here are some of the facts. The 55 Twins came away with a 16-15 win over the Giants on a beautiful night for baseball in Coeymans . Pretty nice field to play on. The game was called after 5 innings due to darkness. Giants pitchers issued 11 walks and Twins pitchers issued 7. Both teams had 11 hits. Leading h...
