My name is Ron McCarthy, some of you may know me already. I am a lifelong resident of the Capital District, I have played baseball and softball there for many years in many different leagues. In October of 2007 I returned to active duty with the Air Force which obviously took me away from the Capital Dist...
With all of the stinkin rainouts this year i have gotten back into mountain biking....perfect thing to do when we get rained out and by then by 630 it's stopped raining and there are a couple of hours of daylight left.
Check out www.capitalmtb.org - great local site that lists tons of trails etc....w...
Mets' new recruit: J.J. Pearsall was the star in this one.
J.J. mixed an 82-83 mph fastball with some quality off speed pitches to strike out 14 Marlins in 6 innings, while giving up just two hits and one walk. He also doubled twice, driving in three runs as the Met's four hitter.
Nice pick-up Bones!!!...
Yesterday at New Scotland the Whiz Kids and Gray Cougars got together for a typically enjoyable 55+ game. While the Grays came out on top, 7-3, the Kids played well and, as is so often the case in this division, everyone was smiling at the end. Let it now be told: the 55+ division is a blast. While the compe...
I would like to send a special thanks out to both the 25 division Rockies and the 30 and older Dodgers from the Roy Hobbs league for a great game played last night at SUNY.
I would also like to send a special thanks to Todd Hunszinger and Fred Fitch for a great job umpiring the game. Both teams agreed this w...
We seem to have fewer and fewer managers reporting the scores in a timely manner.
I think that most of the league would like to be able to go to the website and/or bulletin board to see the results of our games within 24-48 hours. I know, if I am the winning manager, I try to pit a recap on the BB the next weekd...
This wednesday, July 22nd 6pm at RPI the 25 division Rockies 6-6 will square off against the 30 and older Roy Hobb League 1st place Dodgers 15-2 .
The game will be played as a wood bat game. I am looking for 2-3 players who may be interested in playing for either side. We are contemplating playing a 7 or 9 i...
As some of you may have seen on Fox 23 News. The 25 division purchased a bunch of tickets to a valley cats game for our annual all star game to be played at Joe Bruno Stadium.
Commissioner Chris Bearup and the 25 managers decided to donate the tickets to the miracle kids.
Below is a link to see the clip wh...
In the second game of the day,the Dodgers again pulled out a victory in the late inninngs.With the Hornets leading 6-1 into the bottom of the 6th the Dodgers pushed 8 runs across and held on for a hard fought victory over the Hornets.Leading the way for the Dodgers were Dave Clements with 2 hits,also Nic...
In yet another hard fought game with the Vets.This one had the Dodgers leading into the 7th 4-2 when the Vets scored 3 runs to take a 5-4 lead into the bottom half of the 7th.The Dodgers came back and scored 2 to pull this one out.Game winning base hit from Nick Kanellis.Brett Conlin went the distance for t...
I am writing about a tournament I have over Labor Day weekend in Rapid City, SD. It is a non-profit memorial tournament in honor of my father. We have had teams from Denver and San Diego participate in the past in both the 48+ and 58+ divisions. I have attached a little flyer about the tourney - but you can g...
