CDMSBL, Last minute, the Shaskys can use two players to complete our squad for a game Saturday the 28th in Cooperstown at Abner Doubleday Field at 1 pm. It will cost $25 bucks a man. It is a Harlem Shasky - Albany Shasky grudge match! I will take calls in the morning till about 11 am on my cell 466-7490. I can...
A very sloppy game at West Albany ended with the Pirates scoring 4 unearned runs in the 7th, but falling to the Giants, who evened their record at 5-5.
Giants had 16 hits as far as I can tell by the scoresheet, but could have had 1-2 more. Whatever. Giants scored 4 in the 4th for a 5-3 lead and then iced it wi...
XM has been covering the controversies surrounding the usage of maple bats in the Major Leagues. This morning (06/26) they talked with a representative from the B-45 bat company based in Canada. There is a serious amount of research that went into the engineering behind these Canadian Yellow Birch...
As told by David Schillinger The A's Jeff Kruzinski fired another gem in beating a solid White Sox team 5-1 on Friday the 20th at West Albany. Jeff tossed his 4th complete game running his record to 4-0, scattering 5 hits and allowing just 1 run. He also had two hits. A. Marin, L. Mawrey, E. Class, S. Travi...
A special thanks to Darrel Duncan for saving the day, another game that would have been cancelled at suny was moved to a beautifully groomed New Scotland field.The Mets bested the Hummers by the score of 9-2 behind the strong pitching of Chris Dunn who got the win and strong relief from Lex Herrlett. On...
Is there a catcher out there who wants to play for the Bluejays tonight? We play the Mets at Scotia Middle School at 6 pm. If you are interested, please call Dana Hansen (Bluejays Manager) at 221-3778. Thanks.
Mike Kravitz
In a well-played game yesterday at New Scotland, the Gray Cougars edged the Americans by the score of 12-10 in six innings (called for darkness). Once again, sleight of wrist artist Dave "The Magician" Plew took the ball for the Cougars, and managed to keep the Americans' bats in check for...
The Marlins, playing without some key players, beat the Jays tonight at the West Albany Babe Ruth field by a score of 9-2. Dennis Scimeca went the distance on the hill for the Marlins - pitching a great game and keeping the Jays off balance by throwing a good mix of fast balls, change ups and curves. Denni...
Pirates and Braves met last night at Ravena. With a heavy thunderstorm at about 3pm the field was questionable, but with some shovels, rakes and a wheelbarrow, the early arriving Pirates ground crew did a great job removing the mud and replacing it with some relatively dry dirt. The field was actuall...
Shaskys jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first at Bob Moore, only to have the Giants bunch 8 runs on 8 hits in the second inning and force the Shaskys to play catch-up the rest of the way.
Mike Hicks and Jim Keegan each had three hits, and Jerry Solomon, Mario Arduini, Dick Stark and Carlos Llera each had two as t...
The Braves held on to beat the Cubs 5 to 4 at West Albany Saturday night. Ed Rogers pitched a complete game for the Braves win.
Cubs went ahead 2 to early, but the Braves plated 2 to tie the game in the 4th, and scored 3 more in the 5th to go ahead 5 to 2. The Cubs rallied in the bottom of the 7th, scoring twice,...
The Pirates, with Joe Burns on the mound faced the ageless Artie Gianakos of the Braves. After 3 innings of a scoreless game, the Pirates posted 5 runs in the 4th helped along by 3 Braves infield errors. Ron Smaka had 3 singles, Carlo Agneta was 2 for 3 with a single and double with Bob Coffey adding a doubl...
Friday night at New Scotland the Reds and Silver Marlins played a 9-inning affair that ended in a 1-1 tie. For such a low scoring game there were lots of stories:
First lets look at the pitching. Joe Sarubbi scattered 9 hits, while breaking at least 5 Marlin bats. Joe gave up just one solo home run in the t...
