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...
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...
