Strange how life takes turns and twists. When I was in the 6th grade, I used to go to Waterford High School basketball and baseball games. My first local hero was a point guard and shortstop by the name of Fred Miller, who at the time was bigger than life to me! Years passed, and paths crossed again, when a s...
Jeff Whitehead of the 55 Twins, thats who. Last week Jeff played in the Baseball International MLB 30+ Tournament in Ft. Meyers. His team, the Scouts, was made up of players from Western Massachusetts. Temperatures were in the 80s. They won the tournament championship. Jeff hit .300, went 2-0 on the...
If anyone is interested in playing basketball from 7-8:30 on Thursday nights, let me know quickly. We can use the brand new wood floor court at the Boys and Girls Club in Rensselaer. Cost is $75 per night, but if we pay upfront through March we can get a discount. 12-14 players is perfect. Email me at jrbt...
Just before Christmas my brother Tim Maney suffered a horrible accident. He is paralyzed from the neck down. Obviously my family is devastated. I write this because many of you remember Tim from his playing days, but more importantly for the support and prayers from our CDMSBL family. There has been...
So, my friend on the 55 Twins, Big Tom King, had chest pains while watching a JV basketball game one evening last week. He wanted to tough it out, but, finally heeded the advice of his wife Jill to go to the ER. You may recall that Tom and Jill lost their only son in a motorcycle accident this past June. Long s...
Hi 55'ers......on the 55 Giants Christmas list, right there at the very top of the list, it reads, "Pitchers - preferably 2". We got hitters and we got first basemen and catchers and outfielders and courtesy runners......... we could use a couple of good arms though. Good group of guys (not a dickh**d...
Fellow CDMSBL Players, Happy Holidays to all! We wanted to send out this quick note today to let everyone know that shortly we will begin our yearly selection process for induction into our league's Hall of Fame. If you are interested in details on this process, please check out the article in the News...
On this Day we all have many things to give thanks! One to most of us was knowing Tom Bradley!!!! Tom lost his fight with cancer. Tommy was the ULTIMATE TEAMMATE! But more importantly an ULTIMATE FRIEND. Tommy played baseball with me on my Yankees team in the 35 for years! Never once complained never onc...
Your Board of Directors met on Wednesday November 30th at Chris Abrams' house at 6pm. Several topics were discussed. The first item on the agenda was an up to date Treasurer's report by Don Wixon. All cost items are currently being discussed so the Commissioners can establish the budget portion of th...
Brad Buchan on 75+ Avengers finished 1st in the standings, but were knocked out in the first game of playoffs. On to the 65s..... Wayne and Tom on the Toledo McGuire group in the AA division had a first round bye and lost the first game in the playoffs. Also AA ... Jim Ansel on the Youngstown Astros also had...
I want to share a little information about my 55 Twins and 62 Arachnids teammate Wayne Nicholsen who has been playing in a couple of MSBL tournaments in Arizona over the past 2 weeks. In the 70+ World Series Waynes team, the Minnesota Bandits finished 6-1-1, good for second place. In the 65+ tournament...
Sunday started the Vintage 65 division ..Bill Chichester w/ Long Island Yankees, Jim Ansel w/ Youngstown Astros, Wayne Nicholson and Tom King w/ Toledo McGuire Group and Dave Plew on the San Antonio Texans. In the Forever Young 75 division is Brad Buchan on the Avengers. -- Edited by DP on Tuesday 16t...
