Eddie Basinski, Who Played Both the Infield and the Fiddle, Dies at 99 (link below) He's memorialized in one of best baseball songs ever, "Van Lingo Mungo," by Dave Frishberg. (that link's below, too) Only in baseball. Where else does your second baseman also play Duke Ellington or Jelly Roll Morton...
Congratulations to Jim LaTorre and Mick Novak for being inducted to the CDMSBL 2022 Hall of Fame. Well-deserved award for both gentlemen. -- Edited by MrJ on Monday 7th of February 2022 12:58:02 PM
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...
