It's not that common to get to know the parents of players, especially the parents of opposing players. But one man in particular was a fixture at CDMSBL games watching his son patrol left field with grace and sure-handedness. And watch his son drive in clutch run after clutch run. He was a proud pop, fo...
I would love to have a 65 and over gang come to Fort Myers next November to play in the Roy Hobbs world series, Dates are November 14 - 21, we are sure to play 6 games but if you win the 6th you continue to play. Great atmosphere and we would need about 15 guys including catchers and pitchers. They are acceptin...
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, to all the guys out there: And here is a twist on a Christmas great: 'Twas the night before baseball season,and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The gloves and balls were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that BASEBALL soon would b...
The CDMSBL Winter Meeting was held Monday night at Frozen Ropes. Here is the recap of that meeting. CDMSBL President John Reel opened the meeting with his Annual State of the League address. The 2019 season Treasurers report was distributed to all the GM's present. The main business of the night was t...
The league wide winter meeting has been change to Monday Dec. 9, at Frozen Ropes at 6:30. This has been change from Dec. 2 due to the winter storm. -- Edited by MrJ on Sunday 1st of December 2019 03:43:25 PM-- Edited by MrJ on Sunday 1st of December 2019 03:43:51 PM
Over time, John Corrigan and I have had some entertaining back-and-forths about sleep inertia or the zonked out feeling people have until they feel fully awake. Sleepologists say everybody has sleep inertia; everybody just has it for different lengths of time. Some people feel fully awake after b...
Hey just kidding, would love to get an entire gang from Albany next year to play in the 70 and over Roy Hobbs Tourney, We will definitely play 6 games and if we win number 6 we play the 7th. Keep next November in mind. We need pitchers and catchers and players. At least 15 guys to round out a roster. Please thi...
I would like to thank my teammates and coaches for an incredible time at the Roy Hobbs World Series. Our team went 3-4 and scored 54 runs over 7 games. Definitely the best hitting team I have ever brought to a Florida tournament. They all represented our CDMSBL with the highest respect and dignity. My co...
So the Avengers went into the playoffs Friday afternoon against the strong South Dakota Rushmores who were seeking revenge for an Avenger defeat in the playoff championship game of 2018 - and they got it. Rushmores hit, pitched and defended well throughout the game, Avengers did not. 1st inning wen...
Bill Kervan and Brad Buchan, playing for the Avengers in the Forever Young Hobbs Division, are heading into Friday's playoffs at 5-0 taking a DH Wednesday from the New Jersey Cardinals in the morning and the Maine Woods team in a tie-breaker during the afternoon. Kervan has been on the mound deliveri...
The Mustangs did well making it to the AA semifinals L 2 - 1 , 70s had AAAA and AA Stars, ( 60+ had AAAA, AAA, AA and A ) played pool games in AAAA due to being placed high last year. they lost 7 players from last year. Lost all 5 pool games, put down to AAA, Lost 1st play off game in AAA against another 0-5 AAAA team...
We had an exciting start to our single elimination part of the tournament facing the Tidewater Drillers from Southern Virginia. Johnny Weber completed 7 innings giving up 7 runs on 11 hits with one strikeout and 1 walk. Don Ball once again tied some middle innings together and Jimmy Preller closed it...
