The Yankees won Game 1 of the playoffs with a great pitching performance from dave Smitherman and bob Poulin coming in relief for 2 innings! Game 2 was an amazing game going back and forth and came down to a dropped throw to second on a strike Em out throw em out on a steal that the guy on third scored to win th...
Our first Roy Hobbs seeding party was quite exciting when we were announced as a #3 seed in the A division. Our goal was to qualify for the playoffs with a win and possibly seed higher than 10. Our 2-3 record with 49 runs against did the job. The teams we lost against ended up in either AA or AAA. Today we play...
Just reading through the election results and saw that Mike Stammel of the Pirates, 55 division team, was elected mayor of Rensselaer Tuesday night. Congratulations Mike and good luck.
The Albany Cubs went into yesterday's finale with Puerto Rico, not needing to win the game. To be fair Puerto Rico didn't either. The difference, with a 37 man roster, they were able to roll out 3 pitchers that hadn't thrown in the tournament yet, and were quite experienced pitchers. We had to save ever...
Was a long week and I apologize for not getting the results up for guys back home to follow! Monday Game 1 we lost a winable game , our bats didnt show up from the airport it seemed. Lost 6-2! Tues double header day, ALBANY represented well and won both games scoring a total of 40 runs! bob altobelli hit 2 thr...
The Cubs played the top seeded S. Maryland Fedlock in game 3, and had to do so without clean up hitter Ron Lochner, who was resting an injured hip. This Fedlock team is no joke! Hitters up and down the line up and everybody can run! Their pitcher was their 4th pitcher but could have been the ace for 5 or 6 of th...
I found out that in a Roy Hobbs tournament the 5th game you play a team with identical record and then get seeded for the single elimination playoffs. So today we played the Toledo, Ohio Outlaws. Since we already have a win and qualified for the playoffs, this game would only help our seeding potential,...
The Albany Cubs got off to a rocky start. 1) Minutes after checking in to his VRBO rental for the week, ace pitcher, Ron Massaroni had an accident that caused him to get 5-6 stitches in the middle finger of his pitching hand. 2) We got rained out for not one, but two days before getting going yesterday. Tha...
Game 4 wasnt supposed to be a contest playing a triple A team that has impressed many managers including the tournament director warning us that it would be a tough game. And if I mentioned that I pitched 3 innings giving up zero earned runs and Don Ball doing a fine job pitching 5 innings with only 1 earne...
Today with played the New Jersey Twins an apparent AA team in the tournament. Jimmy Tesoriero started in the bump and with another rough start quickly settled down to pitch 5 fine innings. We got to see Jimmy Bradley wack a pop fly to the fence for a stand up double and also witnessed a hitting clinic from...
Congrats to Pete Geannelis and his son Mike for winning the Father-Son Tournament in Tempe, Arizona this past week. Mike was 2-for-4 with 4 RBI in championship game win over Mexico, and he pitched the win over Minnesota in the semifinals. Pete, who is making the trip to Florida next week with the Alban...
The first day of our Roy Hobbs debut started with a double header at the Red Sox Jet Blue training facility. In game one Johnny Weber pitched us through 6 innings (5 scoreless) giving up 5 runs in that 6 inning. Jimmy Preller finished the last 3 innings giving up 3 runs for the total of 8 for Dupage, Illinoi...
Congratulations to Wayne Nicholsen who was on the team that won the 65 World Series in Arizona in October. He was part of the Minnesota Bandits team that went 6-0. Wayne is also a member of the CDMSBL 55 Twins. Those of you who know Wayne understand that any team he is part of is very fortunate to have him as...
