The Cubs came out on top of the Dodgers Thursday night at Watervliet High School in a lopsided affair 15-0. 9 of the Cubs 12 hitters had hits, in a 13 hit attack. The Cubs hitters were patient for the second game in a row, as they also worked 8 walks in 5 innings. Chris Dunn, Jerry Rosen, PJ Martone, and Dan He...
A Diamond. 8:15 start. The air finally leaning towards summertime. Finally. The always formidable Dodgers sent six men to the plate in the top of the first with leadoff hitter HAROLD STAULTERS (single) coming around to score the first run of the game after two hits and a walk. I am always uncomfortabl...
The Giants and Whiz met at the A Diamond. The Whiz got things going in the bottom of the 1st. A single by Paul Graziano, a double by Gene Hallenbeck along with 2 walks and an error led to 2 runs. Bottom of the 3rd, singles by Graziano, Greg Mangione, Jim Hicks, a double by Barry Friedman along with 2 walks sco...
The visiting Reds were hoping for a hot start and to keep the pressure on against a great team in the Americans. Jim Jasiewicz (Jaz) led off with an infield single and a quick swipe of 2nd. After a few ground balls the Reds were able to plate a run with an RBI by Paul Miles. The Americans wasted no time with a l...
The Capital Division offers options for players looking for a place to play somewhere, getting some extra at bats, or maybe easing your way back into the game. If interested email me at jimjazz@hotmail.com. There are season and game by game options. We play our games at New Scotland Town Park on Sunda...
The arachnids came up first as the visitors and did not get the ball out of the infield in the top of the first against Yankees starter John WEBER. Paul Post leads off against arachnids starter Wayne Nicholsen in the bottom of the inning for the Yankees hitting a sharp single to left, pilfers second base...
Thursday night, as the players were arriving at the Twin Town Baseball Complex in Troy, a steady mist turned to rain. It wouldn't take long for the field to become too wet to play, and the advanced radar was showing that the rain would be around for about 20 minutes. It did not look good. Then after just 4-...
Well, the visiting Yankees came out of the gate quietly, getting retired 1 23 by Twins starter Gary Webber. And the home team TWINS looked like they might be on their way by putting runners at second and third with no outs via two singles and 3 stolen bases in the bottom of the first. However, Yankees star...
Charlie Freer led off with a single and a stolen base for the visiting Peppers. Dave Reed followed with a walk. After a wild pitch and a fielder's choice both scored to get the Peppers going. The Reds quickly responded with a triple by Paul Miles, who scored on a single by Jim Jaz who stole second and advan...
The Dodgers and Whiz met last night at the A Diamond under the lights for a rainout makeup. The Whiz scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 1st. The Whiz had singles by Paul Scutieri, Doug Reisinger, Gene Hallenbeck and Jim Hicks, along with a double by Jeff Friedman. The Whiz added one in the bottom of the 2nd o...
To my esteemed CDMSBL colleagues, John Corrigan and Jim Edelman: Gentlemen, Thank you for your thoughtful comments on my recent post. I am concerned, however, with John Corrigan's suggestion that Ron Jeel and John Reel are one and the same. Forgive me John C, but after combing through every word of S...
Another cool night for baseball in Schenectady last evening. Final score Whiz over the Twins 148. The Whiz had 11 hits while the TWINS had 17 hits. 7 Twins had a multiple hit game as did 3 of the Whiz. The big difference was four twins pitchers were charged with 15 walks while the Whiz pitching staff was ch...
Watervliet high school field last night, cold, clammy, wet. But, Dennis Lane had the home plate area and the mound covered nicely, and by the time the first pitch was thrown there was no rain. Our old old friend Jeff Whitehead took the mound for the Peppers and pitched the first three allowing no runs an...
HEY FELLOW CDMSBL PLAYERS: A HEAD'S UP: BELOW IS A REPEAT: THREE MESSAGES AT THE END OF THE LAST DOUBTLESS WAY-TOO-LONG THREAD. WHICH MAY HAVE PUT OFF LOTS OF POTENTIAL READERS. SO I CUT TO A SHORTER VERSION. THE THREE MESSAGES BELOW ARE THE FINAL THREE FROM THE LONG THREAD AND I THINK THEY CAPTURED THE C...
