The game was a beautifully played pitcher's duel between Mike Kane and Ralph Caputo for 4-1/2 innings. Both pitchers were brilliant giving up just 2 unearned runs each. In the bottom of the 5th inning the Whiz Kids got their first 3 runners on, against the Cubs' tiring starter. Mike Girard came on in re...
The Dodgers secured a 6th place finish and gained some momentum heading into the playoffs with a convincing 8 - 1 win over the Twins. Mark Denicola allowed one unearned run in six innings and Ray Coletta sealed the victory with a scoreless 7th inning. Good luck to teams and players entering the 55+ divi...
Sunday at 10 am at New Scotland... Yankees need a guy or 3! Any position, just be over 45 and under 99... or if you're 100 and can still walk, you're in also! ANY help would be appreciated... call or text me... (518)269-2775 -- Edited by Marcus Aurelius on Thursday 18th of July 2019 02:57:55 PM
The Cubs bats were angry early in this one! Coming off 3 consecutive losses for the first time in memory, the Cubs scored 12 runs in the 1st 3 innings. They pounded out 13 hits in those 3 innings and took advantage of 3 Dodgers' errors. Meanwhile, Cubs' starter Mike Girard was sailing through the first 3 i...
Cardinals defeated the Twins at Gruner 9-6 Monday evening. The first inning did in the Twins as the Cards scored 6 runs. Twins made a pitching change after the first and outscored the Cardinals 6-3 over the final 6 innings, but it was too little too late. It was a beautiful night for baseball that was a fi...
So for several years and on several different teams, I have had the pleasure to be teammates with Lance Meeson... He has helped a couple teams win Championships in a couple of divisions now and also been on a few really bad ones (like most of us)... More so than anything though he is a father and dad first ~...
The Twins defeated the Cardinals 3-2 at New Scotland on Friday evening. The Cardinals scored both of their runs in the top of the first . Jeff Friedman started the game with a double off Stefan Koutsakis and was driven in by a Jim Bonaparte single . Bonaparte later scored on a Twins error and it looked lik...
Mike G did his usual fine job recapping Cubs games (whether they win or lose) with his report below of the Damn Yankees victory last night, but he was remiss in not noting a highlight of the evening: Kevin Jackson's post-game hot dogs. KJ quickly fired up a kettle of dogs and after a hard-fought battle, p...
With rain falling all around the Schenectady area, the Cubs and Whiz got together at the Schenectady Babe Ruth field, for a great game, with the outcome not decided until the final pitch. The Whiz bats were hot early, plating 1 run in the first, and 4 runs in the second. The Cubs pushed one run across in th...
The Capital Division will be playing tomorrow at 11:00 AM at Watervliet HS. Like any other group of older baseball teams, we could use a couple of pitchers and catchers. So if you are in your 50s, 60s or 70s and can either throw strikes and/or squat down and get back up - come join us! Contact me at dballjr@...
Reading the paper I was saddened to read of the passing of Jim Bouton. As a teen, reading his books brought a lot into focus. The people in his books lived like we do, had the same foibles and failings and enjoyed what they did in their way. He humanized a game and class of people - actually made them more acc...
The Twins defeated the Pirates at New Scotland last night 20-8. Scoring in each of the first 3 innings, the Twins jumped to a 7-0 lead, but the Pirates came back with 4 runs in the bottom of the 4th, with the big blow being a bases loaded single off the bat of Jim Ansel. Motivated by the Pirates challenge, th...
I had the opportunity to play in a Matinee Division game today. It was good competition and anyone going south in the fall should take advantage of this. Big thanks to Jim McQuade and Jimmy K for organizing and getting this Division off the ground.
Pitching and defense wins games. The Yankees starter, John Weber out pitched Cubs' starter Mike Girard, surrendering just 2 runs, while scattering 10 hits, walking none and striking out 2. The Yankees defense did have 3 errors on the night, but made the rest of the plays and turned 3 double plays in th...
The Dodgers and Cardinals met at Watervliet HS for the first of two games this week in phase two of the 55+ division season. Crafty veteran John Latorre took the mound for the red birds and had the Dodgers' batters shaking their heads on the way back to the dugout. "I was way out in front". "Ugh, right off t...
