Hey guys! Its been a week since the Albany Caps returned home from a grueling Fall Classic Tournament. The last day was 85 degrees, sunny and we all knew what the weather was in NY. Anyway, the team that beat us 2-1 during the week, the Puerto Rico Royals, won the American division title. We eventually go...
I don't know many details, but 4 CDMSBL'ers hooked up with the Philly Mustangs that just took the 70+ Hobbs championship this afternoon. Bob Hiller, Brad Buchan, Don Wixon, and Fred Pidgeon all contributed mightily. Wixon in particular caught the majority of the prelim games innings as he was the on...
While a lot of you have been enjoying the warm weather in Arizona and Florida recently your BOD have been busy via email on some league business. Recently representatives from the league met with the Scotia-Glenville Babe Ruth regarding the use of Bob Moore Field for next season. The reps for the fiel...
An expansion team in the 45+ Division is proposed to accommodate players looking for playing time and good fun on Sundays. The league understands the team may not be competitive with the best 45+ clubs, so the schedule will likely be adjusted. We have until the league meeting in December to get a roste...
Today we faced the Puerto Rico Royals and apparently one of their best pitchers a Gregory Rodriquez. We had Curt Tucker on the bump and did not expect the performance he gave us. He pitched a complete game with 1 strikeout, only 2 walks, and gave up 9 hits. AND zero earned runs. Unfortunately in the 5th in...
Well if I told my local CDMSBL guys that our 50+ team finally woke up at the plate and scored 8 runs with Pat Alston and Jim Bonaparte both going 3 for 4 both with doubles, Jimmy Tesoriero and Mark Sullivan both going 2 for 4, Timmy Burns going 2 for 3, and the team scattering 17 hits..... you would think we wo...
Tournament jitters, cobwebs, breaking the ice.... I do not know what to call it but the Mustangs pitcher was not overpowering and yet we could not string the hits together within an inning to pull off game one. Curt Tucker lead off the game with a double to right and we left him stranded. Don Ball got a sin...
It never gets easier to write this post. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Cubs did not win the final. The Puerto Rico Athleticos completed an improbable 3 game sweep of of the top 3 seeds. After beating the defending champs in the quarter finals, the A's came back from 6 runs down against the numb...
Well the Cinderella run ended today for the Albany yankees. We ran into the 7 seed dragons, they played the early game and the pitcher who threw a DH yesterday the first game today and 9 innings of our game ( HE SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 3x in 12 hours in 53 degree water. AMAZING !! Yankees couldnt put it toge...
Both teams entered the game after playing 9 innings in 87 degree heat with high humidity. The carrot of being just one win away from being in the championship game made all of the fatigue and pain disappear for 3 hours. The Cubs again jumped out on top, in the 1st inning. This time a base running mistake tu...
The Cubs bats stayed hot in game one of the playoffs, as they pounded out 20 hits and 16 runs, in a 16-7 quarterfinal win. The Cubs got on the board first again, with 4 runs in the first. Scott Ross, Dave Mitchell, Ron Lochner, Jerry Rosen, Dean Little, and Darrell Duncan all had hits in the rally. Lochner,...
The Cubs will roll into the playoffs tomorrow, off of an impressive 22-3 rout of the Tri-state (Triad) Titans. The Albany team finished pool play at 4-1, with a tournament low 15 runs given up in 5 games. The game was never in doubt as the Cubs erupted for 5 runs in the first inning, and 6 more in the second....
