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| 2010 REGULAR SEASON WRAP UP
 September 8, 2010: The 2010 MABL Playoffs start on Wednesday with the following matchups:
Atlantic Division (1) Blue Jays vs (4) Ben's Dream White Sox - What a difference a year can mak as the Blue Jays ended the season with the best record in the MABL and winners of the Atlantic Division after a disappointing year last year in which they did not qualify for the post season. Kyle Buika, MABL Cy Young Candidate, and the Blue Jays will face off against the Whitesox and MVP Candidate Ivan Clemente. (2) Cutters vs (3) Lawrence Dbacks - The Cutters and MABL MVP Candidate Adam Del Rio look to defend their 2009 Championship title against the Dbacks. All series are best of 3
Baystate Division (1) Spinners vs (4) Senators-The Spinners take on the Senators who punched their ticket to the playoffs with an 8-3 record in their last 11 games to lock up the 4th seed on the arm of Cy Young Candidate Mike Cook. During the regular season though the Spinners took 2 out 3 against the Senators and MVP Candidate Nick Bonard led the charge. (2) Tigers vs (3) Reds - Reds swept the season series vs the Tigers in 3 very good battles. Manager Brett Nowlin and the Reds looks to carry that momentum over into the Playoffs but will have their work cut out for them versus Eric Harvey, MABL Cy Young Candidate, and a veteran Tigers team.
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| CAPE COD CLASSIC BLOWS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND
 September 3-6, 2010: Ignoring the hype of Hurricane Earl, the 16th Annual  Cape Cod Classic was held Labor Day Weekend. The Framingham Orioles defended their title defeating the Connecticut Top Hats, 6-1. The 16 team tournament included BMBL teams the Red Sox, Club Franz and host Middlesex Thunder.
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AUGUST |
Player of the
Month |
Pitcher of the
Month |
MABL |
Nick Bonard
- Spinners
10-23, .430 AVG., 8R, 12 BB & 3 RBIs |
 Randy Casey -
Spinners
3-0, 0.91 ERA w/21 Ks in 23 Innings. |
MSBL 30 |
 Stan Demartinis
- Boston Bombers
13-25, .520 AVG., 10R, 3 2B, 1 HR & 7 RBIs
Dan Montero
- Newton Red Sox
15-23, .650 AVG., 8R, 6 2B & 6 RBIs |
Rich Hartman
- Milton Breakers
3-0, 1.16 ERA w/29 Ks in 18 Innings.
Mike Caccavelli
- Natick Knights
2-0, 0.63 ERA w/17 Ks in 33 Innings. |
MSBL 40 |
Dan Jolly - Wellesley Monarchs
7-10, .700 BA, 4 R, & 5 RBIs. |
Bill Kaliris - Woody's Brewers
1-0 in 10IP, beat Red Sox to end 21 game win streak |
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| NEW LEAGUE LOGO SELECTED
 August 14, 2010: The BMBL launched a design contest at  to create a new BMBL league logo and the winner is posted to the left. Thank you to all that voted and supplied comments. Although somewhat generic, this logo is clean, looks readable whether big or small, and works both in B&W and color. See all the designs submitted here.
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| MID SUMMER CLASSIC DOUBLE FEATURE
 August 7, 2010: The BMBL held their 2010 MABL and MSBL All-Star Games today at LeLacheur Stadium in Lowell. The National League All-Stars defeated the American League All-Stars 15-4 in game one and the Atlantic All-Stars staged a late rally to defeat the Baystate All-Stars in the nightcap, 6-2.
In the MSBL game, the National League team, featuring a Heisman Trophy winner and a former Major League pitcher, pounded out 17 hits and 15 runs on their way to beating the American League All-Stars. The hit parade was lead by Doug Flutie, George O'Conner and Dana Levensaler who each had 2 hits. Levensaler, who was also an MABL All-Star, led the team in RBIs with 3 followed by Rob Linn, Flutie and Stan Demartinis with 2 a piece. Tom Dowey pitched 3 innings of middle relief to pick up the win and Kevin McGlinchey pitched the ninth throwing consistently in the low 90's. The AL got scoreless innings from Cary Atsalis, Kevin Colmey, Steve Joseph, and Rich Winnant and RBIs from Brett Rudy, Mike Nicastro, Chris Anderson, and Gary Walker.
In the MABL game, pitching and defense were the story through 8 innings as only 1 unearned run scored for the Bay State Stars. Atlantic bats came to life in the 9th with 6 runs started by a hit by Eric Fuderman. Adam del Rio knocked in the tieing run with his 3rd hit of the game. Julio Gonzales, Anthony Tomoro and Steve Vaneeran also had RBI hits in the inning. Steve Shaw picked up the win pitching a scoreless 8th. Del Rio was the offensive star for Atlantic going 3-4 with an RBI. For the Bay State, Mike Cook struck out side in the 3rd while consistantly breaking 90mph on the gun.
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BMBL HALL OF FAME
 August 4, 2010: The BMBL announces
the induction of two players into the BMBL Hall of Fame. The two most dominating lefty pitchers in league history will be recognized at this year's All-Star Game at LaLacheur
Park, MABL's Bryan Gauvin
and MSBL's Steve Donovan. Congratulations!
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Bryan Gauvin |
Steve Donovan |
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JULY |
Player of the
Month |
Pitcher of the
Month |
MABL |
 Mike Knell
- Reds
7-16, .438 AVG., 3R, 2B, 3B & 4 RBIs |
 Jamie Matthews -
Cutters
3-0, 0.44 ERA w/19 Ks in 16 Innings. |
MSBL 30 |
Ezequiel Roman
- JM Force of Hyde Park
12-23, .522 AVG., 5R, 3 2B, & 8 RBIs
 Bill Carlezon
- Wayland White Sox
11-18, .611 AVG., 6 RBIs & 3 2B |
 Philip Gallant
- JM Force of Hyde Park
3-0, 0.44 ERA w/19 Ks in 16 Innings.
 Kevin Curtin
- Wayland White Sox
3-0, 0.56 ERA w/25 Ks in 25 Innings. |
MSBL 40 |
Bob Iandoli - Woody's Brewers
7-10, .700 BA, 3 R, & 1 RBIs. |
Paul Tuccelli - Woody's Brewers
2-0 w/94Ks in 16 Innings |
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| ORIOLES CAPTURE COOPERSTOWN CLASSIC
  July 17-18, 2010: The Orioles won the 2010
Cooperstown Classic, winning the championship game over the Ben's Dream White Sox by a score of 8-6.
The Orioles swept the field for their first Classic championship.
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JUNE |
Player of the
Month |
Pitcher of the
Month |
MABL |
 Dan Field
- Tigers
7-14, .500 AVG., 3R, & 4 RBIs
 John DeAngelo
- Cutters
8-16, .500 AVG., 5R, 2 2B & 1 RBIs |
 Kyle Buika -
Blue Jays
3-0, 0.33 ERA w/24 Ks in 21 Innings. |
MSBL 30 |
Steve Busby
- Boston Braves
10-14, .714 AVG., 10R, 1 2B, & 2 RBIs
 Paul Laurin
- North Andover Thunder
7-19, .368 AVG., 5 RBIs & 1 HR
also 3-0 pitching |
Jeffrey Roach - Lynn Lugnuts
3-0, 1 S, 0.62 ERA w/20K in 11.2 Innings. |
MSBL 40 |
Steven Pratt - Acton Orioles
8-12, .667 BA, 3 R, 5 RBIs, & 2 3B |
 Glenn Watson - Metro Red Sox
3-0, 0.00 ERA w/14Ks in 16.2 Innings
No Hitter 6/7/10 |
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| DOWNEAST CLASSIC GOES TO THE DOGS
  July 3-5, 2010: The Maine Diamond Dogs won the 2010
MSBL Downeast Classic, winning the championship game over the Seacoast MSBL 35s. Scott Ellis, of the BMBL was named tournament MVP. Last year's winner, the Medford Mets, lost in the semifinals to Seacoast. The Boston Red Sox, in the 25+ bracket, also fell short in the championship game to the Rome Bombers. The North Andover Thunder also participated in the 35+ division.
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MAY |
Player of the
Month |
Pitcher of the
Month |
MABL |
 Adam Del Rio
- Cutters
13-23, .565 AVG., 7R, 5 RBIs & 1 HR |
Chris Dowd -
Brewers
3-1, 0.47 ERA w/17 Ks in 19.2 Innings. |
MSBL 30 |
 Fabian Alicea
- Roxbury Panthers
14-25, .583 AVG., 12R, 5 2B, 8 RBIs & 1 3B |
Bob Austin - Braintree Braves
3-0, 0.875 ERA w/12K in 24 Innings. |
MSBL 40 |
Scott Sack - Lynn Lugnuts 40's
8-12, .667 BA, 8 R, 6 RBIs, & 1 2B |
Mike Moore - Waltham Braves
2-1, 1.31 ERA w/8Ks in 16 Innings. |
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| BOSTON WOLFPACK COME BACK TO CAPTURE LAS VEGAS OPEN
  May
29-31, 2010: The Boston Wolfpack swept the 2010
MSBL Las Vegas Open, winning their three pool games and then winning a thriller against Team Victory in the Championship. It was the second Open championship for the Pack who also won in 2008. Boston was the runner up in 2006 and 2007 and did not participate in the 2009 Open which was won by Team Victory.
Richie Figueroa pitched a 3-hitter over Tri-Valley 40's to earn the bye, but in the Finals, the Wolfpack fell behind 7-1 after 3 on some miscues and 2-out hits. Carmelo Bastain, Bobby Iandoli, and Carlo Molinaris hit consecutive singles and Boston scored 3 in the 7th, then 4 more in the 8th with Miguel Franquiz knocking in the go ahead run to make is 8-7. Marco Barragan got the win in relief, pitching 6 scoreless innings to pick up his second win of the tournament.
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| OPENING DAY 4 WEEKS
AWAY
 April 24-25, 2010:
Weather permitting, the 2010 Boston Men's Baseball League will
begin the weekend of April 24-25th. New teams in the MSBL
are the Braintree Braves, Cambridge Cantabs, JM Force of Hyde
Park, Lexington Blue Sox. In the Masters Division, we welcome
the Lynn Lugnuts 40's and Waltham Braves.
All 14 MABL teams
have Clubhouse
websites this year with the Lawrence DBacks taking
top honors for creativity.
Good luck to all teams in Twenty Ten.
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| BOSTON WOLFPACK TAKES TITLE AT GRAPEFRUIT CLASSIC
  March
27-28, 2010: The Boston Wolfpack swept the 2010
MSBL Grapefruit Classic, winning all four of their
games. The first year tournament was held at Terry Park in Ft.
Myers, Flordia during Spring Traininig.
The Wolfpack got great pitching performances from Kevin
Curtin, Jay Hoyt, Richie Figueroa
and Junior Rentas allowing only 2 runs total in four games. Offensive stars included
Rentas, Carmelo Bastain, Bobby
Iandoli, and tournament MVP German Rivera.
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| MSBL 2010 TRYOUT A
HIT AT EXTRA INNINGS - Woburn
 March 14, 2010:
The 30+ MSBL held their tryout for 2010 at Extra Innings - Woburn.
Kevin Rielly of Extra
Innings - Woburn opened his facility to our league.
Click here
for discount coupons for Extra Innings - Woburn!
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| MABL 2010 TRYOUT SCORES
AT EXTRA INNINGS - Woburn
March 14, 2010:
The MABL held their tryout for 2010 at Extra Innings - Woburn.
Thank you to Kevin Rielly of Extra
Innings - Woburn for opening his facility to our league.
League managers were in attendance to watch players hit while
pitchers threw off a mound. A draft followed immediately after
the tryout, where managers selected players based on need.
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| PLAYING BALL IN CUBA
 February 14-21, 2010:
Through the program, Baseball
Adventures, BMBL players Russ Ward
and Steve Wolf travelled to Cuba in a rare
opportunity to be a Baseball Ambassador and play baseball in
this forbidden paradise against former Cuban National Team Players.
Cubans play baseball with more passion, much like it used to
be in the USA. They play everywhere and at all ages. You'll
see kids in fields playing with sticks for bats, taped up rocks
for balls and no glove. The Cubans have very little baseball
gear and by the end of the week, we had given away all our baseballs,
cleats, gloves, bats and other equipment walking away from the
last game shirtless, shoeless and only in shorts.
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| 16th Annual MSBL CARIBBEAN
WINTER BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
 February 11-14, 2010:
Three teams represented the BMBL in the 16th Annual MSBL Caribbean
Winter Baseball Championship in Puerto Rico. The
Rhode Island Cardinals won the 35+ Division running the table
going 7-0. The Dorchester Dodgers went 1-4 in the 25+ Division.
New England Bandits finished with a 1-4 record in the 35+ Division
and did not qualify for the playoff round. The Bandits were
in every game but unfortunately came up short. New England's
win was highlighted by an outstanding complete game pitching
performance by Israel Gonzales, formally of
the Concord Senators in the NH Granite State League and the
Boston Wolfpack. Izzy pitched New England to a 2-1 victory over
Puerto Rico and also stepped up with two clutch hits resulting
in both of New England's runs.
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| BMBL PLAYERS CONDUCT
CLINIC IN THE BAHAMAS
Janaury 28-31, 2010: NASSAU,
BAHAMAS -- Your
Last Shot and the Bahamas
Baseball Federation hosted a four day baseball
camp in Nassau, The Bahamas. Daily clinics were organized for
instruction on offensive and defensive baseball positions; pitching,
running, bunting, and play strategies; as well as on-going practice
drills and games through-out the four days for 200 Bahamian
youths aged 13-18. The camp was sponsored by Microsoft, Indusa
Global, and Cogentes. Coaches for the Camp included Shane
Monahan, a Scout with the San Diego Padres and a former
MLB player with the Seattle Mariners; Sean O'Connor
and John Di Carlo, Scouts with the San Francisco
Giants; James Bonnici, a Scout with the Tampa
Bay Rays; and Steve Wolf, President of the
Boston Men's Baseball League. Theodore Sweeting,
Secretary General of The Bahamas Baseball Federation stated,
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for young Bahamian
baseball players to work with scouts and coaches from professional
baseball teams.
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| 2010 MSBL/MABL DISNEY
HOLIDAY CLASSIC
 January 15-18, 2010:
The Boston Wolfpack successfully defended their
title in the 11th Annual
MSBL / MABL Disney Holiday Classic at ESPN
Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World. The Wolfpack
won the 45+ Division over the San Antonio Brewers, 3-0. Sean
O'Connor scattered 7 hits while going the distance.
Carmelo Bastian and Richie Figueroa
both doubled to knock in key runs in the finals while Rosario
Carrion and Russ Ward led the team
in hitting to help Boston extend their run of three straight
Disney Championships.
The Boston Cutters pounded out 32 Runs in
pool play in the 18+ Division and earned the 3 seed in the Playoffs
vs the Tampa Shockers who defeated the Cutters in game 1 of
pool play 4-1.
In the Semi-Finals, the Cutters found scored in the top of
the 1st but found themselves down 4-1 after 1. They responded
with 3 in the top of the 2nd to knot things up at 4. The next
4 innings the Cutters and Shockers traded runs until the 6th
when the Cutters scored 2 runs highlighted by Tony Ramos's
second double of the game to score Frank Alexopolous
and Ramos eventually scored on a pass ball to put the Cutters
up 8-6 after 5. Dorian Rojas scored Josue
Feliciano in the top of the 7th and the Cutters were
up 10-6 after 6 and 1/2. In the bottom of the 7th, the Shockers
led off the inning with a solo homerun and within a blink of
an eye, they led 11-10 after 7. Cutters go 1,2,3 in the top
of the 8th before the game was called due to the imposed time
limit rule. Stars for The Cutters included Ramos who had 3 doubles
a Grand Slam and 7 rbis and Marvin Malaret
with 2 doubles, a triple and 5 rbi's.
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Boston Braves 0-4 |
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Boston Wolfpack 5-0 |
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