2001 - THE YEAR IN REVIEW

A comprehensive review of the 2001 season. Also be sure to check out:

WINTERBALL PROVES A FREEZE-FEST
December 2, 2001

Dave Joseph
On both MABL & MSBL winning teams.		 More than 35 baseball players across the Boston MSBL and MABL battled in the First Annual Winterball Extravaganza. In two 9-inning contests, Jimmy King managed the MSBL while Brett Rudy managed the MABL. Get all the photos and scores from baseball in December at the 2001 Winterball Extravaganza.

Game 1: MSBL 17, MABL 7

Game 2: MABL 6, MSBL 2
GETTING TOURNEY PLAY THIS OFFSEASON
November 15, 2001
During October and November, eight Boston Baseball League teams participated in national tournaments. Review the complete 2001/2002 Summary of Tournaments.

  • New England Pride
  • Boston Dirt Dogs
  • Boston United
  • New England Stars
  • Boston Braves
  • Boston Wolfpack
  • Brockton Athletics
  • Riverside Cardinals.


October, 2001
Phoenix, Arizona


November, 2001
Orlando, Florida

RHODE ISLAND STARS WIN EAST BRIDGEWATER TOURNEY
October 8, 2001
Congratulations to the Rhode Island Stars -- champions of the East Bridgewater Tournament for the second straight year. The Stars defeated the Cleveland Circle Indians in the Championship Game 5-2. The other Final Four teams included the Boston Dirt Dogs and the Quincy Devil Rays.
THAT'S A WRAP
October 5, 2001

Congratulations to the MABL and MSBL Champions!!

  • MABL -- Yankees beat Rockies 3-2
  • MSBL Booth Division -- Brockton Indians beat Somerville Senators 2-0
  • MSBL Perry Division -- Wellesley Monarch beat South Shore Rangers 2-1
  • MSBL Diamond Division -- Boston Mets beat Brockton Athletics 2-1
  • MSBL 40+ -- Hyde Park Braves beat Duxbury Twins 2-1
WHAT A SEASON! MORE ACTION AT THE BANQUET
September 30, 2001

Today, Sunday, September 30th from the 2001 MABL Banquet was held at the McKeon Post in Dorchester. Trophies for Champions and awards for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Player's Choice and iMassRadio were handed out. There are tons of 2001 MABL Banquet Pictures.

See all those receiving votes for 2001 MABL Awards for MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year and Player's Choice. 2001 MABL Saturday League Awards are also available for review.


MVP, Jeff Coveney, Yankees


Repeat Cy Young, Bryan Gauvin, Yankees

YANKEES CROWNED CHAMPIONS - AGAIN
Septemer 27, 2001
The Yankees win the MABL Championship Series by defeating the Rockies 3 games to 2 and by a score of 13-5 in Game #5. Yankee pitcher Jon Mugar was named Series MVP as he recorded all 3 MABL Championship Series Finals victories. View the 2001 Championship Page or View Yankees Celebration Photos.


2001 Champion Yankees


Yankees celebrate

RED SOX WIN THE N.I.T. TOURNEY
September 23, 2001

Brian Fodera launches NIT tourney.		 Red Sox 11, Diamondbacks 0. The Red Sox win the MABL NIT. Corey Aldoupolis pitched 6 shut out innings. Dan Williams closed out by hitting two and striking out three preserving the shut out. The Sox lineup was productive from top to bottom.

This tourney was set up for 8 non-playoff teams to continue playing into September. See all the 2001 NIT teams and scores.
FINALS BEGIN WITH REMEMBERENCE OF 9/11
September 14, 2001

After three days of rememberence for the horrific events of September 11, the Game 1 of the MABL Finals got underway. The Yankees defeated the Rockies 14-7.

Prior to the game, players and fans held a moment of silence as respect for our nation. And as the game begun, seven Yankee runs in the second inning was the difference in this game. The Yankees pounded 14 hits led by Andrew Burton who went a perfect 4 for 4 with 4 RBIs and a double. 9 of 10 Yankees starters crossed the plate. Mike Moloney (2-4) and Greg Crossman (2-4) both had deep triples. Dave Galehouse also had a multi-hit game while Mike Ganley had a 3 RBI day. For the Rockies, Dave Mitrou, Gary Moran and John Sutich all had multi-hit games. On the pitching front, Yankee Jon Mugar was not a sharp as usual (7 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 6 BB), but picked up his 3rd win of the playoffs. Mugar allowed no runs in the last 3 innings after giving up 5 runs in the 4th. Kyle Philson took the loss for the Rockies.
BOSTON BASEBALL GETS PRESS IN HARDBALL MAGAZINE
August 20, 2001
The Boston Baseball League is only 1 of 325 MSBL/MABL affiliates in the country, but we dominated Hardball Magazine in the Summer 2001 issue:

  • Cover: Holiday Classic - Wolf Pack
  • Page 2: Dave Patterson photo, Duxbury Mets, from 2000 World Series
  • Page 13: Picture of Wolf Pack getting trophy
  • Page 14: Boston United results from Florida, January 2001
  • Page 18-19: Story on Wolf Pack Championship!!!!
  • Page 20-21: Standings of NE Bandits robbery in Puerto Rico.
  • Page 22: Standings of Boston Turf Dawgs Las Vegas Debacle!
  • Page 32: Boston Hits Airwaves -- iMassRadio story, by Brett Rudy, with pictures of Sean McCarty and Eric August
PHILLIES CROWNED SATURDAY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
August 18, 2001
Congratulations to managers Brendan Power and Paul Cassidy and the rest of the Phillies' on their inaugural Saturday League series victory. The Phillies swept the Orioles 2 games to 0 with wins of 10-6 in Game 1 and 5-2 in Game 2.
ATLANTIC BLANKS BAY STATE IN ALL-STAR GAME
July 29, 2001
Atlantic All-Stars 4, Baystate All-Stars 0. Two-time MABL MVP Mark Doucette of the Braves was selected player of the game, driving in 3 of the 4 Atlantic All-Stars' runs, and smacking a 2-run homer over the left field fence. Jeff Seng of the Cubs singled and scored the first run of the game for the Atlantic. Last year's MABL Cy Young, Bryan Gauvin of the Yankees was the star on the mound, striking out 5 of the 6 batters he faced to start the game. Keith Umlauf of the Cubs also pitched a ninth inning without allowing a hit. For the Baystate All-Stars, of their four hits, the big one was a double off the bat of Gary Moran of the Rockies that nearly cleared the right-center field fence, but fell short. Jeff James of the Cardinals also pitched 2 perfect innings.


Mark Doucette homers.		 See Game and Team Photos.

Or listen to the 2001 All-Star Game Promo. During the game broadcast, Managers Eric August and Brian Cooper were live-mic'd the entire game, un-censored. John Breslin (Mets) worked the PA. Scott Gilefsky (Dodgers) and Tyler Walsh (Astros) did the play-by-play. Bart Lawyer (Rockies) worked the scoreboard and sound system. Brian Fodera (Mets) performed the National Anthem. Brett Rudy (White Sox) and Marc LeMay (iMassRadio) were the executive producers.
MSBL ALL-STAR GAME PUTS PERRY DIVISION ON TOP
July 26, 2001
Perry All-Stars 5, Booth All-Stars 3. On the collaboration of 8 pitchers and some timely hitting and solid defense in the field, the Perry Division All-Stars were able to overcome an early 2-0 lead by the Booth Division and some fine pitching from Gerard Powers to take control of the lead in the 5th inning. Winning pitcher was Tom Tish of the Lexington Astros and closing the game pitching 2 strong shutout innings to get the save was Tom Manning.
MSBL AT THE DOWNEAST CLASSIC
July 2, 2001

This weekend, 4 MSBL teams competed in the MSBL Down East Wood Bat Classic tournament in Portland, Maine. Teams from all across New England and New York were there. 3 of 4 teams advanced to the semifinals:

28+ Division: Cleveland Circle Indians

Game 1 - Maine All-Stars 4, CC Indians 3
Game 2 - NH All-Stars 4, CC Indians 3
Game 3 - CC Indians 8, Tri-State All-Stars 6

28+ Division: New England Bandits

Game 1 - Bandits 2, Connecticut 0
Game 2 - Bandits 6, Maine 2
Game 3 - Rhode Island Stars 8, Bandits 2
Semifinals - Connecticut 10, Bandits 4
   

38+ Division: Acton Orioles

Game 1 - Orioles 11, Albany 1
Game 2 - Orioles 18, Maine Reds 0
Game 3 - Orioles 7, Wolf Pack 6
Semifinals - Orioles 2, Rhode Island Yankees 0
Finals - Long Island Mets 10, Orioles 0

38+ Division: Boston Wolf Pack

Game 1 - Wolf Pack 5, Maine Reds 2
Game 2 - Wolf Pack 12, Albany 6
Game 3 - Acton Orioles 7, Wolf Pack 6
Semifinals - Long Island Mets 5, Wolf Pack 4 (13 innings)

GREG O'KEEFE TOSSES NO HITTER
June 25, 2001

Greg O'Keefe tosses no-hitter.

Rockies 1, Yankees 0. Rockie, Greg O'Keefe pitched the first MABL no hitter of the season versus the 1st Place Yankees from the Western Atlantic Conference!! O'Keefe also become the 8th Rockie pitcher to record a win (out of 9 total Rockie wins). In 7 strong innings, O'Keefe struck out 12. Neal Roper scored the only run of the game for both sides in the 5th inning after tripling to lead off the inning. Yankees pitcher Jon Mugar pitched a gem as well, allowing only 4 hits in 6 innings.
PIRATES BEAT WHITE SOX AT BASEBALL HALL OF FAME
May 29, 2001

Pirates 12, White Sox 2. The White Sox battled the Pirates in historic Cooperstown, New York at Doubleday Field at the Baseball Hall of Fame in the first Boston MABL game ever played outside of the Greater Boston Area. The Bucs pulled off the win. See the 2001 Cooperstown Photo Album.

Many players can now say they got base hits at the Hall of Fame. For the Pirates: Eric August (2 hits, 1 double), Conrad Paquette, Sean Devan (2 hits), Jim Belcastro, Shayne Guiliano, and Craig Vecharelli. For the White Sox: Aarron Hutchins, Al Wiesner (2 doubles), Sam Voolich, Murray Reed, Jon Banchick, and Mike Gennaro.


White Sox in Cooperstown, NY


Pirates arrive at Doubleday Field.
Craig Vecharelli (center) will notch the win.

FODERA WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
May 20, 2001

Brian Fodera, manager of the MABL Mets, won $16,000 tonight on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He was the first player to make it to the "Hot Seat." Ironically, the question after he walked away with his prize was: "Place the following Major League Baseball teams in geographical order from West to East: Rockies, Padres, Cubs, Orioles."

Brian Fodera on Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Brian Fodera on Who Wants to be a Millionaire
OPENING DAY HAS ARRIVED
April 30, 2001
Opening day is on the scene, and so is iMassRadio. See the complete Boston Baseball/iMassRadio schedule. Or Read the article recently published in Hardball Magazine about the Boston Baseball League and iMassRadio.

Sean McCarty and Rob Dexter call the plays for the first iMassRadio.com broadcast
2000's leader in triples, Eric August, comes in standing for his second triple of the day
BRENDAN RYAN #1 PICK AT MABL DRAFT
April 7, 2001

Brendan Ryan
#1 pick, Tigers		 For the second straight year, more than 200 ballplayers tried out for the Boston Baseball League. Overall, about 70 were selected for teams. However, due to the amazing demand, the MABL will be adding a Saturday league to accommodate about 100 of the undrafted players. Congratulations to all those who were selected, including Brendan Ryan, the MABL #1 pick overall in the 2001 draft. Others selected to MABL Age 18+ teams are listed here.

New MABL recruits addressed by league VP
Heather Diamond signs them all in
OFF-SEASON TOURNEYS WRAP UP
March 30, 2001

Boston Baseball League tournament participation this off-season: