Stephen King, no, not THAT Stephen King, is the league president of the Central Arkansas MSBL, a post he has enjoyed since 2022.  Stephen topped the list of people we wanted to contact as we begin our 2026 edition of MSBL League Profiles.

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November 1^st, 2025, Tempe, AZ – The Seattle Ravens closed out a perfect 9-0 tournament run with a hard-fought victory over the Houston Gamblers in the 35+ Cactus Championship game in Tempe Diablo Stadium.

The Ravens earned their first-ever MSBL World Series championship after enduring well over a decade of proverbial blood, sweat, and tears.

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Hey Dad! Want to have a catch? Matt asked me…How fitting!

We made our way up to the field and waited for our turn to use the field. When we finished “having a catch,” Matt met me at home plate and gave a warm and steady embrace. He told me how much I meant to him and how thankful he was for all Roseanne I have done for him.

I cried tears of joy.

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The LA Athletics captured the 70+ division championship at the MSBL Desert Classic in Palm Springs by going 3 – 0 in pool play and getting the top playoff seed.

Kenny Jungsten, Danny Pawelek, and Wayne Grapes were the winning pitchers in pool play, limiting opponents to eight runs in the three games.

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A single by leadoff hitter Jeff Newman plated a run, making it 5-3, and a stolen base and fielding error allowed another run to score, making it 5-4 with nobody out.

Carl Detert picked up the win in game two with five innings of 3-hit ball, while Fernando DaSilva grabbed the save with four innings of 5-hit relief, as the two hurlers combined to strike out 11 while only walking one.

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Special thanks to Douglas Thigpen for being a great sponsor of this team. Shoutout to Flabio Torres for pitching three consecutive games. This baseball team is based on family values. We would love to carry this tradition for the years to come and play ball for as long as we can! See you next year!  Jerry Garcia, manager

P.S. Now that we know the rules for this particular tournament, we will be better at managing them next year! lol 

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We are kicking off our 2026 series of MSBL League Profiles with Joe Vallely, League President of the Lehigh Valley MABL/MSBL.  Joe has been a board member since 2020 and assumed the leadership role in 2024.

We asked Joe to answer a few questions for us, and he was very gracious with his time.  Please enjoy a moment with Joe Vallely and his Lehigh Valley MSBL/MABL, a league that has worn the MSBL banner since 1988.

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