“The Rattlers is a team comprised of five of my nephews and two brothers in law,” said player/manager Manny Ocampo. “Our Desert Classic team has become a yearly family event.  Any other players on the team quickly become part of our family, too.  We are a very closely knit team, on and off the field and wherever we are playing.”

Submitted by Hal Young, "We have a great opportunity to make a goodwill humanitarian baseball tour to Nicaragua in late January and early February, 2019.  The trip will be approximately 10 days. As many of you know, baseball is the national pastime in Nicaragua."

Every year we post this humorous baseball video from country artist Gord Bamford titled 'Baseball Glove.' Enjoy!

The Rhode Island Sea Dogs capped a season that saw them win 20 games by defeating the Somerset Braves in a best of five series, three games to one. The Sea Dogs were led the entire post season by their ace, Bob Barton. Barton pitched 17 innings in the championship series, giving up three earned runs and winning two games.

Heading into the 2018 season, the INMBL 35+ Spokane Angels had one thing in mind: Championship! After a disappointing season in 2017 the Angels returned this year determined to rebound. The Angel’s had their core group of players all returning this season, along with new additions Adam Singleton and Matt Gross.

Carlo Adame is a second baseman for the Louisville Slugger Warriors National Amputee Baseball Team and served four tours of duty in Iraq as a US Army Sergeant First Class (Ret.). As you can see in the attached photo, Carlo and his dog Benny are both right leg amputees.

Happy Holidays from Marucci! Here is the Marucci November 2018 special bat of the month.  Part of that agreement is to provide special pricing monthly and promotions exclusively for MSBL players.  Just click on the image on the left to read more about the promotion.

Stated manager Alex Castro, "We were a first year team in the Sacramento Men’s Baseball League and my first time simultaneously both managing and playing and we were very fortunate to have taken the title.  Overall it was a great season with a great bunch of guys that were out there enjoying the game we love."