MSBL National Hall of Fame
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Bennett Fisher, Houston Hardball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Bennett Fisher is an attorney who resides in Houston and began his MSBL career in the Houston Hardball League back in the fall of…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Recipient Jefrey Brown, SoCal MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 61-year-old Jef Brown is at the peak of his earning and baseball-playing careers, as a business owner performing financial planning, Insurance work, and assembling…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Recipient: Jim Frenn, Bay Area MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 72-year-‘young’ Jim Frenn has been the League President of the Bay Area MSBL since 2013 and was inducted into the MSBL Honor Roll in…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Joe O’Brien, League President, Arizona MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Joe O’Brien is the 48-year-old envy of every league president in the MSBL family. Most of us look forward to competing on the beautiful…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Jim Doran, Southern Maine Men’s Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Jim Doran joined the Southern Maine Men’s Baseball League, based in Portland, Maine, in 1999 and has worked himself up to Commissioner of the…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Philip Ellis, Southern Senior Baseball League, Huntsville, Alabama
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Philip Ellis (left) is the 60-year-old League President of the Southern Senior Baseball League located in and around Huntsville, Alabama. The league sports a…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Rob Isbell, Central North Carolina MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Robert (Rob) Isbell is the 61-year-old League President of the Central North Carolina MSBL, the league he has called home for the past 17…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Herbert ‘Bud’ Maison, MSBL/MABL of Southern Colorado
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 57-year-old Herbert ‘Bud’ Maison is the League President of the MSBL/MABL of Southern Colorado in Colorado Springs, as well as being the father of…
2024 MSBL/MABL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Joe Hellett, Jacksonville MABL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Joe Hellett is a mover and shaker in the state of Florida and has been an integral part of the current and ever-expanding MSBL…
2024 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Tony Martin, Cleveland MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications (Following is an excerpt from a previous article written about the Cleveland MSBL in January of 2024) “The Cleveland MSBL has been a part of the MSBL family…
2023 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Alan Van Ness, Sacramento MSBL League President
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications The Sacramento MSBL is one of the crown jewels of the MSBL nation. They are a major player in national tournaments and offer…
2023 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Ryan Lutzka, Twin Cities Men’s Adult Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 41-year-old Ryan Lutzka is the league president of the Twin Cities Men’s Adult Baseball League located in and around Minneapolis. The Plymouth, Minnesota resident…
2022 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Dan Hendrickson, Southern Wisconsin MABL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 63-year-old Dan Hendrickson is currently the league treasurer and field coordinator for the successful MABL of Southern Wisconsin, located in Madison. Since beginning his league involvement in…
2022 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Jerry Klemm, DCMSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 67-year-old Jerry Klemm resides in Falls Church, Virginia, a mere seven miles from our nation’s capital. He is the commissioner of the long-standing and…
2022 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Sean Michael Dargan, MABL of Southern Wisconsin
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Sean Michael Dargan is a 54-year-old man who wears many hats, as well as many guitars. Sean is the former president of the MABL…
2021 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Joe Townsend, Puget Sound Senior Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Joe Townsend is a 48-year-old juvenile detention officer who lives in Auburn, Washington, and also plays ball in the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League. …
2021 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Don Etheridge, West Metro Atlanta MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 69-year-old Don Etheridge started the West Metro Atlanta MSBL in 2005 after beginning to play in the Atlanta MSBL in 1996. Attorney Don and…
2021 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Turk Starniri, Lehigh Valley (PA) MSBL/MABL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications (Editor’s Note) When MSBL Founder and President Steve Sigler honors individuals as inductees into the various MSBL Halls of Fame we send out a…
2019 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Noah Clark, Rhode Island MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Rhode Island is famous for clam chowder, George M. Cohan and for not being too awfully big. But the one fact they can be…
2019 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Bob Sherwin, Los Angeles MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications If you have ever participated in an MSBL World Series in your lifetime you have probably seen 2004 MSBL World Series Hall of Fame…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Bob Schiotis, Fresno Men’s Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Bob Schiotis is the president of the Fresno Men’s Baseball League. After the league’s four team inauguration in 1991 the Fresno MSBL has been…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Joe Sidor, OHIO MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Joe Sidor is the 69 year old CEO of the Ohio MSBL, located in and around Canton, Ohio, who is an architect off the…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Terry Van Gundy, Prescott (AZ) MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Terry Van Gundy is a 61 year old MSBL veteran of over 30 years who was the 1988 originator of the Arizona MSBL located…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Rick Fryman, Columbus MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Rick Fryman heads up the Columbus MSBL, a fantastic league offering competition in 25+, 35+ and 45+ divisions. They are one of MSBL’s longest…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Clair Crandall, Southern Maine
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Clair Crandall lives in Scarborough, Maine with wife Karen and plays in the 15 team, two division league known as the Southern Maine Men’s…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Skip Riser, OHIO MSBL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Skip Riser is the 73 year old league president of the Ohio MSBL who lives in Canton Ohio, smack in the middle of football…
2018 MSBL National Hall of Fame Inductee: Gerry Mecca, North Texas (Dallas)
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Gerry Mecca is the past commissioner of the North Texas Amateur Baseball League, located in and around the Dallas area, a position he held…
2018 MSBL Hall of Fame: Kirk Pruitt, North Texas Amateur Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Kirk Pruitt is the president of the North Texas Amateur Baseball League located in and around the Dallas area, a league he has called…
2017 MSBL Hall of Fame
Congratulations Norm Cutliff, Brian Schueller and Joe Daniels By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Norm Cutliff Norm Cutliff is the 74 year old league president of the Taos, New Mexico…
2016 MSBL Hall of Fame
2016 Inductees: John Gambs, Gary Gomez, Tom Maney and Rod Shipman Tom Maney, Capital District (NY) Tom Maney is a fixture in the Capital District MSBL and a regular at…
2015 MSBL Hall of Fame
Paul Brooks, Seacoast Men’s Baseball League Paul Brooks is the 49 year old leader of the Seacoast Men’s Baseball League located in Southern New Hampshire, a league boasting a total…
2014 MSBL Hall of Fame
Rod Tafoya from the New Mexico MSBL, Joe Viau from the Northeast Wisconsin MSBL and Randall Guard from the Central Arkansas MSBL are the 2014 inductees into the MSBL National…
2013 MSBL Hall of Fame
2013 Inductees: Jim Tygrett-DeNuzzi, Darren Brucken, Clint Romero, Wally Brant and Larry Bergren Jim Tygrett-DeNuzzi: Sacramento MSBL Nobel Prize winning doctor, missionary, philosopher and musician Albert Schweitzer once said, “You…
2012 MSBL Hall of Fame
Randy Clemo .President Portland MSBL 2000-present .Eight league championships in 13 years .World Series Champions: DeMarini Giants 2005 and Oregon Outlaws 2009 .Tournament Director for Kalei Mahoe for Cancer Labor…
2011 MSBL Hall of Fame
Stephen Boudreaux .Northwest Arkansas MSBL member since 1997 .NWAMSBL president 2002-present .NWA White Sox player/manager since 1999 .NWAMSBL champions 2004, 2010, 2011 .NWAMSBL runners-up 1999, 2000, 2008 .Arklahoma Shootout champions…
2010 MSBL Hall of Fame
Ralph Proulx .President Buffalo MSBL 1992-present .Regional tournament Championships: 2006 NE Regional Labor Day Classic 35+ 2010 NE Regional Labor Day Classic 35+ 2011 NE Regional Labor Day Classic 35+…
2009 MSBL Hall of Fame
Gary Bowman .Salt Lake City MSBL .President Utah MSBL 2003-present .Helps organize multiple tournament teams every year .Acts as area league director Herb McReynolds .Founder and president of Tucson MSBL…
2008 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jon Garbacz .Twin City MSBL/Mabl .President Twin City MSBL/MABL since 1997 .Presided over league growth from 22 teams in 2006 to 42 in 2011 .Instituted a 28+ division Charles McCroskey…
2007 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jim Baugher .Tucson MSBL .President Tucson MSBL 1998-present .Tucson MSBL vice-president 1993-1997 .Grew league to 26 teams in 2011 .MSBL member since 1992 .President of the Fairbanks Men’s Baseball League…
2006 MSBL Hall of Fame
Mike Lucas .Austin Metro MSBL/MABL .President, Austin Metro MSBL/MABL 2000-present .Largest MSBL league in Texas with 38 teams .Assistant tournament director MSBL Fall Classic and Holiday Classic in Florida .2000…
2005 MSBL Hall of Fame
Joe Banasik .Houston MSBL/MABL .President, Houston Hardball League 1997-present .Grew league from four teams in 1997 to 38 teams in 2005 .Led his league in helping local community college build…
2004 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jim Bianco .West/Put MSBL .Member of MSBL since 1989 .President of West/Put MSBL, a league he founded in 1990 .Managed 25+ Westchester Copperheads to 1997 Albany Labor Day victory .Managed…
2002 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jerry Karnow .Sacramento MSBL .President of Sacramento MSBL 1991-2003 .Attended every MSBL World Series of Fall Classic 1988-2011 .Won seven World Series rings and one Fall Classic ring .Presided over…
2001 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jim Barr .Sacramento MSBL .Former Major League pitcher, retired in 1983 .Instrumental in building two-field complex for Sacramento MSBL .Winning pitcher in three consecutive 40+ National division World Series games…
2000 MSBL Hall of Fame
Sam Kayea .Dallas MSBL .Founder of Dallas MSBL Umpires Association .Joined the Dallas MSBL in 1989 and became one of their most dedicated officers .Before assuming the overall leadership in…
1999 MSBL Hall of Fame
Joe Johnson .Oregon MSBL .Co-founder and past president of Oregon MSBL (1988-2005) .Attended most every MSBL World Series .Won 30+ American Division championship with Oregon Twins in 1992 .Played in…
1998 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jim Durham .Columbus MSBL .Member of MSBL since 1988 .President of Columbus MSBL 1993-present .Manger Columbus Dodgers .Participated in every MSBL World Series .2011 MSBL Lifetime Achievement award recipient Vaughn…
1997 MSBL Hall of Fame
Jim Darby .Vice President of Easton Sports .MSBL National sponsor since 1988 .MSBL World Series participant Dan Piro .1997 Lifetime Achievement award recipient .2009 founder of North County San Diego…