Posts by Men's Senior Baseball League

Submitted by Mark Carroza, Connecticut-North MSBL In May of 1991 at age 53, Ralph Franco walked into right field for the East Haven Jorels of the Connecticut-North MSBL (CNMSBL) and would never walk out of it.  For the next 30 years, he owned the position and was looking forward to beginning his next 30 years. …

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications A funny thing happened on my way to assembling a story about the only remaining, original member of the Tri-Valley MSBL in California.  67-year-old Steve Mahler had already compiled a ’30 year’ story for the Tri-Valley website at the urging of MSBL World Series Hall of Famer Mike Pankow…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications 68-year-old Pete Colletti plays in the Long Island MSBL for the East Islip Angels in the 55-over division.  Pete’s MSBL journey has spanned 20 years and has successfully progressed from the 35-over and the 45-over platforms on the strength of their pitching, as per Pete’s assessment.  So, what’s the…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications MSBL National Hall of Fame member and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Jim Durham has been around the block…and then back again!  With some urging by close friend John Littlejohn, Jim began playing in the newly-formed 30-over Columbus MSBL back in 1989, though he was a youngster at only 28…

By Steve Doerschuk The Repository (Editor’s note) Joe Sidor and Skip Riser have been mainstays in the Ohio MSBL for decades.  On May 7, in celebration of a $5 million makeover, Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium was rededicated and extolled as a community asset safe for decades to come.  Below is an article written by Steve Doerschuk of…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Vernon Wells has been a fixture on baseball diamonds in Texas and has also been an MSBL World Series star for decades while playing in the upper divisions.  His 36 World Series Championship Rings speak volumes about his talent between the lines. The other side of the ledger that…

Submitted by Vinny Dallo Rochester, NY – With baseball season right around the corner, adult amateur baseball in the Rochester area has seen the two leagues which have been playing games for 34 years separately now merged into one organization just in time for the upcoming 2022 season. The Rochester Men’s Senior Baseball League (RMSBL)…

Below is a link to an article in a series written for the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League website by David “Doc” Kuechle, M.D., who is an orthopedic surgeon in the Seattle-Tacoma area and a member of the PSSBL Hall of Fame.  Doc has given Tom Krause, President of the PSSBL, permission to share the…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications (Originally published in 2017) It is always fun to reminisce about special feats from the MSBL World Series and their 30 years of hosting the largest adult baseball tournament in the land.  If you have anything special you’d like to convey from your experience in Arizona please let me…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Tom Evans Krause has been the president of the tremendously successful Puget Sound Senior Baseball League in Washington state since 2006.  The non-profit league boasts a total of 68 teams in 2022. “We always experience annual attrition of maybe 15-20% so we host a series of March tryouts culminating…