Posts by Men's Senior Baseball League

Benbrook Cubs 10, Paladin 3 Submitted by Robert Fredette, Cubs manager The Benbrook Raynham Baseball Team Cubs are a ‘Tale of Two Cities’… Because neither team had enough players to sustain a week of competition, a decision was made to merge, thus the team name was established.  The boys from Boston and those from Dallas,…

AZ/CT United 12, Motor City Firebirds 5 ‘MVP Scimeca Leads the Way with .694 Average’ Submitted by Chris Means In 2019, the AZ / CT United team was formed by combining mostly players from the great state of Connecticut as well as Arizona, with a few from California.  That team did well in pool play…

San Antonio Lonestars 10, Sacramento Royals 6 Submitted by Bill Rector, Lonestars manager The San Antonio Lonestars finished pool play 6-0 in the always tough 60 National Division.  In the semi-finals the Lonestars matched up against Team Victory.  The Lonestars jumped out to the early lead using some key hitting from the top of the…

LA Athletics 11, Sacramento Tribe 2 ‘Denevi Pounds Out Four Hits, Shuts Down Tribe’ By Bob Sherwin, Athletics manager The LA Athletics captured the 65+ National crown despite last minute cancellations by several key players due to COVID.  Two players contracted COVID and cancelled the day before pool play began leaving us without key offensive…

2020 70+ National LA Athletics 5, Volkers 4 ‘Arnold Leads the Way on the Bump and at the Plate’ By Bob Sherwin, Athletics manager This was the first year for the LA Athletics to enter the 70+ division and we were successful in capturing the National division title.  We were very short on pitching due…

Diamond Dream Mustangs 8, Utah Braves 7 ‘Smalling Logs Inside the Park Grand Slam’ Submitted by Mike LaComb, Mustangs manager and 2016 MSBL World Series Hall of Fame member The Diamond Dream 50+ Mustangs battled all week through an extremely competitive field of 15 teams to go 4-1-1 in the round robin to secure the…

Chicago Rippers 19, Columbus 4 ‘Chicago North MSBL Rippers Go Back-to-Back’ Submitted by Jake Mills, Rippers manager The Rippers were led at the plate by Mike Kuta, Juan Medina, Matt Young, Juan Senreiso, Joba Ferrell and Javier Gamboa.  They were also led on the mound by Tournament MVP Felix Santiago, 2-0 17IP 19K 4BB .52…

2020 45+ Central Winberg Construction 8, Sacramento Capitals 6 ‘WinBerg Construction Baseball Club Wins Behind Nearly Flawless Defense‘ Submitted by John Haney, Winberg Construction manager November 7, 2020-Salt River Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ-The WinBerg Construction Baseball Club flashed the leather during the 8-game tournament, making both spectacular plays and all of the routine plays. They fielded…

Chicago TSP Fire 10, San Diego Mudcats 6 ‘Karas Shines on the Bump and at the Plate’ Submitted by Dan Gooris, TSP Fire manager Going into the 2020 MSBL World Series, there were more challenges than in past years. In the forefront, there was the Covid issue and how that was going to be handled,…

OC Sox 9, Boston Wolfpack 5 ‘Veteran Darensbourg Cops MVP on Mound and at the Plate’ With only a month and a half to go before the start of the 2020 MSBL National World Series, the OC Sox weren’t even sure if they’d be able to field a team.  Based in southern California, they had…