By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications (All photo credits: Kristy Shaefer) Christian Lupo is one tough, focused, stubborn, and truly amazing 56-year old baseball player.  His 16-year journey has been a long one, thanks to lung disease, surgical setbacks, conditioning predicaments, and the simple issue of handling everything mentally, as he yearned to continue the…

‘A Home Run Short of a Cycle’ On June 9th, Jo Jo McLaughlin logged quite a day for his Sanford Bulldogs in the 32-over division of the Central North Carolina MSBL.  He went 4 for 4 with a stolen base, scored two runs, had two RBI, and was only a home run short of the…

Mark Flachbart pitches for SNAP in the 25-over Silver Division of the Cleveland MSBL.  SNAP currently sits atop the division with a 5-1 record.  Mark recently put together a remarkable game that his manager, Mike Krause, passed along to us for consideration as our Player of the Week.  We’ll let Mike explain. “On May 19th,…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications  Rich Merkel is the man behind the nine-team, Central Alabama Baseball Association located in and around Birmingham, Alabama, a post he has embraced for the past 19 years.  Why did Rich take over? “We were having concerns over the leadership and the coaches asked me if I would run the league so I…

“The Val Lewis Father/Son Tournament over Father’s Day weekend was a success and bigger this year, with 14 teams,” stated Sacramento MSBL League President Alan Van Ness.  “All three Championship games were close.” “I need to thank Mike Pankow as tournament director and of course Val Lewis for his leadership and passion. In the championship…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications “Wheeler Hits for Cycle” Adam Wheeler is the brother of Phillies Major League pitcher Zach Wheeler and plays in the 35-over division of the Indiana Baseball League, also for the Phillies.  Last week Adam hit for the cycle, including a Grand Slam home run! Adam’s manager is Matt Longfellow. …

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications The Bux-Mont MSBL Baseball League, located in Pennsylvania, has been a part of the MSBL family since 1992 and an integral part of the nationwide MSBL landscape.  League President, MSBL Hall of Fame member, and MSBL Honor Roll inductee Nick Chichilitti has been the guy in charge for the…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Wade Teltoe is the manager of the Indianapolis Orioles, who reside in the tough 18+ National Division of the Indiana Baseball League.  Through June 13th they stand at 5-2 and have only surrendered 18 runs in seven total games.  He recently sent us his request for his pitcher, Dan…

By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Below is a recent nomination for MSBL ‘Player of the Week’ from John Neri, manager of the Brewers in the Fresno Baseball League.  He would like to recognize his pitcher, Brian McGrath, for his amazing ‘Iron Man’ performance on May 19th. “My Name is John Neri.  I am the manager…