2023 MSBL World Series Hall of Fame Inductee: Blair Hanna, Red Deer Legends
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Blair Hanna hails from Red Deer, Canada, which is in the Alberta Province, just across the Montana border and halfway between Calgary and Edmonton. He is also the manager/player for the Red Deer Legends, an MSBL World Series staple since somewhere around 2000. You have no doubt either witnessed…
Read More2023 MSBL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Don DeCordova, Tri-Valley MSBL and Redwood Empire Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Don DeCordova has had a lifetime of baseball while playing his league ball in the Tri-Valley MSBL and the Redwood Empire Baseball League in California and has been a major player in the MSBL World Series arena, while bringing over 135 teams to the World Series over a 33-year…
Read More2023 MSBL Man of the Year: Aaron Eberhardt, Central Florida Amateur Baseball League
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Aaron Eberhardt is the president of the Central Florida Amateur Baseball League headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, a city of just over 100,000 and also the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers. Previously an independent league, the CFABL began under the MSBL umbrella in 2015 and Aaron took control…
Read More2023 Bux-Mont 30+ Championship Series Nailbiter Sees Homers for Hope Yankees Take Home Title
Bux-Mont MSBL, 30+ Division Homers for Hope Yankees 5, Deep Run Thunderhawks 4 (Game three in best-of-three championship series) In a championship series for the ages, the Homers for Hope Yankees took on the Deep Run Thunderhawks in a best-of-three series that was a test of will and determination, which came down to the last…
Read MoreMSBL World Series Team Profile: Cal Vets, managed by Don DeCordova
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications It seems that in almost every age division, you will find a Cal Vets team warming up in the outfield before your game. Though that is not exactly true these days, it isn’t far off. “I used to help populate younger teams but I found over the years that…
Read More2023 Omaha Cowboys Dominate 22+ Division to Capture Omaha MSBL Title
The Omaha Cowboys won the 22-over division of the Omaha MSBL. There is not a championship playoff, as the format outlines playing each one of the other ten teams twice and the one with the most wins is the champion. The Cowboys had the most runs scored and the least amount allowed in 2023 and…
Read MoreMSBL World Series Team Profile: Denver Kokopelli’s, managed by Brooks Robinson
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications Kokopelli (/ˌkoʊkoʊˈpɛliː/[1]) is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture. He is also a trickster god and represents the spirit of music. The description above from Wikipedia omitted one other important definition. …
Read More2023 Mayport Cruisers Sweep Indians to Win First Championship in Jacksonville MABL
Jacksonville MABL Mayport Cruisers 5, Jacksonville Indians 4 (Game two in best-of-three Championship Series sweep) Submitted by Brian Hasden, Cruisers’ manager To be the best, you have to beat the best. In the Jacksonville MABL, the Jacksonville Indians, led by Joe Hellett, are the best team. They appeared in 15 of the last 17 championship…
Read More2023 Sconnie Bar Completes Shutout Sweep to Capture 17+ Division Title in Southern Wisconsin
MABL of Southern Wisconsin, 17+ Division Sconnie Bar 3, Epic Bombers 0 Submitted by Ron Gatti, Sconnie Bar manager and coach Sconnie Bar took home the trophy as 17+ Division champions in the MABL of Southern Wisconsin with a 3-0 shutout of the Epic Bombers in the playoff final at Monona, Wisconsin. Sconnie topped the…
Read MoreMSBL World Series Team Profile: Chicago North TSP Fire, managed by Dan Gooris
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications The Chicago Fire in an institution. No, not the one started in the O’Leary barn in 1871. This one is full of history and definitely winners. I have been playing against, and occasionally for, these guys, and you always know it is going to be a struggle to get…
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