Living a Baseball Life in a Three-team League…A Conversation With Coty Franklin, West Michigan MABL
By Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications The West Michigan MABL, located in Holland Michigan, became part of the MSBL family in 2021 and consists of three teams. Well, sort of. “We play double-headers every Sunday because we have two fully rostered teams and a third that needs pick-up players every week,” says original member Coty…
Read More2022 Southern Maine Men’s Baseball League Diamondbacks Close Out Their Epic Season with Another 35+ Championship
Southern Maine Men’s Baseball League, 35+ Division Diamondbacks 4, Expos 1 Submitted by Steve Cascio, D’Backs manager The Diamondbacks from the SMMBL completed a wire-to-wire first-place finish in the 35+ division, culminating in a 4-1 winner take all victory against the fiercely competitive Expos. In Game One, the Expos shut down the D-Back offense winning…
Read More2023 45+ National Division
Orlando Brewers 5, Tainos 4 The Orlando Brewers (Brew-Crew) tournament team is managed by Jose Rosado and David Agosto. Jose runs the 38+ Brewers and David the 48+. Both teams play in the Orlando Baseball Association located in the Central Florida area. With players from both teams, some local league teammates, and our out-of-state brothers…
Read MoreMSBL League President Spotlight: John Reel, Capital District MSBL, Albany, New York
Compiled by Steve LaMontia, Director of Communications John Reel is the league president of the Capital District MSBL, located in Albany, New York. John has held this position for an amazing 31 years and sees no reason to vacate the post, though he admits that he always has his eyes open for the man or…
Read More2023 54 National Division
Maine Diamond Dogs 4, Boston Wolfpack 2 Submitted by Clair Crandall, Diamond Dogs manager The Maine Diamond Dogs rode the arm of Don Elledge and timely hitting to capture their first MSBL Holiday Classic 54+ National Division Championship, 4-2 over the Boston Wolfpack. In the final Elledge gave up eight hits through four innings but…
Read More2023 45+ American
Montebello Angels 14, Las Vegas Senators 1 Submitted by Robert Oskin, Angel’s manager The Montebello Angels returned to the MSBL Kickoff Classic week two after a week-one championship in the 33-over division and battled all weekend to again raise the championship trophy in the 2023 Kickoff Classic 45+ division. The Angels went 2-1 in the…
Read More2023 33+ Division
Montebello Angels 17, Team USA 6 Submitted by Robert Oskin, Angel’s manager The Montebello Angels raised the Championship trophy in the 2023 MSBL Kickoff Classic 33+ division. The Angels were led to a 3-0 round-robin record by the outstanding pitching of Yosjan Brizuelas, Steve Connally, and Tony Cabrera who only allowed a total of five…
Read More2023 54+ American Division
Orlando Spartans 7, Mustangs Baseball Club 3 The Orlando Spartans, founded in 2017 by manager Billy DeVuyst, have been participating in the Holiday Classic 45+ division for the past seven years. This year, they decided to add a 54+ team for the first time and it was a rousing success. Led by the dominant pitching…
Read More2022 Rangers Go 18-0, Claim ‘Three-Peat’, in 55+ Division of Milwaukee-Rock
2022 Milwaukee-Rock, 55+ Division Milwaukee Rangers 15, Green Sox 1 (Game two in best of three series sweep) The 55 Rangers of the Milwaukee-Rock League finished the 2022 season with a perfect record of 18-0. The Rangers finished the regular season with a 15-0 record beating every team in the eight-team division twice and winning…
Read More2023 60+ Division
Envision NW 7, Mustangs Baseball Club 0 ‘Smith Throws Shutout to Secure Championship’ Submitted by Greg Bradford, ENW manager During the pool play on Saturday, March 11th, Envision NW won the opening game against the Inland Angels 11-3 behind the pitching of Tracy Wheeler then lost to the Mustangs. On Sunday, Envision beat Sechler and Associates,…
Read More