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MID SUMMER CLASSIC DOUBLE FEATURE

July 23, 2010: The 2010 MABL and MSBL All-Star Games will be held August 7th at LaLachuer Stadium in Lowell. The Senior Circuit pits the American League All-Stars vs. the National League All-Stars beginning at 3:30pm. For the MABL, the Baystate All-Stars will battle the Atlantic All-Stars at 7:00pm.

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MSBL All-Stars will be announced next week.

ORIOLES CAPTURE COOPERSTOWN CLASSIC

2010 Cooperstown Classic Champs July 17-18, 2010: The Orioles won the 2010 Cooperstown Classic, winning the championship game over the Ben's Dream White Sox by a score of 8-6.

The Orioles swept the field for their first Classic championship.

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JUNE	Player of the Month	Pitcher of the Month
MABL	*Dan Field* - Tigers 7-14, .500 AVG., 3R, & 4 RBIs *John DeAngelo* - Cutters 8-16, .500 AVG., 5R, 2 2B & 1 RBIs	Kyle Buika - Blue Jays 3-0, 0.33 ERA w/24 Ks in 21 Innings.
MSBL 30	*Steve Busby* - Boston Braves 10-14, .714 AVG., 10R, 1 2B, & 2 RBIs *Paul Laurin* - North Andover Thunder 7-19, .368 AVG., 5 RBIs & 1 HR also 3-0 pitching	*Jeffrey Roach* - Lynn Lugnuts 3-0, 1 S, 0.62 ERA w/20K in 11.2 Innings.
MSBL 40	*Steven Pratt* - Acton Orioles 8-12, .667 BA, 3 R, 5 RBIs, & 2 3B	Glenn Watson - Metro Red Sox 3-0, 0.00 ERA w/14Ks in 16.2 Innings No Hitter 6/7/10

DOWNEAST CLASSIC GOES TO THE DOGS

2010 Downeast Classic July 3-5, 2010: The Maine Diamond Dogs won the 2010 MSBL Downeast Classic, winning the championship game over the Seacoast MSBL 35s. Scott Ellis, of the BMBL was named tournament MVP. Last year's winner, the Medford Mets, lost in the semifinals to Seacoast. The Boston Red Sox, in the 25+ bracket, also fell short in the championship game to the Rome Bombers. The North Andover Thunder also participated in the 35+ division.

MAY	Player of the Month	Pitcher of the Month
MABL	*Adam Del Rio* - Cutters 13-23, .565 AVG., 7R, 5 RBIs & 1 HR	Chris Dowd - Brewers 3-1, 0.47 ERA w/17 Ks in 19.2 Innings.
MSBL 30	*Fabian Alicea* - Roxbury Panthers 14-25, .583 AVG., 12R, 5 2B, 8 RBIs & 1 3B	*Bob Austin* - Braintree Braves 3-0, 0.875 ERA w/12K in 24 Innings.
MSBL 40	*Scott Sack* - Lynn Lugnuts 40's 8-12, .667 BA, 8 R, 6 RBIs, & 1 2B	Mike Moore - Waltham Braves 2-1, 1.31 ERA w/8Ks in 16 Innings.

BOSTON WOLFPACK COME BACK TO CAPTURE LAS VEGAS OPEN

2010 Las Vegas Open 2010 Las Vegas Open Champions May 29-31, 2010: The Boston Wolfpack swept the 2010 MSBL Las Vegas Open, winning their three pool games and then winning a thriller against Team Victory in the Championship. It was the second Open championship for the Pack who also won in 2008. Boston was the runner up in 2006 and 2007 and did not participate in the 2009 Open which was won by Team Victory.

Richie Figueroa pitched a 3-hitter over Tri-Valley 40's to earn the bye, but in the Finals, the Wolfpack fell behind 7-1 after 3 on some miscues and 2-out hits. Carmelo Bastain, Bobby Iandoli, and Carlo Molinaris hit consecutive singles and Boston scored 3 in the 7th, then 4 more in the 8th with Miguel Franquiz knocking in the go ahead run to make is 8-7. Marco Barragan got the win in relief, pitching 6 scoreless innings to pick up his second win of the tournament.

OPENING DAY 4 WEEKS AWAY

2010 Opening Day April 24-25, 2010: Weather permitting, the 2010 Boston Men's Baseball League will begin the weekend of April 24-25th. New teams in the MSBL are the Braintree Braves, Cambridge Cantabs, JM Force of Hyde Park, Lexington Blue Sox. In the Masters Division, we welcome the Lynn Lugnuts 40's and Waltham Braves.

All 14 MABL teams have Clubhouse websites this year with the Lawrence DBacks taking top honors for creativity.

Good luck to all teams in Twenty Ten.

BOSTON WOLFPACK TAKES TITLE AT GRAPEFRUIT CLASSIC

2010 Grapefruit Classic 2010 Grapefruit Classic Champions March 27-28, 2010: The Boston Wolfpack swept the 2010 MSBL Grapefruit Classic, winning all four of their games. The first year tournament was held at Terry Park in Ft. Myers, Flordia during Spring Traininig.

The Wolfpack got great pitching performances from Kevin Curtin, Jay Hoyt, Richie Figueroa and Junior Rentas allowing only 2 runs total in four games. Offensive stars included Rentas, Carmelo Bastain, Bobby Iandoli, and tournament MVP German Rivera.

MSBL 2010 TRYOUT A HIT AT EXTRA INNINGS - Woburn

March 14, 2010: The 30+ MSBL held their tryout for 2010 at Extra Innings - Woburn. Kevin Rielly of Extra Innings - Woburn opened his facility to our league.

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MABL 2010 TRYOUT SCORES AT EXTRA INNINGS - Woburn

March 14, 2010: The MABL held their tryout for 2010 at Extra Innings - Woburn. Thank you to Kevin Rielly of Extra Innings - Woburn for opening his facility to our league.

League managers were in attendance to watch players hit while pitchers threw off a mound. A draft followed immediately after the tryout, where managers selected players based on need.

PLAYING BALL IN CUBA

2010 Cuba February 14-21, 2010: Through the program, Baseball Adventures, BMBL players Russ Ward and Steve Wolf travelled to Cuba in a rare opportunity to be a Baseball Ambassador and play baseball in this forbidden paradise against former Cuban National Team Players.

Cubans play baseball with more passion, much like it used to be in the USA. They play everywhere and at all ages. You'll see kids in fields playing with sticks for bats, taped up rocks for balls and no glove. The Cubans have very little baseball gear and by the end of the week, we had given away all our baseballs, cleats, gloves, bats and other equipment walking away from the last game shirtless, shoeless and only in shorts.

16th Annual MSBL CARIBBEAN WINTER BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

2010 Carribean Winter Baseball February 11-14, 2010: Three teams represented the BMBL in the 16th Annual MSBL Caribbean Winter Baseball Championship in Puerto Rico. The Rhode Island Cardinals won the 35+ Division running the table going 7-0. The Dorchester Dodgers went 1-4 in the 25+ Division.

New England Bandits finished with a 1-4 record in the 35+ Division and did not qualify for the playoff round. The Bandits were in every game but unfortunately came up short. New England's win was highlighted by an outstanding complete game pitching performance by Israel Gonzales, formally of the Concord Senators in the NH Granite State League and the Boston Wolfpack. Izzy pitched New England to a 2-1 victory over Puerto Rico and also stepped up with two clutch hits resulting in both of New England's runs.

BMBL PLAYERS CONDUCT CLINIC IN THE BAHAMAS

Janaury 28-31, 2010: NASSAU, BAHAMAS -- Your Last Shot and the Bahamas Baseball Federation hosted a four day baseball camp in Nassau, The Bahamas. Daily clinics were organized for instruction on offensive and defensive baseball positions; pitching, running, bunting, and play strategies; as well as on-going practice drills and games through-out the four days for 200 Bahamian youths aged 13-18. The camp was sponsored by Microsoft, Indusa Global, and Cogentes. Coaches for the Camp included Shane Monahan, a Scout with the San Diego Padres and a former MLB player with the Seattle Mariners; Sean O'Connor and John Di Carlo, Scouts with the San Francisco Giants; James Bonnici, a Scout with the Tampa Bay Rays; and Steve Wolf, President of the Boston Men's Baseball League. Theodore Sweeting, Secretary General of The Bahamas Baseball Federation stated, "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for young Bahamian baseball players to work with scouts and coaches from professional baseball teams.

Sean O'Connor and Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace

2010 MSBL/MABL DISNEY HOLIDAY CLASSIC

2010 Disney Holiday Classic January 15-18, 2010: The Boston Wolfpack successfully defended their title in the 11th Annual MSBL / MABL Disney Holiday Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World. The Wolfpack won the 45+ Division over the San Antonio Brewers, 3-0. Sean O'Connor scattered 7 hits while going the distance. Carmelo Bastian and Richie Figueroa both doubled to knock in key runs in the finals while Rosario Carrion and Russ Ward led the team in hitting to help Boston extend their run of three straight Disney Championships.

The Boston Cutters pounded out 32 Runs in pool play in the 18+ Division and earned the 3 seed in the Playoffs vs the Tampa Shockers who defeated the Cutters in game 1 of pool play 4-1.

In the Semi-Finals, the Cutters found scored in the top of the 1st but found themselves down 4-1 after 1. They responded with 3 in the top of the 2nd to knot things up at 4. The next 4 innings the Cutters and Shockers traded runs until the 6th when the Cutters scored 2 runs highlighted by Tony Ramos's second double of the game to score Frank Alexopolous and Ramos eventually scored on a pass ball to put the Cutters up 8-6 after 5. Dorian Rojas scored Josue Feliciano in the top of the 7th and the Cutters were up 10-6 after 6 and 1/2. In the bottom of the 7th, the Shockers led off the inning with a solo homerun and within a blink of an eye, they led 11-10 after 7. Cutters go 1,2,3 in the top of the 8th before the game was called due to the imposed time limit rule. Stars for The Cutters included Ramos who had 3 doubles a Grand Slam and 7 rbis and Marvin Malaret with 2 doubles, a triple and 5 rbi's.

Boston Cutters 2-3

Boston Braves 0-4

Boston Wolfpack 5-0

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