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Keep your fingers crossed.
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Keep your fingers crossed for the Albany Yankees today. They lost a close (4-2) decision to last year's runner-ups (Connecticut Top Hats). The Yankees have a huge double header today (10:00 am vs the Fairfax Americans and 1:30 pm vs the Delaware Buccos). Going into the final game of the round robin at...
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Go Get "em Jimmy K!
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Just saw early results on Rensselaer Mayoral race. With 33% of precincts reporting, Jimmy K is in dead-heat against long time incumbent Dan Dwyer. Vote totals were dead even, with each at 50%.....you go JK!
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The Lords of the Rings are at it again
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Good luck to Ted Poleto's Inland Angels (with Tom Maney and Jeff Madden on the roster) as they play today in Arizona at 9:30 a.m. (Pacific time) in the 60s Cactus Championship game against the Colorado Stars. The defending champion Angels dominated pool play with a 5-1 record, allowing only 12 runs in...
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lineups, first pitch, BASEBALL!! 45s Tampa FLORIDA ⚾️
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AGAIN I want to congratulate Mike Girard and his teammates for representing the capital district well in AZ. hopefully we can try to do the same next week. Now this up coming week Nov 6-11 , I will be managing a team in the 45 division at the World classic in Florida. A team compiled of players from the 45s a...
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More Arizona and Florida action
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MSBL Arizona is the largest mens baseball event in world , (followed by its eastern version in Florida). As such it accommodates multiple age divisions. Our 55+ team Arizona performed with heart coming up just short of their goal. Others are, or will be in action soon. The afore noted 45+ Albany Yanke...
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Nothing but PROUD!
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First, let me start off by thanking all 14 players that put on the Albany Braves uniform this year, for the 55+ World Series in Phoenix, AZ. To a man, everyone worked their butt off to get as ready for the tournament as they possibly could. Pre-tournament workouts were well attended, and were quite high...
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No trip to the finals this year.
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Team Albany ran into a steam roller, in the semi-finals this year, in the undefeated top-seeded South Bay Zephyrs. The Zephyrs held the Albany Braves to just three hits, in a 4-0 shut out win! Darrell Duncan did a great job holding this powerful line-up to just 3 runs in his 8 innings of work. Scott Ross,...
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Team Albany sweeps a double header to qualify for the semi finals.
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Game one started at 9:30 am and pitted the 5 seed Team Albany vs the Arizona Pirates. The game started well for the home team. Starter Jimmy Konstantakis got the Pirates out in the first without allowing a run. In the home half of the first, Scott Ross led off with an infield single, after one out Dean Litt...
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Team Albany
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Mike I cant stand the tension. We live to fight another day? mane
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Team Albany has landed in Phoenix!
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Team Albany met at the Angels complex on Friday night for a quick practice, and to set the plan to get back to the championship game. This morning the action starts right away with a double header against a team from San Jose California, and a team from Seattle Washington. Last year's squad was just two o...
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Round Robin is over!
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The boys from Albany faced the last game of the round robin and elimination without a key player, Ron Massaroni had to stay out of the final game due to an illness that he caught on the plane out here and has been fighting all week. That was tough enough, There also were two games that, if the right team won,...
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The good, the bad, and the ugly!
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The good came in game one of our double header. The day started with two goals: win at least one game and two if possible and save your playoff pitching if at all possible. Albany gave the game 1 ball to Dean Little, who went 5 strong innings, giving up just 1 run on 2 hits and 3 walks, while striking out 3. The...
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Support Jimmy K!
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I never thought I'd say, hey, let's support a Republican for office, but I'm saying it now. I heard on the radio the other day that Giants' manager Jim Konstantakis has been drafted to run for mayor of Rensselaer on the remarkable combination of the Republican and Working Family Party lines. From the i...
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Same Story . . . different result.
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Today Team Albany was the cat that played with their mouse too long, and allowed it to get away. Albany grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning on consecutive singles by Ron Lochner, Dean Little, and a 2-RBI double by Tim Brown. Ron Massaroni, meanwhile was setting the Fog City batters down in the first 3...
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It was a long day; it was a hot day; it was a great day.
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Team Albany fought back from deficits in both games, and started the first day at 2-0. In game one, Team Albany came back from deficits of 1-0; 3-1; and 6-5, and pulled away late for a 11-6 victory over the Tri-valley San Jose Giants. Wayne Newcomb knocked in Dean Little in the 2nd inning to tie the game at...
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