Steve Van Gelder is taking a team 56 and over in that division's inaugural MSBL National tournament. Steve did a lot of work to assemble a strong team to represent CDMSBL as MSBL returns the tournament to the West Coast of the Sunshine State.
The tournament in the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater area runs the same week as the 45 Cubbies with Steve's Game 1 scheduled for 5 p.m. this Monday - at the Blue Jays brand spanking new stadium against a team from Pennsylvania.
Steve will have fun managing this roster: Bill Smith; Bob Noto; Chris Abrams; Chuck Stanley; Dave Booker; Earl Mitchell; Eric Nolting (catcher from New Orleans who we have played against in the past); Jerry Solomon; Joe Hervieux; Marc Tryon; Matt Kelly; Mike Eplite; Mike Labarge; Scott Ross; Skip Treece; Tim Brown; Tony Nardacci; Jim Konstantakis.
The following week, the National Wind will try to duplicate last year's run at a ring, but take it a step further in the Roy Hobbs World Series in Fort Myers. After going 5-0 in the Round Robin, we were eliminated by Cincinnati in the playoffs. This year's roster: Terry Barton (Denver/CF); Jerry Hawkins; John La Torre; Tom Maney; Bill Smith; Jerry Solomon; Jim Reynolds (Calif./1B); Tim Brown; Bob Yakatan; Paul Watson; Chuck Stanley; Tim Urban (Milwaukee/1B); Bill Aresnault (Maine/C); Ralph Caputo and Jim Konstantakis.
Thanx to all the guys from all three teams for representing CDMSBL. Mostly, thanx to their families for their support.
JimK Proud 54-year fan of the WORLD CHAMPION SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS! (Sorry, had to get that in there)!!!
the best to you mane timmy b, billy smith etc in your quest to take a ring from the roy hobbs tourney. the best of luck safe travels to all and will be in touch with tommy to see how you guys do...man it would be awesome to have you guys pick up some hardware
Thnx Teddy. The only teams in our way are Delco, Puerto Rico, Chicago, New Jersey, Philly, and the NorCal Giants, Cincinnati ... you get the idea! These teams are sponsored and loaded. But we will let them know we can ball here in Albany, too! Good luck to you too in your tournaments in Ariz. jk
