The Yonder Travelers won the 2024 World Series (National League 55+ Division) in Arizona this year. The CNCMSBL was well represented by the following guys from our league.
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The Yonder Travelers won the 2024 World Series (National League 55+ Division) in Arizona this year. The CNCMSBL was well represented by the following guys from our league.
Continue reading “National MSBL 55+ World Series Champs” →On October 6th, the Classic Division was finally able to get together to play their All-Star game. After several attempts to play due to rain outs, the good Lord blessed us with a good day to play and fellowship.
Continue reading “Classic Division All-Star Game” →The Raleigh Oaks (16-4) and the Flying Squirrels (12-6-2) faced off in the best-of-three championship series for the 2024 CNCMSBL 18+ Championship at the old historic Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina.
Continue reading “Oaks Sweep Squirrels for 18+ ‘Three-Peat’ Championship in Central North Carolina MSBL” →The CNCMSBL has grown to the point that the playoffs required us to expand to two divisions for the 18+ Division. New to the league are the RDU Bulldogs, who struggled early on but found their footing to knock off the Trash Pandas for the 18+ American League Championship on September 8th at beautiful East Clayton Community Park.
The RDU Bulldogs are managed by Rich Sosa. The Trash Pandas are managed by Jamie Agusta.
The CNCMSBL 32+ division has expanded to six teams this year and the race was tight. The newly expanded team, Athletics, managed by Ryan Bonner, did an excellent job and was favored to win it all but came up short in the championship game versus the Raleigh Red Sox. The entire championship series was held at historic Durham Athletic Park (the original home and filming location of ‘Bull Durham’).
The Red Sox have a long history in our league and came out on top with great pitching and timely hitting. Managed by Jason Angel with help from Jamie Lee and Chris Budnick, the Red Sox were able to return the franchise to the top after a several-year drought. Congratulations to Jason and the Red Sox!
The #1 seed 40+ Sanford Marlins knocked off the #2 seed 40+ Premier Orioles in two straight games at USA Baseball Complex to win the 40+ Central North Carolina MSBL Championship for the second year in a row.
Continue reading “Sanford Marlins Defend Title by defeating the Premier Orioles to Win 40+ Championship” →The Holly Springs Senators repeated as the champions in the over 50 division in a head to head match up with the Alamance Giants. The Senators and the Giants also faced off in last year’s championship series with the Senators coming out on top. This year was a 2 game sweep for the Senators.
Continue reading “Senators Win Back-to-back 50+ Division Titles” →The #1 seed 40+ Sanford Marlins knocked off the #2 seed 40+ Alamance Giants in the 40+ Central North Carolina MSBL Championship Game.
In the game, Doug Barefoot pitched six strong innings giving up only three runs on seven hits to earn the win for the Marlins. Dan Thomsonrelieved Doug in the seventh and held the Giants scoreless for the rest of the game. The Marlins won 6-3, behind strong offensive efforts from Wayne Williamson (2 for 4), Skillz McFadden (2 for 4) and Darron Healey(2 for 4).
Continue reading “Sanford Marlins Win 40+ Championship Series” →After working through the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, fortunately, the field slated for the championship was playable in spite of being flooded out at the beginning of the week. After winning the 2nd semi-final in the first game of the day, which had not been played due to weather, the K-Zone Brewers took on the Carolina Kakalacks in the 18+ Championship.
The Kakalacks got the scoring early, with two runs in the first inning off two hits, then went on to score runs in the third and fourth innings, adding on three more runs in the fifth which proved to be enough to win the game, 7-3. Top hitters for the Kaks included Paul Regan, who went 2-4 with a double, 2 runs scored, and an RBI. Player/Manager Adrian Matlockwas the difference, going 2-4 with a double, a triple, and three RBIs.
Continue reading “Kakalacks Make it Eight Titles in 11 Years” →For the second year in a row the #2 seed knocked off the #1 seed in the 50+ Central North Carolina MSBL. Last year it was the Giants shocking the Fayetteville Mets in the final game of a two out of three championship. This year it was the Giants being knocked off by the #2 seeded Senators of Holly Springs. The Alamance Giants, managed by Bob Patterson, had led the league from the first day and looked to be unstoppable. Patterson and the Giants only lost two games all summer but the Senators were able to accomplish the feat twice in one day to sweep the championship series.
Mark Simpson pitched a complete game in the opening contest of the championship series. Simpson was able to spread nine hits over the nine innings with nine strikeouts and only two walks. The Senators won 9-5. Dave Blaha of the Senators led offensively with four hits followed by John Mawyin with three. The Giants were led offensively by Jerry Russell who managed four base hits. Russell was followed by Pate with two base hits.
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