A year ago, while I was off put by the fact that there were three Newburyport players and four North Reading players in a conference that had five different champions, BUT I lauded the Cape Ann League coaches for the courage to name a 13-player all-league team, one that actually had meaning.
I compared it to [...]
Archive for May, 2009
I’m back, and I am venting again, and I’m picking my tourney winners
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28th, 2009 Comments
Clearly, the ripple effect of this morning’s Middlesex League expansion vote, which is bringing Arlington and Wilmington on board, will be felt in North Andover.
The Scarlet Knights had recently petitioned to join the Middlesex. Wilmington leaving the Cape Ann League severely weakens the competition in the CAL.
More to come later.
Top coaches hosting summer camps at Andover, Central, Pentucket and Salem
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27th, 2009 Comments
If you’re thinking about planning on summer camp visit for your son or daughter here are a handful of good ones you might be interested in:
The Andover Warriors Baseball School will hold sessions June 29-July 3, July 6-10 and July 13-17. It is for ages 7-16 and runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For [...]
Here are the north sectional baseball pairings, I’ll have plenty of thoughts and reactions coming up
DIVISION 1 NORTH
SEEDS: 1. Lincoln-Sudbury (18-2); 2. Beverly (18-2); 3. Westford Academy (17-3); 4. Gloucester (16-4); 5. Lawrence (16-4); 6. Peabody (17-5); 7. St. John’s Prep (15-5); 8. Central Catholic (15-5); 9. West Roxbury (14-5); 10. Lynn English (14-6); 11. [...]
Wrapping up a fantabulous weekend on the diamonds
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009 Comments
OK,
So it was a long, exciting weekend in which not only did I see some great pitching and games at the new Devlin Field for the Lawrence Invitational, but I also got to see a great State Vocational title game at Whittier, plus an exciting Spofford tourney final at Georgetown, in which we caught our [...]
Don’t have a ton of time here, just wanted to get the news out.
Andover qualifies for the state tourney and reaches the Lawrence Invitational with a 1-0, eight-inning walkoff win over North Andover.
William and Mary bound John Farrell comes up money, striking out 17 in the four-hit masterpiece.
Aaron Brunette deserved a better fate in the [...]
Excited for the weekend … albeit with a sad, sad feeling deep in my heart
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2009 Comments
All of a sudden, Saturday evening got a little more interesting.
Hmm. An Andover-North Andover grudge match with more than a handful of story lines to surround it.
In case you missed it, the Knights took care of business in the Lawrence Invitational opener last night, lambasting Masco to stake their claim to the CAL title.
Masconomet had [...]
Please read Brendan Neilon’s response to my last rant …
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2009 Comments
You owe it to your sense of fairness to read Brendan Neilon’s response to my last rant on the Lawrence invitational.
I respect Brendan and his staff, happen to like all of them.
But i wrote what i did out of frustration and how much that event means to me.
I see the effort Brendan, his family, and [...]
Time for my annual Lawrence Invitational rant … Congrats to Michael Calzetta and Timmy Wheeler, the MVC MVPs
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2009 Comments
Why six teams?
Why six teams?
I’ve been asking myself that for how many years now. Why six teams in the Lawrence Invitational Baseball Tournament?
Sorry, it’s now laughable, beyond laughable. Nobody, but nobody, seems to care. I do.
This Memorial Day baseball tournament never promised to be the spring version of the Christmas Tournament, but at least it’s [...]
Now, Tommy Tuttle or Kodiak, or whatever you want to call yourself today, take note from the NH baseball fan.
To paraphrase Tom Hanks in Private Ryan, that’s how you gripe.
Now, to the NH baseball fan. You make a good point about the Londonderry-Trinity game.
In my defense, it was up in Manchester, and that’s a long [...]
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