2006 All League Team

2007 Season Preperations:

All 2006 managers please email me with an update on your team. Particularly if there is a change in management or sponsor or if team is dropping from league. Thanks for your prompt attention.

First manager's meeting Sunday, January 28 @ 6pm location tbd (if your sponsor has a quieter area for about 20 please let me know and we can rotate a meeting there). $500 due January 28 to hold spot in the league. Manager's of newer teams we suggest that you go to your core players asap to get a share of their season fee.

Meeting #2 Sunday, March 11 at 6pm location tbd: Team worksheet due, including contact information and scheduling requests.

Meeting #3 Sunday, April 22 at 6pm location tbd: Balance of all fees due. $5 per day fine for late payments.

Expected team fees:
14 game Saturday/Sunday only teams will be between $1500-$1600.

17 or 18 game teams playing 3 or 4 Fridays (depending on whether there is one or two divisions) will be between $1750-$1950

Likely beginning of season Saturday night May 5 & Sunday afternoon May 6.

Potential new players, please submit a completed new player application, as well as, contact managers by email.

Potential sponsors and advertisers, please contact Kirk Spano by email.

Teams seeking a sponsor, please contact me, I have a tavern in West Allis that is central to all four core parks which will buy uniforms or supply money for team fees.

All checks from sponsors this year should be made out to WYSA (which stands for Wisconsin Youth Sports Association).

Players, please pay your player fee, amount as determined by your managers, to your manager by check made to him with "MBL Fee" in memo section. First year players please pay by cashiers check.
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2006 All League Team:
Tim Heling
Nate Marlowe
Adam Biever
Chris Sanders
Joe Cefalu
Andy Budd
James Austin
Justin Biever
Jeffrey Lazewski
Adam Weber
Tom Mortonson
Michael Gramarossa
Jim Vielbaum
Dan Marx
Lee Kleszcynski
Peter Jendrzejek
Alex Arcano
Michael Beringer
Travis Rose
Dan Wilfrath
Tom Lewandowski
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2006 Championship Goes To Kasper's
The 2006 MBL Championship at Zirkel Field in front of a crowd exceeding a hundred fans started with a bang as Kasper's exploded in the top of the first inning. Top of the order hitter's for Kasper's Andy Pergande and Mike Landgraf opened with walks and were followed by five hits before the second out was recorded. By the end of the half inning Kasper's had sent twelve batters to the dish and scored eight runs. Leading many to believe a slugfest was about to ensue, in the bottom of the first Johnny V's top three hitters, Dan Marx, Rob Weist and Paul Lennart opened with three consecutive hits to get on the board. Johnny V's posted 2 runs in the inning to give their squad hope for a comeback. However, Kasper's pitcher Todd Eckert settled in, and throwing primarily heat with a breaking ball mixed in, allowed only one more hit the rest of the game. Eckert controlled the strike zone all day by hitting spots inside on fastballs then snapping off breaking balls to get ahead in the count, and pitching to contact against the off balance hitters. On the day he recorded four strikeouts and allowed only four hits. At the plate Eckert went four of five from the eighth spot rounding out a huge balanced attack, which included every starter in the Kasper's line-up getting on base at least once, and six hitters getting multipe hits: Mike Landgraf 3-5, Rich Galenski 3-4, Eric Kraderl 2-5, Tony Landgraf 3-5, headcoach Matt Mundt 3-4 and Eckert 4-5.

Final League Manager's Meeting of 2006 set for Sunday October 15 @ 5pm @ Club Paragon located on Hy 100 between Oklahoma & Beloit Rds.

Following our manager's meeting will be the LEAGUE BANQUET & AWARDS (Team Trophies, Champions individual trophies and "All League" Plaques) at Club Paragon which includes beer, taco bar and door prizes for $10 door fee @ 6pm. All players & their families (kids free), fans, friends, sponsors, umpires, scorekeepers & groundscrew invited.
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All League Team:
Tim Heling
Nate Marlowe
Adam Biever
Chris Sanders
Joe Cefalu
Andy Budd
James Austin
Justin Biever
Jeffrey Lazewski
Adam Weber
Tom Mortonson
Michael Gramarossa
Jim Vielbaum
Dan Marx
Lee Kleszcynski
Peter Jendrzejek
Alex Arcano
Michael Beringer
Travis Rose
Dan Wilfrath
Tom Lewandowski

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2006 Championship Goes To Kasper's The 2006 MBL Championship at Zirkel Field in front of a crowd exceeding a hundred fans started with a bang as Kasper's exploded in the top of the first inning. Top of the order hitter's for Kasper's Andy Pergande and Mike Landgraf opened with walks and were followed by five hits before the second out was recorded. By the end of the half inning Kasper's had sent twelve batters to the dish and scored eight runs. Leading many to believe a slugfest was about to ensue, in the bottom of the first Johnny V's top three hitters, Dan Marx, Rob Weist and Paul Lennart opened with three consecutive hits to get on the board. Johnny V's posted 2 runs in the inning to give their squad hope for a comeback. However, Kasper's pitcher Todd Eckert settled in, and throwing primarily heat with a breaking ball mixed in, allowed only one more hit the rest of the game. Eckert controlled the strike zone all day by hitting spots inside on fastballs then snapping off breaking balls to get ahead in the count, and pitching to contact against the off balance hitters. On the day he recorded four strikeouts and allowed only four hits. At the plate Eckert went four of five from the eighth spot rounding out a huge balanced attack, which included every starter in the Kasper's line-up getting on base at least once, and six hitters getting multipe hits: Mike Landgraf 3-5, Rich Galenski 3-4, Eric Kraderl 2-5, Tony Landgraf 3-5, headcoach Matt Mundt 3-4 and Eckert 4-5.

2006 Championship Goes To Kasper's

The 2006 MBL Championship at Zirkel Field in front of a crowd exceeding a hundred fans started with a bang as Kasper's exploded in the top of the first inning. Top of the order hitter's for Kasper's Andy Pergande and Mike Landgraf opened with walks and were followed by five hits before the second out was recorded. By the end of the half inning Kasper's had sent twelve batters to the dish and scored eight runs. Leading many to believe a slugfest was about to ensue, in the bottom of the first Johnny V's top three hitters, Dan Marx, Rob Weist and Paul Lennart opened with three consecutive hits to get on the board. Johnny V's posted 2 runs in the inning to give their squad hope for a comeback. However, Kasper's pitcher Todd Eckert settled in, and throwing primarily heat with a breaking ball mixed in, allowed only one more hit the rest of the game. Eckert controlled the strike zone all day by hitting spots inside on fastballs then snapping off breaking balls to get ahead in the count, and pitching to contact against the off balance hitters. On the day he recorded four strikeouts and allowed only four hits. At the plate Eckert went four of five from the eighth spot rounding out a huge balanced attack, which included every starter in the Kasper's line-up getting on base at least once, and six hitters getting multipe hits: Mike Landgraf 3-5, Rich Galenski 3-4, Eric Kraderl 2-5, Tony Landgraf 3-5, headcoach Matt Mundt 3-4 and Eckert 4-5.

With the win, the veteran Kasper's squad captured their second MBL Championship (2003), to go with being the last Champions of the Milwaukee County Open five years ago. Congratulations to Kasper's and erstwhile leader/ catcher/ manager Matt Mundt on your third Championship in five years.

Semi-final Recaps:
Johnny V's 3 over Franklin Barber Plumbing 0
Mike Gramarossa pitched a shutout by limiting Franklin to 6 hits while striking out 6. Mike picked up his second win in the play-offs and run his overall record to 10-0 this season. Lee Kleszczynski had 3 hits and scored twice. Eric Lubarsky had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs.

Kasper's 10 O'Brien's/Milwaukee Harley Davidson 9 (9 innings)
Tony Landgraf's big game pulled Kasper's past perennial power O'Brien's/ Milwaukee HD in extra innings. Landgraf doubled in two runs in the top of the ninth to give Kasper's a narrow lead. O'Brien's/Milwaukee HD's rally in the bottom of the ninth fell a hit short after pulling within one.

FALL LEAGUE
Still room for 12 to 36 players. Full or partial teams welcome.
Sunday afternoons Sept 10 to Oct 1, four weeks.
Sign-up meeting on Thursday Sept 7 @ Long Wongs @ 7pm.
53rd & Blue Mound Road. I'm also going to have lunch at Club Paragon on Hy 100 just north of Beloit Road from 1-2:30 on Wednesday Sept 6, if you'd like to sign up then, stop in.

Teams please bring $150 fee and roster (full or partial). Individuals please bring ID and $15 fee to be assigned a team.

Contact me at kirks@baseballmilwaukee.com ASAP if you have questions, a squad or partial squad.

Baseballs provided. Any rainouts won't be made up. Fee presupposes one rainout. If we get a fourth week that will be free and we'll have a position day. Catchers call balls and strikes. Base coaches call the bases and lines. Free substitution, continuous order.

MSLB and Langs players are invited to play or field a partial or whole team. First six teams registered play.

The first weekend of the MBL playoffs completed Sunday afternoon with three regular season division leaders advancing to the Final Four. The semi-finals and championship will be played on Saturday August 19 and Sunday August 20.

Semi-finals:
Harden Field @ 6pm Saturday August 19:
O'Brien's/Milwaukee Harley Davidson hosting Kasper's

Zirkel Field @ 6pm Saturday August 19:
Johnny V's hosting Franklin Barber Plumbing

Championship:
Zirkel Field @ 4pm Sunday August 20

If the Saturday games are rained out, the Semi-finals will be held at noon on Sunday August 20, one at Simmons, one TBD.

Division Championship Results:
Saturday Games
Texx's Royals 11 Long Wongs 3
Alex Arcano pitched the complete game victory. The Royals broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the 4th with a five run inning.

McGinn's over Wauwatosa Sluggo's

Johnny V's Classic Cafe 13 Colonel Hart's 4
Johnny V's offense hammered out 15 hits and scored in every inning highlighted by a 4-run 1st inning. Dan Marx and Paul Lennart each had 3 hits while Brad Pelzak pitched 4 scoreless innings to get the win. Mike Grabel's hit a 3-run homer for Colonel Hart's.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 2 South Milwaukee Arcade 1
After losing four of their last five games, the defending champs found their winning ways as they beat South Milwaukee Arcade in a thrilling 8 inning game. The Builders scored in the second with a two out RBI single by Josh Wendorf. Arcade then tied it up in the bottom of the third as Matt Thomas had a ground out RBI. The final run came in the top of the eighth with bases loaded and one out. Ryan Diaz hit a ground ball to the third baseman who threw home to get an out. Attempting to turn the double play at first, the ball got away and allowed Colin Moser to score. Diaz then sat down three consecutive batters to end the game. Diaz and Nate Marlowe eliminated the anticipation of a high scoring game as both pitchers threw an impressive complete game. Arcade's Marlowe scattered nine hits and gave up only one earn run. On the flip side, Builder's ace Diaz threw a three hitter and received the hard earned win. Diaz had help with the Builder's defense (which won the game) that did not commit an error for the first time all season. Supreme Builder's were on offense led by Sean Carolan going 2 for 4 and Bry Rapp going 3 for 3.

Sunday Games
Johnny V's Classic Cafe 14 Varsity Club 5
Johnny V's pulled away in the 3rd inning with 9 runs. Paul Lennart had 2 hits and drove in 3 runs. Mike Gramarossa picked up the win by going the distance while scattering 9 hits. Travis Rose and Steve Budny had 2 hits each for the Varsity Club.

O'Brien's/Milwaukee Harley Davidson 4 Texx's Royals 2
Mike Drover's walk-off homerun in the bottom of the seventh capped off a tremendously well played game. The Royals jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings but would not score again as Jim Vielbaum pitched the complete game victory. Royal's pitcher Doug Paradowski led his team by throwing four no-hit innings, including retiring the first nine batters. O'Brien's/Milw. HD scored one unearned in the fourth to stay within striking distance of the league's most improved team of 2006. The score would remain 2-1 until the bottom of the seventh when Tim Heling led off with a walk and stole second base. Jon Stocks hit a double to left center to drive in Heling and set the stage for Drover who hit the first pitch over the left field fence for the win.

Kasper's 12 McGinn's 1

Franklin Barber Plumbing 4 Brown Deer Supreme Builders 2

FALL LEAGUE
Sunday afternoons Sept 10 to Oct 1, four weeks. Any rainouts won't be made up. Two divisions. Cost $150 which presupposes one rainout. $15 for individuals. If we get a fourth week that will be free and we'll have a position day.

Catchers call balls and striikes. Base coaches call the bases and lines. Free substitution, continuous order.

Contact me at kirks@baseballmilwaukee.com ASAP if you have a squad or partial squad. Manager's, let your players know they can bring a squad if you aren't going to. Meeting on Thursday August 31 @ Long Wongs @ 7pm. Teams please bring fee and roster (full or partial). Individuals please bring ID and $15 fee to be assigned a team.

We'll have a second meeting Thursday Sept 7 @ Long Wongs @ 7pm, I'll distribute baseballs, schedules (although I'll try to post that earlier), take late sign-ups and assign individual players a team.

MSLB and Langs players are invited to play or field a partial or whole team. First eight teams registered play.

The Milwaukee Baseball League Division Playoffs begin this weekend at Harden Field located at 37th and Howard within Zablocki Park and Zirkel Field located at 84th and Cleveland within McCarty Park.

Here are the Division Playoff Semifinal match-ups on Saturday August 12 (home listed first):

1pm at Harden: Texx's Royals v Long Wongs
4pm at Harden: McGinns v Wauwatosa Sluggo's
1pm at Zirkel: Johnny V's v Colonel Hart's
4pm at Zirkel: South Milwaukee Arcade v Supreme Builders

The Sunday Division Playoff games are listed correctly on the online schedule.

1pm at Harden: Milw. HD/O'Brien's v winner of Texx's Royals v Long Wongs
4pm at Harden: Kasper's v winner of McGinns v Wauwatosa Sluggo's 1pm at Zirkel: Varsity Club Bulldawgsv winner of Johnny V's v Colonel Hart's
4pm at Zirkel: Franklin Barber Plumbing v winner of South Milwaukee Arcade v Supreme Builders

If the games on Saturday are rained out, the games will be made up on Sunday, with the winner playing a doubleheader v the first place team in the division. In this scenario, games on Sunday would run at Harden and Zirkel at noon, 2:45, 5:30 and 8:15. Hopefully this doesn't occur.

Regarding player eligibility: All players should have IDs with them at playoff games, have been on your team's rosters before July 9, and appeared in half of your team's games. If there is a dispute, note the dispute and contact me immediately after the game is played. Any player without an ID, whose eligibility is in dispute will likely cause the team he played for to forfeit. Any playoff forfeits will be charged $110, not the $55 normally charged.

Non-playoff team exhibitions:
Sunday Aug. 13 Noon at Simmons: MPD v Blue Jays
Sunday Aug. 13 2:30 at Simmons: Club Paragon v Planet Markeys

Sunday Aug. 20 Noon at Simmons: Planet Markey's v MPD
Sunday Aug. 20 2:30 at Simmons: Blue Jays v Club Paragon

Flip a coin for home team. Catchers call balls and strikes, bases coaches call basepaths. Be gentleman. Have fun. If a club is short on players, feel free to swap. This is an excellent opportunity to try-out new players. Players eliminated from the playoffs, feel free to contact managers playing in these exhibitions to find out if they need extra players.

I'm applying for the fall park permit this week. Looks like we'll be assigned two diamonds each of the final three weeks of September (10,17,24). Details to follow next week.

Sunday August 6 2006

All games cancelled.

Managers please email Kirk Spano by Monday with your opinions on pushing the playoffs back one week so we can still get these games in. If the majority wants to skip these games and go right into the playoffs all records will stand as is. The schedule for next weekends games will be posted ASAP.

July 29 & 30

Varsity Club 7 Johnny V's 5

Varsity Club 6 Johnny V's 5

Kasper's 5 McGinn's 4

McGinn's 9 Kasper's 2
Adam Weber and Josh Hornung combined to pitch the victory for McGinn's.

South Milwaukee Arcade over Brown Deer Supreme Builders

South Milwaukee Arcade over Brown Deer Supreme Builders

Long Wongs 10 O'Brien's/Milw HD 6
Josh Sopczak pitched the complete game for the win.

O'Brien's/Milw HD 13 Long Wongs 7
Jim Vielbam pitched the complete game for the win.

Wauwatosa Sluggo's 7 Club Paragon 2
Expansion team Wauwatosa Sluggo's clinched a playoff spot with the win over Club Paragon

Wauwatosa Sluggo's v Club Paragon
Canceled due to rain. Will not be replayed.

Milwaukee PD v Treat's Braeger Blue Jays
Postponed due to rain. Will be made up Sunday August 13 at noon. Field TBD.

Franklin Barber Plumbing 17 Texx's Royals 4
Dave Eckhardt, Chris Behling and Dave Hetzel combined for the win giving up only 7 hits.

Colonel Hart's v Planet Markey's
Canceled due to rain. May be made up if needed to break tie for playoffs.

Planet Markey's v Colonel Hart's
Canceled due to rain. Will not be made up.

Due to this weekends rainouts and impact on playoff races, please get your scores in ASAP. All games will be made up as previously scheduled and noted below. The playoff race between Colonel Hart's and Planet Markey's will be determined by regular season records & applicable tie-breakers (division record) after the weekend of Aug. 4-6. Those teams will be offered an exhibition in September and/or fee reduction for next year.

Playoff Scenarios:

Minor Division
O'Brien's/Milwaukee Harley Davidson has clinched the division title and a first round division playoff bye.

Texx's Royals can clinch second place in he Minor with a victory.

Long Wong's can clinch second place in the Minor with a victory and a Texx's Royals loss.

American Division
Varsity Club can win the American regular season title with a victory or Johnny V's loss.

Johnny V's can win the American division season title with two victories and a Varsity Club loss.

Colonel Hart's can clinch playoff spot with a victory and a Planet Markey's loss, or a Planet Markey's loss to Johnny V's.

Planet Markey's can clinch a playoff spot with two victories and a Colonel Hart's loss.

If Colonel Hart's and Planet Markey's finish tied, they will play Friday night Aug. 11 as a play-in to the playoffs.

Open Division
McGinn's can clinch the Open regular season title with a victory or Kasper's loss.

Kasper's can clinch the Open regular season title with two victories and a McGinn's loss.

Wauwatosa Sluggo's has come in 3rd.

National Division
Franklin Barber Plumbing can clinch the National regular season title with a victory. Franklin has clinched at least second place in the National.

South Milwaukee Arcade can clinch the National regular season title with a victory and Franklin loss.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders has come in third place in the National regardless of this coming weekend's results.

I'm pretty sure these are all right. Let me know if I may have a tie-breaker wrong for your team.

Make-up Games:
Friday August 4
7:30pm at Harden: 12 Planet Markey's v 9 Johnny V's
7:30pm at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 5 Kasper's
Saturday August 5
5:30 pm at Harden: 7 Wauwatosa Sluggo's v 4 Texx's Royals
8pm at Harden: 10 Colonel Hart's v 5 Kasper's
Sunday August 6
Noon at Harden: 6 McGinn's v 9 Johnny V's
2:45 at Harden: 13 Supreme Builder's v 3 Long Wongs
Noon at Simmons: 15 MPD v 11 Varsity Club BullDawgs
2:45 at Simmons: 12 Planet Markey's v 16 S. Milw. Arcade
Noon at Zirkel: 14 Franklin Barber Plumbing v 1 OBriens
2:45 at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 2 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays

Fall league the last three weeks of September. Sundays at noon and 2:30. Park details to follow.

June 22-23

Note: The shortened game between Planet Markey's and Texx's Royals is unable to be completed due to scheduling difficulties, therefore the final score stands as Planet Markey's 5 Texx's Royals 1. See below for complete reschedule list.

Varsity Club Bulldawgs 8 South Milwaukee Arcade 3
This game was much closer then the score. Both team's pitchers put in good performances. Justin Biever for the Arcade pitched 7 innings allowing only 2 earned runs. Travis Rose for the Varsity Club also pitched 7 strong innings allowing 1 earned run and striking out 10 for the win. South Milwaukee Arcade started the game off with a run in the top of the first inning on a single from Adam Biever scoring Nate Marlowe. The Varsity Club answered in the bottom half of the first when Steve Budny singled scoring Brad Thurbur. The South Milwaukee Arcade took advantage of a wild pitch strikeout by Mike Lessard who scored on a Nate Marlowe single in the top of the third to take a 2-1 lead. The Varsity Club answered in the bottom of the fourth on a clutch two out single by Mike Gawletta scoring both Korey Salmon and PJ Morrow to put the Varsity Club up 3-2. In the bottom of the sixth the Varsity Club tacked on 5 insurance runs taking advantage of two South Milwaukee Arcade errors. Mike Beringer and Rob Williamson both had a run batted in with Steve Budny having 2 runs batted in. The Arcade could only muster one run in the top of the seventh to make it an 8-3 Varsity Club win. Nate Marlowe, Justin Biever, and Adam Biever all had 2 hits for the Arcade. Steve Budny led the Varsity Club with 3 hits 3bi and 1run. Korey Salmon had 2 hits and 2 runs.

Franklin Barber Plumbing over Colonel Hart's

MPD 8 Brown Deer Supreme Builders 7
The MPD, strapped for players due to scheduling difficulties this summer, got their first victory of the year by defeating the two time league champion Builders.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 7 MPD 6
Supreme Builders found a run in the 9th inning after giving away an early 6-1 lead. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Greer hit a single off of the glove of the diving Jonny Baierl to tie the game to bring it into extra innings. Shawn Carolan of the Builders led the ninth inning with a single and advanced to third with a sac bunt and a groundout. On a wild pitch that jumped out about four feet from homeplate, Carolan risked the out and scored the lead run. In the bottom of the inning the Police had a runner on third with two outs as Brian Rennicke struck the last batter out. Rennicke pitched all nine for Supreme to earn the win. Dan Richmann led the builders with two hits and Tommy Rapp added 4 RBI. MPD hitting was led by Jeff Lazewski and Dave Lopez having 3 hits apiece. Lazewski pitched a complete nine for the loss.

Kaspers 11 Club Paragon 6

Kaspers v Club Paragon game 2 PPd due to rain.

Johnny V's 6 Planet Markey's 0
Johnny V's beat the Indians 6-0 in a rain shortened game. Mike Gramarossa gave up only 1 hit over 5 2/3 before the rains came to pick up his 7th win of the season. Paul Lennart and Eric Lubarsky each had 2 hits and an RBI to lead the V's offense.

Planet Markey's v Johnny V's PPd due to rain

Treat's/Braeger Blue Jays 6 Long Wongs 4

Long Wongs 5 Treat's Blue Jays 4
Kirk Spano's diving backhanded grab off the short hop of a rocket down the third base line and throw out kept the Blue Jays from jumping out in the first inning. In the third, Dan Yesbeck, who caught all 14 innings on the day for Long Wongs, threw out a base stealer at third to again thwart a Jays rally. The Jay's did stake a 3-1 lead in the 4th however on Don Klimeck's 2 rbi triple. Long Wong's finally rallied against the ironman pitching of Nick Banwieringen, who threw all 13 innings on the day for the Blue Jays. With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Brian Jaeger (2-3), who scored Long Wongs previous run in the second, singled in the tying runs. Tom Minior (2-3), who had driven in Jaeger in the second, again came through with a clutch hit, driving in both Jaeger and Greg Ketz. Ketz pitched the complete game victory allowing 3 earned runs and stiking out seven.


O'Brien's/Milw Harley Davidson 7 Texx's Royals 6 (8 inn)
Tim Heling's RBI single with two out in the bottom of the eighth ended this extra inning affair that had four lead changes before O'Brien's/Milw HD finally prevailed. Dan Wilfrath pitched six strong innings for OB's/MHD striking out six while allowing only one earned run but was unable to get the win as the defense had four errors leading to five unearned runs. Texx's Royal's Alex Arcano pitched five strong innings also contributing three hits and left in the sixth inning with the lead which the Royals bullpen couldn't hold. Jim Vielbaum pitched a scoreless final two innings to get the win. Wilfrath also had three hits and two RBI's in the victory.

O'Brien's/Mil HD 19 Texx's Royals 1
Jim Vielbaum completed the doubleheader sweep getting his second win of the day by pitching five strong innings while scattering five hits. Vielbaum also went 2-2 at the plate with a double, two walks, and three runs scored to help his own cause. O'Brien's/Milw. Harley Davidson had a balanced offensive attack hightlighted by a grand slam by Jason Peters (the 31st homer of his career.) Also Tim Heling (3-4 3 RBI\'s 3 runs scored,) Jon Stocks (2-3 3 RBI\'s 3 runs scored,) Chris Sanders (2-3 RBI 2 runs scored,) and Luke Sankey (2-3 2 RBI\'s) contributed in the win.

McGinn's 10 Wauwatosa Sluggo's 5

McGinn's 8 Wauwatosa Sluggo's 1

Field & Game Time Change
Saturday July 29th doubleheader between 10 Colonel Harts and 12 Planet Markeys is moved to Sunday July 30th at Lincoln #2 (just south of Hampton on Green Bay Ave) with game times of noon and 2:45pm.

Make-up Games:
Friday August 4
7:30pm at Harden: 12 Planet Markey's v 9 Johnny V's
7:30pm at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 5 Kasper's
Saturday August 5
5:30 pm at Harden: 7 Wauwatosa Sluggo's v 4 Texx's Royals
8pm at Harden: 10 Colonel Hart's v 5 Kasper's
Sunday August 6
Noon at Harden: 6 McGinn's v 9 Johnny V's
2:45 at Harden: 13 Supreme Builder's v 3 Long Wongs
Noon at Simmons: 15 MPD v 11 Varsity Club BullDawgs
2:45 at Simmons: 12 Planet Markey's v 16 S. Milw. Arcade
Noon at Zirkel: 14 Franklin Barber Plumbing v 1 OBriens
2:45 at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 2 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays

July 14-16

O'Brien's/Milw. HD 14 Colonel Hart's 10
Jon Stocks went 3-3 against his former team leading O'Brien's/ Milw Harley-Davidson to a win. Chris Sanders continued swinging a hot bat with a double and a triple, while Jason Peters and Mike Drover chipped in two hits apiece. OB's/Milw. HD jumped out to a 9-1 lead after three innings only to have Colonel Hart's score 6 in the top of the fourth highlighted by a bases loaded double by Mike Grabek followed by a two run home run from Bobby Jankowski. OB's/Milw HD's pitcher Jim Vielbaum pitched a complete game striking out 6 to get the victory.

Planet Markey's Indians 7 Texx's Royals 4 SUSPENDED due to lighting
This game will be finished on Friday August 4. Only player involved in the first game may play.

Club Paragon 6 Varsity Club 4 (8inn)
Club Paragon put together 8 solid innings of baseball to pull out the 6-4 victory. After early runs for both teams, Connor Broderick took the mound in the 4th to quiet the Varsity Club bats. Paragon scored 1 in the seventh and 2 in the eighth to pull off the upset.

Long Wongs 11 McGinn's 10 (9inn)
These teams decided a long one on the 120 degree ruby red clirt was a good idea, going nine innings in just under the 3 hour time limit. McGinn's jumped out with a six run top of the first keyed by several hard hit balls. Long Wongs answered in the bottom of the first with six of their own keyed by consecutive hits at the top of the order. Lead off man Aaron Krueger singled, was driven in by Kirk Spano's double, who in turn was driven in by Adam Graves triple. Also getting key hits in the inning were Drew Dean, Mike Fuss (back from fishing) and the supernatural Brian Jaeger who had wrist surgery just two days earlier. From here on the pitchers dueled, as Greg Ketz ate up five innings for Long Wongs against Dan Mehigan who pitched nine solid gutty innings for McGinn's. Josh Sopczak came in to get the victory allowing only one run over four innings as Graves, Spano, Ben Garvey, Dean and Ketz all made key defensive plays (Graves and Spano looking like acrobats). Catcher Franciso Romero- who caught all nine grueling innings much to the delight of his wife who had been hoping he'd lose a few pounds- threw out a key McGinn's baserunner attempting to steal in the seventh likely keeping the McGinn's lead entering the bottom of the seventh at one run. In the bottom of the seventh Josh Sopczak drove in Ben Garvey on a liner to right to send the game into extra frames. Then in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and runners on first and second, Aaron Krueger went with a pitch and punched the ball into shallow rightfield to drive in Sopczak, who had gotten on with his second hit, for the winning run.

Kaspers 13 Royals 6
Kaspers won a hard played game behind the arm of Kevin Cybulski and a strong attack at the plate.

Wauwatosa Sluggo's 12 Treat's/Braeger Blue Jays 7
Braeger scored three runs in the first, three in the sixth and one the seventh. Sluggos countered by scoring in every inning but the 3rd to nail down the victory.

Johnny V's 11 Supreme Builders 7
Johnny V's took the lead with a 6-run 5th inning erasing a 5-4 deficit and hung on to win 11-7. Rob Weist, Tony Jones, Eric Lubarsky, and Steve Murphy each had 2 hits. Mike Gramrossa picked up his 6th win by pitching the complete game. Shawn Carolan lead Brown Deer with 2 doubles.

Franklin Barber Plumbing over S. Milw. Arcade
Franklin Barber Plumbing 1 S. Milw. Arcade 0
O'Brien's/Milw. HD 1 MPD 0
Planet Markey's Indians 1 MPD 0
Colonel Hart's 1 Club Paragon 0

Field & Game Time Change
Saturday July 29th game between 10 Colonel Harts and 12 Planet Markeys is moved to Froemming with game times of 1pm and 3:45pm. Colonel Hart's would like to swap this slot if possible due to conflicts with work schedules. Please contact me if you are willing to swap into this time slot for this weekend.

Mother's Day make-up games
Saturday August 5
5:30 pm at Harden: 7 Wauwatosa Sluggo's v 4 Texx's Royals
8pm at Harden: 10 Colonel Hart's v 5 Kasper'sSunday
August 6
Noon at Harden: 6 McGinn's v 9 Johnny V's
2:45 at Harden: 13 Supreme Builder's v 3 Long Wongs
Noon at Simmons: 15 MPD v 11 Varsity Club BullDawgs
2:45 at Simmons: 12 Planet Markey's v 16 S. Milw. Arcade
Noon at Zirkel: 14 Franklin Barber Plumbing v 1 OBriens
2:45 at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 2 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays

Field & Game Time Change
Saturday July 29th game between 10 Colonel Harts and 12 Planet Markeys is moved to Froemming with game times of 1pm and 3:45pm. Colonel Hart's would like to swap this slot if possible due to conflicts with work schedules. Please contact me if you are willing to swap into this time slot for this weekend.

Mother's Day make-up games
Saturday August 5
5:30 pm at Harden: 7 Wauwatosa Sluggo's v 4 Texx's Royals
8pm at Harden: 10 Colonel Hart's v 5 Kasper's
Sunday August 6
Noon at Harden: 6 McGinn's v 9 Johnny V's
2:45 at Harden: 13 Supreme Builder's v 3 Long Wongs
Noon at Simmons: 15 MPD v 11 Varsity Club BullDawgs
2:45 at Simmons: 12 Planet Markey's v 16 S. Milw. Arcade
Noon at Zirkel: 14 Franklin Barber Plumbing v 1 OBriens
2:45 at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 2 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays

Game Results July 8-10

O'Brien's/Milw HD 20 Johnn V's 13
O'Brien's/Milw. HD bats exploded for 23 hits led by red hot Chris Sanders' 6-6 night. Dan Wilfrath, Mike Drover, Keith Olsen, And Jim Rinelli had three hits each as O'Briens/Milw. HD jumped out to a 15-1 lead after the first two innings. Jim Vielbaum pitched six strong innings giving up two runs. The always tough Johnny V's squad never gave up on a rare off night for them as they roughed up the bullpen for 11 runs in the seventh. Brad Pelzak led Johnny V's with three doubles.

Planet Markey's Indians 9 Franklin Barber Plumbing 3
The Indians picked up their first franchise victory, as they showed the beginning of some team chemistry. Strong Pitching by Jason Thorn (3IP, 1ER) and Doug Fremut (4IP, 1ER) controlled the game against the potent Franklin Barber Plumbing squad. The Indians Offense was led by Mike Jelacic (3-3, 4R, 3SB) and Manager/Player Dave Barth (2 for 3, 4RBI, 1R).

Varsity Club 9 McGinn's 3
The Varsity Club continued their winning ways on a wet Saturday night at Harvey Kuehn Field. Mcginn’s came out swinging though scoring one run in the top of the first. After that the Varsity Club scored eight runs unanswered, including two in the first, one in the third and five in the fifth. Leading the Varsity Club were Mike Beringer with three hits and two RBI’s, Rob Williamson two hits and two RBI’s, and Justin Fischer with 2 RBI’s. Travis Rose notched his fifth win of the year pitching a complete game allowing three runs, only two earned though. For McGinn’s Danny Mehigan, Adam Weber, and Jim Grabowski all had two hits each.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 18 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 8
The Builders beat the Jays in a face off of last years championship game as they jumped out to an early 8-0 lead and never looked back. Everyone in Supreme's lineup got a hit with 5 players having muli-hit games. Pitcher Ryan Diaz earned the win.

Wauwatosa Sluggo's 14 Colonel Hart's 0
Sluggo's got strong pitching from Greg Donovan along with timely hitting to take the first game of a split doubleheader.

Johnny V's 14 Wauwatosa Sluggo's 0
Mike Gramrossa pitched a gem to lead Johnny V's to a 11-0 win. Gramrossa limited Sluggo's to 4 hits and faced 2 over the minimum to get the complete game win. Dan Marx and Eric Lubarsky each had 3 hits with Lubarsky homering and driving in 4 runs.

Colonel Hart's 11 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 7
Although seven runs scored, a great pitching performance by Troy Schmitt set the tone for Colonel Harts. Joe Vilkoski had a three hit day, four RBI day leading the offensive charge. A four run sixth inning keyed by the bottom of the Colonel Hart's order seperated the two teams, and gave Colonel Harts their third win of the season.

Texx's Royals 15 Club Paragon 3
The Royals Alex Arcano got the win pitching 7 strong innings. Royals played a complete game with key defensive plays and offensive hits. The Royals offense was led by Mike Gardner, who went 4 for 4, and Joe Cefalu, Alex Arcano, and Mike Ernst, who all went 3 for 4.

Long Wong's 12 Kasper's 5
Josh Sopczak worked five innings allowing one run to get the win to bring Long Wong's to within one game of .500 on the season. Long Wong's scored in the top of the first on three consecutive singles but were matched by Kasper's in the bottom half of the inning. Wong's took the lead for good in the second as Tom Minior drove in two runs with a hard single. Each batter in the Long Wong's starting line-up had at least one hit, led by Tom Mortenson's 3-3 day (2r, 4bi) which included a towering three run homer in the third to put Long Wong's firmly in control. Jason Mikula (2-3, bb) and Mike Langraff (1-1, hr, hbp) kept Kasper's within striking distance. Also enjoying multi-hit days for Long Wong's were leadoff hitter Randy Kumm (2-5, hr), Brian Jaeger (2-4, 2 r, bi), Adam Graves (3-5, dbl, 2bi), Francisco Romero (4-4, 2r, bi) and Greg Ketz (2-4, 2 dbl, 2r, bi).

S. Milw. Arcade 8 O'Brien's/Milw. HD 4

July 2

Johnny V's 4 South Milwaukee Arcade 2
Johnny V's took advantage of 4 unearned runs and won 4-2 to hand South Milwaukee their first loss of the season leaving the MBL with no undefeated teams. Both teams had 6 hits. The game ended with the tying and winning runs on base in the 7th inning. Anthony Kulis got the win with 5 1/3 innings pitched while giving up only 1 unearned run. Mike Gramrossa struck out 3 of the final 5 outs to get the save.

Supreme Builders 10 Colonel Hart's 4
A balanced hitting attack and aggressive base running led the Builders to a victory over Colonel Hearts which coupled with South Milwaukee's loss gave the Builders a tie for first place in the National division. Chris Moser(3 RBI), Eric Belter, Tommy Rapp, and Colin Moser all had multi hit games for Supreme. Budd and Decker also had multi hit games for Colonel Hearts. Ryan Diaz pitched 5 solid innings allowing 4 hits and 1 run for the win. Brian Rennicke finished the game for the save.

Long Wongs 7 Club Paragon 3
The improving expansion Club Paragon squad jumped out to a three run lead after one half inning keyed by Conner Broderick's triple with two runners on. In the bottom of the first Long Wongs put up two runs to answer when Kirk Spano lined a pitch to the left field alley for a double (that's right Rinelli, and if the grass had been shorter and the wind blowing a little harder if might have rolled to the track), was followed by a triple to the right center field wall by Tom Mortenson and a double by Francisco Romero that hit off the top of the left field fence. In the third Long Wongs added three more runs as they strapped on the cleats and stole six consecutive bases. Josh Sopzcak got the complete game win pitching the final six innings scoreless and not walking a batter on the day.

O'Brien's/Milw Harley Davidson 9 McGinn's 4
O'Brien's/Milw. HD had 14 hits including 5 players with a multi-hit games led by Colonel Chris Sanders' 3-3 day including a triple. Dan Wilfrath pitched a complete game victory striking out seven, picking up his fifth win of the season and garnering considerable media attention for the coveted Jack Huennekan's Pitcher of the Year Award.

Texx's Royals 14 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 4

Texx's Royals 13 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 1

Field & Game Time Change
Saturday July 29th game between 10 Colonel Harts and 12 Planet Markeys is moved to Froemming with game times of 1pm and 3:45pm.

Mother's Day make-up games
Saturday August 5
5:30 pm at Harden: 7 Wauwatosa Sluggo's v 4 Texx's Royals
8pm at Harden: 10 Colonel Hart's v 5 Kasper's
Sunday August 6
Noon at Harden: 6 McGinn's v 9 Johnny V's
2:45 at Harden: 13 Supreme Builder's v 3 Long Wongs
Noon at Simmons: 15 MPD v 11 Varsity Club BullDawgs
2:45 at Simmons: 12 Planet Markey's v 16 S. Milw. Arcade
Noon at Zirkel: 14 Franklin Barber Plumbing v 1 OBriens
2:45 at Zirkel: 8 Club Paragon v 2 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays

Yeaaaaaaaah, no rainouts!!!

A few things to note before game summaries:
1. Bats: -3, not -5, see the rules
2. Challenging the strike zone can get you ejected after very little commentary, I speak from experience and observation.
3. Fields are what they are. Take the time to vote well and understand that Milwaukee County's financial problems stem from decades of poor money management and an overwhelming social welfare system. County Executive Scott Walker is supporting a separate Park's District that would handle it's own money instead of being lumped in with the general County budget. I think we should strongly consider supporting this proposal as a group.
4. Thank you scorekeepers & umpires for your efforts in helping us restore this league to the high status it was years ago.

June 23-25

Long Wongs 16 Planet Markey's
Long Wongs broke the game open in the fourth by hitting around the line-up after initially trailing 1-0 after two innings. Josh Sopczak pitched 4 stellar innings to start before giving way to Adam Graves (2 for 3) who controlled the game to finish.

Texx's Royals 5 Varsity Club BullDawgs 4
The Royals found themselves down 4-3 entering the sixth and were able to tie the score going into the seventh. In the seventh Steve Rappl hit a leadoff double and was able to score on a base hit by Jeremy Kroll, giving the Royals the walkoff win.

Brown Deer Supreme Builders 5 Texx's Royals 0
Ryan Diaz pitched a complete game shutout as the Builders beat the Royals 5-0. Adam Miller of the Royals pitched 5 solid innings to earn the loss. Jonny Baierl led the Builders going 3-3 with 2 doubles and Bry Rapp also had a multi-hit game. With a two RBI single in the bottom of the sixth, Dan Rischmann sealed the victory for Supreme.

Supreme Builders 8 Planet Markey's Indians 2
Brian Rennicke pitched a complete game for the Builders to earn the win. Dan Rischmann led their bats going two for two with a solo homerun and 3 RBIs. Eric Belter (3 RBIs) and Chris Moser also had mulit-hit games.

Kaspers 11 Wauwatosa Sluggos 7

Wauwatosa Sluggos 10 Kaspers 0
Evan McGarry allowed 2 hits over 5 innings to lead Sluggos over Kaspers. Chris Skaros and Corey Connolly each hat 3 hits for Sluggos.

O'Brien's/Milw. Harley Davidson 12 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 3
Dan Wilfrath pitched a complete game victory striking out five and rookie Tim Heling went 3-4 with two doubles leading O'Briens/Milw. HD to a win.

O'Brien's/Milw. Harley Davidson 4 Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 2
Game two of the doubleheader turned into a pitching duel between O'brien's/Milw. HD's Jim Vielbaum and the Blue Jay's Nick Vanwieringen. Vielbaum allowed just five hits while striking out nine and walking only one to earn the hard fought win.

Johnny V's 14 Colonel Hart's 3

Colonel Hart's 6 Johnny V's 4
Colonel Harts bounced back in shortened game two due to issues with the lights.Chad Torn pitched a complete game, only allowing four hits and four runs. In addition to great pitching and defense, the offense was geared by multi-hit games from Andy Budd, Mike Grabek, Joe Vilkoski, and Bobby Jankowski.

South Milwaukee Arcade 21 MPD 1

South Milwaukee Arcade 12 MPD 0

McGinn's 7 Club Paragon 5
With the score tied at 2 going into the sixth, both teams bats woke up. Club Paragon scored two in the top of the sixth, but McGinn's scored 5 in the bottom of the inning with 9 guys batting in the inning. Club Paragon got one more in the seventh, but that was it as Danny Mehigan pitched a complete game. Mehigan and B.J. Propp led the offensive attack going 2 for 3.

McGinn's 15 Club Paragon 5
McGinn's completed the doubleheader sweep pounding out 15 hits leading to 15 runs. Club Paragon scored 3 in the first to take a 3 to 2 lead, but McGinn's bats turned it on after that. They scored 4 in the 2nd, 4th, and 7th, with a single run in the 6th. Terry Dittrich went 2 for 4 with 4 rbi's, Andrew LeGrand with 4 for 4 with 3 rbi's, and Adam Weber went 4 for 5 with 3 rbi's to lead the McGinn's attack. Weber also pitched 6 strong innings to pick up the win. Josh Hornung pitched a scoreless 7th to finish the game.

Franklin Barber Plumbing 10 Long Wong's 6

Varsity Club 6 Franklin Barber Plumbing 5

On a day when the Varsity Club was short handed, injured, beat up and praying for rain, Franklin Barber Plumbing jumped out to a five run lead through 2.5 innings. The Varsity Club began to get their second wind though in the bottom of the third with two runs of their own. Over the course of the next four innings the Varsity Club pitcher Travis Rose would settle in and allow no runs with a little help from the defense. Varsity Club chipped away at the lead, finally tying it in the bottom of the sixth with two runs. In the bottom of the seventh, Varsity Club manage, part time first baseman and radio superstar CJ Knee led the inning off with a walk. Rick Szymanski then laid down a nice sacrifice bunt to get the runner to second. On the bunt CJ Knee made a big turn at second, the ensuing throw to second was wild and ended up in the outfield allowing the runner to get to third. Korey Salmon then hit the game winning single up the middle past a drawn in defense to win the game. Travis Rose, Mike Beringer, and PJ Morrow all had two hits on the afternoon. Rob Williamson drove in 2 runs.

Father's Day Games Make-ups

Sunday July 2

Noon at Kuenn: 6 McGinns v 1 O'Brien's/Milw Harley

2:45 at Kuenn: 3 Long Wongs v 8 Club Paragon

Noon & 2:30 at Zablocki: 2 Braeger/Treats v Texx's Royals

Noon at Simmons: 16 S. Milw. Arcade v 9 Johnny V's

2:45 at Simmons: 10 Colonel Hart's v 13 Supreme Builders

No changes will be made as there are no other field dates available.

Games of 6-16 & 6-17

Varsity Club 4 Long Wongs 3 - Travis Rose of the Varsity Club Bulldawgs and Josh Sopczak of Long Wongs faced off in an excellent pitcher’s duel that featured more then its fair share of twists and turns. Long Wongs drew first blood in the top of the third inning to plate one run to take the lead. The Varsity Club came back with three of their own in the bottom of the fourth. Mike Beringer, Steve Budny and PJ Morrow all had RBI hits in the inning. The top of the sixth saw Long Wongs claw back in it with two runs. The Varsity Club Bulldawgs scored one to take the lead again in the bottom of the sixth on cagey veteran catcher Mike Gawletta's clutch RBI double scoring Jeff Miller from second. In the top of the seventh with two outs Long Wongs lead off batter Kumm reached base on a catchers interference call. He then proceeded to steal second and third. With a two strike call on the batter, Kumm attempted to steal home, but a great pitch by Rose and tag by Gawletta squashed the potential tying run at the plate.

Johnny V's 8 Braeger/Treat's 3 - Anthony Kulis hurled a 2 hitter over six innings in a 8-3 win for Johnny V's over the Blue Jays. Kulis struck out 8 and gave up 1 earned run. Dan Marx drove in 4 runs. Marx, Tony Jones, and Brad Pelzak each had 2 hits.

Texx's Royals 12 Colonel Hart's 7 -The Royals fell behind early, trailing 7-2 after 4 innings. In the 5th they finally got there bats going putting up 5 runs and tying the game at 7. They then added 2 in the 6th and 3 in the 7th to build a cushion. Adam Miller and Alex Arcano combined for the win. Offensively the Royals were led by Scott Rappl 3 for 4 and Mike Ernst who reach base in all 5 at bats

Kaspers 3 Varsity Club 0 - Kaspers won this close game with a outstanding pitching performance from Tony Landgraf and some great defensive plays behind him.

Tosa Sluggo's 9 Planet Markey's 6 - Sluggos jumped out to a 9 run lead after two innings but Planet Markeys came back to score 3 in the fourth, 2 in the fifth and 1 in the sixth. Planet Markeys fell short in the 7th with the tying run on deck.

In a potential record breaking day for runs scored in a doubleheader Franklin Barber Plumbing swept the Milwaukee Police Dept, in a set that saw 68 runs cross the plate:

Franklin Barber 13 MPD 7

Franklin Barber 27 MPD 21

June 9 to 11

Milwaukee Baseball League Player Drafted By The Milwaukee Brewers
We are happy to announce that Mike Goetz signed with the Milwaukee Brewers after being drafted in the 25th round last week of the MBL draft. He has played two years in our league for Franklin Barber Plumbing. He played at UWM for the past two years. Good luck Mike!!!!!!

Johnny Vs 13 Long Wong's 7
Back-to-back doubles by Paul Lennart and Eric Lubarsky led to a 3-run first inning and propelled Johnny V's to the win. Lee Kleszczynski had 3 hits and Anthony Kulis gave up 2 earned runs over 5 innings to get the win.

South Milwaukee Arcade 23 Long Wongs 0
The Arcade defeated Long Wong's running their win streak to four games to start the season. Justin Biever turned in a stellar pitching performance, going the distance and giving up only two hits. He also had 6 strikeouts and added 2 hits and 2 RBIs at the plate. Mike Lessard turned in an interesting night making 6 plate appearances walking fives times, getting hit once and scoring four runs. Nate Marlowe, Adam Biever, and Matt Kitzke also had good nights at the plate. Long Wong's pitchers gave up 18 walks and hit 3 batters which spelled their doom early on.

Johnny Vs 9 Club Paragon 5
Johnny V's won a close game over Club Paragon. Paul Lennart was the hitting star with a 3-run homer and a RBI single. Mike Gramrossa went the distance to pick up the win.

Milwaukee Harley Davidson / O'Briens 8 Wauwatosa Sluggo's 5
Chris Sanders had two hits and Jon Stocks hit a double and a triple as O'Brien's/MHD beat upstart Tosa Sluggos. Dan Wilfrath pitched a complete game victory for O'Brien's/MHD. Sluggo's rallied late in the game scoring five runs in the last three innings including a two run home run by Cody Tucker.

Braeger / Treat's Blue Jays 11 Club Markey's Indians 7
In a seesaw game the Blue Jays were able to score four big runs late to seal the victory. Blue Jay's pitcher Nick Vanweiringer threw seven innings, striking out seven, while the Blue Jay's line-up provided a balanced attack.

Franklin Barber Plumbing 8 Supreme Builders 5
The Builders broke out to a 3-0 lead in the 2nd. Franklin went ahead with 4 runs in the 4th. Franklin sealed the game with a 4 run 6th with 4 straight hits from Carl Chelius, Nate Kreiter, Jake Barber and Jason Tadeo. Dave Hetzelpitched 7 strong innings.

Supreme Builders 4 Franklin Barber Plumbing 1
Solid pitching by Franklin's D. Eckhardt and Alex Nicholas was not enough as Supreme Builders won 4-1. Brian Renicke pitched a complete game with zero earned runs and allowed only 4 hits. The Builder's bats were led by Chris Moser and Bry Rapp with two hits apiece.

Varsity Club Bulldawgs 9 Colonel Hart's 4
The Varsity Club received a strong pitching performance from Mike Beringer who scattered 5 hits and 1 earned run in a complete game. MBL rookie Brad Thurbur had 2 hits, 2 runs and 2 rbi's to pace the Varsity Club on offense. Korey Salmon and Justin Fischer also drove in 2 runs each. Andy Budd lead Colonel Harts with a 2 hit game.

Varsity Club Bulldawgs 8 Colonel Hart's 5
The Varsity Club pieced together a 5 run lead through 5 innings in game 2 of this division doubleheader. Travis Rose was pitching a great game for the Varsity Club (5IP, 2h, 7K, and 0ER) when in the 6th inning Colonel Hart's hitter Joey Cieslak hit a shot back up the middle striking the Varsity Club pitcher in the shin forcing him from the game. Colonel Harts took advantage of this, and scored 5 runs to tie the game before game 1 pitcher Mike Beringer came in to stop the rally. In the bottom half of the 6th inning the Varsity Club rebounded with three runs. Beringer started that rally with a single, followed by Steve Budny being hit by a pitch. Rob Williamson contributed an RBI single in the decisive sixth. MBL veterans Rob Williamson and Mike Beringer each had two hits with Williamson also having 2 RBI’s. A patient approach by rookie PJ Morrow led to him reaching base all 4 at bats and scoring 3 runs.

McGinn's 10 Planet Markey's Indians 4
McGinn's scored 2 runs in the top of the first to take the lead they would not surrender. The Indians scored one in the second to close the game to 2 to 1. McGinn's scored 4 in the 5th and the Indians mounted a comeback scoring 3 in the 6th to make it 6-4. McGinn's bats put 4 more across in the 7th to seal the win. Ryan Schneider went 5 innings to get the win and Adam Weber closed out the game pitching the final 2 innings.

Royals 6 MPD 4
With the score 4 to 2 in the top of the 6th the Royals rallied when several key hits by the Royals led to 4 run inning. The Royals had a strong outing by all 3 pitchers that appeared in the game. Doug Paradowski pitched the first 4 getting a no decision. Adam Miller got the win pitching 2 innings, and Alex Arcano got the save pitching the 7th. The Royals lineup from 1-9 all helped out offensively to rally for the come from behind win.

Kaspers 13 Braeger & Treat's Blue Jays 1
Kaspers jumped out to a early lead with the bats and got great pitching from Keith Comp who gave up one unearned run and three hits.

Weekend of June 2nd-4th

Varsity Club BullDawgs 5
O'Briens/Milw Harley Davidson 3
In the MBL's first Friday night game, Mike Beringer and Travis Rose got the best of O'Brien's in a pitching duel. Steve Budny paced the Varsity Club on offense with 2 hits an RBI and a run.

Franklin Barber Plumbing 9
Braeger/Treat's Blue Jays 4
With the score tied 4-4 in the 6th, Barber Plumbing broke open the game with a 2 run double by Eric Eickhorst leading to 4 total runs in the inning. Dave hetzel, Dave Eckhardt and Chris Behling combined for a 4-hitter.

Varsity Club BullDawgs 7
Wauwatosa Sluggo's 6
For the second night in a row the Varsity Club received stong pitching, this time from Rick Szymanski and Travis Rose. Rose had a clutch single in the 5th scoring two to start a Varsity Club comeback. This comeback was topped off in the top half of the seventh with Rob Williamson's single to score two to break a 5-5 tie. The comeback was aided by aggressive coaching by Varsity Club manager CJ Knee.

McGinn's 10 Colonel Hart's 3
Scoreless through 2 1/2 innings, McGinn's batted around in the bottom of the 3rd scoring 5 runs. McGinn's added 2 in the 4th, 1 in the 5th, and 2 more in the 6th to put the game out of reach. Colonel Harts scratched across runs in the 5th and 6th. McGinn's pitcher Danny Mehigan pitched 6 strong innings to get the win with Adam Weber finished the game with a scoreless 7th.

South Milwaukee Arcade 5 Texx's Royals 2

Johnny V's 10 Kaspers 4
Johnny V's overcame a 4-2 deficit with an 8 run fifth inning. Dan Marx and Tony Jones had 2 hits a piece. Mike Gramrossa went the distance scattering 6 hits and striking out 5 to get the win.

Long Wongs 10 MPD 8
Shaking off back to back one run losses, Long Wongs picked up the victory over a gritty MPD team. The Wongers jumped out with five runs in their first two at bats, only to see the MPD get back to even in the fourth. MPD 3b Mike Lazewski strong defense behind Jose Lopez pitching in the middle of the game kept Long Wongs off the board for 4 innings. Long Wongs got the bats going again in the top of the seventh, scoring five times keyed by back to back run scoring doubles by Dan Yesbeck and Randy Kumm. Tom Mortenson (3-3, 2 dbls, 2r, 2bi), Dan Scherrer (2-4, 2r, 2bi) and Yesbeck (2-4, 2 dbls, 2r, 3bi) led the Long Wongs offense. Josh Sopczak pitched five innings of relief allowing only one run.

Club Paragon Gators 16
Planet Markey's 6
In this battle of MBL newcomers, Planet Markey's (new sponsorship) grabbed the early lead in the first. Then the Paragon bats woke up for 12 runs in the next three innings. Paragon's offense was led by Connor Broderick, Brandon Dejonett and newcomer Brian Lemay, who all had multi-hit games. Congratulations on Club Paragon's first MBL win.

Supreme Builders 7
O'Briens/Milw Harley Davidson 6
In a 10 inning thriller, Supreme Builders came through with a hard earned win against O'Briens. The Builders started the game with four consecutive doubles in the first inning to take a quick 3 run lead. However, O'Briens (as they did all game) came right back with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Down by two runs in the bottom of the seventh O'Briens rallied with two outs as Jim Vielbaum singled to tie up the score. The Builders came though in the 9th as Chris Moser drove in a run. Vielbaum returned the favor with another game saving RBI in the bottom of the inning. Entering into the tenth inning tied 6-6, Bry Rapp singled to right to drive in the game winning run. Shawn "Sweet" Carolan and Chris Moser led the Builders with three hits each. O'Brien's Vielbaum also had three hits with 4 RBIs. Dan Wilfrath and Ryan Diaz both threw nine impressive innings as Brian Rennicke received the save.

May 20 & 21

O'Brien's & Milwaukee Harley Davidson 14 Club Paragon 0
Dan Wilfrath pitched five innings giving up only one hit while striking out six to get the win over Club Paragon in their inaugural MBL game. Rookie Tim Heling went 4-5 with a double, triple and four RBI and Chris Sanders had two doubles and three RBI to lead the O'Brien's/Milwaukee Harley-Davidson offense.

Wauwatosa Sluggs 8 Long Wongs 7
The inagural game for the Wauwatosa Sluggs started out with back to back singles by Jake Burkart and Jason Wenzel. The hits kept coming in the third as the Sluggs put up five runs to build a cushion. Austin James led all hitters with 3 hits and 3 RBIs. Lefty Corey Connolly went 6 strong innings for Sluggos. Strong defensive plays stopped a Long Wong's comeback. Randy Kumm led Long Wongs with 2 hits and an RBI.

Supreme Builders 10 Varsity Club 4
Two time defending Champion Supreme Builders started their season where their last two ended, with a win. In their opener, after falling behind early 4 to 0, Supreme Builder's bats awoke with four runs in the fourth to tie the game. Shawn Carolan, Jonny Baierl, Dan Rischmann, and Ryan Diaz had multi hit games which help the Builders secure a win. Diaz pitched a complete game for the win.

Kasper's 20 Merry's Indians 1
Perennial powerhouse Kasper's jumped on rookie team Merry's to win going away.

Colonel Hart's 12 MPD 11
In a well fought game, with an incredible ending, Colonel Harts got their first win of the season.> Being ahead majority of the game, Colonel Harts lost the lead going into the bottom half of the sixth inning. Several walks and hit batters, along with critical hits by new comers Joe Viloski and Troy Schmitt paved the way for a game winning single for Joey "Vegas" Cieslak in the sixth and final inning to resecure the victory.

Johnny V's 14 Franklin Barber Plumbing 10
An 8-run 4th innng powered Johnny V's to a 14-10 win. Lee Kleszczynski had 3 hits and Dan Marx dove in 3 runs. Anthony Kulis got the win.

Texx's Royals 7 McGinn's 0
Adam Miller got credit for the win pitching 5 scoreless innings. Alex Arcano came into pitch a scoreless 6th and 7th. The score was close for a majority of the game, but the Royals scored 3 in the 5th and 2 in the 6th to put the game out of reach. The Royals were led offensively by the fiery Joe Cefalu who went 3 for 4 and scored 3 runs.

South Milwaukee Arcade 19 Braeger & Treat's Blue Jays 1
Jeff (Cy) Schilling Jr. turned in a stellar performance on the mound by allowing only one hit over six solid innings and strking out 9 of the 21 batters he faced. He also helped himself out at the plate by going 2 for 5 with four RBI and three runs scored. Mike Lessard, Tony Caruso, Adam Biever, and Dan Guckenberger all went 2 for 3 with at least 1 RBI and 2 runs scored. In all the Arcade collected 18 hits and 10 walks while scoring 19 runs. The Blue Jays lone run came in the bottom of the first.

Weather and fields look good for games of May 20 & 21.

Remember to keep a scorebook in case we have a game without a scorekeeper.

Also, remind the park personnel to open the scorer's booth and turn on the scoreboard.

Get your rosters emailed to Jim and I, and mail waiver forms to me, this week. Teams not complying will have wins recorded as ties for May and will forfeit games in June if these items aren't attended to by then.

OH what a glorious weekend for baseball. New teams, old teams, good weather, the humm of the ball and the ping of the bat.

Saturday May 6 & Sunday May 7

Varsity Club Bulldawgs 11 Merry's Indians 1: The Bulldawgs got their 2006 campaign started with a solid victory. Travis Rose pitched 6 strong innings of 2 hit ball. Pacing the Varsity Club on offense was Brad, Steve and Mike B with multi-hit games.

Varsity Club Bulldawgs 13 Merry's Indians 1: The Bulldawgs took advantage of walks and inconsistant fielding to post a 13-1 victory in the second game of the double header. Mike B pitched a complete game striking 9 batters. The Varsity Club offense was supported by Steve's 2 hits with both Mike G and Rob having 2 RBI's.

McGinn's 15 Braeger Treat's Blue Jays 4: Solid hitting up and down the lineup carried McGinn's to the victory. Two pitchers combined to keep Blue Jays in check.

Johnny V's 12 MPD 11 in nine innings: Johnny V's outlasted the Police in hard fought game. V's never lead in the game unitl the 9th inning when Eric Lubarsky drove in the winning run with two-out single. Mike Gramrossa got the win with three strong innings in relief. Dan Marx, Lubarsky, and Gramrossa each had 2 RBI's.

O'Brien's/Milw Harley Davidson 9 Kaspers 3: Kaspers jumped out to a 3-0 lead but O'Briens/Milw. Harley Davidson answered with 8 in the bottom of the third. Every hitter in the O'Briens lineup got a hit capped off by Chris Sanders three run home run. Dan Wilfrath pitched five strong innings to get the win.

South Milwaukee Arcade 25 Colonel Hart's 3: The South Milwaukee Arcade defeated Colonel Harts in their inagural game in the MBL Saturday Night. The Arcade collected 21 hits and 13 walks on their way to a 25 to 3 victory. Adam Biever pitched well in his debut allowing only 4 hits and striking out 4. Jeff Schilling Jr. came on in relief in the sixth and picked up to solid innings striking out 2 and not allowing a hit. It was a close game in the first two innings with Colonel Harts taking an early 3 to 1 lead in the second inning on a single by Chad Torn. Walks became an issue for Colonel Harts later in the game as The Arcade was able to string together strong 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings by driving in runners with timely hitting.

Long Wongs 10 Texx's Royals 0: Long Wongs and Texx's Royals took two for the league by playing a doubleheader at dandylion field at Froemming Park in Franklin. Long Wong's opened with a double by leadoff hitter Randy Kumm after he had fouled off six pitches and an RBI single by Kirk Spano to score quickly. Dan Yesbeck drove in a run later in the inning on a solid single. In the Royals first, Joe Cefalu and Steve Rappl singled to begin a promising inning before Spano ranged behind second, stepped to the bag and threw to first to finish a double play that ended the Royals threat. In the second and third Spano (2-3, 3rbi, 1r) drove in Kumm (2-3, 2rbi, 3r, 2 doubles) two more times. Dan Scherrer also singled in a run early to help lead a big Wong attack. Greg Ketz, back from a knee injury that cost his 2005 season, threw four innings of three hit shutout ball before giving way to Adam Graves who finished the shutout.

Texx's Royals 8 Long Wongs 7: In the second game of the doubleheader Long Wongs jumped on the Royals again, scoring 7 runs in the first 3 innings to lead 7 to 1. Royals pitcher Alex Arcano came in to stop the bleeding and held Long Wongs scoreless for the final 3 innings however. Texx's then got their bats going, scoring 4 runs in the fourth, 2 in the sixth and the game winner in the seventh. The Royals were lead offensively by the fiery Joe Cefalu, Mike Paradowski, Scott Rappl and Steve Rappl. Joe, Mike, and Steve went 3 of 4, and Scott went 2 of 3. Steve came up with the bases loaded and 2 outs in the 7th, and came through with a single to score the game winner.

SEASON STARTS THIS WEEKEND!
The weather report looks favorable so get your cleats, glove and bat ready. The schedule is final except for some home/away adjustments that will be taken care of soon. I'll send an email when I've had time to figure it out. The first week is correct. Players & Managers- please print your own schedule.

Managers: Although we have scorekeepers this year, the winning team must still submit an online game summary the day of or day after winning. Teams must still keep scorebooks (which can be bought for $3 at Burghardt's). If a game has no scorekeeper, both managers must keeps stats, do a quick post game review with each other and the winning manager must submit those games stats to Jim Rinelli via email that week.

RE: Rainouts: Please check the website the night before or morning of games to check and see if there are cancellations. If you see nothing by three hours prior to the game assume the game is being played or will be an umpires decision. Managers can call me to verify if in doubt.

Potential Players:
We had a successful tryout on April 9. However, we are still looking for guys to play ball and fill out rosters this summer. In high demand are "up the middle" players. If you are interested please send a "New Player" application found on the scroll bar above. Cost to play is generally $50 to $150 depending on the team. Also, take it upon yourself to contact managers directly by email as found on the schedule. Since we are already starting, new players will likely see limited playing time early as they work into their teams depth chart. Most teams are discounting your player fee in light of this. Establishing yourself in the league and with a club is good way to get back into or continue playing baseball going forward.

Our year end banquet this year will be a fund raiser. We would like each team to bring at least 15 players and/or guests. Entry will be $10 each, which will include appetizer buffett and two free beers (or until half barrel is gone) at CLUB PARAGON. Half of the money raised per team will be applied to that club's 2007 league fee.

Are you, a friend or family member looking for a car? Click on our Friends page for a special deal from Braeger that benefits you and the league.

Potential Players

We had a successful tryout on April 9. However, we are still looking for up to 20 guys to play ball this summer. In high demand are "up the middle" players: pitchers, catchers, SS/2b and CF. If you are interested please send a "New Player" application found on the scroll bar above.

1ST ANNUAL MILWAUKEE BASEBALL NIGHT AT BURGHARDT'S

All baseball players affiliated with MBL, Langsdorf, WYSA and MSBL are invited to Burghardt's Sporting Goods on Capital Drive in Brookfield on Saturday night April 22 from 7pm to 9pm for a special after hours night of information, discounts, beer and pizza. Brian Burghardt has been kind enough to keep his business open to provide a special atmosphere of appreciation for the baseball players of Milwaukee's core ameteur baseball leagues. There will be extra staff and a wholesaler or two to help you find just what you need for this season.

Schedule will be posted soon. Please print your own.

MINOR and AMERICAN are Friday night divisions and will play a slightly unbalanced schedule with three interdivision games, per manager input.

Here are the week one games. See the standings section and count downward to find what number team you are. Parks to be determined.
Sat 5-6 at 5pm 6v2, at 7:30pm 16v10
Sat 5-6 at 5pm 11v12, at 7:30pm 12v11
Sun 5-7 at noon 9v15, at 2:30 1v5
Sun 5-7 at noon 3v4, at 2:30 4v3

We are currently in very early talks with MSBL and County on a field improvement project. Meetings are coming up with County and a potential sponsor/doner. I'll keep you updated.

SPONSORS: $200/year to be on the website on front page and FRIENDS page, be acknowledged at playoffs and at the year end banquet/fund raiser. Contact me by email for more information. $500 minimum to be a team sponsor which will include your business on team uniform. All sponsor links, graphics, logos, business information etc... please email to me so I can forward post or to our webmaster.

Our year end banquet this year will be a fund raiser. We would like each team to bring at least 15 players and/or guests. Entry will be $10 each, which will include appetizer buffett and two free drinks at CLUB PARAGON. Half of the money raised per team will be applied to that club's 2007 league fee.

Are you, a friend or family member looking for a car? Click on our Friends page for a special deal from Braeger that benefits you and the league.

Next League Meeting:

Sunday, February 26th @ 7pm at Long Wongs

All teams should have at least one deposit made to hold their spot as we now move to scheduling. $1000 total now due less current deposits.

It looks like Club Paragon will be the sponsor for the Expansion team which will be filled with several free agents, Marquette High & Riverside alum.

Our first meeting of 2006 at Long Wongs went well. The league will be adding official score keepers this year so that MBL records can be viewed alongside existing County Minor and Open records. Also, the league finances were announced and the league is currently carrying a $1500 surplus and expects to add a small amount this season after all expenses. In addition to several rules updates, the league decided to add an expansion team in addition to the new teams entering the league.

Expansion!

The 2006 Milwaukee Baseball League season will kick off with four new teams! Added for this coming season are teams from South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee and a league organized expansion club. Our new managers are Steve Sosella from the South Milwaukee club, Jeff Brostowitz from the Wauwatosa club and Dave Barth of the Milwaukee club.

The expansion club is seeking a core of players and a manager. If you are interested in managing please contact Kirk Spano via email. The league is helping to find sponsorship and getting the team started. There are already a small group of solid players available and we will be looking to fill out the roster this spring.

Please welcome our new sponsors with a visit: the South Milwaukee Arcade (1200 Madison Ave in South Milwaukee) which features bowling and a bar and Sluggo's Sport's Pub and Grill (127th & Burleigh). The Milwaukee franchise has several sponsor candidates and will announce soon.

New (and existing) sponsors please provide a graphic similar to what's in the left column of BaseballMilwaukee.com and a URL to your website, homepage or foodspot.com page. If you don't have a site or page, please contact Shannon at Second Platform from the link on the bottom of our webpage. It is very reasonable to set up a homepage or an entire website. All sponsors will also have an ad on our Schedule Poster which we anticipate printing and distributing about 500 to local businesses- you will be receiving a short information form soon for this purpose.

Our next Manager's meeting is Sunday February 26th at Long Wongs at 7pm.