tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123659942012-02-16T05:37:38.749-06:002005-2007 Milwaukee Baseball League Game Recaps. Read about Milwaukee's top men's baseball league. League lineage to the 1930s. Former area high school stars, college players and ball players from around the country who have settled in Milwaukee. Visit our complete website at www.baseballmilwaukee.comBaseballMilwaukee.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15131124803965533963noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12365994.post-12183486615476369152008-01-29T21:28:00.010-06:002008-05-04T17:46:48.278-05:00

Congratulations to the 2007 All League Team:South Milwaukee Arcade: Justin Biever 2007 League MVP & Matt ThomasMilwaukee Harley Davidson & O'Brien's: Dan Wilfrath 2007 Pitcher of the Year, Tim Heling, Chris Sanders & Jim VielbaumKaspers: Tony Landgraf, Matt Mundt 2007 Manager of the Year & Rich GalewskiMilwaukee Police Department: John Graber 2007 Career Allstar AwardLong Wongs: Tom Mortonson,

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Milwaukee Baseball League PlayoffsMBL Championship 3pm Sunday, August 26 at Zirkel Field in McCarty Park at 84th Street and Cleveland Avenue in West Allis.Semi-Final ResultsO'Brien's / Milwaukee Harley Davidson 2 PJ's Royals 1The semi-final game between PJ's Royals and O'Brien's / Milwaukee Harley-Davidson proved to be a pitching battle between the Royals allstar Doug Paradowski and O'Brien's

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Milwaukee Baseball League PlayoffsChampionship Weekend Schedule Saturday, August 18th at 2:30pm at Harden Field in Zablocki Park (37th and Howard): O'Brien's / Milwaukee Harley Davidson v PJ's Royals Saturday, August 18th at 2:30pm at Zirkel Field in McCarty Park (84th and Cleveland): Leff's / Spancrete v Kasper'sAll league managers and players, as well as, the public are asked and invited to

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Make up game: Blue Jays v Colonel Hart's at Simmons 7pm Wednesday August 8.Division Semi-finals: Harden Field Saturday Aug. 11 @ 2:30: Supreme Builders hosting PJ's Royals Harden Field Saturday Aug. 11 @ 5:30: Club Paragon / Milwaukee Sporting Goods hosting Varsity Club Zirkel Field Saturday Aug. 11 @ 2:30: Kaspers hosting TBD* Zirkel Field Saturday Aug 11 @ 5:30: Long Wongs hosting Johnny V's

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Vacations took their toll on pitching staffs, and, hot and dry weather lended itself to hard fields leading to huge offensive days in the Milwaukee Baseball League.Long Wongs 14 Johnny Vs 13In the first game of a high scoring doubleheader, Long Wongs broker their losing streak with a win over perennial power Johnny Vs. The middle of Long Wongs order of Tom Mortonson (5-5), Joe Brand (3-5), Adam

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Major League Milwaukee: Braves, Brewers, BaseballThe Milwaukee County Historical Society will open a new exhibition entitled Major League Milwaukee: Braves, Brewers, Baseball that examines the community's relationship with Major League Baseball over the past fifty-five years on Sunday, July 22 from 1 to 5 p.m, and running through December 2nd.The exhibition pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of

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Some rule notes as the playoff races heat up:Players ejected from a game will receive a minimum one game suspension. Arguing balls and strikes, general arguing, excessive trash talking and profanity are potential causes for ejection. Not leaving the field promptly upon ejection will carry a heavier suspension.Runners are not to create a collision with the catcher for the purpose of jarring the

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Regarding Playoffs: Second place v Third place match-ups will be played Saturday August 11 as scheduled (per league review and vote).July 6-8Club Paragon / Milw. Sporting Goods 9 Long Wongs 8Club Paragon / Milwaukee Sporting Goods jumped out to a 7-0 lead after 4 innings on a five run 3rd. In the 3rd Sean Finnegan took a pitch off the back to load the bases with two outs and was followed by a

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Make-up game result June 29:Varsity Club Bulldawgs 8 Planet Markey's Indians 4Playoff rule update: Unless there are more objections, currently there are only two, (6 objections, which would be a quorum , would quash this), we are extending the playoff roster deadline to July 6 at 5pm. Players still need to meet the IP/PA minimums to qualify for playoff play; that is a player must have a

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1. Players must have a jersey, even if they have to borrow one from a bench player. After the 4th of July break, players won't be allowed to play without a uniform. 2. Playoff rosters are due before your games this weekend. 3. Remember, as decided by the managers pre-season, to be playoff eligible, a player must be on the roster by this weekend's games (regardless of rain or play, on by the

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June 15, 16, 17Friday games:Long Wongs 10 Varsity Club Bulldawgs 7Varsity Club couldn't capitalize on Long Wongs manager Kirk Spano's line-up card error which caused Chris Adamski to be out in the first inning after getting plunked in the helmet short changing a rally and dropping middle of the line-up hitter Joe Brand to ninth. Josh Sopczak held Long Wongs close through six allowing the team to

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O'Brien's / Milwaukee Harley-Davidson 6 South Milwaukee Arcade 5O'Brien's/Milwaukee HD scored four runs in the top of the first highlighted by Dan Wilfrath's grand slam homerun and held on to win against a tough South Milwaukee Arcade squad. Wilfrath provided most of the offense going 3-3 with a HR, double and 5 RBI. Jim Vielbaum was 2-4 with a long double off the fence in left and scored three

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An important note to managers and players. In the event of rainy conditions, please do not leave the field before the scheduled game time unless absolutely certain the game can not be played, as umpires will not be calling games off prior to game time. The County diamonds are built with "red" clay/sand mix. It is designed to drain off and be broomed in the event of heavy rains. It by design does

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All the games Friday June 1st were rained out. Teams should expect to play either Friday July 20 or Friday July 27 (games will not be able to be made up in June due to doubleheaders and other Friday games). Managers, please email your preference as to which day you prefer. If the teams don't agree on the preferred day, the home team's preference prevails, presuming fields are available. All

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May saw the Milwaukee Baseball League start the season with no rain-outs, a first this millenium. Three teams broke out of the gate with perfect 4-0 records, including Open Division rivals O'Brien's / Harley Davidson and Long Wongs, and American Division leader Leff's / Spancrete. Each of those teams have a long history dating back to the Milwaukee County Open and Minor, showing that franchise

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Mother's Day Weekend games, May 12-13, 2007:O'Brien's / Milwaukee HD 5 Johnny V's 4Reunited in 2007 in the same division, the longest running rivalry in the MBL (dating back to 1986 Tosa Grads vs. Twins Tap) showcased O'Brien's / Milw. HD and Johnny V's. The teams kicked off an early season doubleheader on a cool Staurday night with two of the league's top pitchers, Dan Wilfrath and Mike

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Long Wongs 4 Kasper's 0Opening night in the Milwaukee Baseball League started with a match-up of the defending Champion Kasper's club against a Long Wongs team in generational transition. With the wind blowing firmly in at Zirkel Field on a cold night the clubs settled into a pitcher's duel. Kasper's veteran starter Tony Landgraf pitched his typically solid game but was touched for four runs in

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Opening Days!!!That's right MBL has two of them. Games at Zirkel and Harden Fields Saturday night May 5th at 5:30 and 8pm. Also, games at Simmons and Kuenn Sunday May 6th at noon and 2:30pm. Come out and see Milwaukee County's ametuer baseball league. Winning managers, remember to submit game summaries, with a line or two at least, about the game by Monday evening. Two teams aren't paid in full,

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Balance of Team Fee Due NOW:$1550 Saturday/Sunday only teams.$1775 Friday/Saturday/Sunday teams. If your team fee isn't in, please contact me ASAP to make arrangements to get it in.I emailed the schedules to managers and it will be posted shortly.Below is the May schedule (note the 5:00 start times on Sunday May 13):5-MaySat 5:30 Zirkel3 v 5Sat 8 Zirkel2 v 8Sat 5:30 Harden11 v 13Sat 8 Harden9 v

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Final Pre-season Manager's Meeting!MANDATORYSunday April 15 at 6pm at O'Brien's Pub: located on Vliet Street/50th Streetacross the road from Wick Field.Balance of Team Fee Due:$1550 Saturday/Sunday only teams.$1775 Friday/Saturday/Sunday teams.Schedule, scorecards, scorebook and baseballs will be handed out at meeting.We will also have a short presentation from the Old Time Ballplayer's

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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

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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

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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

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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'sZirkel Field @ 6pm Saturday August 19:Johnny V's hosting Franklin

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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 Wongs4pm at Harden: McGinns v Wauwatosa Sluggo's 1pm at Zirkel: Johnny

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Sunday August 6 2006All 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.

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July 29 & 30Varsity Club 7 Johnny V's 5Varsity Club 6 Johnny V's 5Kasper's 5 McGinn's 4McGinn's 9 Kasper's 2Adam 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 BuildersLong Wongs 10 O'Brien's/Milw HD 6Josh Sopczak pitched the complete game for the win.O'Brien's/Milw HD 13 Long

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June 22-23Note: 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 3This game was much closer then the score. Both team's pitchers put in good performances. Justin Biever

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July 14-16O'Brien's/Milw. HD 14 Colonel Hart's 10Jon 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

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Field & Game Time ChangeSaturday 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 gamesSaturday August 55:30 pm at Harden: 7

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July 2Johnny V's 4 South Milwaukee Arcade 2Johnny 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

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Yeaaaaaaaah, no rainouts!!!A few things to note before game summaries:1. Bats: -3, not -5, see the rules2. 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

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Father's Day Games Make-upsSunday July 2Noon at Kuenn: 6 McGinns v 1 O'Brien's/Milw Harley 2:45 at Kuenn: 3 Long Wongs v 8 Club ParagonNoon & 2:30 at Zablocki: 2 Braeger/Treats v Texx's RoyalsNoon at Simmons: 16 S. Milw. Arcade v 9 Johnny V's2:45 at Simmons: 10 Colonel Hart's v 13 Supreme BuildersNo changes will be made as there are no other field dates available. Games of 6-16 & 6-17Varsity Club

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Milwaukee Baseball League Player Drafted By The Milwaukee BrewersWe 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 7Back-to-back doubles by Paul Lennart

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Varsity Club BullDawgs 5 O'Briens/Milw Harley Davidson 3In 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 4With the score tied 4-4 in the 6th, Barber Plumbing broke open the game with a 2 run double by Eric

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May 20 & 21O'Brien's & Milwaukee Harley Davidson 14 Club Paragon 0Dan 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

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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

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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 7Varsity 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

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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

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Potential PlayersWe 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'SAll baseball players affiliated with MBL,

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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

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1st League Meeting of 2006Sunday, January 29th at 6:30-8:00pm at Long Wong's on 52nd & Bluemound Road. Mandatory attendance for managers or team representative. Topics: Expansion, Friday night division, scheduling, umpiring, sponsorship benefits, poster schedule & elect VP.1/3 of league fee due to WYSA: $500 Expansion!The 2006 Milwaukee Baseball League season will kick off with at least three

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Our final meeting went well. There were no major issues to resolve as fields, umps and our WYSA relationship all are well. The league had a surplus financially and is looking to expand by three or four teams. 2005 ChampionshipThe 2005 Milwaukee Baseball League Championship offered a not anticipated match up between two American Division teams- The Division Pennant winning Blue Jays and the

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Quarter Finals:Blue Jays 5 over Kaspers 4The Jays, in their first playoff appearance staked a 4-0 lead early to take control. Kasper's rallied in the seventh to fall just short. Both teams played superb defense to support strong pitching performances in a fundamentally sound game.Colonel Hart's 8 over McGinn's 5Expounding on a theme of the day, both teams played tough defense and fundamental

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Colonel Hart's 5 v MPD 4Conlonel Hart's qualified for the playoffs from the MBL's strongest division in 2005 with a narrow victory.Long Wong's 13 v McGinn's 3Randy Kumm pitched a strong game and Dan Scherrer led the offense with four hits to keep Long Wong's slim playoff chances alive in game one of a doubleheader.McGinn's 10 v Long Wong's 4Jim Plaisted pitched a complete game to lead McGinn's to

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Long Wongs 13 over Pilots 10In a Jack McKeonesque managerial come back, Dan Yesbeck inspired Long Wongs to a come from behind victory overcoming a 8-0 first inning deficit to win 13-10. Josh Sopczak kept his cool to pitch a complete game. Josh also went 2-3 at the plate and defensive replacement Randy Kumm contributed with the bat as well going 2-2 with a double and triple. Tom Mortonson went 3-4

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GAME TIME CHANGES. PLEASE NOTE. July 31st games at Simmons:Johnny V's v Franklin Barber Plumbing will be at 2:30pm.&Colonel Hart's v Milwaukee PD is moved to Saturday night August 6 at 5pm at Kuenn Field (Rainbow Park)The McGinn's v Pilots make-up is scheduled for 5pm Sunday, July 31st at Zirkel.The McGinn's v Long Wong's doubleheader is scheduled for 1:30pm on Sunday July 7 at Zirkel.PLEASE

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O'Brien's 9 v Long Wongs 5O'Brien's came back from a 4-2 deficit scoring seven runs in the final inning. Keith Olsen hit a bases loaded double and Dan Wilfrath added a two run homerun as O'Briens rallied back for the victory. Wilfrath also had another solid pitching performance striking out nine to get the win.Supreme Builders 20 v Johnny V's 19With the wind blowing out toward the short left

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O'Brien's 8 v Kaspers 6Bryan Oliver and Keith Olsen had two hits to pace the offense. Dan Wilfrath- making his case for come back player and pitcher of the year- pitched his fifth complete game of the season striking out six to get the win.O'Brien's 8 v Kaspers 6In game two of a Saturday twi-night doubleheader, O'Briens jumped out to a 8-0 lead after three innings highlighted by back to back home

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Johnny Vs 9 v Kaspers 7Johnny V's won a close game in 8 innings in game 1 of doubleheader. Kaspers tied the game with 4 runs in the 6th inning only to be outpaced when Eric Lubarsky's doubled in the go-ahead run with 2 outs in the 8th. Tony Jones got the win in relief with 2 scoreless innings.Johnny Vs 11 v Kaspers 9Johnny V's won game 2 of the doubleheader in a rain shorten 5 inning game 11-9.

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O'Brien's 19 v Barber Plumbing 7Dan Wilfrath had another solid outing as he struck out ten and walked only one in six innings of work to pick up the win. Chris Sanders continued his torrid hitting pace going 3-4 at the plate and veteran second baseman Keith Olsen was also 3-4 with 5 RBI to lead the offense.O'Brien's 4 v Royals 1Jim Vielbaum pitched solid seven innings, striking out four to get

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Blue Jays over McGinn'sMcGinn's forfiets due to ejection.O'Brien's 17 v Pilots 0Dan Wilfrath pitched a complete game shutout with nine strikeouts to get the win. Wilfrath was also 3-6 at the plate. O'Brien's line-up hit up and down the order as each starter had at least two hits, led by Chris Sander's 5 of 6 day, as O'Brien's cruised to victory over the Pilots.Johnny V's 13 v Royals 5A six run

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Pilots 11 v Blue Jays 1Travis Rose turned in a strong pitching performance for the Pilots. At the plate Steve Budny and Mike Beringer had multi-hit games.Pilots 15 v Blue Jays 4Travis Rose, rebuking his manager after being DH'd for in the first game, went 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Brian Skornia and Mike Gawletta both had 3 RBI's for the Pilots. Mike Beringer pitched a solid complete game

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As of 9:00am all fields are playable and games are scheduled to be played.

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Long Wongs 9 @ Johnny V's 6Solid pitching from Tom Mortenson and Josh Sopczek led Long Wongs by the 2004 MBL playoff runner-up. A strong defense also helped deflate several Johnny V's scoring threats. In the second inning Mike Fuss started a double play on a great grab of a sharply hit ball down the third base line. In the fifth, Mortenson threw out a runner at third base from the left field

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MPD 14 v Long Wongs 4The MPD broke open a close game in the middle innings with strong hitting throughout the line-up.McGinns 3 @ O'Briens 1This pitcher's duel was decided late with single runs by McGinns in the fifth and sixth.Colonel Hart's 8 v Blue Jays 2Incredible pitching by Chris Wood paved the way for Colonel Harts. Justin Biever added a charge in the 5th with a solo home run and picked up

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Long Wongs 4 @ Blue Jays 5The Blue Jays overcame a 4-1 seventh inning deficit to win their opener. Pilots 14 @ Kaspers 12In a game marked by several lead changes, the Pilots held off a late rally by Kaspers to win their opener.Milwaukee Police 5 @ Johnny Vs 102004 Runner-up Johnny Vs opened the season with a victory over the Milwaukee Police Department team. The experienced Police team jumped out

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