Shane Noonan, Bill DiIenno, Scott Quinn, Tommy Esterling provided the offense for the reincarnated Drillers in a team that was composed of many of the same players from the 1995 Drillers that played in the Vic Willis League. Now they were competing for the 28 and over MSBL title for Delaware. 

    Drillers took game one 4-3 on a 6th inning 2 out home run off the bat of Ryan Newell. Tommy Esterling came in for relief in a well pitched game by Rob Hiesler. Esterling held on to get the save in game one. Bill DiIenno had a solo homerun in the 3rd inning.

    The deciding game was something for the story books. With the Phillies trailing 7-5 the phillies rallied in the top of the 7th inning after the defense fell apart. Drillers made 3 costly errors which allowed the Phillies to tie it up 7-7. Esterling struke out 2 of the 3 remaining batters to keep it at 7-7.  Esterling was the first batter in the bottom of the 7th when Mark Wilhelm told Esterling just to hit it outta here. On the first pitch Esterling hit a ball that cleared the trees in left field for a walk off win for the Championship.   

     Jamie Rogers, Jeff Rogers and Steve Terranova are former semi-pro players that play for the Phillies. Drillers Semi-pro players include Bill DiIenno, Mark Wilhelm, Ryan Newell.

Highlights - Gildeas Stars won the best of seven championship Behind the arm of J. R. McAllistar and the
Bat of Ryan Griffin.  McAllistar threw a complete game, giving up 2 hits and striking out 12.  Ryan Griffins'
3 run home run in the first inning was all the offense the Stars needed.

Congrats to the Stars, Billy Cannon and Bob Gildea for a great end to a great season.

   Highlights - Gildeas Stars took game 4 of the championship series. 
With the game tied 1-1, the Stars erupted for 5 runs in the sixth inning
highlighted by Mike Godwin's bases clearing double.  Yacer Garcias 
picked up the win, scattering 4 hits, striking out 4.  Game 5 of the series
will be played Tuesday night at Banning Park, with the Stars holding a 3
games to 1 advantage.

Raiders scored 6 runs in the 6th inning to beat the Stars 8-2 to even up the series.

The raiders took advantage of sloppy play in the bottom of the 6^th to even the series at one game apiece.    A great pitching matchup between two of the leagues’ best pitchers, the Raiders’ Brett Urban and the Stars’ J. R. McAllistar, it was the Raiders who took advantage of 4 errors in the bottom of the six to get the win.  Up to that point, the Stars held a 2-0 advantage on an RBI single by Frank Devonshire in the second and an unearned run in the 4^th.  Both pitchers held serve until the 6^th, when the wheels came off the Star’s wagon defensively.  4 errors and 7 runs later, the game was no longer in doubt.  Urban quietly retired the side in the 7^th for the win.  Offensively, The Raiders were led by Doug Eitleman and Jose Rivera who each had two hits.  

   Gildea's Stars took game one in the championship series in an 8 inning thriller. Gildea's Raiders took a 2 run lead into the top of the 7th on an rbi single by Mark Moser and an infield error. The Stars came back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game on an rbi triple by Brian Short and a fielding error. In the eigth inning, the Stars loaded the bases with one out and Brian Short singled in the game winning run with an rbi single. Mike Godwin picked up the win in relief, shutting the Raiders down in order in the top half of the 8th. Soley was 3-3 with 2 rbi's and Brian Short went 4 for 5 with 3 runs scored and 3 rbi's to allow the Stars to Edge The Raiders 7-6 in extra innings. Garcias started and threw 5 2/3 innings and struke out 5 while walking 3.

Game 2 Tuesday at 7 PM at Banning Park.

   Gildea Raiders and Gildea Stars will take the field Monday night at Banning Park for a 7:00 Start for the best of 7 Series to decided the Delaware Semipro Baseball League Championship.

WEDNESDAY WILL BE A NIGHT OFF

    Gildea Raiders beat Home Mattress Center 6-5 in the final inning scoring the final run on a walk. Doug Eitelman hit a 3 run home run in the 3rd inning to give the Raiders a lead but then Home Mattress regained the lead later in the game on an error. With Home mattress up by a run in the last inning, Jose Rivera had a base hit down the third base line to tie the game at 5-5. Mike Walls came in with the bases loaded to relieve Dave Mullin and walked in the go ahead run. After which, he went on to strike out the side. Home Mattress tried to retaliate in the last part of the seventh but only managed to get Bryan Fitzgerald to second base after a single and a balk.

   Gildea's Raiders will take on Gildea's Stars in the best of 7 series which will start on Monday.  

   Home Mattress and Gildea Raiders will play tonight at Banning Park while Pro Physical Therapy and Gildea Stars will play the deciding game tonight at Eder Park. Home Mattress Center took game 4 with a 5-2 win over Gildea's Raiders to stay alive in the best of 5 Semi-Final series.

   Doug Eitelman hit a 2 run home run in an extra inning thriller to even the series at one a piece. It was a classic pitching duel between Dave Mullin and Brett Urban as predicted that ended with  a well struck ball leaving the yard off Eitelman's bat in a 4 - 2 victory for Gildea Raiders. Dave Mullin was lifted from the mound in the 10th inning by Manager Max Beheler who opted to go to Shortstop Mike Walls to get through the next few batters.. Walls came in and walked the first batter with Doug Eitelman on deck. Doug Eitelman made his way to the plate and squared up twice to bunt but pulled back on Wall's offerings. Eitelman took the next pitch and drove it over the right field fence for the game winning runs.

   Brett Urban threw all 10 innings while striking out 9 in the process and walking 5. Last years playoff game between Brett Urban and Dave Mullin went 11 innings at Eder park. The final game of this series will be another matchup between Urban and Mullin scheduled for Friday night.  

Game 3 will be Monday night at Eder Park 7 PM.

   Nick Lidner pitched a stellar game but did not get the run support to provide him with a win. On the flip side of that, Clint Kuhl was having the same problems with his Home Mattress center team. Almost zero offense from both sides until the 6th inning when Jeff Skorup doubled into center field. A base was open and Mike Walls was the hitter. Mike has been red hot pretty much all season so Gildea's decided to put him on to get the double play in order. Jesse Crockett hit a line drive over Duben Word's head that plated both Skorup and Walls to bring it to 2-0. A bad hop infield hit by Bryan Fitzgerald plated Jesse Crockett for the final run. Clint came in and shut them down in the top of the 7th for the win.

   This Fridays game will be a classic matchup between Dave Mullin for Home Mattress and Brett Urban for the Gildea Raiders at Banning Park 7PM.

FRIDAY 6 August      

Gildea Stars @ Pro Physical Therapy Eder Park 7:00pm 

Home Mattress Center @ Gildea Raiders  Banning Park 7:00pm

Thank you for your cooperation. later Max

   Matt Harden doubled in Tom Ogden with the game winning run in the 9th to lead Pro Physical Therapy into the second round of the Delaware Semi Pro Playoffs. Harden was the game winning Pitcher in relief of Nick Galinskie. Harden pitched 4 1/3 scorless innings. The  game  was also highlighted by Brandon Menchaca's steal of home in the sixth inning to tie the score. Damiani Tile Pitching kept the game tight with Ryan Shaw, Jesse Jamison and Andy Hoover all pitching well and keeping the Pro Physical Therapy team bats quiet. Daminai Tile out hit Pro Physical Therapy 8 to 4 but stranded bases loaded twice in this extremely tough fought game.

Great Season for the ever improving Damiani Tile Tigers and I am sure better things will come to them next season.

Good Luck To Pro PT in the next round.

   Nick Bitter threw 6 innings of 3 hit ball with 12 strikeouts, Jimmy Conroy picked up the save in the seventh striking out the last batter with the tying run on first.
   The game was 1-1 going into the seventh when Duban Word walked, Steve Hurschman came in to pinch hit and put down a perfect sacrifice bunt, HyPoint brought Tommy Gallagher into the game to face Brock Donovan, Brock laced a single to left scoring Word to put the Raiders up 2-1.  Doug Eitelman hit a sac fly later in the inning to make it 3-1.

   Raiders will play Home Mattress in the best of 5 series which starts tonight at Eder Park @ 7 PM.

   Matt Botting, Joe Fowler  and Mark Lemon each had two RBI to pace Pro Physical Therapy over Damiani Tile. Jim Okoniewski went the distance in the win pitching shutout ball after allowing two runs in the first inning. Even though Damiani Tile Outhit Pro Physical Therapy, Pro was able to capitalize on walks and timely hitting to come out with a 9 - 2 win over first time play off team Damiani Tile. Game 2 will be tonight at Banning 7PM. This is the best of three series and of course you know this is a must win for Damiani Tile.

The play-offs start tonight at Banning and Eder Park.

Damiani Tile at Pro Physical Therapy      Banning 7:00 PM

Hy-Point Dragons at Gildea Raiders        Eder Park 7:00 PM

Pro Physical therapy and the Raiders are the higher seeds, so the will be the home teams for game 1 and 3 in this best of three series.

I was infromed that the Stars took second place and will get the bye. Pro PT took 3rd and the Raiders are in the 4 spot. 

I will contact Max to find out where everyone is playing for Monday.

Wild Card teams playoff will be:

Pro Physical Therapy v Damiani Tile

Gildea Raiders v Hy-Point

Jerry wrote this piece in the third person in honor of Rickey Henderson, who was just inducted into the Hall of Fame last Sunday. Rickey is famous for speaking in the third person. Here is a little known fact, Rickey Henderson was born on December 25, 1958, Jerry was born on December 25, 1957, and Rickey and Jerry both bat right-handed and throw left-handed, which is very, very rare. As the late broadcaster Mel Allen used to say, "How about that!"

   Games will be played out for the rest of the season. Some talk was to just drop the remaining few games and just start the play-offs, but after the vote, we have decided to play it out to see where things end up. In case of rain tonight, the games will be rescheduled for Friday if we able to do so. If a rainout takes place on Thursday or Friday, those games will not be made up and the wild card play off will start on Monday.

   Raiders are still hoping that and Pro PT lose 2 games so they can retain second place. Raiders were 15-4 at one point this season and would really like to have second place and the bye. Not sure if that is gonna happen with the Stars having an easier schedule than Pro PT has for the remaining few games. I know the teams like the Blue Coats and Walter's Collectibles,  that are already out of the play-offs,  would love to play spoilers and then look ahead to the next season and build on the success that they have had in thier first year. The Stars could win thier last 2 games and clinch the 2nd spot and seal a bye. pro PT has to go through Home Mattress and Hy-Point Dragons to keep hope alive for the 2nd place position.

   In case of a tie for 2nd place, there will be no single game play-off spot as decided last night at the meeting. 2nd place will be a draw of straws or a flip of the coin. We could even have a 3 way tie for second. Not sure how that would work, I guess a round robin format of coin tossing. As always this league always ends up being very interesting going into the last few games of the season.

   Best of luck through the remainder of the season.

Please note the new game Schedules.

 Mon.  7/27/2009 6:15 PM   Gildea's Raiders Pro Physical Therapy     18th & Van Buren     
 7/27/2009 6:15 PM   Hy-Point Dragons Gildea Stars      Banning Park     
 
Tue. 7/28/2009 6:15 PM   Damiani Tile Tigers Gildea Stars      18th & Van Buren     
 7/28/2009 6:15 PM   Home Budget Center Pro Physical Therapy     Banning Park     

Wed. 7/29/2009 6:15 AM   Gildea Stars Walter's Collectibles      Banning Park     
 7/29/2009 6:15 PM   Damiani Tile Tigers:  Home Budget Center:      18th & Van Buren      
 7/29/2009 6:15 PM   Hy-Point Dragons Pro Physical Therapy     Dickinson High School     

Thur. 7/30/2009 6:15 AM   Home Budget Center Pro Physical Therapy     18th & Van Buren     
   7/30/2009 6:15 PM   Delaware Blue Coats Gildea Stars      Rockford Park   

Some games have been moved to new dates and or locations. An E-mail was sent out on Saturday regarding the changes and phone calls have been made to check if the changes were noted.

   Please keep Max Beheler and his family in your prayers. Justine Kearns, Max Beheler's GrandDaughter, passed away yesterday.She was a big part of Home Mattress Baseball. Justine was the bench coach for Home Mattress. Justine attended every game that she possibly could.  Justine helped her Grandfather set up the bases, carry in equipment, joked with the players on the bench, broke up fights, and give encouragement to anyone that needed it. Justine you will be greatly missed.  

Max, We Love you!

Mark Wilhelm

Home Mattress took the Season Title last night with a 3-0 win against the Bucco's. Clint Kuhl threw a complete game shut out and helped Home Budget win its second Season Title in its history. With the score tied 0-0 in the 5th inning, Marc Decaro ripped a 2 RBI double down the right field line. This win give Home Mattress it's second Cartwright Trophy over the past 3 seasons. 

Bucco's face elimination from the play-offs with no games remaining on thier schedule, but still have a shot for a "Play In" game if Damiani Tile losses the rest of their games. Damiani has 3 more games. In this league, it has happended before. They was a 3 way tie for 4th place a few years ago and I believe the Bucco's were involved in that 3 way tie.

    There was an error on the website's schedule, so we just wanted to make sure that everyone knew that it was at DelCastle and not Dickinson High School.  The schedule that the coaches recieved was correct from Max Beheler.

Every game is important for almost every team at this time of the year. Pro Physical Therapy has won 8 out of the last 10 games and have jumped up into 3rd place with The Stars and they are both only one game over the newly renevated Hy-Point Dragons. Hy-Point has won four straight and is still shooting for top four honors for the quickly ending season.Stars have been playing close to .500 baseball over the last two weeks and if the continue on that pace, they should at least settle in with the 4th spot in the play-offs. Raiders should be able to finish at least in 3rd but probably will end up in 2nd place a game or 2 out of first place. Buccos still have hope for getting into the play-offs, but are in a must situation for every game from here on out and with only 2 games left, thier chances are still good for at least a wild card shot. Damiani Tile has 6 games left and could actylly shot for 3rd or 4th place, but will need some help from a few other teams. I can see them getting a Wild Card Play-in game. Blue Coats have had a good season for a first year teams and have shown major improvements over the year when some teams never expected them to have as many wins as they had this season. Walter's are the only team that is Mathematically eliminated at this point. An upstart team that will improve over the next year is what I see with this team. They have played many good games over the season and they know what they hae to do now to improve over the next 10 months.

Home Mattress Would have to have a Mets style meltdown to throw away first place over the next week of baseball. But then again, the Mets have done it over the last few seasons, so anything is possible.

7/16 Buccos at Pro PT tonight at Dickinson High School 6:15 pm.

7/17 Blue Coats at Stars 18th and Van Buren 6:15 pm. 

I want to congratulate Walter's Fine Collectible's on their win on Friday night, July 10 by a score of 7-6 over the Delaware Blue Coats. It was a very entertaining ballgame, and I was glad that I was there. Bert Talley was especially happy that Walter's won, because the Bucco's and Blue Coats are competing for the final playoff spot. Even though Walter's is only 2-19, they could easily be 8-13 or even 9-12. They have played a number of close games this year. For example, on Wednesday July 1 at Delcastle, they lost to the Bucco's 3-2 on a walk-off walk in the bottom of the 7th inning. It was a well played game. I sat on the Bucco's bench that night, because I am on their roster. If they were ever short of players, they would have to play me. Hopefully I would be in either rightfield or leftfield and bat ninth. And I would also be praying to God that no balls get hit to me, as I am 51 years old, and my eyesight is not very good. But I would imagine that the opposing team would intentionally try to hit the ball my way. But, going back to last Friday, Dane Walter, who just graduated this year from St. Mark's High School and was a member of their state championship team, had 2 hits.as did Dillon Oakes, Brent Treml and Tim Barker. Merril Sterner pitched a complete game victory, a very gutsy performance on his part. I have known Martin Walter for many, many years now. He is a class act. A little sidebar here, Martin named his son Dane, after former Phillie Dane Iorg, who is most famous for getting the walk-off hit for the Royals inn Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. Anyone who names his son after a Phillie is okay in my book. Well, I will be leaving my house in about 45 minutes to attend the Bucco's-Pro Pyhsical Therapy game at Dickinson High School. But, Martin Walter and the rest of the Collectible's team, I will try to attend as many of your games as I can the rest of the season. You guys are a class act, and don't ever forget, keep your heads up! Till next time, Mr. Semi-Pro, aka Mr. Phillie, Jerry Horgan.

The Kansas City Royals will hold an open tryout at Frawley Stadium on July 18.

Players can register from 8 to 8:45 that morning. The tryout begins at 9.

For more information, contact Royals area supervisor Casey Fahy at casey.fahy@royals.com.

The Royals are the parent club of the Wilmington Blue Rocks.

Thanks Joe R.

Jerry took his normal position at a Delaware Semi-Pro game, just to the left of the left field line. Most players play between the lines, but Jerry is definitely in the Delaware Semi-pro Hall of fame for Most Foul Balls retrieved in the history of the DSPBL. It was a bad night for Jerry, in that he did not get any foul balls last night at Rockford Park. So on the foul ball meter, it remains at 1,065. trying to get Jerry to start submitting stories about this league and its players past and present. Between Jerry and Bert Talley, there would be some great stories and remembrances.

Chad Jenkins (LHP) was the first Semi-pro player picked this year. He was selected 502nd over all by the Washington Nationals. Chad Played for Cecil Last year and playing for Gildeas Stars this Season. Cody Holliday (OF) had a great season at Wilmington university this season and was the 554th pick in the draft for the New York Mets. Dan Perkins (RHP) from Delaware State University was 811 in the draft and was selected by the Colorado Rockies. Phil Aviola rounds out the group by getting selected as a catcher at the 1067 slot in the draft by the Philadelphia Phillies.

502		Jenkins, Chad	Cecil CC	LHP	L/L	6'04"	220	1988-03-12	J3
554		Holliday, Cody	Wilmington Col	OF	L/L	6'03"	210	1987-09-30	SR
811		Perkins, Daniel	Delaware St U	RHP	R/R	6'04"	200	1986-03-05	5S
823		Davis, Kyle	U Delaware	2B	R/R	5'11"	175	1987-01-08	SR
1067		Aviola, Phil	Wilmington Col	C	R/R	6'01"	225	1986-09-02	SR

The Highest draft pick in Delaware this year was Tyler Townsend from Georgetown, Delaware. Tyler went as the 85 pick over all.

University of Delaware's Kyle Davis was drafted by the Chicago White Sox as the 823rd pick over all.

DELAWARE SEMI-PRO BASEBALL 2009 

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Greg Lemon's Baseball Blog about his experiences with the newly formed American Defenders Independent baseball club in Nashua, New Hampshire. Greg is a much better writer than I be (punn intended), so check out what it is like to go through the day to day challenges and rewards of Professional Baseball.

There are a few weird ground rules in our league since we play on open fields most of the time. At Rockford Park, if a ball is hit down the left field line and rolls foul after 3rd base and before the crest of the hill that is 322' away, it is to be ruled a ground rule double. If it lands fair in left field and rolls foul after the crest of the hill it will be all the runner can get. On any of the fields (except for Dickinson, Banning and DelCastle) at the end of the foul fence a ball that is caught after the fence should be ruled an out if the fielder does not go into the dead area at a 90 degree angle from the fence line. If you catch and carry into the dead ball area the ball is deemed dead and no runners can advance.

The following excerpt is taken from the Delaware Semi Pro baseball rules regarding Canby and Rockford.   The flags or cones should be placed at the top of the hill in left field. If no Flag or cone is placed out there it is the umpires discretion to determine if it went out before or after the crest of the hill.

a. With respect to the left field foul flags at Canby Park and Rockford Park, and the right field foul flag at 18th and Van Buren, any fair batted ball bouncing into foul territory before these foul flags shall limit the runners to two bases, with the runners advancing said two bases at their own peril. Play is dead once the runners reach their second advanced base. The batter-runner is the determining factor. 

b Any fair batted ball bouncing into foul territory beyond the left field foul flags at Canby Park and Rockford Park, and the right field foul flag at 18th and Van Buren, or any fair batted ball bouncing into foul territory in right field at Canby Park and Rockford Park and in left field at 18th and Van Buren, shall not limit the runners and the runners may advance any number of bases at their own peril,

As everyone knows we go by the rules of Major League Baseball and more specifically, the American League rules. Bamboo, Two Piece, and Composite bats have been deemed illegal. Many bats have been seen in game use and will be acted upon by the umpires.

From an e-mail with the Umpire Association:

After checking with Dave Farone DIAA and IBUA rules interpreter, the composite bat IS illegal -- yes, if discovered/challenged BEFORE next pitch the batter is called out -- any advancement by runner(s) is nullified and returned to original base -- hope this gives insight to the question.   IBUA

Brett Brothers bats, Dimarini bats, Baboo bats, and bats from Louisville with the Coating over top with the Rings located at the sweet spot are some of the examples of the illegal bats.

First Pitch of the season was a fastball down. Not sure what that means for the rest of the season, but we will find out soon enough. Upstart Delaware Blue Coats came out ripping the ball in the early part of the game but the Hy-Point Dragons got to them to take the first game of the 2009 season. Hy-Point is in sole possession of first place at this time.

I am starting the list up again for interested players to sign up so Managers can get in touch with players that they may need for thier team this season. Compose an e-mail and send it to batdoctor@comcast.net with information on your baseball prowess. Give us info on age, what school/College/Pro experince you have, positions played, any accolades (that is a big word for awards), and what you strengths are as a ball player. I will post your info on this webpage so the coaches can contact you for potentiial spots on rosters.

215 players played last season and with a new team coming in the league, that number is sure to rise. Only 3 weeks until opening day.

Player List:

20.  Name:  Isaiah S Greene
Age: 24
Height:6'0
Weight:190
School: Dover High School
Delaware State University
Bat:R
Throw:R
Position: Outfield
Baseball Accolades: 2002 1st Team All Conference Northern Helopen Conference, 2002 Varsity Captain, 3 Year Varsity Winner, 2003 1st Team All Conference Northern Helopen Conference, 2003 All State Honorable Mention
2003 American Legion State Champion.
 
I have played outfield my whole life with some minor game experience in the infield.  I have good vision on balls and can track down balls with my excellent footwork.  I have average speed and a good bat.  I am very interested in showcasing my skills in this league and helping a team win.
 
Thank you,
 
Isaiah Greene
302-747-7762
302-399-4713
isaiah.greene@hotmail.com

19.  I am interested in playing Delaware Semi Pro this year.  Is it still possible for me to find a team?  Here is my information, I would appreciate if you could pass it on to some interested managers.  Thank you very much.

17.  Buck Harper  23 yrs old. Played high school ball at hodgson vo-tech, and played 3 years of junior college at williamson trade school.  I can play any position except for catcher.  I pitched a good amount and played alot of utility.  I bat right and throw right.  If you can help me out in any way possible it would be greatly appreciated.  wharper08@williamson.edu

16.  Kyle Leech      I played third base my whole career.  My coaches for wm penn was Mel Gardner and Bill Cole.   My telephone number is 3023451884.  Please add me to the list so I can tryout when they come
around. Would love to play
--delsol97

15. Rob Courtney    Salesianum;All Star Baseball Academy; Piedmont
6'2 185 lbs. Left handed hitter and pitcher. Strengths include power hitting and ability to hit to hit to all fields. Recruited by Div 1,2, and 3 Colleges. I love the game of baseball.  I play first base as my primary position.

I also participated in Select Fest last year. I was rated an 8 out of 10 at the Perfect Game NE Top Prospect Showcase. Here is the link:

14. I am interested in trying-out for any teams looking for players for the upcoming season.

Bat: R 
Throw: R
Position:  3B/1B/OF
Height:  6' 0"
Weight:  225 lbs

While most of my experience has been in football, baseball has always been in my blood.  I played football throughout college as a TE, and continued to play semi-pro ball through last season.  My baseball career carried me through high school where I was a consistent .350 hitter using all fields with power.  I would love the opportunity to try out with any local teams looking for players.
Chris Valis
vmanwr86@yahoo.com
336-575-4428

13. Dan Hill, 23, delcastle high, Home Budget Delaware semi pro 2007, shortstop and 2nd Base,relief pitching, strengths hitting   rusty1439@yahoo.com

12. Greg Genovese, 23, charter high, outfielder, 2nd team all conference 2004, strengths strong arm, accurate   rusty1439@yahoo.com

 11. Robert Midgley, 6'1", 195lbs. Bat left throw right, 24 yrs old, play third base, but I'm willing to play anywhere. I've played ball since I could swing a bat. Started 4 years varsity at a south jersey high school. Begged for a tryout with UD, but never got a response. Won batting title twice in garden state league (2005,2006). Struck out 0 times in both seasons. Moved to delaware full time last year and getting married in Hockessin this year. Eagerly looking foward to getting back in to the game. Thanks so much. 609-709-9321. bobbymidge@gmail.com

10. Chris Sizemore. I go to Delaware State University I am red shirting this year. I can catch play first or third. BaseballWP2007@aol.com

9. Jim Rich,19 played on a travel league, plays firstbase and the outfield, Throw left and bat right. bigjim363@netscape.net

8.  Dave Conomon, 5'10", bat,throw lefty 26 years old.  pitcher/1st baseman.  Started varsity as a sophmore at wilmington high. 1st team all conference for utility player that year. I pitched and played 1st base also from 10th-12th grade for American legions Elsemere team.  I was clocked at the Phillies game at 82mph without a real warm up.  Im a lefty with a 2 seam fastball (lot of movement), curveball, slider and have thrown change-ups and knuckleball a few times.  I can be contacted in the afternoon or evening on (302) 299-6052 Dave.  Thanks dconomon@verizon.net 

7. Danny Dewald 24 yrs old 5'10" 190 lbs.  throw and bat right handed. Main position is 2nd base and mainly shortstop. Went to Blue Mtn High School and played on varsity all 4 yrs. Played all positions except catcher, pitcher, and 1st base. Played at LCCC (Lehigh Carbon Community College) Played Shortstop and 2nd and was the leadoff or 2nd hitter. All-Conference as a freshman and was named Conference defensive player of the yr w/ a .998 fielding percentage and played in all 40 games. Played in an adult league in Allentown playing mainly 2nd but was also a Utility player. Assistant coach for the woman's softball team at PSU- Schuylkill Campus. (570) 622-1796  Will be living in the Kennett Square area in the spring.  dannyd017@yahoo.com

6. Name: Tim Dreher  Height: 6'  Weight: 165lbs Throws: Left Bats: Left  Position according to skill level: P,LF,CF,1B,RF,3B       Residence: Newark, DE 19702
    The past two seasons I've played in the TriStateNaba League with most of my playing time done on the mound and outfield.  I was selected to two all-star teams and scouted for a Single-A tournament team that went to Cooperstown, NY.  While I was there I was asked to play on a Double-AA Tournament team in Virginia.  Have more than average endurance and have no problem making past the 6th inning.  In my first season I closed 8 out of 10 games started.  Last season I finished the with a 3.17 ERA, a 1.58 WHIP logging in 71 total innings and placed 3rd on total the leader board in strikeouts.
 
Contact: 856-287-4973 timdre@hotmail.com

5. Looking for a team
Art Fogiel Jr, played on US Sealcoating, formally Foleys a couple years back. Im 5'5" 145lbs, play outfield.  I played highschool ball for Charter Varsity all 4 seasons with .350 lifetime average, played 1 semester
for Division 3 school in Texas.  Im pretty fast, in highschool posted a 4.8 40 yard dash and can hit well.
 Looking to get back to playing again. fogieljr@gmail.com

4. Tim Swaney R/R Veteran Utility Player looking to jump on a team this summer. swaney723@aol.com

3. My name is Frank Klimek, I bat right, throw right,3B/Pitcher/Utility. I am 25 years old, I live in Elsmere De. I played tee ball all the way up through Varsity Ball. I was the captain of my varsity team and I am very competitive. I love the game, but haven’t played organized ball in a while due to my army obligations. I served in Iraq and was a soldier for 4 years, so I had little time to play. I have been practicing on my own trying to get ready and hopefully play on a semi pro team. I'd love a shot to play. Thank you for your time.  Sincerely, Frank Klimek   asofnow@msn.com

2. Zachary Hansen 5’8” 165. Righty, play second base/outfield, utility. Played all my life up into highschool at Sanford. Looking to get back into the game. Live in Hockessin, 302-352-0500 z@drophit.net

1.Hi my name is Robert Blackburn 6'1 171 Capable of performing at any position (exc) catcher. Most experience at CF. (12 years) I am 20 years of age. Played and have undying love for the sport since i was 5 years old. Played all four years on Varsity for Glasgow High school. Total of 78 stolen bases. Excellent fielding (0 errors in all 4 years) including 3 double plays from the centerfield position. Very much in shape with an athletic build. Colleges who showed interest during high school are : (UD, Tulsa, Rowan, William & Mary) Have no experience in college.  abanninghvt19@yahoo.com 

HOME BUDGET CENTER      MAX BEHELER behelerm@aol.com H-328-3567 W-328-7235 C-598-2374 Fax: 328-7235

DAMIANI TILE         ANDY DAMIANI dtctile@aol.com H-239-6893 C-379-1088

GILDEA RAIDERS      DOUG EITELMAN deitelman@gmail.com H-375-6668 C-743-4015

GILDEA STARS       BILL CANNON wcannonB@aol.com H-465-3224 C-425-3324

BOB GILDEA bobgildea2@aol.com H-475-1184 C-420-8900

PRO PHYSICAL THERAPY       TOM OGDEN togden@stmarkshs.net H-999-9773 W-737-8726 C-293-1304       TOM O'KEEFE tokeefe@wohlsen.com H-998-6494 W-(717)-299-2500 C-(717)-283-6741

HY-POINT        TONY ALEMAN ajaleman@aol.com H-292-2383 C-388-1430 ED PILATO ecpilato@aol.com

BUCCOS        TED BOJARSKI tedbojarski@comcast.net C-562-6499

DELAWARE BLUE COATS         DAN SANCHEZ dsanchez52@comcast.net H-738-5549 C-420-9387

WALTERS FINE COLLECTIBLES     MARTIN WALTER WMANDM1@aol.com C-545-8927

WILLIAM D'ONOFRIO 2504 Saint James Church Road H - 998-6646 Village of Lindell, Wilmington, DE 19808

WILMINGTON NEWS JOURNAL (SPORTS) Scores 324-280l Fax: 324-2298

UMPIRES ASSOCIATION       JIM McFARLAND mcfarlandjim@comcast.net H- 234-0196 C- 690-0123

NEW CASTLE COUNTY PARKS & REC. LIGHTS @ BANNING PARK   JOE DiMICHELE 995-6191 we will be billed if cancellations not called.

STATISTICS: if incorrect or not in NewsJournal MARK WILHELM batdoctor@comcast.net

    Mike Randolph has been a personal friend of mine for 7 years now and has perfected the craft of making bats that look more like fine furniture than a peice of wood that you beat up a 5" piece of cowhide on a warm summer evening. Mike's bats go out to college, semi-pro and Minor League players all over the world. he always has repeat business because of the quality of his bats. Mike is located in Easton Maryland.  Mike has completed his Bat turning shop and he can get you the bat you want in less time than any other company. He can produce any model that you would want and can do it in many different color combinations. The man is a pleasure to deal with and has always produce a great product. I will be using only Talbot Turning bats again this year and hope to flip a few gazer's into right center so I can set myself up for another stolen base this year. Talbot Turnings deals in Maple, Birch and is getting into Beech this year. Beech has almost identical properties of Birch. Mike makes bats for other companies that just take his product and put thier label on it. Might as well skip the middle man and go right to the source.

   If anyone is interested in doing a group purchase, let me know and I can combine our orders and bypass the shipping cost as I will pick up and deliver the bats to your door. (Semi-pro players and coaches only).

www.talboturnings.com       

 Mark Wilhelm

  “Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.” Bob Feller 

“I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day and I dream about it at night. The only time I don't think about it is when I'm playing it.” Carl Yazstremski

Greg Lemon's bat continues to impress at every level plays. Baseball America has listed him as one of the top 10 prospects in Independent baseball.

Baseball America's view of Greg:

10. Greg Lemon, 2b
St. George (Golden)

Lemon is both a coach and a player—he spent the 2008 college season as a volunteer assistant coach at Georgetown, and he's now been hired as an assistant coach at Temple, but with his sweet lefty swing, it might be worth putting his coaching plans on hold for a while.

Lemon, 24, was a Division III All-American at Salisbury (Md.), where hit .410 during his senior season and .372 for his career. He hit a robust .386/.463/.542 with seven home runs, 90 runs scored and 22 steals in 26 attempts for St. George this season. His picture-perfect lefthanded stroke is his best attribute, but he also has average speed and a very good feel for the game. What is more questionable is his ability to stick at second base in affiliated ball. He has to prove that he can stay there, as his profile as a high average and on-base percentage top-of-the-order hitter doesn't profile as well if he has to move to another position.

Banning   Left  325'     Center  402'    Right  325'

Delcastle  Left 325'      Center  405'    Right  325'

Canby      Left  311' (to the hill)     Center (Tree) 347'     Right  (Parking Lot) 588'

Rockford  Left  338' (road)      Center  (Trees) 530'     Right  (Parking Lot)  465'      Tower  551'

18th and Van Buren    Left (BBall court)  369'      Center (Softball field)  414'    Right (Trees) 306'

Phone:302-981-0459

   Our fall team went to this facility located in Elkton Maryland and found a great facility with plenty of room for hitting, throwing and taking ground balls. They have an "Iron Mike" and regular wheel based pitching machines to perfect your gosh aweful swing over the cold winter. :)  A Jugs gun will tell you exactly how fast the pitch was that just blew you away. Go down there and check out Chuck Henze's facility. It is only 6.5 miles from downtown Newark.

   The facility will be host to some Major League players coming in to work on a new state of the art batters box that has scensors to detect problems in thier swing. The team from Philly and Baltimore will use the facility over the winter to check out weight balance issues and to see if more power can be developed by working on the players lower half. Pretty interesting stuff.

 All American Sports Academy
410-392-0009
Chuck Henze

801 Elkton Boulevard
Elkton, Maryland   21921

email:  chuck@aasportsacademy.com
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After a 130 year absence, the Diamond State Base Ball Club is back!  We are pleased to inform you of the recent formation of Delaware's first amateur adult vintage base ball club. 

Vintage base ball is a sport played according to the rules and customs of the mid to late 19^th Century.  Although players wear period uniforms and use period equipment, the games are actual unscripted athletic competitions.  Vintage base ball revives the roots of our national pastime and harkens back to a time when the sport was first organized by amateur clubs.  In fact, we have adopted the name and uniform style of one of Delaware's first organized teams, Wilmington's original Diamond State Base Ball Club of 1865.  

The Diamond States will begin play in April 2009, competing against other regional and national clubs from the Vintage Base Ball Association.  Our home games will be played at an historic ballfield at Fort DuPont State Park, near Delaware City.

We hope you can help us in our player recruitment effort by spreading the good word about our ballclub to your colleagues and friends.  We're seeking adult players over the age of 21 of all skill levels with an interest in the roots of the game.  We're also looking for umpires, scorekeepers and sideline interpreters.  Our recruiting brochure is attached.

If you know of anyone who might be interested, we'd sincerely appreciate your sending them our way.  Our website provides more detail: http://diamondstatebaseball.org/site.

Thanks so much for your time and indulgence.

Happy Holidays,

John Medkeff

Organizer, Diamond State Base Ball Club

302.981.5972

diamondstatebc@comcast.net

   Chris Cannatelli threw a complete game allowing 8 hits over 7 innings with 2 K's and 0 walks. Chris Cannatelli was supported by great defense by Eddie Eckenroad who had two "plays of the week" by laying and robbing two Canada Dry players of basehits in center field and getting an assist at second for the first play of the game. Marc Decaro had 3 Rbi's for Home budget.  R.T. Plumski banged out 3 hits and Brian Testa had a double for the Bottlers. 

Game 4 is tonight at Banning Park at 7:00 PM.

Projected starters: 

Home Budget: Anthony Cimabue  RHP

Canada Dry:    Steve Spiese         RHP

    Canada Dry took the second game of the series and took a commanding 2 - 0 lead over Home Budget with a 4 - 0 win on Monday night at Banning Park.  Matt Klaciewicz threw a complete game shut out with the offensive help of R.T. Plumski who had a triple with an RBI and Tommy Gallagher that was 2- 4 with a triple and a double and 2 RBI's.

   Game 3 is tonight at Eder Park at 7:00 PM.

    Tommy Gallagher hit a two run homerun in game one to finish off a 4 - 0 win against Home Budget at Eder. Tommy Gallagher hit one which was estimated at well over 400 feet (Google Earth Ruler) to punctuate solid complete game shut out for Brett Urban.  Brett Urban pitched 7 complete innings and continues to baffle the Home Budget offense.

   When I asked Brett for a comment about friday nights game he stated, "Don't worry, I won't be pitching on Monday, You might have a chance." You gotta like his game.

   Phil Aviola hit a 2 out double in the top of the 7th inning to knock in Joe Bolinski to give Home Budget a 4 - 3 lead. Phil Aviola came in to complete the save opportunity in the bottom of the 7th inning which prove to be the series deciding game to send Home Budget on to face Canada Dry in the best of 7 series for the Delaware semi Pro baseball League Championship series that starts this Friday at Eder Park at 7 PM.  Mark Wilhelm hit a 3 run home run in the second inning to put Home Budget up 3 - 1. Cecil came back in the 6th inning to score twice to tie the game a t 3 - 3.

   Packer Larson picked up the win for Home Budget in a game that found Max Beheler using every available pitcher to give Home Budget the chance to pick up the win.

   Home Budget will play Home Games at Banning Park and Canada Dry will play thier Home Games at Eder Park during the Champioship series.

   This was a great series that could have gone either way for either team and I personally would like to comment on the Cecil team and how well they played the game and carried themselves on and off the field. This new team proved to be a great team that has a lot of class and composure. Great job and good luck with all that you guys do now and in the future.

Mark "Williestick" Wilhelm

   Josh Culler tossed a 2 hitter to take the semi final series from the upstart Hy-Point Dragons. Culler fan 9 enroute to the win with offensive support from Matt Folke, Alex Carter, Pat Smith and Aaron Lewis who all contributed with 2 hits a peice. Matt Folke had 2 RBI's for the Canada Dry team that exploded with 4 runs in the 6th inning before closing out the game with a 7 - 1 victory.

   The Dragons played a great series and deserve the respect of being a tough team and I am sure we will see good things from them next year.

   Jordan Oncay had 2 hits and 3 RBI's to lift the Budgeteer's to an 8 - 5 win over Cecil. Clutch pitching from Anthony Cimabue in the 5th inning (after trying to pick a ghost runner off third base and being called for a balk) as he struck out the next two batters to keep the 2 runners stranded. Cimabue went on to finish with 4 K's in 2 innings of work.  Chris Cannatelli threw 4 1/3 innings and picked up the win for Home Budget. Phil Aviola came in and struck out the last two batters of the game in a non-save situation.

   Cecil is now faced with a must win game tonight against Home Budget at Banning Park at 7 PM.

    R.T. Plumsky stroked a walk off home run in the bottom of the 7th inning to put Canada Dry up 2 - 1 in the series. Canada Dry was down 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh when Brandon Crist hit a sac fly with men on first and third to tie the game up at 3 a piece. R.T. Plumsky  knock a walk off 2 run homer to clinch the game.

    Rich Odonald threw 6 and 2/3 innings while only giving up 3 hits and then was relieved by Tommy Gallagher who came in and struck out one and picked up the win with 1/3 of an inning of work. Ryan Buckland pitched a great game in a losing effort while only giving up 5 hits to the Canada Dry team in 7 innings.  

   Game 4 is tonight at Eder Park at 7PM in Elkton.

   Clint Khul picked up the win after coming in and shutting the door on Cecil when Chad Siemendinger got into a little trouble in the 6th inning.  Jordan Oncay knocked in what turned out to be the game winning run in the top of the 9th inning after Joe Bolinski laid down a perfect bunt to move Eddie Eckenroad over to third base. 

   Game 3 is tonight at Banning Park at 7 PM.

    Hy-Point pulled of a last inning win against Canada Dry last Friday to even the series at 1 - 1. Billy Cecconi trhew 7 innings allowing only 3 hits and stricking out 4. A bad hop allowed the winnning run to come in for Hy-point off the bat of Ryan Sweetman in the 7th innings. Matt Folke had a double for Canada Dry. Game 3 is Monday August 11th at Eder Park. Game time is 7:00 PM.  

     A pretty good season for Mike Walls is an understatement. Mike has been on fire since the beginning of the season when he started off at a 1 for 10 stint. That went away pretty quick. Mike continued throughout the season to drop duck farts, missles, gay'zers and bombs on route to finishing the season with an incredible batting average of exactly .500. What a great season for an unassuming player that quietly ended a great season being 200 points above good.   

    The all-Time Regular Season Batting Average goes to Ralph Conrad who hit .579 for Parkway in 1962.

    Bucco's and Hy-Point met last week at Rockford Park and had a marathon of hits. So many hits, that it is a new record for "Most Hits in A Game Between Two Teams". 34 hits were compiled between the two teams last Friday. Bucco's had 12 hits and  Hy-Point had 22. The previous record was held by two teams. In 1966, Parkway beat Canada Dry 26-6 and 32 hits were banged out in this game. C. Wallace Insurance and Canada Dry also had 32 hits in 1993 in  a single game.

    Most Hits by a Team in a single game is 26 by Parkway in 1966.

   Andre Duffie needs two more Triples to set the record for most Triples in a season. He set the Freshman Record at Delaware with 9 and had 3 in one game vs. Hofstra May 1, 1995.

Instruction is designed for ball players trying to take their game to the next level. Former College/Independent Professional Baseball. 

Private and Group Lessons Available.

302-388-8902

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