WELCOME TO THE 'DC Wood' WEBSITE!

FOR THE past twelve years we have been the National Adult Baseball Association (NABA) representative League for the DC Metro area, with teams from DC, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Montgomery County and Prince George's County.  Next Summer we plan to expand into Prince William County!

We are this area's premier wood bat League for skilled players.  We were the first modern era recreational League in the DC Metro area (and if not the first in the United States, certainly one of the first) to abandon metal bats and go back to the exclusive use of wood bats.

First time viewers, please take the time to click on "History" to find out a bit about our League.

Our DC Wood 2009 Spring/Summer Season is complete.  Congratulations to our Summer Champions:

 AAA - Sneaky Weasels

AA - Metro Storm 

We are now planning our FALL BALL season which will open for some teams THIS SUNDAY, and go until the first week in NOVEMBER!

If you are a team looking to join our League for the 2009 FALL BALL Season, NOW is the time.  Most teams will open up after Labor Day!

Contact contact League President Richard Huber directly, at 202-832-4290, or via e-mail at rlhuber7@gmail.com!  If you are a player looking to get placed on a 2009 FALL BALL team or a 2010 Spring/Summer team, you should also contact Richard Huber and provide your age, position or positions, where and when you last played and any other information you feel might help in placing you on a team.

Everyone at DC Wood hopes all who log on to this site had a very happy and healthy spring and summer and we are anxious to see you on the field this FALL!

In the top of the first today, the DC Cardinals' first three runners reached, and with bases loaded, none out, and some dangerous hitters approaching, it appeared likely the Cardinals would break out on top.  It didn't happened.  The Cardinals did not score in the first.  When the Alexandria A's then put up four in the bottom of the first, the Cardinals might well have folded up.  Not your day.  That didn't happen either.  Instead the Cardinal put up three of their own in the second inning, then two more in the third.  After the A's added another run in the fourth, the teams went into the fifth, tied at five.  In the fifth, however, the A's took advantage of some poor Cardinals fielding and got 5 more.  The teams continued to battle after that, and both teams put up two more, but the 5 run fifth was the back-breaker and in the end the difference, as the A's won, 12-7 to advance to the Championship Final, which begins tomorrow, against the Falls Church Barons.  S. Lohrman went the distance for the A's and got the win.

The winner of today's Alexandria A's/DC Cardinals game will host the opener of the Championship Series, a two out of three series, which will begin with a DH tomorrow (Sunday), 5pm, Frank Mann Field.  The Fall Church Barons will host the second game, which will follow immediately.  If a third game is necessary, it will be on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 7:30pm, Frank Mann Field. 

The Alexandria/Arlington Senators upset run ended yesterday with a 9-4 loss to the Falls Church Barons in a game that was closer than the final score suggests.  The Barons are in the Championship final.

After tonight's Alexandria A's/DC Cardinals game the Barons' opponent is still not determined.  The A's and Cardinals played 11 innings of baseball before local ordinances, and lack of lighting forced the ending of their game without a winner being determined.  The A's got brilliant pitching from Bruton and D. Lohrman and but for an RBI single by the Cardinals' Siegmund, they would have won.  However the Cardinals also got brilliant pitching from Moffet and Stancil.  But for a single HR by Leviton, the Cardinals would have won.  Neither team won.  The game ended A's 1, Cardinals 1.

The A's and Cardinals must play again to determine who goes to the Championship final against the Barons.  Their game will be this Saturday, 10am at Frank Mann Field.  The Championship finals opening DH is moved to Sunday, November 8, time and location TBA (most likely late afternoon).

The Alexandria/Arlington Senators' Schrager held the Los Toltecos Navigators to four hits while going the distance on the mound and getting an RBI as well.  Oh, and he got the win, also, as the Senators upset the Navigators, 7-3 to advance to the second round.

The DC Cardinals went down in order to start their game against the Carpool Green Sox, then the Green Sox scored in the bottom of the first, to take a 1-0 lead into the second inning.  That was the last time the Sox had the lead, as the Cardinals scored three in the top of the second.  The game stayed close for a couple of innings and the Green Sox crept to within one in the fourth.  But in the sixth the Cardinals pulled away again, scoring 5, then appeared to put it away with two more in the seventh, leaving the Green Sox behind 10-2 going into the bottom of the seventh.  But the Sox had plenty of fight left, and started a come-back by scoring three in the seventh.  Even when the Cardinals matched that by putting up three more in the top of the eighth, the Green Sox were still not done, getting 5 back in the bottom of the eighth.  But the Sox rally ended there.  Neither team scored in the ninth, and the Cardinals advance with a 13-10 win.

Fields in Maryland are dressed for us, both before and after games, so nothing is required there except to police the area for trash.  We DO NOT leave any trash in any dugout, even if it was there when you got there.

For fields in Fairfax, DC, Alexandria, and Arlington, we must dress the field after every game.  Our goal is to leave every field in BETTER shape than we find it.  To that end, all teams MUST have at least one team field rake so that for every Fairfax, DC, Alexandria or Arlington game there are at least two rakes available if none can be found at the field.

After games we fill in all holes at home, on the mound, and at any bases.  We also rake the infield dirt to leave it in good playing shape for the next use.  If there are tarps, we put them down - ALL of them. 

If at game time there has been rain earlier in the day, we adhere to the following:

1.  If when walking on the field, you leave a footprint impression either in the grass or the dirt, that field is too wet to take play.

2.  If you get out early and feel there is time for the field to dry with some work before game time, you can rake as needed in the dirt sections, but NO DIRTY WATER IS TO BE TAKEN FROM BASEPATHS - especially no dirty water is to be raked into the grass.  Dirty water dries into mud, which then kills the grass!  Water can be raked in such a way as to more evenly spread it out in the dirt so it will dry faster, but never take any mud off the field.