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Spring 2025 Playoffs: Round 2

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Mariners, Cubs, Expos, and Red Sox advance to Round 2 of Playoffs!

Round 1 of Playoffs wrapped up yesterday with thrilling finishes on all four fields that resulted in the Mariners, Cubs, Expos, and Red Sox advancing! They will take on the division leaders Yankees, Royals, Giants, and Brewers. 

Doc Levy Division:

Yankees (1) vs Mariners (9)

Royals (2) vs Red Sox (4)

Eddie Davis Division:

Giants (1) vs Expos (4)

Brewers (2) vs Cubs (3)

 

REGISTRATION FOR SPRING 25 IS CLOSED!

Be on the look out for information regarding registration for Fall 2025 soon! 

CONGRATS TO ALFORD/ARCHIE'S SMOKIES WINNING THE FALL 2024 SHALOM CHAMPIONSHIP!

CONGRATS TO LACHMAN'S ROYALS WINNING THE SPRING 2024 SHALOM CHAMPIONSHIP!


Congrats to Captain Larry Lachman and the Royals! Spring Champions '24!

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Twins earn mid mini seed in split

By Taylor Phillips & Joe Calvano 05/29/2025, 4:30am CDT

The Twins showed plenty of fight and showcased some impressive offensive moments as they closed out the regular season with a Week 13 split.

Game 1: Twins vs Roth's Indians- Looking to avenge an early season loss to the Tribe, the Twins didn't wait around long to strike in this one. Taylor Phillips led off with a double and would score on a RBI double from Dustin Bone. With Bone now in scoring position, Twins pitcher Justin Howard unleashed a nuke of a HR that cut through the stiff wind on Field 4. In the second, Ray Darragh led off with a single and Karlos Rodriguez drew a walk to put ducks on the pond for Dwayne Henson. Henson stepped up and smoked a double to the LF fence to drive in a run. After a Phillips sacrifice fly plated another run, Joe Calvano laced an RBI double to make it consecutive 3-run innings for the Twins. Jumping to the 4th, the Twins were ready to put the Tribe away for good, erupting for seven runs in an inning that featured a 2-RBI double from Junior Nieves, an RBI single from Phillips and an inside the park Grand Slam from Calvano. The Tribe scratched across a few runs late, but ultimately the Twins claimed a 13-8 victory. Full Game: https://youtu.be/2_l8-wUC2oY

Game 2: Twins vs Strull's Yankees- After falling behind 2-0 going into the home half of the first, the Twins were able to load the bases but couldn't scratch a run across. Moving to the bottom of the fourth trailing 3-0, Super Sub Ari Loiben led off the inning with a walk and would score on a sacrifice fly from Justin Howard. Later in the game, Karlos Rodriguez scorched an RBI double and Loiben plated Henson on a sacrifice fly. Unfortunately for the Twins, Strull's squad erupted for 9 runs over the last two innings to hand the Twins a 12-3 loss. Full Game: https://youtu.be/kE_KqqyRQR4

POW:

Justin Howard: 1-2. Into the wind HR on field 4, 3 RBI, SF , 2 bb. Settling in nicely from the mound in mid season form anchoring our defense with his kick saves on balls up the middle getting the assist on a much needed double play ball. 

Ray Darragh: Perfect for the day 5-5, 2 Runs, played 3 different positions today and all year was the epitome of a team player. Doing everything that was asked of him well and playing hurt most of the time while hustling on every play. 

Dwayne Henson: 2-3, 2B, bb, RBI, 3 Runs. Filling the stat sheet up for his best weekend of the year, helping turn the line up over when we needed it most. 

Shout out to a hard fought year with a lot of ups and downs and tough breaks we endured throughout the season. The amount of fight and grit displayed while continuing to have a great attitude after an 0-6 start is much appreciated by this captain.  Twins will look to take those intangible traits and use them to emerge from the mini playoffs and continue on a Championship run. 

 

Mariners Limp Into Minis

By John Miller 05/25/2025, 8:15pm CDT

Final week of the regular season and the Mariners were seeking a spark to ignite a post season run. It was not to be on this very windy Sunday as the Mariners fell to the Athletics 10-7 and the Rangers 19-12.

19 runs for the day was a success for the Mariners. Michael Bourque led the way with 5-6, two triples, 2 runs and 6 RBI’s. Tim Kaminski, Kevin Knox and John Miller all went 4-6. Jon Simonson had his first home run of the season and Tim Kaminski also added a dinger. On to the Minis!

Mariners Split One Run Squeakers

By John Miller 05/25/2025, 7:45pm CDT

Finally! Beautiful weather on a Sunday morning! Game 1 the Mariners visited the Orioles on field 2. A two run Kevin Knox double started the scoring. A Jackson Stites triple scored one in the 3rd. After 4 innings, the O’s held a 6-5 lead. In the fifth, Michael and Cameron Bourque and Steve Gadol all singled to load them up for a two run single from Jackson Stites followed by a Michael Wallner single and sac fly from Tim Kaminski. After six it was all knotted at 14 as time ran out so we headed to extras. The Mariners could only manage one hit and failed to score. The O’s scored one to walk it off 15-14.

Game 2 was against the league best Yankees coming in with a sparkling record of 18-3. The Yankees held a 6-5 heading to the bottom of the fifth. Singles from Jackson Stites and Michael Wallner followed by a walk to Tim Kaminski loaded them for Jeremy Pease who hit a sac fly. Kevin Knox followed with an RBI single to give the Mariners a 7-6 lead. A scoreless sixth brought the Yankees up with one last chance in the 7th but went down scoreless to give the Mariners the win at 7-6.

Hitting was led by our 3 POW candidates. Jackson Stites went 5-7 with a triple, 4 runs and 5 RBI’s. Jeremy Pease went 4-5 with a walk, sac, 3 runs and 2 ribbies. Steve Gadol was 3-5, two runs and an RBI.

Mariners Drop Two in Lackluster Showing

By John Miller 05/25/2025, 7:45pm CDT

The Mariners lost two games Sunday on field 1 with the wind howling out to left field. The scores were 16-8 against the Blue Jays and 20-8 against the Red Sox. There wasn’t much of interest to Mariner fans as they only held a small lead in each game for one half of an inning.

Two plays in particular might be of interest. In game 1 the Blue Jays hit a pop up that the pitcher could have caught from behind the net. He didn’t get there in time but did field it on one bounce and was able to throw the runner out at first. Safe or out? After a conference between the umps and the captains, it was decided that the runner was safe as the pitcher touched a ball that had hit the ground so it was a dead ball.

In game 2, the Red Sox had a runner trying to score on a hit. The throw to the plate got by the catcher. He retrieved the ball and ran toward the plate. The runner was running toward the mat rather than the scoring plate. The catcher tagged the runner. Safe or out? The umps ruled safe as the catcher tagged the runner that was right in front of him instead of the mat even though the runner would have been out if he had touched the mat first.

Jacob Stites was the Mariner star at the plate with 5 for 6, two doubles and 4 runs. Michael Bourque was 3-4 and Kevin Knox 3-5.

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Quarterfinal series picks

By Dr. C 06/19/2025, 5:15pm CDT

Selections for the Quarterfinal series

Expos over Giants in 3 
Cubs over Brewers in 3

Yankees over Mariners in 2
Red Sox over Royals in 3

Last week:    8-4

YTD:             180-104 

Opening Playoff Series Picks

By Dr. C 06/10/2025, 7:15pm CDT

Selections for 1st round playoff series

Cubs over Mets in 2
Reds over Expos in 3
Rangers over Mariners in 2
Red Sox over Twins in 3

Last week :       9-3
YTD :                 172-100

Minis Selections

By Dr. C 05/29/2025, 2:30pm CDT

Picks for the Minis

AL:  Pool A          Orioles 2 wins, Twins 1 win
           Pool B         Blue Jays 2 wins, Indians 1 win

NL:  Pool A          Dodgers 2 wins, Braves 1 win
           Pool B          Reds 2 wins, Pirates 1 win

Last week:         15-5

YTD:                    163-97  !