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FALL 2025 PLAYOFFS

Congrats to the Yalls and Trash Pandas for advancing to the championship for the Fall 2025 season!

Amazing seasons for the Blue Rocks and Tin Caps!

Make sure to come out and see all of the action on Sunday as the #2 Trash Pandas take on the #1 Yalls and we crown our Fall Champion!

FALL 2025 WORLD SOFTBALL CLASSIC

Congrats to Team USA going 4-0 and winning the Shalom World Softball Classic taking on Team World in the Championship! Amazing performances from all 4 teams! 

World Softball Classic Rankings

Team Wins Losses
USA 4 0
World 2 2
Latin America 1 2
Isreal 0 3

Congratulations to the Spring 2025 Champions Williams Giants!


Congratulations to the Spring 2025 Champions Williams Giants!

CONGRATS TO THE FALL 2024 CHAMPIONS ALFORD/ARCHIE'S SMOKIEs!

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Goats Sweep in Week 5

By John Miller 10/12/2025, 7:00pm CDT

The Yard Goats finally played to their potential on Sunday. Hallelujah! Game 1 against the Frozen Pizza saw the Goats break out the big sticks. A two run single from Dustin Bone and 3 run homer from Jon Simonson got the party started in the first. A two run homer by Darius Wu in the second, gave the Goats a 7-1 lead after 3. 3 more in the 4th and 5 in the fifth thanks to solo shots from Darius Wu and Joe Calvano as well as RBI singles from Troy Knudsen, Jon Simonson and John Miller gave the Goats a 15-1 lead looking at a run rule. The Pizzas scored 5 thanks to some sloppy fielding from the Goats to extend the game. 5 more in the sixth moved the eventual margin to 20-7.

Game 2 was against the Cesario Hammerheads who opened with 3. A Calvano double knocked in one. A Troy Knudsen single brought in 2 followed by a two run dinger from Jon Simonson. With a harsh sun shining in everyone’s eyes except the catcher, good defense suffered. With the Hammerheads leading 9-8 heading to the bottom of the 4th, Ashley Mort hit a sac fly and Joe Calavno hit a two run homer to give the Goats an 11-9 lead. In the 6th and final inning, the Hammerheads scored 3 to tie it at 12. With a runner on first, Mort hit a ground ball deep in the hole. The shortstop fielded it but threw the ball into right field as the speedy Troy Knudsen scored all the way from first for a 13-12 Yard Goat sweep!

Hitting stars were abundant as Jon Simonson and Joe Calvano both went 6-7. Jon had a double, 3 homers, 5 runs and 8 RBI’s. Joe had two doubles, 3 homers, 6 runs and 7 RBI’s. Darius Wu went 5-7 with two dingers, John Miller 4-7 and Ashley Mort, Dustin Bone, Jonathan Braun, Franklin Fernandez and Robbie Franklin all went 3-6 in a total team effort.

Yard Goats Split

By John Miller 10/12/2025, 7:00pm CDT

The Yard Goats came into Sunday on a modest two game winning streak trying to get back in the playoff race. Game 1 was against Reese’s Spartanburgers. A leadoff home run by Ashley Mort (first of the season), started the scoring. Joe Calvano added a solo shot. Junior Nieves hit a two run double followed by a single from Jonathan Braun. 5-1 Goats! 5 more in the second, came from a grand slam by Darius Wu and Calvano’s second solo shot. Mort’s second home run of the season and game was a 3 run blast as the Goat’s built a 14-1 lead after 3. Defensive breakdowns in the 4th gave the Burgers 7 to keep the game going. Time did run out in the 5th as the Goats triumphed 15-10.

Game 2 was against the Chiefs. A two run homer by Wu and an RBI single from Doc Watson, gave the Goats an early 3-0 lead. A bases loaded single from Wu knocked in two in the third to increase the lead to 5-1. The Chiefs scored 3 in the bottom of the third before the wheels fell off in the 4th for the Goat defense as the Chiefs scored 6 more to lead 10-5. The Goats could only scratch out one more run, as they went down 10-6.

Batting stars were Joe Calvano 4-6 with 2 doubles and two homers, Darius Wu 3-5, 2 homers and 8 ribbies. Ashley Mort went 3-4 with 2 homers and two walks. Doc Watson went 3-4 with 2 walks in a subbing role. Jonathan Braun was 3-5 and Jon Simonson 3-6. With playoff hopes on life support, the Goats continue on next week.

Yard Goat Offense Continues to Struggle

By John Miller 10/04/2025, 9:15pm CDT

The Yard Goats dropped two on Sunday as the hitting woes continued. Game 1 against the Disco Turkeys saw the Goats coast to a 3-0 lead after 3 full innings. The Turkey bats awoke in the 4th with a 4 spot. A Junior Nieves solo home run tied it at 4. 4 more by the Turkeys in the 5th finished the scoring as the Goats succumbed 8-4.

Game 2 was against the Blue Rocks. Doubles by Darius Wu and Joe Calvano followed by a Troy Knudsen single produced 2 in the first. In the fourth, singles by Joe Calvano and Dustin Bone were followed by a Troy Knudsen home run which tied the game at 5. After the Rocks scored 3 in the 5th, the Goats responded with 2 in the 6th thanks to singles by Wu, Bone and Knudsen followed by a fielder’s choice from Nieves. In the 7th, the Goats left the tying run on 3rd going down to defeat 8-7.

Hitting was lead by Darius Wu 4-6, Troy Knudsen 4-6 with a home run and Dustin Bone 3-4 with two walks.

Yard Goats Split again with Minimal Offense

By John Miller 09/21/2025, 8:30pm CDT

The Yard Goats came into Sunday’s game having scored 29 runs on 39 hits the previous week. Today, the production was 9 runs on 14 hits against the Stites and Stutz teams. Somehow, the results of a split were the same both weeks.

Game 1 against Kelly’s Sounds, Ashley Mort had a double, Darius Wu a single and Joe Calvano two doubles, a total of 4 hits. Aided by 4 walks and 1 error, the Goats scratched out 4 runs to win 4-2. Wow!

I figured that we had saved all of our hitting for game 2 against the Storm. Down 9-1 entering the last inning, two run homers from Darius Wu and Troy Knudsen closed the eventual margin to a 11-5 loss.

Where hitting stars were abundant the previous week, this week, not so much. Darius Wu paced the attack with a 4-6 day which included two doubles, a homer, a run and 4 RBI’s. Jon Simonson went 3-5 with a double. The captain is scratching his head as to how to summons the lusty hitting team from September 14 to next week’s games.

Yard Goats Dig The Long Ball

By John Miller 09/15/2025, 7:45pm CDT

The Yard Goats played two thrillers on Sunday. Greenberg’s Tin Caps had a 9-0 lead after 2 ½ innings when the Goats started their comeback to tie it at 9. Big hits were RBI singles from Rick Halperin, Ashley Mort, Darius Wu and Jonathan Braun. Joe Calvano hit a 3 run blast and Dustin Bone had a solo blast. Calvano added a solo homer in the fifth to tie it at 10. The Tin Caps added two more in the sixth and the Goats had one more chance. Doubles by Jr Nieves and Jonathan Braun scored one and with two outs, John Miller singled home the tying run to send it to extras. After a scoreless top, Darius Wu parked the game winner over the left field fence for walk off 13-12 Yard Goat victory.

Game 2 was against Clint’s Tailgaters. The Goats fell behind again 10-3 despite a two run dinger from Calvano and solo blast from Jon Simonson. 6 runs in the third resulted from 3 more homers, a grand salami from Calvano (his fourth) and solo blasts from DBone and Junior Nieves. 6 more runs in the fifth resulted from Calvano’s fifth homer of the day, a two run double from Simonson and an RBI single from Jr. Going into the bottom of the last inning, the Goats held a 16-14 lead. With two out, BY parked a 3 run blast over the left field fence to dash the Goat hopes for a sweep 17-16.

Lots of hitting stars for the Goats today led by Joe Calvano 5-7 with 5 home runs, 5 runs and a whopping 13 RBI’s. Jonathan Braun was 6-6 with 2 doubles. Rick Halperin, the timeless wonder, was 4-5, scoring 3 runs and turning over the lineup. Junior Nieves was 4-6 with a double and homer. Dustin Bone was 3-6 with 2 home runs, Darius Wu was 5-7 with a double and walk off home run and Jon Simonson also had a double and home run. The Yard Goats really flexed their power today with 10 home runs to serve notice to the league.

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Championship Series Pick

By Dr. C 07/09/2025, 8:00pm CDT

Selection for the Title

Championship:     Red Sox Over Giants in 3 ( 9-8, 8-11, 8-7)

Last Week:  2-2     (Both Series correct)

YTD:              188-109

Division Final Playoff Selections

By Dr. C 06/26/2025, 3:45pm CDT

Picks for the Division Series

Davis (NL)    Giants over Cubs in 3 games   (12-9, 9-11, 11-10)

Levy (AL)       Red Sox over Yankees in 3 games  (9-8, 7-11, 9-8)

Last Week:     6-3   (3 out of 4 series)

YTD :                 186-107

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 

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