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Official Website of the
North Jersey Amateur Baseball League
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Welcome to the NJABL
Welcome to the online home of the North Jersey Amateur Baseball League (NJABL). The NJABL is an 18 and up all-wood bat baseball league with teams from Bergen, Passaic and Rockland (NY) Counties. The goal of the NJABL is to provide an organized and highly competitive environment for current collegiate baseball players, as well as recent graduates and former professional ballplayers. The strength and commitment of our core teams as well as the quality of the athlete competing will allow the league to grow, succeed and be the premier wood bat baseball league of North Jersey.
Our site is regularly updated. Feel free to surf our team pages and stats pages as well. Individual players interested in joining teams should fill out the league's free agent player inquiry form found on the left tool bar under online forms or else contact the team representative in the town nearest you. Once completed your info will be circulated to all league managers for review.
NJABL Mourns Loss of Judge Bruce Gaeta
September 29, 2008
The NJABL is sad to announce the loss of a member of our community. Judge Bruce Gaeta was a long time coach and mentor with the Wyckoff Raiders. Often the voice of reason at league meetings and events, Bruce will be missed. Our deepest sympathy to the family and Wyckoff team.
2nd Tragedy Befalls West Milford
September 26, 2008
In what has been a tragic month for the West Milford Elks, pitcher Ben Jurgensen collapsed and died while jogging around the campus at Centenary College on September 22nd. The members of the North Jersey Amatuer Baseball League greive the loss of Ben and would like to express their deepest sympathy to his family, friends and teammates.
West Milford pitcher killed in crash
September 8, 2008
The members of the North Jersey Amatuer Baseball League would like to express their deepest sympathy to the family, friends and teammates of Jay DeRaffelle who was killed in a car crash Friday morning in West Milford. Jay a former Butler Bear pitched for the West Milford Elks this season and spent many summers playing one of the games he loved. He will surely be missed.
Pasch Goes Pro
August 19, 2008
After throwing 8 shutout innings a week earlier in the NABF Regionals for the Nyack Indians, Mike Pasch threw in his first professional game last Saturday for the Texarkana Gunslingers of the Independent Continental League in Texas
His line: 8 innings, 7 Ks, 2 hits, No runs and a no-decision. Pasch took a no-hitter into the 5th.
The righthander from Montvale, NJ, helped pitch Nyack to two consecutive NJABL titles in '07 & '08. Prior to the Indians he was 4-year starter for St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Good Luck to Mike for the rest of the season.
NABF REGIONALS
August 8, 2008
Brooklyn Regional
The Nyack Indians dropped their first game 7-1 against the Hackensack Troasts. Billy Ribeiro had a 6th inning sac fly to plate Nyack's only run.
In the second game of the day Nyack faced Mill Basin and defeated them 4-3 in 10 innings. Mike Cramer (Saddle Brook) pitched 9 strong allowing 2 runs and striking out 9. Nyack tied the game in the 6th and 8th innings on rbi hits by Tom Laczynski. Down 3-2 in the bottom of the 10th, nyack got a rbi single from Mike Mobbs and a game winning sac fly from Nick Cominale.
Nyack's 3rd game in the tournament was similar to the second game. Playing the Bergen Saints, Nyack received 8 innings of no run baseball from pitcher Mike Pasch. Unfortunately, the Indians couldn't put any runs on the board either. With the game tied at 0-0, Bergen broke through for 4 runs in the top of the 9th to send the Indians back to Rockland for the weekend.
Maryland Regional
The Tapppan Diamondbacks won their first game 5-2 Jon Della Monica got the win.
They lost the second game 12-3 Mark Foch got the loss.
The D-Backs went out and won game three 8-5 behind the pitching of Brian Rocco but failed to advance to the next round because of a tie breaker scenario which had them 3 runs down.
CHAMPIONSHIP
August 3, 2008
Nyack Indian 3 Tappan Diamondback 1
The Nyack Indians claimed their 4th NJABL Championship in 5 years with a 3-1 victory over the Tappan Diamondbacks. Mike Pasch pitched a complete game with 4 k's, allowing only 1 run on 2 hits. Dan Hayden and Mark Duncan had back to back rbi hits in the top of the 5th to provide the winning runs. Hayden also had a triple and scored a run in the 4th. Brian Rocco pitched a complete game with 5 k's for the Diamondbacks.
Both teams earned bids to the NABF regional tournaments. Nyack will begin play on Thursday in Brooklyn, NY and Tappan will play in Salisbury, MD. Good luck to both teams.
Special thanks for our playoff host teams, especially the River Edge Hawks who donated their time and field to help us play the NJABL playoffs. West Milford, Paramus and Orangeburg also hosted a game each.
PLAYOFF BRACKET
August 3, 2008
| NORTH JERSEY AMATUER BASEBALL LEAGUE - PLAYOFF BRACKETS |
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Round 2 |
Round 3 |
Round 4 |
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Round 6 |
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| Saturday 7/26 |
Sunday 7/27 |
See below |
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Friday 8/1 |
Saturday 8/2 |
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| All games @ KBG |
All games @ KBG |
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| TAPPAN (1) |
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| Game 4 |
WEST MILFORD (8) |
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Winner Game 4 |
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| WEST MILFORD (8) |
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Game 7 |
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RIVER EDGE (5) |
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Winner Game 7 |
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| Game 1 |
Winner Game 1 |
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RIVER EDGE (5) |
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Game 11 |
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NYACK (2) |
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Winner Game 11 |
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PARAMUS (3) |
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Winner Game 2 |
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| SADDLE BROOK (6) |
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Game 8 |
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Winner Game 8 |
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8:00PM |
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Winner Game 3 |
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NYACK (2) |
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Game 14 |
If needed |
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12:00pm @ Tappan |
4:00 pm @ |
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Zee HS |
TZHS |
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Loser Game 4 |
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Game 5 |
TAPPAN (1) |
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11:00AM |
Winner Game 5 |
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Loser Game 1 |
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Game 9 |
TAPPAN (1) |
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Monday 8pm |
Winner Game 9 |
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@ River Edge KBG |
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Loser Game 8 |
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SADDLE BROOK (6) |
PARAMUS (3) |
Game 12 |
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Thursday 8pm |
TAPPAN (1) |
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SADDLE BROOK (6) |
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Winner Game 12 |
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2:00PM |
Winner Game 6 |
@ River Edge KBG |
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Loser Game 3 |
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Game 13 |
Winner Game 13 |
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CLIFTON (7) |
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Winner Game 10 |
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TAPPAN (1) |
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WEST MILFORD (8) |
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Loser Game 11 |
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Vitamin Water announces sponsorship of NJABL 2008 Playoffs!
July 25, 2008
The Coca-Cola Company in conjuction with Vitamin Water have come together to announce the sponsorship and ongoing relationship with the North Jersey Amateur Baseball League. Both Coca-Cola and Vitamin Water recognize the NJABL as the Metropolitan Area's Premier Semi-Pro Baseball League and have offered support in the form of monetary support for organizational operating expenses during the playoffs as well as product for use by individual team's athletes. The NJABL thanks Coca-Cola and Vitamin Water for their cooperation and support, and looks forward to expanding and growing both the league and the brands.
ROUND 5 RESULTS
August 1, 2008
Tappan (4-1) 12 River Edge (2-2) 5
ROUND 4 RESULTS
August 1, 2008
Nyack (3-0) 9 River Edge (2-1) 7
In the matchup of the winner's bracket, the Nyack Indians battled back from a 4 run deficit to defeat the River Edge Hawks 9-7. Joe Farina had a 2 run double in the top of the 4th to tie the game at 7. Ted Broderick had a rbi double in the 6th to knock in the winning run for Nyack. Scott Muscat had 3 doubles and scored 2 runs. Mike Pasch got the 2 inning save. River Edge's Abe Derner hit a 3 run HR for the Hawks.
With the win, Nyack advances to the NJABL Championship Game which will be played this Saturday, 8/2 @ Tappan Zee HS. Nyack also clinched 1 of the 2 bids to the NABF regionals. River Edge will play next on Friday night against the winner of Thursday's rematch game between #1 seed Tappan and #8 seed West Milford.
Tappan 10 (3-1) West Milford 1 (2-2)
ROUND 3 RESULTS
July 29, 2008
Tappan (2-1) 3 Paramus (1-2) 2
Down 2-0 in the bottom of the 7th, Tappan's John Mazzello hit a bases loaded double which cleared the bases and won the game. Jon Della Monica went the distance for the win for the Dbacks.
West Milford (2-1) 8 Saddle Brook (1-2) 6
ROUND 2 RESULTS
July 27, 2008
Tappan (1-1) 2 Wyckoff (0-2) 1
Tappan went into the bottom of the 6th down 1-0 but got a 2 run single to get the lead. Chris Skrypack went 6 innings of 1 run baseball. Foch came on to retire the Raiders in the top of the 7th to earn the save.
Saddle Brook (1-1) 9 Clifton (0-2) 4
Rebels pitcher Michael Cramer survived a 1 1/2 hour rain delay to pitch a complete game, striking out 13 Hawks in a 9-4 victory. Jon Walsh tied the game up with a 5th inning 2 run double which was followed by PH Johnny Mayi's 2 run single for the lead. The Rebels then scored 3 insurance runs in the 6th. The big hit was a 2 run single by Joe Torre who was 2 for 3 on the day.
River Edge (2-0) 7 West Milford (1-1) 0
Nyack (2-0) 3 Paramus (1-1) 2
Nyack starter Craig Leavy went 6 strong, allowing only 2 unearned runs as the Indians held on for a 3-2 victory. Jadd Schmeltzer came on in the 7th to get the save leaving the bases loaded as he struck out the final batter. Nyack broke open a 0-0 game with a 3 run 4th.
ROUND 1 RESULTS
July 26, 2008
River Edge 7 Wyckoff 4
Paramus 10 Saddle Brook 1
Nyack 3 Clifton 0
West Milford 3 Tappan 2
PLAYOFFS OPEN SATURDAY @ KBG FIELD IN RIVER EDGE
July 26, 2008
The 2008 NJABL Playoffs open up with 4 games on the slate for Saturday 7/26.
Game #1 features West Division winner and #4 seed Wyckoff Raiders (16-9) v. the #5 seed, River Edge Hawks (16-9).
Game #2 features the South Division winner, #3 seed Paramus Pitbulls (17-6-2) v #6 seed Saddle Brook Rebels (15-10)
Game #3 features the 2007 NJABL Champion Nyack Indians at the #2 seed (18-5-1) v. #7 seed Clifton Hawks (14-10-1)
Game #4 finishes the first day of play with league newcomer and #1 seed Tappan Diamondback (22-3) v. first time playoff team #8 seed West Milford Elks (13-11)
Come on out to see all the action on Saturday and Sunday as all of the opening round games will be @ KBG.
League to field 16 teams
The North Jersey Amateur Baseball League has announced the addition of three new teams for the 2008 season. The new teams are: Grandview, NY., Tappan, NY., and the returning Oakland (North Haledon ) Bandits. The membership also learned that Demarest and the Paramus Red Sox, both founding league members will not be returning this season. They will both be missed. Preliminary schedules have been distributed and once again the league will be divided into four divisions. The website has been reset to accommodate the new rosters and schedules. New team managers should contact the web master to obtain login information as soon as possible. Each team will be responsible to add their roster, schedule, field directions, game results and player stats. JPEG and GIF files can also be added if you should desire.
NJABL welcomes new sponsor
The NJABL has partnered with new bat company Mad Dog Bats for the 2008 season. Mad Dog is a new company that manufactures quality bamboo and maple bats at an affordable price. The partnership will mean discount pricing will be made available to all teams and players for the next 24 months.
NJABL is a member of the NABF
The North Jersey Amateur Baseball League is affiliated with the National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF).
Looking for New Teams
February 18, 2006
The NJABL is looking for new teams for the 2009 season. If you have an existing team looking to relocate or a new team that needs a home, contact us at NJABL2005@aol.com. Come and join the best wood bat league in New Jersey.
Grand Opening
April 16, 2007
The new and improved league store has a number of new items for sale. Printed and embroidered shirts, pants, jackets, bags, blankets and other items are available for men, women and children. Show your support for the league by shopping the North Jersey Amateur Baseball League store.
League Bulletin Board
February 18, 2003 - 03:00 PM
If you have a news item you would like placed on the web page or would like to post something on the league Bulletin Board drop us an e-mail.
Guestbook Entries
August 1, 2005
Dropping by? Use our guest book to say hello. If theres a situation or topic you'd like to discuss please direct it to our forum.
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