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Welcome to the Home of NEW MSBL
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This is the official website of the Northeast Wisconsin Men's Senior Baseball League (NEW MSBL).
Week 8 Results in the NEW MSBL ---
All Games June 28, 2009
Wicked 19 Foxes 17
Sturgeon 12 Knights 2
Brauers 5 Cubs 3
Eagles 5 A's 1
Outlaws 13 Islanders 3
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LEAGUE PRACTICES AVAILABLE
Each week, the Kewaunee Eagles will have practices in the Green Bay area on Friday nights at 6 PM. Practices are at Green Isle in Green Bay. If Green Isle is being occupied, then the practice will be at East Lawn. Please call Darryl for directions. These practices are open to any team or player in the league as well as those players not yet on a team. For more info, contact Darryl Johnson, 920-362-5067, beckyhe@aol.com, or Joe Viau, 920-255-0336, jviau@itol.com. PRACTICE FOR JULY 10 IS at Green Isle.
NATIONAL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT REPORT
MSBL World Series - Phoenix, AZ - Oct 13 - Nov 1, 2008
The MSBL World Series occurs over three weeks in Phoenix, AZ. The tournament is organized by age divisions with teams formed from all regions of the USA and Latin America. The 18+ and 60+ play in the 1st week. 45+ and 65+ play the second week. The 55+ play the 3rd week.
The Father/Son tournament is the middle of the second week. The age requirement for sons (including daughters) is 16+. Some of the players participate in two or more age divisions to extend the experience and fun from one to two weeks.
Games are played Mon-Thurs on meticulously cared for fields, with the hopes of making it to the playoffs on Fri and the championship game on Sat. Championship gold rings and/or jackets are proudly worn home by those few who were able to combine good pitching, fielding and hitting.
The Roy Hobbs world series in Ft. Myers, FL is organized similarly to the MSBL and is also played over three weeks (Nov 2 - Nov 23). You'll see several teams or individual players that attend both tournaments. The Roy Hobbs and MSBL tournaments are considered the most competitive and respective of all the national tourneys.
There are many other tournaments available for those who want to play in Jan, Feb, Mar and April. Anyone who is interested in playing post-season baseball should contact Darryl Johnson, Joe Viau or Paul Deal for details. Putting a partial or full team together for one of these tourneys would be an exciting event.
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Paul Deal, Joe & Jeremiah Viau, Mike and Luke Meyer, and Darryl Johnson participated this past fall in post season play.
Paul Deal played for the Chicago Bears 55+ baseball team in Phoenix. He hit .400, stole 3 bases and had 6 walks. The team made the playoffs, but lost in the first round. Playing every day for a week was perfect therapy for this cancer survivor!
Joe Viau put together a team in the 60+ division in Phoenix. (This was the 16th straight year for Team America) After discovering a herbal treatment for his legs, he had two hits in one game at Maryvale Stadium. He managed Team America to a 1-5 record, but the one win was a thing of beauty to remember as Joe scored the winning run. Still having fun at age 66.
Mike Meyer played in the 35+ division in Phoenix, for the Long Island Mariners. He played well in the outfield and was on base numerous times.
Luke Meyer played in the 18+ division in Phoenix for the Denver Twins. His team made it to the playoff quarterfinals.
Mike and Luke played in the Father/Son tournament as well in Phoenix. This was their 3rd year participating in the Father/Son tournament.
Darryl Johnson also played with Joe Viau on Team America in 60+ division. Darryl went 9 for 15 (.600).
Darryl also played for the Chicago Spirit (65+) in the Roy Hobbs tournament in Florida and won a national ring. Darryl hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the 11th inning to win the championship game. Not bad for being age 63.
For the 2009 MSBL tournament in Phoenix, there is a new division. 70+. That's right! Players 70 and over playing baseball on major league spring training sites. That should be exciting to see.
This report written by Darryl Johnson and Joe Viau. Darryl's info is: beckyhe@aol.com, 920-431-9009. Joe's info is: jviau@itol.com, 920-255-0336.
Congrats to the Kaukauna Islanders, the first year team put together by Doug Weber has taken the 2008 N.E.W. MSBL Championship. The Islanders beat the Outlaws in a best of three game format that was played at Joannes park on Sunday August 24th.
A thanks to all players and umpires for another enjoyable competitive year and we all look forward to 2009 as the league will grow from seven to ten teams.
The 2009 league schedule it was agreed upon to go with a 17 game season with the addition for two new teams, the league will set up like this for 2009:
* - Indicates new team for 2009:
North:
Ashwaubenon A's
Bay City Sturgeon
* DePere Knights
Green Bay Wicked
Kewaunee Eagles
South:
Appleton Cubs
* Appleton Foxes
Kaukauna Islanders
*Neenah Brauers
Outagamie Outlaws
The start of the 2009 baseball season will be on Sunday, May 3rd with dates to follow.
May 10,17,31
June 7,14,21,28
July 12,19,26
Aug 2,9,16,23,30
Sept 13
The Board discussed the 2009 playoff possibilities, were to be a top three team playoff format for each division with double elimination.
NE Wi MSBL 2009 Team Fee breakdown
(10 teams, 17 game schedule + playoffs)
UMPIRES, 85 REG GAMES,10 PLAYOFF,1 ALL STAR,
= 96 GAMES @ $140 (2 UMPIRES PER GAME)........$13,440
BASEBALLS, 45 DOZ, 4 DOZ PER TEAM............. 2,000
LIABILITY/MEDICAL INSURANCE,$200 PER TEAM..... 2,000
FIELDS........................................ 5,040
FIELDS FOR PLAYOFFS........................... 700
LEAGUE LINE-UP FEE............................ 200
Sub Total...................$23,380
divided by ten teams = $2,338
As approved by NEW MSBL Board $2400 team fee
The figures above do not include the National MSBL fee
of $26 per player.
Submitted by Joe Viau & Jeff Jarvi.
Wood Bats For Sale
Wood bats for sale. Ash and Maple. Professional stock wood. Contact Chris Patt for further details. (920)277-5569 or at cpatt44@sbcglobal.net
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