TWIB Notes 2021

In the penultimate night of the 2021 Majors regular season, three games vital for playoff seeding took place at Nutile.  Two playoff seeds (#1 and #8) were settled but the remaining six seeds are all up for grabs on Wednesday in the final night of the regular season. A check of the record books has not…

Thanks to the efforts of Joe Lawler’s junior maintenance crew and the coaching staffs of the teams, the C diamond was playable for the Diamondbacks and Padres in a Memorial Day evening game under the lights.  Justin Guidara started for the Dbacks and Michael Condron for the Padres. The Padres struck in the bottom of the…

As the the league rests over the holiday weekend, we can catch you up on the four games last Thursday and Friday below.  But before we do, the regular season is winding down this week and we have eight games left on the schedule.  The playoff seedings are begining to take shape.  The statisticians tell…

This TWIB Notes scribe took some time off over the last week to . . . coach and watch baseball.  To catch you up on the league’s happenings we will go team by team over the eight day stretch from May 19 – 26.  But, let’s start with the punchline.  There is NFL style parity in…

The Diamondbacks edged the A’s in a tight battle (10-9) on the C diamond that featured a two-way bonanza for Brett Daniels. The D’Backs got it going with 2 in the first and 6 more in the second. Will Brown and Cole Cassidy tripled to energize the rally. The A’s battled back with 2 in…

At Nutile last night, the Orioles jumped out to an early 5 run lead on the Cardinals thanks to some offensive fire power from Brady Cedrone and River Maclin. Brendan Carson started on the hill for the O’s and went 5 1/3 solid innings. William Beach, Teddy Angel and Eli Krogmeier led a spirited Cardinals…

Another three games filled Nutile on Friday night.  The first was a rare Majors low scoring affair between the Athletics and the Orioles.  The A’s used 2 hits from Nate Rotondi and some solid base running to get up 2-0 on the O’s.  Jack Charchaflian went 4 strong innings for the A’s and gave up no runs.  He…

Three games filled the docket on Thursday at Nutile; at the end of the night the Majors had a three way tie at the top of the standings. Game 1 featured the White Sox vs. the Red Sox with young Jack Silberhorn facing off against William Fiorentino on the hill.  The Red Sox struck first with…

Wednesday night had only one game but it was a highly anticipated match-up between the undefeated (5-0) Dodgers and the talent-laden Padres.  12 year olds Luke Molloy and Brendan Bock started for the Pads and Dodgers, respectively.  The Padres stayed with Molloy for 4 innings and 83 pitches while the Dodgers only kept Bock on…

On Tuesday night, the White Sox and Cardinals faced off on Nutile C. Mitchell Collins toed the rubber for the Sox and William Beach for the Cards. The Cards jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first thanks to a two out triple from Beach. The Sox would get going in the second when…