The regular season is over and the playoffs are underway. The pairings are now set with L Street Tavern VS. Shannons, The Abbey Vs. Bay View Liquors, Sidewalk Cafe VS. Footprints, and Gannon Club VS. Flaherty Club. These playoff series are promised to be exciting. With the baseball strike on going, come up to M Street Park and cheer the locals on. It's will be more enjoyable than watching the replay of the 1986 World Series. We all know how that turned out! Here's A Look Back into the season that was: ... the first games played in cold weather and plenty of mud back in May... first year player Steve Muldowney's three homeruns in the first two weeks... John Young's great catches in center field... Deeney O'Malley's fast start(7-2)... Pat Ostiguy's homerun and celebration afterwards (it took Pat ten minutes to circle the bases)... the return of Larry Lucas... Bob Dobay's moon shots to right field... Bobby Wogan's display of power hitting during the homerun contest... the infamous "wild pitch" thrown at a chirping player on Dudley's bench... the Tom Dickey rule (played for three teams)... Paul Alessi's near no-hitter against the Abbey... Flaherty Club's triple play against the Sidewalk Cafe (Morin to Magee to Sullivan)... Joe McSorley's strong arm and acurate throws from right field to third base... Jimmy Ahern's near inside the park homerun (he missed first base by three yards)... Jay Malley's shutout win over the L Street Tavern... Footprint's Racky Thomas' dedication to the game... Charlie Diblasi's play behind the plate... the many hot smashes hit back to pitcher Dennis Paull... Jerry Etro's great catch in center field... Jason O'Connell's steady play at the toughest position, shortstop... and finally, the highlite of the season was Jimmy Burgio's satellite launch hit off of Mark Biele of Footprints (the ball was still on its way up when it struck the top of the light tower in left field). |
Final Standings
TEAM W-L L St Tavern 26-4 The Abbey 20-10 Sidewalk Cafe 20-10 Gannon Club 19-11 Flaherty Club 17-13 Footprints 17-13 Bay View Liquor 14-16 Shannon's Tavern 14-16 Dudley's Tavern 7-13 Deeney O'malley's 7-13 DJ Linnehan's 3-27