As with most amateur sports leagues, every season there are teams that come and go. This year is no different at M Street as we bid goodbye to The Playwright Shamrocks and The Ballers. The Playwright, were led by Steve Folan and enjoyed a great run; capturing the 2021 "B" championship. The Ballers were led by Ryan McGloin and came close to being once of the top contenders. Both squads were always really good softball citizens and the league wishes them well.

With their departure means a door swings open for new teams to join. Ex-Baller, Tommy Flaherty has started his own squad and they will compete wearing Sal's Softball Club jerseys. Ex Telegraph Hill player, Jack Hill has also started a team and they will represent the Ghost Light Tavern. Jake Gottwald, who is brand new to the league, has entered his McGonagle's Pub team and another newcomer, John Hamilton, has his Lizards ready to play. As of this writing, there was a good possibility of another new team joining the league, which would give us seventeen teams in the very crowded Feeney division. Welcome to the league, boys!

We have a few coach/manager changes - Kal Maier will take the reins from Jack Donius while trying to lead the Chemist Cocktail Club to another title. Lincoln's Sean Gorman stated that he will not be running the team but his replacement hasn't been named yet. We also have a couple of sponsor changes - the Telegraph Hill will now play under Park City and The Spot will play under 53 Movers.

Flipping back to the topic of the crowded Feeney division (17 teams). It was always the league's goal to promote the yearly champion to the upper division. However, it was decided that some of our past champions were just not ready to move upward. We must change that in order to balance our two divisions. With that said, this season our Feeney division champion will move into the Moran division for the 2027 season.

We would like to tell you which teams beefed up their lineups but we just haven't received many roster updates. This will all change when the games begin and the rosters have been turned in. However, there is rumor that an old pitching dinosaur or two might be toeing the mound this season. Time will tell.

Our umpire crew is back for another season of softball with some changes. Our Monday night umpire, Chuck Feltch, injured his knee while shoveling snow and will likely miss the entire season. Get well Chuck! We're told our crew chief, Chuck Allen, is dusting off his equipment and will be back working at M Street. Chuck hasn't graced the M Street field in over ten years. Mike Lydon, Bobby Diggins, Jack Atton, Tom, Ryan Alexander, and Steve Michienzi round out the hard working crew.

The Moran division schedule is complete and is posted on the league website. The Feeney division schedule will be completed later this week.

All teams will play a 16 game schedule with the top 8 teams qualifying for the playoffs. Games will be played Monday through Thursday with 6pm, 7:30, and 9pm start times. Fridays will be used for makeup games.

In closing, it was recently brought to the league's attention that we have additional no-hitter entries to add to our page. This one goes all the way back to the 1977 season when pitcher Tommy Greene faced just twenty-four batters while not allowing a hit against the Kevin White Club. Later that same season, Tom and his dad (John) combined to throw another no-hitter – this time against the 201 Club. If you want to hear more details about this historic night, just ask our scorekeeper (Jack) who is Tom's brother and was there that night.

We haven't seen a no-hitter since July 11, 2022 when the late Rafael Ramos shutdown Fumanji. Will we see another this season? It all starts this Monday at 6pm - let's go!