Clifford "Buck" Archer, of the Long Island Midweek MSBL is on the cover and quoted at length in the article inside.
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New Jersey Star-Ledger, August 19, 2001: "A Yen to Win"
Read about the Edgewater Yankees, a team in the North New Jersey MABL's Roy Campanella Division made up of mostly Japanese nationals here on work visas.
Read about 51-year-old John Arnold of the Milwaukee MSBL's Trystng Place Rangers.
Albany Times Union, August 24, 2000. "Is it Time to Take Me Out of the Ball Game?". by MSBL Member (and Times Union staff writer) Alan Hart of the Capital District MSBL Blue Jays.
Cincinnati Enquirer, June 24, 2000. "Senior Baseball Isn't About Your Age," by Tim Sullivan. Read about Eddie Caldwell and his teammates on the Cincinnati Suds of the Cincinnati MSBL.
geezerJock Magazine ("The Men of Autumn") Read Dave Eskes' article in the Spring 2005 issue) about Steve Sigler, Bill Lee, Ozzie Virgil, Bob Sherwin and the "boys of Autumn who do battle every year at the MSBL/MABL World Series on the ballfields of Arizona. Also "Fathers and sons take the field together" about Brian and Steve Sigler, Jim and Brian Vlasak, Gerry, Frank and Barry Belko, and Rob and Bob Sherwin playing together in the tournament's "Father/Son" Division.
Delta Democrat Times, July 16, 2001. "Adults play on as the boys of summer" Read about Joe Foley and friends in the DC Metro MSBL, and the growth of adult amateur baseball in general, in this article by Michael Canan.
Read about the Hiawatha Baseball League, in Rochester, Minnesota in this article by journalist Troy Young.
NOTE: Some of our links to online articles are only temporary, after which the article can be viewed only by paying a subscription or per-article fee. Therefore some of our links to articles will occasionally lead to a dead end. When this happens we will remove the expired link but keep the article synopsis on this page in the event you wish to contact the newspaper directly to obtain a reprint. These are listed below.
Eugene, Oregon Register-Guard, October 30, 2001. Read about Eugene MSBL's Floyd Ogden's induction into the Oregon High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. .
Read about Chuck Johnson, Ross D'Urso and the rest of the Warrenton Orioles who play in the DC Metro MSBL.
New York Daily News, November 8, 2001. "Baseball Lifts His Spirit; Fireman's Find Finds Hall Home" - For $2.50 you can purchase and read this article about NYC Fire Chief Vinny Mavaro of the Long Island MSBL (Valley Stream Mets) and how he found a baseball in the rubble of the World Trade Center. That ball is now in the "Baseball As America" exhibit at the New York Museum of Natural History, and will, starting in September, be touring the country for the next four years (click HERE for schedule)
Rome News-Tribune, April 7, 2002. "For Love of the Game; Adult League Offers an Outlet" - Read about Gregg Van Leuven and his new Northwest Georgia Baseball League, an MABL league he just founded in Rome, Georgia. (Website at www.nwgabaseball.com)
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, June 15, 2002. "For Love of the Game" by Terri Sumbry. Read about the new Billy Hitchcock MSBL in Alabama, formed by former Atlanta MSBL member Gary Gomez. Tired of commuting from Auburn, Alabama to play in the Atlanta MSBL's games, Gary formed his own league closer to home. For $2.95 you can access and print the complete article, go to www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/archives/
Albuquerque Journal, March 3, 2003. "N.M. Men's Senior/Adult Baseball League Thrives" by Will Weber. Read about Rich Garcia's Albuquerque (New Mexico) MSBL/MABL league which has expanded significantly this year, due in part to the collapse of a rival adult league in the area. Also check out their excellent website at www.abqmsbl.com
Daytona Beach News Journal, March 30, 2003. "Field of Dreams site inspires stories of hope, renewal." Read Chuck Schoffner's story about Brett Mandel of the Greater Philadelpha MABL, and his new book, "Is This Heaven? The Magic of the Field of Dreams," a book that tells the stories of people who found peace, hope and renewal at the baseball diamond carved out of a cornfield for the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams." (see also www.libertynet.org/brett)
Philadephia Inquirer, August 27, 2003. "Guys who love the game get an All-Star showcase at Vet" Read Marc Narducci's article about Brett Mandel, C.J. Rivera, Joe Collins and the Greater Philadelphia MABL.
Shreveport Times, September 16, 2003: "Revisiting the boys of summer" Read Jason Pugh's article about Jim Cardelli, Tom Schneider, Glenn Maynor, Jay Williams, and the Shreveport-Bossier MSBL.
Albany Times Union, February 22, 2004, "Sliding is main play for boys of winter" Read Bruce Scruton's article about Jim Kostantakis, Si Johnston and their teammates who play ball in the snow in the Capital District MSBL.
Daily Freeman, July 6, 2003. "Local players finding baseball success after age 40" Read Eric Houghtaling's article about the Kingston Hum'N'Birds of the Capital District MSBL.
Cleveland News-Herald, May 20, 2001, "For the love of the game". Read David Glaser's article about Travis Fryman, Ken Urbancic, John Stewart and the rest of the Cleveland MSBL players in northeast Ohio.
Barnstable Patriot, March 5, 2004. Read about the Barnstable Dugout Dawgs and the Cape Cod MABL.
Lowell Sun April 8, 2005, "Littleton coach still pitching in" Read Carmine Frongillo's article about Steve Donovan of the Somerville Senators in the Boston MSBL.
Diamonds Are Forever ("Over 30s Play Ball") Read Marc Wortman's article in Cigar Aficionado Magazine (Sept/Oct 1998 issue) about Steve Sigler and the founding of the MSBL/MABL.
Read Alan Ginsburg's article about how Brett Rudy and Mike Lembo, teammates on the Boston White Sox in the Boston MSBL dreamed up a unique way to raise money for ALS research with the help of Curt and Shonda Schilling. (See also www.100innings.org)
Las Vegas Review Journal, August 5, 2001. "Surviving Cancer: Local Player Fights Back in Game of Life." .Read about Norine Rathbone, the only woman member of the Las Vegas MSBL, and her courageous fight against breast cancer.
FoxSports.com "Canseco now crushing homers in rec league" May 16, 2006.
Jose Canseco is playing on the Valley Mets in the Los Angeles MSBL. Read all about it.
Idaho Mountain Express "Glove Me Tender: Labor of love for men’s baseball league commissioner Curtis Bacca" June 18, 2004.
Read James Cordes' article about downhill skier Curtis Bacca and his Sun Valley MABL. For more about Bacca read this article about his skiing and waxman expertise.
DelcoTimes.com "Bandits are looking for third straight title" August 17, 2007.
Read Harry Chakun's article about the Delco MSBL's 2007 league championship rivalry between Mike Leiberman's Century 21 Cobras and Bob Brown's Barnaby's Bandits.
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