RERUNS FINISH BOTH ENDS OF DOUBLEHEADER 

THURSDAY, MAY 17
The Reruns, notorious for not finishing off both ends of their doubleheaders over the years, did just that on Thursday. They played well in both games and beat a good Bulls team in two. The first game was a, 12-5 win and the second game was a, 10-5 win. The Bulls had not played in 2 weeks and looked a little rusty. It is a long season and they will win their share of games when they get going.

The schedules are complete for the Sunday divisions, if teams want to call or email me their addresses I will send them out. I will see some teams this weekend, but I can never stop by every field. One team is holding up the completion of the twilight/night schedule, because each year they give me their availability week by week. So far they have given me only the first 4 weeks. It is coming and so I will be able to finish the off that schedule soon. I will call the twilight/night teams and let them all know where they are playing this coming week.
 

PREMIUM UTILITIES GOES TO 4-0

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
Premium Utilities is a new team in the league and like all new teams you really never know how good they are until you have them play a couple of doubleheaders. Well, they have played two and they are a formidable team. They beat Max's Tire last night in a pair of games. The first one was not close, winning, 11-1. However, Max's was ahead by 11-3 in the second game and came back for a, 12-11 win. Max's won one of the playoff brackets last year so they can get after it with the best of them. Now, they may have been short one or two of their studs, because they were suppose to play Tuesday, but got rained out. So, they mustered at the last second to play Premium. What's nice is that I have the competition for Premium as the year goes on. Premium Coin took two from the Raiders. Some of Premium Coins team played with the Raiders last year. They rallied in the first game to take a, 9-7 win and beat them by 7 in the second game. GSI were kind enough to move down to Brookwood Hall from Hidden Pond, so that the Muck Dogs could play. They rewarded themselves with two wins. The Gas House Gorillas got beat my the Misfits, 9-3 and 7-0. The Silver Bullets took two from The Zoo, who were the last team to start their, 2012 season. The Bullets won, 11-7 and 10-5. The Panthers had a little two much for Safelite and took two, 12-3 and 16-4.
 

GAMES RAIN OUT

TUESDAY, MAY 15
Well, it rained, but it was not as bad as I thought it would be. All games were washed out.

MAMA'S MAGIC SHOES PICK UP
FIRST WIN

MONDAY, MAY 14
Mama's Magic Shoes picked up there first win against Brentwood Liquor, winning, 13-10. Then Brentwood Liquors came back for a, 19-2 beating. GSI and Sportin' Wood met for a pair of games and split. Unfortunately, Sportin' Wood's second baseman, Bobby and their shortstop, Carlos had a nasty collision behind second base. It did not look good. Robert gives up about 75 pounds to Carlos and both did not move for awhile. Carlos left the second game with a wrenched knee as it tightened up. Bobby hung tough with a banged up rib cage and was instrumental in the second game come back win. GSI took the first game, 8-6. They jumped out early, but the Woods kept coming back, but could not close. The second game was a back and forth until the end with the Wood winning, 11-6
 

MOTHER'S DAY GAMES

SUNDAY, MAY 13
Mother's Day is turning into a game day where 40% of the teams pass on playing. The majority of the teams do play, but it is tough making that schedule for the day, because teams cancel a few days before that Sunday. Nightmare opened up on the Bone Crushers early on for a, 18-6 win. That was the Crushers first loss of the season. They came back and took the second game, 8-5. Eight Men Out and Cobra Kai split with the Eight winning the second game, 15-6 and the Kai taking the first one, 17-11. The Diamondbacks took two games, 9-4 and 7-2. Prime Time played their neighbors Banana Hammock and both teams took a win home. Banana won, 13-6 and Prime Time won, 4-2. The Kore won two vs the A's, 14-2 and 5-3

The Sunday night teams got after it with only 4 teams sitting out. Unique beat the Young Guns, 16-5 and 20-0. Nightmare beat Ashley Schaefer, 8-3 and 2-1. The Chupacabras are off and smoking. They are now, 6-0 with two more big wins over the Go Hards. They won, 10-8 and 14-13. The Full Swing Bunters took two from the Javelinas, 13-9 and 22-3. The White Sox took on the Smurfs and won a pair, 21-9 and 22-5.

WARRIORS BOUNCE BACK

THURSDAY, MAY 10
The Warriors took on the Reruns at Brook Wood this night, after only getting one game in against Gios on Tuesday. Even after all the rain the field was not in bad shape and I pulled it together by game time. The Reruns were the only twilight team that had not played to date, so I wanted to get it in. When I stopped by the field the Reruns look like they were having their way with the Warriors in the first game and they were. I saw them pole a couple of long ones down the left field line for HR's. When it was all over the Reruns had beat the Warriors, 25-10. However, the Reruns will be the first to tell you they do not finish some doubleheaders. They have been in the league for at least 13 or 14 years and I have seen it a number of times. The Warriors looked shell shocked after the first game, but they are the ones that shell shocked the Reruns in the nightcap. They won they one, 18-5.

A WEDNESDAY WASHOUT

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9
All games were rain out on a miserable night. Now the only team left that has not played yet is The Zoo.

MAX FINKELSTEIN TIRES OPENS UP WITH TWO WINS

TUESDAY, MAY 8
Max's Tire as they are known took two from 12 Pack on their way back in trying to defend their crown. They won one of the Twilight brackets last year. They look good in their first two games this year winning over the 12 Pack, 17-10 and 17-5. Gios and the Warriors only got one game in because of rain and darkness. Gios took that one.

RELIABLE GUTTER AND SAFELITE PICK UP WINS

MONDAY, MAY 7
My machine broke down late Sunday night. After 13 years of the engine went and it was my fault. Not keeping an eye on the oil level will not enhance a machines working capabilities, so I drag the fields myself on Monday night and will have to work on them the same way until this weekend. Reliable Gutter and the Shamrocks played two good games. The Gutters took the first game, 4-2, with both teams playing good defense throughout the game. In the second game the Shamrocks put up 5 in the first inning with Dave Kostner hammering bases loaded double down the line. That score held until the 5th inning when the Gutters bats woke up and they put up 6 in the 5th. The game ended after 6 innings with Reliable Gutter in a, 9-6 win. Safelite is off to a good start with another two wins against Mamas Magic Shoes, 11-3 and 20-3.

SUFFOLK SUNDAY NIGHTS

SUNDAY, MAY 6
I usually start with the Sunday morning scores, but today I will start with the Sunday night teams.  Ashley Schaefer is back and playing some good softball. They met up with the Ball Busters, back after a few years of laying low. The Schaef's took a pair, 11-9 and 13-8. You will be hearing from both teams as the season moves on. The battle of the Mexican creatures had the the Chubacabra's and the Juvelina's mixing it up for the first time, google these names and you will see some interesting animals. The Chuba's got the best of the Juve's on this day, winning a pair. The Go Hards and Young Guns had a pair of good games. The Go Hards, in a back and forth game for 7 innings final took the first game, 19-16. After all the fireworks in the first one, the bats slowed down, but the Guns' got the win, 5-3. The Beavers met up with the Full Swing Bunters and they took two, 22-10 and 18-17. A tough loss for the Bunter's who have two one run losses already. The White Sox playing white hot and taking on the Dalers at Venetian. In two well played games with lots of offense the Sox came out on top, 15-13 and 16-14. The Nightmare met up with 12 Angry Men and won a pair, 6-2 and 11-4. Unique had a good night beating the Smurgs, 14-2 and 26-3

In the morning divisions the Gladiators look good early on. They took the first two games of the season and met up with the always tough Sizzlers for their second doubleheader of the season. They won, 9-4 and 11-6. The Rebels and the Diamonbacks split a pair. The Back's won the first game, 10-8 and the Rebels bounced back for a 12-7 win. Banana Hammock had their first games of the season against the A's. They looked sharp and played sharp winning, 12-5 and 13-6. The Bone Crushers came out crushing and took 8 Men Out in a pair of games, 19-7 and 13-0. The Tongue Darts picked up their first wins of the season by beating Sloppy Seconds, 4-1 and 4-3. Cobra Kai got the best of The Kore with two wins at Sawyer Avenue, winning, 17-5 and 27-17. UTI could not play and their opponents the Gorillaz had to sit it out.
 

NO GAMES FOR THE RERUNS

THURSDAY, MAY 3
They would not have played many innings into the second game, because of the weather and mist, but the Reruns did not get to open this week at all. There opponent bowed out the day before and I could not get a back up team in time. They will open up next Thursday.

FULL SLATE OF GAMES DURING A DREARY WEEK

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
Wednesday will be the busiest of the week for the night and twilight teams. Today we had 5 doubleheaders. Old rivals, the Raiders and Sportin' Wood took to the field for their first games of the season. The Wood were Sportin Wood as they took two, 10-7 and 9-4.
The Bulls opened up with the Misfits and the Bulls came out on top in the first game, 11-10 and then the Misfits got into gear and took the second game, 9-5. Premier Utilities came out smoking and took a pair from Premier Coins, 16-4 and 14-1. They were two new teams in the league, so I was not sure of their competition levels. I know now. The Gas House Gorillas started off with two wins over the Muck Dogs, winning, 7-3 and 9-3. In the night division, the Panthers, who were Cougar Bait last year, met up with the Silver Bullets and each team got to taste victory. The Bullets won the first game, 13-12 and the Panthers won the second game, 11-10.
 

THE WARRIORS AND GIOS OFF AND RUNNING
 

TUESDAY, MAY 1
The first games of the season and never really the harbinger of things to come. The teams are coming off a long winter with most players picking up the bat and glove for the first time on they night. However, the Warriors and Gios showed that they were both game ready as the Warriors took on and beat Reliable Gutter, 18-2 and 21-3. Gios, beat the 12 Pack, 8-3 and 14-11. Safelite Glass took two from the Brentwood Liquor squad, 11-6 and 21-16. In that second game, Safelite put 14 runs up in the bottom of the 6th to put the game away.

SHAMROCKS AND GSI SPLIT

MONDAY, APRIL 30
The first games of the twilight division got started with the Shamrocks beating GSI, 2-1 in the first game and then both teams opened up a bit with GSI, winning, 9-3.

OPENING DAY 2012

SUNDAY, APRIL 29
Well, this time last year know one knew if there was even going to be a softball season for the summer of 2011. That is what happens when you give people who should not be running lemonade stands the power to effect thousands of individuals. The people spoke their mind  in the election in November,  2011 and sent a nasty bunch of politicians and their henchmen to the unemployment line. My only wish is that they ask me for a job recommendation. After I would write it for them they would not be able to find a job for the rest of their lives. They got exactly what they deserved. Those days or over now and it is time for some softball...

The Sizzlers are back and they took on UTI, who were a player short and never really got into a grove. The Sizzlers, won, 9-0 and 21-9. The Gladiators took on a Cobra Kai team that gets better every year. On this day the Gladiators had a little two much offense, winning, 18-11 and 16-8. The Kore came out against they old pals the Tongue Darts and put up two victories, 16-6 and 13-1. The Bonecrushers came to play on opening day, they beat the A's, 20-7 and 12-8. Sloppy Seconds played well in two games against Prime Time, but lost both. They dropped the first game, 4-2 and and then the second game, 13-0. The Diamondbacks and 8 Men Out split their games.

In the night games on Sunday, the Chubacabras took their first doubleheader in three years. They beat the Full Swing Bunters, back after a year in another league, because of the debacle of last year with the Town of Islip. The Chu's won, 19-18 and 13-6. Ashley Schaefer, were ready to go on Sunday. They waited in the parking lot at East Islip Marina two hours before game time, wavering Old Glory, the American flay and took the field waving it. I like that. They took on the Smurfs and won, 13-11 and 17-2 The Ballbusters are back. After being away for about 5 years, they returned and played the Go Hards and split. The Go's won, 5-3 and they the Buster's won, 15-5. The Young Guns played a new team the Juvelinas and beat them up, 21-0 and 26-1. The Dalers met up with the Beavers, two more teams that took off last year, but now they are back. The Dalers won, 16-4 and 23-10. The White Sox are off to a big start, winngin 10-9 and 11-8. Unique took on Nightmare and won, 10-8 and 17-16.

If anyone cannot play on Mother's Day, let me know as soon as possible. Some teams have already told me they cannot play.