B.J. Flynn was sending the runner all the way. Flynn, the Hyde Park Sports manager and third base coach, was determined to tie the game. Trailing, 1-0, to Triple D’s with two outs in the fourth inning, Hyde Park Sports had runners on first and second. Richie Figueroa clubbed a single to left, and Flynn […]
If anyone can appreciate 46-year-old Harvey Krupnick’s performance in the Boston Park League this summer, it’s longtime friend and Massachusetts Envelope general manager John Kelliher. “I played baseball in this league until I was 38,” said Kelliher, “and by that time I knew I had to stop because I couldn’t do it physically anymore. But […]
The last time Hyde Park Sports pitcher Ted Novio took a shutout into the seventh inning, he did not finish the ballgame. Instead, he was replaced with one out to go and had to watch a reliever surrender two dingers to spoil his string of goose eggs. In last night’s opener of the Park League […]
Pablo Reyes hopes last night will be a preview of bigger and better things. Reyes, who plans to sign with the Toronto Blue Jays, pitched ADSL to a 12-2 victory over Hyde Park Sports last night in the seventh and deciding game of the Park League championships at a packed Casey Town Field in Dorchester. […]
He had just spent the day teaching physical education and then throwing 300 batting practice pitches to his Holliston High School team that was two days away from winning its state Division 2 championship game. He arrived at Casey Town Field in Dorchester from Framingham just a few minutes before Mass. Envelope was to play the […]
The baseball skips off the dusty, uneven infield and nearly decapitates the shortstop. It takes another crazy hop in the outfield, forcing the left fielder to perform acrobatics in order to hold the runner to a single. Such is life on this early June night at Fallon Field in Roslindale, home field of the Triple […]
The Boston Park Baseball League opens its 58th season Tuesday after resolving allegations that the organization is guilty of racial bias. After pressure was applied by Mayor Flynn’s administration, the senior amateur league voted to accept the primarily minority Padres. A condition of acceptance was that Padre manager Ed Neal apologize for making his charges […]
The mosquitoes proved to be the toughest adversaries for Hyde Park Sports in its sweep to the Park League championship last night. The insects were unrelenting, but the Triple D’s had no such power, losing the final game, 10-4, at Fallon Field in Roslindale. “I’ve been in the Park League for nine years,” said Hyde […]
Former Boston Park League Umpire in Chief from 1999 through 2006, umpired in the league for more than 30 years, and was featured on the cover of Referee Magazine in July of 1985.
Towne Club became the Park League baseball champion last night after Conley refused to take the field, thereby forfeiting Game 4 of the teams’ best-of-seven series. Game 3 on Thursday night also was decided by forfeit, Towne Club getting the win when Conley used an ineligible player – designated hitter Jeff Clinton, who batted once […]
