Two area heavyweights were unceremoniously bounced from the MIAA baseball tourney this weekend, and Masconomet and Peabody each suffered losses in their very first postseason games.
The Tanners lost to the No. 22 seed at home for the second straight season (losing to Newton North in a play-in last year), and the defending D2 North champion [...]
Danvers native J.B. MacDonald was on hand for the longest baseball game in NCAA history Saturday night when his Boston College Eagles fell in 25 innings to Texas.
MacDonald could only watch, as he’d pitched in the Eagles’ NCAA tournament opener the night before, going 6.1 innings. Mere hours after their marathon against Texas, the Eagles [...]
A pie in the face of this scribe in today’s Around the Horn baseball column.
Turns out Peter Kallas, Matt Lanza and Frank Messina weren’t just alive the last time Beverly won an NEC baseball title. They were eighth-graders and just months away from setting foot in the hallowed halls on Sohier Road.
It’s come to our [...]
This week’s Around the Horn baseball poll asks which area coach you think is most instrumental to his team’s success in 2009?
Here are the results of the “Other” cattegory:
Joe Orlando, Gloucester: 5 votes
Frank Carey, North Reading: 1 vote
Joe Marchesi, Everett: 1 vote
Joe Caponigro, Lynn English: 1 vote
Jason Tarasuik, Marblehead: 1 vote
Brendan Neilon, Lawrence: 1 vote
John [...]
Matt Antonelli made his 2009 pro baseball debut last night in Oklahoma City, going 1-for-4 with a double in the Portland (Ore.) Beavers’ 2-1 loss to the Oklahoma City RedHawks in Triple-A action.
The 24-year-old West Peabody native had been in the San Diego Padres’ extended spring training rehabbing a knee injury before being recalled by [...]
Beverly’s momentous win over Peabody this afternoon, coupled with a suprising win for Salem over Lynn English, has created basically a three-way tie for the top spot in the NEC Large (Both Mark Bettencourt and Dave Wilbur confirm that the Large standings count ALL NEC games).
Peer into the crystal ball and let us know who [...]
This week’s Around the Horn baseball poll asks which area hitter you think is the most clutch? Facing a one-run hole, down to your last out with any hitter around on your bench, who’s getting the call?
Other votes: Ryan Cusick, Gloucester…..3 votes
Pat Dumas, Peabody…..2 votes
Tom Marini, Danvers…..1 vote
Brian Maynard, Lynn English…..1 vote
Matt Moore, Winthrop…..1 vote
Dan [...]
A new feature of the Around the Horn baseball column this season is an on-line poll “Question of the Week” — to give, YOU, the readers and fans, the chance to weigh in on local hardball happenings.
Here’s the first question, look for the results in next week’s Around the Horn (April 15):
Sources indicate that Peabody’s own Ed Nizwantowski will be named head baseball coach at Chelsea High. Last fall, Nizwantowski signed on as an assistant football coach with the Red Devils under Mike Stellato and apparently, it was a good fit for both parties.
Peabody High did not re-hire “Niz” prior to the 2005 season after he spent [...]
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