League History (updates gladly accepted) MSBL league began in 1993 with Robert Emanuel as president. All ages were mixed on teams. In 1994 there was a division of players into 'younger' and 'older' players, with Jay Fiscalini and Mike Jennings administering the younger division. A separate MABL(18+) was formed in 1995 with Mike Jennings as president, and the MSBL became 30+. The MSBL became 28+ when the National organization reduced the age requirement. At inception, games were played at Blair in Pismo Beach (where we currently have open play and a fall league in the winter). As of 2010, 1993 founding players John Brinckerhoff, Mike Kee, Arland Schweigl and Mike Thomas were still playing. Founding player Jimmy Kelly was also still active, but did not play all 18 years. Winning pitcher in the 1993 championship game was recent (2010) general manager of the Blues, Mike Lara, and the first player drafted in the league was the past owner of the Blues, Tim Golden. 1993 MBSL Champs - Blacksox Pitcher of the year - Mike Lara 1994 MSBL Champs - Blacksox Pitcher of the year - Mike Lara 1995 MSBL Champs - Blue Jays MABL Champs - Indians 1996 MSBL Champs - Pirates MABL Champs - Giants MABL semi-pro Santa Maria Dodgers formed 1997 MSBL Champs - Reds MABL Champs - Waves MABL teams Indians Giants Mariners Rockies Waves Santa Maria Dodgers became Central Coast Waves with 20 game season in addition to regular season play 1998 MSBL Champs - Brewers MABL dissolved - 3 teams joined MSBL 1999 Champs - Reds Blacksox became Whitesox Mike Barba "Spirit of the Game" perpetual award created for "the player whose love of baseball best exemplifies the sportsmanship and ideals of the game of baseball". 'Spirit' award - Al Hire 2000 Champs - Reds Mike Jennings became president. Whitesox reverted back to Blacksox 'Spirit' award - Fred Thomas Player of the Year - Dave Arlt Rookie of the Year - Rick Fridrich Pitcher of the Year - Casey Pierce MVP - Mike Glenn 2001 Champs - Blacksox 6 teams: Blacksox Brewers Indians Marlins Pirates Reds. Playoffs at this point were 4 teams with underdog in semis having to win 2 straight while upper seed only had to win once. League was all metal. 20 game season 'Spirit' award - Dave Chambers 2002 Regular - Indians(14-6) / Champs - Pirates Reds dropped - Tigers added. 20 game season. 18+ MABL winter play league formed by Dan Ainsworth in October. 'Spirit' award - Vinnie Ponterelli / Tigers Rookie of the Year - Fred Bogart / Tigers MVP - Dale Craig / Marlins Player of the Year - Tom Harrington / Pirates Pitcher of the Year - Craig Ainsworth / Brewers Las Vegas Open champions Waves (28+) 2003 Regular - Hammers(15-5-1) / Champs - Blacksox 8 teams: Dodgers and Hammers added. Playoffs changed to 2 out of 3 in semis. Some "Wood Bat Weekends" begun. 21 game season 'Spirit' award - Darren Ashford / Tigers 2004 Regular - Pirates(14-3-1) / Co-Champs - Blacksox & Pirates (multiple weeks rainout of title game) 7 teams: Dodgers dropped with Indians buying equipment/uniforms and changing their name. Season 1/3 wood. 18 game season 'Spirit' award - Dave Arlt / Brewers Palm Springs champions Hogs (38+) Las Vegas Kickoff champions Waves (28+) 2005 Regular - Pirates & Blacksox tied(12-2) / Champs - Pirates 8 teams: Brewers replaced by Angels - Blazers added. 3 players 25-27 allowed per team. Playoffs changed to 8-team double elimination. Season 1/2 wood. 14 game season. 3 team spring season - Blazers champs Rookie of the year - Frank Perez / Blacksox 'Spirit' award - Paul Teixeira / Pirates Player of the year - Vic Carmona / Hammers Pitcher of the year - Bryon Victor / Dodgers MVP - Shawn Clayton - Angels Palm Springs champions Hogs (38+) 2006 Regular - Hammers(15-6) / Champs - Hammers Mike Jennings resigned and MSBL was absorbed by the MABL. 8 teams: Marlins and Tigers dropped - Athletics and Redsox added. Pirates became Hogs - Blazers became Reds. Players 25-27 allowed to pitch in 1st 3 innings. Metal restricted to 3 games in June and doubleheaders. 21 game season. 5 team spring season - Hammers champs 'Spirit' award - Greg Hadley / Blacksox Rookie of the Year - Eddie Mitchell / A's Pitcher of the year - Tony Camacho / Blacksox MVP - Dale Craig / Hogs Player of the year - Dana Dowell / Hogs 2007 Regular - Blacksox & Hammers tied(16-4) / Champs - Hammers 9 teams: Reds dropped - Brew Crew and (new) Tigers added. Teams allowed to have 3 players under 25. Unlimited pitching age dropped to 25. Playoffs changed to round-robin tournament style with 8 teams. Labor day (local) tournament added. Became all wood (summer only). 20 game season. SLO added Rattlers to mix with Blues causing us to lose some space at Sinsheimer. 6 team spring season - A's champs 'Spirit' award - Gene Gent / Hammers Rookie - Chris Janowicz / Blacksox Pitcher - Carlton Gallant / Tigers MVP - Tony Camacho / Blacksox POTY - Jesse Torell / Hammers Las Vegas Open champions Brew Crew (25+) Tigers (35+) 2008 Regular - Bulls / Champs - Bulls 8 teams: A's, Dodgers & Hogs dropped - Bulls added. Marlins restarted. Expanded teams to 4 players under 25. SLO decided Rattlers and Blues had 'priority' for Sinsheimer, severely affecting our access to field in June-July-early August. 21 game season with 2/3 being 7-inning doubleheaders due to lack of fields. 6 team spring season - Hammers champs. 'Spirit' award - Johnny Franklin / Angels Rookie - Nate Kuhn / Tigers Pitcher - Dave Faller / Bulls MVP - Chris Janowicz / Bulls POTY - Jay Salas / Bulls World Series champs - (Father/Son) - Bulls 2009 Regular - Bulls / Champs - Bulls 9 teams: Pirates (new) added. 21 game season. 6 team spring season - BrewCrew champs. Labor Day regional tournament - Ventura Dodgers winners 'Spirit' award - Brian Campbell / Angels Rookie - Cole Nagler / BrewCrew Pitcher - Bryon Victor / Angels MVP - Jim Kelly / BrewCrew POTY - Marc Debrum / Bulls World Series champs (25+) Bulls 2010 Regular - Bulls / Champs - Bulls 8 teams - Marlins dropped - Pirates became Cubs - Hammers became Padres 16 game season beginning in May due to lack of fields. Increased to 20 game season when additional games were added in July at Porter field. Playoffs changed to double elimination with a championship series 2 out of 3. 6 team spring season - champs Hammers Labor Day tournament reverted back to local event 'Spirit' award - Steve Daugherty / Cubs Rookie - Marcelino Decierdo / Bulls Pitcher - Craig Gotchal / Blacksox MVP - Anthony Pannone / Cubs POTY - Scott Dozier / Bulls IRONMAN - Tony Camacho / Blacksox World Series champs (50+) Santa Ynez Sox (includes several of our players) 2011 Regular - Bulls / Champs - Blacksox (Bulls excluded for one season to allow someone else to win the league) 8 teams 17 game regular season due to lack of fields. Playoffs changed to 3-games "pool" play with pos 1-4 in 1 bracket and 5-8 in 2nd bracket. 4 winners (except Bulls) advanced to single game semi and single game championship. 8 team spring season - champs Nuts New Fall league (6 teams) added in Pismo Oct-Dec - no championship awarded World Series champs 45+ Tigers 'Spirit' award - Robert Bonds / Nuts Rookie - Kyle Mosley /Angels Pitcher - Tony Camacho / Blacksox MVP - Jose Delgado / Cubs POTY - Mark Debrum / Bulls ============================================ SUMMER LEAGUE ============================================ regular season ---------------------- Bulls 14-2-1 Blacksox 12-5-0 Nuts 10-6-1 Padres 10-7-0 Angels 10-7-0 Tigers 6-11-0 Redsox 3-14-0 Cubs 2-15-0 playoffs ------------ Angels 3-0 Padres 2-1 Blacksox 2-1 Redsox 2-1 Bulls 2-1 Cubs 1-2 Nuts 0-3 Tigers 0-3 semifinals --------------- Blacksox def Angels 12-11 - Angels tie game in 9th, take lead in tenth but Sox tie again bottom of 10 and win bottom of 11th Padres def Redsox 9-8 - Redsox twice overcome 4-run deficits but lose to run in last inning championship -------------------- Blacksox def Padres 9-7 - Sox take early 5-0 lead then trail 7-5 and chip away for victory stats leaders -------------------------------- HR: (many with only 1) 3B: Mosley,Kyle(Angels)/5 Aguilar,Sam(Blacksox)/5 Dozier,Scott(Bulls)/4 Gumbs,Al(Angels)/4 2B: Janowicz,Nate(Bulls)/9 Dozier,Scott(Bulls)/8 Salas,Jay(Bulls)/8 Coy,Jason(Nuts)/7 Gent,Gene(Padres)/7 Mosley,Kyle(Angels)/7 BA: Top ten - minimum 15 games 1-Debrum,Mark(Bulls).549 2-Dozier,Scott(Bulls).492 3-Salas,Jay(Bulls).467 4-Hoffman,Daye(Bulls).448 5-Mosley,Kyle(Angels).400 6-Nagler,Cole(Nuts).400 7-Cota,Rob(Cubs).397 8-Bluem,Tony(Cubs).389 9-Poe,Rich(Angels).371 10-Janowicz,Nate(Bulls).370 other highlights -------------------------------- NO STRIKEOUTS 10 or more games: Vinnedge,Billy(Bulls) Mead,Zack(Nuts) 1 STRIKEOUT 50 or more plate appearances: Salas,Jay(Bulls)/75 Schweigl,Arland(Redsox)/70 Kelly,Jim(Padres)/58 Decierdo,Manny(Bulls)/57 ATTENDED ALL GAMES: Ballantine,Nick(Padres) Debrum,Marc(Bulls) Gent,Gene(Padres) Hixon,James(Angels) Parker,Ian(Padres) Poe,Rich(Angels) most games (29) & trips to plate (109): Bonds,Robert(Nuts) =========================================== SPRING LEAGUE =========================================== season results --------------------- Padres..... 7-1-2 Nuts....... 7-2-1 Giants..... 5-3-2 Blacksox... 5-3-2 Dodgers.... 6-4-0 Redsox..... 3-7-0 Tigers..... 2-7-1 Blues...... 1-9-0 semifinals ------------------- Padres def Blacksox 11-2 Nuts def Giants 8-3 championship ------------------------- Nuts def Padres 2-1 stats leaders ------------------- HR: Hagman,Augie(Nuts)/1 3B: Hagman,Augie(nuts)/4 Gent,Gene(padres)/3 Trullinger,Mark(dodgers)/3 White,Chris(fill)/3 2B: Ballantine,Nick(padres)/8 Hagman,Augie(nuts)/7 Decierdo,Manny(fill)/6 Ramirez,Josh(padres)/6 BA: top ten hitters - minimum 9 games 1-Kelly,Jim(padres).662 2-Windhorst,Jeff(dodgers).478 3-Wanner,Eric(padres).440 4-Erdman,Earl(tigers).435 5-Hagman,Augie(nuts).431 6-Ballantine,Nick(padres).422 7-Ramirez,Josh(padres).408 8-Trullinger,Ryan(dodgers).372 9-Devoss,Matt(dodgers).371 10-Hernandez,Papi(blues).368 ============================================ FALL LEAGUE ============================================ standings -------------- Marlins 5-1 Angels 5-2 Padres 4-2 Wolfpack 2-4 Dodgers 2-4 Giants 1-5 Waves 0-2 stats leaders ------------------- HR: Mosley,Kyle(angels)/4 Cota,Rob(angels)/3 Mosley,Shawn(angels)/3 3B: Garrison,Joe(marlins)/2 McCormick,Matt(dodgers)/1 Kluss,Kevin(blues)/1 2B: Garrison,Joe(marlins)/5 Kitchen,Drew(marlins)/4 Kluss,Kevin(blues)/4 Gent,Gene(blues)/4 BA: Top 10 hitters-4 or more games: 1-Sherburne,Fred(dodgers).692 2-Russell,Tom(marlins).692 3-Labrecque,Sam(wolfpack).545 4-Mosley,Shawn(angels).526 5-Mosley,Kyle(angels).500 6-Coy,Jason(marlins).481 7-Bailey,Aaron(marlins).471 8-Raftery,Kory(marlins).467 9-Beavers,Scott(marlins).467 10-Barton,Kevin(giants).462 ============================================ 2011 OPEN PLAY (thru 10/1/11) ============================================ stats leaders ------------------- HR: Robert Bonds/5 Gene Gent/5 Rob Cota/4 3B: Rob Cota/3 Augie Hagman/3 2B: Robert Bonds/13 Rob Cota/11 Steve Healy/7 BA: Top ten hitters (10 or more games): 1-Rob Cota/.500 2-Jim Moore/.463 3-Robert Bonds/.455 4-Boz Barron/.412 5-Gene Gent/.390 6-Ian Parker/.378 7-Steve Healy/.351 8-Augie Hagman/.349 9-Charlie Lilly/.345 10-Jeff Edwards/.330 other highlights ---------------------- Most games (27) - trips to plate (125) - hits (50): Robert Bonds ============================================ 2012 OPEN PLAY (10-1 thru 12/31/11 only) ============================================ stats leaders ------------------- HR: Rob Cota/3 Aaron Bailey/2 Matt Samaniejo/2 3B: Chris Benadiba/1 Brad Crawford/1 Kyle Mahoney/1 2B: Rick Railsback/5 Frank Orazio/4 Mike Felts/3 BA: Top 10 hitters - 4 or more games 1-Zack Arace/.682 2-Alec Veley/.593 3-Rob Cota/.467 4-Rick Railsback/.455 5-Aaron Bailey/.412 6-Brett Zika/.375 7-Kevin Drake/.364 8-Steve Daugherty/.353 9-Robert Bonds/.350 10-Jeff Edwards/.346 ============================================ FASTBALL DEMO ============================================ stats leaders ------------------ HR:(1) Drew Downey - Joe Garrison - Adam Guise - Ryan Twedell 3B: (2) Robert Bonds 2B: (3) Jason Coy - Gene Gent - Steve Healy - Morris Sealy BA: Top ten - 6 or more games 1-Kevin Kluss/.524 2-Augie Hagman/.476 3-Jim Moore/.412 4-Charlie Lilly/.412 5-Willy Ford/.379 6-Morris Sealy/.333 7-Jason Coy/.333 8-Jeff Edwards/.320 9-Robert Bonds/.313 10-Gene Gent/.304 ============================================ LABOR DAY WOODY TOURNAMENT ============================================ 3-1 Blueballs 2-2 Pooping Pismo Pigeons 1-3 Trailer Trash 2012