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| 11/15/09 |
Championship Cup Gets Makeover
Since 2001 when then commissioner Steve Madey recommened its creation, the Championship Cup has been the prize each team has strived to attain. In doing so, the players of the winning team are forever remembered as their named get etched on the base. |
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| 11/15/09 |
Managers Meeting Announced For 11/24
The next mandatory manager's meeting for returning teams has been announced for Tuesday November 24, 2009 at the law offices of Marino & Associates beginning at 6:30pm. |
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| 11/15/09 |
New Team Presentations Meeting Scheduled
The WRWBL Board of Trustees and the league's elected officers will be reviewing the applications of potential expansion teams on Wednesday December 16, 2009 in the large conference room at Pace University's Goldstein Athletics Center on its Pleasantville campus with the first presentation set for 7:15pm. |
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| 10/05/09 |
Trustees Meeting Announcement
The WRWBL's Board of Trustees will be holding their annual fall meeting Tuesday October 6, 2009 in anticipation of the 2010 season. |
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| 10/05/09 |
Enter Your Team Into the WRWBL!
The Westchester/Rockland Wood Bat League is looking for new teams that want to enter the league for the upcoming 2010 season. |
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| 09/29/09 |
Updated: IronHorse in Arizona
The Westchester/Rockland Wood Bat tournament team the New York Iron Horse announced their finalized roster in anticipation of their upcoming trip to National Amateur Baseball Association World Championships held in Phoenix, Arizona from October the weekend of October 3rd and 4th.
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| 08/26/09 |
2010 Preparations to Begin in September
With the historic (and very wet) 2009 season now in the books (drying off) -- the WRWBL League Office will begin preparations for the 2010 season in mid-September. |
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| 08/23/09 |
Leon Named Championship MVP
Rockland Cavaliers third baseman Justin Leon was named the 2009 WRWBL Championship MVP for his game three heroics. |
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| 08/23/09 |
Michalek & Fasano Dominate Post-Season Awards
New City Outlaws outfielder/pitcher Justin Michalek and Suffern Blue Devils pitcher Ryan Fasano dominated the post-season awards ceremony at the 2009 WRWBL All-Star Game and Family Picnic held today at Pace University.
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| 08/22/09 |
Weather Alert For Finals
Mother Nature has been reeking havoc on the 2009 season all spring and summer and unfortunately the championship round has not been immune. |
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| 08/22/09 |
Finals May Be Shortened
Given the continued rain showers, the WRWBL and both the Rockland Cavaliers and New City Outlaws have agreed that the Championship Round may be shortened to a three game series. |
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| 08/22/09 |
Deciding Final Game Sunday 3:00pm
With the torrential rain forcing cancellation of games three and four of the championship series the league has ruled that the series will be shortened to three games. |
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| 08/22/09 |
Come Rain or Shine to the All-Star Game
The WRWBL invites all players, managers, family and friends to the 17th annual All-Star Game and Family Picnic at Pace University beginning 11:00am. |
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| 08/21/09 |
Outlaws Tie Series at 1-1 Apiece
Behind another solid offensive output the Outlaws slowed the Cavaliers march to back-to-back championships defeating Rockland 9-7 in game two last night. |
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| 08/21/09 |
17th Annual All-Star Game & Family Picnic This Sunday!
White Plains, NY -- The Westchester Rockland Wood Bat League's 17th annual All-Star Game and Family Picnic will be held this Sunday August 23rd at Pace University with festivities beginning at approximately 11:00am. |
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| 08/21/09 |
Game 3 PPD Due to Rain
Game three of the WRWBL Championship series has been rained out at Peekskill Stadium due to the torrential rain that moved through the area. |
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| 08/20/09 |
Cavs Take Game One
The defending champion Cavaliers came out with an extraordinary first inning intensity scoring five runs on several hard hits and later holding off a furious Outlaws rally for a thrilling 10-9 game one victory. |
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| 08/18/09 |
Cavs One Step Closer to History
The defending champion and #1 overall seed Rockland Cavaliers closed out the #6 seeded Hastings Lookouts in game two of their semifinal series leaving no doubt with a 17-1 win. |
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| 08/16/09 |
Gamecast Update
WRWBL.com staff would like to explain the difficulties we have been incurring with our recent GameCast trials. |
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| 08/16/09 |
T-Dogs Friess the Outlaws
Lyle Friess hit a three-run first inning homer, added a two RBI double and had a full extension diving catch in left field that stifled an Outlaws rally to lead the T-Dogs to a game #1 seminfinals 10-9 victory. |
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| 08/16/09 |
Semifinal Playoff Schedule
The remainder of the schedule for the two semifinal series has been announced today. Please see below:
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| 08/15/09 |
Semifinals Now Set
The 'Race to Pace' left three more clubs in the dust as the Lookouts, Outlaws and T-Dogs all advanced through the quarterfinal round with 2-0 sweeps. |
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| 08/14/09 |
Quarterfinals Update
The quarterfinal action has been fast and furious this week with all three series off and running. |
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| 08/13/09 |
T-Dogs Outlast Tides in Game 1
Russ Tatro's two out 2-RBI single with bases loaded and two outs in the seventh gave the Thunderdogs a 4-0 lead while the Dogs bullpen would hold off several furious Tides rallies for an exciting 4-3 win in game one of this quarterfinal series.
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| 08/12/09 |
Quarterfinal Rounds Now Set
With the Lookouts victory over the Tigers last night -- the best two of three quarterfinal rounds are now set. |
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| 08/11/09 |
Outlaws Take Game #1 10-4
The #2 seeded New City Outlaws got their '09 playoff run off to a resounding start -- defeating the #10 Pleasantville Red Sox 10-4 at Germonds Park. |
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| 08/09/09 |
Tides Give Barons Early Exit
The Tides offense banged out 13 hits and Corey Borowitz fired seven solid innings giving the #8 seeded Peekskill Tides a convinicing 9-3 victory over the #7 seeded Danbury Barons. |
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| 08/09/09 |
Red Sox Pull Upset Over #5 Seeded Blue Devils
The #10 seeded Pleasantville Red Sox who qualified for the playoffs only yesterday -- the last day of the season, got six no-hit innings from Brendan O'Rourke enroute a 6-1 upset victory over the #5 seeded Suffern Blue Devils. |
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| 08/08/09 |
Playoff Picture Finally Crystallizes
It took until 7:00pm on the night before the playoffs were to begin -- but the games were played and the results are in. Here is a quick look at the playoff picture.
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| 08/05/09 |
Playoff Bracket Announced!
White Plains, NY -- The WRWBL league office released the dates and locations for the upcoming playoff rounds which are set to begin on Sunday August 9th. Below are the locales!
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| 08/02/09 |
Rain Forces Shortening of Regular Season
Due to the latest batch of torrential rain that soaked the metropolitan area the WRWBL league office announced tonight that the 2009 regular season will be officially shortened to 28 games from 30. |
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| 08/02/09 |
Playoffs to Begin This Weekend!
With the regular season finish line on the horizon -- the WRWBL league office announced tonight that the playoffs will begin the weekend of Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th. |
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| 08/02/09 |
WRWBL Gamecast Launching Soon!
The WRWBL announced today that it will be testing a live gamecasting system for the 2009 playoffs. The live webcast style application will allow fans to watch and listen to the games from the comfort of their own home. |
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| 07/29/09 |
Arizona Update: Ironhorse Looking For Players
The WRWBL's traveling select team the New York Iron Horse will once again be heading west this fall for the National Amateur Baseball Association (NABA) National Championships in Phoenix, Arizona and is looking for players to make the trip. |
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| 07/27/09 |
Hall Call: Donohue, Amstrong Praino To Be Inducted
With the ballots of all the current Hall of Fame members and the commissioner accounted for -- three players from the list of nominees announced last week received word that they will be inducted into the league's Hall of Fame on Sunday August 23rd. Gregg Donohue (New City Outlaws), Reggie Armstrong (Westchester Cubs) and John Praino (Tarrytown Lookouts) each received the requisite number of votes from their peers to be inducted.
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| 07/22/09 |
'09 Cy Young: A Look a the Contenders
Much the same way the editors of WRWBL.com argued over who were the front runners for the coveted league MVP award, today the staff shares their thoughts on the clubhouse leaders for the WRWBL Cy Young Award. |
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| 07/15/09 |
League Meeting Called For 7/28
The WRWBL league office announced today that the final managers meeting of the regular season will be held Tuesday 7/28 beginning at 6:30pm at the league offices in White Plains. |
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| 07/14/09 |
MVP Race Heats Up
As the 2009 season enters the final leg the race for the Most Valuable Player Award is heating up in the hot July sun. Several players are in the mix for consideration including the defending MVP Tom Thulin (Danbury Barons) who is looking to become only the second player to win the award twice. |
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| 07/08/09 |
Reporter's Notebook: Tides in Minny
Recently the editors of WRWBL.com tagged along with the Peekskill Tides for their trip out to the Midwest for the Spamtown Challenge Tournament in Austin, Minnesota. |
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| 07/08/09 |
Dogs on the Hunt!
After an 0-3 start in May the New York City Thunderdogs have won 10 of their last 13 games (10-6 overall) and are off to their best start in franchise history. |
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| 07/07/09 |
Playoff Roster Deadline Set For 7/17
The WRWBL announced today that Friday July 17th will be the deadline to add players to the roster and have them still be eligible for the playoffs. |
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| 06/30/09 |
Manager's Meeting Rescheduled
The WRWBL league office announced that the next manager's meeting has been re-scheduled and is to be held this coming Monday July 7th at the law offices of Marino & Associates. The meeting begins promptly at 6:30pm.
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| 06/17/09 |
Spotlight On: New City Outlaws
This week WRWBL.com will unveil a new feature entitled -- 'Spotlight On'. Over the course of the season we'll look at a team's entire history in the league or spotlight a single player. |
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| 06/16/09 |
Parity Reigns in WRWBL
With just about 1/3 of the season complete for most teams the word that can best describe the 2009 season thus far is parity. |
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| 06/03/09 |
Tigers Pinto Named Rawlings ABCA National Gold Glove Winner
New Rochelle Tigers outfielder Stephen Pinto (Manhattanville College/Yonkers, NY) has been named a Rawlings ABCA National Gold Glove Winner recognizing him as one of the best defensive outfielders in NCAA Division III baseball. |
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| 06/01/09 |
End of May Weekend Recap
The WRWBL closed out a slow starting and wet month of May with a bunch of exciting games. |
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| 06/01/09 |
Blue Devils' Wong Fires No-No
Suffern Blue Devils starter Johnny Wong fired a five innings of no-hit baseball to pace the Blue Devils to a 16-0 run-rule shortened victory over the Rye Patriots. |
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| 05/26/09 |
Memorial Day Weekend Recap
The Westchester/Rockland Wood Bat League had a full slate of games this weekend including an extra inning slugfest, two different doubleheader sweeps and a dramatic 1-0 walk-off game to cap the holiday on Sunday night.
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| 05/18/09 |
Weekend Game Wrap-Up
Despite the gray skies and spotty rain showers the 2009 season finally gained some momentum with nine games being played this weekend. |
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| 05/14/09 |
Mother Nature Reeking Havoc
Nearly two weeks into the season Mother Nature is already reeking havoc on the league's schedule. Thus far only three games have been played to completion. |
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| 04/17/09 |
2009 Team Previews are In!
Want to get a glimpse at what moves WRWBL teams made this offseason? Well team previews have arrived with an inside look at each team's roster and what their prospects for taking the championship cup home will be this season! |
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| 04/12/09 |
WRWBL Brings H2O to Purchase
The WRWBL recently completed its most complicated field improvement project to date when it delivered a water system to Purchase College this week. |
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| 04/06/09 |
Opening Day Set For May 2nd!
The 2009 WRWBL season will open on Saturday May 2nd with the Red Sox and Cyclones doing battle at 1:00pm. |
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| 04/01/09 |
WRWBL Relaunches Website
WRWBL.com relaunches with a completely upgraded design, 14 new team sites and loads of increased functionality for the upcoming season. |
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| 04/01/09 |
Official League Ball Selected
The WRWBL announced today that the Wilson A1001 Collegiate will be the official baseball of the 2009 season. |
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| 04/01/09 |
New Fields Added in 2009
The WRWBL has secured use of several new fields this offseason in an effort to have games played on the best surfaces available. |
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| 04/01/09 |
Coaches Helmet Rule Enacted
The WRWBL announced today that it has enacted the safety provision of having the third and first base coaches during games for the 2009 season. |
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| 01/22/09 |
Two New Teams Join League
The WRWBL welcomes two new clubs for the 2009 season, both from Rockland County. The Suffern Blue Devils and the Rockland Rebels both will play their first seasons beginning in May. |
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