Tri-State League begins play today Thursday, May 20, 2004 © 2004 Republican-American Change is afoot in the Tri-State Baseball League. When the 2004 season begins today, there will be two new teams, as well as a host of familiar faces …
© Peter Wallace, Register Citizen Staff, 05/12/2003 "Now pitching…for Little Rock …Sc-o-o-o-o-ott Arigoni!" When 44-year-old Scott Arigoni, Oliver Wolcott Tech Class of ’77, takes the mound Thursday evening at Fuessenich Park for the start of another Tri-State baseball season (Torrington …
© 2003 (Rick Wilson) Thomaston Express Dave Post is a familiar figure to area softball, baseball fans. From his early days playing baseball in Torrington , he has never been off the area fields. Twi-Met league in Waterbury, softball leagues …
©2003 (Rick Wilson) Thomaston Express A 5-foot-8, 170-pounder with Popeye forearms, he hammered baseballs with ferocity. First at Holy Cross, then at Mattatuck Community College, where he was a two-time All-New England pick and a junior college All-American. In 1993, …
Starting lineup (1987-1991) for the legendary Waterbury Laurels who won numerous league titles in the (now defunct) Nutmeg Baseball League and played “money” all-star games versus the Jackie Robinson league in Brooklyn, New York – any of these names ring …
"Any time (Pat Murphy) pitches you’ve got a legitimate chance to win," stated Bethlehem player/coach John Pettit. Murphy, a reliever and regional MVP for the Eastern Connecticut State University 1990 National Champions, was the "franchise" pitcher for the Bethlehem Plowboys during …
©2000 Joe Poillucci and John Quinn “In 1931, the Depression was getting worse but baseball kept getting more popular. Times were tough but the fans still loved the game and would usually scrape up enough money to go to a …
When it rains, it pours (Baseball that counts in the heart) © Register Citizen 08/22/99 (Peter Wallace) To play or not to play, that was the question Saturday morning, after it rained all night, the clouds were glaring and the …
