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Connecticut Hackers fall short in title game
WEST HAVEN — History did not repeat itself for the Connecticut Hackers. The Meriden Blaze outslugged the Hackers, 9-3, to deny the Naugatuck-based adult baseball team a league record-tying fourth consecutive title. With the win, the Blaze captured the regular season and post-season National Adult Baseball Association Southern Connecticut division titles. The Hackers, who were... »
Hackers in search of fourth straight title
NAUGATUCK — The Connecticut Hackers could make a little history this Sunday in West Haven. The Hackers, a Naugatuck-based National Adult Baseball Association team, will play in the Southern Connecticut division championship game at Quigley Stadium. At stake: a division-record fourth straight post-season title. With a mix of former Naugatuck High School standouts and other... »
Surviving the dog days of August
This may sound strange coming from a sports writer, but I wasn’t always a sports fan. Actually, I was introduced to sports as sort of a punishment for crawling out my aunt’s bathroom window when I was eight years old. I was banished from playing with the rest of the kids that day and... »
Remembering PJF legend Tom Doran
Every little League needs a Tom Doran. A volunteer who will take any work title for the betterment of the organization — coach, groundskeeper, concession stand clerk, umpire, advocate, or leader. If something needed to be done for the league, Tom did it. No questions asked. That’s why eight years after his death, Peter J.... »
Hiscock, Dean adjusting to life in minors
Every baseball player that ever pulled on a uniform has played those imaginary games in the backyard, starting at the age of eight years old or so, emulating his heroes. Few if any actually get the chance to play that game for real. Ever since there was baseball, boyhood dreams have been filled with... »
Woodland alumni playing in Tri-State League
During the dead of summer, you might open the daily sports section of the Republican-American and find the “Tri-State Roundup” — but you might not know exactly what the Tri-State League even is. Well, it’s an adult baseball league with at least one pretty appealing facet — several of its teams field local talent.... »
In search of history behind enemy lines
I make no bones about it. I’m a Red Sox fan through and through. But how could I pass up an opportunity to see history in the making? Our good Naugatuck friends Mary and Armand Boncal invited me and my wife JoAnn to Yankee Stadium on Saturday, July 24, where we hoped to see... »
Housatonic Valley drops regional final
STAMFORD — If you keep the door open long enough, eventually someone is going to get in. The Housatonic Valley Senior Babe Ruth team learned that lesson the hard way Monday when they failed to capitalize on countless opportunities and let the New England regional title and a trip to the Senior Babe Ruth... »
Naugatuck Dogs drop opener to Danbury
NAUGATUCK – The Naugatuck Dogs wasted a strong team pitching effort by plating just one run in Tuesday night’s Stan Musial state-tournament-opening, 4-1 loss to the Danbury Outlaws at Rotary Field. The Dogs, who qualified for the Connecticut Amateur Baseball Congress’s top tournament by finishing 12-9 during the Tri-State League regular season, received an... »
Naugatuck’s great pitching overshadowed
NAUGATUCK — Good pitching is usually the key to a ball club’s success. Usually. The players on the Naugatuck American Legion baseball team found out this summer, though, that that’s not always the case. Despite possessing three spectacular arms, Post 17 finished its rollercoaster season last weekend with a 7-19 record. Greg Rice, Zac... »