Monday marked the first day of high school football practices, not only in Maine but in the Lone Star State, too. Some scholarship-level football players from Texas are delaying the start of their preseason regimens, however, in their quest for a Senior League World Series… Read More
BANGOR – The U.S. East champions from Freehold Township, N.J., arrived at this year’s Senior League World Series with considerable name recognition. The program is making its third appearance at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor in the last four years, having won the SLWS championship in… Read More
BANGOR – Baseball superstition is big on keeping quiet when your pitcher is flirting with a no-hitter. But that’s hard to do, especially among teenagers whose wont is to talk – and talk. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
BANGOR – For a baseball-crazy 15-year-old visiting relatives in the Bangor area, there probably isn’t a better activity this time of year than the Senior League World Series. Last summer, while visiting his aunt and uncle in Orono, Vincent King did attend many of the… Read More
BANGOR – Baseball is a game of superstition, and Urbandale, Iowa, shortstop Mike Hoberg wasn’t above resorting to positive vibrations in an attempt to boost his game at the Senior League World Series. Hoberg, the leadoff hitter for the new SLWS champions, had struggled at… Read More
BANGOR – After his complete-game win Sunday, many observers assumed Pearl City, Hawaii pitcher Jason Rasa wouldn’t make another start in the Senior League World Series. Rasa threw 132 pitches in the 10-inning, 5-3 win over Asia-Pacific representative Agana, Guam, on the opening day of pool play. Read More
BANGOR – Recognize the burly youngster in a black-and-white U.S. East jersey? If you followed the Senior League World Series last year, you might. He’s Jason Elo, a first baseman-pitcher on last year’s Freehold Township, N.J., team that won the World Series championship. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
BANGOR – Alejandro Diaz is showing Mansfield Stadium fans the kind of power and offense they haven’t yet seen in a Senior League World Series. Diaz, a catcher for the Asia-Pacific representative from Agana, Guam, has already hit three home runs. No one had ever… Read More
BANGOR – Urbandale, Iowa’s 5-2 victory over Freehold Township, N.J. on Monday provided a sense of relief to manager John Hoberg and his team, which was anxious for a win in World Series competition. Until knocking off the defending Senior League World Series champion, this… Read More
BANGOR – In many cases, the baseball games are the easy part of participating in an international baseball tournament such as the Senior League World Series. That surely will be the case for the team from the capital city of Tbilisi in the former Soviet… Read More
Four years into hosting the Senior League World Series, Mike Brooker is relatively comfortable with what needs to be done get everything ready for a week of baseball featuring some of the top 15- and 16-year-old players in the world “Things have gone fairly smoothly… Read More
BANGOR – Don’t be surprised if Curacao makes its third straight trip to Bangor for next summer’s Senior League World Series as well as ensuing Series. They had seven 15-year-olds on this year’s team and they will host the Latin American Regional next season. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BANGOR – By most accounts, the estimated 1,000 to 1,200 work hours that went into readying the field and organizing the 2002 Senior League World Series was time well spent. “This was our first time here and I mean, we loved it. I’ve never been… Read More
BANGOR – It’s easy to take umpires for granted. If they do a good job, nobody notices and if they make the wrong call, everybody notices. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More