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Sports June 9, 2005 By Don Lyons
Tisbury”s Veteran”s Memorial Park had the feel of a fourth of July picnic with lots of kids and dogs and young ladies and some not so young all having lots of fun playing games and cheering for each other no matter what the play. It was the opening of the Women”s Softball League season, as six teams took the field to begin a 10-week schedule, after stage and screen actress-director Lee Fierro tossed out a ceremonial first pitch. There were plenty of husbands and fathers and brothers on the sidelines, sometimes offering advice about positioning or where to throw the ball, advice that was tolerated but seldom heeded, or needed, by the players. In the first completed game, the Honeys defeated the Vixens, 16-2. Honey pitcher Susie Schofield had a shut-out until the final inning when Chelsea McCarthy drove in two Vixen runs with a bases-loaded line drive into left field. The Snaps outscored the Dukes County Hazards, 21-7, a game that was halted after six innings. The Snaps scored in every inning but the fourth was the killer when eight runs crossed the plate. The game was marred by an injury when Hazards catcher Mary Anne O”Connell caught a foul tip in her face. The third and final game of the evening was a win for the Mocha Mott’s Creamers over the Shady Ladies, 19-12. The Women”s softball league will be in action again next Tuesday beginning at 6 pm or when the Tee-ball games are completed.
The Men’s Softball League opened its season at Veterans Park Wednesday with the improved Treds thumping the Wildcats, 10-5 and the Hurricanes whipping the Riptide in a slaughter rule shortened game. The following evening the Brewhas curbed the Batdogs and the Makos gnoshed on the Boilers in games abbreviated by the league”s mercy rule. Keith Crossland had a first-inning grand slam for the Sharks. Monday the Hurricanes were home to the Batdogs and seemed to have things safely in hand with a 14-3 lead after four innings. But the Dogs scored three in the fifth and six more in the sixth and silenced ’Canes bats to draw within two, 14-12. But the Batdogs went quietly in the top of the seventh. In Monday’s late game, the Brewhas had their way with the Riptide. Men's Softball standings Brewhas 2-0 Hurricanes 2-0 Treds 1-0 Makos 1-0 Boilers 0-1 Wildcats 0-1 Batdogs 0-2 Riptide 0-2
A green-and-white clad team of Vineyard Brazilians, sponsored by Henderson Plaster and Drywall, took on a visiting green-and-red suited Val Da Tia Deca team from Boston and Plymouth Sunday morning at Tisbury’s Veterans Memorial Park. The play — physical, spirited, and good-natured — ended in a 2-2 tie. The Islanders had a clear advantage in the first half with twice as many shots on goal and the only score from an almost impossible angle — practically a corner kick — by Elie. But Val Da Tia Deca pushed their game up a notch or two and scored twice in the second period to take the lead. But with little time remaining in the game, Gil blasted the ball into the right corner of the net for the Vineyarders and soon the whistle blew with the score knotted, The teams will have a return match Sunday, June 19, at Plymouth.
The Commissioner’s Trophy, the official name of the World Series Trophy, was first presented to the St. Louis Cardinals after their seven game defeat of the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 World Series. Unlike hockey’s Stanley Cup, there is a new Commissioner’s trophy fashioned every year to be presented to the winning World Series team. The 2004 trophy was designed by Tiffany & Co. and is valued at $15,000, although there are few if any in Red Sox Nation who would consider selling it at that, or any other, price. The trophy features 30 penants, one for each of the major league teams in the American and National leagues. It is made of sterling silver and weighs 30 pounds. It stands two feet tall and has a 36-inch round base. The trophy has been so busy traveling, not only in the Commonwealth, but also around the country, it remains unengraved. Shortly after the Sox won game four of the World Series in St. Louis, Larry Lucchino, the CEO/President of the Red Sox, announced in what he has called “a moment of irrational exuberance,” that the trophy would be shown in each of the 351 cities and towns of Massachusetts. Thus far, the trophy has visited 295 Bay State cities and towns. Tisbury, Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, West Tisbury, Chilmark and Aquinnah will make it 301. The trophy will travel to Cuttyhunk, Saturday, and to Nantucket, Sunday, accompanied by Red Sox Ambassador Phil Derick of Chilmark who has arranged the trophy’s tour of the Vineyard. The Massachusetts State Lottery is co-sponsoring the trophy tour with the Red Sox and has underwritten travel and security expenses to the tune of $250,000 of its $10 million dollar advertising budget. Friday’s Vineyard Itinerary 9:30 to 9:50 am - Aquinnah Town Hall 10:15 to 11 am - West Tisbury School 11:20 to 11:50 am - Chilmark School 12:20 to 1:20 pm – MV Hospital and Windemere 1:35 to 2:15 pm – Tisbury School 2:45 to 3:30 pm – Boys & Girls Club (Edgartown) 4:00 to 7:00 pm – MV Regional High School All times above are approximate. The primary venue for adult viewing is the high school cafeteria. |
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