Angels shut-out Harvard in 1-0 No-Hitter

In Thursday’s game the visiting Angels shut out Harvard 1-0 in a 6 inning no-hitter to continue their winning record. As I personally missed the game due to work, all I can recount from the fans who were there is that the Angels pitching effort was great with David P., Derek M. and Matt L. all [...]

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Angels defeat Groton Giants 11-8

The Angels now have their roster finally together with all players finished with the 12U and 11U tournaments. Matt L., Joey D. and Mikey P. were back in the line-up after finishing with the Tigers yesterday in Hudson. Matt started the game on the mound for the Angels and pitched 3 innings, giving up 4 [...]

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DeMarini Bat Problem

During tonight’s Angels game I experienced my first problem with a DeMarini baseball bat. The bat in question was a brand-new Black Coyote model, which dented TWICE on successive line-drive hits and now looks like something someone took to a sign-post. Unbelievable!
Never have I seen a bat dent like that, especially when the weather was [...]

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Littleton fights Northbridge to narrow 3-4 loss

Today’s game was the 4th of the series for both Littleton and Northbridge. Since the tourney was pool play involving 2 groups of 5 teams, the Semi-Finalists were determined by best win/loss record (with Runs Allowed as a tie-breaker factor). Going into this game, Littleton was 1-2 and Northbridge was 3-0. Nuf Ced about who [...]

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Littleton falls to Williamstown 6-8

Littleton lost another nail-biter to Williamstown 6-8 in a game that was interrupted by thunder and a torrential downpour. Littleton opened up an early 2-0 1st inning lead, with Williamstown pulling ahead 3-2 in the 2nd inning. Littleton scored 3 more runs in the 3rd inning and once more in the 4th inning to make [...]

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Littleton wins 5-0 shut-out over Mohawk

The Littleton 11U All-Star Tigers won the first game of a Sunday double-header in a 5-0 shut-out vs. Mohawk. On the mound for 5 innings was Jon T. who faced 19 batters with 7 strike-outs. 8 additional fielding plays were anchored at 1st base by Matt for put-outs. Closing in the 6th was Mike D. with [...]

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Littleton Falls to Groton in 6-5 Nail-biter

The first game of Littleton’s round in the Cal Ripken Western Mass. State Tournament was an absolute nail-biter. The lead changed hands twice after Groton scored in the 1st inning matched by a Littleton run in the 2nd. Then a very scary moment occurred when Matt L. was beaned with a high fastball to the head but [...]

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Cal Ripken State Championship Weekend

The Cal Ripken 11U Western Mass. State Championship is being played this weekend in Hudson, MA. This tournament will be pool play involving 10 teams split into 2 pools with the winners of each competing in the Semi-Finals on Monday and Championship Game on Tuesday. The initial games were rained out today which has become normal [...]

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Angels Win Against Westford 7-5

After a rain-out on Tuesday the Angels played against Westford and resumed their winning record with a 7-5 victory. A few 12 yo players played for their first game after returning from a round of tournaments, while Matt L., Mikey P. and Joey D. were absent due to practice for the Cal Ripken Central Mass. [...]

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Angels fall to Acton-Boxboro 17-6

The Angels lost a tough game to an older & more experienced A-B team tonight, but the boys never gave up and kept fighting back through the last inning. David P., Jarod W., Mikey P. and Joey D. all pitched well against experienced hitters who worked the counts and took advantage of well-placed pitches. The [...]

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