Island Little League Teams Enter the Postseason Stretch

Little leaguers huddle up before the game.
Little leaguers huddle up before the game.
Ray Ewing
Little leaguers huddle up before the game.
Little leaguers huddle up before the game.
Ray Ewing
Coaches talk with players before the game.
Coaches talk with players before the game.
Ray Ewing
Coaches talk with players before the game.
Coaches talk with players before the game.
Ray Ewing
Emmett Sylva at bat.
Emmett Sylva at bat.
Ray Ewing
Emmett Sylva at bat.
Emmett Sylva at bat.
Ray Ewing
Emmett Sylva throws to Hudson Wike.
Emmett Sylva throws to Hudson Wike.
Ray Ewing
Emmett Sylva throws to Hudson Wike.
Emmett Sylva throws to Hudson Wike.
Ray Ewing
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Ray Ewing
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Ray Ewing
Al Blake coming into 2nd base.
Al Blake coming into 2nd base.
Ray Ewing
Al Blake coming into 2nd base.
Al Blake coming into 2nd base.
Ray Ewing
Cole Metell is glad the inning is over.
Cole Metell is glad the inning is over.
Ray Ewing
Cole Metell is glad the inning is over.
Cole Metell is glad the inning is over.
Ray Ewing
[l-r] Jack Moriarty, Moira Silva.
[l-r] Jack Moriarty, Moira Silva.
Ray Ewing
[l-r] Jack Moriarty, Moira Silva.
[l-r] Jack Moriarty, Moira Silva.
Ray Ewing
Cole Metell coming in to score.
Cole Metell coming in to score.
Ray Ewing
Cole Metell coming in to score.
Cole Metell coming in to score.
Ray Ewing
Marlin Goodwin with a bunt.
Marlin Goodwin with a bunt.
Ray Ewing
Marlin Goodwin with a bunt.
Marlin Goodwin with a bunt.
Ray Ewing
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Ray Ewing
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Ray Ewing
Graham Lambos sliding into 2nd base.
Graham Lambos sliding into 2nd base.
Ray Ewing
Graham Lambos sliding into 2nd base.
Graham Lambos sliding into 2nd base.
Ray Ewing
Jack Moriarty picking up a ground ball.
Jack Moriarty picking up a ground ball.
Ray Ewing
Jack Moriarty picking up a ground ball.
Jack Moriarty picking up a ground ball.
Ray Ewing
Hudson Wike at bat.
Hudson Wike at bat.
Ray Ewing
Hudson Wike at bat.
Hudson Wike at bat.
Ray Ewing
Little leaguers huddle up before the game.
Coaches talk with players before the game.
Emmett Sylva at bat.
Emmett Sylva throws to Hudson Wike.
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Al Blake coming into 2nd base.
Cole Metell is glad the inning is over.
[l-r] Jack Moriarty, Moira Silva.
Cole Metell coming in to score.
Marlin Goodwin with a bunt.
Marlin Goodwin pitching.
Graham Lambos sliding into 2nd base.
Jack Moriarty picking up a ground ball.
Hudson Wike at bat.

Two Vineyard teams are still in competition and on Monday the 11-years-old-and-under team hosted Barnstable in what turned out to be a nail-biter until the very last out. Barnstable eventually won the game 8–7, but because the tournament’s early stages are double-elimination, the under-elevens are still in the competition.

 

 

 

Boys and Girls of Summer

Tuesday night was the first home baseball game of the season for the Sharks and kids from all the little league teams around the Island were invited to take part in the festivities. Teenagers to tee-ballers as tall as a Shark’s backpocket came dressed in their uniforms with gloves at the ready. The competition on the field was first rate. So, too, were the scrambles for foul ball souvenirs.

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Little League Creates Big Memories

Ivy Ashe
It’s hard to miss the Astros. Dressed in blazing orange uniforms, the players would stand out in nearly any environment, but against the bright green grass of the regional high school field, the contrast seems all the more dramatic. The Astros, a squad of 14 and 15 year olds, are a bridge, the final stop in Island youth baseball on the way up to the big leagues of high school ball.
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Long After the Last Out, First At Bat Still Lingers

Dave Crisanti
A friend’s son recently started playing Little League and my friend was philosophically relaying the fact that his son was playing right field. There was disappointment in his voice. I said that I had heard over the years right field had actually become less the place to hide a poor player and more the place to put a kid with a strong arm, a la Roberto Clemente. I’m not sure where I had heard this.
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Little League Parade

Opening day for Martha’s Vineyard Little League is Saturday, April 27, at Veira Park in Oak Bluffs. The events include a parade up Circuit avenue to the field. All the teams will take part in the parade and are asked to meet at the Oak Bluffs police station at 10 a.m., with the parade beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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Little League Championship Saturday

Ivy Ashe
The Cubs will defend their championship title tomorrow at Veira Park against the winner of Thursday’s A’s-Pirates game (scores were unavailable at press time). Game time is at 11 a.m. The team clinched their spot in the title game with an exciting 5-4 win over the Tigers Wednesday night, pushing the contest into extra innings before Aidan Aliberti launched a walkoff homer in the seventh.
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Little League Season Under Way, Cubs Undefeated

Ivy Ashe
After three weeks of play, last year’s little league championship-winning team, the Cubs, is again in first place. The team is undefeated after winning a doubleheader against the Cardinals last Saturday. Pitcher Aiden Aliberti struck out 11 of 12 batters while notching three RBIs in the first game to help the Cubs to an 11-0 win. In the second game, the Cardinals took an early 6-3 lead, with Benny Binder, Nick Bischoff, Otto Osmers and Auguste Pizzano having a hit apiece. Cubs pitcher Tabor Caron stepped in in the later innings to hold back the Cardinals offense, however, allowing his team to take an eventual 8-6 win.
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