Good News!
NYSL players on '08 professional rosters

Name / Pos / Team
• Khalid Afify / RHP / Sussex (Can-Am)
• Andre Alvarardo / INF / Reno (GBL)
• Mark Alvarez /RHP / Lincoln (AA)
• Adam Amar / INF / Blue Jays/ Auburn (NYP)
• Andrew Barbaro / C / Sioux Falls (AA)
• Alex Bardequez / INF / Sioux Falls (AA)
• Arthur Barone / C / Worcester (Can-Am)
• Dan Bertolini / SS / Midwest (FL)
• Matt Britt / OF / McKinney (CBL)
• Jono Brooks / INF / Rockford (FL)
• Pat Burgess / C / Yuma (GBL)-Texarkana (CBL)
• Brian Campbell / RHP / Lincoln (AA)
• Ryan Crespi / OF /Reno (GBL)-Sussex (AA)
• Pat Cummins / OF / Orange County (GBL)
• Matt Dahlin / RHP / Midwest (FL)
• Joe Dempsey / C / Lincoln (AA)-Rockford (FL)
• Ray Devaul / LHP / Yuma (GBL)
• Greg Dumouchel / OF / Ottawa (Can-Am)
• Fred Duquette / LHP / Kalamzoo (FL)
• Sean Gildea / LHP / Gateway (FL)
• Nate Ginsberg / LHP / Reno (GBL)
• Ryan Grant / INF / Sioux Falls (AA)
• Grant Ledbetter / RHP / Reno (GBL)
• Josh Likens / LHP / Reno (GBL)
• Jim Ludwig / LHP / Florence (FL)
• Brian Mason / OF / Reno (GBL)
• Adam Matos / OF / McKinney (CBL)
• Dan Maycock / OF / Fargo (NL)-River City (FL)
• Matt Mazurek / OF / Rockford (FL)
• Ryan McArdle/ INF / Rockford (FL)
• Joe McGhee / C / Brockton (Can-Am)
• Ross McCoy / OF / Lincoln (AA)
• Joe Orgovan / RHP / Pensacola (AA)
• Mark Pappas/ SS / Sussex (Can-Am)
• Lonnie Patterson / RHP / Schaumburg (NL)
• Kevin PiccIrillo / LHP / Reno (GBL)
• Scott Porter / RHP / Midwest (FL)
• Shawn Ravenscraft / RHP / Reno (GBL)-Midwest (FL)
• Josh Regits/ RHP / St. Paul (AA)
• Nick Riker/ RHP / Texarkana (CBL)
• Vince Rizzi / RHP / Worcester (Can-Am)
• Fraser Robinson / LHP / Ottawa (Can-Am)
• Rob Savarese/ LHP / Corpus Christi (CBL)
• Mark Sikora/ RHP / Yuma (GBL)
• Shane Sveda / RHP / Midwest (FL)
• Ryan Weber / RHP / Reno (GBL)
• Dave Whigham / RHP / El Paso (AA)
• Paul Wilson / RHP / Reno (GBL)
• Andrew Wong / IF / Amarillo (ULB)
• Nick Vadaro/ IF / Sussex-Brockton (Can-Am)
• Scott Vanes / RHP / Texarkana (CBL)
• Justin Young / RHP / Witchita (AA)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

In 1858, the first known baseball song was written, "The Base Ball Polka!" It was not quite as famous as Jack Norworth's 1908 classic, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", which was written on some scrap paper on a train ride to Manhattan, New York. Norworth then provided those paper scrap lyrics to Albert Von Tilzer who composed the music which in turn was published by the York Music Company and before the year was over, a hit song was born.

Jack Norworth was a very successful vaudeville entertainer / songwriter and spent fifteen minutes writing this classic which is sung during the seventh inning stretch at nearly every ball park in the country. In 1927, he changed some lyrics and a second version appeared.

1908 Version

Author: Jack Norworth
Composer: Albert Von Tilzer
Published on: 1908, 1927
Published by: York Music Company

Katie Casey was base ball mad.
Had the fever and had it bad;
Just to root for the home town crew,
Ev'ry sou Katie blew.
On a Saturday, he young beau
Called to see if she'd like to go,
To see a show but Miss Kate said,
"No, I'll tell you what you can do."

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."

Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names;
Told the umpire he was wrong,
All along good and strong.
When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:

"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, your out,
At the old ball game."
(courtesy: Baseball Almanac)








 

2009 Season

The NYSL will kick off its third season on July 6, 2009 with a doubleheader between the Federals and the Capitols in New York City. The two developmental teams will play a forty game schedule which will end on July 31. In the past two seasons seventy players have been signed to professional contracts out of the league. Much like extended spring training clubs, the two teams will play morning games at a variety of New York Metro sites and finish up their work in the early afternoon each day. These morning games will generally be scheduled Monday to Friday and a series of exhibition games will take place on the weekends. For fourth year players who went unsigned by other professional teams, the NYSL has proven to be the quickest way to join the pro game. Players who are interested in playing in the League in 2009 should email to info@nystateleague.com the following information: name, address, phone numbers, date of birth, height, weight, positions played,whether they throw or bat left-handed or right-handed, college(s) attended, the year of their graduating class, and their complete college statistics. Tryouts will be arranged by a representative of the League in June of 2009.

Seventy NYSL Players
Sign with Higher Leagues

In the two seasons that the NYSL has operated seventy players have signed contracts with over thirty different teams in eight different leagues. These leagues include the Can-Am League, the American Association, the Northern League, the Frontier League, the Golden Baseball League, the United League of Baseball, the Continental Baseball League and the South Coast League.

2008 NYSL MVPs

NYSL Players on 2008 Pro Rosters

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona Winter League 2009
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Continental League Spring Training 2009
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Father's Day BBQ
On June 20, 2009 we will celebrate all fathers.
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Camp Days
If your camp or organization would like to spend a day with our players, please contact us at:
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The Real Independent Champions
It was 25 years ago that the Mohawk Valley of New York State saw its last professional baseball champs—the Utica Blue Sox of the NY-Penn League. This fully independent league won the last championship ever in an affiliated league, beating out franchises of the Yankees, Mets and Orioles amoung others. The Blue Sox were managed by an intense young man names Jim Gattis and their pitching coach was the venerable Bob Veale, who spent many years with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Sox played at a rundown stadium in South Utica called Murnane Field. The executive offices were in an abandoned trailer with no working plumbing. And sometimes even a few fans showed up but for the most part this was about the players—Barry Moss, Don "The Cobra" Jacoby and a world-beating relief pitcher from Canada named Roy Moretti. The Blue Sox started the season with a big lead but had to win three games on the same day to get into the playoffs. Somehow they pulled off this miracle leaving the Little Falls Mets and the Oneonta Yankees behind. On September 5, 1983, the Blue Sox won the Penn League Championship in Newark, New York, against an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. The old Blue Sox are long gone but the memories of that championship season have not faded.












 


 

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