Here is the remnaining 2010 Schedule -
19 Thu 7/1 8pm Mellen (V)
20 Fri 7/9 7pm TJ's (H)
21 Mon 7/12 7pm Veterans (V)
22 Thu 7/15 7pm Wormy's (V)
23 Mon 7/19 8pm Prestige (V)
24 Fri 7/23 8pm Mellen (H)
25 Mon 7/26 8pm Goodfellas (H)
26 Wed 7/28 9pm Prestige (H)

Here is the FULL 2010 Schedule -

Note - This year we play games against the division A even though we are a division B team.

1 Mon 5/3 7pm Nick's (H)
2 Thu 5/6 9pm Eldridge (H)
3 Mon 5/10 9pm Goodfellas (V)
4 Tue 5/11 9pm Bandits (V)
5 Fri 5/14 9pm Young Guns (V)
6 Mon 5/17 8pm Owen O'Leary's (H)

Hi

I would like to discuss how to make NEAAD a better region to
play in. We need to attract more teams and talent to our region if we want to survive.

Recently NSAD passed a new by-law increasing the number of free agents a team can sign up. I believe this will result in players leaving our
region to play elsewhere. Why?

1) The competition is greater in other regions. The more talented players want to play on teams that get farther in the national tournament.

The Minutemen went 4-2 at the NEAAD regional tournamant on July 18, 2009. Despite having the best record of the day, the Minutemen did not go take home the championship trophy. However, they were champions in spirit. Having given up every ounce of energy to make it to the championship game, they held the lead until the last inning at 8-5. Hartford managed to load the bases and the moment that seemed destined to happened had arrived. Edgardo (Eggy) Rivera came to bat with the bases loaded, needing 4 runs to win. He hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand-slam.

The story is just beginning to trickle in. The Minutemen went 4-3 in Lakewood, NJ and took 3rd place.

"We played hard even though we didn't have a full team," said Anthony "Prima" Donatello.

"I believe there is room for improvement, but I think we earned respect from others. I look forward to playing again as a full team." added Jeff Bailey. Jeff Bailey made several diving catches.

Dave Garrison and Chris Furzland each clubbed 3 homers. They each hit a grand-slam too. Dave and Chris gave high reviews to the new team bat, a Miken Psycho SuperMax.

Hello Everyone!

There was an exciting Holyoke Invitational Slo-Pitch Softball tournament three days ago on June 6th, in Springfield, Mass. chaired by Bruce Beston.  We, the NEAAD officers would like to tip our hats to Bruce for his hard work during the tournament on such a short notice.  With his help, the tournament itself was a huge success.
The result of Round Robin:
Holyoke             16        New Hampshire     6

5/20/2009

The Minutemen were boosted by the comeback of a Minutemen co-founder, Roland Demers. In his return to the field, Roland helped pitch the Minutemen to an 8-3 victory over the Mellen Street squad. The defense was again solid, allowing only 3 runs and not allowing more than a run in an inning.

5/16/2009

The Minutemen continued to party in the Ashland league, beating TJ's 19-6. The offense was led by Dave Garrison who went 4-4, with 2 runs and an RBI. Joe Neely and Dan Chorlton each knocked in 5 runs. The defense was led by Donald Slate (SS) and Kevin Ahern (3B) who combined for 7 outs and assists.

The Minutemen worked on their grass growing technique, putting down Medina Sod in a 6 inning, mercy-rule shortened contest. The game started out hot, with Medina planting 4 runs in the top of the 1st. The Minutemen responded in the bottom frame by mowing down the Medina defense with 6 runs.

A late inning rally from the Plaza Barber Shop handed the Minutemen their first loss of 2009. Despite having scored in the first 6 innings for the 3rd game in-a-row, and leading going into the last inning, 14-8, the Minutemen could not close out the game over the 2008 Ashland league champs.

Minutemen off to a Rip-roaring Start

The MetroWest Minutemen's softball season is only 3 games old but they have been tearing up the league. We won on Monday (5/4/2009) in a mercy-rule shortened contest. We beat the Veteran's 23-2 in 5 innings. After the first inning we were up 8-2, having batted around. We did not allow another run after that point, playing crisp defense.