July 01, 2009 - All Star Game July 19 Jay Bergman Stadium UCF!!
2009 Central Florida MSBL All-Star Game Sunday, July 19, 2009 Jay Bergman Stadium University of Central Florida

We are honored and fortunate to get the opportunity to play our spring All Star game in one of Orlando’s premier venues, the newly renovated Jay Bergman Field at UCF. What a great way to wrap up our spring season!

10 AM National League All Stars vs. American League All Stars 1:30 PM CFL MSBL All Stars vs Orlando Senior Baseball League All Stars 2009 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies Activities for the kids

UCF calls one of the nation's finest college baseball stadiums home in Jay Bergman Field. "JBF", as its commonly referred to by its loyal patrons, can now seat 2,230 fans comfortably, with the recent addition of golden chair back seats in section 101, behind home plate. Just ahead of the 2009 season, the grassy berms along the right and left field lines were opened up and can now hold up to 1,000 more relaxing fans. The playing surface itself is as finely-manicured as any in the country, once being dubbed in the media as the South's version of (Stanford's) Sunken Diamond.

With wide open concourses and palm trees lining the concession area, fans have an ideal opportunity to get close to the action in one of the best settings in college baseball. The addition of a brand new scoreboard in 2008 also provided spectators with a unique baseball experience. It features a 38' by 32.5' display with a pitch-speed area and a 22' by 11' 20mm full color LED video board.

June 30, 2009 - Playoffs Postponed
Titans/Cubs-----Black Sox/Lugnuts....Playoffs game 2 rained out. Next game will be Thursday, July 2. Then Game 3, if necessary, or Game 1 of finals will be Tuesday, July 7.

June 28, 2009 - Cubs and Black Sox Take Semi Series Leads
The Cubs broke open a scoreless pitching duel in the 5th, and Jared Bahnsen made it stand up, shutting out a tough Titan lineup. The Black Sox banged out an 11-5 victory over the Lugnuts in the second game , to stake their teams to 1-0 leads in the best of three semi-finals. The 2nd game will be Tuesday night .

June 26, 2009 - Semi Finals Set
The four best teams with the four best records during the regular season are set to square off for the spring championship, after the quarter-finals wrapped up Thursday night. The National League champion Cubs will host the Titans, who defeated the Dodgers in the quarters, at 9 AM on Sunday in game 1 of their best of three. The Lugnuts will be home to the Black Sox, who beat the Astros, at 12:30. The series will continue Tuesday night and Thursday night (if necessary), or Game 1 of the finals if both series are swept. July 5th will be optional, by mutual agreement, then we will go in Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday order until a champion emerges. Good luck to everyone!

June 13, 2009 - Final Week of regular season
The perils of outdoor play!! What a crazy season for rain this has been! I appreciate you hanging in there and making it an exciting season for all the teams and their members. We have to bring our regular season to a close and start the playoffs ASAP for a variety of reasons, the weather will continue to be problematic this time of year, the fields need down time, families are off school and vacations are being planned, and frankly bodies and personal enthusiasm need a little rest before the time to return for fall baseball. So we extended the season a week, and that schedule just used the three most recent rainout week nights after the reshuffle, Monday, June 15, Lugnuts @ Cubs. Titans @ Dodgers (Field 1 listed first with these) Tuesday, June 16, Marlins @ Yankees, Pirates @ Indians, Thursday, June 18, Titans @ Cubs, Mets @ Braves. Then Sunday, the 21st, we'll mostly move the games from the entire Sunday we lost to that date, with a couple of changes8:30 Yankees @ Mets, Reds @ Braves, Noon Black Sox (2) @ Titans, Astros (2) @ Mets (2), 3:30 Marlins @ Black Sox (2), Astros (2) @ Lugnuts, 7 PM Dodgers @ Angels, Pirates @ Indians Hopefully it will work to give the best resolution to the season possible, in time to enjoy the summer. Is this perfectly fair, no. Does everyone have the exact same number of games against like opponents, no. Given the divergent wishes of our league members, the weather considerations, the field considerations, and the logistics of everything, I feel like this is the best we can do. That will wrap up regular season games that count toward playoffs. The playoffs will begin the 23rd, and proceed in logical Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday order until complete. I can now try and secure an All-Star venue, where we should have access to the majority of good pitchers whose teams weren't fortunate enough to qualify for playoffs, which should make for a better game, and enable us to recognize our Hall of Famers, and maybe even sneak in a playoff game, depending on timing... Any non-playoff team mortified by missing a game or two can be accomodated on Sundays, with full field and umpire privileges. Teams that are ready to be done are free to go, life is as good as I know how to make it... So in closing, before you fire off a knee-jerk condemnation of this to everyone, or poison it with your teammates, try and see the larger picture, and remember we're going to be playing ball for many years to come You might notice that I have dashed any remote chance the Reds had of qualifying for the playoffs in the interest of said picture, and you know I'm as competitive as they come. I think it looks like a great close to the season, with the byes still very much in doubt, and four or five teams still in the hunt for the last couple of playoff spots. Good luck to everyone, I'll be in touch with details about the All Star game soon!

December 08, 2008 - A`s Win the Fall Crown!
The A's had the best record in the league during the regular season, and continued their dominance through the playoffs, beating the Crew 7-3 to capture their first CFL MSBL championship Sunday morning. They scored 5 times in the first two innings, and the solid pitching made it stand up. Congratulations to Tim Langley, Manny Rentana and all of the A's. The Crew fell just short in their bid to win another championship, in what may be their swan song in the league.

Congratulations and best wishes to Tracy Nolan, Wash Respess and the rest of the Crew. The National League banged their way to a comfortable win in the All Star game. NL MVP was the Astros' Jay Laub, and the AL MVP was the Baron's Eric Haynes. A good crowd saw a good game, and weathered a cacophony of over-amplified "music" from the adjacent soccer tournament/ rave. But the beauty of the day's weather and the great baseball brought a fitting end to a great 2008 season.