"You're never too old to play the real game"
"The only league of its kind anywhere"
(The colors of the above logo represent the 1998 league champion's colors)
(details below in red)
ON OCTOBER 4th, THE OVER 50 ALL-STARS LOSE 10-6 TO A TOUGH OVER 40 ALL-STAR TEAM COMPRISED OF PLAYERS MOSTLY FROM THE NABA 40A DIVISION (WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE NABA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN PHOENIX). EVEN THOUGH THE OVER 50 ALL-STARS DIDN'T WIN, THEY KNOW THAT "THEY CAN PLAY WITH THE BEST OF THEM."
AN UNOFFICIAL "CHOOSE-UP-SIDES" ALL-STAR GAME INCLUDING 7 WOMEN FROM THE WESTMINSTER, COLORADO LEAGUE WAS PLAYED AFTER THE MEN'S REGULARLY SCHEDULED ALL-STAR GAME. THE WOMEN BORROWED 2 MEN, PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT, BUT STILL LOST 7-2 TO A COMBINED TEAM OF OVER 50 AND OVER 40 BALLPLAYERS.
ON OCTOBER 11thAT WOLF RUN PARK IN WESTMINSTER, THE OVER 50 ALL-STARS TAMED THE COLORADO BLUE STREAK WOMEN'S ALL-STAR TEAM 17-4. THE BLUE STREAK WERE PREPARING FOR THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. THERE IS A RUMOR THAT THE WOMEN WILL SEEK REVENGE BY GAINING ADMITTANCE TO THE OVER 50 BASEBALL LEAGUE AS AN EXPANSION TEAM IN 1999. CAN THEY DO THAT?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION,
E-Mail the League Director at: howard@over50baseball.com
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PLAYING IN THE DENVER LEAGUE NEXT YEAR, YOU
NEED TO E-MAIL THE LEAGUE DIRECTOR NOW! THERE WILL BE ONLY A LIMITED
NUMBER OF NEW PLAYERS THAT CAN JOIN THE LEAGUE IN 1999! A WELL-BALANCED MARINER ATTACK HAS TO COME FROM BEHIND AND THEN
HOLD OFF THE ALWAYS-TOUGH DENVER BEARS, WITH THE TYING AND
WINNING RUNS IN SCORING POSITION IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST INNING! MANAGER DAVID LASSWELL PITCHES HIS NINTH WIN OF THE YEAR WITH NO
LOSSES!
"Hit one out and you'll join the club" Howard Hankey (5/17, 6/21(2) - East Ancient Mariners)
David Blakely (6/7 - East Ancient Mariners)
Phil Towe (6/14 - East Ancient Mariners)
Don Falline (8/30, 9/27 - North Stars)
Wayne Snow (9/20 - East Ancient Mariners)
Fran Walker (9/27 - Southside Fossils) Newspapers across the U.S. published a feature story about OVER 50 BASEBALL during the
July 4thweekend! SOME OF THE COLORADO NEWSPAPERS THAT HAVE PUBLISHED THE ARTICLE
ARE:
Rocky Mountain News
Longmont Daily Times-Call
Durango Herald
SOME OF THE MANY NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS THAT HAVE PUBLISHED THE
ARTICLE ARE:
Los Angeles Times
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate
Roseburg, Oregon News-Review
Bangor Daily News
THE FOLLOWING THREE LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ACTUAL ARTICLE
THAT WAS PRINTED IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES! UNFORTUNATELY, PICTURES
ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
IN ORDER TO SEE EACH CONTINUING PAGE OF THE ARTICLE, YOU MUST CLICK
ON YOUR "BACK BUTTON" AND RETURN TO THIS PAGE ONLY FOR THE PROPER
ADDITIONAL LINK LISTED BELOW!
THE EAST ANCIENT MARINERS DEFEAT THE
DENVER BEARS 6-5 TO CLAIM THE FIRST-EVER
OVER 50 BASEBALL DENVER LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP!
SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS COME FROM BEHIND SCORING 6
RUNS (IN WHAT BECAME THEIR LAST AT BAT) TO
OVERHAUL THE NORTH STARS 12-10 AND CLAIM THE
THIRD PLACE TROPHY!
DENVER OVER 50 BASEBALL HOME RUN CLUB
ASSOCIATED PRESS COVERS LEAGUE GAMES
Go To PART 3 TEAM DENVER BEARS* EAST ANCIENT MARINERS**
SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS NORTH STARS RECORD 9 - 2 8 - 3
4 - 7
1 - 10 .818 .727
.364
.091 - 1
5
8 *THE DENVER BEARS WON THE REGULAR SEASON DIVISION TITLE **THE EAST ANCIENT MARINERS WON THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF
TOURNAMENT
***REGULAR SEASON GAMES THAT WERE POSTPONED WERE MADE UP AFTER
THE PLAYOFFS WERE COMPLETED. TWO OF THOSE GAMES PLAYED ON 9/20/98
WERE ADDED TO THE LEAGUE STANDINGS. THE GAME THAT WAS PLAYED ON
9/27/98 WAS AN EXHIBITION GAME. THE DENVER BEARS WERE DETERMINED AS
THE DIVISION TITLE WINNER IN MID-AUGUST BY THE LEAGUE DIRECTOR,
BECAUSE THE PLAYOFFS HAD TO BEGIN AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF
AUGUST. OCTOBER 11th(ALL-STAR GAME) OVER 50 BASEBALL ALL-STARS - 17, COLORADO BLUE STREAK (WOMEN) - 4 OCTOBER 4th(ALL-STAR GAMES) COLORADO BLUE STREAK WOMEN ALL-STARS vs. OVER 50 BASEBALL
ALL-STARS
(THE MORNING GAME WAS POSTPONED DUE TO WET FIELD CONDITIONS)
NABA OVER 40 ALL-STARS - 10, OVER 50 BASEBALL ALL-STARS - 6 SEPTEMBER 27th RESULTS (exhibition game) A combined team of the SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS and the EAST ANCIENT MARINERS
squeezed out an exciting 19-18 win over the combined team of the NORTH STARS and
DENVER BEARS. The losing team made a valiant comeback after being down 12-0 after 3
innings, and they took a 2-run lead going into the bottom of the last inning, only to give up 3
runs with the final winning run being scored on a squeeze play! SEPTEMBER 20TH RESULTS (MAKE-UP GAMES) EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 16, NORTH STARS - 13
DENVER BEARS - 13, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 3 AUGUST 30TH CHAMPIONSHIP AND CONSOLATION GAME RESULTS EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 6, DENVER BEARS - 5
SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 12, NORTH STARS - 10 AUGUST 23RD SEMI- FINAL PLAYOFF RESULTS DENVER BEARS - 20, NORTH STARS - 2
EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 13, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 2 AUGUST 9TH RESULTS EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 8, DENVER BEARS - 7
NORTH STARS - 24, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 22 JULY 19TH RESULTS DENVER BEARS - 19, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 10
EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 12, NORTH STARS - 6 JULY 12TH RESULTS EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 12, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 8
DENVER BEARS - 20, NORTH STARS - 3 JUNE 28TH RESULTS SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 14, NORTH STARS - 12
DENVER BEARS - 11, EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 7 JUNE 21ST RESULTS EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 24, NORTH STARS - 15
DENVER BEARS - 21, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 9 JUNE 14TH RESULTS DENVER BEARS - 15, NORTH STARS - 1
SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 16, EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 7 JUNE 7TH RESULTS EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 11, DENVER BEARS - 10
SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 15, NORTH STARS - 2 MAY 31ST RESULTS DENVER BEARS - 8, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 7
EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 9, NORTH STARS - 5 MAY 17TH RESULTS DENVER BEARS - 11, NORTH STARS - 9
EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 17, SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 9 MAY 3RD RESULTS SOUTHSIDE FOSSILS - 12, NORTH STARS - 4
DENVER BEARS - 8, EAST ANCIENT MARINERS - 7
OUR UMPS!
FINAL LEAGUE STANDINGS***
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