| 2009 HABL Season • Thu Oct 9 The 2009 HABL (tentative) Schedule inludes the following dates. MAY (6 GAMES): 17 (DH), 24 (DH), 31 (DH), JUNE (17 GAMES): 2, 4, 7 (DH), 9, 11, 14 (DH), 16, 18, 21 (DH), 23, 25, 28 (DH), 30, JULY (7 GAMES): 2, Off July 5th, 7, 9, 12 (DH) PLAYOFFS (4 teams, best of 3 series): July 14, 16, 18 (if nec.) CHAMPIONSHIP (2 teams, best of 3 series): July 19 (2), 21 (if nec.) MASS/RI DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: July 25-August 2 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT: August 8-August 13 |
| HABL Championship • Sun Aug 10 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - Sunday, August 10: GAME 1 10AM: Clarmacs 3 Hudson 2, 8 innings GAME 2 12:30PM: Clarmacs 6 Hudson 5, 8 innings CLARMACS WINS HABL CHAMPIONSHIP (2-0) over Hudson. Worcester Black Sox win the HABL Regular Season. They finish 2nd in the Stan Musial Mass/RI Districts, and finished 3rd in the NE Regionals in Albany, NY. Cogratulations to all the teams for a great season. |
| HABL Championship • Sun Aug 10 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 1 - Sunday, August 10, 10:00AM: Clarmacs vs. Hudson @Dean College 10:00AM CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 2 - Sunday, August 10, 12:30PM CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 3 - Tuesday, August 12, 5:30PM (IF NECESSARY) Clarmacs vs. Hudson @ Riverside 5:30PM
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| HABL Playoffs and results • Fri Aug 8 GAME 2 - Saturday, August 9: Clarmacs vs. Franklin A's @Dean College 10:00AM Hudson vs. LCC @Franklin HS 10:00AM GAME 1 RESULTS - Tuesday, August 5: Franklin A's 4 Clarmacs 2 Hudson 1 LCC 0 |
| HABL News • Fri Aug 1 Worcester plays Easton Saturday, if they win, they will advance to the Regional in Albany, NY and forgoe their #1 seed in the HABL playoffs. If they lose to Easton, and Swampscott loses to Easton, the Worcester will play Swampscott for the chance to advance to the regionals. |
| Musial Results & HABL Results • Fri Aug 1 Musial Round 5 TUES: Worcester 4, Brothers 2 TUES: Rockland 3, Swampscott 1 SAT: Easton vs. Swampscott, 12:00 Frothingham SAT: Easton vs. Worcester, 2:30 Frothingham SUN: If necessary HABL SCHEDULE THUR. 7/31: Blackstone 4, LCC 6 THUR. 7:31: Blackstone 0, Franklin A's 7 If Worcester is still involved in the Musial Tournament come August 5th (playoffs), then their spot in the playoffs would be eliminated and the 5th place team would take that spot. |
| HABL Playoffs, Musial Round 5 • Thu Jul 31 Musial Round 5 TUES: Worcester vs. Brothers, 8pm Sprague Field TUES: Rockland vs. Swampscott, 8pm Swampscott HS SAT: Easton vs. ROCK/Swamp winner, 12:00 Frothingham SAT: Easton vs. WOR/BROS. winner, 2:30 Frothingham HABL SCHEDULE THUR. 7/31: Blackstone vs. LCC (finish susp. game 5:30pm) THUR. 7:31: Blackstone vs. Franklin A's (immediately after) If Worcester is still involved in the Musial Tournament come August 5th (playoffs), then their spot in the playoffs would be eliminated and the 5th place team would take that spot. |
| Musial Round 4 (Tuesday) • Mon Jul 28 Rockland vs. Easton @ Rockland Stadium 7:30 p.m. North Shore vs. Swampscott @ Swampscott HS 7:30 p.m. Worcester vs. Clarmacs @ Dean College 5:45 p.m. Westcott vs. Brothers @ Sprague Field 7:30 p.m. |
| Sundays Results • Mon Jul 28 Worcester beat Newburyport 7-4 (Worcester moves on) Clarmacs beat Canton 4-2 (Clarmacs moves on) Hudson lost to North Shore 11-4 (Hudson eliminated) |
| Saturdays Results • Sun Jul 27 Worcester lost to Rockland 4-3, Clarmac's beat Braintree 10-0 in 5 innings, mercy rule. Hudson lost to Newburyport 8-7. Hudson beat Lama, Worcester beat Allies, and Clarmac's lost to Brothers 6-1. On Sunday, July 27th, Worcester will travel to Newburyport, Clarmac's will host Canton and Hudson will play North Shore. All games will begin at 2pm on Sunday. |
| District Tournament • Thu Jul 24 Please check back here on Saturday night for information regarding the MASS/RI DISTRICT TOURNAMENT; |
| Worcester Black Sox to host Mass/RI districts • Mon Jul 21 #1 HABL seed Worcester Black Sox will host the Massachusetts/RI Stan Musial district tournament this Saturday, July 26 at 12:00 p.m. at the Mayo Elementary School. The four team bracket will include: #1 HABL team; Worcester, #4 Cranberry League team; Rockland, #2 Rhode Island team; Allies, and #3 North Shore team; Peabody. The two fields will be located at the following schools. DIRECTIONS to Bancroft School: I-495 North Merge onto 290 West Exit 25 B Merge onto 190 North Exit 19 Toward RT 12 F Take Gold Star BLVD RT 12 exit 1 toward West Boylston Take slight left onto Norton Dr Take a left onto Shore Drive End at 110 Shore Dr Worcester DIRECTIONS to Mayo Elementary: I-495 North toward LOWELL 2 Merge onto I-290 W via EXIT 25B toward WORCESTER. 3 Merge onto I-190 N via EXIT 19 toward RT-12/FITCHBURG 4 Take EXIT 2 toward ARARAT ST/HOLDEN/GREENDALE 5 Merge onto N FRONTAGE RD 6 Turn LEFT onto W MOUNTAIN ST. 7 W MOUNTAIN ST becomes DOYLE RD 8 Turn RIGHT onto BRATTLE ST 9 Turn RIGHT onto SHREWSBURY ST 10 Turn LEFT onto BULLARD ST. 11 End at 351 Bullard St Holden, MA 01520-2105 |
| Make Ups • Wed Jul 16 All games that needed to be made up are listed on the schedule except HUDSON vs. WORCESTER that was scheduled to be played Wednesday, July 16 (cancelled due to no umpires). This game will be rescheduled at a later date. LCC, Franklin A's and Blackstone all have games scheduled during the weekend of July 26 & 27th, while Districts take place. |
| Directions to WORCESTER'S Mayo Elementary, • Mon Jul 14 1 Merge onto I-495 N toward LOWELL 2 Merge onto I-290 W via EXIT 25B toward WORCESTER. 3 Merge onto I-190 N via EXIT 19 toward RT-12/FITCHBURG 4 Take EXIT 2 toward ARARAT ST/HOLDEN/GREENDALE 5 Merge onto N FRONTAGE RD 6 Turn LEFT onto W MOUNTAIN ST. 7 W MOUNTAIN ST becomes DOYLE RD 8 Turn RIGHT onto BRATTLE ST 9 Turn RIGHT onto SHREWSBURY ST 10 Turn LEFT onto BULLARD ST. 11 End at 351 Bullard St Holden, MA 01520-2105 |
| DISTRICT TOURNAMENT: • Thu Jul 10 Stay tuned for district tournament bracket information. Seedings will be released by Wednesday, July 23rd |
| MAKE UPS THAT NEED TO BE RESCHEDULED • Thu Jul 10 Managers have until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night, July 15th to schedule all make ups or else they will be scheduled for you. This was mentioned prior to the start of the season and its getting toward the end of the season. If games are not scheduled by Tuesday night, then expect to see these games scheduled on Monday, Wednesdays, or Fridays through the end of July. All make up games are relevant to seeding in the district tournament. |
| Directions to Worcester Fields • Mon Jun 23 DIRECTIONS to Quinsigamond CC: 495 north merge onto 290 West exit 25 B Merge onto 190 north exit 19 toward rt 12 fitchburg Take Gold Star BLVD RT 12 exit 1 toward West Boylston Follow this to 670 West Boylston St. Worcester DIRECTIONS To Bancroft School: 495 North Merge onto 290 West Exit 25 B Merge onto 190 North Exit 19 Toward RT 12 F Take Gold Star BLVD RT 12 exit 1 toward West Boylston Take slight left onto Norton Dr Take a left onto Shore Drive End at 110 Shore Dr Worcester |
| Changes to game locations • Thu May 29 The 2008 schedule (locations only) have recently been changed for all WPI games. Worcester County Blacksox are still working out some of their home field locations. For now, we have listed all home games at Anna Maria College. Please check the schedule before any games vs. Worcester for up to date locations. |
| HABL Opens 12th Season • Mon May 26 The Hockomock Amateur Baseball League will open it's 12th year in existance on Sunday, June 1st. All six teams will take part in a double-header. Clarmac's @ Hudson for a rematch pf last seasons championship series. Franklin A's travel to Blackstone @ Roosevelt Park. And the newest powerhouse to enter the league; Worcester County Blacksox to take on LCC Red Sox @ Dean College. Good Luck to all the teams involved in this years HABL. ~Ryan Jette, League President |
| Clarmac's donate to Dean College • Thu May 8 The Franklin Clarmac's Baseball team has recently showed their support for Dean College Athletics by donating to their Dean Brigade fundraiser. The Franklin based baseball team is committed to donate over the next 5 years. For more information on the new Dean College Athletic complex, please see the link below. Dean Athletic Complex Honor Roll |
| Blackstone A's hold tryouts SUNDAY, APRIL 20th • Mon Apr 14 ON Sunday, April 20th, 5:00 p.m. @ Roosevelt Park in Blackstone, George Sergi (president, Blackstone Youth Baseball) will conduct open tryouts for anyone wishing to play on the Blackstone A's, Stan Musial division. Players are encouraged to attend this tryout and be ready to go at 5:00 p.m. Bring your own equipment (bats, gloves, spikes, etc) and be stretched and ready by 5pm. This will be the only tryout for HABL teams. |
| 2008 Season Schedule has been Posted • Thu Apr 10 |
| District Tournament takes place of State Tourney • Tue Apr 8 We just received word that the Stan Musial division will not have a Massachusetts state tournament this year. Instead, we will partake in a 16-team District tournament from July 26-August 3. The 3 teams from the Rhode Island Amatuer Baseball League, 3 teams from the Hockomock League, 5 teams from the Cranberry League, and 5 teams from the North Shore League will round out the bracket. The top two teams in the districts will advance to upstate NY to play in the Stan Musial North Atlantic Regional Tournament from August 6-10 in Albany, NY. |
| HABL 2008 • Fri Mar 7 FEES: $450 per team (covers insurance, state/national dues and website maint). SCHEDULE: June 1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29 July 1, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, STATE TOURNEY: July 19 & 20. RESUME LEAGUE SCHEDULE: July 22, 24, 27, 29, 31. HABL PLAYOFFS: August 3, 5, 7, 10, 12 (if nec) TEAMS COMMITTED: Clarmac's, Hudson, LCC, Worcester, Franklin A's, and Blackstone A's |
| League Meeting • Fri Feb 15 ON Tuesday, March 11th, 7:00 p.m., a mandatory HABL League Meeting will be held at Cole's Tavern, 553 Washington Street, Franklin MA. Items to be discussed include league dues, insurance, umpires, league rules, state tournament, playoffs, make up games during the season. All team managers and coaches should make every effort to attend this important meeting. For more information, please contact league president, Ryan Jette at (508) 520-4909 ext. 5 or email: franklinrecreation@comcast.net |
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