2010 SJMSBL Playoff Schedule Posted.

08/18/2010 - The 2010 SJMSBL Playoff Schedule has been posted and can be found on the Playoffs page. You can also access the Playoff Schedule using the Playoffs link above.

National/Pacific Powers to Lead, Holds On for 11-7 All-Star Victory.

07/30/2010 - The National/Pacific All-Stars powered their way to an early 9-1 lead before hanging on to beat a rallying American/Atlantic All-Stars, 11-7, in the 2010 SJMSBL All-Star Game.

Read about the All-Star Game.

Zak Warren Re-Elected, Jon Trees Newly Elected Board Members.

06/05/2010 - Congratulations to Zak Warren and Jon Trees who have been elected to the board of directors.

Warren, co-manager of the Mets(18), has been in the league for 10 years and was elected to his third term as a board member. Trees, manager of the Astros, has been in the league 15 years and was elected to his first term. Both elections are for three-year terms which will expire 12/31/2012.

Thank you to Jose Medina, Carlos Noriega, and Joe Rondone for submitting applications and their willingness to donate their time and effort in wanting to serve on the board. Hopefully all choose to run again next year.

Check Your Bats. New Rule on Illegal Bats.

05/04/2010 - The SJMSBL Rules Committee has updated the rules concerning what constitutes a legal bat.

No player may use a bat with a differential of greater than -3.

If a batter is found using an illegal bat he will be ejected from the game and subject to further suspension from league play.

Read the complete rule (2.5) in the SJMSBL Rules and Regulations, which is also available on the Downloads page.

2010 Season Preview - Teams, Division Realignment, and Schedule Highlights.

04/07/2010 - Three teams lost, a new team added, one changing names, and four moving around the divisions. Read the 2010 Season Preview to find out everything you need to know about the upcoming 2010 season.

Try the New Interactive Schedule!

03/26/2010 - Running late and need to find out fast where you're playing? Just click on your team name and then click on the date in the first column of the schedule and you'll find out.

With the new interactive schedule you can highlight:

• All your games for the season.
• All your games against an opponent.
• All your non-divisional cross-over games
• Plus more.

You will need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser to use the new interactive highlighting features.

Try it out on the Schedule page. If you find any problems or have any suggestions, send them to the webmaster at sjmsbl.webmaster@gmail.com.

Photo Contest is Back for 2010!

03/26/2010 - The Photo of the Week and Photo of the Year contests are back for 2010. Take a look at the Photo Contest Rules to see what you can win. (Mandated Hint for our President - A Credit, not Cash).

Thanks in advance for all your photo submissions this year.

Dan Piro, Publisher of Hardball Magazine, Passes Away.

01/30/2010 - Four times a year every MSBL player gets a surprise in the mailbox. We never know exactly when it's going to arrive, but when it gets here we quickly turn the pages looking for any mention of our team or league. Yes, Hardball Magazine has arrived. Once we've found any mentions of our league we move on to all the other articles from league highlights to tournament results, pitching and hitting tips to personal player stories.

Sadly, Daniel Joseph Piro, publisher of HardBall Magazine, born in New York City, NY 4/24/1948, died Thursday January 28th in Oceanside, California after a two year battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He died at home in hospice care with his wife Jackie (Managing Editor of Hardball) by his side. He leaves a son, Daniel Armando Piro, age 15, his wife Jackie, brothers Ken and Robert and many loving family and friends.

Funeral mass will be held at 11 am on February 19, 2010 at Church of St. Thomas More in Oceanside California.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Boys & Girls Club of Vista (www.bgcvista.com) are welcome, that was Dan's favorite charity and he served on its board and also spearheaded the efforts to build a youth baseball field for the Club on what was previously a vacant dirt lot used for parking. There is now a beautiful Little Padres Park there.

Boys & Girls Club of Vista
410 W. California Avenue
Vista, CA 92083
(760) 724-6606

On a personal note, I would like to thank Jackie for her help in helping me make the SJMSBL website what it is. She has sent me countless logo image files and hunted down past Hardball articles for me. Thanks Jackie. -- Sean Kelley, SJMSBL Webmaster