By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
The simplicity of baseball has never been explained better than the manager’s shower room soliloquy in that great baseball film, Bull Durham.
“You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.”
Solanco did none of that well Thursday night. Hempfield did.
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By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
The sleepy village of Willow Street must have been a ghost town Wednesday evening.
It seemed as if every citizen of that south suburban hamlet was in Mount Joy to witness the cream of its junior midget youth battle for the LNP Tournament championship.
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By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Keith Dowell used a different grip on the baseball and the Mountville Indians put a familiar grip on the Midget-Midget championship trophy of the 52nd LNP Tournament.
The Indians (26-13) used a big first inning to defeat the Safe Harbor Cubs 7-4 Tuesday night …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Mount Joy Blue and the Ephrata Phillies came out firing Saturday, as the LNP Midget Baseball Tournament opened with a preliminary doubleheader in the Junior-Midget division.
The Phils overcame a slow start to beat Solanco Gold II, 9-1, while Mount Joy Blue hammered the …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Over the course of this season Hempfield Black has earned the reputation for scoring one big knockout inning, usually at a do-or-die time.
Tuesday night at Mount Joy’s Kunkle Field they took the knockout inning to another level.
Hempfield scored 12 runs in …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Tyler Duschl’s steal of home capped yet another incredible defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory rally for the Safe Harbor Cubs, bringing them a 9-8 victory over the Ephrata Tigers Thursday in the Midget-Midget quarterfinals of the New Era Tournament .
The win advances Harbor (27-8) to a …
By Dave Byrne
LNP Correspondent
Little things can mean a lot.
On Saturday, Manheim VFW and Hempfield Black found out just how quickly the little things can add up in a LNP Midget Baseball Tournament quarterfinal doubleheader at Lampeter-Strasburg.
Lanco Blue champion Manheim VFW rapped nine hits, but only …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Mike Berkey opened Monday night’s New Era Midget Baseball Tournament Junior-Midget quarterfinal doubleheader at Kunkle Field in Mount Joy by striking out 12 batters to lead Lititz VFW to a 15-1 victory over the Warwick White Sox.
But the West Lampeter Pioneers stole …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
Exiting the dugout after a loss to the defending New Era Midget-Midget champion Mountville Indians Wednesday night at Kunkle Field, one Terre Hill player was overheard telling a teammate, “They’re the best team ever!”
The youngster in the Terre Hill uniform could be …
By Dave Byrne
New Era Correspondent
It’s a tale of two pitchers who arrived at the same destination by entirely different methods.
It’s a tale of two managers, and two teams. One could write a book on how to win the New Era Tournament . The other is looking …
