• COMMISSIONER: JIM GANZ, 301-236-9130
• TREASURER: JOE VALONIS, 410-721-4775
• MARYLAND/DC ASA COMMISSIONER: JACK MOWATT, 301-621-7152
• GAME RULES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: SKIP MCAFEE, 410-730-5847

Submitting Scores

Just wanted to say thanks to all of you responsible for submitting scores via our digital scoring form system. Irv Salzberg did a tremendous job in developing the system which seems to be working very well. This is probably the best week of the season that I could recall when the scores were submitted promptly and accurately. This sure helps me and especially Rich Costa with his intricate BSSL Records and Standings Report. Keep up the good work.

Game Results for Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Despite a Noah-like down-pour last nite, nine games were able to be played today. However, Howard County/Harford, Bronze/ Catonsville, and Gray/Gold games were not played due to wet grounds.

'A' Division

In what must have been two barn-burners, Glen Burnie was fired-up today as it avenged an earlier loss to Glen Elg eeking out a 15-14 victory. In the second game which was part of a double header that was rained out on May 27, Glen Burnie held on to win 16-8.

The Old Liners barely got by Bowie Silver 7-6 in today's game. Silver came back to win the second game in a donnybrook 14-13. This was part of a double header that was rained out on May 27.

'B' Division

Carroll Blue kept its 4-game division lead over Bel Air as they traded victories today; Bel Air winning the first game 16-12, and Carroll Blue escaping with a 7-3 win in the second game.

Parkville won its 10th game of the year with a double victory over the last place Howard Hitters, a 12-3 blow out in the first game, and a much closer 13-11 victory in the second game.

'C' Division

Dundalk barely got by Greenbelt 17-16 in a old fashion slugfest. Greenbelt previously stream-rolled over its last 6 opponents,

Game Results for Monday, June 29, 2009

'A' Division

The Harford/Bowie Silver game was rescheduled for July 27.

Glen Burnie moved into second place by virtue of its double win over Howard County. Glen Burnie won today's regular scheduled game 10-2, then outlasted Howard County 10-8 in the makeup game which was rained out on June 10.

'A' Division's Glen Elg drubbed 'B' Division's Bowie Bronze twice; 15-3 in the today's scheduled game, and 21-12 in a makeup game that was rained out on May 4th, thereby sending Bronze to its 10th straight loss.

In a real close encounter, 'B' Division's Bel Air defeated 'A' Divison' s Old Liners 6-3 in today's scheduled game. Then, the Old Liner's took issue with that result and clobbered Bel Air 19-10 in a make-up game that was rained out on May 4th.

'B' and 'C' Division

'B' Division's Carroll Blue notched its 14 staight victory by rolling over 'C' Division's Dundalk 25-6. Meanwhile, 'B' Division's Catonsville beat Bowie Gold twice, 18-2 in today's regular scheduled game and 20-3 in the second game which was moved up from July 22 to preclude unnecessary travel. 'B' Division's Parkville had no trouble beating 'C' Division's Carroll Gray 21-7. And 'C' Division's Greenbelt, with its newly found offense, extended its win streak to 6 by edging 'B' Divsion's Howard Hitters 9-8.

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Game Results for Makeup Games Played on Thursday, June 25, 2009

Catonsville and Bowie Bronze finally got together and played a double header originally scheduled for May 27. Catonsville won the first game 11-8 in a relatively close game and outscored Bronze 10-5 in the second game. No other makeup games were reported.

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Game Results for Wednesday, June 24, 2009

It was regular intra-divisional play today as 11 games were played.

'A' Division

The Old Liners squeezed by Glen Elg 11-10 in what must have been an exciting game. Howard County crept into second place by outlasting Bowie Silver 20-15 handing Silver their 5th consecutive loss after winning 8 straight earlier. Harford didn't play today because the had already beaten Glen Burnie earlier this season.

'B' Division

Bel Air beat Howard Hitters twice 19-13 and 17-8 to strengthen its hold on second place. Division leader Carroll Blue made its long journey to Bowie worthwhile with a double thrashing of fading Bowie Bronze 20-3 and 14-2. This extended Blue's winning streak to 13, having lost their last game way back on May 25, when they split a double header with Bel Air. Meanwhile, Catonsville won its 2 games from Parkville, winning a close first game 13-12 and a not so close second game 11-6.

'C' Division

Dundalk beat Bowie Gold for a change 25-5. (Just report the facts, smart dupa.) And much improved Greenbelt extended it winning streak to 5 with a pair of victories over division leader Carroll Gray, 2-1 in a 1st game thriller, and 12-11, in the second game in which they almost squandered a comfortable lead (so I'm told).

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Game Results for Monday, June 22, 2009

Glen Elg outscored Howard in an intradivisional encounter 16-9. Glen Burnie beat its divisional rival Old Liners 9-5 in today's game; then, the Old Liners turned the tables and won 13-9 in the seond game which was moved forwarded from July 27. Harford kept its winning streak in tact by winning 2 games over "B" Division's Howard Hitters 10-1 in today's game, and 14-1 in the May 4th rain out game. And Division "B"'s Carroll Blue won in a mild upset over the inconsistent Bowie Silver team 12-1 in the game scheduled for today; then to add insult to injury, it won the protested game of May 4, 14-13, which was originally " won" by Silver.

'B' & 'C' Division Results

Parkville had no trouble with Dundalk beating them 13-3. Bel Air continued Bowie Gold's woes 20-3. Catonsville won over stuborn Division 'C' leader Carroll Gray 19-6. And Greenbelt surprised Bowie Bronze 14-11 with the addition of several new ballplayers, one of whom had a 3-run home run and a 2-run home run.

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Results of Interdivisional Games

So far the A teams are 28-5 against the B teams. Carroll Blue has won 4 of those games, and Bel Air has won the other. Meanwhile, the B teams are 17-2 against the C teams. Both C wins were by the ever-improving Greenbelt team. If you're interested in the details, please click on this link for games between A and B, and this link for games between B and C. If you have any suggestives please let me know.

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Starting today, I'm going to keep these "Game Results" writeups in a separate file which will be a compilation of all of the games played from here in out. Up to now, I kept only a few week's worth of game results. Please click here to access that page.

Rich Costa's BSSL Records and Standings
As I noted last year, Rich Costa, who plays for Howard County, developed a very creative and useful document which he has entitled BSSL Records and Standings. It includes the results of the scheduled games as to wins and losses, the number of times teams have beaten each other and the resulting standings by division. With our league having 3 divisions this year, Rich has had to redesign his document and will again keep it current as the season progressess. Here's the current edition: (Click here) to view it, it's well worth it.

The actual scores, of course, will continue to be shown in our Schedules and Scores link.

2009 Game Rules
The newly-formed Rules Committee, has made modifications to the Game Rules. This revised version which is presented in a PDF format for your convenience, can be accessed by clicking this link.  It's permanent nesting place is under the management tab at the top of this page.

Latest Listing of Allowable Bats for the 2009 Season

In an email dated April 14, 2009, Commission Jim Ganz attached the listing of allowable bats for the upcoming season. This listing is our league's guide for ensuring that you are using authorized bats. If you use an illegal bat, you will , as the Game Rules state: "*** be declared out and ejected from the game." Please click here to view the listing in a PDF format. Most printers should be able to print in this format. After you open the file, just go to the "print icon" on top of the listing and click it.

2009 League Realignment

As a result of the BBSSL Fall Meeting which was held on September 18, 2008, the managers agreed to realign the league for the 2009 season. The minutes of that meeting can be viewed by clicking here.

The following table shows the new alignment. In addition, the number of times teams play each other and the total number of games to be played during the season are shown below the table.