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Miramichi Valley Baseball League: Notice Board
April 6, 2025
Meeting Cancellation |
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The Annual meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled until next Sunday, April 13, at the same time, same place |
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February 24, 2025
2025 MVBL Annual Meeting |
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The MVBL will have it's annual meeting for 2025 at the Chatham Head Rec Center (same place as last year) on Sunday, April 6th beginning at 12 noon. All teams must be represented. Thank you, Ian |
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September 6, 2024
Changes to Provincials |
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There has been radical changes to the schedule for the 2024 provincials hosted by KV-Saint John. Due to rain forecast for Saturday-Sunday major changes were put into place...I updated the schedule as much as possible...bring home the championship Tracadie or Newcastle...yeah |
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August 28, 2024
Congradulations |
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Congratulations to the Tracadie Aigles on winning the MVBL 2024 Playoff series over the Newcastle Cardinals. Best of luck to both Tracadie and Newcastle in the coming Provincials in Saint John in early September. Have a good series guys, now I am on 'vacation' ahahah, no more phone calls, emails, problems for another 8 months....Ian |
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August 22, 2024
2024 MVBL Award Winners |
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2024 MVBL Award Winners
Here is the list of players who won awards this year 2024
2024 MVBL Batting Champion--Yan Rail .489 BA
2024 MVBL Home Run Champion--Yan Rail 4 hr
2024 MVBL RBI Champion--Ronnie Ward 21 rbi's
2024 MVBL Stolen Base Champion--Kevin Landry 18 sb
2024 MVBL ERA Champion--Frederic-Denis Benoit 1.83 ERA
2024 MVBL Strikeout Champion--Zachery Sonier 29 k's
2024 MVBL WHIP Champion--Frederic-Denis Benoit 1.04 WHIP (walks+hits/innings pitched)
2024 MVBL Rookie of the Year--Dylan Dawson (voted by teams)
2024 MVBL Pitcher of the Year--Kris McKay (voted by teams)
2024 MVBL MVP Yan Rail (voted by teams)
2024 MVBL Regular Season Champs--Tracadie Aigles 10 wins 7 losses
2024 MVBL Volunteer of the Year--Daryl O'Donnell |
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August 21, 2024
Games 2 and 3 are Switched |
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Hey everyone, games 2 and 3 have been switched due to Memorial field hosting a provincial tournament. Thank you, Ian |
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August 2, 2024
Playoff Scheuule |
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Playoff Schedule is on website |
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July 29, 2024
Eligibility for Awards |
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We are down to the final 3 games and here are the qualifications to win the batting title and ERA awards: for batting title, 2.46 plate appearances x 18 games or 44 plate appearances and for ERA title 1 inning per game or 18 innings pitched
The remainder awards are as earned...the higher amount are the winners....Ian |
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May 28, 2024
Right on Cue |
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The MVBL baseball season is upon us and with the opening game scheduled for tonight, we are getting a 'ton of rain' today, 'right on cue'. Hopefully this season will not have as many rained out games as last year...so, best of luck teams for the upcoming year. Ian |
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May 4, 2024
2024 MVBL Schedule |
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The 2024 MVBL Schedule is up. Hopefully I entered it correctly, if you spot anything such as an incorrect time start, please let me know.
Caraquet has asked for a 'year's leave of absence' and we granted it to them. I am hoping that we will see them back in the league next year.
Thank you, Ian and have a good season (I hope we don't have all of the rained out games this year like we had last year) |
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March 22, 2024
Meeting Cancellation |
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We are cancelling the meeting planned for this coming Sunday (due to the coming snowstorm) to Sunday April 7th, at 12 noon at the Chatham Head Rec Center...Ian |
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March 3, 2024
2024 Annual Meeting |
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The MVBL will hold its 2024 Annual Meeting at the Chatham Head Rec Center Sunday March 24 at 12 noon to 2 pm. All teams must be represented. A video link may be provided for one who have to travel, please let me know if you wish to view the meeting this way. Ian |
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September 8, 2023
Provincials |
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Hi Everyone, all games are cancelled for Friday night and starts Saturday at 9 am...I may have the game times wrong as a new schedule has not been sent to me....the only thing I know is Chatham Head vs Tracadie begins at 9 am |
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September 4, 2023
Chatham Head Tigers win Playoffs |
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Congratulations to the Chatham Head Tigers on winning the 2023 MVBL playoffs, 3-1 over the Miramichi Cardinals. Two cross river rivals played excellent ball before big crowds, no extracurricular events, just good clean-hard baseball. The Chatham Head team will represent the MVBL in the provincials September 8-10 in Tracadie, along with the host Tracadie Aigles team...congratulations Tigers and best of luck Chatham Head and Tracadie this coming weekend....Ian |
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August 21, 2023
2023 MVBL Award Winners |
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Here is a list of award winners for the 2023 MVBL season:
2023 MVBL Batting Champ-(tie) Jordan Kingston 23 for 46 and Darren Augustine 21 for 42, .500 batting average
2023 MVBL Home Run Champion-Kris Keating 4 HR
2023 MVBL RBI Champion-Kris Keating 17 RBI
2023 MVBL Stolen Base Champion-Elliott Parker 14 sb
2023 MVBL ERA Champion-Ronnie Dickson 1.02 ERA
2023 MVBL Strikeout Champion-Ronnie Dickson 48 K's
2023 MVBL WHIP Champion-Andrew Carter .78 WHIP (Walks + Hits/Innings Pitched
2023 MVBL Rookie of the Year-Zachery LeBouthillier (voted by team's reps)
2023 MVBL MVP-Kris Keating (voted by team rep's)
2023 MVBL Regular Season Champions-Miramichi Cardinals 14 wins 3 losses
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August 8, 2023
Coaches/Players Vote for All Stars |
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Here is the result of coaches and players vote on the all star team. Each team voted and I want to thank each for the prompt attention in getting me their votes. I feel that it is one of fun parts of the year, recognizing the excelling players. So, here are the results:
Catcher (tie) Riley McKnight (Cardinals) and Brett Parker (Dalhousie)
1b Nick Hardy (Tigers)
2b Yan Rail (Caraquet)
3b Matt Losier (Tigers)
SS Kris Keating (Cardinals)
LF John Cortes (Cardinals)
CF Dustin McKay (Cardinals)
RF Jordan Kingston (Tigers)
DH (1b) Darren Augustine (Cardinals)
P Ronnie Dickson (Tigers)
P Yan Rail (Caraquet)
P Andrew Carter (Cardinals)
P Brayden LeBel (Dalhousie)
Others receiving at least 2 votes were: Remi Legere (Tracadie) (as 2b/dh); Yannick Holmes (Caraquet); Oli Gendron (Dalhousie) (ss/p)
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July 3, 2023
Revised Schedule |
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Hi everyone, I revised the schedule, leaving it at 20 games, to try to get us to an end point where all of the teams can play as many games as possible. But with this rain.....it is rough, but we will try to get as many games played as possible...Ian |
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June 19, 2023
Yan Rail No Hits Dodgers |
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On June 11, in Caraquet, first game of a double header with the Dalhousie Dodgers, Yan Rail threw a No-Hitter, with 10 k's and only allowing 3 walks in a 3-0 win for the Acadiens. Yan also excelled at the plate, going 2 for 3 with 2 rbi's. To cap off Rail's great day, in game 2, Yan came on to earn the save in a 7-4 win, striking out 2, allowing 1 hit. Congratulations Yan, on your terrific day on the mound. |
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February 7, 2023
2023 Annual Meeting |
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Hi everyone, I have the Chatham Head Rec Center booked for our annual meeting for Sunday, April 2 at 12:30. If anything should happen (like a late snow storm) we will have the meeting the Sunday after Easter. All teams need to be represented! We may have live streaming available, I will check with my 'tech guy' hahaha...Ian |
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September 3, 2022
Cardinals are MVBL Champs |
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The Miramichi Cardinals defeated Chatham Head Tigers in game 4 of the best of 5 to win the league championship 3 games to 1 |
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August 19, 2022
2022 Players Awards |
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Here is a list of MVBL Players who received awards for their performance in 2022:
2022 MVBL Batting Champ-Francis Berube, Dalhousie .542 batting average
2022 MVBL Home Run/RBI Champ-Kris Keating, Miramichi, 4 home runs and 21 rbi
2022 MVBL Stolen Base Champ (tie)-Olivier Gendron and Samuel Gendron, Dalhousie 17 sb
2022 ERA Champ-Ronnie Dickson, Chatham Head, 2.31 era
2022 Strikeout Champ-Ronnie Dickson, Chatham Head with 41 k's
2022 MVBL WHIP Champ-Sonny Newman, Chatham Head, 1.14 (walks+hits/innings pitched)
2022 MVBL Rookie of the Year (as voted by opposing coaches)-Matt Carroll of Chatham Head
2022 MVBL MVP Offensive Player of the Year-Kris Keating, Miramichi .435 ba (5th in league); 4 HR (league leader); 21 rbi (league leader); .783 slugging (league leader); 10 sb (4th in league)
2022 League Champs-Regular Season, Miramichi Cardinals 15 wins against 5 losses |
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August 4, 2022
Coaches/Players Vote for All Stars |
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Here are the results of our poll on the All Star team for 2022.
Catcher, Andrew Burns of the Miramichi Cardinals I4 players tied for second)
1st Base Nick Hardy of the Chatham Head Tigers
2nd Base Yan Rail of Caraquet Acadiens (Billy Gaston came in second)
3rd Base Ryan Barry of the Chatham Head Tigers
Shortstop Kris Keating of the MIramichi Cardinals (Kris received votes for 3rd base and SS but he played the majority of the time at SS) (Oli Gendron came in second)
Outfielders who were voted as All Stars, Brian Dunn of Chatham Head Tigers; Denny Mallet of Tracadie Aigles; and six players tied for third and they are Craig Russel of Chatham Head Tigers, Sam Gendron of Dalhousie Dodgers, John Cortes of Miramichi Cardinals, Frederic Landry of Caraquet Acadiens, and Tom Burns of Miramichi Cardinals
The DH was a tie with James Scott of Miramichi Cardinals and Francis Berube of Dalhousie Dodgers
Pitching All Stars are Ronnie Dickson and Sonny Newman of Chatham Head Tigers, Fred-Denis Benoit of Tracadie Aigles.. Tying for 4th were Oli Gendron and Brayden Label of Dalhousie Dodgers
Congratulations to all selected....Ian |
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July 21, 2022
Wins-Loss Error FIXED |
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There is a problem with Sportsdesk in regards to the wins for Dalhousie...the games played are correct but Dalhousie should have one more win then showing. After 80 games played by the league, there are 39 wins (missing one for Dalhousie) and 40 losses (this is correct). Puzzling problem.
I contacted esportsdesk and they informed me of the cause of the problem right away. It was Dalhousie's win in 9 innings back in mid-July. I had 'ticked' off the overtime box and the site was not set up for overtime and thus Dalhousie was not credited with the win, but as soon as I unticked that box, the problem corrected itself...Ian |
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July 19, 2022
All Time Wins-Losses MVBL Teams 1996-2021 |
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Chatham Ironmen 14-1 .933 Pct
Grand Falls 275-99 .735 Pct
Newcastle Cardinals (2014 back) 136-53 .720 pct
Atholville 10-5 .667 pct
Miramichi Cardinals 102-54 .654 pct
Tracadie-Sheila 269-211 .560 pct
Beresford 11-10 .524 pct
Sillikers 40-37 .519 pct
Caraquet 186-184 .503 pct
Bathurst-Chaleur 59-73 .447 pct
Dalhousie 66-82 .446 pct
Miramichi Bulldogs 8-11 .421 pct
Lameque 96-141 .405 pct
Chatham Head 200-296 .403 pct
Rogersville 25-38 .397 pct
Napan Braves 79-134 .371 pct
Plaster Rock 34-87 .281 pct
Chatham Midget Ironmen 2-10 .167 pct
Red Bank 12-62 .162 pct
Douglastown 8-53 .131 pct
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May 12, 2022
2022 Scheulde |
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The 2022 MVBL Schedule is now posted. Games will begin on Tuesday May 24 in Chatham Head and concluding on Friday, July 29 in Dalhousie. Playoffs will begin after the NB holiday in August....Ian |
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March 25, 2022
2022 Annual Meeting |
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The MVBL will be having its Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 3rd at 1pm
at the Chatham Head Rec Center. All teams need to have a representative
or be signed up for a 'ZOOM' link |
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September 16, 2021
2021 Award Winners |
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Miramichi Valley Baseball League
2021 Award Winners
Player of the Year-Yan Rail (.615 BA; .923 Slugging %; 2 HR; 3.55 ERA
with 3 saves)---
Batting Average-Tom Burns of Cardinals .487----
RBI Champ-Craig Russell with 14----
Stolen Base Champ-Olivier Gendron with 14----
Ronnie Dickson, ERA Leader 2.10 and Strikeout Champ with 38---
Rookie of the Year-David Hamel of Caraquet .355 BA---
Chatham Head Team Award-1st Place with 10-8 Record---
I did not forget to post this--I was waiting to see what the league final
would bring, the playoff series between Chatham Head and Dalhousie.
The final was supposed to be played prior to the provincials however, a
player with one of the teams came down with covid and the entire
teams was placed in isolation. So, we planned on playing it after
provincials however, several health issues (of non-covid type) and the
planned repairs to the Chatham Head ball field does not allow us to
play the final this fall. This could be played before the 2022 year
begins...I have been getting a number of emails on the final, so, this is
why it is not being played....Ian |
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September 13, 2021
2021 Provincials |
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The 2021 Provincials was hampered by rain this year. Friday's games
were washed out and moved to Saturday and the tourney's final was
cancelled after a huge down pour soaked the field and will be played in
Fredericton at a future date. Fredericton earned top spot with a 2-1
record and the best defensive team; Dieppe and Chatham Head went 2-1
and Dalhousie 0-3. Dieppe
defeated Chatham Head in the Semi Final 4-0 to earn the right to play
Fredericton for the championship. Have a good winter everyone....Ian |
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August 18, 2021
Coaches/Players Vote for All Stars |
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Hi Everyone, another regular season is in the books, and I asked the
coaches, couple of player/coaches and a couple of players to pick an
All Star team. Here are their picks (In Order of number of votes):
PITCHERS: Ronnie Dickson; Perry Deveaux; Jake Keating; Bryden
Label; and Fred Benoit. CATCHERS: Andrew Burns and Riley
McKnight. INFIELDERS: Yan Rail; Mike Simon; Oli Gendron; Remi
Legere; Nick Hardy; and Billy Gaston. OUTFIELDERS: Tom Burns;
Brian Dunn; Kevin Landry; Craig Russell; and Jolin Mallet. The DH was
Jordan Kingston. Also receiving votes were Nick Mazzereto (c), Martin
Roussel (p), Jessie Malone (DH), Frances Berube (of), Yannick Holmes
(if), Remi Legere (p), Mike Simon (p), Ryan Barry (inf), Mike Marcello
(of), Sonny Newman (p), Tyler McKay (c), John Cortes (of), Kris McKay
(inf) and Martin Albert (dh) Thanks to all who voted....Ian |
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August 12, 2021
Photos by Brian |
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When you have been at the Chatham Ironmen games, you probably
noticed a man walking around with a great looking camera. Well his
name is Brian Richard and he will be sending me some pics to upload to
give our site some action photos...hope you will enjoy them...Ian |
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July 16, 2021
Chatham Head to Host Provincials |
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Chatham Head was given the Intermediate Provincials for 2021. Baseball
NB has given the go ahead to play the games September 10-12 to the
MVBL team. I am in the process of organizing a playoff schedule to allow
us to proclaim a winner to represent our league along with the host,
Tigers. No B Provincials this year...getting the A going then perhaps the B
next year. |
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April 17, 2021
2021 Season |
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MVBL Teams held their annual meeting, April 11. The League is
progressing to having a 2021 season, with all 6 teams expected back.
Waiting on Baseball NB to list of 2021 restrictions. Stay tuned..... |
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May 30, 2020
2020 Season Cancelled |
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The 2020 MVBL Season has been cancelled. It was hoped that we could
have a season beginning in July but after receiving the guidelines for play
from Baseball NB, it would be impossible to have a season under the
rules passed on to us, so, with regrets we are cancelling our season....Ian |
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March 15, 2020
2020 Annual Meeting |
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The MVBL will be holding its 2020 Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 19 at 1 pm in the Sobey's Meeting room in Douglastown. Please have a representative from your team at this meeting....Ian |
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September 1, 2019
Tigers Win Championship |
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The Chatham Head Tigers (6-1) wrapped up a successful Playoff run with a 10-0 win over the Tracadie aigles (4-5) to win the 2019 Playoffs Championship. The Tigers now travel to Fredericton to represent the MVBL in the 'A" Provincials. Tracadie is hosting the "B" Provincials and along with Chaleur Red Sox will represent the MVBL in Tracadie. Ronnie Dickson of Chatham Head led the Tigers with a perfect 4-0 win-loss record, 44 k's in 26 innings. Nick Mazzerato led with the bat, going 12 for 19, a .632 BA and Jordan Kingston drove in 13 runs in 9 games. Tracadie has Kevin Landry leading the way with 20 hits in 25 AB's a sizzling .800 BA in 8 of the 9 games Tracadie played (one game stats were not received). Landry had 3 home runs and 12 RBI's in the playoffs. Remi Legere also was hot for Tracadie going 3-0, and batted .560 with 14 hits in 25 AB's. |
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August 16, 2019
Coachs and Reps Choose 2019 MVBL All Stars |
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Here are the 2019 MVBL All Stars as chosen by opposing coaches and player reps:
PITCHERS; 1 Jake Keating (unanimous), 2 Olivier Gendron and finishing tied for 3rd, Kris McKay, Luc Roy and Sonny Newman
I asked for 8 position players and a DH and we have two players all the teams voted for: Kevin Landry and Nick Hardy; others on the All Star Squad are Andrew Carter, Brent Nelson, James Scott, Mike Simon, Remi Legere, and Billy Gaston...tying for the ninth spot on the All Star Squad are: Craig Russell, Tyler McKay, Mike Marcello, Brian Dunn, Remi Comeau, Jolin Mallet, and Roger Hickey. Kris McKay and Olivier Gendron received votes for both pitcher and positional player, so they are listed in the pitchers...thank you, Ian |
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August 15, 2019
2019 MVBL Award Winners |
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Here is a list of the 2019 Award Winners:
2019 MVBL Regular Season Champs--Tracadie aigles 14-6
2019 MVBL Batting Champ-Kevin Landry of Tracadie .479 BA 23 hits in 48 ABs
2019 MVBL ERA Champ-Jake Keating of Miramichi 0.56 ERA 25 Innings pitched 2 ER
2019 MVBL Home Run Champ-Kevin Landry of Tracadie with 4
2019 MVBL RBI Champ (tie so 2 prizes)- Mike Scott and Mike Simon, both of Miramichi with 23 RBI's each
2019 MVBL Strikeout Champ-Sonny Nieman of Chatham Head with 40
2019 MVBL Stolen Base Champ-Sam Gendron of Dalhousie with 16
and lastly but not least, is our Rookie of the Year as voted by the coaches: MVBL Rookie for 2019 is Michael Savoie of Dalhousie. |
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July 2, 2019
Keating throws No Hitter |
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On Friday, June 28, Jake Keating of the Miramichi Cardinals fired a complete game, 7 inning no hitter against the Caraquet Acadians. Keating walked only one batter, thus almost pitching a perfect game. Along the way, Jake struck out 6 Caraquet batters and by winning the game, he improved his record to 2 wins and 0 losses. Congratulations Jake on your game! |
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February 26, 2019
Annual MVBL Meeting |
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It sure does not look like baseball weather with all of this snow on the ground, but I booked the Sobey's meeting room for Sunday March 24 at 1:30 pm for our Annual Meeting. I will send an agenda to all of the teams shortly and contact each team to have someone in attendance for this important meeting...Ian |
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August 21, 2018
Award Winners for 2018 |
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2018 MVBL Regular Season Champions--aigles de Tracadie 15-5
2018 MVBL Batting Champion--Frederic Landry .438 BA 21/48 (hits/ABs)
2018 MVBL ERA Champion--Serge Lebel 1.50 ERA 28 innings 6 ER
2018 MVBL HR/RBI Champion--Kevin Landry 2 HR 19 RBI
2018 MVBL Top Rookie Pitcher--Tyler King 5-1, 2.12 ERA in 29 Innings, 23 Ks
2018 MVBL Top Pitcher--Brett Francis 6 wins 0 losses
2018 MVBL Top Rookie Batter--Aaron Dunn .356 BA 16 hits in 45 ABs
2018 MVBL Strikeout Champion--Andrew Carter 51 Ks
2018 MVBL Stolen Base Champion--Olivier Gendron 17 Steals |
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August 16, 2018
MVBL 2018 All Stars |
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Team Reps voted for the MVBL All Stars for 2018, here are the best of the best: Kevin Landry (Tracadie), Frederic Landry (Caraquet), Mike Simon (Miramichi) player-pitcher, Andrew Carter (Chaleur) player-pitcher, Tyler King (Chatham Head) pitcher, Remi Comeau (Tracadie), Yan Rail (Caraquet), Jordan Frenette (Chaleur), Brian Dunn (Chatham Head), Denis Graham (Miramichi) DH-pitcher, Brett Francis (Tracadie) pitcher...others receiving at least 2 votes, Gary Duguay (Tracadie), James Scott (Miramichi), Jason LeBlanc (Chaleur), Danny Mallet (Tracadie)and Kris McKay...so, this would be our team to represent the MVBL against the Saint John League(???) hahahha….good job men and congratulations on your selection by your fellow players/coaches |
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May 9, 2018
Schedule for 2018 Season Uploaded |
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I just entered the 2018 MVBL season schedule. We will be down to 6
teams this year, with Grand Falls Cataracts, a fixture in the league for
close to 20 years, seeking a year's leave of absence to try Senior Ball.
The remaining six teams will play 2 home games and 2 away games
against each team for a 20 game schedule beginning May 22 in Chatham
Head and the regular season ending July 31 in Chatham Head. Good luck
to all teams.... |
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August 23, 2017
Provincial Game Times |
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The A and B Provincials schedules are posted on this site....the
Miramichi Cardinals are representing MVBL in Fredericton in the A
Divison and Grand Falls Cataracts and Host Chaleur Red Sox are
representing MVBL in the B Provincials in Bathurst.
Finals are Sunday Sept 10, 10 am and 1 pm in Bathurst, and 12 pm
and 4 pm in
Fredericton. Good luck Cardinals, Cataracts and Red Sox...have a
great weekend and bring home some 'gold'...Ian |
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August 19, 2017
MVBL 2017 Award Winners |
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The MVBL presented a number of regular season awards to
deserving
ball players during the first/second round of the playoffs. Matt
Curry
of Grand Falls won the ERA Championship with a 1.06 ERA in 39
innings pitched, only allowing 6 earned runs in these 39 innings,
to go
with 30 k's and only 6 walks. Matt also won the batting crown,
even
though there were 9 players with a higher batting average, they
did
not have the required 44 plate appearances to win the crown.
The
closest was Joel Blanchard with 38 plate appearances and a .486
BA.
However, Matt appeared in every one of Grand Falls games and
rightly
deserved the batting crown, hitting .456 in 72 pa's and 57 AB's,
26
hits, comprised of 20 singles, 4 doubles and 2 home runs. Brian
Dunn,
of Chatham Head was closing fast in the batting crown race,
finishing
in second place, with a .444 BA in 63 Ab's with 28 hits,
comprised of
20 singles, 7 doubles and 1 triple. Jeff Guitard of Dalhousie won
the
strikeout crown with 46 k's in 54 innings pitched. Dennis
Graham of
Miramichi won the Home Run championship hitting 3 this year
and also
the RBI title, driving in 20 in only 8 games played! Who knows
what
he would have done in 18 games. Jeff Guitard of Dalhousie also
was
the stolen base champ with 14 in 16 games played. Team Reps
voted
for the Rookie of the year and MVP, and I asked them for 3
choices
with their favorite first (and they could not vote for a team
mate). I assigned a point system of 5 points for
a first
place vote, 3 for a 2nd place vote and 1 point for a 3rd place
vote.
Winning the Rookie award in a very close vote was Billy Gaston
of
Miramichi compiling 17 points (3 first, 2 third), followed by
teammate
Dustin McKay with 16 points (3 first, 1 third) and Olivier Gendron
of
Dalhousie was a notable 3rd with 14 points (4 second and 2
third).
The MVP, however, was a run-away, with Matt Curry of Grand
Falls
receiving 5 first place votes and 1 third place vote to win the MVP
award with 26 points. His closed rival was Dennis Graham with
10
points, and Yan Rail of Caraquet with 8, with Brian Dunn of
Chatham
Head in fourth with 7 points. Congratulations to all of our
winners for
2017....Ian |
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August 6, 2017
Teams Vote on MVBL 2017 All Stars |
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Thank you to all seven team reps who voted for the MVBL 2017 All Star
Team. I am currently writing up an article to share on here...come back
tonight and see the results of their vote. Perhaps we can send a
challenge out to the NB Senior Men's League to have an All Star game
with our best against their best...one game, say at a New Brunswick 'Icon'
Park, Ironmen Field...what about it guys, (NB Senior League) are you up
to the challenge?...tune back tonight for the results of the vote |
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August 6, 2017
Team Reps Vote On League All Stars |
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This is a result of all Seven Teams Reps’, who I asked to give me their
list of top nine batters (by position or not) and the top four pitchers, in
their opinion, but they could not vote for anyone from their team. I
have that list finalized and for additional fun, I issued a challenge to
the NB Senior League for a 1 game All Star game of their best against
our best. We will see about the All Star game, but I created a batting
order from the results of this vote and some players are playing in
different positons then they normally do, as did not have any catchers
and normal 3rd basemen (that I am aware of) voted to the All Star
Team.
Batting 1st and playing Centerfield, AJ McKay (Miramichi Cardinals)
Batting 2nd and playing Leftfield, Brian Dunn (Chatham Head Tigers)
Batting 3rd and playing 1st Base, Matt Curry (Grand Falls Cataracts)
(can also pitch)
Batting 4th and the Designated Hitter, Dennis Graham (Miramichi
Cardinals) (can also play 1b and pitch)
Batting 5th and catching, Andrew Carter (Chaleur Red Sox) (can also
pitch and play 1b)
Batting 6th and playing Shortstop, Kevin Landry (Tracadie-Shiela
aigles)
Batting 7th and playing 3rd base, James Scott (Miramichi Cardinals)
(can also play 1b and OF)
Batting 8th and playing RF, Remi Comeau (Tracadie-Shiela aigles) (can
also play CF)
Batting 9th and playing 2b, Remi Legere (Tracadie-Shiela aigles) (can
also pitch and play SS)
Pitching and voted the one all teams would want on the mound in a
crucial game, Yan Rail (Caraquet Acadians) (can also play 2b)
Substitutions are players who received at least two votes in the voting
process:
Pitchers, Jeff Guitard (Dalhousie Dodgers) (also play SS), James Hicks
(Miramichi Cardinals) (also play SS), Frederic-Denis Benoit (Tracadie-
Shiela aigles) (can also play 2b) and Andrew Collins (Chaleur Red Sox)
Position Players, Joel Blanchard (Caraquet Acadians) (OF), Dustin
McKay (Miramichi Cardinals) (also can pitch), Marc Michaud (Grand
Falls Cataracts) (OF)
In my opinion, this All Star team is short on a backup catcher and 3rd,
and there were three young men who finished neck and neck in the
Rookie of the Year voting by the team reps and one of the three,
Dustin McKay is a sub voted to the All Star team, so, I feel the other
two can be backup at 3rd base, Billy Gaston, (Miramichi Cardinals) and
catcher, Olivier Gendron (Dalhousie Dodgers).
Coach of this team, would be Allan Menzies, who Miramichi Cardinals
finished first, in the regular season.
Thank you for reading this and thanks to the seven team reps who
helped me with their votes…..Ian
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May 23, 2017
It's "Play Ball" Time |
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On May 25th, the 2017 season of the MVBL begins...featuring a game between Chaleur at Tracadie-Sheila. Weather permitting, all 7 teams should see action this week, with other games being: Miramichi at Dalhousie on Friday night, Caraquet at Grand Falls for a Double Header on Saturday and Chaleur at Chatham Head for a Sunday afternoon tilt. Best of Luck teams and I hope you will have a great summer...and good weather...Ian |
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February 25, 2017
Annual Meeting Planned |
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The MVBL will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, April 23 at 1:30 at the
Sobey's meeting room in Douglastown, NB. All teams are to be
represented and any potential teams need notify me of their interest and to
be present at the meeting. Thank you, Ian |
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September 11, 2016
Provincials Signals Seasons' End |
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Every year the Provincials signals that another season has come and gone in
the MVBL. This year the MVBL representatives was absolutely outstanding.
With Tracadie-Shiela hosting the "A" Division and Chatham Head hosting
the "B" division, they were joined by playoff winner Grand Falls in "A" and
playoff runner up Miramichi in the "B", giving us 4 out of 8 teams in the
provincials. When the round robin schedule was completed all four MVBL
teams were in the Finals: Tracadie-Shiela with a 3-0 record against Grand
Falls at 2-1 was the "A" Division final and Miramichi with a 3-0 record
against Chatham Head who finished at 2-1 in the "B" final. Miramcihi
Cardinals beat the Chatham Head Tigers 6-4 to win the 'B" division.
Meanwhile, Tracadie-Shiela needed 17, YES 17 INNINGS to slip past Grand
Falls 5-4. Remi Legere of Tracadie pitched all 17 innings for Tracadie! I
personally watched the last 6 innings of this marathon and both teams were
so tired at the end of this 5 plus hour game....congratulations to all four
MVBL teams, especially the winners Tracadie-Sheila and Miramichi...Ian |
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August 31, 2016
Grand Falls Playoff Champions |
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Congratulations to the Grand Falls Cataracts on another fine season and playoff run. The Cataracts went 16-2 in the regular season and then swept two good teams in the playoffs to record a 6-0 mark in their playoff run to the championship. They move on to the Provincial "A" tournament in Tracadie-Sheila on the September 9-10-11. Best of luck Grand Falls and Tracadie in this tournament, I know you will represent the MVBL to your best abilities.
Also, finishing as runner-up in the playoffs, the Miramichi Cardinals will represent the MVBL in the "B" division of the Provincials in Chatham Head September 9-11. They will be joined by the host, Chatham Head Tigers, in this tournament and I would like to wish both teams, good games and good luck....Ian |
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August 18, 2016
MVBL Awards Winners |
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With the 2016 MVBL season complete, here is the list of award winners in
the league for this year. The team champs with a 16-2 record were the
Grand Falls Cataracts. The 2016 MVBL batting champ was Kris McKay of the
Miramichi Cardinals. Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls was the Home Run
champ with 4 and RBI champ with 22. Young Matt Curry of Grand Falls was
the ERA champ with an incredible 0.28 ERA. Curry, was also the rookie of
the year, for 2016, batting .333 as will as the microscopic ERA of 0.28.
Strikeout champ Andrew Carter of Dalhousie Dodgers with 44. And finally
and definitely not least, the MVP of the league, as voted by the coaches was
Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls. Finishing second in the vote was Kris McKay
and third was Andrew Carter. Well done everyone and congratulations. |
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August 2, 2016
Down-The-Wire Race for 2nd to 5th |
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We are in the last couple days of the 2016 season, with 3 games slated for tonight and the standings may change dramatically. Should Dalhousie beat Miramichi Cardinals, they would claim 2nd place and the bye (would actually tie in the standings if the Cardinals beat Bathurst on Wednesday, but the Dodgers would claim 2nd based on the games between the teams, currently tied at 1-1). If Dalhousie loses to the Cardinals, and Chatham Head wins against Tracadie, the Tigers would claim 3rd place with the Dodgers dropping to 4th. If Tracadie wins against Chatham Head, Tracadie would climb up to 4th with the Tigers finishing 5th. And...not to forget Caraquet and Chaleur, if Chaleur wins tonight against Caraquet and tomorrow night against the Cardinals, they would jump into the playoffs, dropping Caraquet out.....So, there might be a huge shift in the standings tonight....stay tuned. |
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July 1, 2016
Rail Throws No Hitter |
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Yan Rail of Caraquet threw a rain shortened 5 inning no hitter against the
Chaleur Red Sox on Wednesday night in Bathurst in a regular scheduled game.
Rail struck out 4 and walked 2 in pitching his gem. With the win, Rail
improved to 2-1 and his ERA is a squeaky 0.41 in 17 innings. Congratulations
Yan.... |
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May 6, 2016
Schedule is Now Posted |
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The 2016 MVBL Schedule is now posted. Teams, check on game times! There
have been a lot of requests and most of them are game times....so, please
check the posted game times....Ian |
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April 3, 2016
MVBL Adds Two Teams |
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The Miramichi Valley Baseball League held its annual meeting on April 3 and
accepted two teams into the league. Bathurst Red Sox and Dalhousie
Dodgers were accepted into the MVBL for the 2016 season, bringing the
league to 7 teams. The League voted and adopted a 18 game schedule (3
games against each team) and play will commence the last week of May
and the regular season to finish the last week of July. With 7 teams this
year, the seventh place team will not qualify for the playoffs, and the first
round will feature 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 (best of 3), with the winners advancing
to play the first and second place teams (of the regular season). All playoff
series are best of 5 except the the opening round (3-6 & 4-5). |
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February 29, 2016
Annual Meeting Planned |
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The MVBL will have it's annual meeting April 3, 1:30 pm at the Sobey's Meeting
room, Sobey's Douglastown. All present teams and interested teams must be in
attendance. |
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September 13, 2015
MVBL Teams Make It To the Finals |
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Congratulations to both A Division Grand Falls Cataracts and the B Division
Tracadie-Sheila Aigles, who both made it to their divisional finals at the
Provincials. Grand Falls fell short in a valiant comeback attempt, losing 9-8
to
the Fredericton Expos. Meanwhile, the Tracadie Sheila team loaded the
bases
with one out but a line drive double plan ended their hopes and their
season,
losing 3-2 to the Port City team. This speaks well of the MVBL teams, as
both
teams made the finals and are runner-up in their respective divisions, and
may I add, were 'small town teams' playing against teams from large city
populations .....good
weekend guys, have a good winter and hope to see you all next year.....Ian |
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September 11, 2015
Provincials New Game Times |
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Because of the heavy rainfall on the supposed first day of play for the
Provincials in Saint John and Fredericton, there has been schedule changes. An
updated game times and fields are in place for the "B" in Fredericton. I will
post a new times for "A" when I have them....Ian |
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September 10, 2015
Provincial Schedule |
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Everyone, the Provincial Schedule for Grand Falls and Tracadie Shiela has been posted to the schedule site. I will attempt to post the scores as I get them....Ian |
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August 30, 2015
Grand Falls Claims Playoff Championship |
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The Grand Falls Cataracts are the Miramichi Valley Baseball 2015 Playoff
Champions, defeating the Tracadie-Sheila Aigles 3-2 in eight innings in
game 3 of their best of 5 playoff round to win the title 3-0.
Game three was a game both teams wanted, with Tracadie jumping in front
1-0 in the top to the third. Frederic-Denis Benoit, Tracadie’s starting
pitcher, pitched a gem, in spite of losing in the eighth. Benoit, was perfect
mowing down the Cataracts 1-2-3 in the first four innings, not allowing a hit
or walk. Then Rico Proulx stroked a single in the bottom of the fifth and
Grand Falls would score twice to take a 2-1 lead. Tracadie, answered with
Martin Albert, pitch hitting, slicing a single, and with Robert Landry pinch
running, Landry came across home plate to tie the game 2-2.
In the bottom of the eighth, Benoit walked the first two batters and then
Marc Michaud was walked intentionally to load the bases. Mathieu Moreau
hit into a force play at the plate for the second out, then Proulx, again the
hero, hitting a ball to the infield that was between the 3rd baseman and
shortstop that Proulx beat out at first with the winning run crossing home
plate.
Clint Hitchcock who took over for Frank Fortier, was the winner and
Frederic-Denis Beniot, in a strong effort, the loser. Grand Falls advances to
the Provincials “A” group representing the MVBL in Saint John and Tracadie-
Sheila, representing MVBL in Fredericton in the “B” group of Provincials.
Good luck to both teams in the Provincials….and hopefully see you next year
for the 2016 MVBL season. Ian
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August 15, 2015
2015 MVBL Award Winners |
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Here is a list of award winners for the 2015 Regular MVBL Season: 1st
place for the regular season was Grand Falls Cataracts, with a 18-5 win-loss
record; Batting Champ was Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls with a .440 BA
with 33 hits in 75 ab's; Mathieu Moreau was also the home run champ with
5, stolen base champ with 15 and rbi champ with 25, great season Mathieu;
Pitching Champ was Yan Rail, of Caraquet, with a 0.70 ERA in 6 games
pitched with a 4-1 win loss record; strikeout champion was Frank Fortier of
Grand Falls with 31 in 38 innings and the rookie of the year, voted by the
coaches was Philip Fortier of Grand Falls who in 6 games pitched, was 3-0 in
22 innings with 22 k's.....Ian |
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July 24, 2015
Rain Outs Causing Havoc with the regular Season: |
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We are in the last 11 days of the regular season (if one includes August 1-2
for makeup games) and we have forecasts of still lots of rain to come. To
date we have 6 rained out games to be played, 1 cancelled game and 1
suspended game mid-way in the fourth to play/complete. I feel that some
of these games will not be played and I apologize to the fans who are
reading this. But at our annual meeting we agreed to put emphasis on the
playoffs making all of the series the best of 5 (except the 4-5 place teams
which will be the best of 3). So, we must shut down the season at August 2
and move on to the playoffs, and leave whatever games not played in the
‘rain puddles’ as of August 3rd. All teams are striving to complete 20-22
games, with the exception of Grand Falls who had no rain-outs to date, and
they hopefully will complete 23 games. Thanks fans for supporting your
teams, Ian |
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July 11, 2015
2015 Season Winding Down |
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Just 3 more weeks remaining in the 2015 MVBL season. We have had a few
rain outs, but none so far involving Grand Falls, who have the farthest to travel.
Chatham Head has a brand new renovated field to show off, and it is a beauty.
At this time I would like to thank all of the people who send me the game
reports, from JP in Grand Falls, Allan for the Cardinals, Gary for the Tigers,
Francine of the Aigles, and Fred of the Acadians, I am only as good as the work
of these people, so, Thank you everyone for your work for the league....Ian |
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June 4, 2015
2015 MVBL League Is Underway |
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The 2015 MVBL League is underway with one weekend slate of games completed (with 1 rain-out). Please check your team roster on the site and let me know if I have someone there that will ABSOLUTELY NOT be playing with your team this year. Some teams have 25 or more players listed and I do not want to delete someone's name thus losing the link to his prior year stats.... |
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April 2, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting |
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The Miramichi Valley Baseball League will be having its annual meeting April 12, Sunday, at 1:30 at the Chatham Head Rec Center. All teams must have a representative....if you need directions, please contact me (same place as last year's meeting). Ian |
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August 30, 2014
Congratulations to Newcastle Cardinals |
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Congratulations to Newcastle Cardinals on winning the MVBL Championship and they will representing the MVBL at the Provincials in Grand Falls Sept 5-7. This is the second consecutive championship for the Cardinals. They defeated a veteran Grand Falls team, 2-1 (in 8 innings) and then 8-4 to win the best of 3 series. The series was shortened due to a number of rain outs experienced during the playoffs. This will be addressed during the next year's annual meetings. Again congratulations to the Newcastle Cardinals, the 2014 MVBL Champs. |
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August 30, 2014
A Division of Provincials Schedule |
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I posted the "A" Division of the Provincials being held in Grand Falls on Sept 5-7. Hope we have great weather for the series. |
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August 22, 2014
Lighting Problem Cancels game |
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A lighting problem with a whole pole of lights that failed to come on cancelled the game between the Newcastle Cardinals and Chatham Head Tigers. The pole behind the home team's dugout which illuminated home plate failed to light up, and after a 1 1/2 hour delay the game was cancelled. The 3rd game of this series may be played at Tiger field should the lighting problem not be resolved....check the schedule tomorrow for the location....Ian
The light situation is fixed! The game is at Cardinal field at 8 pm |
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August 10, 2014
Coaches Vote on Awards |
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All five coaches had their input on two awards, the 2014 Rookie of the Year and the 2014 MVP for his team for the 2014 MVBL season.
Wining the Rookie of the Year award for 2014 Remi Blanchard of Caraquet, who received 10 of a possible 12 points in the voting process (3 points for 1st, 2 points of a 2nd place nomination, and 1 point for a third place nomination from the coaches). Blanchard appeared in 11 of Caraquet's 19 games and batted an 'eye turning' .500 on 20 hits in 40 AB's with 7 doubles and 1 triple and 9 RBIs. Joel Blanchard of Caraquet finished second in voting with 7 voting points and Tanner Henry of Chatham Head third with 6.
The MVP award was a solid 3 way race going down to the last vote cast. The voting points were the same as the rookie voting (3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd and 1 point for a 3rd place vote). Yan Rail of Caraquet won the award receiving 9 of a possible 12 voting points. Yan lead on the mound and at the plate racking up the following stats: .404 batting avg., with 7 doubles, 1 home run and 9 RBI's and a 2.56 ERA with a 5-2 win/loss record, recording 33 k's in 38 innings. A solid year for Yan.
Finishing neck and neck with Yan in the voting was Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls and Dennis Graham of Newcastle, of the most feared hitters in the league.
Moreau hit a solid .431 with 20 RBI, scoring 21 runs himself to go with 11 BB, and appearing in all of the Cararacts games.
Graham hit a bit better then Moreau, finishing at .438 BA with 10 RBI, scoring 15 runs, but his 18 walks, many of them intentional show the fear of his bat by opposing pitchers. Dennis also went 2-0 on the mound with 26 ks's in 23 innings and a neat 1.22 ERA.
These definitely are 3 stars of the MVBL for the 2014 season....congratulations Remi on the rookie award and Yan on the MVP award!....Ian |
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August 10, 2014
Coaches Vote on All Stars |
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All five coaches participated in choosing the 2014 MVBL All Stars choosing the top 4 pitchers (in their opinion) and, this year something different, the best 8 positional players no matter where they played. Many players play several positions so trying to nail down one position for a player often caused a good player to be left off of the All Star Team. And a player could be on the list of best pitchers and on the list of best positional players.
This was the case for Yan Rail, the leagues MVP who was the only player who made both lists, the top pitchers and top positional players.
Here are the players chosen by the coaches, first the 4 pitchers; Yan Rail of Caraquet, Clint Hitchcock of Grand Falls, Frank Fortier of Grand Falls and James Hicks of Newcastle. The positional players winning the nods of the coaches were (in no particular order): Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls, Yan Rail of Caraquet, Dennis Graham of Newcastle, Jeff McCarthy of Newcastle, Remi Legere of Tracadie-Sheila, Remi Blanchard of Caraquet, Nick Hardy of Chatham Head and Eric Moreau of Grand Falls.
Congratulations guys....Ian |
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August 8, 2014
Award Winners |
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Here is a list of award winners according to the stats received for the 2014 MVBL year:
2014 Regular Season Champs-Newcastle Cardinals with a 14-5 record; 2014 Batting Champ-Nick Hardy of the Chatham Head Tigers with a .452 BA on 19 hits in 42 at bats....Nick qualified having 52 plate appearances (he needed 48 in a 20 game season); 2014 Pitching Champ is James Hicks of Newcastle Cardinals with a microscopic 0.37 ERA in 19 innings with ONLY 1 RUN ALLOWED in 19 innings pitched; Home Run winner was Jeff McCarthy of Newcastle Cardinals with 2 (one of the lowest totals of all time for the league); 2014 Stolen Base winner was AJ McKay of Newcastle Cardinals with 13 sb; Frank Fortier of Grand Falls was the 2014 strikeout king with 44 ks' in 36 innings, a 1.222 k's per inning ratio... |
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August 4, 2014
2014 Regular Season Completed |
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The regular season is now finished with the standings finalizing as they are now. We have bad weather moving in with severe t-storm risk all of today (a tropical storm is due here on Wednesday-Friday), thus the Grand Falls/Chatham Head double header was cancelled, and possibility the game tonight with Caraquet/Tracadie would be washed out too, so, we are freezing the standings as of today and begin our quest in putting a playoff season together. So, the Caraquet/Tracadie game does not have to be played because should Tracadie win, we would be in a bind, with the tropical storm moving in, when would Chatham Head be able to play their games? We have only a 1 month time frame to declare a league playoff winner for the provincials, so, if we have bad weather, we need all of the time we can get.
If you have players who are not up to the playoff eligibility, I will give the ones with 5 games a 1 game credit, making them eligible, if they are at 5 games now. |
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July 30, 2014
Walk Off Grand Slam |
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I cannot remember seeing a walk off grand slam before in the MVBL but I seen one tonight. Tracadie-Sheila came from behind, down 3-1, they tied it in the sixth and went up 4-3 heading into the home half of the 7th. Newcastle's speedster, AJ McKay drew a lead off walk, then Matt Matchett dropped a perfect bunt for a base hit putting runners on 1st and 3rd. Matchett stole second forcing Tracadie-Sheila pitcher
Luc-Edouard Benoit to intentionally walk James Scott to load the bases in hope of a force at home. Jeff McCarthy, who pitched the complete game, as did Benoit, drove a 3-1 count deep into left field into the parking lot for a walk off grand slam, propelling Newcastle to a 7-4 win over Tracadie-Sheila. Both teams played a great game....Ian |
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July 18, 2014
12 Inning Thriller |
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On Tuesday night, July 15, Newcastle Cardinals came from behind in the top of the 7th inning, from a 7-3 deficit to send the game with the Chatham Head Tigers to extra innings. Dennis Graham, whose bat was feared the entire night, was on 3rd base and scored the game tying run, on a passed ball. Each team scored in the first inning, with the Tigers leading 4-2 after one. Newcastle added a run in the third to close to 4-3 with the Tigers increasing the lead to 7-3 with 3 runs in the sixth. Then James Hicks for Newcastle and Ronnie Dickson for Chatham Head took over and mowed the opposing batters down one after another with Hicks recording 12 strikeouts and both teams failing to get any runners in serious scoring threats. For 5 innings zeros were prominent, then in the 12th inning Newcastle pushed two runs across home plate on a pair of Tiger errors to come away with the win in 12 innings. In my opinion, it was a great game by both teams, and a shame someone had to lose. Ian |
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May 14, 2014
Schedule is Posted! |
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Everyone the schedule is posted....note some of the game times...Newcastle has a new home game time of 7:45. If you have any problems with the game times that I assigned, contact the other team and arrange a change (let me know and I will change the schedule)....thanks and good luck, Ian |
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April 25, 2014
Annual Meeting |
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There will be an annual meeting of the Miramichi Valley Baseball League on Sunday, April 27 at 1 pm at the Chatham Head Rec Center. All teams must have a representative! See you there, Ian |
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September 9, 2013
Tremendous Year |
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I would like to congratulate both the Newcastle Cardinals and Tracadie-Sheila aigles on their silver medal finishes in the Provincials. Two teams of our five in the top four teams in the province speaks well of this league. And Caraquet had a fine showing in the 'B' group of the Provincials as well.
Newcastle was an amazing story this year: a season-long shortage of players (work commitments etc) they were forced to rely on affiliates. These young players propelled the Cardinals in the playoffs past a very good Grand Falls team, then over a equally good Caraquet team. In the provincials, again two affiliates did the job and Newcastle almost came home with the gold, except they ran out of pitching.
In conclusion, I would like to thank all of the teams in the MVBL for the excellent year; very competitive teams (even Chatham Head were competitive losing over 7 games by one run), with strong pitching, this was one of the best years for the MVBL ever. I am so happy to see the sportsmanship of all of the teams-not one problem all year! I love that. Thanks guys and may 2014 be as fulfilling as 2013....Ian |
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September 6, 2013
Provincial Schedules |
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The Provincial schedules for the MVBL teams are posted on the website....hopefully they will do well... |
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August 30, 2013
Newcastle Playoff Champs |
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Congratulations to the Newcastle Cardinals, winners of the Miramichi Valley Baseball League's playoffs, in 3 games over Caraquet. Newcastle represents the league in division A of the Provincials in Saint John next weekend and Caraquet represents the league, along with Tracadie-Sheila in the division B in Tracadie next weekend. Best of luck to both teams in the Provincials.
Mike Simon was the winner tonight throwing 6 2/3 innings, with the save to Perry Deveaux. Newcastle turned 4 double plays, including one unassisted by young AJ McKay at second base...well done guys...bring home the hardware next weekend.... |
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August 12, 2013
A Special Thank You |
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I would like to thank all of teams and their reps who sent me the game stats all year. I am only as good as you are. So, JP Proulx in Grand Falls, Allan Menzies in Newcastle, Jeremy Trevors and Ryan Flynn in Chatham Head, Francine (unsure of last name) in Tracadie-Sheila, and Fred Lanteigne in Caraquet, thank you for the work you did to help me in 2013....Ian |
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August 12, 2013
Coaches Vote for All Star Team |
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Coaches Vote for All Star Team
Four of the five coaches of the teams of the Miramichi Valley Baseball League cast their votes for the top players for 2013. Here is a run down of the voting by position:
Pitchers: No doubt Martin Rouselle of Tracadie-Sheila is the top pitcher, going 7-0 with 76 k’s in 43 innings, he was a dominate pitcher. Second was Perry Deveaux of Newcastle who was 2-2 with 62 k’s in 39 innings.
Catcher: Martin Duguay of Caraquet with a .310 Avg in 11 games.
1st Base: Rico Proulx of Grand Falls, batted .317 in 13 games with 9 RBI’s.
2nd Base: Yan Rail, of Caraquet, and the batting champ of the league, with a .408 Avg in 14 games.
3rd Base: Jason Walsh of Newcastle drew the nod for 3rd base, batting .361 in 14 games and a .500 on base percentage.
Shortstop: Gary Duguay of Tracadie-Sheila, was steady at .321 Avg in 20 games with a home run and 9 RBI’s.
Outfield: Ghislain Hache, of Tracadie-Sheila sprouted a .342 on base percentage with 11 walks in 19 games; Frank St. Amand of Grand Falls had a good rebound year after a broken ankle, with a steady .274 Avg in 19 games; and the third outfielder was Simon Godin of Caraquet with a .294 Avg in 13 games.
DH honors went to Mathieu Morneau, of Grand Falls, who was voted for other positions, as he played several positions this year. Mathieu had a steady year batting .288 with 8 RBI’s in 20 games.
Receiving votes for honorable mention were: Clint Hitchcock, Frank Fortier and Marc Michaud of Grand Falls: Matt Matchett and Mike Simon of Newcastle: Nathan Jones and Shane Dinan of Chatham Head: and Serge Lanteigne and Remi Legere of Tracadie-Sheila.
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August 4, 2013
Playoff Schedule |
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The first round and a portion of the second round of the playoff schedule is posted.
The second round is now posted with Tracadie-Sheila and Caraquet squaring off in the best of 5 series....and Grand Falls playing Newcastle... |
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May 25, 2013
2013 MVBL Schedule Released |
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The 2013 MVBL schedule is now posted. The schedule features a 20 game schedule by each team, with a balanced format of each team playing each other 5 times each. The Lameque Cooperateurs has asked for and received a one year's leave of absence.
There will be no inter-league play with the Restigouche league as previously thought. |
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May 22, 2013
2012 Lameque Stats |
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I accidentally deleted the 2012 stats for Lameque. If anyone needs their batting/pitching stats for the 2012 MVBL season please feel free to contact me and I will email the stats to you. You can contact me from the "contact us" box...Ian |
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September 9, 2012
Provincial A Champs |
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Congratulations to Grand Falls Cataracts on winning the Provincial A Championships. A strong 4-0 record in the Provincials to go along with a 6-0 MVBL playoffs. Grand Falls certainly peaked at the right time.
Congratulations Grand Falls, and this is 2 in a row for the MVBL for crowing Provincial A champs, Newcastle last year and Grand Falls for 2012. |
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September 3, 2012
2012 MVBL Award Winners |
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Congratulations to all of our award winners for 2012. Here is a list of all of the winners and some of their stats:
Top Pitcher was Kris McKay of Newcastle. McKay 7-0 record and a 1.45 ERA and struck out 54 batters in 38 innings.
Top Hitter was Darcy Foran also of the Newcastle Cardinals. Foran batted a league leading .417 with 20 hits in 48 Abs.
Top ERA leader was Frederic-Denis Benoit of Tracadie-Sheila. Beniot had a microscopic 0.88 ERA in 39 innings pitched and had a 5-1 win-loss record.
Top Home Run Hitter was Mathieu Moreau with 7 home runes playing in every Grand Falls game. He also led the league with 30 RBI.
Top Rookie was Shane Dinan of Chatham Head. Dinan batted .500 in 13 games with the Tigers and appears to be a promising prospect for Chatham Head.
Co-Winner of the MVP Award was Dennis Graham of Newcastle Cardinals. Graham fell 4 plate appearances short of winning the league’s batting title, and finished with a .575 batting average in 14 games with the Cardinals and was far above everyone else in On Base Percentage with a .691 percentage and also in slugging with a .950 percentage.
MVP Award also went to Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls. Moreau was Mr. everything for the Cataracts. He played in every game, besides leading the league in home runs and rbi’s, he led in total bases with 54 and finished second in slugging, behind Graham, with a .675 slugging percentage.
The League Regular Season winning team was the Newcastle Cardinals who finished with a 19-4 won-loss record.
The Playoff champion was Grand Falls who defeated Newcastle in the final to win the right to advance to the Provincial ‘A’ tournament. Grand Falls beat an improved Tracadie-Sheila team and a strong Newcastle team to go to the A division in Dalhousie. Newcastle will represent the MVBL in the ‘B’ division in Saint John.
Congratulations to all the winners and a special thank you to all of the teams who made this year a great one for the MVBL. And a special thank you to Jeremy Trevors, who helped with gathering game scores and the Chatham Head stats. Good luck teams in the provincials. Ian
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August 13, 2012
Coaches Vote for All Team |
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When you have the respect of opposing coaches, then you know that you are probably one of the star players in the Miramichi Valley Baseball League. All six coaches in the MVBL were asked to vote for the dominant players in the league, but the coaches could not vote for anyone from their own team. The result is an Intermediate All Star team that would meet any coach’s dream. Here are the results by position:
Pitching-Kris McKay of Newcastle Cardinals 7-0 win-loss, 54 strikeouts and a 1.45 ERA in 38 innings; Frederic-Denis Benoit of Tracadie-Sheila, 5-1 record, microscopic 0.88 ERA in 39 innings; Remi Legere, also of Tracadie-Sheila, 7-1 record, 1.88 ERA in 48 innings.
Top catcher as voted by the opposing coaches was Bruce Chiasson of Lemeque, a .400 batting average in 19 games with 24 hits. First Base, was Brad Gallant of Newcastle, a .387 batting average in 22 games, 29 hits, 3 Home Runs and 14 RBI’s. 2nd Base Mike Simon of Newcastle Cardinals, had a steady year, batting .348 in 19 games, with a couple of home runs and 14 RBI’s. 3rd Baseman Daniel Sonier, of Tracadie-Sheila, drew the nod for the hot corner, batting .319 in 22 games, 19 RBI’s to go with his 22 hits. Shortstop votes resulted in one of our two ties: Scott McEacheron of Chatham Head Tigers, batted .353 on the year in 20 games in the leadoff position for Chatham Head and tying him, Eric Moreau of Grand Falls, another lead off batter, who batted .338 playing in every game for Grand Falls.
The Outfielders voted as All Stars were; Darcy Foran of Newcastle, who batted lead off for the Cardinal team, and won the batting title with a .417 average in 18 games with 6 doubles and a triple, Marc Michaud of Grand Falls, who batted .333 in 12 games with 3 home runs and 14 RBI’s and Allan Hilchie who batted .435 in 15 games with 14 RBI’s from this line drive hitter for Chatham Head.
We had a tie for Designated Hitter, with Dennis Graham of Newcastle, who would have been the batting champion if he had 3 more plate appearances. Dennis batted an astounding .575 in 14 games with 3 home runs and 19 RBI’s. Tying Dennis is the only player that every coach voted for, but unfortunately some voted him as a Shortstop, 2nd Base, Outfield, and DH, thus the split votes cost Mathieu Moreau of Grand Falls a position All Star spot. Mathieu probably had MVP type of year, being Mr. Everything for Grand Falls, batted .350 appearing in all 24 of Grand Falls games, with 5 doubles, and league leading 7 home runs and 30 RBI’s.
Congratulations to all the All Stars for your outstanding seasons and best of luck in the forthcoming playoffs with your teams.
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July 4, 2012
All-Time Wins/Loss Records for MVBL (since 1996) |
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I recently assembled all of the stats since 1996 (since I have been involved with the MVBL) and here is the win-loss records of all of the teams since that time (some years some game reports were not forwarded to me, but this is what I have):
(1)Grand Falls 217 W 80 L .731 PCT
(2)Miramichi-Newcastle Cardinals 32 W 12 L .727 PCT
(3)Newcastle Cardinals 122 W 48 L .718
(4)Atholville 10 W 5 L .667
(5)Caraquet 139 W 97 L .589
(6)Tracadie-Sheila 199 W 148 L .573
(7)Bathurst 32 W 24 L .571
(8)Dalhousie 30 W 25 L .545
(9)Beresford 11 W 10 L .524
(10)Sillikers (North & South Esk) 40 W 37 L .519
(11)Miramichi Bulldogs 8 W 11 L .421
(12)Lameque 96 W 141 L .405
(13)Rogersville 25 W 38 L .397
(14)Chatham Head 141 W 224 L .386
(15)Miramichi (Napan) Braves 79 W 134 L .371
(16)Plaster Rock 34 W 87 L .281
(17)Chatham Midget Ironmen 2 W 10 L .167
(18)Red Bank 12 W 62 L .162
(19)Douglastown 8 W 53 L .131 |
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May 28, 2012
2012 Baseball Season Is Underway |
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The 2012 Baseball Season has begun (May 24th first game of the new season), with all six teams from last year back. The Miramichi Combines, of last year, are now called the Newcastle Cardinals, bringing back the Cardinal name after a one year absence. All teams will play a 24 game schedule, 12 home and 12 away, with play ending on the last weekend of July.
Also, this year, I have a helper with my web site, as Jeremy Trevors is updating many of the scores. Thanks Jeremy. |
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September 11, 2011
Provincial Results |
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Congratulations to Miramichi Combines, winners of the gold medal in the Provincial A Tournament held in Caraquet Sept 8-11. They beat the Saint John Bucceners for the gold medal in the final.
Also, congratulations to Grand Falls Cataracts, winners of the silver medal in the Provincial B Tournament held in Chatham Head, also Sept 8-11. The Grand Falls Team fell 3-2 in 9 innings and featured a tremendous effort by Marc Michaud who pitched both games of the medal games-15 2/3 innings in all in one afternoon. Great effort GF and Marc. |
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July 31, 2011
No Hitter from Proulx |
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Congratulations to Rico Proulx of Grand Falls for throwing a no hitter against Caraquet on Saturday. |
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July 26, 2011
Player Eligility |
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Now that playoffs are around the corner, player eligility, as determined at the annual meeting is 25% of total team games or in a 20 game schedule, 5 games played per player. |
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July 10, 2011
MVBL gets Provincials |
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Congratulations to Caraquet who received the right to host the Provincial "A" Intermediate Baseball Tournament this September and to Chatham Head, who will be hosting the Provincial "B" division. Congratulations Caquaet and Chatham Head, I know you will do a wonderful job hosting. |
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July 7, 2011
McKay throws No Hitter |
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Congratulations to Kris McKay of Miramichi Combines who threw a 5 Inning no hitter July 4 over Tracadie-Sheila. McKay won the game 11-1 issuing 2 walks in his gem. |
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June 7, 2011
Newcastle Granted Leave |
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The Newcastle Cardinal Ball club requested and was granted a one year's leave of absence from the MVBL. The players associated with the ballclub will be allowed to play for other teams for this year. |
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April 3, 2011
2011 MVBL Annual Meeting |
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There will be a 2011 Annual Meeting of the MVBL league at Sobey's meeting room in Douglastwon on Saturday April 30 at 1pm. All teams must be represented. Any items you wish to be placed on the agenda, please email them to me. Thanks, see you there. |
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August 20, 2010
Award Winners |
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Here is the list of award winners for the 2010 MVBL Season: Home Run Champ is Marc Michard of Grand Falls with 4; Rookie of the year (voted by the teams) is Ryan MacDonald of Newcastle; Top Batting Average is Yan Rail of Caraquet with .432; top Pitcher, is Yan Rail (voted by opposing teams); MVP is Yan Rail, giving him a "Triple Crown" and this was voted by the teams; also voted for top pitcher is Clint Hitchcock of Grand Falls; and a special award to Dave Brown for his almost perfect game in the playoffs |
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August 9, 2010
Congrats to Dave Brown |
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Dave Brown pitched a no-hitter yesterday in a 6-0 win of Lamèque over Caraquet. He came close to a perfect game as the lone Caraquet player to get on base did so following an error and was caught between 1st and 2nd after that. Series tied 1-1 |
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