Boston Wolfpack Baseball Club

The Boston Wolfpack are entered into the 2008 Las Vegas Open. If you are intested in going on this trip, please contact Wolfpack management as soon as possible. Tournament includes 3 guaranteed games plus playoffs.

Richie Fig pitched 7+ innings in the finals against the San Diego Stars and Tony Walker. Myers, who got the complete game victory in the semi-final, picked up the save. Figueroa's 2-out double with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth broke open a tight game as the Wolfpack plated 5 runs in the 8th to secure their first Championship in Las Vegas. More details to follow...

The Boston Wolfpack won the 2008 MSBL Disney Holiday Classic held at Disney Wide World of Sports, Spring Training Home of the Atlanta Braves. The Pack avenged their loss in the 2007 Finals to Puerto Rico by defeating them 5-4 in the semi-finals. Richie Figueroa pitched a complete game that featured several game saving defensive plays while the offensive hero was Dave Garofano who had a 2-run triple to break a 3-3 tie. Boston then shut out the surprising South Jersey Phillies in the Championship game, 5-0, behind the complete game masterpiece by Rick Myers. Wolfpack previously won the Disney Holiday Classic in 2001 and 2003 but had since been to the Finals three times without another title.

The Pack went 3-0 in the pool round, winning game one against the DC Cards 13-4. Jim Lee got the win and Garofano went 3-3. Mike Whatley then threw a no-hitter in game two against the South Jersey Phillies with the final score being 17-3 in the rain. No one realized at the time that this Phillies team would make the finals. Boston then won the third pool game 7-0 against the LA Crude behind the pitching of Dennis Bresnahan and key hits by Ken Connerty and German Rivera.

The Semi-Final game pitted the Wolfpack against the Puerto Rico Rangers, the same team that defeated the Pack in last year's final. Boston took leads of 1-0 and 3-1 only to have the Rangers knot things up. Then in the 8th, after a HBP to John Collins and a BB to Rivera, Dave 'Rhino' Garofano laced a triple by the right fielder to put the Wolfpack ahead for good. Puerto Rico got two on in the 9th with no outs but Richie Figueroa was able to close out the inning leaving the tying run on third. In the other semi-final, the Philles, led by manager Wayne Baker, destroyed the undefeated Bethlehem Stars 13-2 to force a rematch with Boston.

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The Boston Wolfpack competed in the 20th MSBL World Series this October in Phoenix, Arizona. The 'Pack went 4-2 in pool play and were defeated in the semi-finals by the RI Salty Dogs, 10-7 in the 45+ Wood Bat Division.

The Pack was joined by Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd who was a member of the 1986 Boston Red Sox World Series team. The Can pitched 18 innings, giving up one run and earning a win and a no-decision. Rich Erwin, Rick Myers, and Dave Joseph picked up the other wins. Jim Fier and Russ Ward led the attack while the entire team contributed on both offense and defense. On Day 3, Boston stumbled and got swept in a DH that eventually would cost them the bye and possibly the tournament. The Pack roared back on Day 4 to beat the St. Louis Gameface behind the pitching of Joseph and timely hitting by Richie Figueroa and Boyd.

Without the bye, the Pack went to work against the East Valley Yankees in the quarterfinals. Oil Can pitched 9 innings in 85 degrees and gave up on run. The Pack tied the game in the bottom of the 9th, when Boyd led off the inning with a single. Steve Wolf pinch ran and stole second. Fier bunted him to third and Wolf scored on a single by John Collins. Figueroa came on in relief and held the Yankees scoreless in the 10th and 11th. Boston pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the 11th on a bases loaded single by Collins after singles by Kevin Locke andd Rick Myers, and walk to Fier loaded the bases.

Having to play an extra game, and with that game going extra innings, the Pack faced a big challenge facing a rested RI team with 30 players on their roster. In spite of a few errors, the Wolfpack clung to a 7-6 lead into the 7th inning but were unable to keep the Salty Dogs at bay.

The Boston Wolfpack finished second in the 2007 Las Vegas Open, losing to the Aqua Dulce Reds in the Championship Game 15-6. It was the third tournament in a row that the Wolfpack made it to the finals and the second year in a row making the finals of the Open.

The Pack fought back from an 0-2 start, losing both games by a total oof 3 runs. They avenged their loss in the Kickoff finals to the SoCal Angels in game 3, sending the Angels home and qualifying Boston for the last playoff spot. The Pack then upset top seeded San Diego Stars in the Semi-finals behind clutch pitching and hitting by Richie Figueroa and Rick Myers. In the finals, Myers came back again to start and the Pack jumped to a 3-0 lead. Boston still held onto a 4-3 lead after 5 but in the 6th, AD finally took advantage of Boston's tired pitching and broke the game open.

The Pack got steller performances from Mark Moise, who caught all five games while batting leadoff and hitting .619 for the tournament and Richie Fig batted .650 and hit a grand slam in Game 1 to tie it up. Jim Fier and Glen Burns were two newcomers that tore the cover off the ball and we witnessed the emergence of Bobby Vegas

A scrappy Wolfpack Team made up of many new faces scratched and clawed their way to another Championship Game at the Las Vegas Kick-Off Classic only to lose a heart breaker to the So. Calif. Angels by a score of 10-8.

The 'Pack went 3-1 in Pool Play and then beat the Atlanta Giants in the quarters behind Rich Erwin and the Twin Cities Crosstown Traffic in the Semis behind Franz Strassman. After jumping to a 6-0 in the Finals versus the Angels, Boston could not stop the bleeding and we left one win short of their goal once again.

The Pack enjoyed game time temperatures in the high 80's while back home was hit with 10 inches of snow and cold.

The Wolfpack competed in the 2006 MSBL World Series in Phoenix, Arizona in October. The team ended 2-2-1 and in 4th place, eventually losing the play-in game against K&Z PorkStore Senators.

The Fedlock Falcons won the 38+ Wood Bat National Division Championship, the toughest division in the tournament. The Pack had great gamesagainst Kansas City Charlie's Boyz and Price Cutter Coors with Kevin Curtin and Russ Ward pitching gems.

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Tokyo Invasion

8/22/06

The Wolfpack goes international when casted to play olde time baseball players for a Japanese television commercial for the vodka, Iichiko. Seven Wolfpack players dressed inperiod uniforms and equipment, the same uniforms worn in Field of Dreams, and were filmed hitting, pitching, and fielding. After the day of shooting, the 'Pack has a toastwith Iichiko.

Kanpai!

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The Wolfpack lost in the Championship game 15-3 to La Matanzas. Russ Ward took the loss. John Collins had 3 hits in the defeat. To reach the finals, the 'Pack defeated Team USA in the semi final 5-4 behind the pitching of Rich Erwin and timely hitting of John Denney and Frank Kowalski. Complete team statistics and game summaries will be posted shortly. Tournament standings can be view at Las Vegas Open.

The Wolfpack participated in the MSBL Holiday Classic for the sixth straight year. The 'Pack lost their opener to the Chester County Cobras 11-5 after blowing a 5-0 lead. Jimmy Lee pitched for Boston but hit the wall in the 5th after only 3 hours sleep because of a delayed flight and rental car shortage the night before. The highlight of the game was Mike Khoury's 400 foot bomb over the bullpen in right field at Disney's Wide World of Sports Stadium. This 'Pack team was managed by legendary North Reading coach Frank Carey and the team consisted of 5 alumni of Coach Carey's high school program.

The Boston Wolfpack lost in the semi-finals again in Phoenix to the Connecticut Bristol team.

The Farrelly Brothers came to Boston to film Fever Pitch, a movie about a fanatical Red Sox fan who has to choose between his team and a new girlfriend. Several Boston MSBL'rs were used as extras including Boston Wolfpack players Russ Ward, John Collins, Dana Johnson, Michael Sawyer and Steve Wolf.

For more information on the Boston Wolfpack or if you are interested in playing for the 'Pack in an upcoming tournament, please contact Mgr at bostonwolfpack.com.

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