North Star Classic Baseball League

Congratulations to the Burnsville Bulldogs, 2009 NSCBL Champions.

The Burnsville Bulldogs knocked off the Minnetonka Lakers 6-5 to win the 2009 NSCBL Championship. You can see more on the Tournament page and see photos on the Photo page.

It Tournament Time!

The regular season is over and it's playoff time. The Cold Spring Silver Springers compiled an impressive, league best 14-2 regular season record and they're one of two host teams for the first weekend of playoffs, August 15th & 16th. The other host for the first weekend is the Freeport Grey Sox. Both are great sites with fully stocked concession stands and should be a beehive of activity with lots of fans in attendance to witness some of the best over 35 baseball in the state. There will be four games each day at each site starting at 11:00am in Freeport and noon in Cold Spring. You can find the entire tournament bracket on the Tournament page which we'll be updating daily. We hope that everyone gets a chance to stop by and catch some of the action. The second weekend of the playoffs will be hosted by the Burnsville Bulldogs at Alimagnet field on August 21st through the 23rd. That's another great venue with two fields right next to each other so there's always a game to watch. The final weekend of the tournament will be hosted by the Loretto Sox at their beautiful ballpark on August 29th & 30th. Good luck to all teams.

 

The Classic League and NSSBL Agree to Complete Merger

The Classic League and the North Star Senior Baseball League agreed at the winter meeting to disolve both leagues and create a new, unified league under the name North Star Classic Baseball League.  The new bylaws and rules were ratified at the winter meeting as were the dates for the postseason tournament but some items, such as length of the regular season have not yet been finalized.  Stay tuned for further developments.

 

A Classic Sweep!

The Classic League won all three brackets at the 2008 North Star Classic tournament.  Of course, it couldn't have ended any other way on the final day after six of the Classic League teams made up the finalists in all three brackets.  The Lakers defeated the Bulldogs in the AAA bracket, the Saints won a fourth consecutive championship of sorts with a win over the Warriors in the AA bracket and the Millers edged Crosstown Traffic in a close game in the A championship.  You can see all of the details on the tournament page.  Congratulations to all of the teams from both leagues on a successful first season and a great tournament.

Photos are here!  I have posted a bunch of photos of the 2008 tournament.  It was harder to shoot a lot of games this year with the two separate locations but I hope you like what you see.  Check them out here.

 

Lakers Sail Back To The Top

The Minnetonka Lakers put an exclamation mark on a superb season by winning a hard fought battle in the AAA championship game over the Burnsville Bulldogs by a score of 5-4.  Both teams played well and each had chances to put it away but it was the Lakers, behind starting pitcher Randy Moselle and reliever Jim Wheeler, that came out on top.  The Lakers were the best team in the Classic league all season and they proved they were the best team in the tournament and nailed down their first title since 2002.

Front Row:  Lyle Schiltz, Sten Lindquist, Randy Moselle, Matt Miller, Dave McDonald, Marc Gingerich
Back Row:  Jack Peterson, Andy Patrias, Jim Wheeler, John Jensen, Brett Robertson, Paul Jaunich, John Tatley, Rod Schafer