Time for a bit of Yawkey League house cleaning here on the Boston Boy’s Sports Page. Not even a month and a half into the 2007 Yawkey League season, we have already seen one no-hitter by Sean Sullivan of the McKay Club Beacons. He threw against the Cambridge Spinners, striking out 11 in his seven innings of no-hit work.
On Saturday afternoon at damp, cool Trum Field Marc DesRoches threw the Yawkey League’s first perfect game of the 2007 season. He threw against the Brighton Braves, achieving his perfecto status in only 73 pitches, while striking out 10.
This was DesRoches’ third start of the season and the second start in which he has yet to allow a run. Currently, His ERA stands at a dental floss-thin 0.41, making even Paris Hilton’s waistline jealous. DesRoches has been one of the best Yawkey League pitchers not only this year, but for the last three seasons as well. In 97.2 career Yawkey League innings Marc DesRoches has a whittled-down ERA of 0.50 while striking out 131 batters and allowing only 44 hits. In his three plus years of service for the Somerville Alibrandis, DesRoches has a record of 15-2 with three saves in the regular season.
What makes Marc DesRoches the best player in the Yawkey League is not just his pitching prowess but his offensive production. While throwing his perfect game, DesRoches went 2-3 at the plate with a double, a triple, four RBI’s and a run scored to help lead his team to the 7-0 win. DesRoches is batting .379 this season, which is actually below his career .393 average. With 76 RBI’s in 91 career Yawkey League games, I think it’s safe to say that you just don’t see players like this come around everyday, whether it be in the Yawkey League or anywhere else for that matter.
Number 514 may not be of too much relevance to you, or to you, or to you either. It wasn’t to me either until Dan Mahoney of the Brighton Brewers got selected by the New York Yankees in the 16th round of the 2007 MLB draft at number 514. congratulations to Dan and I hope the best for him. And when I say that, I hope that the Yankees trade him away as part of a package deal so that he never has to wear those dreaded pin stripes. Could you just imagine the range of emtions this kid felt as the New York New York Yankees drafted him?
‘Wait, so I just got drafted by Major League Baseball?’ WOW!
‘What’s that you say? It was by the
‘I want to be traded.’
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