M.C. Pounds Aikens Club for Third Straight Win

HOUGHS NECK - The McInnis Carpentry softball club rolled to a big 25-4 win Wednesday night in Houghs Neck League action.

Carpentry Squeaks By Beachcomber 13-10

HOUGHS NECK - The McInnis Carpentry softball club picked up a Boston South Shore League win with a 13-10 win over the Beachcomber.
The Hammers won their second straight game to improve to 7-4 after a three game slide.

Updated 2009 Schedule

Hammers Hire DeMarini As Hitting Coach

HOUGHS NECK - The McInnis Carpentry Softball Club has announced that they have hired Ray DeMarini as the teams new hitting instructor.

Hammers Rally For Wild 26-24 Win Over S6

HOUGHS NECK - Down 23-10 after four innings and facing their fourth straight loss the McInnis Carpentry softball club bats came to life and rallied for a wild 26-24 win last night in BSSL action.
The Hammers outscored S6 16-2 over the last two innings to earn the hard fought win and complete the first half of the season at 6-4.
S6 drops to 7-3.

M.C. Drops Third Straight, Local Wins 18-9

HOUGHS NECK - Local 104 used a 9-0 run to pull away from McInnis Carpentry and earn a win in Boston South Shore League action last week.
With the win Local improves to 7-2 while the Carpenters slide to 5-4. It is the first three game regular season losing streak in Hammers history.

Flanagans Edge Carpentry 10-7

HOUGHS NECK-Seven time league champion Flanagans remained undefeated with a low scoring 10-7 win over McInnis Carpentry on Wednesday night at LaBrecque Field.
Flanagans took control of the game through the first three innings, building a 7-0 lead. In the fifth the Hammers scored four to cut the gap to 10-5. The black and orange scored three in the seventh but came up short in their comeback bid.

Chefs Top Hammers 23-11

O'ROURKE FIELD, WEST QUINCY - A steady hitting attack combined with some big McInnis Carpentry defensive miscues late in the game resulted in a 23-11 win for the Chefs Friday night in West Quincy.

Most of the game was close. The Chefs opened with four runs in the first only to see the Carpenters come right back with four of their own in the bottom of the inning.

Down 10-4 in the third the Hammer offense scored five runs on hits by Mike Palmer (3-3, HR, RBI), Scott Logan (2-3, 2 RBI) and a big bases loaded triple by Mark Free (2-4, 4 RBI).

Up 12-10 in the fifth the Chefs pounded out four runs, getting a big three run bomb from their cleanup hitter who finished with three home runs on the night. In the seventh they put the game away with a nine hit inning and capitalized on big back to back errors in the Hammer outfield. The Carpenters were outscored 12-1 in the final three innings.

With the loss McInnis Carpentry drops to 5-2 on the year. They have a rare week off before resuming play against seven-time league champion Flanagans.

Orange Bounce Back With Big Win Over Yesterdays

LaBRECQUE FIELD, HOUGHS NECK - After losing their first game of the year earlier in the week to the Morrell Club, team Carpentry bounced back in a big way by blazing their way to a 19-2 lead over Yesterdays after three innings en route to a five inning 27-8 win.

Batting one and two Greg Harper (4-4, 3 RBI) and Steve Yocco (5-5, 6 RBI) combined to go an impressive 9-9 with 9 RBI and scored 7 runs. Yocco's six RBI tied a career high. The Hammers offense collected 30 hits on the night and scored in every inning.

Mike Berry and Rich Brill came off the bench early and each did not make an out. Berry went 2-2 with an RBI and two runs scored while Brill also was perfect from the plate (2-2), scored a run and pitched a scoreless 5th to help the Black & Orange run their record to 5-1.

Morrell Club Holds Off Carpentry

HOUGHS NECK-The Morrell Club handed the McInnis Carpentry softball team it's first loss of the year, 16-14 on Wednesday night at Labrecque Field.

Both teams got off to quick starts as the Morrell Club scored four out of the gate while the Hammers came back with six in the bottom of the first. The Carpenters pushed the lead to 8-4 before team Morrell scored six of their own to take a 10-8 lead after three.

Tied at 11 going into the sixth the Morrell Club came up with three and then two more in the seventh to go up 16-11. After hits by Mike Palmer (3-4, RBI, Double) and Bill Wysocki (4-4, 2 RBI), Morrell Club left fielder Sean McDonald made an outstanding sliding grab to save three runs on a low line drive by John Gray. Mark Free (4-4, HR, 2 RBI) followed by driving in a run while John Bosse reached on an infield error, which allowed another run to score. Sal Buonopane's (2-4, RBI) single cut the Morrells lead to two. With two on and two out Tom Fratolillo (1-4, Double) hit a hard line drive down the right field line which appeared to be the game winner but the Morrell Club's right fielder made a sensational diving catch to seal the win.

With the loss McInnis Carpentry drops to 4-1 and will play Yesterdays this Friday night at Labrecque.

Carpenters Hammer Out Late Rally To Edge Hofbrau, 16-10

O'ROURKE FIELD, QUINCY - An improved Hofbrau squad raced out to a big 10-1 lead over McInnis Carpentry but were unable to deliver the knockout punch as the Black & Orange recovered and rallied for 12 runs in the last two innings to win 16-10.

The Hammers began the long comeback with solo home runs by Tom Fratolillo, Jim Dennis and Scott Logan. Steve McInnis' clutch two-out double scored two in the sixth and was followed by RBI singles by Fratolillo and Greg Harper which cut the Hofbrau lead to 10-9.

After holding the Hoffy scoreless Dennis led off the seventh with a base hit and moved to third on a single by Logan. That set the stage for Mike Palmer, who delivered with a three run bomb to right which gave the M.C. club the lead. John Gray, Glenn Bosse and Fratolillo all followed with hits before rookie John Bosse connected on a blast to left to give the carpenters a six run cushion.

The Hammers improve to 4-0 on the season and will face the Morrell Club on Wednesday night at LaBrecque Field in Houghs Neck.

Cagney's No Shows, Hammers Move To 3-0

HOUGHS NECK, QUINCY - The Cagney's softball club came up short on fielding a squad tonight and gave the Hammers their third win of the season. The Black & orange play their first game at O'Rourke this Friday against the Hofbrau.

Carpentry Wins Big Again, 21-3

LaBRECQUE FIELD, HOUGHS NECK - The McInnis Carpentry softball club continued to roll by pounding out 21 runs through 4 innings of play against the Aikens Club on Wednesday night.

Batting seventh, eighth and ninth, Sal Buonopane, Mark Free and Tom Fratolillo combined to go 9-9 with two doubles, two triples, 6 RBI's and eight runs scored. Greg Harper went 4-5 with four runs scored while Steve Yocco went 1-1 with two walks. Yocco and Fratolillo have yet too make outs in the young 2009 season.

John Gray went 2-3 while Mike Palmer cranked out three hits in four at bats. Mike Berry went 1-2 with 2 RBI's in his second straight start behind the plate.

Despite missing several players the Hammers played well on both sides of the ball to improve to 2-0.

Hammers Rip Beachcomber 27-14 In Opener

BISHOP FIELD, NORTH QUINCY - The McInnis Carpentry softball club ran their opening day record to 8-0 since the 2002 Manet/Hofbrau merger. The Hammers raced out to an early 12-2 lead after two innings but found themselves in close game as the Beachcomber cut the lead down to 5 after four innings.

Behind perfect nights from the plate by Steve Yocco (2-2, 3 BB, 4 runs), Steve McInnis (4-4, BB 2 RBI) and Tom Fratolillo (3-3, 3 Runs) the Black & Orange pulled away by scoring 13 runs in their final two at bats.

Jimmy Dennis had a big 7 rbi night while John Gray went 4-5 with a pair of triples. Glenn Bosse and Mike Palmer both slugged home runs in their debut with the carpenters.

2009 Boston-South Shore League

The McInnis Carpentry softball club will open up the 2009 season on the road against the Beachcomber.

The Hammers look to have another successful season as they have won 15 or more games six time in seven years, never finishing lower than third in the standings. Almost all starters are returning and the team has added several veteran players to their experienced roster.

Man of Leisure Lives!

As first reported on the McInnis Blog back in March of '07, Germantown's favorite son Ben Radcliffe has been traveling the world in search of his drinking limit.

He has yet to find it and at this point probably never will.

Thought by many to have succumbed to the numerous perils that face a blond-haired blue-eyed American living in a communist nation of over 1 billion. . . "The Man" has re-appeared.

Read about his scandalous adventures at: http://professionalmanofleisure.blogspot.com/

2009 Warm-Up

The McInnis Carpentry Softball Club will be tuning up for the '09 season with a pre-season tournament on April 18th & 19th.

The tournament is being organized by longtime Neck League veteran Jeff Sheehan. This is a great opportunity to take your squad out for a little road test, and it's for a good cause. Call soon as spots are filling up!

2009 Season On The Horizon

The 2009 Boston South Shore Softball League season is approaching. The league meeting is set for March 31 at the Hofbrau. Team schedules will be released at that time. The McInnis Carpentry softball club is looking to continue their steady play with another winning season. The Hammers finished the regular season at 15-5, which was good for a third place finish in 2008. The club reached the semi-finals for the 5th time in seven seasons. There they fell to Flanagans, which went on to win their record 7th consecutive crown.
The carpenters will be returning almost all starters from last year and will see the return of two key players from their 2005, 2006 championship finals team.

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Logan Doubtful For 2009 Season

QUINCY, MA - The Associated Press has learned from sources close to the McInnis Carpentry Softball Club that Scott Logan will be listed as doubtful for the 2009 season.

Last year, the Hammers star underwent surgery that was reportedly "season ending." He returned in dramatic fashion, missing only four games.
It is unclear what the injury may be this year. One rumor is that Logan fell asleep during a session at a tanning salon and suffered numerous bad burns. Another unofficial report has him suffering from severe wrist tendonitis spurred by excessive play on his Sony Playstation. It is unclear what level of "Legends of Wrestling" he achieved before having to shut it down.

The injury bug is no stranger to Hammers:

In 2002, John Gray missed the first 5 games of the season due to injuries suffered at the Fore Seasons driving range.

Outfielder Tom Fratolillo was lost for the remaining 5 games of the 1997 season when he broke his hand during a karate brick-breaking exhibition at Atherton Hough Elementary School.

Rich Brill missed half of the '94 season after a freak flounder fishing accident in Quincy Bay.

In 1996, infielder Hank Miller was indulging in nachos with cheese and all the fixins' which included hot peppers and spicy sauce. After attempting to insert contact lenses into his eyes, Miller felt a severe burning sensation and was forced to miss two games.

Enigmatic outfielder Dan Loring served 3 games on the disabled list in 1994 after being stung by a jellyfish at Nantasket Beach.