The 2012 Lorain Men's Slowpitch Champions are St.Lad's as they knocked off the 3 time defending champion Texas Roadhouse/Club West. Congrats to Jeremy Leyva and his team on a great season. Hopefully in 2013 the Lorain Parks and Rec Department will be able to provide slow pitch softball. The passage of the levy in November will be critical for the future. The blog will post any new information as things develop in the off-season. Enjoy the off-season.

Lorain Mens Slow-Pitch Softball Championship: St.Lad's vs. Texas Roadhouse/Club West August 8, 2012: Oakwood Park Field #3 @ 6:30

The playoff results from Wed August 1: St. Lads 14 Swagg 13 Texas Roadhouse/Club West 15 Amvets 3 Swagg 16 Amvets 4 The semi- final round is set for Monday August 6 Game times and match-ups are as follows. 6:30: Time Out vs. Swagg (winner to 8:30) 7:30: St. Lad's vs. Texas Roadhouse/Club West (winner to Championship) 8:30: winner of 6:30 vs loser of 7:30 (winner to Championship)

The opening of the playoffs on Monday saw the following results.

Amvets won on a walk off with a win over Time Out 9-8
Swagg pulled away late to knock off McAllister 14-3
and Time Out stayed alive by eliminating McAllister 21-9.

The playoff schedule for Wednesday August 1:

6:30:  Swagg vs. St. Lad's
7:30:  Amvets vs. Texas Roadhouse/Club West
8:30:  Loser of 6:30 vs. Loser of 7:30

2012 Final Regular Season Standings:

1.  Texas Roadhouse/Club West            16-4

2.  St. Lads                                               14-6

3.  North Ridge Barber/Swagg                13-7

4.  Amvets of Sheffield                            10-10

5.  Time Out/PR Home                             4-16

6.  McAllister Construction                      3-17

The playoffs will be double elimination with the higher seed being the home team

Mon July 30        6:30                #5 Time Out/PR Home vs. #4 Amvets

                                7:30                #6 McAllister Construction vs. #3 Swagg

                                8:30                Loser of 6:30 vs. 7:30  (Loser is eliminated)

Seeds #1 and #2 have a bye. 
Match -ups and game times will be posted prior to Wednesday's games.

Well with one week to go in the regular season things are beginning to settle in for the playoffs.  The results from Wed July 18 are as follows:

Swagg 13   McAllister  4
Texas Roadhouse/Club West 23   Time Out  4
Amvets  23      St. Lad's 21 in 8 innings

The updated standings are:

1.  Texas Roadhouse/Club West   15-3
2.  St. Lad's   12-6
3.  Swagg   11-7
4.  Amvets  9-9
5.  Time Out 4-14
6.  McAllister  3-15

Matt Vimpeny of Texas Roadhouse/Club West has been on an amazing hitting spree. 

In his last 4 games here is his stat line.
15-16 for a batting average of .937 with 4 HR's, 3B, 3 (2B) and 24 RBI's.

In his last 10 games here is his stat line.
31-37 for a batting average of .837 with 7 HR's, 3B,  6 (2B) and 42 RBI's.

The schedule for Monday July 23 is as follows:

6:30  Amvets vs. McAllister
7:30  St. Lad's vs. Texas Roadhouse/Club West
8:30  Swagg vs. Time Out

See you at Oakwood!

Heading into the final 2 weeks of the 2012 regular season here are the updated standings.

Standings:

Texas Roadhouse/Club West       13-3

St. Lads                                          11-5

North Ridge Barber/Swagg          10-6

Amvets of Sheffield                         8-8

Time Out/PR Home                        4-12

McAllister Construction                 2-14

Tonight's games at Oakwood Park Field #3 are:
6:30:  McAllister vs. Time Out/PR Home
7:30:  Amvets vs. Texas Roadhouse/Club West
8:30:  St. Lad's vs. Swagg

I hope everyone had a great July 4th Holiday and is staying cool, here are the results of last weeks games.

Texas Roadhouse/Club West edged St. Lad's

Time Out knocked off Swagg

McAllister Construction over Amvets

The updated standings are below

Standings:

Texas Roadhouse/Club West                     11-3

North Ridge Barber/Swagg                          9-5

St. Lads                                                           9-5

Amvets of Sheffield                                       7-7

Time Out/PR Home                                     4-10

McAllister Construction                             2-12

Hey everyone, here are the latest scores and updated standings for Lorain Men's Slowpitch Softball.

On Wednesday June 27:

St. Lad's took care of Amvets
Texas Roadhouse/Club West Fitness knocked off Time Out Tavern/PR Home
Swagg handled McAllister Construction

The updated standings are:

Texas Roadhouse/Club West                     10-3

North Ridge Barber/Swagg                          9-4

St. Lads                                                           9-4

Amvets of Sheffield                                       7-6

Time Out/PR Home                                      3-10

McAllister Construction                              1-12

Well after a long vacation, I am back for the stretch drive to the playoffs.  On Wednesday June 20, Oakwood saw the following games.

Texas Roadhouse/Club West knocked off Swagg 16-14 as Matt Vimpeny went yard twice.

St. Lad's took care of McAllister Construction

Amvets held off Time Out as the night game had to be played on Field #2 due to the lights not working on Field #3.

Here are the updated standings as we move into the 2nd half of the season:

Texas Roadhouse/Club West    8-3
Swagg                                        8-3
St. Lad's                                     7-4
Amvets                                      7-4
Time Out/PR Home                  3-8
McAllister Construction           0-11

Enjoy the International Weekend and see you on Monday June 25

Results from Monday June 11 Swagg over McAllister Texas Roadouse/Club West over Time Out St. Lad's over Amvets

Scores from Wednesday June 6:

Time Out 13  McAllister 7
Amvets 10     Texas Roadhouse Club West 9
Swagg 21   St. LAd's 20

Final scores for Monday June 4 Texas Roadhouse/Club West 7 McAllister 5 Swagg 16 Am vets 4 Time Out/Puerto Rican Home 19 St. Lad's 18

An awesome night for softball at Oakwood Park, here is the schedule for Monday June 4:

6:30  McAllister Construction @ Texas Roadhouse/Club West Fitness
7:30  Amvets @ Swagg
8:30  Timeout/Puerto Rican Home vs. St. Lads

All games are on Field #3

Be glad we aren't playing tonight, a bit breezy and chilly out there. Forecast looks better for Monday with temperatures in the low 70's.

Results from Oakwood Park: Wednesday May 30:

Amvets over Time Out Puerto Rican Home 11-9
St. Lad's over McAllister 24-1
Texas Roadhouse/Club West over Swagg 19-18

Oakwood Diamond Notes With Steve Cawthon: Welcome to Lorain Men's Slow pitch softballGames s...

Hey everyone, I am Steve Cawthon and I help run the Lorain Mens Softball league at Oakwood Park with Dean Arroyo.  I have been a player and manager in Lorain since 1996 and love playing softball in Lorain. The Oakwood Diamond Notes is a way to Blog the league news and info and have some fun along the way.  I hope everyone enjoys the Blog.  Play Ball!!!

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