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A safe haven and beacon of light to all players, fans, loved ones, and intrigued citizens, past and present, whose lives have been touched by the TCMABL (that's Twin Cities Men's Adult Baseball League) Bombers, an amateur (we use the term loosely) baseball team.
The Bombers begin 2025 as their 20th season in the TCMABL 18+ division. Founded in 2005 as the Diamondbacks by Joe Masrud, the Bombers are one of the league's oldest continuously operating franchises. The team is currently managed by Alex Gabriel, who enters his 11th year as the Bombers skipper. Our home field is Bob Barnes field at St. Paul Concordia College.
Regular Season Ends on a Wild Pair of Wins - and the Post-Season Beckons
In a season that's been filled with more road bumps than roads, we entered Sunday still with a chance to buy ourselves an extra baseball game (or two) with a win last weekend. And after the dust (actually the field was pretty damp, so mud?) settled, we find ourselves back in the playoffs, and with a chance to build on the momentum we earned this weekend against the team we earned it against.
I can safely say these are two games that will stick in the mind for awhile for most of us. Very early on, the Giants seemed determine to give away runs, but we hesitant to take them. That changed in the 3rd inning Sunday morning, with a combination of walks, errors, and the timely hitting that has sometimes been absent this year, and the Bombers blew open a 5 run lead on a bases clearing double by T. Copeland in the mid frames that led to a 10 run win against one of the league's surging teams in the last few seasons. Yeakel and Copeland combined for 8 RBI on the game, and Alex Selim was sharp in his 5 complete innings, keeping the Giants to 5 hits and 3 runs.
Everything that makes this team a competitor stood out on Sunday. The pitching was brilliant, the defense was solid, and the hitting came through in pressure situations. If we had our doubts about whether we belonged still in the 18+ division, those doubts have been allayed after Sunday. With a win in hand after game 1, and game 2 not likely to have much bearing for us, still we came into game 2 fighting, keeping the Giants to another trio of runs, while the offense clawed us back into it, setting up one of the most wild walkoffs I think I've ever seen. Gabriel knocked in the tying run with 1 out in the 7th, and with runners on 2nd a 3rd, a pickoff attempt went very awry, and Flermoen scampered home for the Bomber's 9th win, 3rd in a row, and a renewed feeling of hope for the playoff run we've been nervously eyeing for weeks now.
So, now we look towards a rainy weekend in Burnsville for the rubber match against the Giants in a 1pm start where the Bombers will look to prove the results of last weekend, and the Giants look to refute. Whatever happens, we've fought for the chance we said we needed all season, and now it's time to put it to use. Hell of a regular season boys, let's get after it!
MEME OF THE WEEK
2024 Milestone Tracker
Individual Offensive Categories
100 Hits
Frank Nelson - 6/1/2025
30 Home Runs
Brenden McGibbon - 27
100 RBI
Sam Shoemaker - 94
Alex Gabriel - 99
100 Runs Scored
Sam Shoemaker - 5/18/2025
Trevor Copeland - 96
Kai Goellner - 6/8/2025
Jack Yeakel - 98
Franchise Stolen Base Race (79)
Max Selim - 79
Alex Gabriel - 73
Will Grodzicki - 64
300 Game Appearances
Brenden McGibbon - 7/20/2025
100 Game Appearances
John Connolly - 7/13/2025
Individual Pitching Categories
40 Wins
Chris Lyons - 39
500 Strikeouts
Will Grodzicki - 8/5/2025
Chris Lyons - 476
100 Strikeouts
Alex Selim - 90
200 Innings Pitched
Alex Gabriel - 195.1
Doug Burger - 197.2
50 Dudes Plunked
Alex Gabriel - 45
