Andre Chiefs

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Wakefield, MA- The manager’s ballots have been tabulated and as expected the Cassell Club’s Zach Golden was the overwhelming choice as the Intercity League’s Most Valuable Player for 2006. The ICL office announced that Golden gathered 29 out of a possible 40 points when they released their 2006 award winners on November 27. Votes were tabulated on a five points for first, three for second and one for third basis. Golden had one of the best regular seasons in the annals of the ICL hitting a lofty and league leading .512. The slick fielding shortstop led the circuit in four other offensive categories including RBI’s (43), hits (43), doubles (7) and on base percentage (.564). He also finished second in both runs scored with 21 and slugging percentage (.595) and had 17 multiple hit games. The Milton native led the Cassell Club to a 28-4-1 overall record. Golden is a two time University Athletic Association (UAA) all-conference selection at Brandeis University and is expected to return to the Judges’ in the spring of 2007 for his final year of collegiate eligibility. He hit .406 at Brandeis and was a third team selection on the NEIAA squad. Lexington centerfielder Jake Dillard (Weatherford, OK/Southwestern Oklahoma) finished second in the MVP balloting with 14 points. Dillard, who was the all-star game MVP, hit .369 during the year (9th overall) and led the league in both stolen bases with 30 and runs scored with 22. Golden’s teammates Josh Klimkiewicz (9 points) and pitcher Tim Dunphy (7 points) finished third and fourth. Watertown Reds outfielder Matt McEvoy (5 points) rounded out the top five MVP vote getters. All of the top MVP choices were members of the 2006 ICL all-star team that beat the Boston Park League back on July 23.

MVP Voting	Pts
Zach Golden, Cas	29
Jake Dillard, Lex	14
Josh Klimkiewicz,Cas	9
Tim Dunphy,Cas	7
Matt McEvoy, Wat	5
Tim Dempsey,Cas	3
Brian Shapiro,Wat	3
Mike Sorrentino,Wak	1
Bill Cooke,Lex	1

Golden also took home the ICL’s Outstanding Hitter honor garnering 33 points edging out Klimkiewicz, formerly of Harvard, who finished second with 22 points. Klimkiewicz, hit .444 with four home runs and 23 RBI’s. Lexington’s Dan Powers (Holy Cross/Massapequa,NY) finished third with 7 points with McEvoy (Holy Cross/Belmont, MA) and Dillard completing the top five.

Outstanding Hitter	Pts
Zach Golden, Cas	33
Josh Klimkiewicz,Cas	22
Dan Powers,Lex	7
Matt McEvoy,Wat	5
Jake Dillard, Lex	4
L.J. DeMaino, Wak	1
John Welch, Med	1

Veteran Bill Cooke of Lexington nipped fellow southpaw Tim Dunphy of Cassell and was named the ICL’s Outstanding Pitcher of 2006. Cooke, who concluded his collegiate career at UMass-Amherst in 1999 and still holds the school’s record for wins with 26, was outstanding from start to finish for the Blue Sox posting a 6-0 regular season record. The Haworth, New Jersey, product posted a 0.67 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 52 innings of work. He was the starting pitcher for the Intercity League squad in its all-star game win over the Boston Park League. Cooke rounded up 32 points to corral the award. Dunphy (Brandeis/Cambridge, MA) made it a tight two man race picking up 26 points in the balloting. The Cassell star went 5-1 with an ERA of 1.22 and had 50 K’s in 51.2 innings pitched. Former Tufts University and Arlington star Dave Martin of the Watertown Reds, Kevin Tidmarsh (Trinity/Meriden CT) of the Wakefield Merchants and veteran Mike Parissi (Brandeis/Leicester, MA) of Cassell finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Outstanding Pitcher	Pts
Bill Cooke, Lex	32
Tim Dunphy, Cas	22
Dave Martin, Wat	6
Kevin Tidmarsh, Wak	3
Mike Parissi, Cas	1
Mike Rigazio, Cas	1
Aram Manoukian,Wat	1

Mike Andre of the Chiefs was selected as the 2006 ICL Rookie of the Year picking up 27 out of a possible 40 points. Andre, who recently began his sophomore year at Merrimack College, hit .403 for the Chiefs finishing in a tie for fifth place in the ICL batting race. He was second to Golden in hits league wide with 31 and concluded his first year with one home run and 14 RBI’s to go along with and OBP% of .446. The Medford product played both third and first base for the Chiefs and was selected to the ICL’s 2006 all-star team. Cassell Club catcher Jeff Paquette (.387, 3 HRS, 10 RBI) of Billerica who will play his senior year at Fitchburg State in 2007, finished second in the voting with 16 points. Nichols College sophomore to be Jesse Bruinsma also of Billerica and the Gately Athletics wound up third with six points. He was followed by Watertown Reds shortstop Will Bissonnette (Wheaton/Roslindale, MA), Rob Pappenhouse (Brown/Hillsboro, CA) of the Wakefield Merchants and Keegan DeNapoli (Bridgewater St/Woburn, MA) of Mooney Dental who all finished tied for fourth place with five points each. Paquette, Bruinsma, Bissonnette and Pappenhouse joined Andre as 2006 ICL all-star team selections.

Rookie of the Year	Pts
Mike Andre, Chiefs	27
Jeff Paquette, Cas	16
Jesse Bruinsma, Gat	6
Will Bissonnette, Wat	5
Rob Pappenhouse,Wak	5
Keegan DeNapoli, Wob	5
Brian Abraham, Lex	3
Luis Valdez, Wob	3
Jake Christman, Med	1
Blank Ballots	1

Medford American lefthander Jeff Keefe (St. Anselm/Arlington, MA) was named the ICL’s Rookie Pitcher of the Year chalking up 23 points. The big 6’6 southpaw concluded his initial ICL season with a deceptive 3-2 record despite posting a miniscule 0.90 ERA that placed him fifth in that category. The highlight of his year came on June 2 when he fired a seven strikeout no-hitter against the Gately A’s. The former Arlington Catholic standout allowed just 30 hits in his 39 innings of work while striking out 30 batters. Look for Keefe and fellow ICL rookie honoree Mike Andre to hook up in some Northeast 10 Conference battles next spring as he is expected to be the ace of the St. Anselm Hawks pitching staff. Derek Cotoni (3-4, 2.89 ERA) of the Gately Athletics finished second to Keefe with 14 points. Cotoni (Chelmsford, MA/Bridgeport) was followed closely by Chiefs righty Mike DiCato (UMass-Amherst/Winthrop, MA), who made 12 appearances and recorded a 3.32 ERA, with 10 points. Brian Donahue (3-1, 0.91 ERA) of the Cassell Club, who had his season cut short by injury was fourth with nine points. The former Lincoln Sudbury star is now in his senior year at Amherst College. Matt Boylan (Phillips-Andover/Danvers, MA), who had a 0.88 ERA in limited action for Mooney Dental, wrapped up the top five vote getters with five points. Keefe, Cotoni, DiCato and Donahue were named to the 2006 ICL all-star team back in July.

Rookie Pitcher of the Year	Pts
Jeff Keefe, Med	23
Derek Cotoni, Gat	14
Mike DiCato, Chiefs	10
Brian Donahue, Cas	9
Matt Boylan, Wob	5
Joe White, Wat	4
Bob Whelan, Wob	3
Dan Orme, Gat	3
Josh Sohn, Gat	1

Cassell Club skipper Bob Nasson was selected as the winner of the ICL’s Tom Cassell Manager of the Year Award. Nasson, a graduate of Boston University, won the honor by amassing 33 out of a possible 40 points. He won out over Watertown Reds player/manager Joe Chiodo who finished second. Nasson led his team to both the regular season pennant and the ICL’s playoff championship in his fourth season at the helm. He completed the season with an overall record of 28-4-1 including a perfect 6-0 in the playoffs as he directed his club to series sweeps over Wakefield and Watertown. Nasson took over the managerial duties of the team in 2003 following the passing of legendary manager and founder Tom Cassell following a stint as a member of Cassell’s coaching staff. Since he assumed the reins he has piloted the Cassell Club to four straight winning seasons and four consecutive playoff appearances. This annual award has been named in memory of Cassell who also served on the ICL’s Board of Directors for over four decades. Chiodo, who led the Reds to a 16-6-6 third place finish in the regular season, finished second in the balloting with 19 points. The veteran manager of nine seasons guided his team to a five game semi-final series win over the Lexington Blue Sox that sent his Reds to their first ever championship series appearance. He doubles as the coach of Watertown High School in the spring and played his college ball at Framingham State. Chiodo also made seven appearances on the mound for the Reds during the season throwing a total of 27.2 innings and posting a 2-2 record with an impressive 1.77 ERA. Longtime Lexington manager Rick DeAngelis, who has won four ICL championships since his first in 1998, checked in third in the balloting with 13 points.

Manager of the Year
The Tom Cassell Memorial Award	Pts
Bob Nasson, Cas	33
Joe Chiodo, Wat	19
Rick DeAngelis, Lex	13
Chuck Andre, Chiefs	3
Dave Ellegood, Wak	2
Kevin Burgoyne, Med	1
Blank Ballots	1

It was all Cassell in the Playoff MVP category as Tim Dempsey (UMass-Lowell, Lexington, MA) was the overwhelming choice of the managers for the award with 22 points. Dempsey sparked Cassell with his clutch hitting and equally superb defensive play in centerfield to six straight playoff wins and an ICL championship. He hit .444 during the post season with one home run and nine RBI’s. Dempsey had a solid senior year for the 37-14 UMass-Lowell Riverhawks in the spring of 2006 while starting 50 games. He is the nephew of former ICL great Lenny Dempsey. Finishing tied for second in the balloting were his Cassell teammates Jeff Paquette and Mike Parissi with 11 points each. 

Playoff MVP	Pts
Tim Dempsey, Cas	22
Jeff Paquette, Cas	11
Mike Parissi, Cas	11
Luke Begley, Wat	6
Matt McEvoy, Wat	5
Jake Dillard, Lex	4
Mike Rigazio, Cas	3
L.J. DeMaino, Wak	1
Blank Ballots	9

Veteran Wakefield Merchant pitcher Steve Coffey has been named as the recipient of the first annual Les DeMarco Sportsmanship Award. The award has been named in honor of DeMarco who has been involved with the Intercity League since 1950 and still serves as the league’s president. Coffey, of Winthrop, has been an ICL fixture since the early 1990’s and over the years has excelled at both third base and on the mound for the Merchants. He holds many records at UMass-Boston where he graduated from in 1989. He later was drafted by the Chicago Cubs and played several seasons for that organization. A class act and a quality person, the league is honored to present such an award to him. Veterans Luke Begley (Bentley/Arlington, MA) of the Watertown Reds, Geoff Eriksen (Salem State/Wakefield, MA) of Wakefield Merchants and Justin Crisafulli (Southwest Missouri/Medford, MA) of the Andre Chiefs were the other top vote getters behind Coffey.

President Les DeMarco
Sportsmanship Award	Pts
Steve Coffey, Wak	11
Luke Begley, Wat	7
Justin Crisafulli, Chiefs	7
Geoff Eriksen, Wak	6
Dan Hughes, Lex	5
John Welch, Med	5
Mooney Dental Tanners	5
Bryan Smith, Gat	5
Matt McEvoy, Wat	3
Jake Dillard, Lex	3
Mark Piantedosi, Gat	3
T.J. Sheedy, Wak	3
Orazio Azzarello, Med	1
Keegan DeNapoli, Wob	1
Blank Ballots	5

All positional award winners were required to have at least 56 at bats and pitchers at least 17 innings pitched.

2006 FINAL INTERCITY LEAGUE LEADERS
HITTING
Top Ten Batting Average
(Minimum 56 PA)

Player	AB	H	AVG
Zack Golden, Cas	84	43	.512
J.Klimkiewicz, Cas	63	28	.444
Dan Powers,Lex	58	24	.413
Mike Andre, Chiefs	77	31	.403
Ted O'Reilly, Cas	62	25	.403
Jeff Paquette, Cas	62	24	.387
Jake Dillard, Lex	84	31	.369
Brian Shapiro, Wat	83	29	.349
Matt McEvoy, Wat	83	29	.349
Sean McElroy, Lex	63	22	.349

Top Ten RBI

Zach Golden, Cas	34
J.Klimkiewicz, Cas	23
Matt McEvoy, Wat	18
Mike Sorrentino, Wak	18
Dan Hughes, Lex	16
Dan Neczypor, Cas	15
Mike Andre, Chiefs	14
Brian Shapiro, Wat	14
Steve Tahmoush, Med	14
Dana D'Agostino, Wak	14

Home Runs

John Welch, Med	4
J.Klimkiewicz, Cas	4
Justin Crisafulli, Chiefs	3
Jeff Paquette, Cas	3
Tim Dempsey, Cas	2
Sam Shaughnessy, Med	2
Dan Neczypor, Cas	1
Mike Andre, Chiefs	1
Jeff DeCarlo, Chiefs	1
Kevin Donahue, Cas	1
Dan Chaisson, Wat	1
Dan Hughes, Lex	1
Ryan Maguire, Med	1
Jamie Gath, Gat	1
Keegan DiNapoli, Wob	1
Billy Manley, Gat	1

Hits

Zack Golden, Cas	43
Mike Andre, Chiefs	31
Jake Dillard, Lex	31
Brain Shapiro, Wat	29
Matt McEvoy, Wat	29
Mike Sorrentino, Wak	29
J.Klimkiewicz, Cas	28
Luke Begley, Wat	27
Ted O'Reilly, Cas	25
Dan Powers, Lex	24

PITCHING W-L Percentage
(Minimum 2 decisions)

Bill Cooke, Lex	6-0	.1000
Mike Rigazio, Cas	6-0	.1000
Mike Parissi, Cas	4-0	.1000
Jon Igoe, Lex	3-0	.1000
Matt Bishop, Cas	2-0	.1000
Mike McCarthy, Med	2-0	.1000
Jared Freni, Chiefs	2-0	.1000
Dan Orme, Gat	2-0	.1000
Jared Marchesi, Wak	2-0	.1000
Dave Martin, Wat	5-1	.833
Tim Dunphy, Cas	5-1	.833
Aram Manoukian,Wat	4-1	.800
Lee Jamison, Wat	4-1	.800
Ben Simon, Lex	4-1	.800

Webmaster's Note: The list below is the all-time roster of the
Chiefs since 1989 when they began play as the Andre Chiefs.
An all-time roster of the Chiefs, under the Hosmer name from
1957 on, is being compiled from a variety of sources and is
expected to appear here soon.

#	NAME	YEARS	POSITION
29	Allen, Kevin	2006-2007	OF
4	Almquist, Steve	1989	IF
31	Anderson, Matt	2008-2011	C
15	Andre, Chuck	1989-present	Manager
11	Andre, Mike	2006-present	3B-DH
27	Aramburu, Derek	1991	LHP
8	Babbitt, Mark	1998-1999	C
12	Baillargeon, Mike	2009-2012	2B-SS
8	Baiungo, Matt	1996	IF
31	Baker, Ryan	2002-2003	RHP
19	Ballentine, Craig "Doc"	1991	RHP
19	Barbati, Mike	2008-2017	IF
31	Barker, Richie	1994	RHP
22	Barnes, Mike (Number Retired)	1989-2000	RF
4	Batchelor, Beau	2010	C
3	Belt, Steve	1990-1992	IF
1	Bercume, Jeff	2007-2012	IF-OF
41	Bishop, Connor	2006-2009	LHP
25	Blake, Mark	2006-2007	RHP
17	Boleski, Matt	2006-2014	OF-LHP
46	Bonito, Dan	2012-2015	IB-LHP
19	Bradanese, Marc	1989-1990	RHP
45	Brammer, Cory	2013	IF
19	Bratton, Paul	2003, 2006	RHP
32	Breadmore, John	1994	RHP
17	Bremberg, Josh	1999	RHP
26	Brinkley, Tyler	2014-2015	IF
7	Brickman, Shawn	1989-1993	RHP
32	Bruinsma, Jesse	2011	OF
12	Bucci, Chris	2001-2002	IF
39	Buldini, Jim	2006	OF
4	Burgoyne, Mike	2014-present	OF
4	Burgoyne, Kevin	1991	IF
32	Burnham, Gene	1998	C
25	Byrne, Jon	2011-2014	C
7	Cabone, Anthony	2010-2013	IF
10	Caggiano, Rob	2011-2012	IF
38	Calabresi, Steve (Number Retired)	1989-2016	Coach
32	Carabis, Brian	1989	RHP
24	Carista, Mike	1995-1997	RHP
10	Carnes, Eddie	1992-1998	IF-OF
31	Carroll, Todd	1996	C
49	Cassidy, Jim	2015	RHP-OF
10	Cataldo, Bill	2009	IF
47	Caufield, Andrew	2017-present	1b-3B
44	Cavanaugh, Andy	2011-2012	OF
31	Chandler, Mike	2006-2007	RHP-DH
32	Chin, Andrew	2017-present	LHP
46	Chotkowski, John	2012-2013	LHP
37	Clegg, Mitchell	2014-present	LHP
5	Clivio, Dave (Number Retired)	1989-1997	2B
10	Conner,Chad	2007-present	C
9	Cooney, Matt	2007	C
13	Copa, Peter	2009-present	IF
40	Connolly, Doug	1999-2001	RHP
32	Coppinger, Mike	2006	RHP
42	Corsi, Dean	2006	LHP
3	Costello, Phil	2006-2009	OF
32	Covelle, Paul	2012	RHP
14	Crawford, Jake	2011	RHP
33	Crisafulli, Justin(Number Retired) *-Returned as a Coach in 2015	1994-2011, 2015	OF,Coach
27	Crisafulli, Paul	1997-2015	1B,Coach
41	Cronkite, Alex	2011	RHP
17	Czarnowski, Brad	2002-2003	OF
6	Daley, Steve (Number Retired)	1992-2000	3B
44	D'Angelo, John	2008	OF
3	DeBenedictis, John	2000	IF
41	DeCarlo, Jeff	2006, 2010	LHP
14	De la Cruz, Carlos	2008	RHP
16	Dempsey, Tim	2010	OF
19	Dembrowski, Kyle	2018-	C
13	Deranian, Greg	1999-2002	RHP
31	Desai, Josh	2017-present	LHP
32	DeSouza, Anthony	2016	RHP
47	DeStefano, Adam	2001	C
3,17	Deshler, Tony	2010-present	UTL
14	DiCato, Matt	2012-2017	RHP
27	DiCato, Mike	2006-present	RHP-IF
11	DiLiegro, Paul	1993	C
32	Dillion, Jay	1996-2000	RHP
12	DiMare, Danny	2015-present	OF
48	DiMare, Rich	2018-	IF
17	Donovan, Steve	1994	LHP
28	Drew, Jon (Number Retired)	1990-1995	RHP
3	Driscoll, Bernie	2011	2B
17	Duca, Joe	2000	C
8	Duffell, Andrew	1997-1998	RHP
8	Dunn, Nick	2008	C
37	Dunn, Scott	1996-1998	LHP
29	Dunphy, Tim	2010-present	LHP
52	Durkee, Anthony	2006-present	Coach
9	Eagleston, Mike	2001-2002	LHP
16	Edgehill, Jim	1989	SS
42	Ellis, Dylan	2007-2010	LHP
46	Fisher, Alex	2008	IF
45	Foley, Mike	2002	SS
41	Foley, Ryan	2000-2003	RHP
37	Forbes, Keith	2007-2011	RHP
47	Foundas, Chris	2007-2009	RHP
32	Freker, Steve	1989-1990	Coach
40	Freni, Jared	2006-present	RHP
8,9	Gambale, Steve	2000-03, 2016-	INF
31	Garcia, David	2008	LHP
44	Gannon, Chris	1999	LHP
9	Gates, Todd	2000	OF
42	Guante, Ceccilo	2014-2015	IF
11	Gaudet, Kurt	1994-1995	LHP-OF
35	Gedman, Mike	2010-present	1B-OF
10	Gilchrist, Kevin	2010	LHP
29	Giliberti, Frankie	2000-2003	OF
47	Glabicky, Sean	2010	OF
37	Godfrey, Danny	1999	LHP
28	Gonsalves, Chris	2001	LHP
24	Graham, Danny "Moonlight"	1994	RHP
38	Gramolini, Dennis	1999, 2003	RHP
15	Griffin, Mike	1989-1991	LHP-OF
19	Halloran, Jake	2007	RHP
4	Hanson, Andrew	2008	OF-1B
17	Hathaway, Jeff	1993-1994	LHP
12	Heald, Doug	2006-2008	IF
3	Hickey, Greg	2002-2003	C
21	Hilliard, Brian	1989	RHP
4	Hinojosa, Mike	1989	IF
32	Hopkins, Eric	1989-1991	RHP
17	Hurley, Tommy	1989	LHP
2	Iandoli, Bobby	1989-1991	OF
19	Johnson, Jeff	2000	RHP
38	Kacamburas, Adam	2002	IF
12	Kalfopoulos, Mike	2002-2003	OF
8	Kane, Ryan	1991	IF
26	Kasten, Sam	2016	RHP
8	Keck, Jason	1997	C
28	Kiluk, Dicky	1991	OF
37	Koslowski, Paul	2001-2009	LHP-1B
23	Koufos, Ari (Number Retired)	1992-2003	RHP
29	Labriola, Chris	2009	LHP
17	Laham, Ronnie	1989-1991	RHP
26	Lanciani, Mike	2006	RHP
26	Landers, Hal	2009-2013	OF
18	Landers, Hank (Number Retired)	1989-1998	OF
16	Langston, Mike(Number Retired)	1990-2007	1B
29	Lawlor, Matt	2008	C
25	Leopardi, Nick	1998	RHP
7	Leva, Nate	2007-2008	IF
7	Leva, Nick	2008-present	C
31	Lightbody, David	2014	DH
17	Loud, Steve	1993	RHP
34	Louderback, Paul	2002-2003	RHP
16	Lozeau, Dan	2007-2009	RHP
1	Lucey, Adam	2014-2016	IF-OF
25	Luongo, Travis	2003	IF
28	Luti, Dennis	1992-1996	RHP
32	Lyons, Kevin	2001-2003	C
47	Machado, Rob	2009-2014	RHP
9	Mackor, Jeff	1998	C-3B
31	Macone, John	2000-2002	C
25	Macone, Mike	2000	LHP
14	Macrina, Brian	1999-2009	OF
25	Madden, Mike	1997	RHP
10	Maguire, Mike	2011	OF
20	Marsters, Dave(Number Retired)	1989-2008	RHP
26	Martin, Dave	2001-2003	RHP
25	Martini, Joe	2008-2009	RHP
9	Martorana, Jimmy	1997	IF
3	Masamoto, Nao	1999-2001	IF
2	Masel, Alex (Number Retired)	1990-1997	OF
17	Mattatall, Dave	1997	RHP
27	Matteo, Steve	1995	LHP
44	McCarthy, Bob	2009-2010	C
7	McConnell, Cary	1996-1997	IF
32	McCormick, Steve	1990-1991	LHP
20	McDonald, Eddie	2009	C
42	McDonough,Sam	2012	RHP
31	McGlinchy, Kevin	1994-1995	RHP25
25	McKenzie, Kevin	2009	C
48	McLean, Nick	2006	LHP
31	McNeill, Ryan	2009	RHP
4	Montecalvo, Rich	2006-2007	IF
52	Morazio, Matt	2002	RHP-C
11	Morse, Hank	1991	RHP
12	Mottram, Bily	2014-2016	OF-IF
3	Moyer, Mike	1995-1998	IF
4	Mullen, Tim	2007	LHP
49	Mullowney, Jay	1997	RHP
32	Murphy, Joe	1992-1993	C
49	Musco, Kyle	2017-present	RHP
19	Napier, Steve	1989-1991	OF
31	Nickerson, Paul	1989	RHP
8	Noe, Rob	2006	C
12	Nuzzo, Matt	2014-present	IF
25	Oakley, Isaac	2010	RHP
44	O'Brien, Sean	2006-2007	C
4	O'Connell, Jason	1989-1990	IF
14	O'Donnell, Pat	2010	RHP
30	Olson, Warren (Number Retired)	1989-1996	C
36	Orlando, Adam	2002	IF
37	Ovalle, Edward	2012	OF
10	Pallazolla, Joran	2016-present	C
4	Pennell, Vinny	2011	OF
39	Perkins, Sam	2018-	IF, C
41	Perrault, Eric	2014	LHP
8	Perry, Rich	1993	IF
29	Phelan, Matt	2006	RHP
40	Pimentel, Jose	2008	RHP
42	Piho, Dave	2000-2003	RHP
3	Pizzano, Dario	2009	OF
12	Pollard, J.P.	2009	1B
8,25	Portes, Juan	2012-present	SS
50	Powers, Ray	2002	IF
50	Prentice, John	2015	C
10	Puleo, Steve	1999-2001	C
4	Pyburn, Brendan	2008-2011	IF
45	Quinn, Tim	2012	C
6	Ramasci, Peter	1989	IF
17	Ramos, Tony	1998-1999	C
20	Rizzo, Joe	1990-1993	SS
44	Robillard, Joe	2003	OF
4	Rodriguez, Marc	1996	DH-C
21	Romano, Mike (Number Retired)	1989-1996	C
20	Rosenberg, Eric	2010	1B-OF
44	Ross, Rob	1995-2003	IF
25	Saccoccio, Joe	1993	OF
26	Saia, Joe	2017-present	LHP
24	Santagate, Joe (Number Retired)	1990-1996, 2003	RHP
26	Saucier, Mike	1998-2001	RHP
1	Sencabaugh, Justin	2010	C-OF
8	Schettino, Frankie	1989-1993	OF
8	Scioli, Dave	1999, 2011	IF
9	Scola, Kevin	1994-1996	C
3	Serino, Tony	2013-present	CF
19	Shapiro, Brian	2001-2003	IF-P
14	Shea, Mike	1994-1996	RHP
14	Shea, Steve	2001	RHP
10	Sheehan, Ryan	2006	C
26	Shepard, Brenden	2007-2008	SS
9	Siegle, Dave	1999-2000	OF
46	Silver, Carlos	2016	RHP
14	Silvio, Steve	1989-1992	LHP
25	Sonberg, Ryan	2015-2016	IF
10	Sotiropoulos, Rick	2006-2007	OF-C
31	Sousa, Joe	1995	LHP
1	Stande, Shane	2017-present	C
4	Staniewicz,Scott	2012	IF
31	Stanton, Brian	1999	RHP
12	Stewart, Paul	1989-1993	C-1B
42	Sullivan, Anthony	2016-present	RHP
7	Sweeney, Steve	2007	C
7	Tabler, Jerry "The Rat"	1994-2002	SS
45	Thomson, Jordie	2002	RHP
52	Thornton, Ricky	2001	LHP
11	Tucci, Nick	1999-2000	RHP-1B
9	Vadala, Anthony	2007	C
32	Vaitkevcius, Jay	1992	LHP
31	Vail, Rick	2011	1B
14	Valdez, Angel	2008	OF
19	Vecchio, Matt	1995-1999	OF
41	Veneziano, Christian	2012	IF
11	Veneziano, John	1989-present	OF,Coach
17	Ventura, Leivi	2018-	3B
46	Vilmont, Jamel	2017-present	OF
32	Walsh, Evan	2013-2015, 2018-	LHP
4	Webb, Jeff	1989	C
25	Weiner, Anthony	2006, 2011	C
36	Welch, Johnny	2014-present	IF
31	Wendt, Dave	2015	C
41	Williams, Aaron	2018-	OF
8	Wing, Jamie	1997	C
41	Wishnow, Sam	2014-present	OF
44	Witkowski,Nate	2012-present	IF
17	Wood, Denny	1993	RHP
47	Yanakopulos, Paul	2010-2015	UTL
44	Young, Colin	1997-1998	LHP
47	Zaino, Frankie	1992-1993	LHP
4	Zeytoonian, Robbie	1994-2001	IF
41	Zupancic, Evan	2002	OF

 

THE CHIEFS QUALIFIED FOR THE 2008 ICL PLAYOFFS WITH A 6-3 WIN ON SATURDAY.
THE FOLLOWING STORY APPEARED ON AUGUST 6, 2006.

Medford, MA (August 6, 2006) - Imagine going to Fenway Park and finding no left field wall.
Going to a MacDonald's and Big Macs are off the menu.
Heading to a Dunkin Donuts and being told that there is no more coffee.
Or driving through Boston and finding no traffic.

Just can't happen, right? Wrong!

Improbable, yes. But they are just a few examples of things you always expect to find in the same place.
In fact, you take for granted they'll just always be there.

You can now add another item to that list of improbables.
There are no Chiefs to be found in the 2006 Intercity League playoffs 
 
For the first time in the 44 seasons that the Chiefs have played local semi-professional baseball, they are not on the ICL playoff party's guestlist. They will be watching from behind the velvet ropes when the championship hunt begins this week in Somerville and Lexington.

After a two year hiatis from ICL play, the Chiefs returned this spring with the youngest team in franchise history, perhaps in ICL history, with only a couple of veterans having previous ICL experience. With the exception of 30 year old veteran Justin Crisafulli, the Chiefs daily lineup consisted of players who had not yet reached their 20th birthday which is pretty wet behind the ears by ICL standards. 

The end result was that the youth and inexperience led to a 7-20-1 regular season (8-20-1,overall) and no invitation to the 2006 playoffs. It was the first losing season the franchise has ever experienced since it began play way back in 1958 as the Hosmer Chiefs. In the forty three winning seasons, 21 regular season championships and 17 playoff crowns in between, the Chiefs played almost .700% baseball.

Despite the noted absence of the Chiefs, the ICL playoffs promise to be as exciting and hotly contested as ever. The regular season champion Cassell Club has to be considered the favorite to win their first ever ICL crown. The defending champion Lexington Blue Sox, the solid Watertown Reds and the veteran laden Wakefield Merchants will all have something to say however before the Cassell Club is crowned.

But the Chiefs will be in a very unfamilar seat. They will be just fans watching it all. 

Medford-The Chiefs closed out the 2006 season in the much the same way they opened it, with a win over the Gately A's at Playstead Park.
 
On opening day in May, the Chiefs shutout the A's 6-0 behind Mike Lanciani. On Sunday afternoon the Chiefs rode the pitching of Mark Blake and some timely hitting to best the A's 4-3 with a walkoff win.

Although the Chiefs ended their campaign on a winning note, it will be the first time in the team's 44 historic seasons that it will not be partcipating in the playoffs.

Blake, making his first start of the year, pitched five innings of outstanding shutout baseball and was aided by two inning ending double plays putting his team in a position to win the game in their last at bat.

Blake retired the A's in the top of the first and the Chiefs took 1-0 lead in the bottom of the inning. A's starter Dan Orme (Cambridge, MA, Vassar College) struck out Matt Boleski for the first out. Mike DiCato then lined a single to center and Rick Salvia let it skip by him allowing DiCato to take second. Justin Crisafulli popped up for out number two. Mike Andre delivered DiCato when he lined a 3-2 pitch to center for a RBI single giving the Chiefs a 1-0 lead.

Blake and Orme matched zeros until the Chiefs threatened for more in the third. Crisafulli and Andre both lined two out singles to left and right respectively but Orme got Jeff DeCarlo swinging which ended the threat.

 In the fourth a Matt Delaney single put him on first with one but the inning ended when the Chiefs turned a Andre to Doug Heald to DiCato 5-4-3 double play off the bat off Billy Manley.

The Chiefs responded with a couple of  runs in the home half of the fourth when Phil Costello singled and both Heald and catcher Ryan Sheehan reached on infield errors making it a 3-0 Chiefs margin.

In the top of the fifth Tony DeCesare led off with a single. A Mike Roberts fly out set the stage for Scott Blumasck who grounded into a Montecalvo to Heald to DiCato 6-4-3 double play.

The A's broke through with three runs in the top of the sixth to tie the game at three. Singles by Derek Cotoni, Salvia, Matt Delaney and Jesse Bruinsma and an error by shortstop Rich Montecalvo led to the A's runs.

The Chiefs threatened in the bottom of the sixth but Salvia made a perfect throw to the plate to nail Montecalvo who was trying to score from third on a Sheehan fly to center.

Paul Bratton took over for Blake in the seventh and walked Mark Piantedosi to start the inning. DeCarlo came on and fielded Cotoni's bunt and threw Piantedosi out at second. Salvia popped to DiCato and after Delaney walked Sheehan threw Cotoni out at third to end the inning.

The Chiefs won the game in the bottom of the seventh. DiCato got things going when he lined a single to right center. Crisafulli then looped a single to left and Anthony Weiner came on to run. Pinch hitter Rob Noe then moved them both up a base with a perfect sacrifice bunt. DeCarlo ended the game when he hit a ground single to left scoring DiCato giving the Chiefs the 4-3 win.

Chiefs Notebook... DiCato (2 for 4 ), Andre (2 for 2), Crisafulli (2 for 4) and Costello (2 for 3) paced the Chiefs nine hit attack....Blake allowed eight hits over six innings striking out  three and walking just one...More Soon