THE WEEK 4 inside CLASSICS pitch TIMELESS NOV. 12th photo by Greg Wagner Blue Ridge Rangers and Kent Mudhens participating in a salute to American Veterans before their game at City of Palms Stadium Monday. All teams at all fields celebrated Veterans Day Monday in similar fashion in an Roy Hobbs’ Veterans Day tradition Foran’s Nova Scotia Hobbs ‘empire’ grows every year BY GLENN MILLER Foran calls these players “ambassadors.” Roy Hobbs Baseball They represent the Roy Hobbs World Series The origins of the Nova Scotia Monarchs can in their home province in eastern Canada. If be traced to a chat over beer in a place called Foran is the Godfather of Monarchs baseball his the Capital Sports Bar on Lady Hammond Road players are essentially going around and making in Halifax. an offer that can’t be refused. Gary Foran is now, for lack of a better term, Go to Florida. … the Godfather of Monarchs baseball, which has 6 In the fall. … teams playing in the 2019 Roy Hobbs World Series. When it’s already cold in Nova Scotia, which, In 2009, before the Monarchs blossomed into by the way, means New Scotland in Latin … a mini-empire of amateur adult baseball, Foran Play on fields used by big-leaguers. … played in his first World Series. It was for another Who can refuse such an offer? team. He returned to Halifax, the province’s “You got to come here to believe it,” Foran capital, and that bar on Lady Hammond Road. tells folks back home. “Because we play on rock “I was telling everybody how beautiful this fields and we don’t have very many baseball place was,” Foran said Sunday afternoon at JetBlue after his 70s team lost a heartbreaker to the New diamonds and we got everybody else trying to Jersey Wonderboys. ”They heard so much about compete (for fields).” it over a beer and said, “You get the team going photo by Meg Giffen But they find a place to play and that helps and we’ll find the ballplayers.’” Gary Foran, a man on a mission keep them in trim - all 6 teams - for their annual for Nova Scotia baseball. Have they ever. pilgrimage to Fort Myers. What started with one team in 2010 has blossomed into a Sunday’s first game was a tough one for the Monarchs’ six-pack of teams this year, playing in the 45s, 53s, 60, 65 and 70 70-year-old team. They lost 18-14 to the Wonderboys in a divisions. The list includes two teams in the 53s. Every year, the game that lasted nearly three and a half hours and went into number of Nova Scotia ballplayers and teams at RHWS grows. a shootout. Each year as more players come down and play on major- What a story that game is likely to make the next time the league spring-training fields, they go back to Nova Scotia and Monarchs sit down for beers in the Capital Sports Bar on Lady spread the word. Hammond Road in Halifax. 2 The AAA-AA-A playoff brackets will be announced Thursday It must be Tuesday: evening at the Players’ Pairings Party at Sidelines Sports Grill 4A seeding; Pool Game 5 matchups at the corner of Colonial Blvd. and Veronica Shoemaker. Party starts at 6 pm, pairings before 7 pm, and those pairings will be ready about 7 pm uploaded to royhobbs.com by 7:45 p.m. Thursday. Hey, it’s Tuesday … a really busy day at the Roy Hobbs World Playoffs are set up by ranking all the teams by record and Series each week. runs allowed in best 4 games; top 16 are AAA, regardless of . It’s day 4 of pool play. record; AA is the next 16 (teams 17-32), and the remaining . AAAA Managers meet at 2 p.m. to determine the teams teams with at least 1 win are in the A Division. Adjustments are made for AAAA teams dropping down, teams that are advancing to double-elimination layoffs on Thursday. mandated to move up and adjusting to avoid rematches from . The schedule for Wednesday Pool Game 5 matchups in earlier in the week. the Classics Division will be announced approximately The seeding and scheduling for Wednesday’s games 7 p.m. and the AAAA playoff games will be posted at World Series By the close of play Tuesday, all Classics teams will have Headquarters at the Player Development Complex and be played 4 games. The first order of business will be to determine available on royhobbs.com/world-series. which teams will advance to the AAAA double-elimination playoffs. Eight teams started in that division and will be paired to 4 or 6, depending on a vote of the managers and Timeless Thursday games Roy Hobbs officials. Those teams will take Wednesday off Timeless teams are basically scheduled through Thursday, and start their sprint to the finish line on Thursday. Teams although Thursday’s matchups will be based on first 4 games. that are not included will be dropped into the AAA-AA ranks All 70s teams that played double-headers will be OFF for pool game 5. Thursday; the remaining teams will be scheduled for that day. Matchups for Pool Game 5 will be posted on the schedule But, since there are an odd number of 70s teams, at least 1 page at royhobbs.com/world-series no later than 7:30 p.m. 70s team will get a bye on Thursday. That bye generally goes For the record, after Wednesday’s games, all teams in to the team that has given up the most runs. the general pool will take Thursday off and move to single- Those games will be announced as soon as possible elimination playoffs on Friday. AAA and AA will be 16-team Wednesday afternoon after all games involving those teams are divisions, with no byes, and the A Division may be as well. completed, and Roy Hobbs will contact managers individually 3 STANDINGS Classics 60+ South Chicago Yaquis 1 2 0.333 26 AAAA Team W L PCT RA Midwest Pirates 1 2 0.333 31 Border City Brewers 3 0 1.000 6 Americans Baseball Club 1 2 0.333 32 Washington Titans 3 0 1.000 10 Rhode Island Rockies 1 2 0.333 32 Massachusetts Chiefs 2 1 0.667 19 Stay Thirsty My Friend 1 2 0.333 37 Philadelphia Cutters 2 1 0.667 21 Baltimore Orioles 0 2 0.000 16 Minnesota Bees 1 2 0.333 33 Tidewater Drillers 0 2 0.000 20 Puerto Rico Orioles 1 2 0.333 35 St Louis Patriots 0 3 0.000 21 Youngstown A2Z 0 3 0.000 28 Carolina Rockies 0 2 0.000 21 Michigan Stars 0 3 0.000 45 Bahama Breeze Bandits 0 2 0.000 22 Richmond Riverdogs 0 3 0.000 28 Team W L PCT RA Blue Ridge Rangers 0 2 0.000 36 Nova Scotia Monarchs 3 0 1.000 6 St Louis Dodgers 0 3 0.000 40 Bergen Yankees 3 0 1.000 7 Pensacola Salt Bandits 0 3 0.000 48 Minnesota Goats 2 0 1.000 8 Tampa Bay Sharks 0 3 0.000 50 Oakville Golden A’s 2 0 1.000 10 Cleveland Spiders 0 3 0.000 54 Philadelphia Athletics 3 0 1.000 11 DuPage Lugnuts 3 0 1.000 12 Timeless 70+ Livingston Dodgers 3 0 1.000 12 Team W L PCT RA Long Island Express 2 0 1.000 14 San Diego Padres 2 0 1.000 5 Minnesota Bandits 3 0 1.000 19 Midwest Nine 2 0 1.000 8 Bronx Cardinals 3 0 1.000 21 Washington Titans 2 0 1.000 12 Wolfdogs 2 0 1.000 24 New England Bo Sox 2.5 0.5 0.833 22 Houston Colts 2.5 0.5 0.833 6 San Antonio Texans 1.5 0.5 0.750 12 Huntsville Stars 2 1 0.667 15 Philadelphia Mustangs 2 1 0.667 11 Orlando Wrinkles 2 1 0.667 18 Minnesota Saints 2 1 0.667 22 Windy City White Sox 2 1 0.667 33 New Jersey Wonderboys 2 1 0.667 32 Midwest Nine 1 1 0.500 10 Sacramento Solons 1 1 0.500 6 Toledo McGuire Ins 1 1 0.500 12 Potomac Senators 1 1 0.500 15 San Antonio Texans 1 1 0.500 15 Detroit 70s 1 1 0.500 16 DC Mets 1 1 0.500 19 Terre Haute Volkers Grp 1 1 0.500 21 JD’s Jaguars 1.5 1.5 0.500 21 Team America 1 1 0.500 24 Atlanta Astros 1 1 0.500 23 New England Red Sox 1 1 0.500 24 Kent Mudhens 1 1 0.500 23 Kent Mudhens 0 2 0.000 17 Long Island Braves 1 1 0.500 23 Toledo McGuire Ins 0 2 0.000 30 Cecil’s Margin Service 1 1 0.500 28 Silver Foxes 0 2 0.000 32 Kennebec Cubs 1 1 0.500 35 Maine Woods Baseball 0 3 0.000 40 Atlanta Heat 1 2 0.333 16 Nova Scotia Monarchs 0 3 0.000 44 4 RESULTS 60s Results Windy City White Sox right Monday fielder Jen Yuvan Bergen Yankees 12, Pensacola Salt Bandits 2 gets a 2-out Bergen Yankees 4, Atlanta Heat rally started Border City Brewers 10, Youngstown A2Z 0 vs. the Tampa Bronx Cardinals 11, St.