Spokane Dodgers

The Spokane Dodgers are an adult men's baseball team located in beautiful Spokane, Washington. As members of a national organization called the Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) , we are fortunate to be able to continue playing the game we love, even though most of us are "over the hill." We play real baseball, not softball. We play on local high school and college baseball fields. Occasionally we get to play at Avista Stadium, home of the Spokane Indians professional baseball team. Feel free to browse our site, and if you would like to find out how you can join a team, send us an email. Note: We are not the Club Spokane Dodgers, an independent, select-level travel team for high school players. If you are looking for the Club Spokane Dodgers website, click here.

The 2008 Tri-Cities Tournament is quickly approaching. This tournament is a competitive regional MABL (18+) tournament held in southeast Washington State in the Tri-Cities area (the intersection of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland). The tournament is played over Memorial Day weekend, May 24th through 26th, at Roy Johnson Field and Dust Devil Stadium.

The following teams are participating: Cascade Mariners, Puget Sound Astros, Puget Sound Scorpions, Salem Hornets, Seattle Rainiers, Spokane Dodgers, Tri-Cities Pilots, Tri-Cities Rattlers.

The Puget Sound Scorpions are the defending champions, having won the tournament in both 2006 and 2007.

Pay Tournament fees online: You may pay your tournament fees by credit card by clicking the button below. A small credit card processing fee will be included.

The Summer 2008 MABL season will start June 1st and end August 24th. We will play 20 games, plus playoffs over approximately 13 weeks. Double headers are played each Sunday with the exception of Hoop Fest and 4th of July weekends. We are expecting a competitive MABL division with 8-10 teams.

In addition, the league is forming an MSBL division for players 35 years and older. For more information, click here.

Player fees for returning players are due May 18th. You must submit the player application, waiver and fees to your manager. He will forward all documents to the league. The deadline for new players is May 29th.

S2008 Spokane Dodgers: You may pay your player fees by credit card by clicking one of the buttons below. A small credit card processing fee will be included.

The Fall 2007 season has been successfully completed, with the Dodgers and Rockies tied atop the standings with identical 8-2 records. Unfortunately, bad field conditions due to rain would not allow the two teams to compete on last day of the season. Congratulations Dodgers and Rockies!

The Spokane Dodgers captured their second consecutive summer championship behind an outstanding pitching performance by Charlie Zimmerman. Zimmerman shut out the Tigers 2-0, pitching a complete game and allowing only 5 hits. This remarkable performance by Zimmerman was preceded by 3 scoreless innings earlier in the day against the number 4 seeded Yankees. On the day, Zimmerman pitched 12 scoreless innings and earned 2 wins.

In the championship game, the Tigers countered with their ace, Jim Olson. Olson pitched a strong 8 innings, allowing only 5 hits and 2 runs. The Dodgers scored their first run on a double to the right-center gap by Mike Lee in the 4th inning which scored Will Lindsey from 1st base. In the 6th, Lindsey contributed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Phil Nickle. Nickle reached 2nd base on a throwing error and was moved over to third on an infield grounder to the right side by Rich DeAndre.

The Dodgers have now won 3 summer titles in the last 4 years. In each case, the Dodgers and Tigers have played in the championship game. Prior to this rivalry, the Tigers won 3 consecutive titles. They have now appeared in 7 consecutive championship games, an outstanding achievement.

In the playoffs, the Dodgers held their opponents to 5 runs in 3 games with good pitching and solid defense. After a bye in round 1, Carl Miller got the win in round 2 against the Reds, winning 9-4. In round 3, against the Yankees, Zimmerman started and pitched 3 scoreless innings. Eric McMurtrey then pitched the next 3 innings, giving up only 1 run. This allowed the Dodgers to rest Zimmerman and start him in the championship game.

The Dodgers scored 24 runs in the 3 games, with most of the offense coming in the first 2 games. Lindsey, Miller, Lee, Nick Alexander, Tom Hoiland, McMurtrey and Nickle all contributed extra base hits. Nickle hit the Dodgers only home run. Congratulations Dodgers!

The Summer 2007 playoffs began Saturday morning, August 11th, and continued through Sunday afternoon. The results are below.

The Trail Orioles returned home after visiting Spokane for an exhibition doubleheader at Rogers High School on Saturday, July 14th. The Orioles showed why their program is highly respected throughout the Inland Northwest with excellent athleticism and sportsmanship during a difficult afternoon with temperatures reaching approximately 100 degrees. A team composed of Spokane Dodgers and Newport Yankees represented the Spokane area.

Trail is our neighbor to the north in beautiful British Columbia (BC), Canada. If you love outdoor activities and friendly people, you must put Trail, BC on your list of places to visit!

Throughout the 1970's, Bill Lee was the ultimate gonzo baseball player, a brilliant left-handed pitcher who flouted every manager or front office executive who tried to control him. The fans loved him and so did the sportswriters who delighted in asking the usual baseball questions, only to get philosophical responses involving the relationship between Camus and the curveball or the effects of karma on a pitcher's rotator cuff.

Blacklisted from professional baseball in 1983, Lee was left to roam the world in search of a chance to play the game he loves. Harkening back to the days of barnstormers like the mythical Satchel Paige, who traveled the globe in search of good baseball, Lee's adventures have taken him across the United States to China, Russia, South America, and every province in Canada. The film follows Lee, approaching sixty years young, on a road trip from his farm in Vermont to the impoverished baseball mecca of Cuba and on his triumphant return to Fenway Park. Along the way, we hear from former teammates, family members, sportswriters, fans, and especially Lee himself about the unique life and career that spawned the legend of a ballplayer who will forever be known as simply the SPACEMAN. Visit the website here.

The GFI baseball tournament is a very prestigious wood bat tournament which has attracted many of the top semi-pro teams from North America, including the Seattle Studs, Houston Astros, Chicago Prairie Gravel, San Diego Stars, New York Storm and Trail Orioles. Each year Canada sends several college-based teams including the UBC T-Birds (Team Canada).

In 2006, the San Diego Stars won their second GFI Championship. The Spokane RiverHawks were represented by several current and former local college players. In addition, we were very fortunate to have Bill, Andy and Mike Lee join us for the tournament. Bill, a 119 game winner in his 14-year major league career with the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, threw out the first pitch at the opening ceremony, making this a very special year for us. Bill also pitched 4 masterful innings in game 3 against Burnaby, giving up only 1 run. For more about the tournament, visit the GFI website.