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YBL Announces three awards

The Yawkey League is proud to announce the winners of the following three awards.

Tony Conigliaro Comeback Player of the Year:

Ted Tracy – Brighton Braves
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Peter Williams Umpire of the Year:

Carl Rodriguez
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President’s Award:

Bill Protrulis – McKay Club Beacons
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2024 Silver Slugger Awards

The Yawkey League is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 Silver Slugger Awards.

Justine Makisimu has been awarded his third consecutive Silver Slugger, while Ross Zamparelli has received his third Silver Slugger award, having previously won in 2018 and 2023. Cam Plank adds his second Silver Slugger to his collection, following his win in 2022. Kyle Cachopa has earned his second consecutive Silver Slugger.

This season there are five first time Silver Slugger winners including rookies Ryan Lush and Eric Ladd. In addition to winning a Silver Slugger this season, Cam Plank and Ross Zamparelli were also awarded Gold Gloves.

Congratulations to all the winners.

2024 Silver Slugger Award Winners

Position Player Team
C Cam Plank Al Thomas Athletics
1B Conor Dines McKay Club Beacons
2B Kyle Cachopa Brighton Black Sox
3B Justine Makisimu Brighton Black Sox
SS Ryan Lush Brighton Braves
OF Ross Zamparelli Brighton Black Sox
OF Trevor Derochea Al Thomas Athletics
OF Eric Ladd McKay Club Beacons
Designated Hitter Christian Quigley Brighton Black Sox

Each franchise nominates players from their own team. Each franchise then votes for one player at each position, expect outfield. Each team casts votes for three outfielders. The results of the voting can be found here.
Silver Slugger Award Results

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2024 Gold Glove Awards

The Yawkey League is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 Gold Glove Awards.

There are seven first time Gold Glove winners. This including two rookies Eduardo Colmenares and Jack Hawke. For Cam Plank is his third consecutive Gold Glove award. For Ross Zamparelli this is he second consecutive Gold Glove award.

Congratulations to all the winners.

2024 Gold Glove Award Winners

Position Player Team
C Cam Plank Al Thomas Athletics
1B Alex Klapes Brighton Braves
2B Kyle Cachopa Brighton Black Sox
3B Eduardo Colmenares Al Thomas Athletics
SS Aqib Shah Brighton Black Sox
OF Jack Hawke Brighton Braves
OF Elijah Perez East Boston Knights
OF Ross Zamparelli Brighton Black Sox
P Paul Wydom Al Thomas Athletics

Each franchise nominates players from their own team. Each franchise then votes for one player at each position, expect outfield. Each team casts votes for three outfielders. The results of the voting can be found here.

Gold Glove Award Results

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2024 All Rookie Team

The first awards announcement is the 2024 All-Rookie Team.
The All-Rookie Team consists of two rookie from each team. This includes each teams nominee for Rookie of the Year as well as one additional player. The Rookie of the Year winner will be announced later in the week.

Every season introduces a new group of players to the league. These rookies come to the league with various levels of playing experience. While some players come to league straight from high school, most are current or former college players.

Players on the 2024 All-Rookie Team are current or former players from Emerson, Endicott College, Western New England and Southern New Hampshire University.

2024 All-Rookie Team

Player Team
Eduardo Colmenares Al Thomas A’s
Tim Cooper Al Thomas A’s
Ben Youkilis Brighton Black Sox
Marc Zeitels Brighton Black Sox
Ryan Lush Brighton Braves
Devin Conroy Brighton Braves
Max Tarlin East Boston Knights
Carlos Rodriguez East Boston Knights
Eric Ladd McKay Club Beacons
Jaron Duffy McKay Club Beacons
Chris Tejada The BASE
Joel Valera The BASE

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YBL Finals Game 6 and 7 Broadcast

Thanks to the incredible work of Arlen Showstack full broadcasts of Game 6 and Game 7 of the YBL Finals between the Brighton Black Sox and Brighton Braves are available online.

Game 6 Brighton Black Sox vs Brighton Braves (08/25/24)

Game 7 Brighton Braves vs Brighton Black Sox (08/26/24)

Thanks again to Arlen Showstack for his great work and dedication to the Yawkwey League. Please check out his company at ASPNHD

And a very special thanks to Stan Piltch of Piltch Services for sponsoring both broadcasts.

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2024 YBL Awards

With the 2024 season successfully behind us, it is now time to reflect back on the accomplishments of the season. The Yawkey League will be making a series of announcements in the upcoming week to announce the winners of its yearly awards.

The awards will be presented as part of the program following the YBL Golf tournament on September 28. The YBL Golf tournament is scheduled for a 1pm shotgun start at George Wright Golf Course.

For more information about or to register for the golf tournament please following this link

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