NEW YORK — When Elizabeth Benn first started pitching in the New York Metro Baseball League, an amateur collective for former college players and weekend warriors, an opposing batter would step into the box and laugh. Just like that. Happened all the time. Some guys smiled. Some looked ... uncomfortable. Some just hurled thinly veiled, sarcastic remarks from the bench. The best reactions, however, came when the at-bats were over. This was after Benn had spun her breaking ball

This series kept the fans on their toes. Each game seemed to be going in a certain direction and then suddenly changed course. It was close!!! GM 1: Railsplitters 5 Patriots 2 GM 2: Railsplitters 7 Patriots 10 GM 3: Railsplitters 2 Patriots 1 __________________________ Total: Railsplitters 14 Patriots 13 Game 3 took two dates to complete as it was halted by mother nature. Elizabeth Benn and Jose Dejesus pitched a stalemate through 5 innings in a 1-1 game. Fast forward to

On Wednesday, June 5, NYCMBL rookie Adrian Rodriguez got a glimpse of baseball beyond the boroughs when the hard-throwing youngster was selected by the Texas Rangers in 39th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft. Rodriguez — who pitches for the Yonkers Railsplitters — impressed scouts with both his stuff and his potential this spring, tallying 15 strikeouts in 8 innings of work thus far. The 6-foot-5 right-hander has also generated interest from college teams, and cou

After teasing a new look for the past month, the 2018 Single A and Fall Ball Champion Yonkers Rail Splitters officially unveiled their new logos today. Yonkers displayed two new sets of logos — a steam engine locomotive main logo and an updated version of the speeding locomotive featured on Double A hats and Single A uniform. The announcement comes a month after the team teased its new logo on Facebook with positive feedback. Designed by Guardian Sports Chief Designer Paulina

A look at the rosters for the 2018 Atlantic City Memorial Day Tournament, which is set to start on May 26th at Atlantic City’s Sand Castle Stadium, shows a good deal of Yonkers Railsplitter Players. The Splitters have 11 players representing the team, more than any other team in the New York City Metro Baseball League (NYCMBL). Sebastian Colon, Terrell Wilson, Shamel Ramos, Ramon Dario, Michael Boothby, JC Nunez, Douglas Pichardo, Wilson Nunez and Michael Peralta will join th

In the span of 24 hours, the Yonkers RailSplitters played 24 innings of baseball and won two out of three games extending their undefeated streak to 8 games before succumbing to the Bronx Pirates. Not a bad weekend for one of the hottest teams in the New York City Metro Baseball League. The RailSplitters completed their doubleheader with the Bronx Mariners by winning both games on Saturday night at Randall’s Island. The Splitters took game one by a score of 4-3 in walk off fa

The NYCMBL released its final 2018 regular-season schedule on Monday. Each division will play a minimum of 26 games with the remaining 2 weeks (4 games) used to balance schedule for playoffs. League playoffs will begin on Saturday, July 28th for Single A and Sunday July 29th for Double A. Single A will be a 6 team double elimination tournament: Final two teams play in a best 2 out of 3 series Double AA will be an 8 team double elimination tournament: Final two teams play in

With regular season baseball underway, it’s almost time for the New York City Metro Baseball season to begin. Opening Day for the Yonkers Railsplitters Double-A Team is Sunday, April 8th with the Single-A team scheduled to open on Saturday, April 7th. The Railsplitters have two full-season teams in the New York City Metro Baseball League, the Double-A Yonkers Rail Splitters, and the Single-A South Yonkers Railsplitters. Both teams announced their 2018 rosters below. #YonkersB

The Yonkers Railsplitters Single A team of the New York City Metro Baseball League, recently unveiled their new uniform at Governors Field. The design reflects the team’s current color scheme and long history, which dates back to the New York Rip Tide. The retro 70’s styled multi colored jersey with “Yonkers” lettering across the front in Vegas Gold was designed by team Manager Christen Colon with finishing accents done by team General Manager Jonathan Zeron. The new uniform

The day will kick off at 9:00 a.m. when the Single-A All-Stars take the field for a 9-inning contest. The Single-A All-Star game will be followed by a luncheon during which Single-A awards will be distributed. The Double-A game is set to start at 1 p.m. While admission to the NYCMBL portion of the festivities is free, the purchase of a discounted $20 ticket will allow fans the chance to stick around after the Double-A game to watch the Boulders of the Can-Am League take on th