The 2018 Alibrandi roster boasts 8 ex-professional ballplayers, 4 former college All-Americans, and a slew of All-region and All-Conference selections who have been playing together for the better half of the last decade. Despite being the “new kids on the block”, several names on the Alibrandi roster will be familiar to fans of the ICL, including: Bobby Barrett (Testa Corp), Mark Addesa (Testa Corp), Anthony Del Prete (Testa Corp), David Lightbody (Gately/Wakefield), Paul Frisoli (Arlington), Mike Maguire (Cassell Club), and Ted Dziuba (Cassell Club). Mixing in some fresh talent from local universities, this veteran squad will be primed to make a splash in their inaugural ICL campaign.

Trum Field in Somerville, MA has been home to the Alibrandis for years, and will continue to host the Alibrandi Baseball Club in 2018 along with additional home games at Ferullo Field in Woburn, MA.

Alibrandi Nation extends its sincere thanks to the Intercity Baseball League for allowing us to continue our love of this great game in the most competitive atmosphere available.

Reading has a long and rich history of baseball excellence in the Greater Boston area and has, over the years, had player participation in every high quality league, including the Intercity League. The “Reading Town Team” was the original entry in the ICL and enjoyed many playoff appearances during the 1960s, including five Finals appearances and a ICL championship in 1967.

Bulldogs Founder and GM, John Halsey, has been a fixture on the Reading baseball scene for 20 years and brings 35 years of coaching and organizational expertise from around the country to the franchise. Halsey has committed significant resources to make the Reading Bulldogs a flagship franchise in the Intercity League and a first class organization, The Bulldogs have been fiercely competitive reaching the post season in each year of their existence including a string of four straight semi-final or “final three” appearances through the 2014 season.

North Field, at Endicott College in Beverly, MA has been the Bulldogs home field since 2013. The state of the art lighted and turfed baseball venue has enabled the Bulldogs to play their home games at times more amenable to the league’s player demographic. For their first three years of existence, Morton Field, the venerable “flagship baseball field” in Reading, served as home for the Bulldogs. It is hoped that in the very near future that the Bulldogs can return to their roots in Reading to what is known now as Morton Field at Pete Moscariello Ballpark once planned lighting is installed at the pristine baseball venue.

As the Bulldogs’ roster fills each season, the players are very excited as they anticipate their summer with the Bulldogs and experiencing high quality baseball on the baseball fields of Greater Boston and the North Shore. The team continues to interview some of the finest current and past collegiate players and seeks those with both a genuine love of the game and a very high level of competitive skill and spirit.

The Blue Sox have won eleven Intercity League championships, their first in 1998 by a 4 games to 1 margin in a best of 7 game series vs. The Anthony’s Athletics of Malden. Their second championship came in 2002 when they came back from an 0-2 deficit to win the final 3 games in a best of 5 championship series vs. The Gately Rams of Melrose. The final game in 2002 was an impressive 1-0 victory in which Wes Sparks (Southwestern Oklahoma St.) threw a 1 hitter to seal the championship.

In 2004, the Lexington Blue Sox again captured the Intercity League title. The Blue Sox beat the Lowell Braves by dropping game one of the championship and then winning 3 straight games. Jim Clarke went the distance in game 4 to give the Blue Sox the win.

In 2005 the Lexington Blue Sox captured their first back-to-back title with a 3 games to 1 win over Cassell Club!

In 2011 the Blue Sox captured their fifth straight Intercity League title after winning championships in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010

In 2013, the Blue Sox were back on the winners podium with a tough 5 game series vs. the Andre Chiefs.

In 2014, the Blue Sox once again reached the finals but lost to Andre.

In 2015, the Blue Sox won the Intercity League Championship vs. the Andre Chiefs 3-0

The goals of the Blue Sox are simple: Winning championships; developing players, and building lifelong friendships among their players, fans, and supporters. Once a player plays for the Blue Sox, he becomes a part of the organization.

The Blue Sox formula for success is straightforward. We combine top notch current college players with experienced former college and professional players. The collegians learn how to play the game from the veterans and the veterans are energized and motivated by the successes of the college players.

“We provide top notch baseball for our fans and we don’t consider any season a success unless we are in contention for the title”, says Blue Sox manager Rick DeAngelis. “As good as the college players are when they arrive in Lexington at the beginning of each summer, they all leave as better players with improved skills and as better young men. There is always a place for a quality baseball player on the Blue Sox roster.