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Sabers' Chris Dion Fires No-Hitter

In just over a year, lefty pitcher Chris Dion of the Stoneham Sabers has emerged as one of the Thomas Yawkey Baseball League’s great stars.

Dion hails from Lawrence where he played baseball for Central Catholic High School where he won the coaches’ award his senior year. After high school, he went on to attend St. Joseph’s College of Maine that is highly recognized for their prestigious baseball program led by Coach Will Sanborn. While at St. Joseph’s Dion was one of the Monks most valuable relief pitchers in their program’s history, where he is tied for second all-time in career appearances (54). He also won 3 Greater Northeast Atlantic Conference Championships with the Monks. The south paw pitcher is known for his craftiness on the mound, as he hits his corners and throws a lot of off speed pitches.

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Dion who originally played for the Malden Bulldogs, took a year off to play baseball in another league. In 2012, Dion was brought back into the Yawkey League when the Stoneham Sabers entered their second year in the league. Sabers’ new recruit Travis Adams caught Dion at St. Joseph’s College and brought in the lefty pitcher. Adams is a catcher that Dion swears by. Dion said “Knowing I have Travis behind the plate makes things a lot easier for me, as opposed to thinking about what I am going to throw next, he does it for me. Having someone behind the plate that I know well and knows me well makes it easy to pitch quality games every start out there. Also, having the defense that we have in Stoneham makes things a lot easier as well.  Since I am not a power pitcher and can’t blow the ball by anyone, being able to pitch to contact and let the defense do work behind me is key. I know they have my back and I will always have theirs, so I look to throw quality games each start.”

Dion’s quick success out of the bullpen for Stoneham encouraged Manager Angelo Colucci to change Dion’s role from a reliever to starter. In his first season for Stoneham, Dion posted a 5-0 record, and recorded a save. In the playoffs Dion was 2-1 and threw a spectacular eight innings, one hitter in game one of the semi-finals against the champion Somerville Alibrandis. Dion’s only loss of the season was a tough luck loss where he pitched a complete game on only two days rest later in the playoff series where he let up just 2 runs. Colucci said “It is amazing what Dion does on the mound, if I need him to pitch back to back quality games on short rest he does it, I don’t know how, but he gets the job done every time, he has been a great addition to the Saber family.”

In 2013, Dion has opened up the season with yet another win against a talented East Boston Knights team.  He then came in to save the day in the Sabers’ second game where the bases were loaded with one out in the last inning, and he struck out the final two batters to pick up the save. Of course Dion was not done just yet.  Just a week after his first start of the season, Dion would throw the Stoneham Sabers’ first no hitter in franchise history against division rivals the Medford Maddogs. Catcher Travis Adams said “He had great command of all his pitches all game, and as a catcher to know you can call any pitch in any situation; he really kept hitters off balance all game long.”

Dion is currently 2-0 with one save, throwing 14.2 innings and only has let up 4 hits on 1 earned run, while striking out 17 batters in the young season.

There is plenty of baseball to be played, but if there is one thing known for sure, every time Chris Dion is on the mound, you know you’re going to be watching a great pitching performance.

2013 YBL

Dan Tarpey Memorial Golf Tournament

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This year's tournament will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 at the William Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park in Dorchester, MA. The play will be a modified scramble with am 8:00 am shotgun start. There will also be an awards luncheon and raffle. Registration will begin at 7:00 am. For more information please visit the tournament web site here.

To download a registration form click here.