Launchers Win the Scarsdale Adult Softball World Series

The Launchers Won the SeriesThe Scarsdale Adult Softball 2025 season’s playoffs, the Scarsdale World Series (SWS), was won by the Launchers. The Launchers defeated the Pros in the final game of the SWS in extra innings. The Launchers came from behind to tie the final game in the bottom of the 7th inning and then scored the winning run in the bottom of the 8th to win the 2025 Championship. The final score was Launchers 7 and the Pros 6. The Launchers won their 2nd SWS in six appearances in the finals. The Pros in six appearances in the SWS have won once in 2007. The Pros reached the SWS by eliminating the 2025 pennant winners, Claire Leone. Claire Leone’s four straight SWS championships winning streak was ended by the Pros. Claire Leone had appeared in ten straight championship finals and had won the SWS seven times.

The Launchers were led by co-captains Kiran Ramachandran and Matt Daniel. Hoisting the Championship trophy presented by League Commissioner John Holt were Jack Callahan, David Love, Andrew Fialkow, Seth Thornton, Jake Fischer, Jacob Brief, Scott Galst, Joe Weintraub, Evan Maroney, Noah Glantz, Zach Swartz, Matt Hyman, Michael Berkowitz, Kevin Daniel, James Conlan, Archie Fanning and Mike Green.

The Pros co-captains Mike Liebman and Jeff Levin led a veteran team consisting of Bill Liebman, Scott Liebman (MVP), Charlie Hassan (league leading pitcher), slugger Conrad Horowitz, Jared Kasden, Dan Cohen, Michael Erbsen, Dave Farber, Eric Kaplan, Eric Lichtenstein, Adam Rosen, Steve Sage, Gracie Liebman, Mike Lubanski, Don Repetto, Dan Smith and Brad Weckstein.

The Pros

The final regular season standings were led by the pennant winning Claire Leone (9-3), tied for 2nd place with 8-4 records were the Launchers, Walk Ons and Pros, followed by the Bee Lines (4-8), Green Hornets (4-8) and the Underdawgs (1-11).

It is expected that the seven teams will return next season. The league looks forward to adding additional players and teams for the 2026 season.