Monday, March 16, 2026 — 8:00 a.m.
Five Days Left: 2026 Registration for Returning Players Ends This Friday, March 20
The three-week registration period for all returning players to sign up and pay for the 2026 season, which began on Monday, March 2, closes this Friday, March 20, at Midnight.
More than 80% of all returning players have already taken care of this, so if you’re one of the remaining laggards please head on over to the Registration page and follow the instructions.
If you’re not registered by that day/time, you will not be playing on your team this year — it’s that simple.
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New Player Wait List for 2026 Season
For anyone new who is interested in playing in 2026 — subject to open available roster slots — please send an email to league commissioner Sam White (bucs32@gmail.com) and your name will be added to our Wait List for this season.
We’ll have a better idea of how many new players can be added — if any — by late-March, and you will be notified one way or the other on or about April 1.
Any new players who are subsequently informed that they’ve been added to a team in 2026, will then be instructed to register and pay during a specific TBD timeframe in early-April.
If no new players are added this season, your name will remain on the Wait List for 2027.
Sam White, Commissioner
In Memory & Appreciation
John D. DeLuca, Jr. was the founding commissioner and driving force behind the Lynnfield Men’s Over-40 Softball League for many years of its early existence, as well as being a beloved member of the Green Team.
It was his vision to establish a social-based sports endeavor, whereby a bunch of middle-aged guys could have the opportunity to get together outdoors one night a week during the nice weather, whack a ball around for a bit, have some fun, pretend they were athletes again, expand their friendships and network of contacts, and – as Billy Joel sang in “Piano Man” – forget about life for a while.
John’s outgoing personality, perpetual grin, infectious laugh, and sense of humor — combined with his warm and spirited greeting of “Hey, buddy!” to all — made him a natural leader and a friend to virtually everyone he encountered in all corners of his life. This was never more evident than the outpouring of support he received after being diagnosed with leukemia, and the hundreds of people who participated in the subsequent bone marrow drive that was conducted in an attempt to save his life.
John fought a very valiant battle, but ultimately succumbed to this disease on June 21, 2008, at the much too young age of 53.
What he started and tirelessly nurtured for all those years has been bequeathed to all of us to sturdily build on and take forward.
To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.