Linscott's involvement with Augusta baseball began in 1971 when his son was playing Little League, and in 1974 he was part of a group that began the process of turning Piggery Road from a single field and farmland into a serious home for Little League baseball and Babe Ruth baseball and softball, as well as other forms of recreation like basketball and horseshoes. “He was the driving force behind all of it,” former Augusta Babe Ruth president Al Cloutier said.

Old Town head baseball coach resigns after seven seasons #mesportshttps://t.co/znfzf37yuO pic.twitter.com/ixr8z2QkQM

— WFVX WVII News (@FoxABCMaine) May 22, 2020

Game on? Little League is offering youth baseball organizations a path forward as they eye a restart amid the COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/gHP0GKHEqZ

— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) May 22, 2020

.@BrewerWitches AD David Utterback was hopeful to start construction on a $4 million overhaul of Heddericg field this fall, but COVID-19 has put the project on pause. #mesports

STORY: https://t.co/4zyzV7wHJX pic.twitter.com/afBeSZMiFM

— Andrew Badillo (@andrewbadillo99) May 22, 2020

2020 Spring Sports Senior Spotlights: Oxford Hills Vikings https://t.co/fAu0q9erdb #mesports

— Tom Nolette (@MBRmaine) May 19, 2020

Ryan Flaherty believes baseball will return in 2020 https://t.co/OgYiAlt3FC #mesports

— Tom Nolette (@MBRmaine) May 19, 2020

Mainer and former NY Yankee Larry Gowell passes away! ⁦@ELHSEDDIES⁩ ⁦@Yankees⁩ https://t.co/wgx9LOdwdy

— Dave Eid (@DaveEidWGME) May 13, 2020

Some summer baseball still planned to go on in Maine! https://t.co/x5desRNJHI

— Dave Eid (@DaveEidWGME) May 12, 2020

UMaine baseball adds PVHS' Lincoln to coaching staff. #mesportshttps://t.co/kbRS66yQQ8 pic.twitter.com/74jwZdTlW6

— WFVX WVII News (@FoxABCMaine) May 12, 2020

There will be no American Legion baseball this year, the latest of many leagues to cancel. But, it hasn't stopped those involved from looking for alternate ways to have baseball this summer. #mesports

WATCH: https://t.co/U8eNqtJ3tY pic.twitter.com/kx5c6PWH8s

— Andrew Badillo (@andrewbadillo99) May 12, 2020

Former @MaranacookAD baseball standout Greg Creek is our latest story in our new Catching Up With series. Story from @dbonifantMTM https://t.co/pLbkMuBCZt #mesports

— Central Maine Sports (@CentralMEsports) May 9, 2020

Connor Caverly, Quinn McDaniel and Marshall Smaracko all settled on the same destination to play NCAA Division 1 college baseball — the University of Maine at Orono.They arrived there, however, via vastly different paths.

The Little League World Series dates to 1947. It has been canceled for the first time. https://t.co/KEjKxeYiTE

— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) April 30, 2020

Verge, who watched the procession from his driveway, is a longtime baseball and softball umpire and basketball referee, has been involved in Little League baseball and softball for decades as a District 2 administrator and has worked for years at Dow Furniture in Waldoboro. Verge, a recent grand marshal of the Thomaston Fourth of July parade, is a Waldoboro High School graduate where he was a multi-sport standout. He also is enshrined in the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame.

Wyatt Williamson won't get his shot at being the Ace for the @oxford_hills baseball team, but he did leave his mark on the program. Story by @RAWmaterial33. #mesportshttps://t.co/xVW4WQlVHU

— Sun Journal Sports (@Sports_SJ) April 24, 2020