The mission of The M Street Softball League is to bring a high level of softball to the residents of South Boston and surrounding communities. The league began play in 1970 when Ray Flynn and “Bucky” Feeney came up with the brilliant idea of starting a league for returning South Bostonians who had served in Vietnam. With the guidance of Flynn and Feeney, M Street Softball grew beyond belief in the late seventies and into the early eighties. In fact, the league was so successful that on many a night one couldn’t find a seat in the packed grandstands. The league even received some national television exposure when they once donated a large sum of money to the Jimmy Fund before a Red Sox game.