Smartmarks Fake Baseball League

[the pinjockey 0]

Yeah me too....

 

*looks at paycheck*

 

Have fun on the unemployment line, LeBeau.

[Guest Evolution]

Hot off the presses:

 

President Dean Declares State of Emergency in Pennsylvania and Ohio

 

President Howard Dean, in shock over the events that have transpired in Philadelphia and Columbus, has called for the National Guard to come help the residents of the two towns and the surrounding suburbs.

 

The cause for this is the results of the 2010 Smartmarks Fake Baseball League season. Many fans of the Philadelphia Freedom and Columbus Pride have gone into shock that their two respective teams have made it into the playoffs for the first time in the history of the league.

 

"It's like we're living in Backwards Land," said one Pride fan Stewie Smith.

 

And it sure seems that way. With the defending SFBL Champion Boston Tea Baggers finishing dead last in their division with a 60-102 division, and perennial losers Philadelphia advancing to the top of the division and winning with a considerable four-game margin over the Baltimore Crime Spree, things are all...well, fucked up.

 

Meanwhile, the Pride, which have never been known to win anything except "Biggest Package" contests at the local Rainbow club, have made it to the playoffs with a 90-72 record, inching out the Vancouver Vasectomy by three games.

 

Meanwhile, former Pride pitcher Ben Dover was at a loss for words.

 

"Looks like they finally got their heads--and other foreign objects--out of their asses and put it together," Dover said. Dover is now a member of the Las Vegas Jokers, which sneaked past the Seattle Frasiers, who were looking for a first-ever playoff bid themselves.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Finally the team wins!

[Guest Evolution]

I was wondering if you guys would mind if I simply eliminated the team summaries at the end of each season. That is one thing that takes a lot of time, and getting rid of that and simply recapping the TSM players themselves would allow for more seasons to progress faster. The postseason recaps would remain, of course.

 

Just want to know what you guys would think of such a move.

[Lightning Flik 0]

I wouldn't mind the non-recap. It wouldn't trouble me at all.

 

Although, FREEDOM MADE THE PLAYOFFS???

 

And Eddy J weeps...

[Guest Evolution]

East-West Standings

 

East

 

Team W L PCT GB

Philadelphia 88 74 .543 -

Baltimore 84 78 .519 4.0

New York 74 88 .457 14.0

New Jersey 70 92 .432 18.0

Boston 60 102 .370 28.0

 

West

 

Team W L PCT GB

Las Vegas 103 59 .636 -

Seattle 102 60 .630 1.0

Denver 91 71 .562 12.0

Phoenix 74 88 .457 29.0

Los Angeles 64 98 .395 39.0

 

North-South Standings

 

North

 

Team W L PCT GB

Columbus 90 72 .556 -

Vancouver 87 75 .537 3.0

Detroit 85 77 .525 5.0

Indianapolis 81 81 .500 9.0

Chicago 52 110 .321 38.0

 

South

 

Team W L PCT GB

Jacksonville 93 69 .574 -

Houston 91 71 .562 2.0

Atlanta 88 74 .543 5.0

Charlotte 78 84 .481 15.0

Memphis 65 97 .401 28.0

[HarleyQuinn 0]

We finished 3rd!?! WHAT??

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

I'm really getting tired of stomping Atlanta every year. Maybe you guys should demand trades or something.

 

ps - I would have no problem with going to a TSM only recap. But keep the playoffs, the're fun to read. Except the part where we lose Game 7 of the League Championship Series.

[Lightning Flik 0]

Is it possible for a player to demand a team do something to get better?

 

Because I'm NOT going to be on a team that flunks it twice in a row... Now I wish I had the recap, because that just blows... GR!

[KingPK 0]

See!? See!? Get rid of that Dover ass and we cruise right into the postseason.

 

*Applauds GM for listening to his suggestion*

[WrestlingDeacon 0]

Just call me Jericho, because I've won the glass ceiling award four times. I would have loved to have gone south and hooked up with Gonzalez and the boys, but I am glad to get out of Vancouver. Well, Seattle is farther south than Vancouver, so at this rate I should be there by the time I'm 70.

[Guest Evolution]

2010 Report:

 

For all the TSM Players – Why Your Team Did or Didn’t Make The Playoffs

 

Carlos DeSantis, Giant Gonzales, Eric LeBeau, David Hunter, Rolf Dreikugeln – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Blame it on the pitching. Giant Gonzales and Mr. Wonderful carried the pitching staff, and the rest were unable to pick up the slack, especially when it came to the bullpen. The Hanoi Janes allowed 912 runs, which is a lot of runs if you don’t score 1,069 runs yourself. Then it kinda evens out. Factor in the curse that deems that Jacksonville must always beat out Atlanta, and that, is why the Atlanta Hanoi Janes did not make the playoffs.

 

Shiro Suzuki – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Suzuki tried to light a fire under the asses of the Ashes, but it was a futile attempt as the Phoenix offense could use some work. The pitching is solid enough, but that will need work too if Phoenix ever wants to get over .500 again.

 

John Duran – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Have no fear, the Harlots worked together to suck this year. Everything basically needs work, and it’s going to be a while before we ever see Charlotte in the playoffs again.

 

RJ Frost – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: This one is pretty easy to explain: You simply let it slip at the waning moments of the season. The Jokers snuck up from behind the Frasiers to claim the West title, taking it by a mere one game. Nothing can truly be blamed for falling up short, and this means big things for next year, as this time Seattle might be able to get the job done. In short, it certainly wasn’t your fault, Frost.

 

Markus Cirillo – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Who cares? You didn’t even play an SFBL game in the big leagues this year anyway.

 

Alex Zenon and Edward James – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: The RBI are just simply not coming in for Eddy J as it is. Himself, well, he’s scoring a lot, but he doesn’t get too many opportunities to drive in runs considering the Eels allowed an amazing 1,047 runs, compared to the miniscule 860 that they actually had. It’s all about the defense and pitching here (read: there was none). As for Zenon, well, you actually had a full season, Z, but you didn’t do too hot and your ERA was out of control, so we won’t even bother blaming you for Memphis being in the basement.

 

Logan Caldwell – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Strong numbers from Caldwell make all signs point to the fact that Caldwell actually tried hard to not make this team finish in 3rd place, 5 games behind the North champion Columbus Pride. Hitting more than 35 homeruns and driving in more than 110 runs is a good season in my book, a good enough one to avert the blame from you.

 

Charlie Matthews – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Please blame it on the hitting. Sure, you guys barely missed the playoffs, but if your hitting had been just a little bit better, you would’ve been a threat to take it all this year. As you are, though, Shimetarou Naoki is still the provider for the offense on the team, and he certainly didn’t put on a show like he did in 2009. The pitching is fine, the batters are fucked.

 

Patrick Hannon – Why Your Team Didn’t Make The Playoffs: Once again, narrowly edged out, this time by the Jacksonville Jackoffs. The pitching could’ve afforded to give up fewer runs, but otherwise there is no real place to put the blame for finishing two games behind a very strong team in the Jackoffs.

 

Ben Dover and Marvin Jenkins – Why Your Team Did Make The Playoffs: Feel free to give Brett Smith, Ronnie Desrochers and Reuben Sanders lots of praise for their work with the offense. They combined for 128 homeruns, 333 RBI, and a shitload of other impressive stats. On the pitching side, well, there must’ve been something in the water, as Ben Dover actually finished the season with a record above .500, though that might have been because of the aforementioned offense. That doesn’t take away the fact that this pitching staff is one of the best in the league, especially when it comes the bullpen, which really shuts things down if the starting pitchers can’t get the job done—and with most of the starting pitchers sporting an ERA over 5, they save a lot of asses.

 

Robert Henderson and Peter Kostka – Why Your Team Did Make The Playoffs: Umm, exactly how the fuck did this happen again? The hitting for the Pride was led by Dante Rodriguez and Big Red, but the pitching should’ve been enough to drag the Pride out of the top spot. Certainly, Columbus is the weakest team going into the playoffs, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see them take an early exit at the hands of Jacksonville, which has an insatiable thirst for an SFBL title.

 

Winston Ghandi – Why Your Team Did Make The Playoffs: Not a very good homerun hitting team, but the pitching staff was enough to hold off the Horny Toads and take it to the house for another year. Luciano Cardona and Ghandi led the offensive, while George Alongi, Ronnie Galeana, and Amador Silvas look ready to roll for the playoffs.

 

Playoff Preview:

 

Philadelphia Freedom vs. Las Vegas Jokers

Season series: Las Vegas leads 12-6

 

Advantages:

Team batting average – Las Vegas

Team runs scored - Philadelphia

 

Team ERA – Las Vegas

Team opponents average – Las Vegas

Team runs allowed – Las Vegas

 

Prediction: Las Vegas in 5 games.

 

Columbus Pride vs. Jacksonville Jackoffs

Season series: Jacksonville leads 11-7

 

Advantages:

Team batting average – Columbus

Team runs scored - Columbus

 

Team ERA – Jacksonville

Team opponents average – Jacksonville

Team runs allowed – Jacksonville

 

Prediction: Jacksonville in 6 games.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

*snarls and grabs the wooden mallet* That's it, where's our freaking bullpen....*goes off hunting*

[the pinjockey 0]

*pulls up chair, grabs bag of popcorn*

 

Go get em

[Guest Evolution]

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VS LAS VEGAS JOKERS

2010 EAST-WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Philadelphia is making their first playoff appearance and they will be the David to Las Vegas. The Jokers are going into the playoffs with a goliath 103-59 record, and are the definite favorites for what could possibly be a sweep.

 

GAME 1 – Keenan Yelton’s 2-out double scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th and gave Las Vegas enough runs to hold off the Freedom 3-to-2 in what was a surprisingly close game.

 

Frank Elston went 8 innings for Las Vegas, only giving up one earned run and striking out 10.

 

LAS VEGAS 3, PHILADELPHIA 2

 

W – Frank Elston (1-0, 8 IP, 5 HA, 1 ER, 10 Ks)

L – Ken Pfleiderer (0-1, 6 IP, 5 HA, 3 ER, 2 Ks)

S – John Cosenza (1)

Player of the Game – Frank Elston (112 pitches in 8 innings)

 

GAME 2 – The scores increased four-fold for Game 2, and this game was much more exciting.

 

It started with Cristian Vasquez striking out swinging as the first out for the Freedom in the top of the 1st.

 

Then Vincent Sanches singled to center. Valentin Robbins singled to put men on first and second, and Merlin McKnight singled to right field, allowing Sanches to round third and make it home without a throw to give Philadelphia a one-run lead.

 

Ben Dover then walked John Scherfenberg, loading the bases for Jed Goude. Jed struck black gold with a single that scored Robbins and McKnight, making the score 3-0 in favor of the Freedom!

 

Dover remained on the mound as Marcos Vives came up to the plate. A double steal was pulled, and neither Scherfenberg nor Goude could be stopped as runners were suddenly in scoring position again. Vives sacrificed Scherfenberg home for run #4 and only the 2nd out in the inning.

 

Benjamin McConkey then burned Dover again as he singled down the right field line, scoring Jed Goude from second as the score became 5-0!

 

Finally, Samuel Fradera came to the mound in relief of Dover, his head hung low as the Las Vegas crowd booed him. Richard Nickel struck out swinging, but the crowd was deflated by the 5-run opening inning by Philly.

 

Las Vegas came right back as Anderson Goers singled to right field and Ronnie Desrochers smoked a shot down the right-field line with two outs to cut the Jokers’ deficit to 3.

 

Las Vegas gained another run in the bottom of the 2nd when Keenan Yelton stole second as Werner Foster was at the plate. Werner flied out to deep right-field, and Keenan tagged up for third, as there was a throw to challenge him. However, the throw was wild and Keenan was waved around, as he scored to make the score 5-3 Philadelphia!

 

Fradera remained on the mound for Las Vegas in the top of the 3rd as he got smoked by a 2-run homerun by Jed Goude that went down the left field line and made the score 7-3 Philadelphia.

 

Finding themselves back to square one, Las Vegas struck back hard, as Anderson Goers and Brett Smith both reached on walks and Ronnie Desrochers slammed a 3-run shot into deep right field to make the score 7-6 Philadelphia!

 

Finally, the bats calmed down and the pitchers settled into their respective grooves until after the 7th-inning stretch, when the crowd came alive and settled themselves firmly behind their hometown team. Brett Smith reached on a walk, but the crowd groaned in disappointment when Ronnie Desrochers flied out to center field with a chance to hit his third homerun of the game. However, Christopher Wiltz made up for it with a single that scored Brett Smith and tied the game at 7 all!

 

The Jokers’ fans remained hot through the next two innings, but both teams were at a stalemate again!

 

The game went to the top of the 10th inning, and John Scherfenberg came up BIG with a double down the right field line with two outs against closer John Cosenza. Jed Goude followed it up with a single to shallow left-center, and the leftfielder was out of position as Scherfenberg easily rounded third and headed home as the 8th run from the Freedom, as the Jokers’ crowd was silenced and the Freedom bullpen was celebrating.

 

In the bottom of the 10th, Luciano Rovira remained on the mound for the Freedom in relief of Brian Aguayo, trying to put this game away. And he did in a big way, striking out the side swinging as Philadelphia picked up a HUGE upset in Las Vegas!

 

PHILADELPHIA 8, LAS VEGAS 7 (10 INNINGS)

 

W – Luciano Rovira (1-0)

L – John Cosenza (0-1)

Player of the Game – Jed Goude (3-for-5, 2 R, HR, 5 RBI)

 

GAME 3 – As the East-West series came to Philadelphia, the fans were abuzz over the Philadelphia win over Las Vegas just two days prior. The fans wondered if their Freedom could repeat their performance.

 

With time, they would find out the answer.

 

Once again, Philadelphia dominated Las Vegas’ starting pitcher as Enoch Mylchreest obviously wasn’t on his A-game. Alberto Avila and Jerome Guerra hit back-to-back doubles, as the score quickly became 1-0 Freedom. Cristian Vasquez then hit a 2-run homerun, making the score 3-0 with only one out. Merlin McKnight kept the hit parade coming as he singled to center, and then McKnight stole second, as Richard Nickel hit a groundball that Enoch couldn’t field, Nickel reaching base and McKnight moving to third as runners were on the corner for Valentin Robbins. Robbins doubled down the right field line, scoring Merlin and putting runners on second and third, still with only one out. Jed Goude then came up with the score 4-0 and flied out to center field, as Richard Nickel beat the throw home as Philadelphia was up 5-0 and the crowd was electric. Richard Amis finally came on in relief of Enoch and got Vincent Sanches to pop out to the third basemen to end the inning.

 

Much like Game 2, Las Vegas quickly responded. With runners on first and second and two outs, Werner Foster singled to left and scored Christopher Silveira, making the score 5-1 Freedom. Cass Ayscough then hit a single of his own to centerfield, scoring Keenan Yelton and cutting Philadelphia’s lead to only 3 runs.

 

Las Vegas didn’t waste time, striking again in the top of the 3rd. Anderson Goers led off the inning with a single to centerfield. Brett Smith struck out swinging, but Ronnie Desrochers came up and reached base on a fielder’s choice as Philadelphia was unable to turn the double play. Silveira made them pay for that, doubling to the gap in left-center. Though Desrochers scored from first, Silveira began to visibly limp his way to second, and medical help was given to Silveira, who was helped off the field. However, Philadelphia fans weren’t very respectful to Silveira, as only a smattering of claps for Silveira could be heard. Christopher Wiltz then silenced the Philadelphia crowd with a single to left-center that scored pinch runner James Barnes. Alberto Laguna came to the mound for Philadelphia, but the bleeding wouldn’t stop as Las Vegas tied the game on a Keenan Yelton double that scored Wiltz.

 

With the score tied 5-5, Charles Amis remained on the mound in the bottom of the 3rd. Richard Nickel once again drove home Merlin McKnight with a double to right-center, making the score 6-5, as Philadelphia was back in the game.

 

The runs stopped until the top of the 8th, when Las Vegas finally was able to tie the game with a Cass Ayscough double that scored Keenan Yelton from first.

 

Once again, the game went to extra innings as both teams were found at a stalemate.

 

In the bottom of the 10th, however, Philadelphia was threatening. After Vincent Sanches flied out to right-center, John Scherfenberg singled to center field and Alberto Avila hit a single of his own that put runners on the corners for pinch-hitter Jerrold Mauder, who was walked to the cheers of the fans. With the bases loaded and one out, Cristian Vasquez came up to the plate against John Cosenza. Vasquez laced a shot to deep left, and Anderson Goers was on the run. John Scherfenberg had jumped the gun and lept off third base, assuming that the ball would fall and Goers would not catch it. If he did, however, it was over.

 

Goers didn’t catch it. Scherfenberg scored as the Freedom fans lost their mind, the team creating another Philly miracle as Philadelphia suddenly led the series against Las Vegas 2-games-to-1.

 

PHILADELPHIA 7, LAS VEGAS 6 (10 INNINGS)

 

W – Danielin Dardar (1-0)

L – John Cosenza (0-2)

Player of the Game – Cristian Vasquez (2-for-6, R, HR, 3 RBI, GW hit in 10th)

 

GAME 4 – The high-scoring games continued, as Las Vegas looked to rebound after losing two extra-inning games in a row to the Freedom.

 

The Jokers got off to a good start in the top of the 1st, as Christopher Wiltz drove in two runs with a single to left that scored Anderson Goers and Ronnie Desrochers.

 

Cristian Vasquez would have none of that, however, as he jacked a 415 foot shot to deep right-center with Jerome Guerra on first, tying the game at 2 a piece.

 

Reuben Sanders said that anything Cristian could do, he could do better, and hit a 3-run homerun to deep center field, this one traveling 444 feet and scoring Werner Foster, Cass Ayscough, and Reuben.

 

With the score 5-2 Jokers, the homeruns kept coming as Jed Goude laced one to deep left-center, the fans remaining excited as the lead for Las Vegas was cut to 2.

 

Las Vegas was determined, however, and with Christopher Wiltz and Christopher Silveira on base, Werner Foster unloaded a one-out homerun down the left-field line, giving Las Vegas a 5-run lead.

 

Cristian Vasquez responded again, but it wasn’t enough as he only grounded into a fielder’s choice sacrifice that scored John Scherfenberg.

 

In the bottom of the 5th, the Freedom needed to keep the fans in the seats, as some unloyal fans were already leaving. And they got a reason to stick around. After a leadoff walk was issued to John Scherfenberg, Alberto Avila singled to center, advancing Scherfenberg to third without a throw. A walk to Jerome Guerra loaded the bases, and Cristian Vasquez did it again as he doubled down the right field line off Frank Elston and brought home Scherfenberg and Avila as Guerra advanced to third. Charles Amis came to the mound and struck out Merlin McKnight swinging but Richard Nickel singled to shallow-right, as Jerome Guerra scored and Vasquez turned on the afterburners and beat a Werner Foster throw home as the game was suddenly tied 8-8! Nickel was on second as Valentin Robbins hit a single, scoring Nickel without a throw from Las Vegas as Philadelphia had the lead! The crowd continued to roar as John Scherfenberg came up again with two outs and Jeremy Bremer on the mound. He singled home Valentin Robbins, but Alberto Avila was unable to score Vincent Sanches from third, popping out to the second baseman to finally end the inning. Philadelphia scored 6 runs, however, and it was suddenly 10-8 Philly!

 

That rally took all the punch out of Las Vegas, as Philadelphia added an insurance run in the bottom of the 7th with an Alberto Avila single that scored Valentin Robbins again from second as the score became 11-8.

 

In the bottom of the 8th, the Freedom drove the stake into the Jokers’ heart, as Vincent Sanches was walked with the bases loaded, scoring Richard Nickel as John Cosenza took the mound and was able to strike out Scherfenberg to get out of the inning.

 

In the top of the 9th, Luciano Rovira was able to shut down Las Vegas, as the Freedom celebrated again, having rallied to take a 3-games-to-1 lead against the Jokers, and leave the Jokers facing elimination!

 

PHILADELPHIA 12, LAS VEGAS 8

 

W – Danielin Dardar (2-0)

L – Charles Amis (0-1)

S – Luciano Rovira (1)

Player of the Game – Cristian Vasquez (2-for-4, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2-run HR)

 

GAME 5 – The Freedom fans had waited for a long time to see their team go to the playoffs.

 

Now they had a chance to not only go to the SFBL Championship, but to knock off one of the best teams in the league en route to doing it.

 

They just needed to win this game.

 

Las Vegas was out of the gate swinging, and Christopher Silveira drove home the first run of the game in the top of the 1st with an RBI single that scored Brett Smith from second.

 

Werner Foster led off the top of the 2nd with a solo homerun, and Las Vegas was suddenly up 2-0.

 

The bats calmed down and Ben Dover was in a groove as the top of the 5th rolled around and it was another homerun, this one from Anderson Goers that put Las Vegas up 3-0 through 4 ½ innings.

 

Ben Dover then seemed to have a meltdown. In the bottom of the 5th, he led off the inning with a walk to Benjamin McConkey. Richard Nickel struck out swinging, but Crisitan Vasquez hit a triple down the right field line, scoring McConkey and cutting the Jokers’ lead to 2. Vincent Sanches and Valentin Robbins were walked back-to-back to load the bases with one out. Merlin McKnight came to the plate…and was walked. 3-2 Las Vegas. Here comes John Scherfenberg, and the crowd erupts as he is walked as well, making the score 3-3 with the bases still loaded and only one out.. Unfortunately, Jed Goude comes up to the place and grounds into an impressive 3-6-3 double play that ends the inning. However, Ben’s 5 walks worry the Jokers.

 

And they have a reason to worry. Dover leads off the inning with a walk, and is promptly replaced by Jeremy Bremer. McConkey strikes out swinging, but Richard Nickel is walked for Cristian Vasquez, who sends a ball down the left field line, a monstrous shot that travels 473 feet and brings a standing ovation to Cristian that doesn’t end until well into Vincent Sanches’ at bat after Philadelphia takes the lead 6-3!

 

In the top of the 9th, Alberto Laguna is on the mound, as Las Vegas hasn’t been able to mount an offense yet. Werner Foster is pinch-hit for by Tuan Marcus, who flies out to deep right-center. Cass Ayscough singles to left, however, and Rueben Sanders doubles down the right field line, as a disaster seems to be in the works as Philadelphia’s lead shrinks to 6-4. Anderson Goers’ singles to right and scores Rueben Sanders, as the score is 6-5 with only one out and a runner on first. Brett Smith grounds out to the second basemen, but Goers advances to second with 2 outs and Ronnie Desrochers, famous for homeruns, coming to the plate. A 0-2 pitch comes for Desrochers, and he takes a swing…

 

…grounded right to the third basemen.

 

Game over. Series over. Miracle complete.

 

PHILADELPHIA 6, LAS VEGAS 5

 

W – Juan Olmos (1-0, 7.2 IP, 10 HA, 3 ER, 4 Ks)

L – Ben Dover (0-1, 5 IP, 3 HA, 4 ER, 8 BB, 2 Ks)

S – Alberto Laguna (1)

Player of the Game – Cristian Vasquez (2-for-3, 4 RBI, 3-run HR)

 

The EWCS MVP winner is an obvious choice this time, as it goes to Cristian Vasquez. He hit 3 homeruns and drove in 12 runs for the Freedom during this 5-game series, and will be a serious threat when they move to the SFBL Championship.

 

JACKSONVILLE JACKOFFS VS COLUMBUS PRIDE

2010 NORTH-SOUTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Jacksonville is in for the fourth year in a row, and Columbus surprised everyone by getting into the playoffs.

 

GAME 1 – This game was very similar to the E-W series in that it was a low scoring game.

 

In the top of the 4th, Joseph Hughes singled to short right field as Robert Henderson was able to score along with Dante Rodriguez to make the score 2-0 in favor of Columbus.

 

Jacksonville was shut down consistently by the Columbus pitching staff, but they finally had a breakthrough in the bottom of the 8th inning. Felix Rodas was taken off the mound after Joel Masahide doubled down the left field line, and Genaro Salais also went to the bench after striking out Cletus McClain and intentionally walking Winston Ghandi. Leonard Grimm came up to the mound and Josue Castro stepped up to the plate.

 

397 feet later, Jacksonville had the lead 3-2. Grimm got out of the inning, but the damage had already been done.

 

In the top of the 9th, Cedrick Fukusaburu came to the mound and got two quick outs before Duky Tyson tripled down the left-field line!

 

With Colombus threatening, Alfonso Martinez swung for the fences and flied out the gap in left-center as the game ended!

 

JACKONSVILLE 3, COLUMBUS 2

 

W – Geordie Cavell (1-0)

L – Leonard Grimm (0-1)

S – Cedrick Fukusaburu (1)

Player of the Game – Josue Castro (1-for-4, R, 3 RBI, GW 3-run HR)

 

GAME 2 – Fans watching the SFBL playoffs on TV were given a treat when they saw another excellent game in the nighttime hour.

 

In the bottom of the 4th, Josue Castro sacrificed home Winston Ghandi (who tripled to get on base) and made the score 1-0 Jacksonville.

 

Columbus responded in the top of the 5th as Joseph Hughes singled down the left field line and Dante Rodriguez rounded third, heading for home as Zoilo Castillo threw a bullet towards home. It wasn’t in time, however, as Rodriguez scored to tie the game. After a sacrifice fly from Duky Tyson brought Balesio Varela home, Scott Foshee came up big and singled to left with two outs, scoring Joseph Hughes as Columbus took a 3-1 lead, silencing the Jackoff fans in Astroglide Park.

 

Columbus added to the fun in top of the 6th as Robert Henderson was caught stealing second, but Harry Ducharme unloaded a solo homerun down the left field line to make the score 4-1 in favor of the Pride.

 

After the 7th-inning stretch, the Jackoff fans prayed for a lead and got a run. Brandon Mariano’s sacrifice fly scored Josue Castro from third and cut the Columbus lead in half.

 

In the bottom of the 8th, a scary moment happened as Luciano Cardona lined a shot right back to the pitcher, David Guzman. The line drive nailed Guzman right in the face and sent him to the ground as the ball ricocheted into the air, no one in position to field it as Cardona reached first base on an infield hit and Joel Masahide scored from third to cut the Pride lead to 1, the fans unaware of what had happened to Guzman. Trainers checked on Guzman and then helped him off the field as Guzman held an icepack to his face, the Jacksonville fans applauded the Pride pitcher. With runners on the corner and Leonard Grimm coming to the mound, Jacksonville had a chance to take the lead. Unfortunately, Brandon Mariano grounded out to the second baseman to end the inning.

 

Running out of chances, Ronnie Galeana was replaced in the top of the 9th and was able to thwart any Columbus runs from crossing the plate as the game moved to the bottom of the 9th.

 

Imagine the fans in Astroglide Park’s response as Zoilo Castillo nailed a ball to deep right-center. When it fell into the stands 425 feet later, the fans went into a frenzy as Leonard Grimm found himself the goat again, having given up the game-tying run. The crowd was still abuzz as Craig Burke doubled to the gap in left-center. Clinton Kelly was walked, putting runners on first and second with NO outs! Joel Masahide came up and struck out looking, but the crowd wasn’t killed there, as Jesse Holman relieved Leonard Grimm and went to the mound to face Cletus McClain.

 

McClain laced a single to right field, and the Jackoff fans jumped out of their seats, both dugouts rushing to see what would happen next. The fans waved their rally shirts in the air as Craig Burke rounded third, Balesio Varela scooping up the ball and chucking a throw as Burke approached home plate. The throw took a bounce, and hopped into Alfonso Martinez’ glove. Martinez laid down the tag, as Craig Burke tried to slide under it.

 

OUT!

 

The sea of Jackoff fans immediately groan in disappointment, and begin to boo the umpire as Craig Burke can’t believe it. Clinton Kelly and Cletus advance to third and second, respectively, but there’s two outs.

 

And along came the Ghandinator.

 

The fans rose to their feet once again, chanting “GHAN-DI! GHAN-DI!” as Winston stepped up to the plate. On a 1-2 pitch, Winston swung…

 

…and grounded out to the shortstop.

 

The Jacksonville fans were once again silenced as the game would go to extra innings.

 

In the top of the 10th, Raul Carrera sat the Pride down 1-2-3 and gave Jacksonville another chance to break the tie in the bottom half of the inning.

 

Daniel Finlay—the man who pitched to Ghandi to get out of the inning—remained on the mound in the bottom of the 10th. After getting Josue Castro to groundout and Edgar Clune to pop a fly back to the mound, Brandon Mariano arrived at the plate with two outs.

 

A 1-1 curveball got away from Finlay and pegged Mariano in the back. The fans were a mix of cheers and boos—cheers for Mariano reaching base and boos for Finlay beanballing the rightfielder—but Mariano reached first all the same.

 

Zoilo Castillo, who had tied the game initially, came up to the plate with a chance to win it for the Jackoffs. Mariano was off to the races as Zoilo was given a 3-1 pitch.

 

Crack of the bat, and the ball sailed to the gap in right-center. The outfielders didn’t stand a chance as Balesio Varela had to play it on the hop and the throw wasn’t nearly in time as Mariano came across the plate, sending the Jacksonville fans into a frenzy. The Pride dugout was in shock as they had watched a 3-run lead suddenly disintegrate. Meanwhile, Jacksonville knew that they had Columbus up against the ropes as they traveled to the home of the Pride.

 

JACKSONVILLE 5, COLUMBUS 4 (10 INNINGS)

 

W – Raul Carrera (1-0)

L – Daniel Finlay (0-1)

Player of the Game – Zoilo Castillo (2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI)

 

GAME 3 – Jacksonville opened up the game early and never looked back in a 12-1 blowout of the Pride, two days after a heated 10 inning game that ended 5-4.

 

The Jackoffs scored 4 runs in two consecutive innings, and 4 in the last two innings as Columbus was held to only one run in the bottom of the 3rd scored by Duky Tyson.

 

Winston Ghandi drove 4 runs in, and Luciano Cardona drove in 3 himself.

 

JACKSONVILLE 12, COLUMBUS 1

 

W – Amador Silvas (6 IP, 3 HA, 1 ER, 5 Ks)

L – Joseph Onorato (2.1 IP, 4 HA, 4 ER, 2 BB)

Player of the Game – Winston Ghandi (2-for-5, 2 R, 4 RBI, 3-run HR)

 

GAME 4 – The few Jacksonville fans that traveled to Columbus for Game 4 brought brooms with them.

 

A sweep was upon Columbus, and they were going to have to fight their way out of it.

 

They got off on the right foot, as Daryl McConnaughey scored on a single from Harry Ducharme, making the score 1-0 Pride in the bottom of the 1st.

 

Jacksonville tied the game right back up as Luciano Cardona singled to left, scoring Josue Castro from second.

 

The tie was broken by Jacksonville in the top of the 4th when Zoilo Castillo hit a solo homerun to deep left field and make the score 2-1. The Columbus crowd was heartbroken by this development, and Columbus didn’t show signs of life until the bottom of the 6th. Balesio Varela singles to left field and drives home Harry Ducharme, tying the game at 2 all. However, with runners on first and second, Joseph Hughes can only fly out to end the inning.

 

Justin Santillian was on the mound in the bottom of the 9th as he gave up a leadoff walk to Joseph Hughes. Cedrick Fukusaburu came on with the game still tied, and Duky Tyson hit a terrible bunt, unable to advance Joseph Hughes to second. With Tyson on first, Doug Grillo was walked, and the fans began to rise to their feet and cheer. Scott Foshee came to the plate with one out…

 

And stroked a single to left. Duky hit third base and the coach waved him around as Zoilo Castillo threw a strike to home plate. Clinton Kelly got the ball at the plate and laid down the tag…

 

…a second too late.

 

SAFE!

 

BALLGAME!

 

COLUMBUS 3, JACKSONVILLE 2

 

W – Leonard Grimm (1-1)

L – Cedrick Fukusaburu (0-1)

Player of the Game – Scott Foshee (3-for-5, GW-RBI single in 9th inning)

 

GAME 5 – Denying Jacksonville a sweep, Columbus fans were now optimistic as they went to today’s game.

 

David Guzman went to the mound today to a rousing ovation, returning from his fractured nose injury. Not quite at 100%, however, some Pride fans were worried.

 

And in the top of the 3rd, the fears were confirmed when Clinton Kelly hit a leadoff solo homerun to give Jacksonville an early 1-0 lead. Guzman eventually got out of the inning.

 

Zoilo Castillo’s sacrifice fly in the top of the 6th gave Jacksonville another run as Luciano Cardona crossed the plate to make it 2-0 Jackoffs.

 

Finally, Columbus had a breakthrough against Ronnie Galeana, as Daryl McConnaughey hit a sacrifice fly to score Scott Foshee, who tripled to get on base for the sac fly.

 

2-1 Jackoffs, and time was running out for the Pride. In the top of the 9th, Jacksonville got an insurance run on a leadoff homerun from Zoilo Castillo.

 

In the bottom of the 9th, Duky Tyson led off with a single that ended Ronnie Galeana’s great run of 8 innings. Cedrick Fukusaburu came on to shut the door and send Jacksonville to an SFBL Championship once again.

 

And he did so. 1-2-3, they all go down after Tyson.

 

The Columbus fans were bummed, but they knew that Jacksonville was simply the better team, and that they’d have better luck next year. Meanwhile, the Jackoffs were excited. They knew that Las Vegas had been toppled by Philadelphia.

 

LET THE SFBL CHAMPIONSHIP BEGIN!

 

JACKSONVILLE 3, COLUMBUS 1

 

W – Ronnie Galeana (1-0, 8 IP, 2 HA, 1 ER, 6 Ks)

L – David Guzman (0-1, 7.1 IP, 6 HA, 2 ER, 4 Ks)

S – Cedric Fukusaburu (2)

Player of the Game – Ronnie Galeana (had a no hitter through 6 full innings)

 

The NSCS MVP is a tough call, but in the end it goes to Zoilo Castillo, who came through with 2 RBI in the final game of the series, and 7 RBI on 3 HR in the series altogether.

 

SFBL Championship with Philadelphia Freedom vs. Jacksonville Jackoffs is on the way.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

Damnit...DIE JACKSONVILLE DIE!

[Guest Evolution]

PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM VS JACKSONVILLE JACKOFFS

2010 SFBL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

This is the Freedom’s first trip to the league championship, while the Jackoffs are hoping to get a title win after having a heartbreaking Game 7 loss in the 2009 series against the Tea Baggers.

 

Casual SFBL fans have rallied behind the Freedom, rooting for the underdog as always. This was helped along by serious trash talking that was offered up by Jacksonville, which was unfortunately splayed over all the media networks in the few days leading up to Game 1.

 

Now it’s put up or shut up time, and a chance to get a TSM player and SFBL Championship ring.

 

GAME 1 – Let it begin.

 

The first pitch of the 2010 SFBL League Championship Series was thrown from Amador Silvas to Cristian Vasquez. And soon, Vasquez would strike out looking, much to the delight of the sold-out Jacksonville crowd in Astroglide Park.

 

However, their delight would be short-lived, as the top of the 2nd rolled around. The inning was led off with a John Scherfenberg walk, and followed up with a single to left field by Jed Goude. Marcos Vives came up and singled to load the bases. Benjamin McConkey struck out looking, and Richard Nickel hit a ground ball to the pitcher that became a fielder’s choice to nail Scherfenberg at home. The bases remained loaded for Cristian Vasquez, who got his revenge on Amador and hit a single to the gap in right-center. Goude and Vives came around to score as Philadelphia took an early 2-0 lead.

 

The Jackoff fans remained quiet in the top of the 3rd as the bases were loaded again with no outs. Jed Goude stepped up to the place and hit a laser beam right at Edgar Clune, who got his glove out and snagged the ball for what could’ve easily been a 2-RBI double. Marcos Vives was next, and it was another fielder’s choice, this one to the shortstop as Scherfenberg was out at second base for out #2, and Valentin Robbins—who had led off the inning with a double—scored from third to give the Freedom a 3-0 lead.

 

Finally, the walls came a tumblin’ down.

 

Joel Masahide was walked by Frances Reinert to begin the bottom of the 3rd, and Luciano Cardona followed it up with a single that put runners on first and second. Zoilo Castillo roped a liner down the left field line and Masahide easily scored to cut Philadelphia’s lead to 2 runs. Another walk was issued to Winston Ghandi as the bases were suddenly loaded with no outs. Brandon Mariano came up and singled to right field as Cardona and Castillo cruised in. Suddenly, the game was tied and Jacksonville fans were back in the game. Edgar Clune stepped up and hit a single to centerfield, as Ghandi rounded third base and headed for home. Richard Nickel challenged the Ghandinator, but Winston beat the throw and gave Jacksonville the lead to a roar from the crowd. Frances Reinert got the hook and Philip Lang came in to try and stop the bleeding. However, the hit parade continued and Mitchell Lumsden singled to left field, scoring Mariano and Clune easily as the score became Jacksonville 6, Philadelphia 3. Josue Castro shook things up a bit by nailing a double down the left field line, scoring Lumsden from first as the Jackoff fans were practically dancing in the seats. Finally, Lang settled in and got Clinton Kelly, Masahide, and Cardona out in order to end the inning. All told, 7 runs were scored on 6 hits. 7-3 Jacksonville, and the life was sucked out of the Freedom dugout as the 4th inning began.

 

However, the next two innings were quick, leading up to the top of the 6th. Raul Carrera came on in relief for a tired Glenn Brockett, who now had the win if the lead could hold. Raul threw a walk in his first batter faced, putting Cristian Vasquez on first base. The next batter wasn’t any better, as Vincent Sanches got pegged with a wary slider into the back. With runners on first and second, Valentin Robbins emptied the bases with a double down the left field line that scored both Sanches and Vasquez, cutting Jacksonville’s lead in half from 4 to 2. Reginald Bevill came on in relief of Carrera (who couldn’t get the third out in the inning) and faced Merlin McKnight, who smoked a double to right-center and scored Valentin Robbins. Bevill struck out Scherfenberg, but the damage had been done, and Jacksonville’s lead was now a slim one-run lead.

 

The top of the 7th brought more trouble for Jacksonville fans. After Bevill struck Jed Goude out looking, Marcos Vives nailed a solo homerun down the left field line, tying the game at seven as the Freedom seemed to come alive again. Benjamin McConkey struck out swinging for the fences, but Richard Nickel came up and hit a towering homerun to deep left-center. A collective “No!” went up from the crowd as the ball was hit, but 397 feet later, Jacksonville found themselves with a 1-run deficit instead of a 4-run lead. Geordie Cavell came on in relief of Bevill, getting Cristian Vasquez to ground out and end the inning, mercifully.

 

The 7th-inning stretch gave Jacksonville new life, as Alberto Laguna gave up a leadoff walk to Winston Ghandi, putting him on first. One batter later, Edgar Clune comes up with one out and laces a double deep in the gap in right-center, as Winston Ghandi rounds third and scores without a throw to tie the game at 8-8, once again causing a roar all around Astroglide Park.

 

Philadelphia threatened to score in the top of the 8th with Tim Reck pinch running for Valentin Robbins and reaching third base with two outs, but Jed Goude flied out to left field, ending the threat and leaving the game tied at 8-all.

 

Brian Aguayo came on in relief of Alberto Laguna in the bottom of the 8th, and quickly struck Clinton Kelly out swinging. However, Joel Masahide got the better of Brian and tripled to deep right-center, as the rightfielder had trouble fielding it. Jacksonville fans leapt to their feet and cheered Masahide’s effort as Luciano Cardona came to the plate and singled to right-center, scoring Masahide as the Jackoff bench got rowdy. Zoilo Castillo grounded into a double play to end the inning, but that didn’t silence the crowd as the Jackoffs came back onto the field for the top of the 9th. The Jackoffs had lost a lead, but now they had redeemed themselves and were very close to a Game 1 victory, a very big advantage.

 

Cedrick Fukusaburu came on in relief of Geordie Cavell. Once again, a collective moan came up from the crowd as Marcos Vives led off the inning with a double. Benjamin McConkey then flied out down the right field line, and there was nobody challenging Vives moving to third. Fukusaburu had a 3-2 count on Richard Nickel but lost him, putting runners on the corners for Cristian Vasquez. Vasquez delivered, hitting an RBI sac fly to left field as Vives crossed the plate for the game-tying run, silencing the crowd that had been hot for the past inning and a half. Vincent Sanches thankfully grounded out to the second baseman to end the inning, but now Jacksonville would have to break the tie or go into extra innings.

 

Aguayo remained on the mound in the bottom of the 9th until Winston Ghandi singled to left-center, at which point Luciano Rovira came on in relief. However, it was for naught as Brandon Mariano doubled to the gap in left-center. The left fielder was all over the ball on one hop, however, and the third base coach told Ghandi to halt and stay at third, not wanting to risk the chance of blowing a potential game-winning run. Edgar Clune came to the plate, and the crowd got excited again, waiting for the big moment to happen…but it didn’t, and Clune struck out swinging. The next batter was none other than Mitchell Lumsden, who found himself quickly behind 0-2. However, the big moment finally did happen as Rovira chucked the 0-2 pitch…

 

…it went high and over the catcher’s mitt as it rolled to the back wall!

 

The third base coach urged Winston Ghandi home, and the crowd let out a deafening roar as Winston Ghandi beat a throw home to Rovira guarding home as Jacksonville picked up a dramatic Game 1 win, 10-9 over the Freedom!

 

JACKSONVILLE 10, PHILADELPHIA 9

 

W – Cedric Fukusaburu (1-1)

L – Brian Aguayo (0-1)

Player of the Game – Marcos Vives (3-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI, HR)

 

GAME 2 – After Game 1, Philadelphia proved that they came to play, and they were going to be a credible threat to Jacksonville and not just someone that would be the welcome mat for Jacksonville’s first League Championship in two tries.

 

Jerome Guerra struck first for the Freedom as he grounded into a double play that was still able to score John Scherfenberg from third base.

 

Jacksonville responded as Brandon Mariano singled home Zoilo Castillo from second in the bottom of the 1st and tied the game in a hurry.

 

Philadelphia came back in the top of the 4th and broke the tie as Richard Nickel singled home Cristian Vasquez to make the score 2-1.

 

Another sacrifice scored another run for the Freedom as Alberto Avila grounded out to the second baseman and allowed Vincent Sanches to score and make the score 3-1 in favor of Philadelphia.

 

Mitchell Lumsden’s double to the gap in right-center cut the deficit to one for the Jackoffs as Brandon Mariano crossed the plate for Jacksonville.

 

John Scherfenberg brought himself and Vincent Sanches home with a 405-foot blast to deep left-center, making the score 5-2 and absolutely bumming out the Jacksonville crowd.

 

Jacksonville responded in an odd way. Brandon Mariano grounded into a fielder’s choice that took Ghandi out at second base and scored Zoilo Castillo from third. Edgar Clune then came up and hit a double, scoring Brandon Mariano. However, Clune tried to stretch it into a triple and was gunned down. Jacksonville was one run closer to victory, however.

 

Mitchell Lumsden was on third with no outs in the bottom of the 8th, but Clinton Kelly, Joel Masahide, and Luciano Cardona went down in order to end the inning.

 

Jacksonville could do nothing against Brian Aguayo as they went down 1-2-3, giving Philadelphia a 5-4 upset victory over Jacksonville, evening the series at one game a piece!

 

PHILADELPHIA 5, JACKSONVILLE 4

 

W – Ken Pfleiderer (1-1, 6 IP, 6 HA, 1 ER, 8 Ks)

L – George Alongi (0-1, 5.2 IP, 7 HA, 3 ER, 5 Ks)

S – Brian Aguayo (1)

Player of the Game – John Scherfenberg (2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2-run HR)

 

GAME 3 – The series moved north to Philadelphia for Game 3, where Freedom fans were once again abuzz over the miraculous Game 2 victory that had given Philadelphia an actual chance in the series, unlike what Las Vegas betmakers had been saying.

 

However, Jacksonville established themselves as the dominant force in Philadelphia almost immediately. With two outs, Zoilo Castillo singled to right field and it all began. Winston Ghandi singled to right himself and Castillo advanced to third to put runners on the corners for Brandon Mariano, who was walked to load the bases, still with only two outs. Juan Olmos couldn’t put the Jackoffs away, however, as Edgar Clune hit the third single of the inning, scoring both Zoilo Castillo and Winston Ghandi without challenge. Mitchell Lumsden hit a groundout to end the inning that saw Jacksonville take an early 2-0 lead over Philadelphia in the Freedom’s home.

 

Ronnie Galeana didn’t seem to be on his A-game in the bottom of the 1st, but it really didn’t show until the bottom of the 2nd, when he gave up a leadoff single to Richard Nickel, and then Jed Goude doubled home Nickel to cut the deficit for the Freedom in half. Vincent Sanches then hit a single to shallow left-center, allowing Goude to score with no outs and a tie ballgame. However, the next three batters went down in order and the bleeding was stopped for the time being as the game remained tied at 2.

 

In the top of the 5th, the wheels came unglued on the Freedom train, however. Clinton Kelly led off the inning and was issued a walk, followed up by a Joel Masahide that advanced Kelly to third base without incident. Luciano Cardona flied out to shallow right-center, bringing up Zoilo Castillo with one out. Masahide stole second which was key as Zoilo singled to right field, putting Masahide on third and scoring Kelly to give Jacksonville a 3-2 lead. Winston Ghandi made things worse for the Philadelphia fans as he singled home Joel Masahide and put Zoilo on third base, still with only one out. Finally, Juan Olmos came off the mound and was booed off the field as Dave Gobin took his place. Gobin got Mariano to ground out to the first baseman, but walked Edgar Clune as the bases were loaded. Another walk was issued to Mitchell Lumsden, as Jacksonville’s lead increased to three before Josue Castro finally lined out to the third baseman and ended the inning, but not before 3 runs had been scored on three hits.

 

From there, it was all over. Ronnie Galeana, Geordie Cavell, and Cedrick Fukusaburu shut down the Freedom from the bottom of the 5th and out, as Philadelphia didn’t have a prayer in a 5-2 loss to the Jackoffs, giving Jacksonville a 2-games-to-1 lead over Philadelphia in the series.

 

JACKSONVILLE 5, PHILADELPHIA 2

 

W – Ronnie Galeana (2-0, 7.1 IP, 6 HA, 2 ER, 5 Ks)

L – Juan Olmos (1-1, 4.1 IP, 7 HA, 5 ER, 1 K)

S – Cedrick Fukusaburu (3)

Player of the Game – Ronnie Galeana (gave up one hit after the bottom of the 4th until the bottom of the 8th)

 

GAME 4 – Philadelphia had come up short in trying to prove to their fans that they had what it took to take Game 3 and put Jacksonville in a tight situation going into Game 4. Instead, it was Philadelphia against the ropes once again, and facing elimination if they gave up Game 4 to the Jackoffs.

 

Philadelphia came out of the gates swinging, entertaining the fans as John Scherfenberg singled to the gap in left-center, scoring Vincent Sanches. Jed Goude was the next hitter and singled home Merlin McKnight from second, making the score 2-0 Philadelphia early.

 

Frances Reinert was jacked again, however, as Edgar Clune stroked a double to the gap in right-center, scoring Winston Ghandi and Brandon Mariano without incident as the game was tied with one swing. Mitchell Lumsden came up and once again evoked a wild pitch, moving Edgar Clune to third and allowing Lumsden to sacrifice him home as the third run for Jacksonville.

 

The lead remained until the bottom of the 4th, when two walks put Marcos Vives and Richard Nickel on base with only one out and Cristian Vasquez coming to the plate. Vasquez hit a shot to deep left field, landing 380 feet later as Philadelphia had the lead back. Raul Carrera came out and quickly coughed up a double to Vincent Sanches, followed by a Valentin Robbins RBI single that gave Philadelphia a 3-run lead. Carerra got out of the inning, but just barely.

 

Top of the 5th brought one run to Jacksonville’s cause, as Zoilo Castillo singled down the right-field line, scoring Masahide easily. Zoilo was gunned down at second base, however, trying to stretch it into a double.

 

Jacksonville tied it up in the top of the 6th as Luciano Cardona brought home Josue Castro and Joel Masahide with a double down the left field line, tying the game at 6-all.

 

The game then marched on with no clear winner in sight. Extra innings were imminent, and they too rolled out.

 

Finally, the top of the 13th rolled around as the game crawled close to its 5th hour. Philip Lang gave up a leadoff single to right field. After Luciano Cardona struck out looking, Masahide stole second and Zoilo hit a single to short right field, scoring Masahide and giving Jacksonville a one run lead. Winston Ghandi and Brandon Mariano went down in order, but the chances was there for Jacksonville to take it all.

 

The bottom of the 13th came, as Reginald Bevill was on the mound for the Jackoffs. Jed Goude singled off him to the begin the inning, and Marcos Vives laid down a sac bunt to advance the game-tying run in Goude to second. Benjamin McConkey then singled to short right-center, scoring Goude without a throw as the game was tied once again. Richard Nickel flied out, but Bevill walked Vasquez, putting McConkey on second as the game-winning run. Sure enough, Jerrold Mauder brought him home with a single to left field, as there was simply no contesting McConkey, who was on the run with two outs anyway. Game over.

 

PHILADELPHIA 8, JACKSONVILLE 7 (13 INNINGS)

 

W – Philip Lang (1-0)

L – Reginald Bevill (0-1)

Player of the Game – Cristian Vasquez (1-for-5, R, 3 RBI, 3-run HR in 4th inning)

 

GAME 5 – The last game to be held in Philadelphia for the 2010 season was ready to go down, as whoever won Game 5 would have a decided advantage as the series went back down south to Jacksonville for what could be either one or two games in the Florida weather.

 

Finally, Jacksonville had had just about enough of the Freedom.

 

In an absolute domination, Jacksonville took a 13-0 blowout, taking out the Freedom and leaving them with only one win at home as Jacksonville now has a chance to end the series with Game 6 or Game 7 in Jacksonville.

 

George Alongi went 7 1/3 innings, pitching a 4-hitter as Justin Santillan picked up the slack and threw 1 2/3 innings of perfect relief, throwing only 9 pitches to get the 5 outs required to end the game.

 

The game was scoreless until the 3rd inning, when Jacksonville opened up and scored 10 runs in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th innings combined. They added another 3 in the top of the 9th, though it was hardly the nail in the coffin as they had been nailed some time ago during the game.

 

Joel Masahide and Clinton Kelly both hit two homeruns for the Jackoffs during the game.

 

JACKSONVILLE 13, PHILADELPHIA 0

 

W – George Alongi (1-1, 7.1 IP, 4 HA, 0 ER, 7 Ks)

L – Ken Pfleiderer (1-2, 3.1 IP, 5 HA, 4 ER, 3 Ks)

Player of the Game – Joel Masahide (3-for-5, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR)

 

GAME 6 – The series was back in Jacksonville, but the Jackoffs just couldn’t do it.

 

A RBI sacrifice fly and a solo homerun down the right field line from Valentin Robbins and Jed Goude respectively gave Philadelphia the two runs needed to break a 4-4 tie and take Game 6 of the series 6-4.

 

Jacksonville had tied the game a half-inning before on a solo homerun from Mitchell Lumsden, and a 2-run shot by Luciano Cardona.

 

PHILADELPHIA 6, JACKSONVILLE 4

 

W – Philip Lang (2-0)

L – Raul Carrera (1-1)

S – Brian Aguayo (2)

Player of the Game: Richard Nickel (1-for-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 3-run HR in 6th)

 

GAME 7 – So it all comes down to this. Again.

 

Jacksonville. Philadelphia. Reinert. Silvas.

 

Game 7, 2010 SFBL Championship is on the line. Philadelphia had come out of nowhere this season, had taken the country by storm, upset the Las Vegas Jokers, and now found themselves one win away from the biggest upset of all, winning their first SFBL Championship.

 

Many fans were predicting an early demise in Game 7 for Philadelphia, as Frances Reinert simply didn’t have what it takes in the postseason. With a 14.46 ERA in 3 starts, it’s easy to see why some were calling for a Jacksonville victory.

 

But would Reinert come through in the clutch?

 

The first hit of the day belonged to Joel Masahide, who led off the bottom of the 1st for the Jacksonville Jackoffs. However, Masahide was caught in a double play the next batter, bringing up Zoilo Castillo with no one on and two outs. However, Castillo laced his 4th homerun of the postseason, giving Jacksonville an early 1-0 lead and sending the people in Astroglide Park into hysterics.

 

Merlin McKnight got the first hit of the game for the Freedom, a double that ended in McKnight remaining on second.

 

Josue Castro’s RBI single in the bottom of the 5th scored Lumsden from second, giving the Jackoffs a 2-0 lead in Game 7. Later in the inning, the bases were loaded, but Winston Ghandi couldn’t do anything with it and struck out as the based were left loaded.

 

Clinton Kelly’s two-out single in the bottom of the 6th scored Brandon Mariano from second base, giving Jacksonville a 3-0 lead.

 

The Jacksonville fans began counting down the outs after the 7th inning stretch, hoping that it would finally happen for them.

 

Brandon Mariano first hit a RBI single in the bottom of the 7th inning, bringing home the 4th run for the Jackoffs as Jacksonville fans almost felt ready to rush the field and celebrate already. Alberto Laguna took the mound and issued a walk to load the bases, but got out of a jam with a groundout to end the inning, fortunately.

 

In the top of the 8th, only Merlin McKnight was able to get anything done against Geordie Cavell, as only three outs remained.

 

Brian Aguayo left the bases loaded once again, able to get out of a jam in the bottom of the 8th, but just barely, once again.

 

Geordie Cavell remained on the mound in the top of the 9th, as Marcos Vives took the plate. The first out came as Vives popped out to Masahide. The fans got louder and louder as Benjamin McConkey stepped up. However, McConkey could do nothing, and struck out on a 2-2 pitch, the crowd exploding as Geordie Cavell did a fist pump in celebration, one out away.

 

Finally, Richard Nickel was the last hope for the Freedom.

 

However, on a 3-2 count, Nickel grounded out to the pitcher, as Cavell made an easy throw to first base, retiring Nickel and ending the game!

 

The Jackoffs rushed Cavell on the mound, and Amador Silvas joined in as the winning starting pitcher as the Freedom walked off, with heads high despite losing in Game 7. They had come a long way, but this time it was Jacksonville’s turn to bask in the spotlight.

 

JACKSONVILLE 4, PHILADELPHIA 0

 

W – Amador Silvas (2-0, 5.1 IP, 3 HA, 0 ER, 4 Ks)

L – Frances Reinert (0-1, 6.1 IP, 10 HA, 4 ER, 3 Ks)

Player of the Game – Amador Silvas (lowered Postseason ERA to 4.26)

 

After such an eventful series, it’s hard to pick a League Championship MVP. However, in the end, it has to go to Edgar Clune, who drove in 9 runs during the 7 games of the League Championship, improving on the 1 he had driven in during the postseason games before. Honorable mention goes to Zoilo Castillo, Luciano Cardona, and Brandon Mariano, who all made great contributions to the League Championship victory.

 

East-West Fresh Fish Award:

Miguel Moldonado (LV)!

He had a record of 17-4 with an ERA of 3.03.

In 27 games started, he pitched 193.1 innings, fanning 151 and walking 31 batters.

 

North-South Fresh Fish Award:

Everette Orr (CHA)!

He batted .269 in 524 AB, with 22 homers and 93 RBI.

 

East-West Rocket Wrist Award:

Claudio Galaviz (SEA)!

He had a record of 21-2 with an ERA of 2.35.

In 35 games started, he pitched 214.1 innings, fanning 212 and walking 65 batters.

 

East-West Big Stick Award:

Neall Isaacson (BOS)!

He batted .345 in 605 AB, with 48 homers and 122 RBI.

 

North-South Rocket Wrist Award:

Felix Rodas (COL)!

He had a record of 19-9 with an ERA of 2.95.

In 35 games started, he pitched 225.2 innings, fanning 203 and walking 48 batters.

 

North-South Big Stick Award:

Carlos DeSantis (ATL)!

He batted .381 in 488 AB, with 39 homers and 140 RBI.

 

East-West Glass Ceiling Award Winners:

Pitcher: Andre Rodrigues (PHO)

Catcher: Jesus Delapena (LA)

First Base: Christopher Silveira (LV)

Second Base: Brett Smith (LV)

Third Base: Valentin Robbins (PHI)

Shortstop: Christopher Wiltz (LV)

Leftfield: Oscar Ortiz (PHO)

Centerfield: Samuel Pumarada (BOS)

Rightfield: George Kennedy (PHO)

 

North-South Glass Ceiling Award Winners:

Pitcher: Francisco Soto (CHI)

Catcher: John Duran (CHA)

First Base: Jeffrey Goodloe (DET)

Second Base: Dante Rodriguez (COL)

Third Base: Thomas Dotson (IND)

Shortstop: Robert Domingues (VAN)

Leftfield: Baldo Covas (ATL)

Centerfield: Herschel Fansler (DET)

Rightfield: Brandon Mariano (JAC)

 

Carlos DeSantis

Shiro Suzuki

John Duran

Ben Dover

Giant Gonzales

RJ Frost

Winston Ghandi

Markus Cirillo

Alex Zenon

Eric LeBeau

Logan Caldwell

David Hunter

Marvin Jenkins

Rolf Dreikugeln

Edward James

Peter Kostka

Robert Henderson

Charlie Matthews

Patrick Hannon

[the pinjockey 0]

Damn, I was on a 183 RBI pace. Stupid concussion.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

I'm Arbi Eligible...whoo!

[the pinjockey 0]

You've been arbitration eligible. This is your contract year coming up.

[the pinjockey 0]

Ok, maybe the GM will listen to me this year after passing up on RJ "All I'll do is hit 50 HRs" Frost. Now GM, I want Winston Ghandi. I like the idea of having a .432 OBP guy hitting in front of me. Ghandi and Hunter in front of me would make me happy.

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

weeeeeeeeeee are the champiooooooooooons of the world

weeeeeeeeeee keep on fight-ing to the eeeeeeend

Atlanta suuuuuuuuucks

Atlanta suuuuuuuuucks

noooooo time for loooooosers

espeeeeeeeecially Atlanta

 

I'm gonna look silly if I sign with Atlanta.

 

 

ps - Pinjockey's guy is a FREAK

[the pinjockey 0]

I try to get you a nice paycheck and that's how you repay me? Why if I had any team loyalty or desire to win I might take offense to that.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

Forget the offense Pin boy...we need some pitching now that I killed the bullpen

[the pinjockey 0]

You could have at least cleaned up the mess, dude. It is starting to reek in the clubhouse.

[Lightning Flik 0]

...ugh... I can't believe how far my team's fallen and how badly I need someone to hit me home (and for me to actually HIT). Can my damned team draft someone to hit or at least get someone to hit? Even me?

[Fökai 0]

Dear lord...

 

 

 

 

...third place AGAIN?

[Guest Evolution]

Dear lord...

 

 

 

 

...third place AGAIN?

No, not third place again. You were reading the same standings.

[Angel_Grace_Blue 0]

Damn everything! Evo better post the All-Star game, especially since I've finally been selected, which doesn't make too much sense since I've had previous years that were a bit better than the 2010 season.

 

Oh, and I think you should edit the President Dean comment to maybe Kerry with the way things are looking now, but that's a minor detail.

 

Come on, Hanoi Janes, let's kick some fuckin' ass next year. And stuff.

[Guest Evolution]

Unfortunately, I've already gone to the next season and I never got around to saving the All-Star Game, so we're pretty much screwed in that regard.

 

I promise to post it if you get selected again. In fact, I might do a midseason recap so we actually do get around to the All-Star Game.