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    			| The 2009 Benchwarmer BashFederation Championships - Lou Gehrig Federation2009 marks the beginning of a change in the annual Benchwarmer 
          Bash.  We start off with Federation Championships.  The 17 
          leagues are divided into 8 Federations (see the breakdown on the
          Leagues page).  In 
          order to accommodate the one Federation with 3 leagues, yet still 
          include at least 2 wild cards, five teams advance to the Federation 
          Championships.  The league champions automatically qualify, plus 
          the three non-championship teams with the highest
          power index values 
          within the federation.   The first round is a play-in between the two lowest-ranked wild 
          card teams.  The winner advances to the federation semifinals.  
          Teams are seeded based on their federation power index.  However, 
          wild card teams are seeded at the bottom in all rounds.   Seeding - Federation Championship: 
                  Commissioners Champion: Humpback - Power Index: 6K Street Champion: India - Power Index: 9Altoona (K Street) - Power Index: 1Aksarben (K Street) - Power Index: 2South Park (Commissioners) - Power Index: 3   | 
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              Wild Card Play-in Round: South Park (92-58, 
              Commissioners) vs. Aksarben (95-55, K Street) |  
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              Federation Semifinals: |  
              | Aksarben (95-55, K Street) vs. Humpback (86-64, 
              Commissioners) | Altoona (96-54, K Street) vs.
              India (90-60, K Street) Rematch 
              of their Conference championship series |  
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              Federation Finals: |  
              | Aksarben (95-55, K Street) vs. Altoona 
              (96-54, K Street) | 2009 Lou Gehrig Federation Champion: 
              Aksarben Bugeaters (K Street) - Don Kruse |  2009 Benchwarmer Bash - Federation Championships 
                      
      
        
          | Game | Lou Gehrig Federation Championship |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 7 | 10 | 3 | Box |  | Altoona | 6 | 4 | 0 |  | WP - Aks BP (1-0)  LP - T.Lincecum (0-1) HR: Aks: M.Teixeira (1), B.Butler (1); Alt: B.McCann (1), A.Gonzalez (1)
 Aksarben leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Altoona | 3 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - Aks BP (2-0)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: Aks: M.Holliday (1), M.Montero (1)
 Aksarben leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Altoona | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Aksarben | 6 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - U.Jimenez (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Alt: T.Tulowitzki (1), H.Matsui (1); Aks: M.Holliday (2), M.Montero (2)
 Aksarben leads 3-0
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Altoona | 6 | 10 | 2 | Box |  | Aksarben | 7 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - Aks BP (3-0)  LP - R.Wolf (0-1) HR: Alt: H.Blalock (1), J.Nix (1); Aks: J.Bartlett (1), R.Sweeney (1)
 Aksarben wins series 4-0
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 4 | 9 | 3 | No Box Score |  | Humpback | 5 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - J.Johnson (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Hump: B.Phillips (1), M.DeRosa (1)
 Humpback leads 1-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Altoona | 7 | 13 | 0 | No Box Score |  | India | 2 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - T.Lincecum (1-0)  LP - C.Lee (0-1) HR: Alt: B.McCann (1), A.Gonzalez (1), J.Votto (1), J.Nix (1); Ind: D.Ortiz (1), K.Morales (1), C.Lee (1)
 Altoona leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 6 | 11 | 0 | No Box Score |  | Humpback | 3 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - T.Cahill (0-1) HR: Aks: M.Teixeira (1), M.Holliday (1), C.Gonzalez (1); Hump: M.Teixeira (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Altoona | 3 | 8 | 0 | No Box Score |  | India | 0 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (1-0)  LP - Ind BP (0-1) HR: Ind: V.Martinez (1)
 Altoona leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Humpback | 3 | 8 | 0 | No Box Score |  | Aksarben | 6 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - U.Jimenez (1-0)  LP - A.Burnett (0-1) HR: none
 Aksarben leads 2-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 5 | 10 | 2 | No Box Score |  | Altoona | 3 | 11 | 2 |  | WP - Z.Duke (1-0)  LP - C.Sabathia (0-1) HR: Ind: J.Rollins 2 (2)
 Altoona leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Humpback | 5 | 6 | 2 | No Box Score |  | Aksarben | 6 | 8 | 3 |  | WP - J.Marquis (1-0)  LP - C.Richard (0-1) HR: Hump: M.Teixeira (2); Aks: M.Teixeira (2)
 Aksarben leads 3-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 9 | 10 | 1 | No Box Score |  | Altoona | 6 | 10 | 3 |  | WP - Ind BP (1-1)  LP - Alt BP (0-1) HR: Ind: B.Zobrist (1), D.Ortiz (2), K.Morales (2)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Humpback | 3 | 10 | 0 | No Box Score |  | Aksarben | 5 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - S.Feldman (1-0)  LP - J.Danks (0-1) HR: Aks: A.Hill (1)
 Aksarben wins series 4-1
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | India | 11 | 12 | 0 | No Box Score |  | Altoona | 3 | 5 | 4 |  | WP - S.Feldman (1-0)  LP - A.Burnett (0-1) HR: Ind: J.Rollins (3), C.Lee (2), M.Reynolds (1); Alt: J.Votto (2)
 India leads 3-2
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          | 6 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Altoona | 10 | 8 | 2 | No Box Score |  | India | 2 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - T.Lincecum (2-0)  LP - C.Lee (0-2) HR: Alt: T.Tulowitzki (1), M.Kemp (1), I.Kinsler (1); Ind: C.Lee (3), J.Dye (1)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Altoona | 8 | 11 | 0 | No Box Score |  | India | 5 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - F.Hernandez (2-0)  LP - J.Johnson (0-1) HR: Alt: C.Figgins (1), H.Matsui (1), A.Gonzalez (1); Ind: D.Ortiz (3), M.Reynolds (2)
 Altoona wins series 4-3
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          | Game | Wild Card Play-in Round |  |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Park | 1 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Aksarben | 6 | 10 | 2 |  | WP - Z.Greinke (1-0)  LP - U.Jimenez (0-1) HR: Aks: B.Butler 2 (2), C.Gonzalez (1)
 Aksarben leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Park | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Aksarben | 7 | 16 | 0 |  | WP - M.Cain (1-0)  LP - SP BP (0-1) HR: SP: A.LaRoche (1); Aks: M.Teixeira (1), M.Montero (1)
 Aksarben leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | South Park | 3 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - U.Jimenez (1-0)  LP - J.Lannan (0-1) HR: Aks: A.Hill (1); SP: A.LaRoche (2)
 Aksarben leads 3-0
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 2 | 12 | 1 | Box |  | South Park | 3 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0)  LP - J.Marquis (0-1) HR: Aks: M.Teixeira (2), A.Soriano (1), M.Young (1); SP: K.Morales (1)
 Aksarben leads 3-1
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          | 5 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Aksarben | 5 | 14 | 1 | Box |  | South Park | 6 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - R.Ohlendorf (1-0)  LP - Aks BP (0-1) HR: Aks: M.Young (2); SP: A.LaRoche 2 (3), A.Ramirez (1)
 Aksarben leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Park | 9 | 17 | 1 | Box |  | Aksarben | 5 | 10 | 0 |  | WP - U.Jimenez (1-1)  LP - Z.Greinke (1-1) HR: SP: K.Youkilis (1), K.Morales 2 (3); Aks: M.Montero (2), M.Young (3)
 Series tied 3-3
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          | 7 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | South Park | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box |  | Aksarben | 6 | 12 | 0 |  | WP - M.Cain (2-0)  LP - S.Baker (0-1) HR: SP: K.Morales (4), A.LaRoche (4)
 Aksarben wins series 4-3
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