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    			| The 2011 Benchwarmer BashFederation Championships - Hank Aaron FederationIn 2009 we changed the annual Benchwarmer Bash to start off with 
          Federation Championships.  The 26 
          leagues are divided into 8 Federations (see the breakdown on the
          Leagues page).  Half 
          of the 
          Federations currently have four leagues - and four teams advance to the Federation 
          Championships.  The league champions automatically qualify, plus 
          the non-championship teams with the highest
          power index values 
          within the federation becomes a wild card in Federations where there 
          are only three leagues.   Teams are seeded based on their federation power index.  However, 
          wild card teams are seeded at the bottom in all rounds.   Seeding - Federation Championship: 
                  Shadowball Champion: Norfolk Southern - Power Index: 2Bronx Bombers Champion: Go Richmond - Power Index: 8Fenway Fenatics Champion: Crumpton - Power Index: 10Hall of Fame Champion: Nordeast - Power Index: 11   | 
                 
                  
                    | Past Aaron Federation Champions |  
                    | 2010: Oaxaca (Hall of Fame, Sherman Wan) |  
                    | 2009: Oklahoma (Hall of Fame, Phil Dang) |  |  
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              Federation Semifinals: |  
              | Nordeast (84-66, Hall of Fame)  vs. 
              Norfolk Southern (98-52, Shadowball) | Crumpton (91-59, Fenway Fenatics)  vs.
              Go Richmond (93-57, Bronx Bombers) |  
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              Federation Finals: |  
              | Go Richmond (93-57, Bronx Bombers) vs. 
              Norfolk Southern (98-52, Shadowball) | 2011 Hank Aaron Federation Champion: 
              Norfolk Southern (Shadowball) - William Stingle |  2011 Benchwarmer Bash - Federation Championships 
                      
      
        
          | Game | Hank Aaron Federation Championship |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Go Richmond | 1 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Norfolk Southern | 7 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (1-0)  LP - C.Hamels (0-1) HR: none
 Norfolk Southern leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Go Richmond | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Norfolk Southern | 1 | 8 | 0 |  | WP - H.Alvarez (1-0)  LP - C.Wilson (0-1) HR: NS: M.Montero (1)
 Series tied 1-1
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Norfolk Southern | 7 | 16 | 1 | Box |  | Go Richmond | 4 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - J.Garcia (0-1) HR: NS: M.Cabrera (1), C.Utley (1); Go: M.Cabrera (1), E.Thames (1)
 Norfolk Southern leads 2-1
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          | 4 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Norfolk Southern | 2 | 10 | 0 | Box |  | Go Richmond | 8 | 9 | 0 |  | WP - J.Jurrjens (1-0)  LP - S.Marcum (0-1) HR: NS: M.Cabrera (2); Go: M.Cabrera (2), M.Trumbo (1), R.Zimmerman (1), D.Espinosa (1)
 Series tied 2-2
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          | 5 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Norfolk Southern | 4 | 13 | 1 | Box |  | Go Richmond | 3 | 6 | 1 |  | WP - NS BP (1-0)  LP - Go BP (0-1) HR: NS: J.Hamilton (1), A.Lind 2 (2); Go: M.Cuddyer (1)
 Norfolk Southern leads 3-2
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          | 6 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Go Richmond | 0 | 5 | 2 | Box |  | Norfolk Southern | 3 | 6 | 0 |  | WP - C.Lee (2-0)  LP - Go BP (0-2) HR: NS: M.Reynolds (1)
 Norfolk Southern wins series 4-2
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          | Game | Semifinal One | Semifinal Two |  
          | 1 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Nordeast | 3 | 5 | 1 | Box |  | Norfolk Southern | 5 | 11 | 0 |  | WP - NS BP (1-0)  LP - Nord BP (0-1) HR: Nord: B.McCann (1); NS: M.Cabrera (1), M.Reynolds (1), C.Utley (1)
 Norfolk Southern leads 1-0
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 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Crumpton | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box |  | Go Richmond | 5 | 11 | 1 |  | WP - C.Hamels (1-0)  LP - Crum BP (0-1) HR: Crum: R.Braun (1); Go: M.Cabrera (1)
 Go Richmond leads 1-0
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          | 2 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Nordeast | 3 | 8 | 3 | Box |  | Norfolk Southern | 5 | 13 | 0 |  | WP - C.Wilson (1-0)  LP - Nord BP (0-2) HR: Nord: B.McCann (2)
 Norfolk Southern leads 2-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Crumpton | 4 | 9 | 1 | Box |  | Go Richmond | 9 | 17 | 2 |  | WP - Go BP (1-0)  LP - J.Weaver (0-1) HR: Crum: R.Braun (2)
 Go Richmond leads 2-0
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          | 3 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Norfolk Southern | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box |  | Nordeast | 1 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - J.Weaver (1-0)  LP - Nord BP (0-3) HR: NS: S.Victorino (1); Nord: J.Heyward (1)
 Norfolk Southern leads 3-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Go Richmond | 3 | 9 | 0 | Box |  | Crumpton | 5 | 12 | 1 |  | WP - J.Hellickson (1-0)  LP - Go BP (1-1) HR: Go: M.Trumbo (1), C.Santana (1); Crum: R.Cano (1), E.Encarnacion (1), S.Castro (1)
 Go Richmond leads 2-1
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          | 4 | | Extra Innings | R | H | E |  |  | Norfolk Southern | 5 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Nordeast | 4 | 7 | 0 |  | WP - S.Marcum (1-0)  LP - E.Santana (0-1) HR: NS: J.Hamilton (1); Nord: B.McCann (3), C.Jones (1)
 Norfolk Southern wins series 4-0
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 | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Go Richmond | 3 | 5 | 0 | Box |  | Crumpton | 2 | 8 | 1 |  | WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - Crum BP (0-2) HR: none
 Go Richmond leads 3-1
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          | 5 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Go Richmond | 7 | 8 | 0 | Box |  | Crumpton | 8 | 10 | 1 |  | WP - N.Eovaldi (1-0)  LP - T.Stauffer (0-1) HR: Go: I.Kinsler (1), M.Trumbo (2), S.Sizemore (1); Crum: D.Fowler 2 (2), R.Braun (3)
 Go Richmond leads 3-2
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          | 6 |  | |  | R | H | E |  |  | Crumpton | 0 | 7 | 0 | Box |  | Go Richmond | 6 | 9 | 1 |  | WP - Go BP (2-1)  LP - C.Kershaw (0-1) HR: Go: C.Santana (2), M.Cuddyer (1), E.Thames (1)
 Go Richmond wins series 4-2
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