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The 2012 Benchwarmer Bash
Benchwarmer Baseball holds a final playoff
tournament each fall, taking all the league champions and - for now -
some wildcard teams and crowning a single champ for all of Benchwarmer
Baseball.
The format - as BWB continues to grow - will be in flux from season
to season. Eventually, leagues will be part of "associations"
and "federations" and there will be champs at each level that advance
to the final bash.
In 2009 we made the move to
Federations. Currently, there are 8 Federations in BWB - each
federation contains 4 leagues. The
league champion teams will make each
Federation round - in 2012 there will be no wild cards.
The existence and number of wild cards will continue to fluctuate annually as the number of
leagues change.
Each Federation crowns a champ...then the 8 remaining teams will
play in a final bracket - seeded by
Power Index (ranked over all BWB).
Confused? You'll see how it plays out.
PRIZE -
The winner of the Benchwarmer Bash will earn two free seasons for
their winning team, in addition to the free season they may have won
if they were a league champion. The Bash runner up will earn one
free season.
Last year's Bash
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| Past BW Bash Champions: |
| 2011: Crumpton (Murderers' Row)
Jesse Roche |
| 2010: Save the Dome (now Pecos, Experts)
owned then by Jacob
Vass |
| 2009: Aksarben (K Street) Don Kruse |
| 2008: Trinidad (Longball) Leif
Jonson |
| 2007: Gashouse (Reality Bites) Rob
Behymer |
| 2006: NJ (now Jersey City, Shadowball)
Tom Twomey |
| 2005: Carlisle (now
Mobtown's, Beatleball) owned then by Mark Groninger |
| 2004: Gorilla (now Savoy, Beatleball)
owned then by David Regan/Dana Moreau |
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2012 Entrants:
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Federation Hall of Fame: Detroit (4)
Shadowball: Las Vegas (2)
Bronx Bombers: Go Richmond (1)
Fenway Fenatics: Utopia (5)
Aaron Federation
Results
2012 Hank Aaron Federation Champion: Go Richmond
Spiders! (Bronx Bombers) -
Jesse Roche
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Bench
Federation Chevy Chase: Bath County (19)
Perfect World: Ehime (12)
Beer: The (2)
Winners Circle: Crumpton (1)
Bench Federation
Results
2012 Johnny Bench Federation Champion: Crumpton Roches (Winners
Circle) -
Jesse Roche |
Cobb
Federation Beatleball: Rome (8)
Firemen: Venice Beach (18)
Reality Bites: Sea Isle City (1)
The Kings of Queens: Detroit (5)
Cobb Federation
Results
2012 Ty Cobb Federation Champion: Sea Isle City
Sandsharks (Reality Bites) -
Robert Elias
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DiMaggio
Federation Four Star: NYC2ATL (7)
Redbirds: Montara (10)
Three of a Kind: Wyalusing (2)
Federal: Devil's Den (5)
DiMaggio
Federation Results
2012 Joe DiMaggio Federation Champion: Wyalusing Whiffers (Three
of a Kind) -
Jay Snyder |
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Eckersley Federation
Longball: Trinidad (9)
Blame Canada: Cro-Town (5)
Golden Throat: Newport News (1)
Experts: St. Louis (11)
Eckersley
Federation Results
2012 Dennis Eckersley Federation Champion: Cro-Town
Crushers (Blame Canada) -
Craig Bennett
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Foxx
Federation Triple Crown: Oakdale (12)
Deuces Wild: Bemidji (16)
Murderers' Row: Guttenberg (3)
Phightin' Phils: SGV (11)
Foxx Federation
Results
2012 Jimmie Foxx Federation Champion: Oakdale Barrons (Triple
Crown) -
E.J. Camburn |
Gehrig
Federation K Street: New Jersey (6)
Commissioners: Detroit (1)
They Might be Giants: Detroit (5)
Minnie & Paul: Minneapolis (13)
Gehrig
Federation Results
2012 Lou Gehrig Federation Champion: Detroit Pizza
Pizzas (Commissioners) -
Mike Prohaska
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Hornsby
Federation Blue and Gray: Fort Snelling (43)
Bleed Dodger Blue: Wisconsin (9)
Batman: Brinkley (10)
Superman: Hollywood (25)
Hornsby
Federation Results
2012 Rogers Hornsby Federation Champion: Wisconsin
Dawgs (Bleed Dodger Blue) -
Greg Flees
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Number in parentheses represents Federation Power Index ranking.
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Benchwarmer Bash - Quarterfinals |
2012 Benchwarmer
Bash Bracket |
| Semifinals:
Cro-Town
(96-54, Blame Canada) vs. Crumpton
(96-54, Winners Circle)
Wisconsin
(90-60, Bleed Dodger Blue) vs.
Sea Isle City
(92-58, Reality Bites) |
Benchwarmer Bash
Finals
Wisconsin
(90-60, Bleed Dodger Blue - owner Greg Flees) vs. Crumpton
(96-54, Winners Circle - owner Jesse Roche) |
2012 Benchwarmer Bash Championship
| Game |
Benchwarmer Bash Championship Series
- Wisconsin vs. Crumpton |
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1 |
| | R | H | E | | | Wisconsin | 2 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Crumpton | 11 | 17 | 2 | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - Wis BP (0-1)
HR: Crum: C.Crisp (1), A.Beltre 3 (3)
Crumpton leads 1-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Wisconsin | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Crumpton | 3 | 11 | 0 | WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: Wis: A.Ramirez (1), Y.Molina (1); Crum: N.Swisher (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Crumpton | 2 | 11 | 1 | Box | | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | 0 | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0) LP - H.Iwakuma (0-1)
HR: Crum: R.Ludwick (1); Wis: R.Zimmerman (1), P.Fielder (1), A.Cabrera (1)
Wisconsin leads 2-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Crumpton | 5 | 7 | 1 | Box | | Wisconsin | 6 | 8 | 0 | WP - Wis BP (1-1) LP - J.Zimmermann (0-1)
HR: Crum: J.Upton (1), A.Beltre (4); Wis: J.Upton (1)
Wisconsin leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Crumpton | 5 | 9 | 0 | Box | | Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 1 | WP - K.Kendrick (1-0) LP - B.Morrow (0-1)
HR: Crum: A.Beltre (5); Wis: R.Zimmerman (2)
Wisconsin leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Wisconsin | 2 | 4 | 1 | Box | | Crumpton | 6 | 10 | 0 | WP - C.Kershaw (2-0) LP - Wis BP (1-2)
HR: Wis: A.Ramirez (2); Crum: C.Crisp (2), A.Pujols (1)
Series tied 3-3 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | 1 | Box | | Crumpton | 6 | 9 | 0 | WP - C.Hamels (1-1) LP - J.Weaver (1-1)
HR: Wis: A.Hill (1), P.Fielder (2); Crum: A.Beltre (6), C.Utley (1)
Crumpton wins series 4-3 |
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2012 Benchwarmer Bash Semifinals
| Game |
Semifinal One |
Semifinal Two |
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1 |
| | R | H | E | | | Cro-Town | 3 | 13 | 1 | Box | | Crumpton | 5 | 19 | 0 | WP - C.Kershaw (1-0) LP - Cro BP (0-1)
HR: Cro: E.Aybar (1), M.Reynolds (1); Crum: A.Pujols (1), M.Montero (1)
Crumpton leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Wisconsin | 2 | 11 | 0 | Box | | Sea Isle City | 1 | 7 | 0 | WP - Y.Gallardo (1-0) LP - SIC BP (0-1)
HR: Wis: Y.Molina (1); SIC: A.Pujols (1)
Wisconsin leads 1-0 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Cro-Town | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Crumpton | 4 | 12 | 1 | WP - C.Sabathia (1-0) LP - C.Hamels (0-1)
HR: Cro: C.Utley (1), M.Reynolds (2); Crum: B.Zobrist (1), C.Utley (1)
Series tied 1-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Wisconsin | 5 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Sea Isle City | 2 | 3 | 1 | WP - J.Weaver (1-0) LP - SIC BP (0-2)
HR: Wis: R.Zimmerman (1)
Wisconsin leads 2-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Crumpton | 4 | 7 | 0 | Box | | Cro-Town | 5 | 12 | 0 | WP - Cro BP (1-1) LP - H.Iwakuma (0-1)
HR: Crum: A.Beltre (1), R.Ludwick (1); Cro: B.Butler (1)
Cro-Town leads 2-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Sea Isle City | 2 | 13 | 0 | Box | | Wisconsin | 3 | 13 | 0 | WP - A.Wainwright (1-0) LP - SIC BP (0-3)
HR: Wis: R.Zimmerman (2)
Wisconsin leads 3-0 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Crumpton | 4 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Cro-Town | 3 | 10 | 0 | WP - J.Zimmermann (1-0) LP - Cro BP (1-2)
HR: Cro: M.Reynolds (3)
Series tied 2-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Sea Isle City | 10 | 12 | 0 | Box | | Wisconsin | 4 | 6 | 0 | WP - J.Niese (1-0) LP - Z.McAllister (0-1)
HR: SIC: D.Pedroia (1), J.Heyward (1), A.Ramirez (1); Wis: R.Zimmerman (3), A.Ramirez (1), A.Soriano (1)
Wisconsin leads 3-1 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Crumpton | 6 | 9 | 4 | Box | | Cro-Town | 5 | 15 | 4 | WP - K.Kendrick (1-0) LP - P.Hughes (0-1)
HR: Cro: C.Gomez (1), D.Jeter (1)
Crumpton leads 3-2 |
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| | R | H | E | | | Sea Isle City | 4 | 14 | 3 | Box | | Wisconsin | 7 | 11 | 1 | WP - Wis BP (1-0) LP - Y.Gallardo (0-1)
HR: SIC: E.Encarnacion (1); Wis: A.Hill (1), A.Soriano (2)
Wisconsin wins series 4-1 |
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| Extra Innings | R | H | E | | | Cro-Town | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box | | Crumpton | 4 | 12 | 0 | WP - C.Kershaw (2-0) LP - Cro BP (1-3)
HR: Cro: M.Saunders (1)
Crumpton wins series 4-2 |
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