The 2026 Benchwarmer Bash
Association Championships in the Johnny Bench Federation
The Benchwarmer Bash begins with Association Championships.
The 68 leagues are divided into 8 Federations. Each Federation
has 2 Associations. In 2026, four Associations have 3 leagues and
the remainder have 2.
See the breakdown on the
Leagues page.
2026: Teams in the Big Red Machine League will compete in the
Johnny Bench Federation and the Lou Brock Association.
League champions advance to the Association round plus wild
card teams will fill out the field of 4 teams. All series
are best-of-7. The Association winner
advances to the Federation tournament.
Teams are seeded based on their Association
power index.
However, in matchups between wild cards and league champs, the league
champion will have home field advantage.
Seeding - Association Championships:
Ernie Banks Association:
- Chevy Chase Champion:
- Perfect World Champion: Kingston - Power Index:
3 - Ricardo Alexander
- Wild Card One: Texoma, Chevy Chase - Power
Index: 1 - Phillip Dang
- Wild Card Two: Molecular, Perfect World - Power
Index: 2 - Jim Duzyk
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Yogi Berra Association:
- Beer Champion: Hornsby's - Power Index: 3 - Don
Kruse
- Winners Circle Champion:
- Wild Card One: Duff, Beer - Power Index: 2 -
Leif Jonson
- Wild Card Two:
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George Brett Association:
- Broadway Champion:
- Silver Screen Champion:
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Lou Brock Association:
- White Elephant Champion:
- Steel City Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 8 -
Ricardo Alexander
- Big Red Machine Champion: Kingston - Power
Index: 2 - Ricardo Alexander
- Wild Card One: Carnegie, Steel City - Power
Index: 1 - Dave Matter
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Past Association Champions
Ernie Banks
- 2025: Suffolk (Perfect World)
Robert Elias - Federation Champion
- 2024: NYC2ATL (Chevy Chase)
Ricardo Alexander - Federation Champion, Bash
Champion
- 2023: Suffolk (Perfect World)
Robert Elias - Federation Champion, Bash Runner Up
- 2022: Atlanta (Great Lakes) Ricardo
Alexander - Federation Champion
- 2021: Rummerfield (now Walley
World, Chevy Chase) owned then by Jay
Snyder
- 2020: Lampoon's (Chevy Chase) Jason
Kiernan
- 2019: Utopia (Perfect World)
David Henning
Yogi Berra
- 2025: Mobile (Winners Circle) Bill
Munger
- 2024: Goose Island 312 (Beer) Jason
Kiernan
- 2023: NYC2ATL (Winners Circle)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2022: NYC2ATL (Winners Circle)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2021: Meshoppen (now Florida, Winners Circle)
owned then by Jay Snyder - Federation Champion
- 2020: Elsinore (Beer) A Citarella
- 2019: The (Beer)
owned then by Jesse Roche - Federation Champion, Bash
Champion
George Brett
- 2025: Court (Silver Screen) Jason
Kiernan
- 2024: Hnakie (Broadway) Dave Matter
- 2023: Rochelle (Broadway) Michael
Rudolph
- 2022: The Lamb Seems Right Out of Place
(Broadway) John Hula
- 2021: Jekyll & Hyde (Broadway)
Jason Kiernan
- 2020: Rick's Cafe (Silver Screen)
Sherman Wan
- 2019: Jobu's (Silver Screen)
Michael Rudolph
Lou Brock
- 2025: Clean (Steel City) Orphan
team with foster owner Robert Elias
- 2024: Clean (Steel City) Orphan
team with foster owner Robert Elias
- 2023: NYC2ATL (White Elephant)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2022: NYC2ATL (White Elephant)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2021: Who's on First? (White
Elephant) Jason Kiernan
- 2020: Stargell's Spectacular (Steel
City) Jason Kiernan - Federation Champion, Bash
Champion
- 2019: House (Steel City)
owned then by Brian Haines
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