The 2026 Benchwarmer Bash
Association Championships in the Ty Cobb 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.
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:
Roberto Clemente Association:
- Beatleball Champion:
- Firemen Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 1 -
Ricardo Alexander
- Wild Card One: Blue Earth, Firemen - Power
Index: 2 - Sam Campbell
- Wild Card Two: Dinkytown, Beatleball - Power
Index: 3 - Jon Swanson
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Eddie Collins Association:
- Reality Bites Champion:
- The Kings of Queens Champion: Kansas - Power
Index: 4 - Greg Flees
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Steve Carlton Association:
- North Siders Champion:
- South Siders Champion:
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Roy Campanella Association:
- B Movie Actor Champion: Lord Boulder's - Power
Index: 1 - John Stroba
- Whiff Champion:
- Wild Card One: Cyclonic, Whiff - Power Index: 2
- Dave Matter
- Wild Card Two: Branyan's, Whiff - Power Index: 3
- Michael Rudolph
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Past Association Champions
Roberto Clemente
- 2025: Vitamin (Firemen) Jim Duzyk
- 2024: Volkswagon (Beatleball) Jason
Kiernan -
Federation Champion
- 2023: Atlanta (Game Night) Ricardo
Alexander
- 2022: She's the Fire (now London, Beatleball) Sherman Wan
- 2021: Volkswagon (Beatleball) Jason
Kiernan
- 2020: Volkswagon (Beatleball) Jason
Kiernan
- 2019: The Curiousness
(now London, Beatleball) Sherman Wan -
Federation Champion
Eddie Collins
- 2025: Kingston (Reality Bites)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2024: Minneapolis (Reality Bites)
Jon Swanson
- 2023: Interlaken (Reality Bites)
Sherman Wan - Federation Champion
- 2022: Doc and Straw and (Kings of
Queens) Jason Kiernan
- 2021: Kansas (Kings of Queens) Greg
Flees - Federation Champion
- 2020: Dave Concepcion (Big Red
Machine) Jason Kiernan
- 2019: Memphis (Reality Bites)
Michael Quinn
Steve Carlton
- 2025: Party (Great Lakes) Leif
Jonson - Federation Champion
- 2024: Wrigleyville (North Siders)
Jason Kiernan
- 2023: El Dorado (South Siders)
Robert Elias
- 2022: Chicago (North Siders) Rick
Furtak - Federation Champion
- 2021: Wimpy's (South Siders) Dave
Matter
- 2020: Machynlleth (South Siders)
Sherman Wan
- 2019: Melton's (South Siders)
Michael Rudolph
Roy Campanella
- 2025: Brisco County (B Movie Actor)
John Hula
- 2024: Big Train Rides (Whiff) Jason
Kiernan
- 2023: Cyclonic (Whiff) Dave Matter
- 2022: Lord Boulder's (B Movie
Actor) John Stroba
- 2021: Big Train Rides (Whiff) Jason
Kiernan
- 2020: Big Train Rides (Whiff) Jason
Kiernan -
Federation Champion
- 2019: Garrett Park (Whiff)
owned then by Charlie Penn
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