The 2026 Benchwarmer Bash
Association Championships in the Dennis Eckersley 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:
Johnny Evers Association:
- Longball Champion: Mudville - Power Index: 1 -
Rob Behymer
- Blame Canada Champion:
- Wild Card One: Gettysburg, Longball - Power
Index: 2 - Jon Swanson
- Wild Card Two: Alberta, Blame Canada - Power
Index: 3 - Michael Rudolph
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Darrell Evans Association:
- Golden Throat Champion:
- Experts Champion:
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Buck Ewing Association:
- Scooby Doo Champion: My Dog - Power Index: 3 -
Michael Lehman
- Birdland Champion:
- Wild Card One: Bermuda, Scooby Doo - Power
Index: 1 - Jon Swanson
- Wild Card Two:
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Dwight Evans Association:
- Born To Run Champion: Runnin' Redbirds - Power
Index: 6 - Jason Kiernan
- Moneyball Champion: Random - Power Index: 2 -
Jason Kiernan
- Wild Card One: Cincinnati, Born to Run - Power
Index: 1 - Michael Clancy
- Wild Card Two: Billy's, Moneyball - Power Index:
3 - Michael Quinn
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Past Association Champions
Johnny Evers
- 2025: Elsinore (Blame Canada) Jerry
King
- 2024: Aurora (Blame Canada) Sherman
Wan
- 2023: Camptown (now Vancouver,
Blame Canada) owned then by Jay Snyder - Federation Champion
- 2022: Nokomis (Longball) Sherman
Wan
- 2021: Aurora (Blame Canada) Sherman
Wan - Federation Champion
- 2020: Fairplays (Blame Canada) Jason Kiernan
- 2019: Danny's (Longball)
Danny Zaccaro
Darrell Evans
- 2025: Twin Cities (Golden Throat)
Jon Swanson
- 2024: Fantasy on Roids (Experts)
Christian Ingram
- 2023: Atlanta (Golden Throat)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2022: Atlanta (Golden Throat)
Ricardo Alexander - Federation
Champion
- 2021: Atlanta (Golden Throat)
Ricardo Alexander
- 2020: Clevdog u big dummy (now Mare
Serenitatis, Experts) Sherman Wan - Federation
Champion
- 2019: Atlantic City (Golden
Throat) Tom McGraw
Buck Ewing
- 2025: Atchalafaya (Scooby Doo) Bill
Munger
- 2024: J-town (Birdland) Keith Rudy
- 2023: J-town (Birdland) Keith Rudy
- 2022: North deLisle (Scooby Doo)
Sherman Wan
- 2021: Palmer, McNally, Cueller, Dobson
(Birdland) Jason Kiernan
- 2020: Rittman (Scooby Doo) Michael Rudoph
- 2019: Them (now Birds of a Feather, Birdland) Jamison
Reese
Dwight Evans
- 2025: Atlanta (Game Night) Ricardo
Alexander - Federation Champion
- 2024: Runnin' Redbirds (Born to
Run) Jason Kiernan - Federation Champion
- 2023: Billy's (Moneyball) Michael
Quinn
- 2022: Escape from New Jersey (Born
to Run) John Hula
- 2021: Runnin' Redbirds (Born to
Run) Jason Kiernan
- 2020: Random (Moneyball) Jason Kiernan
- 2019: Crumpton (now Rich, Moneyball)
owned then by Jesse Roche - Federation
Champion
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