The 2026 Benchwarmer Bash
Association Championships in the Lou Gehrig 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 Game Night League will compete in the
Lou Gehrig Federation and Hank Greenberg 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:
Josh Gibson Association:
- K Street Champion:
- Home of the Brave Champion:
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Lefty Grove Association:
- Commissioners Champion: San Andreas - Power
Index: 4 - Bill Munger
- They Might Be Giants Champion:
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Bob Gibson Association:
- Minnie & Paul Champion:
- Grand Slam Champion:
- Wild Card One:
- Wild Card Two:
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Hank Greenberg Association:
- Geek Pride Champion:
- Grunge Champion:
- Game Night Champion:
- Wild Card One:
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Past Association Champions
Josh Gibson
- 2025: Altoona (K Street) Jerry King
- Federation Champion
- 2024: I've Seen Your Face Before
(Home of the Brave) Sherman Wan - Federation Champion, Bash Runner
up
- 2023: I've Seen Your Face Before
(Home of the Brave) Sherman Wan
- 2022: Dawn's (K Street) Ken
Stevenson - Federation Champion
- 2021: Spahn and Sain (Home of the
Brave) Jason Kiernan
- 2020: Mohawk Valley (Home of the
Brave) Michael Rudolph
- 2019: Dawn's (K Street) Ken
Stevenson
Lefty Grove
- 2025: McCovey Cove (They Might Be
Giants) Jason Kiernan
- 2024: Brooklyn (Commissioners)
Jason Kiernan
- 2023: Gilroy (They Might Be Giants)
Sherman Wan - Federation Champion
- 2022: NYC2ATL (They Might Be
Giants) Ricardo Alexander
- 2021: Herrickville (They Might Be
Giants) owned then by Jay Snyder
- 2020: McCovey Cove (They Might Be
Giants) Jason Kiernan - Federation Champion
- 2019: Kenesaw (Commissioners)
Sherman Wan
Bob Gibson
- 2025: Minoso & (Minnie & Paul)
Jason Kiernan
- 2024: Minoso & (Minnie & Paul)
Jason Kiernan
- 2023: McPherson's Ridge (Grand
Slam) Robert Elias
- 2022: Minoso & (Minnie & Paul)
Jason Kiernan
- 2021: Cincinnati (now Happy, Minnie & Paul)
owned then by Michael Horvitz
- 2020: Old Hickory (Minnie & Paul)
Ken Degroot
- 2019: Winston Wants (Grand
Slam) Jamison Reese - Federation Champion
Hank Greenberg
- 2025: Welcome to (Geek Pride) Jamie
Reese
- 2024: Plush (Grunge) Jason Kiernan
- 2023: Seattle (Geek Pride) Dave
Matter
- 2022: Boba Chette (Geek Pride)
Sherman Wan
- 2021: Ai. Phi. Oh (Geek Pride)
Jason Kiernan - Federation Champion
- 2020: Sun (now Darkness, Grunge) Sherman Wan
- 2019: Clark (Geek
Pride) Mike DeSmedt
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