Yesterday, I posted a league profile of the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Baseball League based in Philadelphia. Brian Cavanaugh, who is their contact person, followed up with me and gave me some good details on their season from this year.
He writes:
“After a couple of days worth of recruiting and a lengthy draft, our season was ready to begin. As an avid APBA player I own cards for the 1977, 1994, 1997 and 2000 seasons. It was decided that we would use the 2000 cards because they were the only set that had the stats for the players listed on them which would help the kids in their drafting since most of the kids were only 2 or 3 years old in 2000. The kids fell in love with the game the minute they began to play. We designated a playing time each day and soon the kids were shopping players to fll their needs and our stat book had reached holy grail status. Despite the success of the league there were some difficulties as kids would miss random days or would go away for vacation. The requirements post season play were that each team had to play a minimum of 14 games and no more than 24 games. The top 8 teams qualified for postseason play. The teams were seeded 1 through 8 with the first round being a single elimination game followed by a best of 3 LCS and best of 5 World Series.”
Standings:
Scuba Divers, 16 – 3
Convts 14 – 10
Man Children13 – 10
Tregos 11 – 7
Senators: 11 – 9
Red Wings 9 – 13
Elmo 7 – 7
Hurricanes:7 – 15
Jackson 5 – 7
Ducks 5 – 10
Jake 4 – 8
Jump Ropers 4 – 11
Playoff Results:
Divisional Series
#1 Scuba Divers defeated #8 Hurricanes, #2 Convicts defeated #7 Elmo, #3 Man Children defeated # 6 Red Wings, #4 Trego’s defeated #5 Senators (Mike Piazza walk off homerun in 10th inning off of all-star closer Ray King to eliminate my Senators)
League Championship Series
Scuba Divers over Trego’s 2 – 1, Man Children over Convicts 2 – 0
World Series
Scuba Divers over Man Children 3 – 0
Season Highlights:
Scuba Divers lose first 2 games then go on a 14 game winning streak, Senators pitching staff shines (3.31 team ERA) while offense struggles (.248 team batting average), Man Children slug their way to a 3rd place finish, Vladimir Guerrero pummels league pitching while Freddy Garcia silences league hitters, Luis Castillo steals 14 bases in 23 games, Hurricanes win 4 of last 5 games to clinch final playoff spot.
League Leaders:
Batting Average: Vladimir Guerrero, Scuba Divers .549, Gerald Williams, Jackson .384, Alex Rodriguez, Trego’s .373
Home Runs: Gary Sheffield, Ropers/Divers 11, Vladimir Guerrero, Scuba Divers 8, Richard Hidalgo, Man Children 8
RBI’s: Vladimir Guerrero, Scuba Divers 40, Ivan Rodriguez, Man Children 25, Miguel Tejada, Scuba Divers 23
Wins: Freddy Garcia, Scuba Divers 7, Randy Johnson, Jump Ropers/Scuba Divers 5, Frank Castillo, Convicts 5
ERA: Freddy Garcia, Scuba Divers 1.77, Frank Castillo, Convicts 2.57, David Wells, Man Children 2.73
Strike Outs: Pedro Martinez, Senators 62, Randy Johnson, Ropers/Divers 53, Freddy Garcia, Scuba Divers 51,
Saves: Ray King, SEnators 8, Ricardo Rincon, Convicts 5, Danny Graves, Divers 2
Awards:
MVP: Vladimir Guerrero, Scuba Divers
Cy Young: Freddy Garcia, Scuba Divers
From all I’ve heard, it sounds like everyone had a good time. Kudos to the Scuba Divers manager(s) who came back to win it all.
Thanks for writing, Brian and please let us know how the 2011 season goes!! As for me, I’m glad someone is treating the youngsters out there to the wonders of APBA (not to mention the sport of Baseball).
