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          The 2014 Benchwarmer Bash
          Federation Championships - Joe DiMaggio Federation
          The Benchwarmer Bash begins with 
		  Federation Championships.  The 41 leagues are divided into 8 Federations (see the breakdown on the
          Leagues page).  We've 
		  got a mix of Federations with five leagues and some with six - the league champion 
		  teams automatically advance to the Federation Championships, and we 
		  add enough wild cards to make a field of eight teams. 
            
          Teams are seeded based on their federation 
		  power index.  
		  However, in matchups between wild cards and league champs, the league 
		  champion will have home field advantage. 
            
          Seeding - Federation Championship: 
          
				  - Federal Champion: Atlanta - Power Index: 1 -- Ricardo 
				  Alexander
 
				  - Wild Card: Kansas City, Three of a Kind - Power Index: 2 
				  -- Matt Strawbridge
 
				  - Wild Card: Ohio, Federal - Power Index: 3 -- David Henning
 
				  - Wild Card: Gratiot, Motor City - Power Index: 4 -- 
				  Michael Quinn
 
                  - Redbirds Champion: Manalapan - Power Index: 5 -- Tom 
				  Twomey
 
				  - Motor City Champion: Windsor - Power Index: 14 -- Tom 
				  Twomey
 
                  - Three of a Kind Champion: Atchafalaya - Power Index: 20 -- 
				  James Harris
 
                  - Four Star Champion: NYC2ATL - Power Index: 31 -- Ricardo 
				  Alexander
 
                 
			  
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Past DiMaggio Federation Champions
2024: Star City (Marxball) David 
Henning 2023: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo 
Alexander - 
Bash Champion 2022: Atlanta (Federal) Ricardo 
Alexander 2021: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo 
Alexander - 
Bash Champion 2020: Three Blind (Three of a Kind) Jason Kiernan - Bash Runner Up 2019: Miami County (Four Star) David 
Henning 2018: Fiorello's (Marxball) Jason 
Kiernan - 
Bash Champion 2017:  St. Louis (Royal Flush) Michael Quinn 
2016:  Sheshequin (Federal) 
owned then by Jay Snyder 
2015:  Orion's (Redbirds) David Henning 
2014:  Windsor (now 
Drunken, Motor City) owned then by Tom Twomey 
2013:  Men Injecting Men 2 (Four Star) Christian Ingram 
2012:  Wyalusing (now 
Stacks of High Society, Three of a Kind) owned then by Jay Snyder 
2011:  Brooklyn (Redbirds) Jerry King 
2010:  Tennessee (now 
MacArthur, Four Star) 
owned then by Ken DeGroot 
2009:  Vegas Strip (now 
Damien, Three of a Kind) owned then by Phil Dang
   			
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              Federation Quarterfinals: 
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              | NYC2ATL (74-76, Four Star) vs. Atlanta (96-54, Federal) | 
              Kansas City (83-67, Three of a Kind) vs. Atchafalaya (92-58, Three of a Kind) | 
             
            
              | Ohio (94-56, Federal) vs. Windsor (84-56, Motor City) | 
              Gratiot (90-60, Motor City) vs. Manalapan (102-48, Redbirds) | 
             
            
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              Federation Semifinals:  | 
             
            
              | NYC2ATL (74-76, Four Star) vs. Manalapan (102-48, Redbirds) | 
               Atchafalaya (92-58, Three of a Kind) vs. Windsor 
			  (84-56, Motor City) | 
             
            
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              Federation Finals:  | 
             
            
              | NYC2ATL (74-76, Four Star) vs. Windsor 
			  (84-56, Motor City) | 
              2014 Joe DiMaggio Federation Champion: 
			  Windsor Wolverines (Motor City) - Tom Twomey | 
             
           
                    2014 Benchwarmer Bash - Federation Championships 
                    
                      
      
        
          | Game | 
          Joe DiMaggio Federation Championship | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Windsor | 3 | 9 | 3 |  WP - NYC BP (1-0)  LP - Win BP (0-1) HR: NYC: E.Encarnacion (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0 |   
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           2  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Windsor | 0 | 7 | 1 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - Win BP (0-2) HR: NYC: J.Hamilton (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 2 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 5 | 10 | 0 |  WP - B.McCarthy (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: NYC: A.Alcantara (1) NYC2ATL leads 3-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - B.McCarthy (1-0)  LP - G.Gonzalez (0-1) HR: Win: D.Navarro (1); NYC: E.Encarnacion (2) NYC2ATL leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 4 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 0 | 14 | 0 |  WP - T.Ross (1-0)  LP - M.Garza (0-1) HR: Win: B.Zobrist (1) NYC2ATL leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 17 | 0 | Box  |  | Windsor | 5 | 13 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - NYC BP (1-1) HR: NYC: D.Peralta (1); Win: K.Calhoun (1), C.Santana (1) Series tied 3-3 |   
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           7  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Windsor | 10 | 11 | 1 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - J.Arrieta (1-1) HR: NYC: C.Carter (1); Win: D.Span (1), D.Pedroia (1), C.Carter (1) Windsor wins series 4-3 |   
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          | Game | 
          Semifinal One | 
          Semifinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 0 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 4 | 13 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - NYC BP (0-1) HR: NYC: M.Ozuna (1); Man: C.Gomez (1) Manalapan leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atchafalaya | 0 | 9 | 4 | Box  |  | Windsor | 7 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Kluber (1-0)  LP - J.Locke (0-1) HR: Atch: A.Ramirez (1); Win: C.Santana (1), B.Zobrist (1) Windsor leads 1-0 |      | 
         
        
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           2  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 5 | 3 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 2 | 4 | 2 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - K.Hendricks (0-1) HR: Man: C.Dickerson (1) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Atchafalaya | 1 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Windsor | 2 | 7 | 0 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - Atch BP (0-1) HR: none Windsor leads 2-0 |      | 
         
        
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           3  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 12 | 0 |  WP - F.Liriano (1-0)  LP - B.McCarthy (0-1) HR: Man: L.Duda (1), Y.Gomes (1); NYC: J.Hamilton (1) Manalapan leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - M.Latos (0-1) HR: Win: C.Santana 2 (3); Atch: A.Ramirez (2) Windsor leads 3-0 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 2 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 6 | 6 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - T.Ross (0-1) HR: none Series tied 2-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 2 | 3 | 2 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 3 | 11 | 2 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - Win BP (0-1) HR: none Windsor leads 3-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 2 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 6 | 0 |  WP - M.Garza (1-0)  LP - J.Quintana (0-1) HR: none NYC2ATL leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 6 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 3 | 10 | 0 |  WP - T.Ross (1-0)  LP - S.Miller (0-1) HR: Win: T.Frazier (1); Atch: T.Plouffe (1) Windsor wins series 4-1 |      | 
         
        
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 8 | 1 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 4 | 8 | 2 |  WP - C.Kluber (2-0)  LP - NYC BP (0-2) HR: NYC: E.Encarnacion (1); Man: J.Donaldson (1), E.Encarnacion (1) Series tied 3-3 |      | 
          
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           7  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 6 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 0 | 3 | 4 |  WP - J.Arrieta (2-0)  LP - Man BP (0-1) HR: NYC: E.Encarnacion (2); Man: E.Encarnacion (2) NYC2ATL wins series 4-3 |      | 
          
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					Quarterfinals
        
          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal One | 
          Quarterfinal Two | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 6 | 14 | 1 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 7 | 15 | 1 |  WP - Atl BP (1-0)  LP - M.Shoemaker (0-1) HR: Atl: M.Trout (1), C.Santana (1) Atlanta leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 5 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 4 | 15 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (1-0)  LP - Atch BP (0-1) HR: KC: C.Blackmon (1), C.Santana (1); Atch: M.Trout (1) Kansas City leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 4 | 9 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 3 | 7 | 0 |  WP - J.Arrieta (1-0)  LP - T.Ross (0-1) HR: NYC: D.Peralta (1); Atl: M.Trout (2) Series tied 1-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 3 | 8 | 2 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 4 | 8 | 0 |  WP - C.Archer (1-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-1) HR: KC: A.Gonzalez (1), G.Stanton (1); Atch: A.Rendon (1), M.Trout (2) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 1 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - B.McCarthy (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (1-1) HR: Atl: C.Carter (1), D.Ortiz (1), J.Abreu (1); NYC: C.Carter (1), M.Ozuna (1), D.Peralta (2) NYC2ATL leads 2-1 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atchafalaya | 5 | 5 | 0 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 4 | 6 | 4 |  WP - Atch BP (1-1)  LP - F.Hernandez (0-1) HR: KC: I.Kinsler (1) Atchafalaya leads 2-1 |   
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           4  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 0 | 6 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - G.Gonzalez (1-0)  LP - Atl BP (1-2) HR: Atl: D.Ortiz (2); NYC: E.Encarnacion (1), M.Ozuna (2), D.Peralta (3) NYC2ATL leads 3-1 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Atchafalaya | 4 | 9 | 2 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 3 | 7 | 3 |  WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0)  LP - KC BP (0-1) HR: Atch: M.Kemp (1) Atchafalaya leads 3-1 |   
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           5  | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atlanta | 3 | 13 | 0 | Box  |  | NYC2ATL | 2 | 8 | 0 |  WP - M.Garza (1-0)  LP - NYC BP (0-1) HR: none NYC2ATL leads 3-2 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Atchafalaya | 3 | 14 | 0 | Box  |  | Kansas City | 4 | 12 | 0 |  WP - S.Gray (1-0)  LP - S.Miller (0-1) HR: Atch: L.Chisenhall (1); KC: G.Stanton (2) Atchafalaya leads 3-2 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | NYC2ATL | 6 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Atlanta | 5 | 9 | 2 |  WP - M.Shoemaker (1-1)  LP - Atl BP (1-3) HR: NYC: F.Freeman (1), C.Carter 2 (3); Atl: C.Carter 2 (3) NYC2ATL wins series 4-2 |      | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 4 | 10 | 4 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 3 | 10 | 1 |  WP - M.Scherzer (2-0)  LP - J.Locke (0-1) HR: KC: G.Stanton (3); Atch: M.Kemp (2) Series tied 3-3 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Kansas City | 2 | 7 | 2 | Box  |  | Atchafalaya | 6 | 4 | 0 |  WP - C.Archer (2-0)  LP - M.Bumgarner (0-2) HR: Atch: A.Rendon (2) Atchafalaya wins series 4-3 |   
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          | Game | 
          Quarterfinal Three | 
          Quarterfinal Four | 
         
        
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           1  | 
          
          | Extra Innings | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 5 | 15 | 0 | Box  |  | Windsor | 6 | 14 | 0 |  WP - Win BP (1-0)  LP - A.Wood (0-1) HR: Win: C.Santana (1) Windsor leads 1-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gratiot | 5 | 11 | 0 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 4 | 11 | 0 |  WP - A.Wainwright (1-0)  LP - C.Kluber (0-1) HR: Man: J.Rollins (1) Gratiot leads 1-0 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Ohio | 3 | 7 | 0 | Box  |  | Windsor | 5 | 12 | 0 |  WP - M.Fiers (1-0)  LP - D.Keuchel (0-1) HR: Oh: C.Dickerson (1), A.Gonzalez (1); Win: K.Davis (1) Windsor leads 2-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Gratiot | 2 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Manalapan | 5 | 11 | 0 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - Z.Greinke (0-1) HR: Man: C.Gomez (1), C.Dickerson (1) Series tied 1-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 5 | 12 | 0 | Box  |  | Ohio | 3 | 9 | 1 |  WP - K.Hendricks (1-0)  LP - Oh BP (0-1) HR: Win: C.Carter (1), T.Frazier (1); Oh: B.Posey (1) Windsor leads 3-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 6 | 6 | 1 | Box  |  | Gratiot | 5 | 2 | 0 |  WP - Man BP (1-0)  LP - F.Liriano (0-1) HR: none Manalapan leads 2-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Windsor | 4 | 10 | 0 | Box  |  | Ohio | 0 | 7 | 1 |  WP - B.McCarthy (1-0)  LP - Oh BP (0-2) HR: Oh: M.Kemp (1) Windsor wins series 4-0 |      | 
          
          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 5 | 5 | 2 | Box  |  | Gratiot | 3 | 9 | 0 |  WP - T.Ross (1-0)  LP - H.Ryu (0-1) HR: Man: C.Gomez (2), E.Encarnacion (1), Z.Walters (1) Manalapan leads 3-1 |   
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          |   | R | H | E |   |  | Manalapan | 6 | 8 | 0 | Box  |  | Gratiot | 0 | 12 | 0 |  WP - C.Carrasco (1-0)  LP - T.Matzek (0-1) HR: Man: L.Duda (1) Manalapan wins series 4-1 |   
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