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The 2015 Benchwarmer Bash

Benchwarmer Baseball holds a final playoff tournament each fall, taking all the league champions and - for now - some wildcard teams and crowning a single champ for all of Benchwarmer Baseball.

 

The format - as BWB continues to grow - will be in flux from season to season.  Eventually, leagues will be part of "associations" and "federations" and there will be champs at each level that advance to the final bash.

 

In 2009 we made the move to Federations.  Currently, there are 8 Federations in BWB - each federation contains 5 or 6 leagues.  The league champion teams will make each Federation round - and 2 or 3 wild card teams will fill out the field of 8 teams in each Federation.

 

The existence and number of wild cards will continue to fluctuate annually as the number of leagues change.

 

Each Federation crowns a champ...then those 8 remaining teams will play in a final bracket - seeded by Power Index (ranked over all BWB).  Confused?  You'll see how it plays out.

 

PRIZE - The winner of the Benchwarmer Bash will earn two free seasons for their winning team, in addition to the free season they may have won if they were a league champion.  The Bash runner up will earn one free season.

 

Last year's Bash

 

Congratulations to the 2015 Winner: Jay Snyder

2015 Runner Up: David Henning

Jay's Towanda Teetotalers (Commissioners League) defeated Lake Erie Storm (Cleveland Rocks) 4 games to 2

 

Past BW Bash Champions

  • 2024: NYC2ATL (Chevy Chase) Ricardo Alexander
  • 2023: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo Alexander
  • 2022: Kingston (That's the Fact Jack) Ricardo Alexander
  • 2021: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo Alexander
  • 2020: Stargell's Spectacular (Steel City) Jason Kiernan
  • 2019: The (Beer) owned then by Jesse Roche
  • 2018: Fiorello's (Marxball) Jason Kiernan
  • 2017: The (Beer) owned then by Jesse Roche
  • 2016: Crumpton (now Rich, Moneyball) owned then by Jesse Roche
  • 2015: Towanda (Commissioners) owned then by Jay Snyder
  • 2014: Crestone (Moneyball) owned then by Kevin Connors
  • 2013: Backwoods (now Clearwater, Phightin' Phils) owned then by Kevin Connors
  • 2012: Crumpton (now St. Paul, Winners Circle) owned then by Jesse Roche
  • 2011: Crumpton (now Atlanta, Murderers' Row) owned then by Jesse Roche
  • 2010: Save the Dome (now Fantasy, Experts) owned then by Jacob Vass
  • 2009: Aksarben (K Street) Don Kruse
  • 2008: Trinidad (Longball) Leif Jonson
  • 2007: Gashouse (Reality Bites) Rob Behymer
  • 2006: NJ (now Cleveland, Shadowball) owned then by Tom Twomey
  • 2005: Carlisle (now Stu Sutcliffe, Beatleball) owned then by Mark Groninger
  • 2004: Gorilla (now Abbey Road, Beatleball) owned then by David Regan/Dana Moreau

2015 Entrants:

Aaron Federation

Hall of Fame: Boar's (11)

Shadowball: Las Vegas (1)

Bronx Bombers: Chicago (4)

Fenway Fenatics: Centauri (3)

American Association: Buckeye (19)

Anchorman: Brick (2)

Wild Card: Utopia, Fenway Fenatics (5)

Wild Card: Las Vegas, Anchorman (6)

 

Aaron Federation Results

2015 Hank Aaron Federation Champion: Chicago Haymarket Bombers (Bronx Bombers) - Michael Quinn

 Bench Federation

Chevy Chase: Cannonball (7)

Perfect World: Malta (2)

Beer: Sam Adams (36)

Winners Circle: Corsucant (19)

Silver Screen: Winterfell (9)

Steel City: Atlanta (4)

Wild Card: The, Beer (1)

Wild Card: Kingfisher, Beer (3)

 

Bench Federation Results

2015 Johnny Bench Federation Champion: Winterfell Direwolves (Silver Screen) - Sherman Wan

 Cobb Federation

Beatleball: Margaritaville (5)

Firemen: Smoke (2)

Reality Bites: Mighty (22)

The Kings of Queens: Woodside (7)

North Siders: Amsterdam (8)

Wild Card: Underground, Beatleball (1)

Wild Card: Chicago, North Siders (3)

Wild Card: Memphis, Reality Bites (4)

 

Cobb Federation Results

2015 Ty Cobb Federation Champion: Underground Cardinals (Beatleball) - Michael Quinn

 DiMaggio Federation

Four Star: NYC2ATL (19)

Redbirds: Orion's (27)

Three of a Kind: Atchafalaya (8)

Royal Flush: Bedrock (5)

Federal: Ohio (1)

Motor City: Troy (7)

Wild Card: Havana, Three of a Kind (2)

Wild Card: Men Injecting Men 2, Four Star (3)

 

DiMaggio Federation Results

2015 Joe DiMaggio Federation Champion: Orion's Solar Kings (Redbirds) - David Henning
Eckersley Federation

Longball: San Marcos (1)

Blame Canada: Camptown (13)

Golden Throat: Newport News (7)

Experts: Crumpton (12)

Scooby Doo: Galactic (6)

Moneyball: Crumpton (2)

Wild Card: Crestone, Moneyball (3)

Wild Card: Erebor, Golden Throat (4)

 

Eckersley Federation Results

2015 Dennis Eckersley Federation Champion: Crumpton Roches (Experts) - Jesse Roche

 Foxx Federation

Triple Crown: Dave's (13)

Cleveland Rocks: Lake Erie (2)

Deuces Wild: Washington (6)

Murderers' Row: Crumpton (1)

Phightin' Phils: Fairborn (7)

Wild Card: Mayan, Murderers Row (3)

Wild Card: Hobart, Triple Crown (4)

Wild Card: Guttenberg, Murderers Row (5)

 

Foxx Federation Results

2015 Jimmie Foxx Federation Champion: Lake Erie Storm (Cleveland Rocks) - David Henning

 Gehrig Federation

K Street: Altoona (21)

Commissioners: Towanda (11)

They Might be Giants: Edgewater (16)

Minnie & Paul: Conspiracy (8)

Geek Pride: Dyad Institute (9)

Wild Card: Aksarben, K Street (1)

Wild Card: South Park, Commissioners (2)

Wild Card: Miami, Commissioners (3)

 

Gehrig Federation Results

2015 Lou Gehrig Federation Champion: Towanda Teetotalers (Commissioners) - Jay Snyder

 Hornsby Federation

Blue and Gray: Charleston (1)

Bleed Dodger Blue: Oklahoma (4)

Batman: Kersh & Trouty (3)

Superman: San Fernando Valley (2)

Pacific Northwest: North By Northwest (6)

Wild Card: Infinity Island, Batman (5)

Wild Card: Bradford, Blue and Gray (7)

Wild Card: Wayne, Batman (8)

 

Hornsby Federation Results

2015 Rogers Hornsby Federation Champion: Infinity Island Shadows (Batman) - Robert Elias

Number in parentheses represents Federation Power Index ranking.

Wild Card spots in italics be tentative depending on the resutls of league championship series.
Benchwarmer Bash - Quarterfinals 2015 Benchwarmer Bash Bracket
Semifinals:

Underground (102-48, Beatleball) vs. Lake Erie (99-51, Cleveland Rocks)

Towanda (97-53, Commissioners) vs. Infinity Island (95-55, Batman)

 Benchwarmer Bash Finals

Towanda Teetotalers (97-53, Commissioners) vs. Lake Erie Storm (99-51, Cleveland Rocks)

2015 Benchwarmer Bash Championship

Game Benchwarmer Bash Championship Series - Towanda vs. Lake Erie

1
 RHE 
Towanda5141

Box

Lake Erie350
WP - J.Quintana (1-0) LP - LE BP (0-1)
HR: Tow: E.Encarnacion (1), R.Zimmerman (1); LE: J.Turner (1)
Towanda leads 1-0
 

2
 RHE 
Towanda762

Box

Lake Erie8125
WP - LE BP (1-1) LP - G.Cole (0-1)
HR: Tow: B.McCann (1); LE: C.Blackmon (1), C.Correa 2 (2), B.Posey (1)
Series tied 1-1
 

3
 RHE 
Lake Erie382

Box

Towanda6160
WP - Tow BP (1-0) LP - LE BP (1-2)
HR: LE: C.Correa (3); Tow: K.Calhoun (1), E.Encarnacion (2), R.Zimmerman 2 (3)
Towanda leads 2-1
 

4
 RHE 
Lake Erie391

Box

Towanda481
WP - S.Matz (1-0) LP - M.Estrada (0-1)
HR: LE: P.Fielder (1); Tow: D.Peralta (1)
Towanda leads 3-1
 

5
 RHE 
Lake Erie5110

Box

Towanda490
WP - J.deGrom (1-0) LP - Tow BP (1-1)
HR: LE: C.Blackmon (2), C.Correa (4), A.Rizzo (1); Tow: E.Encarnacion (3), E.Escobar (1)
Towanda leads 3-2
 

6
Extra InningsRHE 
Towanda3121

Box

Lake Erie290
WP - J.Quintana (2-0) LP - J.Arrieta (0-1)
HR: Tow: B.McCann (2)
Towanda wins series 4-2
 

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2015 Benchwarmer Bash Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1
 RHE 
Underground350

Box

Lake Erie8111
WP - J.Arrieta (1-0) LP - D.Price (0-1)
HR: Und: C.Davis (1); LE: C.Correa (1), A.Rizzo (1), M.Byrd (1)
Lake Erie leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Towanda2100

Box

Infinity Island380
WP - J.Arrieta (1-0) LP - Tow BP (0-1)
HR: Tow: B.McCann (1); Inf: B.McCann (1)
Infinity Island leads 1-0
 

2
 RHE 
Underground370

Box

Lake Erie691
WP - Z.Greinke (1-0) LP - J.Lackey (0-1)
HR: LE: M.Kemp (1), M.Byrd (2)
Lake Erie leads 2-0
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Towanda380

Box

Infinity Island290
WP - G.Cole (1-0) LP - Z.Greinke (0-1)
HR: Tow: K.Calhoun (1), B.McCann (2); Inf: D.Fowler (1), B.McCann (2)
Series tied 1-1
 

3
Extra InningsRHE 
Lake Erie4100

Box

Underground3100
WP - M.Harvey (1-0) LP - G.Cole (0-1)
HR: LE: M.Kemp (2); Und: C.Davis 2 (3), M.Cabrera (1)
Lake Erie leads 3-0
 
 RHE 
Infinity Island491

Box

Towanda391
WP - M.Bumgarner (1-0) LP - F.Liriano (0-1)
HR: Inf: B.Harper (1); Tow: D.Valencia (1), D.Peralta (1)
Infinity Island leads 2-1
 

4
 RHE 
Lake Erie7160

Box

Underground4110
WP - M.Estrada (1-0) LP - C.McHugh (0-1)
HR: LE: A.Rizzo (2), B.Posey (1); Und: M.Machado (1)
Lake Erie wins series 4-0
 
 RHE 
Infinity Island480

Box

Towanda5110
WP - S.Matz (1-0) LP - E.Ramirez (0-1)
HR: Inf: M.Machado (1), C.Cron (1); Tow: K.Calhoun (2)
Series tied 2-2
 

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 RHE 
Infinity Island4100

Box

Towanda540
WP - R.De La Rosa (1-0) LP - J.Tomlin (0-1)
HR: Inf: C.Cron (2)
Towanda leads 3-2
 

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 RHE 
Towanda360

Box

Infinity Island060
WP - J.Quintana (1-0) LP - J.Arrieta (1-1)
HR: Tow: D.Valencia (2), N.Arenado (1); Inf: D.Ortiz (1)
Towanda wins series 4-2
 

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