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The 2025 Benchwarmer Bash

Association Championships in the Joe DiMaggio Federation

The Benchwarmer Bash begins with Association Championships. The 68 leagues are divided into 8 Federations. Each Federation has 2 Associations. In 2025, four Associations have 3 leagues and the remainder have 2. See the breakdown on the Leagues page.

2025: Teams in the Big Red Machine League will compete in the Joe DiMaggio Federation and Ed Delahanty 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:

Bill Dickey Association:

Wild Card One: NYC2ATL, Four Star - Power Index: 1 - Ricardo Alexander
Redbirds Champion: Brooklyn - Power Index: 2 - Jerry King
Four Star Champion: Upstream - Power Index: 3 - Jim Duzyk
Wild Card Two: Bloomingdale, Redbirds - Power Index: 4 - Alonda Clifton

Dizzy Dean Association:

Wild Card One: Florida, Three of a Kind - Power Index: 1 - Craig Burke
Royal Flush Champion: St. Louis - Power Index: 2 - Michael Quinn
Three of a Kind Champion: The Three - Power Index: 3 - Leif Jonson
Wild Card Two: Speed Wins and, Royal Flush - Power Index: 4 - Jason Kiernan

Don Drysdale Association:

Tobacco Road Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 1 - Ricardo Alexander
Wild Card One: Cape Fear, Tobacco Road - Power Index: 2 - Dave Matter
Wild Card Two: Longyearbyen, Federal - Power Index: 3 - Sherman Wan
Federal Champion: Kansas City - Power Index: 4 - Michael Quinn

Ed Delahanty Association:

Marxball Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 1 - Ricardo Alexander
Big Red Machine Champion: Kingston - Power Index: 2 - Ricardo Alexander
Wild Card One: Drunken, Motor City - Power Index: 3 - Jim Duzyk
Motor City Champion: Canadian - Power Index: 8 - Ken Stevenson

Past Association Champions

Bill Dickey

2024: Big Arch (Redbirds) Jason Kiernan
2023: Orion's (Redbirds) David Henning
2022: Mt. Eaton (Four Star) Dave Matter
2021: Bloomingdale (Redbirds) owned then by Chris Bellina
2020: Miami County (Four Star) David Henning
2019: Miami County (Four Star) David Henning - Federation Champion

Dizzy Dean

2024: The Three (Three of a Kind) Leif Jonson
2023: Southside (Three of a Kind) Mike DeSmedt
2022: Speed Wins and (Royal Flush) Jason Kiernan
2021: Three Blind Mouse-ketiers (Three of a Kind) Jason Kiernan
2020: Three Blind Mouse-ketiers (Three of a Kind) Jason Kiernan - Federation Champion, Bash Runner Up
2019: Bedrock (Royal Flush) David Henning

Don Drysdale

2024: Sheshequin (Federal) Dave Matter
2023: Kingston (Tobacco Road) Ricardo Alexander
2022: Atlanta (Federal) Ricardo Alexander - Federation Champion
2021: Kingston (British Invasion) Ricardo Alexander
2020: Kansas City (Federal) Michael Quinn
2019: Jordan's (Tobacco Road) Jason Kiernan

Ed Delahanty

2024: Star City (Marxball) David Henning - Federation Champion
2023: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo Alexander - Federation Champion
2022: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo Alexander
2021: Kingston (Marxball) Ricardo Alexander - Federation Champion
2020: Mt Pleasant (Motor City) Jason Kiernan
2019: Orville (now Euclid, Marxball) Michael Rudolph

Bash Main Page

Joe DiMaggio Federation Page

Last year's Bash

Bill Dickey Association Jump to games
Semifinals:
Bloomingdale, Redbirds (84-66) vs. NYC2ATL, Four Star (109-41) Bloomingdale Camelback Crickets vs. NYC2ATL Jr Blackbirds NYC2ATL leads series 2-1	Upstream, Four Star (88-62) vs. Brooklyn, Redbirds (98-52) Upstream Boogie vs. Brooklyn Usual Suspects Upstream leads series 2-1
Association Final:
TBD () vs. TBD () TBD vs. TBD	2025 Bill Dickey Association Champion:
Dizzy Dean Association Jump to games
Semifinals:
Speed Wins and, Royal Flush (91-59) vs. Florida, Three of a Kind (87-63) Speed Wins and Homers do too!!! vs. Florida Simple Solutions Florida leads series 2-1	The Three, Three of a Kind (88-63) vs. St. Louis, Royal Flush (83-67) The Three Amigos vs. St. Louis Aces St. Louis leads series 2-1
Association Final:
TBD () vs. TBD () TBD vs. TBD	2025 Dizzy Dean Association Champion:
Don Drysdale Association Jump to games
Semifinals:
Kansas City, Federal (92-58) vs. Kingston, Tobacco Road (110-40) Kansas City Packers vs. Kingston Bun and Cheese Kansas City leads series 2-1	Longyearbyen, Federal (97-53) vs. Cape Fear, Tobacco Road (89-61) Longyearbyen Lost Miners vs. Cape Fear Sea Wolves Longyearbyen leads series 2-1
Association Final:
TBD () vs. TBD () TBD vs. TBD	2025 Don Drysdale Association Champion:
Ed Delahanty Association Jump to games
Semifinals:
Canadian, Motor City (89-61) vs. Kingston, Marxball (103-47) Canadian Red Barchetta vs. Kingston (Marxball) Baseball Club Kingston (Marxball) leads series 3-0	Drunken, Motor City (91-59) vs. Kingston, Big Red Machine (103-47) Drunken Forests vs. Kingston (Big Red Machine) Red Stripe Beer Drunken leads series 2-1
Association Final:
TBD () vs. TBD () TBD vs. TBD	2025 Ed Delahanty Association Champion:

2025 Benchwarmer Bash - Association Championships

Bill Dickey Association

Game	Bill Dickey Association Championship
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

	R	H	E
Bloomingdale	2	7	0	Box
NYC2ATL	6	10	3	Box
WP - T.Rogers (1-0) LP - Blm BP (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Bellinger 3 (3), J.Duran (1) NYC2ATL leads 1-0

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Upstream	6	6	0	Box
Brooklyn	7	10	0	Box
WP - Brk BP (1-0) LP - T.Skubal (0-1) HR: Ups: N.Castellanos (1), C.Raleigh 2 (2); Brk: J.Duran (1), W.Contreras (1) Brooklyn leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Bloomingdale	1	3	0	Box
NYC2ATL	6	5	0	Box
WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - D.Peterson (0-1) HR: Blm: A.Judge (1); NYC: A.Judge (1), C.Bellinger (4), M.Chapman (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Upstream	6	10	0	Box
Brooklyn	4	9	0	Box
WP - H.Brown (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1) HR: Brk: J.Ramirez (1), T.Soderstrom (1) Series tied 1-1

Extra Innings	R	H	E
NYC2ATL	6	11	2	Box
Bloomingdale	7	8	0	Box
WP - Blm BP (1-1) LP - G.Crochet (0-1) HR: NYC: C.Bellinger (5); Blm: G.Perdomo (1), J.Altuve (1), B.Harper (1), T.France (1) NYC2ATL leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Brooklyn	3	7	2	Box
Upstream	6	14	1	Box
WP - B.Bello (1-0) LP - Brk BP (1-1) HR: Brk: B.Lowe (1); Ups: E.Suarez (1) Upstream leads 2-1

	R	H	E
NYC2ATL	0	0	0	Box
Bloomingdale	0	0	0	Box
E. Sheehan vs M. King

	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	Box
Upstream	0	0	0	Box
L. Gilbert vs H. Greene

	R	H	E
NYC2ATL	0	0	0	Box
Bloomingdale	0	0	0	Box
C. Sale vs C. Kershaw

	R	H	E
Brooklyn	0	0	0	Box
Upstream	0	0	0	Box
J. Springs vs F. Valdez

If necessary	R	H	E
Bloomingdale	0	0	0	Box
NYC2ATL	0	0	0	Box
F. Valdez vs T. Rogers

If necessary	R	H	E
Upstream	0	0	0	Box
Brooklyn	0	0	0	Box
T. Skubal vs H. Brown

If necessary	R	H	E
Bloomingdale	0	0	0	Box
NYC2ATL	0	0	0	Box
D. Peterson vs C. Sanchez

If necessary	R	H	E
Upstream	0	0	0	Box
Brooklyn	0	0	0	Box
H. Brown vs J. Ryan

Dizzy Dean Association

Game	Dizzy Dean Association Championship
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

	R	H	E
Speed Wins and	3	4	0	Box
Florida	7	12	0	Box
WP - H.Brown (1-0) LP - C.Rodon (0-1) HR: Fla: M.Olson (1), G.Perdomo (1), J.Chisholm (1), L.Butler (1) Florida leads 1-0

	R	H	E
The Three	2	8	0	Box
St. Louis	0	6	2	Box
WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - StL BP (0-1) HR: none The Three leads 1-0

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Speed Wins and	1	6	2	Box
Florida	2	6	0	Box
WP - J.Flaherty (1-0) LP - SW BP (0-1) HR: SW: J.Soto (1) Florida leads 2-0

	R	H	E
The Three	4	6	2	Box
St. Louis	8	10	2	Box
WP - K.Gausman (1-0) LP - L.Gilbert (0-1) HR: Thr: I.Happ (1); StL: B.Nimmo 2 (2), C.Seager (1) Series tied 1-1

	R	H	E
Florida	5	8	0	Box
Speed Wins and	6	9	2	Box
WP - SW BP (1-1) LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: none Florida leads 2-1

	R	H	E
St. Louis	5	6	2	Box
The Three	4	4	0	Box
WP - StL BP (1-1) LP - C.Sale (0-1) HR: StL: C.Raleigh (1); Thr: C.Raleigh (1) St. Louis leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	0	Box
Speed Wins and	0	0	0	Box
M. Kelly vs S. Kolek

	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	Box
The Three	0	0	0	Box
M. McGreevy vs G. Kirby

	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	0	Box
Speed Wins and	0	0	0	Box
R. Nelson vs P. Corbin

	R	H	E
St. Louis	0	0	0	Box
The Three	0	0	0	Box
A. Nola vs L. Castillo

If necessary	R	H	E
Speed Wins and	0	0	0	Box
Florida	0	0	0	Box
C. Rodon vs H. Brown

If necessary	R	H	E
The Three	0	0	0	Box
St. Louis	0	0	0	Box
K. Gausman vs C. Sanchez

If necessary	R	H	E
Speed Wins and	0	0	0	Box
Florida	0	0	0	Box
N. Eovaldi vs J. Flaherty

If necessary	R	H	E
The Three	0	0	0	Box
St. Louis	0	0	0	Box
L. Gilbert vs K. Gausman

Don Drysdale Association

Game	Don Drysdale Association Championship
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Kansas City	3	5	0	Box
Kingston	2	7	0	Box
WP - C.Sanchez (1-0) LP - J.deGrom (0-1) HR: KC: C.Raleigh (1); King: H.Goodman (1) Kansas City leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Longyearbyen	2	8	0	Box
Cape Fear	3	6	0	Box
WP - L.Gilbert (1-0) LP - T.Rogers (0-1) HR: Long: F.Tatis (1) Cape Fear leads 1-0

Extra Innings	R	H	E
Kansas City	4	7	0	Box
Kingston	3	12	0	Box
WP - N.Pivetta (1-0) LP - H.Greene (0-1) HR: King: A.Judge 2 (2) Kansas City leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Longyearbyen	6	11	1	Box
Cape Fear	4	13	2	Box
WP - L.Webb (1-0) LP - G.Kirby (0-1) HR: Long: F.Tatis (2), A.Judge 2 (2), M.Betts (1) Series tied 1-1

	R	H	E
Kingston	12	14	1	Box
Kansas City	2	3	0	Box
WP - E.Sheehan (1-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-1) HR: King: K.Schwarber (1), V.Pasquantino 2 (2), J.Chisholm (1), L.Sosa (1) Kansas City leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Cape Fear	4	11	1	Box
Longyearbyen	5	8	1	Box
WP - Long BP (1-0) LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: Long: S.Murphy (1) Longyearbyen leads 2-1

	R	H	E
Kingston	0	0	0	Box
Kansas City	0	0	0	Box
C. Rodon vs D. Kremer

	R	H	E
Cape Fear	0	0	0	Box
Longyearbyen	0	0	0	Box
G. Crochet vs L. Allen

	R	H	E
Kingston	0	0	0	Box
Kansas City	0	0	0	Box
J. Ryan vs J. Flaherty

	R	H	E
Cape Fear	0	0	0	Box
Longyearbyen	0	0	0	Box
G. Williams vs S. Cecconi

If necessary	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	Box
Kingston	0	0	0	Box
C. Sanchez vs J. deGrom

If necessary	R	H	E
Longyearbyen	0	0	0	Box
Cape Fear	0	0	0	Box
T. Rogers vs L. Gilbert

If necessary	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	Box
Kingston	0	0	0	Box
N. Pivetta vs H. Greene

If necessary	R	H	E
Longyearbyen	0	0	0	Box
Cape Fear	0	0	0	Box
L. Webb vs G. Kirby

Ed Delahanty Association

Game	Ed Delahanty Association Championship
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Game

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

	R	H	E
Canadian	3	7	1	Box
Kingston (Marxball)	4	11	1	Box
WP - Z.Wheeler (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-1) HR: Can: F.Freeman (1); K-Mx: K.Stowers (1) Kingston (Marxball) leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Drunken	5	12	0	Box
Kingston (Big Red Machine)	3	6	0	Box
WP - T.Rogers (1-0) LP - J.Cantillo (0-1) HR: Dru: J.Duran (1), L.Sosa (1); K-BRM: F.Freeman (1), C.Montgomery (1) Drunken leads 1-0

	R	H	E
Canadian	4	8	0	Box
Kingston (Marxball)	5	10	0	Box
WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - J.Luzardo (0-1) HR: Can: J.Caminero (1), T.Hernandez (1); K-Mx: A.Judge (1), A.Ramirez (1) Kingston (Marxball) leads 2-0

	R	H	E
Drunken	0	7	2	Box
Kingston (Big Red Machine)	7	9	1	Box
WP - D.Kremer (1-0) LP - P.Skenes (0-1) HR: none Series tied 1-1

	R	H	E
Kingston (Marxball)	8	12	0	Box
Canadian	1	10	0	Box
WP - E.Cabrera (1-0) LP - Can BP (0-2) HR: K-Mx: A.Judge 2 (3), V.Guerrero Jr. (1), S.Ohtani (1), K.Stowers (2), M.Busch (1); Can: C.Abrams (1) Kingston (Marxball) leads 3-0

	R	H	E
Kingston (Big Red Machine)	2	5	0	Box
Drunken	5	9	0	Box
WP - B.Woo (1-0) LP - M.Fried (0-1) HR: K-BRM: M.Muncy (1), A.Barger (1); Dru: Y.Diaz (1), V.Pasquantino (1) Drunken leads 2-1