The exas League  

2002 Playoffs
Round 2 - Recap

SuperSeries

Rank

Seed

 Team W L % Recap
1 #2  x-PowerWave 2 0 1.000 Finals:  Raging Trout  vs.  PowerWave
PowerWave edges Trout, claims title.
2 #1  x-Raging Trout  1 2 .500
3 #6  Gladiators 2 1 .667 3rd Place:  Gladiators vs. Ludville 9.  
Gladiators cap nice season with solid 3rd place finish.
4 #5  Ludville 9 1 2 .333
5 #4  Ruby's Raiders 1 1 .500 Season Complete
6 #3  Ball Whackers 0 2 .000 Season Complete

 

Junior League

Rank

Seed

 Team W L % Upcoming
7 #10  Purple Pecans 3 0 1.000 7th Place:  Purple Pecans  vs.  Da Bums
Pecans finish the season with nifty 3 game W streak.
8 #9  Da Bums 2 1 .667
9 #8  x-BigV 1 1 .500 9th Place:  BigV  vs. GotBoost?
BigV bounces back to gain 9th place finish.
10 #7  x-GotBoost?  0 2 .000
11 #12  Bedford Beerswillers 1 1 .500  Season Complete
12 #11  Beachtown Bobos 0 2 .000  Season Complete

x - Denotes first round bye

 

Player(s) of the Week*:     

Week-1      
OF   Magglio Ordonez - Bedford Beerswillers (.429 BA,  4 HR,    Season: 36 HR, 128 RBI, 113 Runs)
3B  Scott Rolen - Ruby's Raiders (8-19,  .421 BA,  24 TB,  CG/SHO)

*As determined by MLB 

 



The 
Recap

 PowerWave edges Raging Trout 12-11
Skinny:   
PowerWave claims champions in rock'em, sock'em shootout.

Recap:  
It was a final that had it all.  Hitting streaks, unexpected performances, costly injuries and lots of pitching.   In the end, and as has happened to so many teams throughout the season........it all come down to the last day of the week.

PowerWave and the Trout entered the final day deadlocked at 12-12 with many categories still in play:  Runs, Walks, SBs, HR's, Batting Avg, CGs, SHO's, GIDPs, HBP, WHIP and K/BB.   Any one of these categories realistically could have 'turned'.   

To further add an element of intrigue, there was the possibility that the Yankees might have to play a make-up game with Tampa Bay on Monday.  The Yankees prevailed in their game on Sunday to remove the need of the make-up game.

Both teams fielded their respective lineups and watched.   With the Trout holding the ERA tiebreaker, it was up to PowerWave to turn at least one category.  In an unlikely turn of events, that category turned out to be the BB category.  Jose Vidro, long-time Trout killer, mustered two BB's to represent the entire output for the PowerWave squad.  This was just enough as the entire RT team could only manage a single BB for the day.  This allowed the 'Wave to tie the category and take the championship hardware.

Notable:  
- The #2 regular season team has claimed yet another championship.  All championships to date (4) have been won by the #2 team.
- PowerWave becomes the first team to win multiple championships (2).
- PowerWave becomes the first team to win back-to-back championships (Hoops 2001, Baseball 2002).
- PowerWave has now appeared in three consecutive championship games (Football 2001, Hoops 2001, Baseball 2002).
- The Raging Trout have become the first team to drop back-to back championship games  (Hoops 2001, Baseball 2002).

 

SuperSeries Bracket
 
 Semi-Final  Boxscore

#1-PowerWave
(18-6)		 12 Skinny:  L.Hernandez CG/SHO + late walk allows 'Wave to turn BB category, win  championship. 
Stars:  H: Jim Thome, Jose Vidro, J. Damon, Benito Santiago  P: Livian Hernandez, Barry Zito

#2-Raging Trout
(19-5)		 11 Skinny:  Trout rally late, appear poised to defend crown....then falter on last day of season.
Stars:  H: Brian Giles, Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter  P: Ramon Ortiz, Rob Nen, Mike Williams

Semi-Final  Boxscore

#6-Gladiators
(13-12)		 11 Skinny:  Gladiators cap nice season with solid 3rd place finish.
 Stars:  H: Vlad Guerrero, Jeff Bagwell, Manny Ramirez   P: Mike Mussina, Tim Wakefield, BP (Mesa/DeJean)

#5-Ludville 9 
(11-14)		 9 Skinny:  Ludville 9 can't quite catch the G-Men.........sett for 4th place.
 Stars:  H: Mike Sweeney, Nomar, Ichiro P: Russ Ortiz, Pedro Martinez, BP (Esobar/Sasaki)

Junior League Bracket
Semi-Final  Boxscore

# 9-Da Bums
(13-12)		 8 Skinny:  Pitching can't compensate for scrawny .192 BA. 
 Stars:  H: Raphael Palmiero, Tim Salmon   P: Wade Miller, Roy Halladay, Eric Gagne

#10-Purple Pecans
(10-15)		 15 Skinny:  .319 BA allows Pecans to finish the season with nifty 3 game W streak.
 Stars:  H: Gary Sheffield, Ellis Burks, Andruw Jones  P: Odalis Perez, The BP (Looper/Wilkerson)

Semi-Final  Boxscore

#8-BigV
(9-15)		 14 Skinny:  BigV bounces back to gain 9th place finish.
 Stars:  H: Barry Bonds, Alberto Pujols, Jason Giambi P: Andy Petitte, Mark Mulder

#7-GotBoost?
(8-16)		 8 Skinny:  GB starts fast but finishes on fumes.
 Stars:  H: Jason Kendall, Bobby Abreu, Ray Durham  P: Hideo Nomo, Curt Schilling

Last updated:  October 1, 2002