Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Summer League finishes second season

Brian Cavanaugh updates us on the completion of the second season of the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club Summer Baseball which is based in the Philadelphia area.  For those who haven’t read about the Bridesburg Boys and Girls League before, Brian organizes kids at the local Boys and Girls Club into an APBA Baseball league and they play a mini-season.

Here are some more articles from the past about the BBGCSB.

Brian’s update

Year 2 was just as successful as year 1. We added teams to the league, but also had a few drop out but we were able to replace those teams with new players so the league did not suffer too much. It is difficult to have everyone play a set amount of games with families taking vacations.  Some kids would miss weeks at a time, but we were still able to establish a core group of teams and players.

The only downfall this season was that alot of stats were incomplete. With our numbers rising to 15 teams and with this being a pencil and paper league, I was not able to keep track of the stats for all teams like I did during the summer of 2010. My Senators again focused on pitching which proved fatal once again as my team had the lowest E.R.A., but also among the lowest team batting averages. We have a small dynasty building as the Scuba Divers once again rolled through the regular season, but came up short in the post season while falling to the Man Children in a 5 game championship series. We created an optional base stealing system this season that some players used and others did not as the only modification.

The cards that were used for this season were generously donated to the Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club by John Herson and APBA Game Company

The final standings were as follows:
“A” Division:
Man Children 25-14
Red Wings 16-13
Hummelcanes 15-14
Blues* 10-14
Suns* 9-13
Reds* 4-9
New Kids* 4-7

“B:” Division
Scuba Divers 23-5
Speed Talkers* 22-4
Senators 18-17
Jump Ropers 15-12
Hosers 8-12
Elmo 4-7
Team Jackson 5-6
Convicts 5 – 21
* denotes expansion team

Playoffs:
“A” Division
Manchildren over Blues 3-0
Red Wings over Hummelcanes 3-1
Manchildren over RedW
Wings 3-0
“B” Division
Scuba Divers over Jump Ropers 3-1
Speed Talkers over Senators 3-1
Scuba Divers over Speed Talkers 3-1

Championship Series
Manchildren over Scuba Divers 3-2

Congratulations to the ManChildren on their championship and to the league on their second season!

I read about the shortfalls this season.  I think that’s typical or at least not uncommon for a second season for a league.  Our league went through this at the very end of Season One thirty-five years ago.  Rumor has it, the league almost disbanded.  Obviously, they got over their problems and continued (it was before I joined).  Point is, sophomore issues tend to happen and hopefully everyone learns from them.  Of course, your league membership is of a quite different nature, Brian (ie younger).

Also, I ‘d like to hear about the optional basestealing modification you used, Brian.  Was it successful?

If you want to brag about your league, we’re listening!  Tell us all about the league you are in and we’ll post a profile about it. 

In the meantime, read about other leagues who have written in.