Congratulations to Andy Bartel and his 1902 Pirates for winning the Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament! Jim Fraasch sent me all the details from this past weekend’s event.
First, here are the standings of the TCT-III that took place in Maple Grove, Minnesota:
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
SAM MELE DIVISION W L R OR RDIFF
1902 PIRATES (Andy Bartel) 6 2 43 32 11
1975 REDS (Jeff Boeding) 5 3 41 35 6
1957 BRAVES (Bruce Tyler) 5 3 32 27 5
1970 TWINS (Pat Martin) 3 5 29 38 -9
1927 PIRATES (Curt Bartel) 1 7 23 36 -13
TOTALS 20 20 168 168 0
TOM KELLY DIVISION W L R OR RDIFF
1919 WHITE SOX (Eric Berg) 6 2 39 27 12
1989 GIANTS (Rob Skogen) 5 3 33 31 2
1961 YANKEES (Kevin Cluff) 3 5 41 39 2
2009 YANKEES (Scott Egge) 3 5 29 34 -5
1968 TIGERS (Darrell Skogen) 3 5 24 35 -11
TOTALS 20 20 166 166 0
RON GARDENHIRE DIVISION W L R OR RDIFF
1982 BREWERS (Craig Christian) 6 2 37 27 10
1995 INDIANS (Leroy Arnoldi) 5 3 32 31 1
1930 ATHLETICS (Fred Johnson) 4 4 37 37 0
1930 CUBS (Jim Fraasch) 3 5 39 45 -6
1998 BRAVES (Gregg Nelson) 2 6 24 29 -5
TOTALS 20 20 169 169 0
SEMI-FINAL MATCHES (BEST-OF-THREE):
#1 1919 WHITE SOX (ERIC BERG) VS #4 1975 REDS (JEFF BOEDING)
#2 1902 PIRATES (ANDY BARTEL) VS #3 1982 BREWERS (CRAIG CHRISTIAN)
**The 1919 White Sox (Eric Berg) win series, 2 games to 0 over the 1975 Reds (Jeff Boeding).
** The 1902 Pirates (Andy Bartel) win series, 2 games to 1 over the 1982 Brewers (Craig Christian).
The Championship:
1919 WHITE SOX (ERIC BERG) vs 1902 PIRATES (ANDY BARTEL)
———————————————————-
G1
1902 PIRATES 1, 1919 WHITE SOX 0
G2
1902 PIRATES 4, 1919 WHITE SOX 3 (12 innings)
** Andy Bartel and the 1902 Pirates capture the TCABT-III Championship, 2 games to 0 over Eric Berg’s 1919 White Sox!!!
Jim has a very detailed wrapup with many cool photos, standings, stats, and stories. It’s worth reading. Don’t miss the story about Fred Johnson who rolled his first game since 1959!
The date for the next tournament TCT-IV, is already set. Mark your date for October 3, 2015!!
Thanks to Jim and congrats again to Andy!!
Couldn’t help notice that dad Curt was 1-7 in Andy’s division! :)
Tom, yes, that was a little on-going joke as Andy was bulldozing the competition to the championship. If we combined the father/son combo, they were only 7-9 in division play ;) Curt really caught some bad luck, and I know he lost Kiki Cuyler for 3 games due to an injury (we just go with the J rating as the number of games they miss, and ’27 Cuyler is a J3). Again, I cannot say enough what a pleasure it was have the Bartel father/son combo attending our 3rd tournament. Curt says they will be back next October!
Congratulations Andy on your championship. I enjoyed playing against you back in February. Say hello to your dad from me.