Backyard Baseball League Season 10

==The Beginnings==
For the first time in the history of the Backyard Baseball League, there were significantly more than 24 signups, partly due to a large influx of members from the Backyard Baseball Online League (BBOL) community. In response to the large number of signups, the league officials decide to make two concurrent leagues, one operating on Backyard Baseball 2001 and the other operating on Backyard Baseball 2003. Coaches were allowed to participate in both leagues if they were willing. In total, there were 31 coaches split in two leagues of 22 teams each, with 13 coaches participating in both.
The 2003 League adopted the conferences of "Frontyard League" and "Backyard League" to distinguish from American League and National League. Unlike Season 9, when players were shared across both versions of the game, each league had its full roster available to be drafted.
Other than the double league setup, most of the new developments from the previous season were kept in place. See Backyard Baseball League Season 9 (Wheelie)#The Beginnings for more info.
This season was the first season with crazyei8hts as League Commissioner, replacing Yurya who held the title for the first 9 seasons.
==Setting Up the Season==
The two leagues were arranged as follows:
2001 League:
AL WEST 	Coach 		AL EAST 	Coach
Milwaukee Rockies 	crazyei8hts 		Super-Duper Devil Rays	AnjouPays
Humongous Blue Jays	Eauxps I. Fourgott		St. Louis Cardinals 	Chellow
Humongous Astros 	Freakshow55 		Humongous Giants 	Itaniium
Florida Marlins 	Loba 		Montreal Pirates 	QuestionMonkey
Montreal Expos 	MartianMan 		Boston Royals 	Vissery
Minnesota Twins 	MikeMadness 		 	
* The Montreal Expos were originally the Houston Hornets, coached by jlund24. But jlund had to leave the server during the draft and MartianMan took over.
* The Minnesota Twins were originally the Texas Rangers, coached by Emery92, but Emery had to step away during the draft and MikeMadness took over.
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NL WEST 	Coach 		NL EAST 	Coach
Blue Angels 	bobbyBONES2370		Red Red Sox 	alex7456
Milwaukee Mariners	GSchlim 		Seattle Fishes	elchrisblanco
Little Bombers 	jakerthesnak 		White Cubs 	mattitude
Atlanta Braves 	Natetastic28 		Green Reds 	personizzle
Little Padres 	Toast 		Green Monsters	Yurya
New York Mets 	Wizard 		 	
The Padres were originally coached by benjaminion but he resigned after playing two games.
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FL WEST 	Coach 		FL EAST 	Coach
Green Giants 	crazyei8hts 		Cincinnati Royals 	arcothunder/The CRK
Super-Duper Melonheads	Eauxps I. Fourgott		Texas Astros 	bobbyBONES2370
Baltimore Orioles 	SilverBullet102 		Cleveland Indians 	c0rn/Madoc
Philadelphia Mets 	Vissery 		White Cubs 	Heinz
Mighty Rangers 	Wizard 		Little Padres 	mattitude
 	 		Super-Duper Diamondbacks	PepsiBoyTTV
* The Royals were coached by arcothunder for the first 11 games, but his computer died and The CRK took over as substitute.
* The Indians were coached by c0rn for the first 10 games, but he resigned as coach and Madoc took over as substitute.
* The Cubs were coached by benjaminion for two games before he resigned and Heinz took over.
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BL WEST 	Coach 		BL EAST 	Coach
Mighty Tigers 	jibbodahibbo 		Los Angeles Angels	alex7456
White Red Sox 	lillwaws26 		Seattle Fishes 	elchrisblanco
Mighty Wombats 	Marco 		Montreal Expos 	jyknight
Red White Sox 	MelloMathTeacher		Atlanta Braves 	Natetastic28
Humongous Marlins	personizzle 		Tampa Bay Pirates 	shrewsbury91
 	 		Minnesota Twins 	Toast
* The Red Sox were originally named the Red Hornets, coached by Emery92, but Emery had to leave during the draft. Yurya made a few draft picks for the Hornets before lillwaws26 came in and took over the team, changing their name to the Red Sox.
==The Draft==
The description below is true of both the 2001 League draft and the 2003 League draft.
The players were assigned in a 22-team, 9-round draft. The format is known as a "scattered snake" draft, where each team gets one pick per round, but the order of each round is different in order to make each team's total draft positioning relatively even. "The Wheel" randomized the order in which coaches picked their draft slot, but they were allowed to choose any group of 9 picks as stated on the draft board.
==The Season==
===Players of the Week===
The Batter of the Week and the Pitcher of the Week awards returned for Season 10. They are given weekly to the in-game players who made the biggest impact at the plate and on the mound. The winners were as follows:
======American League Players of the Week======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Jane Davis 	Royals 	Vissery 	Randy Johnson 	Blue Jays 	Eauxps I. Fourgott
1 	Jane Davis 	Royals 	Vissery 	Thor Herring 	Royals 	Vissery
2 	Joella Minotti 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Amanda Hellerman 	Twins 	MikeMadness
3 	Jane Davis 	Royals 	Vissery 	Chad Koppel 	Cardinals 	Chellow
4 	Parker Collum 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Mandy Coolidge 	Devil Rays	AnjouPays
5 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Randy Johnson 	Blue Jays 	Eauxps I. Fourgott
6 	Henri Deschenes 	Royals 	Vissery 	Frank Thomas 	Astros 	Freakshow55
7 	Jane Davis 	Royals 	Vissery 	Amanda Hellerman 	Twins 	MikeMadness
8 	Lance Lambert 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Randy Johnson 	Blue Jays 	Eauxps I. Fourgott
9 	Randi Uno 	Astros 	Freakshow55	Maria Luna 	Rockies 	crazyei8hts
10 	Jose Canseco 	Marlins	Loba 	Amanda Hellerman 	Twins 	MikeMadness
11 	Lance Lambert 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Thor Herring 	Royals 	Vissery
12 	Sophie Meyer 	Astros 	Freakshow55	Amanda Hellerman 	Twins 	MikeMadness
13 	Henri Deschenes 	Royals 	Vissery 	Mandy Coolidge 	Devil Rays	AnjouPays
14 	Jose Canseco 	Marlins	Loba 	Chad Koppel 	Cardinals 	Chellow
======National League Players of the Week======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Pete Wheeler 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco 	Kenny Kawaguchi 	Padres 	benjaminion
2 	Maya Woodruff 	Mariners	GSchlim 	Dominic Hoskins 	Braves 	Natetastic28
3 	Tonya Lesco 	Reds 	personizzle 	Sonja Hagen 	Mets 	Wizard
4 	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard 	Sonja Hagen 	Mets 	Wizard
5 	Mark McGwire 	Angels 	bobbyBONES2370	Angela Delvecchio 	Cubs 	mattitude
6 	Rafael Hendrix 	Red Sox 	alex7456 	Sonja Hagen 	Mets 	Wizard
7 	Rachel La Buena 	Braves 	Natetastic28 	Dominic Hoskins 	Braves 	Natetastic28
8 	Tonya Lesco 	Reds 	personizzle 	Angela Delvecchio 	Cubs 	mattitude
9 	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard 	Tiffany Bosworth 	Bombers	jakerthesnak
10 	Mark McGwire 	Angels 	bobbyJONES2370	Angela Delvecchio 	Cubs 	mattitude
11 	Jorge Garcia 	Braves 	Natetastic28 	Dominic Hoskins 	Braves 	Natetastic28
12 	Jay Green 	Monsters	Yurya 	Kenny Kawaguchi 	Padres 	Toast
13 	Marsellus Marx 	Padres 	Toast 	Sonja Hagen 	Mets 	Wizard
14 	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard 	Curt Schilling 	Red Sox	alex7456
====== Frontyard League Players of the Week ======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Julie Dunkel 	Melonheads 	Eauxps I. Fourgott	Todd Xavier 	Giants 	crazyei8hts
2 	Henri Deschenes 	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi 	Brad Radke 	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
3 	Barry Bonds 	Giants 	crazyei8hts 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	mattitude
4 	Claudia Villarta 	Royals 	arcothunder 	Todd Xavier 	Giants 	crazyei8hts
5 	Jimmy Rollins 	Mets 	Vissery 	Julie Dunkel 	Melonheads 	Eauxps I. Fourgott
6 	Claudia Villarta 	Royals 	arcothunder 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	mattitude
7 	Zoe Mallory* 	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi 	Matessa Sturges 	Astros 	bobbyBONES2370
8 	Mikey Thomas 	Cubs 	Heinz 	Brad Radke 	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
9 	Lindsy Felgate 	Melonheads 	Eauxps I. Fourgott	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	mattitude
10 	Fred Benson 	Giants 	crazyei8hts 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	mattitude
11 	Ronny Dobbs 	Padres 	mattitude 	Christina Beattie 	Orioles 	SilverBullet102
12 	Parker Collum 	Mets 	Vissery 	Todd Xavier 	Giants 	crazyei8hts
13 	Chico Pappas 	Padres 	mattitude 	Betty Houston 	Indians 	Madoc
14 	Zenon Estrada 	Cubs 	Heinz 	Carlos Delgado 	Cubs 	Heinz
====== Backyard League Players of the Week ======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Braves 	Natetastic28 	Tom Glass 	Expos 	jyknight
2 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Braves 	Natetastic28 	Mr. Clanky 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
3 	Marsellus Marx 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco	Jerry Winchell 	Pirates 	shrewsbury91
4 	Wally Evans 	Expos 	jyknight 	Tom Glass 	Expos 	jyknight
5 	Wally Evans 	Expos 	jyknight 	Whitney Singh 	White Sox	MelloMathTeacher
6 	Debby Nagasawa 	Braves 	Natetastic28 	Angela Delvecchio 	Angels 	alex7456
7 	Mike Piazza 	Marlins	personizzle 	Jerry Winchell 	Pirates 	shrewsbury91
8 	Zena Fromme 	Twins 	Toast 	Angela Delvecchio 	Angels 	alex7456
9 	Sammy Sosa 	Pirates	shrewsbury91 	Jerry Winchell 	Pirates 	shrewsbury91
10 	Chipper Jones 	Wombats	Marco 	Tim Hudson 	Braves 	Natetastic28
11 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Braves 	Natetastic28 	Angela Delvecchio 	Angels 	alex7456
12 	Sophie Meyer 	Twins 	Toast 	Angela Delvecchio 	Angels 	alex7456
13 	Sammy Sosa 	Pirates	shrewsbury91 	Nancy Chin 	Twins 	Toast
14 	Achmed Khan 	Red Sox	lillwaws26 	Judy Abwunza 	Marlins 	personizzle
===Match of the Week===
The Match of the Week started experimenting with simul-streams in Season 10, rather than always featuring two pre-recorded videos. This took a lot of stress off of our video editors!
===Final Standings===
The standings are shown below. Teams in bold made the playoffs. Teams in italics accepted bids to the Consolation Tournament.
American League Season 10 Final Standings
AL WEST 	W 	L 		AL EAST 	W 	L
Humongous Astros 	11	3 		Humongous Giants 	11	3
Florida Marlins 	8 	6 		Boston Royals 	10	4
Milwaukee Rockies 	6 	8 		St. Louis Cardinals 	8 	6
Humongous Blue Jays	5 	9 		Montreal Pirates 	6 	8
Minnesota Twins 	5 	9 		Super-Duper Devil Rays	5 	9
Montreal Expos 	2 	12		 	 	
The Cardinals were the second Wild Card due to beating the Marlins during the regular season.
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NL WEST 	W 	L 	 	NL EAST 	W 	L
Atlanta Braves 	11 	3 	 	Green Monsters 	9 	5
New York Mets 	9 	5 	 	Green Reds 	8 	6
Milwaukee Mariners 	7 	7 	 	Seattle Fishes 	8 	6
Blue Angels 	7 	7 	 	White Cubs 	7 	7
Little Padres 	4 	10 	 	Red Red Sox 	4 	10
Little Bombers 	3 	11 	 	 	 	
The Reds were the second Wild Card due to a 2-0 head-to-head tiebreaker over the Fishes in the regular season.
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FL WEST 	W 	L 	 	FL EAST 	W 	L
Philadelphia Mets 	11 	3 	 	Texas Astros 	11 	3
Mighty Rangers 	9 	5 	 	Super-Duper Diamondbacks 	9 	4
Super-Duper Melonheads 	6 	7 	 	Little Padres 	7 	7
Green Giants 	6 	8 	 	White Cubs 	6 	8
Baltimore Orioles 	4 	10 	 	Cincinnati Royals 	6 	8
 	 	 	 	Cleveland Indians 	1 	13
The Diamondbacks and Melonheads tied one game.
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BL WEST 	W 	L 	 	BL EAST 	W 	L
Red White Sox 	11 	3 	 	Minnesota Twins 	9 	5
Humongous Marlins 	10 	4 	 	Tampa Bay Pirates 	8 	6
Mighty Wombats 	8 	6 	 	Montreal Expos 	6 	8
White Red Sox 	5 	9 	 	Atlanta Braves 	6 	8
Mighty Tigers 	4 	10 	 	Los Angeles Angels 	6 	8
 	 	 	 	Seattle Fishes 	4 	10
The Pirates were the second Wild Card due to beating the Wombats in the regular season.
===Stats===
The stats were well kept throughout the season. The league leaders are listed below:
*indicates a 9th round pick, eligible to use power ups
**(ERA and WHIP are minimum 28 innings pitched)
American League Leaders
Stat 	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach
H 	58 	Fay Dawson 	Astros 	Freakshow55
H 	58 	Ruth Proutt 	Giants 	Itaniium
1B 	58 	Ruth Proutt 	Giants 	Itaniium
2B 	15 	Larry Walker 	Astros 	Freakshow55
3B 	6 	Jane Davis 	Royals 	Vissery
HR 	22 	Henri Deschenes 	Royals 	Vissery
RBI 	69 	Jose Canseco 	Marlins 	Loba
R 	41 	Henri Deschenes 	Royals 	Vissery
SB 	13 	Zoe Mallory 	Giants 	Itaniium
Avg. 	0.866	Fay Dawson 	Astros 	Freakshow55
Avg. 	0.866	Ruth Proutt 	Giants 	Itaniium
SLG 	1.952	Henri Deschenes 	Royals 	Vissery
OPS 	2.702	Henri Deschenes 	Royals 	Vissery
RC 	96.1 	Fred Benson 	Rockies 	crazyei8hts
K 	148 	Amanda Hellerman	Twins 	MikeMadness
ERA* 	0.65 	Frank Thomas 	Astros 	Freakshow55
WHIP*	0.67 	Mandy Coolidge 	Devil Rays	AnjouPays
National League Leaders
Stat 	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach
H 	44 	Stuart Sullivan	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
1B 	42 	Stuart Sullivan	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
2B 	9 	Ray Tran 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
3B 	5 	Pete Wheeler 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
HR 	19 	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard
RBI 	57 	Mark McGwire 	Angels 	bobbyBONES2370
R 	33 	Stuart Sullivan	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
SB 	11 	Pete Wheeler 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
Avg. 	0.746	Stuart Sullivan	Fishes 	elchrisblanco
SLG 	2.000	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard
OPS 	2.700	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard
RC 	68.6 	Sammy Sosa 	Mets 	Wizard
K 	130 	Sonja Hagen 	Mets 	Wizard
ERA* 	0.43 	Sonja Hagen 	Mets 	Wizard
WHIP*	0.64 	Curt Schilling 	Red Sox	alex7456
Frontyard League Leaders
Stat 	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach
H 	48 	Kathy Wolf 	Mets 	Vissery
1B 	44 	Kathy Wolf 	Mets 	Vissery
2B 	11 	Henri Deschenes	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
2B 	11 	Ken Griffey Jr.	Padres 	mattitude
3B 	5 	Gwen Sears 	Rangers 	Wizard
HR 	18 	Henri Deschenes	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
RBI 	63 	Parker Collum 	Mets 	Vissery
R 	35 	Henri Deschenes	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
SB 	17 	Stuart Sullivan	Giants 	crazyei8hts
Avg. 	0.842	Kathy Wolf 	Mets 	Vissery
SLG 	2.077	Henri Deschenes	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
OPS 	2.865	Henri Deschenes	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
RC 	85.2 	Henri Deschenes	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
K 	129 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	mattitude
ERA* 	0.50 	Brad Radke 	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
WHIP*	0.57 	Brad Radke 	Diamondbacks	KingPepsi
Backyard League Leaders
Stat 	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach
H 	48 	Marilyn McDonnell 	Red Sox 	lillwaws26
H 	48 	Alexis Weis 	Twins 	Toast
1B 	42 	Grace Tipton 	Marlins 	personizzle
2B 	10 	Pete Wheeler 	Marlins 	personizzle
3B 	4 	Davy Marian 	White Sox	MelloMathTeacher
HR 	18 	Achmed Khan 	Red Sox 	lillwaws26
RBI 	55 	Zena Fromme 	Twins 	Toast
R 	34 	Achmed Khan/Marilyn McDonnell	Red Sox 	lillwaws26
R 	34 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Braves 	Natetastic28
SB 	14 	Pete Wheeler 	Marlins 	personizzle
Avg. 	0.846	Olga Tollefson 	Pirates 	shrewsbury91
SLG 	1.759	Achmed Khan 	Red Sox 	lillwaws26
OPS 	2.484	Achmed Khan 	Red Sox 	lillwaws26
RC 	78.4 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Braves 	Natetastic28
K 	110 	Angela Delvecchio 	Angels 	alex7456
ERA* 	0.53 	Whitney Singh 	White Sox	MelloMathTeacher
WHIP*	0.58 	Yvonne Carter 	Wombats 	Marco
==The Playoffs==
===Structure===
In each league, the two conferences sent four teams to the playoffs. The division winners each got an automatic berth, and then the next two best records, regardless of division, earned Wild Card bids.
===Participants===
The brackets were as follows:
=2001 Playoff Bracket=
Source: 
=2003 Playoff Bracket=
Source: 
Frontyard League
* #1 Mets (11-3) vs. #4 Rangers (9-5)
* #2 Astros (11-3) vs. #3 Diamondbacks (9-4-1)
Backyard League
* #1 White Sox (11-3) vs. #4 Pirates (8-6)
* #2 Twins (9-5) vs. #3 Marlins (10-4)
==League Awards==
The league awards were voted on by a panel of volunteer coaches. For the first time, the awards were given out by conference, rather than one award for the entire league. This had been the plan even before the two-league format was announced.
rBBL Season 11 Award Winners
Award 	League	Winner 	Team 	Coach 	Statistics
MVP (The Jocinda) 	AL 	Henri Deschenes 	Boston Royals 	Vissery 	.746 AVG, 22 HR, 51 RBI, 41 R
MVP (The Jocinda) 	NL 	Sammy Sosa 	New York Mets 	Wizard 	.694 AVG, 19 HR, 46 RBI, 22 R
MVP (The Jocinda) 	FL 	Henri Deschenes 	Super-Duper Diamondbacks	PepsiBoyTTV 	.788 AVG, 18 HR, 40 RBI, 35 R
MVP (The Jocinda) 	BL 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Atlanta Braves 	Natetastic28 	.746 AVG, 16 HR, 40 RBI, 34 R
Ace Wilson Award 	AL 	Frank Thomas 	Humongous Astros 	Freakshow55 	83.2 IP, 0.65 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, 81 K
Ace Wilson Award 	NL 	Sonja Hagen 	New York Mets 	Wizard 	84 IP, 0.43 ERA, 0.67 WHIP, 130 K
Ace Wilson Award 	FL 	Todd Xavier 	Green Giants 	crazyei8hts 	82.1 IP, 0.51 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 105 K
Ace Wilson Award 	BL 	Jerry Winchell 	Tampa Bay Pirates 	shrewsbury91 	78.2 IP, 0.61 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 72 K
Goldie Glove Award	AL 	Derek Jeter 	St. Louis Cardinals 	Chellow 	SS
Goldie Glove Award	NL 	Marilyn McDonnell	Atlanta Braves 	Natetastic28 	SS
Goldie Glove Award	FL 	Derek Jeter 	Baltimore Orioles 	SilverBullet102	SS
Goldie Glove Award	BL 	Pete Wheeler 	Humongous Marlins 	personizzle 	LF
==Aftermath==
With a growing number of rBBL participants, the two-league format seemed destined to stay.
Controversy arose in Game 5 of the 2003 League World Series, as the Marlins won 1-0 in regulation, but the Rangers ended the sixth inning tied 0-0. In extra innings, the Rangers completed a 3 run rally and won their side 3-0, giving them the win and the World Series title. However, onlookers argued that the Marlins were more deserving of the win since they beat the AI in regulation. It also brought up the point that in extra innings, the home team could only put up a maximum of +4 while the away team could win by any number of runs in the top of an inning. As a result of this controversial outcome, a rule was passed the next season that any game that goes into extra innings is automatically deemed a +0 run differential.
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