Backyard Baseball League Season 11

==The Beginnings==
==Setting Up the Season==
In a new approach, rather than randomly assigning or having teams draft their divisions, the divisions were arranged by the League Officials in an attempt to balance out the division by supposed coach skill. The divisions were as follows:
2001 League:
AL WEST 	Coach 		AL CENTRAL 	Coach 		AL EAST 	Coach
Atlanta Braves 	Natetastic28		Anaheim Pirates 	QuestionMonkey 		Blue Monsters 	Chellow
Colorado Rockies 	Toast 		Humongous Astros 	Freakshow55 		Florida Marlins 	Loba
San Diego Fishes 	mattitude 		Little Bombers 	SilverBullet102		Super-Duper Devil Rays	AnjouPays
St. Louis Blue Jays	GSchlim 		St. Louis Cardinals	schwilly 		Super-Duper Wombats 	Wizard
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NL WEST 	Coach 		NL CENTRAL 	Coach 		NL EAST 	Coach
Crazy Hornets 	hciii 		Blue Angels 	bobbyBONES2370		Blue Brewers 	crazyei8hts
Kansas City Royals	psanchez55		Philadelphia Athletics	MartianMan 		Green Reds 	personizzle
Mighty Melonheads 	HaloTW 		Red White Sox 	_willigan_ 		Humongous Giants	Heinz
Oakland Expos 	lillwaws26		White Red Sox 	Vissery 		Junior Orioles 	Mavfatha
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FL WEST 	Coach 		FL CENTRAL 	Coach 		FL EAST 	Coach
Crazy Padres 	shrewsbury91 		Junior Bombers 	The CRK 		Crazy Melonheads 	SilverBullet102
Green Phillies 	Vissery 		Little Hornets 	psanchez55 		Green Monsters 	Yurya
Seattle Fishes 	elchrisblanco		Minnesota Twins	Toast 		Kansas City Royals	alex7456
St. Louis Cardinals	ScottEgbert 		Texas Astros 	bobbyBONES2370		Oakland Expos 	lillwaws26
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BL WEST 	Coach 		BL CENTRAL 	Coach 		BL EAST 	Coach
Houston Devil Rays 	Cherry 		Crazy Indians 	crazyei8hts 		Houston Yankees 	ZiorBox
Humongous Giants 	Itaniium 		Little Angels 	AnjouPays 		Mighty Rangers 	Wizard
Mighty Orioles 	jibbodahibbo		Milwaukee Brewers	Natetastic28		Mighty Wombats 	Marco
Super-Duper Diamondbacks	PepsiBoyTTV 		Toronto Blue Jays	MikeMadness 		Seattle Mariners	jyknight
* After game 10, PepsiBoyTTV's computer stopped working and Eauxps I. Fourgott took over for the Diamondbacks.
==The Draft==
The description below is true of both the 2001 League draft and the 2003 League draft.
The players were assigned in a 24-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 11. 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 	Joella Minotti 	Astros 	Freakshow55 	Randy Johnson 	Wombats 	Wizard
2 	Sammy Sosa 	Bombers 	SilverBullet102	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies 	Toast
3 	Libby Futterman 	Bombers 	SilverBullet102	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies 	Toast
4 	Leah Wayne 	Cardinals	schwilly 	Jerry Mahoney 	Braves 	Natetastic28
5 	Marilyn McDonnell 	Wombats 	Wizard 	Omar Stephano 	Blue Jays	GSchlim
6 	Julie Dunkel 	Rockies 	Toast 	Angela Delvecchio 	Bombers 	SilverBullet102
7 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Fishes 	mattitude 	Marky Dubois 	Astros 	Freakshow55
8 	Jorge Garcia 	Blue Jays	GSchlim 	Thor Herring 	Fishes 	mattitude
9 	Bobby Bulgrien 	Wombats 	Wizard 	Lance Lambert 	Marlins 	Loba
10 	Terry Vega 	Pirates 	QuestionMonkey 	Randy Johnson 	Wombats 	Wizard
11 	Chico Pappas 	Pirates 	QuestionMonkey 	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies 	Toast
12 	Chico Pappas 	Pirates 	QuestionMonkey 	Jerry Mahoney 	Braves 	Natetastic28
13 	Amir Khan 	Monsters 	Chellow 	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies 	Toast
14 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Fishes 	mattitude 	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies 	Toast
======National League Players of the Week======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Molly May 	Royals 	psanchez55 	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
2 	Zena Fromme 	Reds 	personizzle 	Curt Schilling 	Melonheads	HaloTW
3 	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts 	Judy Abwunza 	Royals 	psanchez55
4 	Mo Vaughn 	White Sox	_willigan_ 	Curt Schilling 	Melonheads	HaloTW
5 	Henri Deschenes 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts 	Sonja Hagen 	Reds 	personizzle
6 	Marsellus Marx 	Angels 	bobbyBONES2370	Chris Milton 	Red Sox 	Vissery
7 	Henri Deschenes 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts 	Frank Thomas 	Giants 	Heinz
8 	Cheryl Reynolds 	Royals 	psanchez55 	Frank Thomas 	Giants 	Heinz
9 	Veronica Lee 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	Judy Abwunza 	Royals 	psanchez55
10 	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts 	Frank Thomas 	Giants 	Heinz
11 	Fabienne Callahan 	Orioles 	Mavfatha 	Curt Schilling 	Melonheads	HaloTW
12 	Barry Larkin 	Red Sox 	Vissery 	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
13 	Gary Allen 	Reds 	personizzle 	Sonja Hagen 	Reds 	personizzle
14 	Tonya Lesco 	Red Sox 	Vissery 	Kenny Kawaguchi 	Hornets 	hciii
====== Frontyard League Players of the Week ======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Julie Dunkel 	Astros 	bobbyBONES2370	Dominic Hoskins 	Expos 	lillwaws26
2 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Phillies 	Vissery 	Marky Dubois 	Royals 	alex7456
3 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	shrewsbury91
4 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Phillies 	Vissery 	Henri Deschenes 	Bombers 	The CRK
5 	Uma Morris 	Monsters 	Yurya 	Angelique Harding 	Hornets 	psanchez55
6 	Mike Piazza 	Cardinals	ScottEgbert 	Marky Dubois 	Royals 	alex7456
7 	Petra Chekov 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	Judy Abwunza 	Astros 	bobbyBONES2370
8 	Wally Evans 	Padres 	shrewsbury91 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	shrewsbury91
9 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	Marky Dubois 	Royals 	alex7456
10 	Sally Dobbs 	Astros 	bobbyBONES2370	Henri Deschenes 	Bombers 	The CRK
11 	Jay Green 	Royals 	alex7456 	Marky Dubois 	Royals 	alex7456
12 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	Erin Harris 	Twins 	Toast
13 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Phillies 	Vissery 	Sonja Hagen 	Melonheads	SilverBullet102
14 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	Frank Thomas 	Padres 	shrewsbury91
====== Backyard League Players of the Week ======
Week	Batter of the Week	Team 	Coach 	Pitcher of the Week	Team 	Coach
1 	Peggy Heffernan 	Brewers 	Natetastic28 	Christina Beattie 	Rangers 	Wizard
2 	Cliff Floyd 	Mariners 	jyknight 	Chad Koppel 	Indians 	crazyei8hts
3 	Peggy Heffernan 	Brewers 	Natetastic28 	Christina Beattie 	Rangers 	Wizard
4 	Phil Nevin 	Mariners 	jyknight 	Randy Johnson 	Devil Rays 	Cherry
5 	Lance Lambert 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Chad Koppel 	Indians 	crazyei8hts
6 	Molly May 	Orioles 	jibbodahibbo 	Courtney Valentino 	Mariners 	jyknight
7 	Fred Benson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Chad Koppel 	Indians 	crazyei8hts
8 	Mikey Thomas 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Franky Holly 	Wombats 	Marco
9 	Marsellus Marx 	Wombats 	Marco 	Kristen Sullivan 	Mariners 	jyknight
10 	Lance Lambert 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Chad Koppel 	Indians 	crazyei8hts
11 	Fred Benson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	Christina Beattie 	Rangers 	Wizard
12 	Nomar Garciaparra 	Angels 	AnjouPays 	Chad Koppel 	Indians 	crazyei8hts
13 	Kenny Kawaguchi 	Angels 	AnjouPays 	Leah Wayne 	Diamondbacks	Eauxps I. Fourgott
14 	Leah Wayne 	Diamondbacks	Eauxps I. Fourgott	Kristen Sullivan 	Mariners 	jyknight
===Final Standings===
The standings are shown below. Teams in bold made the playoffs. Teams in italics accepted bids to the Consolation Tournament.
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AL WEST 	W 	L 	AL CENTRAL 	W 	L 	AL EAST 	W 	L
St. Louis Blue Jays 	10 	4 	Anaheim Pirates 	8 	6 	Super-Duper Devil Rays 	9 	5
Colorado Rockies 	9 	5 	Humongous Astros 	8 	6 	Florida Marlins 	8 	6
San Diego Fishes 	8 	6 	St. Louis Cardinals 	7 	7 	Super-Duper Wombats 	5 	9
Atlanta Braves 	6 	8 	Little Bombers 	2 	12 	Blue Monsters 	4 	10
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NL WEST 	W 	L 	NL CENTRAL 	W 	L 	NL EAST 	W 	L
Oakland Expos 	11 	3 	White Red Sox 	9 	5 	Green Reds 	10 	4
Kansas City Royals 	9 	5 	Red White Sox 	6 	8 	Blue Brewers 	9 	5
Crazy Hornets 	7 	7 	Blue Angels 	4 	10 	Humongous Giants 	7 	7
Mighty Melonheads 	5 	9 	Philadelphia Athletics 	2 	10 	Junior Orioles 	5 	9
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FL WEST 	W 	L 	FL CENTRAL 	W 	L 	FL EAST 	W 	L
Green Phillies 	9 	5 	Texas Astros 	11 	3 	Oakland Expos 	11 	3
Crazy Padres 	7 	7 	Little Hornets 	9 	5 	Green Monsters 	10 	4
Seattle Fishes 	6 	8 	Junior Bombers 	7 	7 	Kansas City Royals 	8 	6
St. Louis Cardinals 	2 	12 	Minnesota Twins 	4 	10 	Crazy Melonheads 	0 	14
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BL WEST 	W 	L 	BL CENTRAL 	W 	L 	BL EAST 	W 	L
Humongous Giants 	10 	4 	Milwaukee Brewers 	10 	4 	Seattle Mariners 	11 	3
Super-Duper Diamondbacks 	9 	5 	Little Angels 	7 	7 	Mighty Wombats 	6 	8
Houston Devil Rays 	7 	7 	Crazy Indians 	7 	7 	Mighty Rangers 	6 	8
Mighty Orioles 	7 	7 	Toronto Blue Jays 	4 	10 	Houston Yankees 	0 	14
The Angels and Devil Rays made the wild card due to the best head-to-head record among all 7-7 teams.
===Stats===
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 	47 	Derek Jeter 	Marlins	Loba 	
1B 	45 	Derek Jeter 	Marlins	Loba 	
2B 	12 	Kiesha Phillips 	Fishes 	mattitude 	
3B 	5 	Julie Dunkel 	Rockies	Toast 	
3B 	5 	Marilyn McDonnell	Wombats	Wizard 	
HR 	20 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Fishes 	mattitude 	
RBI 	52 	Ken Griffey Jr. 	Fishes 	mattitude 	
R 	37 	Paco Kaufman 	Fishes 	mattitude 	
SB 	10 	Star Moonbeam 	Marlins	Loba 	
AVG 	0.783	Derek Jeter 	Marlins	Loba 	
SLG 	1.941	Julie Dunkel 	Rockies	Toast 	
OPS 	2.677	Julie Dunkel 	Rockies	Toast 	
RC 	73.37	Chico Pappas 	Pirates	QuestionMonkey	
K 	117 	Randy Johnson 	Wombats	Wizard 	
ERA 	0.51 	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies	Toast 	
WHIP	0.59 	Amanda Hellerman 	Rockies	Toast 	
National League Leaders
Stat	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach
H 	54 	Barry Larkin 	Red Sox 	Vissery
1B 	45 	Grace Tipton 	Royals 	psanchez55
1B 	45 	Stuart Sullivan	Angels 	bobbyBONES2370
2B 	14 	Alicia Blakely 	Red Sox 	Vissery
3B 	4 	Fred Benson 	Reds 	personizzle
HR 	22 	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
HR 	22 	Zena Fromme 	Reds 	personizzle
RBI 	70 	Zena Fromme 	Reds 	personizzle
R 	36 	Henri Deschenes	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
R 	36 	Maynard McElroy	Reds 	personizzle
SB 	19 	Maynard McElroy	Reds 	personizzle
AVG 	0.864	Jane Davis 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
SLG 	2.000	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
OPS 	2.741	Mark McGwire 	Brewers 	crazyei8hts
RC 	89.52	Zena Fromme 	Reds 	personizzle
K 	101 	Frank Thomas 	Giants 	Heinz
ERA 	0.64 	Kenny Kawaguchi	Hornets 	hciii
WHIP	0.67 	Curt Schilling 	Melonheads	HaloTW
Frontyard League Leaders
Stat	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach 	
H 	48 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
1B 	42 	Star Moonbeam 	Bombers 	The CRK 	
2B 	10 	Maya Woodruff 	Monsters 	Yurya 	
3B 	4 	Julie Dunkel 	Astros 	bobbyBONES2370 	
3B 	4 	Alexis Weis 	Fishes 	elchrisblanco 	
3B 	4 	Claudia Villarta	Cardinals 	Scott Egbert 	
HR 	27 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
RBI 	67 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
R 	36 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
SB 	14 	Pete Wheeler 	Orioles 	jibbodahibbo 	
AVG 	0.828 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
SLG 	2.345 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
OPS 	3.175 	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
RC 	112.95	Chico Pappas 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
K 	135 	Sonja Hagen 	Melonheads	SilverBullet102	
ERA 	0.31 	Dominic Hoskins 	Expos 	lillwaws26 	
WHIP	0.45 	Marky Dubois 	Royals 	alex7456 	
Backyard League Leaders
Stat	# 	Player 	Team 	Coach 	
H 	62 	Fred Benson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
H 	62 	Olga Tollefson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
1B 	58 	Olga Tollefson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
2B 	11 	Cliff Floyd 	Mariners 	jyknight 	
3B 	6 	Phil Nevin 	Mariners 	jyknight 	
HR 	20 	Peggy Heffernan 	Brewers 	Natetastic28 	
RBI 	79 	Fred Benson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
R 	51 	Fred Benson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
SB 	13 	Liz Kinghorn 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
AVG 	0.841	Gwen Sears 	Brewers 	Natetastic28 	
SLG 	1.736	Zena Fromme 	Wombats 	Marco 	
OPS 	2.473	Zena Fromme 	Wombats 	Marco 	
RC 	98.00	Fred Benson 	Giants 	Itaniium 	
K 	103 	Christina Beattie	Rangers 	Wizard 	
ERA 	0.38 	Leah Wayne 	Diamondbacks	Eauxps I. Fourgott	
WHIP	0.56 	Kristen Sullivan 	Mariners 	jyknight 	
==The Playoffs==
===Structure===
The league playoffs expanded from an 8 team pool to a 12 team pool. In each league, the two conferences sent six teams to the playoffs. The top two division winners earned first round byes, while the third place division winner and the three best non-division winners earned Wild Card bids.
===Participants===
The brackets were as follows:
=2001 Playoff Bracket=
=2003 Playoff Bracket=
==League Awards==
The league awards were voted on by a panel of volunteer coaches. The awards were given out by conference, rather than one award for the entire league. 
*American League
**MVP: Chico Pappas, Pirates. Winning a narrow vote over Ken Griffey Jr., Chico batted .704 with 18 home runs and 49 RBIs, helping the Pirates win the AL Central.
**Ace Wilson: Amanda Hellerman, Rockies. Amanda narrowly missed the AL pitching Triple Crown, leading the league in ERA and WHIP, while finishing with 112 strikeouts, 5 off the lead.
**Goldie Glove: Alex Rodriguez, LF, Rockies. Alex Rodriguez manned left field and tracked down fly balls that seemed destined to fly out of the Cement Gardens alleyway.
*National League
**MVP: Zena Fromme, Reds. Zena tied for the league lead with 22 home runs and let the league with 70 RBI while batting 0.746 and helping the Reds win the NL East. 
**Ace Wilson: Mark McGwire, Brewers. Not just a great hitter, McGwire tossed 73 1/3 innings while tallying an ERA of 0.82, a WHIP of 0.83, and 84 strikeouts. 
**Goldie Glove: Alex Gonzalez, LF, Red Sox. Despite playing at the offensive-friendly Dirt Yards, Alex played a mean left field for the Red Sox, earning him the award.
*Frontyard League
**MVP: Chico Pappas, Expos. Chico tied the single-season record with 27 home runs, also batting 0.828 and driving in 67 runs to help the Expos claim a top two seed in the FL. 
**Ace Wilson: Dominic Hoskins, Expos. The Expos claimed two awards after Dominic pitched 77 innings with a microscopic 0.31 ERA, a 0.61 WHIP, and 78 strikeouts. 
**Goldie Glove: Alex Rodriguez, LF, Fishes. A-Rod and Derek Jeter formed a dynamic defensive duo for the Fishes but Alex won the award for tracking down fly balls in left field.
*Backyard League
**MVP: Fred Benson, Giants. Fred was a reason the Giants had one of the best offenses of all time, and he deservedly won the award by batting 0.775 with 16 home runs and 79 RBIs.
**Ace Wilson: Chad Koppel, Indians. Despite two rough games to end the season, Chad had the award in the bag, pitching 85 innings with a 0.78 ERA, a 0.74 WHIP, and 92 strikeouts. 
**Goldie Glove: Cliff Floyd, SS, Mariners. Cliff Floyd manned shortstop for the eventual World Series champion Mariners and was a big reason why they limited their opponents to so few runs. 
==Aftermath==
Discussions about the ease of offense and gaining power-ups in Season 11 would lead to some modding changes in Season 12. Overall, it was a great season with captivating storylines. 
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