Backyard Baseball League Season 2

== The Beginnings ==
== Setting Up the Season ==
The five participants of the 2nd season are:
*/u/Yurya, Green Monsters
*/u/Ellman2, Cleveland Indians
*/u/sportsfanvideojunky (NateInDisney), Super-Duper Fishes
*/u/Gschlim, Anaheim Angels
*/u/GreenDayEagles, Colorado Rockies
*/u/crazyei8hts, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
*/u/gmchappe, Houston Astros
*/u/cubuffs420420 (alsi2843), Humongous Melonheads
This was the first season with generics available for drafting.
== The Draft ==
== The Schedule ==
American League 	National League
Green Monsters 	Super-Duper Fishes
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Colorado Rockies
Anaheim Angels 	Houston Astros
Cleveland Indians 	Humongous Melonheads
Each team played the other teams twice, for a total of 14 games.
== League Results ==
At the end of the regular season, the standings were as follows: 
BBL Season 2 Final Standings
AL 	Record		NL 	Record
Green Monsters 	11-3 		Super-Duper Fishes 	13-1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	7-7 		Colorado Rockies 	8-6
Anaheim Angels 	5-9 		Houston Astros 	7-7
Cleveland Indians 	4-10 		Humongous Melonheads	1-13
The stats were well-kept throughout the season. The league leader in each category was the de facto record holder, since only one season had been completed. The league leaders are listed below: (Many of these records have since been broken)
== The Playoffs ==
The All eight teams were invited to the inaugural BBL playoffs. The playoffs were structured like the in-game Backyard Baseball playoffs. The top seed in each league would play the 4th seed, while the 2nd and 3rd seeds would face off, with winners advancing. The Divisional Series and Championship Series were both best-of-3, while the World Series was a best-of-5.
=== ALDS ===
(1) Monsters beat (4) Fishes, 2-1.
(2) Devil Rays beat (3) Bombers, 2-0.
=== NLDS ===
(1) Braves beat (4) Melonheads, 2-1
(3) Expos beat (2) Diamondbacks, 2-0.
=== ALCS ===
The (2) Devil Rays swept the (1) Monsters 2-0 by run differential scores of 12-5 and 14-8, advancing to the World Series.
=== NLCS ===
The (1) Braves took Game 1 32-4, but the (3) Expos responded with a 20-10 win. In the deciding Game 3, coaches crazyei8hts and GSchlim simultaneously played their games and gave updates to the rest of the BBL. The Braves won the game 6-2 and advanced to the playoffs. This victory avoided the yet unsolved problem of what the league would do if a coach faced himself in the World Series.
=== World Series - (2) Devil Rays vs. (1) Braves ===
Games 1 and 2 were an even split as the Devil Rays took Game 1 by a score of 17-13, and the Braves won Game 2 by a score of 26-14. Game 3 was another high-scoring affair as the Braves ended up on top by a score of 19-14, despite Pablo Sanchez of the Devil Rays batting 5-5 with 4 home runs. On February 2, 2018, game 4 was once again "broadcast" live, and the Braves won it with authority, 46-18. GSchlim was the first ever BBL Champion!
== League Awards ==
After the season, the 5 coaches voted on three awards for the league: "The Jocinda" (modeled after the MLB MVP), the "Ace Wilson Award" (modeled after the Cy Young Award), and the "Goldie Glove" (modeled after the Gold Glove).
* The Jocinda was won by Pablo Sanchez of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, coached by crazyei8hts. Sanchez batted 0.745 with 12 home runs and 35 RBI. He also scored 32 runs on his way to leading the Devil Rays to a 10-4 regular season record and a World Series appearance.
* The Ace Wilson Award was originally named just for the Best Pitcher, but its has since been named after its first winner: Ace Wilson of the Montreal Expos, coached by crazyei8hts. Wilson pitched all 84 innings, had a 1.07 ERA, a 0.57 WHIP, and tallied 123 strikeouts, which to this day is still the BBL record for strikeouts pitched in a season.
* The Goldie Glove was a three-way tie between Goldie Glove and Kiesha Phillips of the Little Fishes, coached by GSchlim, as well as Derek Jeter of the Green Monster, coached by Yurya. All three defenders were noted for their impressive gloves, their speed and range in the field, and their strong arms.
== Legacy ==
BBL S1 was a work-in-progress, an experiment, and a foundation all at the same time. 4 of the 5 original coaches are still participating in the current iterations of the league: S5. Since the inaugural season, the rosters have expanded and many different strategies have been founded, but one thing remains the same: the love of the game. The five coaches in this league broke ground on a new way to enjoy a game that many of us have played for nearly 20 years.