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Jerry as Joe In spite of many absences, the show goes on at the 2010 Convention as Jerry sits in for Joe Elinich at the helm of the defending champion Glenshaw Gnomes. The games were close but all four went to Phil Grabar's Highwood Grays as they swept the Gnomes to advance to the NLCS. |
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Where's Chuck? Mitch Caren prepares for the opening round playoff series between his Hillsdale Barons and Chuck Bennett's Twin City Tigercats. Chuck was not physically present at the Convention but did manage his team using Mikogo, leading his team to a 4-1 series victory over the Barons. |
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Jerry as Tim (and Moe as Gordon) Jerry evens his personal record for the evening as he pilots Tim Weidman's Texas Tornadoes to a 4-game sweep over Gordon Stone's Frostproof Heaters. Moe Gaudette sits in for the absent Gordon. |
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And Appearing as Themselves... Charlie McDonnell leads his wild card North Hampton Shamrocks against Brian Hoyt's division-winning One Eleven A's. NH rolled to a 3-0 lead in the series only to see OE come back with 3 straight wins to tie the series. NH prevailed in the decisive 7th game to advance to the ALCS. |
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I Can't Lose if I'm the Only Guy Here In an odd scene at the Convention, Phil Grabar seems to play the NLCS by himself but Chuck Bennett is actually managing his Twin City Tigercats remotely from his home in Minnesota via the Mikogo software. In a very tight series, Highwood rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the series but came up short in the 7th game as TC advanced to the World Series. |
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One of these years, we'll win this game Brian Hoyt and Phil Grabar play the 2009 All-Star Game. The AL continued its winning streak with a 13-4 blowout. |
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The Weather's Not So Bad After All Although eastern Pennsylvania was hit with several feet of snow in February, rising temperatures the week of the Convention causes all but a little bit (see rear of photo) to melt. Saturday was a sunny day in the 50's which allowed some outdoor time for the ABA managers. Steve Malinowski and Mitch Caren watch from the sidelines as a few managers throw around the baseball. |
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Throw Me The Ball Phil Grabar and Jay Leininger don the baseball mitts and toss the baseball with Brian Hoyt. |
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We All Fit Around the Table With a light turnout this year, all Convention attendees (except for Jerry) sat around the dining room table for the Free Agent Draft. Around the table, it's Mitch (trying to decide who to pick next for Don), Phil (struggling with the mouseless laptop), Brian (taking notes), Jay (hogging the Baseball Prospectus book), Steve (using the Windows 7 laptop that can't play the game), Moe (crying because someone stole his draft notes) and Charlie (fixing Phil's mitt). |
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How It Would Have Looked Commissioner Jerry Valenti presents the Championship Trophy to Chuck Bennett whose Twin City Tigercats were victorious in the World Series. The photo is actually from 2008 but the result is the same. This time, TC won by sweeping the AL champion Texas Tornadoes. |
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The Real Trophies For the first time, neither World Series participant was present at the Convention so the trophies will be on their way via U.S. Mail to Chuck Bennett and Tim Weidman. Congratulations! |