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Masters 3A-2A-A-B Playoffs Start Friday FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 MASTERS DIVISION Masters 3A-2A-A-B playoffs start Friday The balance of the 45 teams in the MVP & team awards Masters Division have been divided into MVP and team award certificates 4 playoff divisions: AAA, AA, A & B. should be redeemed at the Roy Hobbs And those teams begin their single World Series Headquarters at the Lee elimination playoffs today. County Stadium ticket office when Meanwhile the Masters AAAA double- the time comes. elimination playoffs enter their second day today with the winner’s bracket Every team has an MVP certificate finals and 3 losers bracket games. to redeem, and Managers or the The playoff brackets were almost honored player can come to the office divided along the lines of Pool Play and see Kim, Tony or Rob to get the records … to wit: award order taken care of. AAA: Includes all 5-0 teams, 4-1 The team award, which goes to teams and the 2011 AA champion that any team winning at least 5 games was seeded accordingly by rule. This is in the World Series, can be redeemed an 11-team division. at the office as well. Please see Kim, AA: Includes all 3-2 teams and one Tony or Rob to redeem your award. 2-3 team (Black Ops Baseball) that had dropped from AAAA to the A Division but requested to move up to AA. This Championship & MVP also is an 11-team division. Photo by Greg Wagner Rings, T-shirts A: All 2-3 teams. This is a 12-team DHBA Athletics 2nd baseman throws out a B N Mark Thacker will be the ring division. Rangers baserunner from flat on his back representative for Roy Hobbs B: All remaining teams. This is an 11-team division. Baseball will be available all day Saturday and again The AAA, AA and A divisions were established by team Sunday morning to talk with interested teams and players records and tiebreakers on runs allowed in each team’s best 4 games (meaning the worst defensive game was about team championship rings and MVP rings. eliminated unless needed to break continued ties). In the To view a selection of Championship and MVP rings B Division, the seedings are established in a blind draw available, use your Smart Phone and the QR code on among the eligible teams attending the Thursday night page 40 of the World Series Program. Additionally, ring pairings party. samples will be on display in the Pro Shop on the Lee The decision on the placement of BN Rangers and Black County Stadium concourse. Ops was made at the Managers meeting on Wednesday. All RHWS championship teams may purchase rings, Each of the divisions will play through their quarterfinal applying any or all of their winning stipend to the fee. rounds on Friday, leaving the semifinals for Saturday AAAA teams win the rings or a waiver fee to the 2013 morning and the championships for Saturday afternoon. RHWS. Brackets for all of the divisions are posted at royhobbs. Championship teams may also purchase a RHWS com and on the scoreboards at each of Friday’s playing Championship T-Shirt, which should be delivered within sites. 10 days. -- Tom Giffen All teams select an MVP player for their efforts at the 2012 World Series. Picking up T-shirts … The honorees or their managers should come to the The tournament T-shirt is available for all registered World Series Headquarters on Friday or Saturday to players outside the main concession stand near the Roy register for their award, which is player’s equipment bag Hobbs Store on the Concourse at Lee County Stadium. that will be embroidered with the World Series logo, an Hours to pick up the Tournament T-shirt are from Noon MVP moniker and the player’s name before being delivered to 6 p.m. With the shirt, each player will get a tournament in February, 2013. patch. Exception is Wednesday when concessions are Additionally, MVP winner may order a World Series closed. MVP ring. Samples of the ring can be seen in the World Players will need their RHWS ID card to get their shirts Series Pro Shop on the Concourse of Lee County Stadium. – No drivers licenses needed. Check them out at Lee County Stadium … 2 3 4 MASTERS STANDINGS AAA Division W L PCT RA RA4 1Sacramento Royals 5 0 1.000 18 9 2Apple Valley A’s 5 0 1.000 19 10 3Oakville Golden A’s 5 0 1.000 16 11 4Dayton Liles 4 1 0.800 21 8 5Tennessee Dirtbags 4 1 0.800 18 13 6Baltimore Red Sox 4 1 0.800 25 15 7Port City Admirals 4 1 0.800 30 21 8ProCrane Cobras 4 1 0.800 39 23 9FM Hooters Blues 4 1 0.800 40 23 10Windy City Warriors 4 1 0.800 39 26 11 Philadelphia Phillies 2 3 0.400 38 28 Notes: All ties were broken by runs allowed in all games. AA Division W L PCT RA RA4 1Cuyahoga Indians 3 2 0.600 27 19 2Minnesota Bandits 3 2 0.600 37 19 3South Bend Cardinals 3 2 0.600 30 20 4Minnesota Bulldogs 3 2 0.600 36 25 5Wolfdogs 3 2 0.600 39 25 6Ohio Indians 3 2 0.600 38 22 7St. Louis Pirates 3 2 0.600 33 25 8Salem-Pitt Warlocks 3 2 0.600 47 34 9South Chicago Yaquis 3 2 0.600 49 34 10Texas A’s 3 2 0.600 51 36 11 Black Ops Baseball 2 3 0.400 44 23 Notes: All ties were broken by runs allowed in all games; Bulldogs and Wolfdogs received byes because they won their Thursday games. A Division W L PCT RA RA4 1Ohio-Penn Silverhawks 2 3 0.400 26 15 2Tallahassee Bombers 2 3 0.400 33 23 3Maine Indians 2 3 0.400 54 39 4Kent Mudhens 2 3 0.400 65 40 5Orlando Blazers 2 3 0.400 38 25 6Staten Island Bombers 2 3 0.400 40 28 7Cincinnati Reds 2 3 0.400 44 29 8Victus Sports 2 3 0.400 48 32 9Washington All-Stars 2 3 0.400 49 33 see MASTERS STANDINGS on page 5 5 Masters Standings MASTERS RESULTS continued from page 4 Apple Valley A’s 14 Port City Admirals 9 10Huntsville Havoc 2 3 0.400 57 41 Baltimore Red Sox 12 St. Louis Pirates 2 11 Wilmington Hurricanes 2 3 0.400 66 50 Black Ops Baseball 18 Tidewater Drillers 2 Cuyahoga Indians 13 Wilmington Hurricanes 2 12Midatlantic Redwings 2 3 0.400 68 53 Dayton Liles 13 Salem-Pitt Warlocks 2 Notes: All ties were broken by runs allowed in all games. Maine and Kent received byes DHBA Athletics 4 B. N. Rangers 3 as they won their Thursday games. DuPage Indians 13 B. N. Rangers 2 Fort Myers Hooter’s Blues 16 Victus Sports 8 Kent Mudhens 5 Pensacola Barracudas 4 Maine Indians 20 Northampton Knights 9 B Division W L PCT RA RA4 MidAtlantic Redwings 16 Boston GoodFellas 13 1Pensacola Barracudas 1 4 0.200 46 32 Minnesota Bandits 16 Washington All-Stars 7 2DHBA Athletics 1 4 0.200 60 42 Minnesota Bulldogs 10 Cincainnati Reds 9 3Cincinnati Colts 1 4 0.200 70 49 New Jersey Rockies 8 Tallahassee Hawks 7 4DuPage Indians 1 4 0.200 52 36 Oakville Golden A’s 9 Windy City Warriors 5 Ohio-Penn Silverhawks 12 Cincinnati Colts 3 5Northampton Knights 1 4 0.200 61 41 ProCrane Cobras 7 Ohio Indians 6 6Tidewater Drillers 1 4 0.200 60 39 Sacramento Royals 5 Tennessee Dirtbags 4 7Kodak Reds 1 4 0.200 55 40 South Bend Cardinals 8 Philadelphia Phillies 7 8Boston GoodFellas 1 4 0.200 56 39 South Chicago Yaquis 13 Orlando Blazers 12 9New Jersey Rockies 1 4 0.200 52 35 Tallahassee Bombers 8 Kodak Reds 4 10Tallahassee Hawks 0 5 0.000 46 Texas A’s 7 Staten Island Bombers 6 11 B. 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