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Week 7 recap/Week 8 preview and the dramatic final weekend ahead
NEW CARLISLE- Although it seems like Opening Day was just a couple of weeks ago, we have officially reached the final week of the 2018 ORWBL regular season. After many people around the league were starting to have doubts about the Cabo Yabos finishing out the season, the Yabos played 9 games (3 series) last weekend. The Yabos boosted their record from 3-6 to 8-10 and will be making up their final make up series against the Magic on Saturday at Rose Park. With that being sai
Back at it again: Newts win the National League Pennant, advancing to the World Series.
NEW CARLISLE - The New Carlisle Newts are headed back to the ORWBL World Series, after defeating the Saugany Lake White Lightning, 3-1, in the National League Championship Series. It marks the fourth consecutive trip to the World Series for New Carlisle. The Newts won back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014, but fell in seven games to Cult West in 2015. It is the franchise's ORWBL-record sixth appearance in the nine-year history of the World Series. The Newts got off to a slow
Only 4 remain: League Championship series preview
NEW CARLISLE- After an eventful first weekend of the postseason, only 4 teams remain in contention for the 2016 ORWBL World Series. With the Newts being the only team left to have won an ORWBL Championship, 3 teams will be gunning for their first ever ORWBL World Series championship. Over in the American League, #3 Hudson Lake Heat will take on the top seeded Maple City Magic in a series that both teams have been talking about for months. These teams met up in the first hal
Cinderella Story? White Lightning sweep #1 Dabbers to advance to NLCS
LA PORTE- Saugany Lake has been dominant at home all season long, but if they wanted to make a long postseason run they knew they would have to learn how to win some games on the road. They went 11-1 at home but struggled away from their park going 2-10 on the road. After picking up a Wild Card win over Cabo, Saugany Lake knew it had to take 2 from the Dabbers at the Marsh if they wanted to keep rolling. Behind some stellar defense and timely home runs, Saugany Lake set the
Wild Card Results
LA PORTE- The 2016 ORWBL postseason kicked off Sunday afternoon with 4 Wild Card Games played at 4 different sites. All 4 teams that won their division played host to the respective Wild Card teams. Over in LaPorte, things got started early as the Bourissa Hills Pterodactyls took care of business with a 9-3 win over the Great Lakes Godfathers. Their Wild Card win sets up a rematch of the 2014 ALDS where the Dactyls' shocked Maple City taking the series in 3 games. Meanwhile
White Lightning finish regular season with 11-1 record at Home
NEW CARLISLE- The Saugany Lake White Lightning wrapped up their 2016 regular season taking 2 out of 3 from the New Carlisle Newts. They won the first 2 games on walk off Home Runs before dropping their first and only home game of the season in Game 3. Overall, it was a very impressive season at home from Saugany Lake who should be a team to fear come playoff time. The White Lightning finished the regular season with a 13-11 record in their 2nd year in the league. It was the
National League wins All Star Game, Home Field Advantage
NEW CARLISLE- After a 2 year stretch of no NL/AL All Star Game, ORWBL teams gathered at Migley Field in hopes of capturing home field advantage for their respective league. In the first All Star Game between the AL and NL since 2013, it was Koby Keck's National League All Star team that ran away with things on Thursday night. The much older National League won its 3rd consecutive All Star Game behind the bats of veterans such as Scott Soos and John Premetz. It was actually
2016 All-Star Teams Announced
NEW CARLISLE- The majority of the National League and American League All Star teams were announced on Saturday as manager voting decided the first 14 spots on each respective side. Manager voting decided who would start on the mound as well as 4 Outfielder/Utility spots. There was no voting for the catcher position. The next 8 next best vote getters on each side were named as reserves while both manager's selected their next 2 players for their All Star team's. Koby Keck
National League West 1st half recap
LA PORTE- As we have hit the All Star Break, the Galena Marsh Dabbers own the best record in ORWBL at 11-4. The Jared Emmons led squad has been impressing everyone all season long by winning all five series that they have played in. Emmons has led the team on and off the field, leading the way with 25 Home Runs. He also is tied for the league lead in wins on the mound with 10 while also striking out the most hitters with 24. Jordan Smoroske, Denis Jedrysek, and Steve Prave
Maple City stays perfect at home
LA PORTE- After dropping 2 out of 3 to Hudson Lake last week, Maple City got back on track with an interleague series sweep over the Saugany Lake White Lightning. The series kicked off a 9 game homestead for Maple City as they will look to regain the top spot in the American League. While the Magic weren't great at the plate, their pitching and defense did everything that they could to pick up 3 wins. Shane Anderson, Wes Ellis, and Drew Luther all picked up a win, allowing
