Dragons win the Championship
The Dragons entered the playoffs with the best regular season record of 27-1-1 in the 26
year history of the SABL.
The Dragons swept the first two rounds against the White Sox and Psychos only to
face
the Royals for the 3rd year in a row in the SABL Finals.
After winning Game 1 by the score of 14-5, the wheels fell off on Sunday Sept
25th; not
only did the Dragon's lose Game 2 and 3 but they also lost Game 1 starter, league
leading
RBI producer and .500 hitter Brandon Warne to a compound fracture in his left middle
finger
on a headfirst slide into 2nd base.
Down 2-1 in a best of 5 series the Dragons go into Game 4 with zero margin for
error.
With a fallen teammate as inspiration and Timmy March on the bump for Game 4, the
Dragons
evened the series with a 7-2 win.
With both teams pumped and ready to get the series finale underway Game 5 was
rained
out on Oct 2nd and rescheduled for Oct 6th. With an extra week of anticipation for both
teams
to deal with Game 5 was finally ready to get started, both teams had their aces on the
mound
(Tim March and Mike Barnett) and the battle for the SABL championship began in the
sudden
death match-up.
The Dragons started out of the gate scoring 3 runs and eventually expanded their
lead
winning the 2011 SABL championship by the score of 8-1. The Dragons championship is the
7th
time in league history that a team was able to win back to back championships.
The Dragon�s season was EPIC in all sense of the word; Dragons scored 395 total
runs
and only allowing 105 total runs in 39 games (reg season + playoffs). Avg 10.2 runs
score
and 2.7 runs allowed.
Every member of the Dragons roster played huge roles as the Dragons celebrated
their
2nd SABL championship in back to back years.