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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2016 8:39:18 GMT -5
The Champions League is a double elimination tournament of the champions and runners up for each year of our 50's Decade Keeper League. For seeding the 20 team tournament, round robin pool play will be held separating the champions into one division and the runner ups into a second division. The champions will compete for the 1-10 seeds and the runner ups will compete for the 11-20 seed during pool play.
Best of luck to all of the qualifying teams!
Champions:
1950 Amarillo Gold Sox
1951 Louisville Colonels
1952 Chattanooga Lookouts
1953 Toledo Mud Hens
1954 New Orleans Pelicans
1955 Denver Bears
1956 Denver Bears
1957 Chattanooga Lookouts
1958 Charleston Senators
1959 Louisville Colonels
Runner Ups:
1950 Beaumont Exporters
1951 Amarillo Gold Sox
1952 Beaumont Exporters
1953 Eau Claire Bears
1954 Denver Bears
1955 Toledo Mud Hens
1956 Charleston Senators
1957 Toledo Mud Hens
1958 Montreal Royals
1959 Montreal Royals
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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2016 8:53:37 GMT -5
Pool Play ResultsPool play to determine seeding is complete - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/standings1.htmlThe tournament seeding is:(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (4) 55 Denver (DE5) (5) 51 Louisville (LC1) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) (7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (11) 54 Denver (DE4) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3)
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Post by Admin on Mar 21, 2016 11:01:24 GMT -5
Results Through Round 3Tournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (5) 51 Louisville (LC1) (7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (11) 54 Denver (DE4) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Highlights:In the first major upset of the tournament, the #4 1955 Denver Bears (WS Champs) were eliminated from the losers bracket by #19 1951 Amarillo Gold Sox, 4 games to 2. Amarillo outscored Denver 42 to 25 over the 6 games, opening with a 14-5 blowout in game 1. Champions League leaders in the major categories (including pool play) are 1953 Toledo Mud Hens Carl Erskine with 11 wins, 1953 Eau Claire Bears Ted Williams with 24 HRs, and 1959 Montreal Royals Eddie Mathews with 57 RBIs. Game of the Round: Pete Runnels delivers the game winning run in bottom of the 11th for the 53 Eau Claire Bears
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2016 13:34:24 GMT -5
Results Through Round 4Tournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) (10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (5) 51 Louisville (LC1) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (11) 54 Denver (DE4) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 3(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Highlights:2 World Series Champions eliminated this week, the #7 1953 Toledo Mud Hens and #9 1954 New Orleans Pelicans. The winners bracket is down to 4 teams, only 1 team from the runner up division, the #12 1956 Charleston Senators. 1956 Denver Bear Dick Donovan and 1950 Amarillo Gold Sox Warren Spahn now lead all hurlers with 12 wins. 1953 Eau Claire Bear Ted Williams is in the clubhouse with 30 HRs and 61 RBIs, he'll be waiting to see if those marks can hold up for the remaining rounds. 1950 Amarillo Gold Sox Hank Edwards leads all remaining active hitters, now batting .376. Game of the Round: Frank Malzone delivers the walkoff hit, closing the series for 1957 Chattanooga against 1953 Toledo
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2016 15:08:30 GMT -5
Results Through Round 5Tournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) (10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (5) 51 Louisville (LC1) (11) 54 Denver (DE4) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Highlights:2 more World Series Champions eliminated this week, the #3 1958 Charleston Senators and #8 1959 Louisville Colonels. The tournament has 8 teams remaining, including the #2 1957 Chattanooga Lookouts who have battled through their THIRD elimination bracket series since their opening round loss to #18 1959 Montreal Royals. In a pair of highlighted match-ups in round 6, the #11 1952 Denver Bears lead all teams with 49 victories and will be facing the #2 1957 Chattanooga Lookouts in the next round of elimination games. In the winners bracket, the team with the best win percentage, the #12 1956 Charleston Senators (44-20, .687) meet the #1 1950 Amarillo Gold Sox. Game of the Round: Charleston is eliminated by Louisville in a 1-0 pitchers duel.
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Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2016 10:24:20 GMT -5
Results Through Round 6Tournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (5) 51 Louisville (LC1) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) (11) 54 Denver (DE4) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Round 6(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Highlights:The #2 1957 Chattanooga Lookouts were eliminated this week after a great effort staying alive in the losers bracket. The #6 1956 Denver Bears face off against the 1954 version of themselves, the #11 1954 Denver Bears in a Round 7 elimination series. In the other elimination series, the #1 1950 Amarillo Gold Sox, freshly knocked out of the winners bracket, face #5 1951 Louisville Colonels. The Colonels are on a 3 series winning streak in the elimination bracket, both series should be close. On the bump, 1954 Denver Bears Early Wynn and 1950 Amarillo Gold Sox Warren Spahn each record their 13th victory. At the plate, 1954 Denver Bears Duke Snider leads all hitters with 74 RBI and 11 GWRBI. 1953 Eau Claire Bears Ted Williams still leads the HR race, in the clubhouse with 30. Game of the Round: 1951 Louisville eliminates 1952 Beaumont with a walkoff single in the bottom of the 11th
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Post by Admin on Apr 14, 2016 12:59:44 GMT -5
Results Through Round 7Tournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(5) 51 Louisville (LC1) (11) 54 Denver (DE4) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Round 6(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Round 7(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) Highlights:We're down to our final four teams, #10 1952 Chattanooga, #12 1956 Charleston, #5 1951 Louisville, and #11 1954 Denver. 2 teams from the Champions pool and 2 teams from the Runner Up pool, four different years and 4 different franchises! In a big surprise the #1 1950 Amarillo Gold Sox suffers back to back series losses to go from the Winners bracket to being eliminated from the tournament. In round 8, Charleston and Chattanooga will meet in the Winners bracket finals, Louisville and Denver in the Losers bracket semi-finals. Game of the Round: '54 Bears Early Wynn picks up his tournament leading 14th win in game 7 against the '56 Bears.
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Post by Admin on Apr 17, 2016 6:45:26 GMT -5
Results Through Round 8Tournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(11) 54 Denver (DE4) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Round 6(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Round 7(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) Round 8(5) 51 Louisville (LC1) Highlights:#5 1951 Louisville was eliminated by #11 1954 Denver Bears in 6 games in the losers bracket, setting up the Bears match-up with the #12 1956 Charleston Senators to determine who will face the #10 1952 Chattanooga Lookouts in the finals. The Lookouts handed the Senators their first series loss of the tournament, also in 6 games, in the winners bracket semi finals. Game of the Round: Louisville beats Denver 1-0 in a great pitcher duel, winning the battle but losing the series.
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Post by Admin on May 6, 2016 12:42:48 GMT -5
Results Through Round 9 - Losers Bracket FinalsTournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlWinners Bracket Remaining Teams:(10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) Losers Bracket Remaining Teams:(12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Round 6(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Round 7(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) Round 8(5) 51 Louisville (LC1) Round 9(11) 54 Denver (DE4) Highlights:#12 1956 Charleston Senators defeated the #11 1954 Denver Bears in 7 games in the losers bracket finals, setting up a rematch of the Winners Bracket Semi-finals with with the #10 1952 Chattanooga Lookouts. The series went into extra innings in game 7, with the GW run being created by back to back doubles in the top of the 10th by Mickey Vernon and Sherm Lollar for the Senators. Marv Grissom picked up his 8th victory in relief in the tournament in the series clinching game. Game of the Round: The Losers Bracket finals is decided in 10 innings.
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Post by Admin on May 16, 2016 12:57:12 GMT -5
Results Through Round 10 - Winners Bracket Semi-FinalsTournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlTournament Finals:(10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2) (12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Round 6(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Round 7(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) Round 8(5) 51 Louisville (LC1) Round 9(11) 54 Denver (DE4) Highlights:#12 1956 Charleston Senators avenged it's only series loss of the tournament against the #10 1952 Chattanooga Lookouts with a 4 games to 1 series win. This sets up the tournament finals with the two teams facing each other for the 3rd time in 4 rounds. Charleston had the clear advantage throughout the series, jumping out to a 3 games to none lead opening up the series. Most games were one-sided with the exception of Chattanooga's only victory, a 2-1 win in game 4. The finals begin with 2 games in Chattanooga. Game of the Round: Reynolds out duels Pierce for the Lookouts only series victory.
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Post by Admin on Jun 8, 2016 20:30:05 GMT -5
Results Through Round 10 - Winners Bracket FinalsTournament Bracket - latorrer0.tripod.com/sombb/1950cl/champ/bracket.htmlTournament Champion:
(10) 52 Chattanooga (CA2)Eliminated Teams:Round 3(4) 55 Denver (DE5) (14) 57 Toledo (TM7) (16) 55 Toledo (TM5) (17) 58 Montreal (MO8) Round 4(7) 53 Toledo (TM3) (9) 54 New Orleans (NO4) (19) 51 Amarillo (AG1) (20) 53 Eau Claire (EC3) Round 5(3) 58 Charleston (CH8) (8) 59 Louisville (LC9) (13) 50 Beaumont (BE0) (18) 59 Montreal (MO9) Round 6(2) 57 Chattanooga (CA7) (15) 52 Beaumont (BE2) Round 7(1) 50 Amarillo (AG0) (6) 56 Denver (DE6) Round 8(5) 51 Louisville (LC1) Round 9(11) 54 Denver (DE4) Round 10(12) 56 Charleston (CH6) Highlights:The #10 1952 Chattanooga Lookouts defeated the #12 1956 Charleston Senators in 7 games to capture the 1950's Champions League trophy. Chattanooga was down 3 games to 2 facing elimination with games 6 and 7 scheduled at home. The Lookouts pitching picked the most important games of the entire tournament to dominate, spinning back to back complete game shutouts on the arms of Joe Dobson and Vic Raschi. Dobson allowed 6 hits and struck out 6 in an 8-0 game 6 victory. In game 7, Raschi secured the title with a 3 hit shutout on the way to a Lookouts 6-0 win. Amazingly the Lookouts were 16-38 in pool play, turning it around with a record of 21-13 when it really counted in the playoffs, ending up with an overall record of 37-51. Tournament leaders in team categories: Highest team winning pct: #11 1954 Denver Bears 64-32, 0.667 Most wins: #11 1954 Denver Bears 64 Most games played: #11 1954 Denver Bears 96 Most HRs: #05 1951 Louisville Colonels 123 Tournament leaders in individual categories: Wins: Early Wynn (#11 1954 Denver Bears) 18 Complete Games: Early Wynn (#11 1954 Denver Bears) 20 Games Started: Lew Burdette (#12 1956 Charleston Senators) 31 Quality Starts: Lew Burdette (#12 1956 Charleston Senators) 19 Strikeouts: Harvey Haddix (#15 1952 Beaumont Exporters) 164 Home Runs: Ted Williams (#20 1953 Eau Clair Bears) 30 Hits: Don Mueller (#11 1954 Denver Bears) 119 RBI: Duke Snider (#11 1954 Denver Bears) 93 GWRBI: Jackie Jensen (#12 1956 Charleston Senators) 13 Stolen Bases: Sam Jethroe (#05 1951 Louisville Colonels) 41 Game of the Round: Chattanooga wins game 1 of the finals in 11 innings.
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