NALB - 2008 Regular Season Ends

K. Fields
2009-10-22T19:56:18-04:00
Baseball

The 2008 regular season has ended.

Cornfield’s Roque Cordero won the League 1 batting title with a .337 average. Vancouver’s veteran right fielder, Pat Greene, won the League 2 title with a batting average of .340.

All four division winners from last season defended their titles and are headed to the playoffs. The Phoenix Rattlers were unable to hold onto a seven game lead over the last month. Phoenix went 6-20 in September and was overtaken by the Vancouver Wild. The Wild went 15-11 over the same period and won their second consecutive division title.

The League Series match-ups are set:
Cornfield Axemen (108-54) vs. Brooklyn Knights (113-49)
Vancouver Wild (80-82) vs. Stade Maples (107-55)

Playoff injury report:
The Cornfield Axemen were quite healthy all season long. They are ready and eager for the playoffs to begin. The Brooklyn Knights suffered a number of key injuries throughout the season. The Knights will be without two key starting pitchers, Angel Fleming and Dave Hambright. The Vancouver Wild are without the services of relief pitcher Mike Hodgin. Other than that, they are in excellent shape. The Stade Maples had a tremendous season despite a series of crippling injuries down the stretch. They will not have any of the following players on their playoff roster: SP Wally Pemberton, SP Brian Hanson, MR Pat Williams, MR Tom Wallace, MR Elbert Sullivan, CF Mark Huff, RF Roberto Rentería, and RF Steve Jurewicz.