WHOA NELLY! ANOTHER INSTANT CLASSIC!
Hard-Luck Chicago On The Heartbreaking End Of Classic Back-To-Back One-Game Playoffs
San Diego's Julian Winfield mobs teammate Bill Wells after the Warewolves outlasted Chicago in 14 innings in one of the very best games in SIMBL history for the 2024 SL wildcard berth. The Hitmen previously lost the SL East title in the same heartbreaking fashion against Rochester the day before and fail to make the postseason after leading the SL East for most of the second half of the 2024 season.
Another wild game for Chicago GM John Bowden and his Hitmen who didn't go down without a stressful fight in 14 innings to GM Kevin Norris' San Diego Warewolves.
In another epic one-game playoff involving the heartbroken Hitmen, San Diego outlasted Chicago 3-2 in 14 long and painful innings for both sides after being one out away the previous day against Rochester from winning the 2024 SL East title and avoiding another painful one-game playoff defeat.
The game featured 26 hits and 15 team left on bases.
Tied 2-2, Chicago loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th inning with one out and couldn't get the winning run home. San Diego or Rochester put at least one runner on base from the 9th inning on but couldn't score until the top of the 14th inning when catcher Ray Smith walked on a 3-2 pitch off of Lawrence Jordan. Slugger Mario Montalbano then reached on one of third baseman Pedro Garcia's two costly errors. After Kel Griffin grounded into a fielders choice which moved Smith to third base, former 2022 SL Rookie Of The Year Bill Wells singled in Smith for what proved to be the winning run in a tense and stressful game in which Bowden was following and managing on Skype while Norris was on the telephone from Montreal, Quebec getting a play-by-play from SIMBL Commissioner Christian DeMarco at the same time.
Garcia was the goat by also grounding into three costly double plays in the game.
It wasn't easy again in the bottom of the 14th as the 'Wolves' Carlos Perez allowed a walk to Ronald Rivers in the bottom of the 14th who advanced to scoring position at second base on a wild pitch. Perez got slugger Greg Williams to fly out to Julian Winfield who made a game-winning catch with his back against the wall 420 feet in centerfield.
The fourteen-inning nail biter kept San Diego's unprecedented and improbable 20-season postseason streak alive. The nine-time SIMBL Champions have made the playoffs in each and every season in the SIMBL's twenty-season history.
The hard-luck Hitmen lost two of the most recent memorable games in SIMBL history and Bowden and Norris were both deeply stressed after the game that it was hard to tell which team won. To show that anything can, and usually does, happen in the SIMBL, Chicago doesn't make the playoffs though leading the SL East most of the second half of the season. The Hitmen allowed Rochester to gain four games on them in the last two SIMs of the season mired in an 11-game losing streak before losing in the bottom of the 9th inning in their one-game playoff with Rochester for the SL East title and then losing in the 14th inning to San Diego in their one-game playoff for the SL wildcard.
Bowden and the Hitmen are expected to be back in full contention next season as the SIMBL has never been more competitive with the strength of GMs in the league.
Great run on Bowden's part and congratulations and good luck to all SIMBL postseason teams going on the road to the ever-elusive 2024 SIMBL Coveted Cup.
2024 SIMBL LDS Games 1-3 are coming up with a Sunday February 3, 2013 deadline at 11 PM EST.
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2064 SIMBL CS:
BEND 4 ST. PETERSBURG 3
2064 SIMBL CS MVP:
Bend LF Keitaro Sakai
2064 SIMBL LCS:
BEND 4 CALGARY 2
ST. PETE 4 INDY 2
2064 SIMBL LCS MVPS:
Bend 3B Luke McAlister
St. Petersburg 3B Nathan Armbruster
2064 SIMBL LDS:
BEND 4 MIAMI 2
CALGARY 4 TEXAS 2
ST. PETE 4 KNOXVILLE 2
INDIANAPOLIS 4 HAWAII 2
2064 SIMBL LDS MVPS:
Bend 1B Pete Farmer
Calgary CF Carson Reese
St. Petersburg SS Jamie Law
Indianapolis 1B Herman Solano
2041 SIMBL LCS:
CALGARY VS. WESTBURY
NORFOLK VS. SACRAMENTO
2041 SIMBL LDS:
CALGARY 4 NEW YORK 3
WESTBURY 4 OREGON 2
SACRAMENTO 4 BOSTON 1
NORFOLK 4 LAS VEGAS 3 |
SIMBL CHAMPIONS
SIMBL COVETED CUP
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
2064: BEND 4 ST. PETE 3
GM TED WILLIAMS
2063: MIAMI 4 INDIANAPOLIS 3
GM AJ WOOLEY
2062: RIVER CITY 4 CALGARY 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2061: BOSTON 4 INDY 2
GM JD SCHLOSS
2060: KANSAS CITY 4 TEXAS 3
GM JAMES WALKER
2059: KANSAS CITY 4 TEXAS 3
GM JAMES WALKER
2058: RIVER CITY 4 TEXAS 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2057: CLEVELAND 4 HAWAII 3
GM GREG ADLER
2056: ST. PETE 4 CALGARY 0
GM BRANDON POPPER
2055: SAN DIEGO 4 CALGARY 3
GM PAUL WARE
2054: CHICAGO 4 ANN ARB 1
GM DUSTIN HEWITT
2053: SAC 4 ANN ARBOR 2
GM JASON GREGORY
2052: N YORK 4 AC KANSAS 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2051: RIVER CITY 4 CLEV 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2050: RIV CITY 4 TORONTO 2
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2049: RIVER CITY 4 MIAMI 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2048: INDY 4 CLEVELAND 2
GM JEFF PALIN
2047: ST. PETE 4 TORONTO 2
GM BRANDON POPPER
2046: MONTREAL 4 S DIEGO 1
GM JAMES LEMON
2045: ANN ARBOR 4 KNOX 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2044: WESTBURY 4 LV 1
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2043: CALGARY 4 HAWAII 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2042: CALGARY 4 TAMPA 0
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2041: CALGARY 4 NORFOLK 0
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2040: ASHEVILLE 4 N YORK 2
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2039: NEW YORK 4 TAMPA 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2038: TORONTO 4 S DIEGO 2
GM ERIC SAVARD
2037: TORONTO 4 S DIEGO 2
GM ERIC SAVARD
2036: TEXAS 4 CHICAGO 2
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2035: WESTBURY 4 CHICAGO 1
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2034: DALLAS 4 CHICAGO 0
GM ROBERT DON
2033: S DIEGO 4 CLEVELAND 2
GM DON KRAUSE
2032: CALGARY 4 HAWAII 1
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2031: LAS VEGAS 4 DALLAS 0
GM CARL HANNAH
2030: WHITBY 4 HAWAII 2
GM JOHN CALLAHAN
2029: HAWAII 4 OREGON 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2028: ASHEVILLE 4 NY 3
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2027: NEW YORK 4 CHICAGO 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2026: CLEVELAND 4 SAC 0
GM JONATHAN FITZGERALD
2025: CALGARY 4 ASH 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2024: SAN DIEGO 4 DALLAS 2
GM KEVIN NORRIS
2023: CALGARY 4 LAS VEGAS 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2022: HOLLYWOOD 4 DAL 2
GM RODNEY BAYLOR
2021: SAN DIEGO 4 DALLAS 2
GM WARREN PINEAU
2020: MAN BEACH 4 OREGON 3
GM SHANE DAY
2019: SAN DIEGO 4 CALGARY 2
GM PAUL WARE
2018: CALGARY 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2017: BRISTOL 4 CHICAGO 3
GM GREG CHECOVETES
2016: SAN DIEGO 4 LA 0
GM PAUL WARE
2015: LAS VEGAS 4 BOSTON 3
GM CHIP ORTON
2014: SAN DIEGO 4 CALGARY 2
GM PAUL WARE
2013: LAS VEGAS 4 TEXAS 1
GM CHIP ORTON
2012: SAN DIEGO 4 LA 3
GM PAUL WARE
2011: OREGON 4 CALGARY 0
GM MIKE SENN
2010: MARIN 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM TOM HICKMAN
2009: SAN DIEGO 4 LA 2
GM PAUL WARE
2008: POCATELLO 4 TEXAS 3
GM ZACH DEUEL
2007: SAN DIEGO 4 AUGUSTA 2
GM PAUL WARE
2006: SAN DIEGO 4 PEN 3
GM PAUL WARE
2005: SAN DIEGO 4 BEND 2
GM PAUL WARE
SIMBL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
UNION LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
2064: BEND 4 CALGARY 2
GM TED WILLIAMS
2063: MIAMI 4 ANN ARBOR 1
GM AJ WOOLEY
2062: CALGARY 4 TEXAS 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2061: BOSTON 4 BRISTOL 3
GM JD SCHLOSS
2060: TEXAS 4 NEW YORK 1
GM JEFF PALIN
2059: TEXAS 4 MIAMI 2
GM JEFF PALIN
2058: TEXAS 4 BRISTOL 0
GM JEFF PALIN
2057: CLEVELAND 4 TEXAS 0
GM GREG ADLER
2056: CALGARY 4 NEW YORK 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2055: CALGARY 4 NEW YORK 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2054: ANN ARB 4 CALGARY 1
GM TROY VOGEL
2053: ANN ARB 4 CALGARY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2052: N YORK 4 ANN ARBOR 3
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2051: CLEVELAND 4 N YORK 2
GM CHIP ORTON
2050: TORONTO 4 OREGON 1
GM ERIC SAVARD
2049: MIAMI 4 TORONTO 1
GM ROBERT DON
2048: CLEVELAND 4 TEXAS 3
GM CHRIS SCHUBERT
2047: TORONTO 4 A ARBOR 3
GM ERIC SAVARD
2046: MONTREAL 4 A ARBOR 3
GM JAMES LEMON
2045: ANN ARBOR 4 TEXAS 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2044: WESTBURY 4 TEXAS 2
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2043: CALGARY 4 TEXAS 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2042: CALGARY 4 WESTBURY 1
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2041: CALGARY 4 WESTBURY 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2040: NEW YORK 4 OREGON 2
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2039: NEW YORK 4 TOR 3
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2038: TORONTO 4 BEND 2
GM ERIC SAVARD
2037: TORONTO 4 WHITBY 1
GM ERIC SAVARD
2036: TEXAS 4 SEATTLE 3
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2035: WESTBURY 4 CLEVE 3
GM BILL ATTEBERRY
2034: DALLAS 4 BRISTOL 1
GM ROBERT DON
2033: CLEVELAND 4 DALLAS 2
GM JONATHAN FITZGERALD
2032: CALGARY 4 WHITBY 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2031: DALLAS 4 WHITBY 3
GM ROBERT DON
2030: WHITBY 4 DALLAS 2
GM JOHN CALLAHAN
2029: OREGON 4 CALGARY 1
GM TIM IMASA
2028: NEW YORK 4 BEND 1
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2027: NEW YORK 4 WHITBY 3
GM CHRIS GATTUSO
2026: CLEVELAND 4 DALLAS 3
GM JONATHAN FITZGERALD
2025: CALGARY 4 CLEVE 1
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2024: DALLAS 4 CLEVELAND 2
GM ROBERT DON
2023: CALGARY 4 WHITBY 2
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2022: DALLAS 4 CALGARY 3
GM ROBERT DON
2021: DALLAS 4 CALGARY 3
GM ROBERT DON
2020: OREGON 4 CALGARY 3
GM MIKE SENN
2019: CALGARY 4 BRISTOL 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2018: CALGARY 4 SAC 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2017: BRISTOL 4 BOSTON 2
GM GREG CHECOVETES
2016: LA 4 BRISTOL 1
GM DAVID BLILEY
2015: BOSTON 4 CALGARY 2
GM DAVE BURGESS
2014: CALGARY 4 BRISTOL 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2013: TEXAS 4 BRISTOL 0
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2012: LA 4 BRISTOL 2
GM DAVID BLILEY
2011: CALGARY 4 BOSTON 3
GM CHRISTIAN DEMARCO
2010: MARIN 4 LA 2
GM TOM HICKMAN
2009: LA 4 BRISTOL 1
GM DAVID BLILEY
2008: POCATELLO 4 BROOK 2
GM ZACH DEUEL
2007: AUGUSTA 4 CAROLINA 0
GM STEPH MABIE
2006: PENSACOLA 4 CGY 1
GM MIKE STEWART
2005: BEND 4 MARIN 0
GM TED WILLIAMS
SYNDICATE LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
2064: ST. PETE 4 INDY 2
GM DAVID BLILEY
2063: INDY 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM BRYAN GRYKA
2062: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2061: INDY 4 ASHEVILLE 2
GM BRYAN GRYKA
2060: KANSAS CITY 4 SD 1
GM JAMES WALKER
2059: KANSAS CITY 4 ASH 0
GM JAMES WALKER
2058: RIVER CITY 4 ST. PETE 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2057: HAWAII 4 CHICAGO 3
GM DAVE MACKENZIE
2056: ST. PETE 4 HAWAII 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2055: SAN DIEGO 4 ST. PETE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2054: CHICAGO 4 ST. PETE 1
GM DUSTIN HEWITT
2053: SACRAMENTO 4 AKC 2
GM JASON GREGORY
2052: AKC 4 ROCHESTER 2
GM ANTHONY ARELLANO
2051: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 1
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2050: RIVER CITY 4 ROCH 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2049: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2048: INDY 4 ROCHESTER 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2047: ST. PETE 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2046: S DIEGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2045: KNOXVILLE 4 HAWAII 2
GM ANDY HUTCHINSON
2044: LAS VEGAS 4 KNOX 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2043: HAWAII 4 LAS VEGAS 2
GM DAVID MACKENZIE
2042: TAMPA BAY 4 BOSTON 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2041: NORFOLK 4 SAC 3
GM BRANDON POPPER
2040: ASH 4 NORFOLK 3
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2039: TAMPA 4 ROCHESTER 1
GM TIM MELICAN
2038: SD 4 ROCHESTER 0
GM PAUL WARE
2037: SAN DIEGO 4 SAC 2
GM PAUL WARE
2036: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2035: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 0
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2034: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 2
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2033: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 2
GM DON KRAUSE
2032: HAWAII 4 CHICAGO 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2031: LAS VEGAS 4 TAMPA 2
GM CARL HANNAH
2030: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2029: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2028: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2027: CHICAGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2026: SACRAMENTO 4 ASH 3
GM JASON GREGORY
2025: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2024: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 3
GM KEVIN NORRIS
2023: LAS VEGAS 4 H-WOOD 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2022: H-WOOD 4 BOSTON 2
GM RODNEY BAYLOR
2021: S. DIEGO 4 C-CHESTER 3
GM WARREN PINEAU
2020: MAN BEACH 4 SD 1
GM SHANE DAY
2019: SAN DIEGO 4 AUGUSTA 1
GM PAUL WARE
2018: SAN DIEGO 4 RUSTON 1
GM PAUL WARE
2017: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM MIKE LYNCH
2016: SAN DIEGO 4 L VEGAS 0
GM PAUL WARE
2015: LAS VEGAS 4 BIRM 1
GM CHIP ORTON
2014: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2013: LAS VEGAS 4 BROOK 3
GM CHIP ORTON
2012: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2011: OREGON 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM MIKE SENN
2010: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2009: SAN DIEGO 4 BROOK 2
GM PAUL WARE
2008: TEXAS 4 NEW YORK 3
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2007: SAN DIEGO 4 CLEVE 0
GM PAUL WARE
2006: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2005: SAN DIEGO 4 BELLE 2
GM PAUL WARE
056: ST. PETE 4 HAWAII 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2055: SAN DIEGO 4 ST. PETE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2054: CHICAGO 4 ST. PETE 1
GM DUSTIN HEWITT
2053: SACRAMENTO 4 AKC 2
GM JASON GREGORY
2052: AC KC 4 ROCHESTER 2
GM ANTHONY ARELLANO
2051: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 1
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2050: RIVER CITY 4 ROCH 0
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2049: RIVER CITY 4 S DIEGO 3
GM ANTHONY KEENCE
2048: INDY 4 ROCHESTER 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2047: ST. PETE 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM BRANDON POPPER
2046: S DIEGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM PAUL WARE
2045: KNOXVILLE 4 HAWAII 2
GM ANDY HUTCHINSON
2044: LAS VEGAS 4 KNOX 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2043: HAWAII 4 LAS VEGAS 2
GM DAVID MACKENZIE
2042: TAMPA BAY 4 BOSTON 3
GM JEFF PALIN
2041: NORFOLK 4 SAC 3
GM BRANDON POPPER
2040: ASHEVILLE 4 NFK 3
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2039: TAMPA 4 ROCHESTER 1
GM TIM MELICAN
2038: SD 4 ROCHESTER 0
GM PAUL WARE
2037: SAN DIEGO 4 SAC 2
GM PAUL WARE
2036: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2035: CHICAGO 4 KNOXVILLE 0
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2034: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 2
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2033: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 2
GM DON KRAUSE
2032: HAWAII 4 CHICAGO 2
GM TROY VOGEL
2031: LAS VEGAS 4 TAMPA 2
GM CARL HANNAH
2030: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2029: HAWAII 4 TAMPA BAY 3
GM TROY VOGEL
2028: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2027: CHICAGO 4 ASHEVILLE 3
GM JOHN BOWDEN
2026: SACRAMENTO 4 ASH 3
GM JASON GREGORY
2025: ASHEVILLE 4 SAC 0
GM PETE MCGOWAN
2024: SAN DIEGO 4 H-WOOD 3
GM KEVIN NORRIS
2023: LAS VEGAS 4 H-WOOD 3
GM CARL HANNAH
2022: H-WOOD 4 BOSTON 2
GM RODNEY BAYLOR
2021: S. DIEGO 4 C-CHESTER 3
GM WARREN PINEAU
2020: MAN BEACH 4 SD 1
GM SHANE DAY
2019: SAN DIEGO 4 AUGUSTA 1
GM PAUL WARE
2018: SAN DIEGO 4 RUSTON 1
GM PAUL WARE
2017: CHICAGO 4 SAN DIEGO 1
GM MIKE LYNCH
2016: SAN DIEGO 4 L VEGAS 0
GM PAUL WARE
2015: LAS VEGAS 4 BIRM 1
GM CHIP ORTON
2014: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2013: LAS VEGAS 4 BROOK 3
GM CHIP ORTON
2012: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2011: OREGON 4 SAN DIEGO 3
GM MIKE SENN
2010: SAN DIEGO 4 OREGON 3
GM PAUL WARE
2009: SAN DIEGO 4 BROOK 2
GM PAUL WARE
2008: TEXAS 4 NEW YORK 3
GM PAT FLANAGAN
2007: SAN DIEGO 4 CLEVE 0
GM PAUL WARE
2006: SAN DIEGO 4 CHICAGO 1
GM PAUL WARE
2005: SAN DIEGO 4 BEL RIV 2
GM PAUL WAR |
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SIMBL LEAGUE DATE:
7/13/2065
61st Season Of Play
17th Real-Life Year
File Updated: 5/6/2024
SIMBL Front Page Updated:
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NEXT SIMBL SIM:
Wednesday May 8, 2024
2065 SIM 15
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