IMGWBL Award Winners

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Posted: Monday, August 3rd, 2009

On Saturday, the IMG Wood Bat League had an awards ceremony to recognize the Batting Champion, Pitching Champion, Defensive MVP, and the Offensive MVP.  All of the award winners were nominated and voted on by the coaches of the league.
The Offensive Most Valuable Player Award was presented to Ben Johnson of the Hammerheads.  Johnson hit [...]

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IMGWBL - Hurricanes are the Champs!

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Posted: Monday, August 3rd, 2009

If there is a blueprint for how a championship game should be played, this one sure would have followed it.  The Hurricanes were able to live up to their number one seeding and took the Ospreys, 3-0 to win the IMG Wood Bat League Championship.
This Saturday’s matinee was a pitcher’s duel with both pitchers completely [...]

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IMGWBL - Playoffs Game Three

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Posted: Friday, July 31st, 2009

With a win and a little help with a win by the Conquistadors, the Hammerheads could have propelled themselves into the IMG Wood Bat League Championship game on Saturday.  Luck was not in the cards, however, and both teams fell, leaving the Ospreys and the Hurricanes to duke it out for the ’ship.
The Hammerheads came [...]

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IMGWBL - Playoffs Game 2

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Posted: Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Game two of the playoffs kicked off yesterday afternoon, after the college showcase wrapped up earlier in the morning.  The Ospreys were trying to grab their second win of the playoffs and their first from the Conquistadors after going 0-5 against them in the regular season.  The Conquistadors were trying to stay in Championship contention [...]

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IMGWBL - College Showcase

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Posted: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Today presented the first day of the IMG Wood Bat League College Showcase.  Players from the IMGWBL have had the opportunity to show off their skills to some of the top programs in the state.  The University of Tampa (Tampa, FL), Florida Tech (Melbourne, FL), Broward College (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Flagler College (St. Augustine, FL), [...]

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With day one of the playoffs in the bag, we will once again turn to our IMG Wood Bat League experts, Yaz Ashrawi and Brian Muldoon, as they discuss today’s action and what to expect through the rest of the playoffs.
YA: What surprised you the most during the first day of playoff games?

BM: The way [...]

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IMGWBL - First Day of Playoff Games

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Posted: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

In the first round of the round-robin style play, the Sea Dogs were able to overcome an early three-run deficit and get an early lead in the group standings.  All of the scoring came early in this one as the pitchers were able to settle down towards the later innings.
The Lightning stuck first in the [...]

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IMGWBL Playoffs Have Begun

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Posted: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The IMG Wood Bat League playoffs officially started yesterday.  The format is a bit different than the normal baseball playoffs, so to keep you in the game, here is how the playoffs will work:
The teams were separated into two pools - Pool A and Pool B.  Each team plays each other one time in pool [...]

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IMGWBL League Leaders

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Posted: Monday, July 27th, 2009

Here are the League Leaders for the regular season.
Offensive Leaders
Batting Average
Name                                    Avg                        Team
Shay Mlakar                       .563                        Conquistadors
Ryan Brenner                    .560                        Ospreys
Jonathan Davis                  .509                        Sea Dogs
Ryan Swinney                    .508                        Hurricanes
Ben Johnson                      .501                        Hammerheads

Runs Batted In
Name                                    RBI                         Team
Gabriel Lowerre                 21                           Hurricanes
Anthony Conte                   19                           Ospreys
Ryan Swinney                     17                           Hurricanes
Brian Fleischli                     16                           Hurricanes
Anthony Dibartolo             16                           Buccaneers

Doubles
Name                                    2B                           Team
Dan Kennon                       9                              [...]

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IMGWBL - Regular Season Finale

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Posted: Monday, July 27th, 2009

Here are the scores from Saturday, July 25, 2009.
Mustangs 8              15           0
Sea Dogs 7              9              2
WP - Carlos Lira - 2 2/3 IP, 2 SO
Top Performer - Patrick Enslow - Mustangs - 3-4, RBI, 2 R
Ospreys 8              15           0
Buccaneers 4              4              2
WP - Ryan Brenner - 2 IP, 4 SO
Top Performer - Robert Ganzenmuller - [...]

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