Playoffs?! Playoffs! You talkin' to me about Playoffs?!

1998 playoffs are just as exciting as the regular season!  Click on the days below to see the full boxscores, stories, etc. of each day's action.... 

Scott Brosius - WHAM!  Another home-ah!

Day 1   The Bastards get past the Rickeys in the first game, 6-4.  Scott "Atrocious" Brosius belts 2 HRs and drives in 3 for Backwoods, and Juan Gone adds a dinger as well.  John Johnstone gets the 'W' in relief. 

Meanwhile, the Replicas trounce the home-town Juicers 10-1.  Albert Belle gets two homers and Greg Maddux hold PED-Co to just 1 run and 5 hits.   Quote lifted directly from the boxscore tells the story "'Maddux was the man tonight,' Andy Willnus said.  'He had just about every pitch working.' 





Day 2   The Rickeys bounce back to thump the Bastards 14-3 and even the series at one game apiece.  Ray Lankford cranked two HRs, and Tino Martinez, Ken Caminiti, and Willie Greene added one homer each for Henderson. 

At PED-Co Park, Rocco put up two insurance runs in the top of the 9th to take a 5-2 lead.  Ugueth Urbina struck out the first two batters, but the league's top team was not done yet.  Mark Loretta, Larry Walker, and Vlad Guerrero all singled, and then Sammy Sosa HR'd to give the Juicers an incredible 6-5 win!!!  The series is tied 1-1. 



Day 3   Barry Bonds had 4 hits and the Bastards edged the Rickeys 10-9 to take a 2-1 series lead.  Backwoods got homer from Scott Brosius, Jose Canseco, and Brad Ausmus.  Both teams combined for 30 hits. 




The free-swinging Vladdie:
never one for good form, but
he hit almost everything.  Four
homers in this series!

PED-Co rocked Rocco 8-2.  Vladdie ripped two more home runs.  Kerry Wood was the star, carrying a no-hitter into the 7th inning, and finishing with 2 runs allowed, 3 hits, and 14 K''s!  PED-Co leads the series 2-1 now. 



Day 4   Backwoods beats the Rickeys on their own turf 5-4, thanks to Scott Brosius again clubbing a homer, this time an eighth-inning, two-run shot.  Tom Gordon got the last four outs to preserve the victory.  Backwoods is  up 3-1 for the series. 

PED-Co takes their show on the road to Rocco, and hold on for a 3-2 victory.  Vladimir Guerrero hit another home run, his 4th in as many games.  Trevor Hoffman allowed a triple with one out in the ninth, but got a groundout from Paul O'Neill and then whiffed Matt Williams to save the day.   PED-Co now holds a commanding 3-1 lead in the series.



Day 5   The Rickeys live to fight another day, topping Backwoods 9-3.  Pete Harnisch gets his 2nd win of the series, and Ray Lankford hit his third round-tripper and has now safely hit in all five games.  Backwoods still on the cusp of advancing, they now hold a 3-2 series lead.

Rocco's Edgar Martinez is truly en fuego!

PED-Co and Rocco were tied at seven after 9 innings.  This one went to the 14th inning when Rocco was able to put together a few hits and bring home the winning run when Matt Williams (yesterday's goat) became today's hero with the walk-off single.  Edgar Martinez hit 2 HR's.  Rocco also staves off elimination, and they now trail PEDCo 3 games to 2. 




Day 6   Henderson wins one on the road, 5-3, to tie the Bastards at 3 games apiece.  Brian Bohanan got the win, and Tino Martinez provided a homer.  Bastard Jason Giambi came up in the bottom of the 9th with 1 out, 2 on, but grounded into a double play to end it.  The two teams prepare for a Game 7 finale in Dueling Banjos Stadium tomorrow night. 

PED-Co thrashes Rocco 9-2 and wins the series 4 games to 2!!!  Kerry Wood was again lights out, only allowing 2 runs, 5 hits, and accumulating 11 more strikeouts.  Todd Walker had 2 hits and 4 RBIs. 





Kerry Ligtenberg's awkward facial hair
 won't make anyone forget Rollie Fingers,
but he will be forever loved by Bastard
Nation for his heroics tonight!

Day 7   Backwoods jumps on Henderson starter Al "Lighter" Leiter, scoring three runs in the first inning, including a Juan Gonzalez two-run shot.  The Rickeys scratched out a couple of runs, but a three-run 7th gave Backwoods a commanding 6-2 lead going into the 9th inning.  Tom Gordon came in to close it out, but Tino Martinez got on base after an error, then Gordon got rattled and walked the next two batters.  Eric Davis singled in a run and manager Steve Willnus went to the pen and brought in Carlos Reyes.   Jose Offerman sent Reyes packing after a two-run single narrowed it to 6-5 with a runner on first and two down, with #1 draft pick Alex Rodriguez striding to the plate for Henderson.  Kerry Ligtenberg was called in by Willnus, and he promptly struck out A-Rod on three straight pitches, preserving the win and sending the Bastards to the World Series to face the Juicers!






So we have Backwoods facing PED-Co, the two best regular season records, facing each other in the World Series.  Nice!  Will keep the same rotations that you guys had before unless you tell me differently.  Games will start tomorrow!