1998 Retro League: World Series Results!

Day 1 You are looking live here at PED-Co Park as the Backwoods Bastards prepare to do battle with the PED-Co Juicers! Juicer skipper Arnold Schwarzenegger confidently smokes his cigar in the home team dugout, eagerly anticipating this series. The Bastards draw first blood as Rafael Palmeiro homers off of Curt Schilling in the 2nd inning. PED-Co answers back with 2 of their own in the third, and then explode for 4 more in the 7th. PED-Co manufactures 6 runs on just 5 hits and wins the opener 6-3. All Bastard runs came off homers from their 4-5-6 hitters (Barry Bonds, Juan Gonzalez, and Palmeiro).

Day 2 Both teams score one run in the second, but the Juicers get homers from Edgar Alfonzo and Vladimir Guerrero and get 3 runs in the third. The Bastards answer right back in the top of the fourth, racking up 4 runs to take a 5-4 lead. Backwoods starter Mark Gardner shut down the Juicers from that point forward, and he and Carlos Reyes stopped the Juicers the rest of the way. Backwoods wins 5-4 and evens the series at a game each.

Sammy says 'let's hit two'

Day 3 We travel to Dueling Banjos Stadium but the Juicers are unafraid of the surroundings. Sammy Sosa homers in the 1st inning and PED-Co is immediately up 2-0. The Bastards get one back in the first, but Arnold's boys start unleashing the power after that, racking up three in the 2nd inning and 4 in the 4th. This one totally gets away from Backwoods, and the final is 14-2 in favor of PED-Co. Sammy Sosa hit 2 homers, and Kerry Wood whiffed 11 Bastards. PED-Co takes a 2-1 lead in the Series.

Day 4 David Wells takes the mound for Backwoods, and is superb, shutting out PED-Co through 6 and 2/3 innings. Rafael Palmeiro hits another "home-ah", Juan Gone and Nomar each drive in two, and this is an easy 5-1 win for the Bastards. Series is evened at two games each.

The burly Jim Thome only had
19 steals in 22 real-life seasons!

Day 5 It's the final game at Dueling Banjos Stadium, and the Juicers again start out fast. They piece together two runs from a couple singles and notably, a Jim Thome stolen base! Magglio Ordonez later homered for PED-Co. Juicers starter Chan Ho Park brought his 'A' game, allowing only 4 hits and 2 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings. It's a 5-2 win for PED-Co, they now lead the series 3 games to 2, and are heading home for the rest of the Series!

Day 6 Backwoods immediately roughed up Kerry Wood, racking up 5 runs before ANYONE got out. Backwoods' Matt Morris was absolutely shelled earlier this series, and he steps up in Game 6 in a big way. He only allowed PED-Co two hits and one run through all 9 innings. The 5-1 win evens the Series and sets up a Game 7, winner-take-all game tomorrow night!

Day 7 It's Curt Schilling vs David Wells in Game 7! Schilling sets down the Bastards in the first, although he did drill Barry Bonds with a fastball just for fun. Wells didn't fare as well, allowing a two-run shot by Jorge Posada as PED-Co was quickly up 2-0. PED-Co then rolled up three runs against Wells in the second, sending him to the showers early. Matt Stairs homered in the fifth, and two more PED-Co runs in the sixth made is 8-0. Schilling shut out the Bastards through eight innings, but clearly tired after getting one out in the 9th. The deadly duo of Juan Gonzalez and Nomar Garciaparra homered off of him and it was now 8-3. Arnold sent out Scott (No Shirt, No Shoes, No) Service to calm things down, but he gave up three straight hits without getting anyone out, and it was now 8-4. An irate Schwarzenegger called on his closer Trevor Hoffman, who struck out the final two batters and won the title for the Juicers!!!!

Congratulations to Arnold, Trevor, Sammy, Matt Stairs, and owner Mike Walter for winning our replay. What a great season, thanks to all for playing!!!!!!!!