UBL '91-'92
(Inaugural) Season:
The UBL was
conceived in the summer of 1991 as a way for the
fledgling ABL (which also started in 1991?) team owners
to while away the cold winter months playing their new
love, PTP baseball. In the World Series, my Washington
Tourists beat Godfroid Vaillant's Gatineau Phoques 4
games to 2. Ron Gant and Cecil Fielder starred for the
Tourists - both hit over 40 homers. Gant was the man all
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UBL '92-'93 Season:
Somewhere in here,
David Dow took over the commissioner duties from Mike
Matarredona (or was it the other way around?). In the
World Series, Pierre Hickey's Slammers (defunct) beat
yours truly's Yellowknife Slaves (became the Browns, now
the Wahoos) 4 games to 3.
I actually have the
disk for this season, download '92-93 Final Disk here
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UBL '93-'94 Season:
Dave Dow's Agora
Live (defunct) downed the Peter Iezzi's Mashers 4-1 in
the NL playoffs and, to quote Dave, "were awaiting
the winner of the (Bob Blasko's) Hurricanes - Cavemen
series, but Pierre Campeau moved to Australia and the
playoff was never completed. Hence the Live were never
challenged by an AL team. Geez, my one and only time to
the finals and the other team forgot to show up." I
guess we'll call this the UBL's strike year!
I don't know if the Cavemen became another team, or
whether they split up. I think M.Campeau's other team,
the Stars, were taken over by Mike M., then became the
Vipers under John Thompson. But, I could be all wrong,
too.
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UBL '94-'95 Season:
JJ Gauvin started a
run of successes when his Hull Olympics scored a World
Series victory over the Slaves, 4 games to 3.
Somewhere around this
time, Pierre Hickey took over as commish. I think it was
for just this one year.
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UBL '95-'96 Season:
This time, JJ's
other team, the Hull Beaners, beat the Tourists 4 games
to 3, after being down 3-0 (I'm dead sure of this one).
This after beating the Slaves 4-3 in the playoffs, again
after being down 3-0. I had visions of playing myself in
the WS, but JJ scuttled those plans. The Tourists had to
beat Hickey's 130-win Sluggers (or was that Slammers?) to
get there, what an upset!
The UBL was in grave
danger of going under before this season. JJ & I
agreed that I would take over as commish for a year, then
it would be his turn for a year (I wonder why, hahaha,
seeing as how we played each other in the WS two years in
a row). Really, running a league is the last thing I ever
wanted to do, but here I am still..........
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UBL '96-'97 Season:
Sweet revenge as
the Tourists finally beat the jinx and the Beaners, 4
games to 1.
Download
'96-97 Final Disk
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UBL '97-'98 Season:
Godfroid's Phoques defeated
Bob's Hurricanes 4 games to 1. Brady Anderson was the
Series MVP. The last 4 games were 4-3, 4-3, 4-2, 4-3.
View
Final Standings '97-98
Download
'97-98 Final Disk
View
World Series boxscores & stats
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UBL '98-'99 Season:
The playoff
pairings were as follows:
National
(4) Hackers @ (1) Olympics - won by the Olympics in 6
games
(3) Redbirds @ (2) Phoques - won by the Phoques in 4
games
American
(4) Hardballs @ (1) Tourists - won by the Tourists in 5
games
(3) Black Wolves @ (2) Yankees - won by the Yanks in 6
games
In the National
Division Championship, the Phoques beat the Olympics in 6
games, and in the American Division Championship, the
Tourists beat the Yankees in 7.
In a rematch of the
teams in the 1st UBL World Series, Godfroid's Phoques
prevailed for the 2nd year in a row, beating the Tourists
in 7 games. Tino Martinez was the MVP, and Rincon had 2
saves and a win. The Tourists won games 1, 3, & 6 by
8-3, 8-4, & 5-3, but the Phoques won the close ones
(games 2, 4, 5, & 7) by 8-6, 5-4, 6-5, & 5-4. The
lowlight of the series was when my PC locked up in the
bottom of the 9th of game 7. We had to re-create the
inning, so the stats below are not complete.
View
Final Standings '98-99
Download
'98-99 Final Disk
Download
playoff boxscores & stats
View
World Series Stats
Download
World Series Boxscores & Scoresheets
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UBL '99-'00
Season:
The
playoffs went as follows:
National
(4) Vipers over (1) Phoques in 6 games
(3) Hackers sweep (2) Wahoos
In the
National Division Championship, the Hackers beat
the Vipers in 6 games,
American
(1) Bulldogs sweep (4) Yankees - read
summary
(2) Tourists over (3) Coyotes in 6 games
In the
American Division Championship, the Tourists beat
the Bulldogs in 6 games (lotta sixes here).
In the World Series, Game 1 saw Clemens (Hackers)
and Morris (Tourists) match goose eggs thru 6.
Sosa'a homer off Steve Reed in the 7th decided
it, Tourists 1-0. Game 2 saw the Tourists'
Garciaparra light up Trachsel and others to the
tune of 4 for 4 with 7 RBI, with Cone pitching 6
scoreless for the Tourists. Now playing in the
friendly confines of Hyde Park, the Hackers took
Game 3, 4-2, with Olivares outdueling Gardner.
Burks had all 4 RBI for the home nine. Game 4 saw
the Tourists rebound with a 5-3 win on Sosa's 4
for 5, HR, 2 RBI effort. Both starters, Morris
and W.Williams, were lifted in the 5th. The
Tourists regained the Cup in Game 5, winning 5-2,
as Manny Ramirez's 3-run 3rd inning double off
the Rocket gave the Tourists' Cone a 4-run lead,
which he made stand up, pitching 6 for the win.
'99-00
Final Disk
Playoff disk with boxscores
World Series disk with boxscores
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