The Highly Coveted BDB Championship Trophy has made its way from Canada, to Brazil, to England and now to the country of Quebec \u2026 if Pauline Marois has her way.\u00a0 Marcel \u201cMarse\u201d Levac has been building for a long time for this moment and he did so by defeating the 2011 BDB Champions Hamilton Splitterz, well, now Redbirds.<\/p>\n
Montreal built their Championship run on the top rated offence in the league.\u00a0 Newcomer Miguel Cabrera did not disappoint leading the team hitting .312-48-127.\u00a0 He was supported by Adam Jones .288-38-95 and Joey Votto .340-16-70 and everyone\u2019s favorite druggie Ryan Braun .253-37-89.<\/p>\n
Their pitching was led by another former Trapper Gio Gonzalez (16-6 3.88) along with Montreal\u2019s Career top rated pitcher Cole Hamels (17-7 3.81).\u00a0 Youngster Jeff Samardzjia (11-7 4.55) had a good start to his career with Montreal being the only other Montreal pitcher with double digit wins.<\/p>\n
Speaking of Career Performances, Hamilton\u2019s Albert Pujols became the League\u2019s Career active leader in Runs Scored, doubles and Total Bases, overtaking Alex Rodriguez (Runs & Total Bases) and Todd Helton (Doubles) respectively.<\/p>\n
Roy Halladay (154-74 3.57) retires this season as the League\u2019s number two overall wins leader.\u00a0 Halladay began his career with the Panama City Passion who soon traded him to the North Bay Trappers who then traded him in probably North Bay\u2019s worst trades of their career to Sao Paulo where he performed for five fruitful seasons including his best win season in 2006 (2205 3.70).\u00a0 Halladay\u2019s two most impressive records which may never be overcome are his record 60 complete games and 21 shutouts.<\/p>\n
One change that we saw during the 2012 season is the entrance of another Wild card team.\u00a0 This added a lot of drama to the end of the season, actually on the final game of the season between Beaconsfield, Nassau and Yorkshire.\u00a0 It was Beaconsfield won the final game to send them to a one game Sudden Death playoff game with the Waterloo Wrath, led by new manager Scott Beauchamp.\u00a0 Scott promptly won the first card and threatened the Division leading Hamilton Splitterz \u2026 Redbirds.<\/p>\n
Going into the new season \u2026 without much ado \u2026 Here are this year\u2019s predictions:<\/p>\n
Robinson Division:<\/p>\n
Bristol\u2019s starting pitching is just too tough to overcome and their offense is almost as dangerous.\u00a0 Their own weak link is an inferior defense.\u00a0 Montreal and Beaconsfield will be competing for the Wildcard.\u00a0 Ottawa might contend as well \u2026 they are a bit stronger than past seasons\u2026 so they might be in the dogfight at the end.\u00a0 Their weak team defense might make the difference in them not making the grade.<\/p>\n
Jenkins Division<\/p>\n
Langley and Hamilton are pretty much neck and neck at the top.\u00a0 Langley has the better hitting, Hamilton the better pitching.\u00a0 The loser of the division will certainly contend for the one of the Wildcard positions.\u00a0 Unlike the previous years, North Bay will not be at the bottom of the division.\u00a0 The rebuilding plan is happening and the Trapper ownership is looking fro a .500 season.\u00a0 Look for Waterloo at the bottom of the loop contending for the #1 draft pick next season.<\/p>\n
Walker Division<\/p>\n
Yorkshire heads the top of the list in the Walker Division, for the very first time.\u00a0 Solid hitting, pitching and defense will allow this team to walk away with the Division crown.\u00a0 The only thing holding them back are the injuries that they will have to balance throughout the season.\u00a0 Nassau and Sao Paulo are neck and neck for the next position in the Division.\u00a0 The Team Defense will make the difference between the two, with Nassau\u2019s one being superior and Sao Paulo\u2019s hurting them.\u00a0 Sacramento will be competing with Waterloo for the First overall pick, but there is some young talent which should bring some hope to the Plaidsox faithful.<\/p>\n
Good Luck to all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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