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         !!! LEGENDS Claim World Series Crown !!!  

          Gookie Dawkins Experience and The Legends square off in  

                                                    a wiffleball World Series for the ages    

            

            GDE and the Legends squared off on Monday, August 16th, 2010 for the 1st ever

Central Ohio Wiffleball League World Series.  GDE had advanced in the National League

by soundly defeating The U and the Legends had advanced by virtue of their narrow

victory over divisional rival Wall To Wall.

             GDE came into the World Series riding a winning streak of 17 consecutive victories.

The Series turned out to be exactly what World Series should be like.  There were wild

comebacks, diving defensive plays, crushing homeruns and walk-off winners.

              

             Due to the American League victory in the All-Star games, GDE had home field advantage,

hosting the first 2 games on SILA field.  Dave Page started on the mound for GDE and the Legends

got off to a quick start, scoring 6 runs in the top of the 1st on 2 HRs by Jerry Driggs and 1 by Levi. 

Ben Cydrus started for the Legends but the start was short as GDE launched 5 HRs of their own in

inning 1, eventually hitting a HR off of all Legends, who pitched every player in inning 1 in an attempt

to reign in the GDE rally.  The inning ended with Levi on the mound and the score GDE 9, Legends 6.

                 

             GDE managed to put up a 0 in inning 2 and responded with 6 more runs in the bottom half of

the inning.  Down 15-6 the Legends launched their own barrage, scoring 11 runs each in the 3rd and

4th innings on 11 HRs.  GDE was steady, scoring 5 and 6 runs to make the score 28-26 Legends

entering the final frame. 

                 

             The Legends managed to put up only 2 runs and entered the bottom half of the last inning with

a 4 run cushion.  They managed to retire Eric on a pop-up for out 1 but could not get the 2nd out.   

After scoring 2 runs on base hits and misplayed grounders, Eric approached the plate with the bases

loaded and 1 out.  After several foul balls Eric delivered, driving a 2 strike pitch over the left field fence

for a walk-off 32-30 marathon victory to put GDE up 1-0 in the seriesNot only did Eric crush the

game winning HR, he also had 3 others and 9 total RBIs. 

             GDE showed their characteristic balance, with Andy Russell crushing 7 HRs and driving in 9 RBIs,

Dave Page crushing 5 HRs and driving in 7 and leadoff man Blake Lansing hitting 3 HRs of his own and

delivering 7 RBIs.   Andy could not be kept in the park and Blake made fantastic catch after fantastic

catch to seal the victory.

              Game 2 continued in a positive note for GDE as they retired the Legends quickly and again ravaged

the pitching of Jerry and Ben, the Legends primary pitchers, for 10 runs in the bottom half of the 1st.  The

Legends started the comeback trail in inning 2 via a pair of home runs by Levi Driggs to tally 6 runs.  Levi

also managed to hold GDE to 1 run in the bottom half, leaving the score at 11-6. 

              

               Levi and Jerry owned inning 3 crushing 3 home runs each and tallying 12 runs.  GDE responded

with 6 runs of their own to make the score 18-17 Legends after 3.   Levi again smashed 2 HRs in innning 4

and the Legends put up 6 more runs.  GDE went on a tear of their own, putting up 8 big runs in the inning

to lead 25-24 after 4 innings. 

               

               The 5th inning was Levi's once more as he delivered 3 more HRs while driving in 10 RBIs as the

Legends scored 11 runs.    GDE made a valliant comeback, but fell short, scoring 6 runs but losing in the

end 36-31. 

               For the game, Levi Driggs set the single game HR and RBI records with 10 HRS and 25 RBIs,

and terminated the GDE win streak at 18.

               Game 3 moved to TLC field with the Legends being home team and the series being tied 1-1.  

Ben Cydrus found his pitching stroke and held GDE to their first egg in the top half of inning 1.  The Legends

found home field advantage to their liking and eventually scored 10 runs as all 4 Legends players responded

with HRs in the frame.   Ben held GDE to 2 runs in the top half of inning 2 and then the team tacked on 8

more runs via 2 more Levi HRs to lead 18-2. 

               GDE and the Legends traded runs in the 3rd.   GDE got untracked in the top of the 4th, creating

a rally resulting in 7 runs, but fell short as the Legends won game 2, 21-18, and moved ahead 2 games to 1

in the series. Ben Cydrus recorded his 9th pitching win on the year.

                

               Game 4 began the way games 1 and 2 had, with the visiting team jumping ahead on a 5 run GDE

inning.  The Legends answered with 7 runs of their own.   By this time the air had gotten much heavier and

HRs were in short supply.  Phil King hit a key 3 run shot in inning 1 to match a 3 run blast by Andy.   Inning

2 saw GDE scoring 2 runs on a 2 run HR by Dave Page.  The Legends went cold, suffering their first

scoreless inning in 2 games and resulting in a 7-7 tie after 2 innings.

                

                Jerry had found his pitching form and held GDE blank in the top half of the 3rd.   The Legends

went ahead to stay on a 3 run blast by Levi, his last of the night.  GDE managed to score a single run in the

bottom of the 4th and the Legends were once again held to naught in their half of the inning, resulting in a

score of 10-8.   GDE put 2 runners on base via hits in the top of the 5th, but with the go-ahead run at bat

were not able to capitalize and the game ended with the Legends winning 10-8.

   

             For GDE, Andy Russell totaled 20 HRs on the night, to accompany an impressive 31 RBIs.  Dave

Page added 11 HRs and 18 RBIs.  Eric Lewis made a number of diving plays at shortstop to go with the

8 HRs and 23 RBIs he accumulated.  Blake Lansing was everywhere in the field, robbing hit after hit from

the Legends on screaming line drives.  Blake also added 5 HRs and 12 RBIs and was very difficult to keep

off base.

           

                For the Legends, Levi Driggs had a career and record splitting night.  His 19 HRs led to 55 RBIs,

20 more than the previous 4 game league record.   Levi also anchored the Legends pitching staff, a totally

new position for him as he recorded exactly 0 wins during the season and pitched in less than 5 total innings. 

Levi was the winner of game 2.  Jerry Driggs added 15 HRs and 29 RBIs to the team tally and recorded his

10th pitching win of the year in game 4.  Phil King had his customary consistent night at the plate, delivering

5 HRs to accompany 10 RBIs.  Phil also played a huge part on the mound, coming in for long relief in 3 of the

4 games.  Ben Cydrus added 4 timely HRs and 8 RBIs, but his biggest contribution was repeatedly getting

on base via any means possible.  Ben also made some stellar plays in the field and won his 8th game of the

year in game 3.

  

               For the series the Legends scored 96 runs, for an average of 24 per game.  GDE scored a total of

86, for an average of 21.50.  Congratulations to both teams on a nail-biting, junkyard-scrap, backyard-brawl,

heavy weight prize fight. Both teams played exceptionally well in the field and were awesome at the plate.

       

      

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       FINAL REGULAR SEASON RESULTS  

                Central Ohio Wiffleball League Standings   

   

      National                                                                                    Games     

      League          In Conf     Out Conf.    Overall   Winning %     Back    

     

      GDE               18 -   0          6 - 6         24 –   6    1.000 -  .800        - 

      PVB                  7 - 10          4 - 5         11 – 15      .410 -  .420     9.5

      The U                7 - 13          3 - 6        10 – 16      .350 -  .380    12.0

 

      3JT                    5 - 10          3 - 8         8 –  18      .333 -  .440    12.0

  

     American                                                                                   Games    

     League          In Conf     Out Conf.    Overall   Winning %       Back    

      

     Legends         14 -   1        11 -   4        25 –  5      .930 -  .830           -  

  

     W2W               3 - 12        10 -   4        13 – 16     .200 -  .440          8.0

     

     Paints               4 -  8         1 -  11         5 – 19     .333 -  .208         14.0

     

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      COWL WORLD SERIES MVP                   Return to Top       

                                                    

                                                  Levi Driggs of the Legends

     Unlike many of the weeks where there was a close contest for Wiffler of the Week, the

1st COWL World Series MVP selection is a no-brainer.  

      Levi has created his own Legend with a series for the record books. 

     In total, Levi crushed 19 HRs, many of the tape measure variety.  This newly minted 15

year old smashed the 4 game RBI record by 20, recording 55 RBIs on the night.   He also broke

the single game HR and RBI  records previously held by Dave Fisher and Jerry Driggs, pulverizing

10 HRs for 25 RBIs in the pivotal game 2 of the series, a game which the Legends won 35-31.

     Levi also found a way to slow down a red-hot GDE team at the plate - a feat not even the

leagues' 2 winningest pitchers, Ben Cydrus and Jerry could achieve.   

     Levi also made several inning ending diving catches for good measure, and played a key part

at the plate and in the field all year for the 2010 COWL World Series Champion Legends, and is

most deserving of the 1st COWL World Series MVP award and has earned and validated his nickname.

    

     Way to go "Crush" !

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     Central Ohio Wiffleball League World Championship Series 

                                                     (Best 3 of 5 H-H-A-A-H series)

   

             Game 1 - SILA                                              Game 2 - SILA

             GDE             9-6-  5-  6-6 = 32                      GDE         10-1-  6-8-  6 = 31 

             Legends       6-0-11-11-2 = 30                      Legends     0-6-12-6-11 = 36

              WP   - Blake Lansing (GDE) (7)                WP   - Levi Driggs (Leg) (1)

         

              HRs  - Andy Russell (GDE) 7,                     HRs   -Andy Russell (GDE) 6,

                         Dave Page (GDE) 5,                                      Dave Page (GDE) 5,      

                         Eric Lewis (GDE) 4,                                      Eric Lewis (GDE) 2,     

                         Blake Lansing (GDE) 3,                               Blake Lansing (GDE) 2, 

                         Jerry Driggs (Leg) 8,                                     Levi Driggs (Leg) 10,

                         Levi Driggs (Leg) 6,                                      Jerry Driggs (Leg) 5,

                         Phill King (Leg) 4,                                         Ben Cydrus (Leg) 1,  

                         Ben Cydrus (Leg) 1,   

         

             RBIs - Andy Russell (GDE) 9,                       RBIs -  Andy Russell (GDE) 9,  

                         Eric Lewis (GDE) 9,                                       Dave Page (GDE) 8,  

                         Dave Page (GDE) 7,                                      Eric Lewis (GDE) 4,

                         Blake Lansing (GDE) 7,                                Blake Lansing (GDE) 4, 

                         Levi Driggs (Leg) 13,                                     Levi Driggs (Leg) 25,    

                         Jerry Driggs (Leg)10,                                    Jerry Driggs (Leg) 11,    

                         Phill King (Leg) 6,                                                                            

                         Ben Cydrus (Leg) 3,                                                                            

  

            Game 3 - TLC                                               Game 4 - TLC

             GDE               0-2-7-1-8 = 18                       GDE         5-2-0-1-0 =  8 

             Legends       10-8-1-2-   = 21                       Legends   7-0-3-0-  = 10

              WP   - Ben Cydrus (Leg) (9)                      WP   - Jerry Driggs (Leg) (10)

           

             HRs  - Andy Russell (GDE) 3,                     HRs  - Andy Russell (GDE) 2,

                         Eric Lewis (GDE) 2,                                      Dave Page (GDE) 1,      

                         Levi Driggs (Leg) 4,                                      Levi Driggs (Leg) 1,

                         Jerry Driggs (Leg) 1,                                     Jerry Driggs (Leg) 1,

                         Phill King (Leg) 1,                                         Ben Cydrus (Leg) 1,  

         

            RBIs - Andy Russell (GDE) 8,                       RBIs -  Andy Russell (GDE) 9,  

                         Eric Lewis (GDE) 8,                                       Dave Page (GDE) 8,  

                         Dave Page (GDE) 1,                                      Eric Lewis (GDE) 4,

                         Blake Lansing (GDE) 1,                                Blake Lansing (GDE) 4, 

                         Levi Driggs (Leg) 13,                                     Levi Driggs (Leg) 4,    

                         Jerry Driggs (Leg) 5,                                     Jerry Driggs (Leg) 3,    

                         Phill King (Leg) 3,                                         Ben Cydrus (Leg) 3,                                     

                         Ben Cydrus (Leg) 1,

 

       A BIG THANKS to Tim Beavers for umpiring all World Series games !!

                                         

 

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                                  Final Statistics 
               Team Offense            Team Defense

      

 Team

 

  Games

    Runs

  Scored

   Avg

   Runs

 

 Team

 

  Games

  Runs Allowed

   Avg

  Runs

 Legends       26(1)     395       15.8  GDE    26(3)       157     6.5
 GDE    26(3)        329    14.3  Legends     26(1)    239     9.2
 PVB     26(2)        302     12.6   W2W    26(2)    235     9.8
 The U       29(3)     241      9.3  The U       24(3)     267   12.7
 3JT     26(4)     190      8.6  PVB     26(2)    318   13.3
 W2W    26(2)      205       8.5  3JT      26(4)    367   16.7
 Paints       24(10)     119      5.0  Paints       24(10)    269   19.2

 

                              Home Runs  
     Player    Team    League     Total
Jerry Driggs   Legends        71            92
David Fisher  PVB           59            62
Levi Driggs Legends          48            71
Andy Russell   GDE        43            70
Ben Cydrus Legends        37            41
Brent Hoover U        34            44
Shondrick Locklear U        30            37
Dave Page GDE        29            42
Brent Fisher   PVB          28            29
Aaron Ragland  Paints        24
Phil King Legends            23           30
Blake Lansing    GDE          21           29
Nathaniel Sprouse W2W        20           23
Joey Davis  Paints           18
Derrick Webb Paints          18
Gabe Fisher PVB        18
Janae Driggs   3JT          18
Eric Young   W2W        17           21
Eric Lewis. GDE        15           29
Tim Beavers   3JT        11           12
Logan Swackhammer 3JT         10
Brett Fisher PVB          8           11
Jordan Nelson U          8             9
Jim Driggs Jr. 3JT           8           10
Zach  U          8           10
JR Kennedy W2W            8             9
Casey Bowers Legends          7             9
Tony Kennedy  W2W           6             8
Trevor Thomas PVB          5             6

 

                                    RBIs 
     Player     Team    League     Total
Jerry Driggs Legends       124           169
Andy Russell GDE          91           137
David Fisher       PVB         91             98
Levi Driggs Legends            81           150
Ben Cydrus Legends          74             83
Brent Hoover U         70             84
Shondrick Locklear  U         68             85
Dave Page GDE         67             90 
Blake Lansing GDE         59             78
Brent Fisher PVB          55             56
Phil King  Legends         52             69
Janae Driggs 3JT         45             46
Derrick Webb Paints         44
Gabe Fisher PVB         43
Nathaniel Sprouse       W2W         40             54
Eric Lewis  GDE         40             78
Jordan Nelson U         37             40
Eric Young  W2W         34             45
Logan Swackhammer 3JT          31
Joey Davis Paints          29
Aaron Ragland  Paints           29
Tony Kennedy  W2W          22            30
Jim Driggs 3JT         22            28
Tim Beavers  3JT          21            24
Casey Bowers Legends         19            23
JR McCary W2W          19            26
Brett Fisher   PVB         17            21
Zach   PVB         17            21
Johnny Kepler U         17            19

 

                   Pitching Wins
 Player     Team    Wins
 Jerry Driggs  Legends       10
 Ben Cydrus   Legends         9
 Andy Russell  GDE         7
 Blake Lansing  GDE         7
 Dave Page  GDE         6
 Dave Fisher  GDE         4

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