Great Plains Baseball League 2003

             W    L   Pct      GB    L10 Strk Recent         RF   RA Mgn
EAST
Homers      90   72 .556       -    8-2   W4 wwwwllwwww    868 708 160
Wallbangers 86   76 .531       4    10-0 W10 wwwwwwwwww    796 715   81
Chickens    82   80 .506       8    4-6   L3 lllwwllwlw    815 799   16
Gods Tm     81   81 .500       9    3-7   L4 llllwwllwl    731 762 -31
Woodys      73   89 .451      17    4-6   W1 wlwllllwwl    739 792 -53
Bugs        67   95 .414      23    4-6   L1 lwlwllwllw    666 817 -151

WEST
Comets      96   66 .593       -    7-3   L1 lwwlwlwwww    869 792   77
Dairy Aire 95   67 .586       1    6-4   L1 lwlwwlwwwl    899 777 122
DaKorn      82   80 .506      14    4-6   L1 lwwllwlllw    783 834 -51
Flames      82   80 .506      14    5-5   W1 wllwlwlwwl    807 791   16
Professors 78   84 .481      18    3-7   W1 wllwwlllll    825 876 -51
Stangs      60 102 .370      36    3-7   W1 wlwllwllll    738 873 -135

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Wallbangers Streak to Title

The Lincoln Wallbangers, hot off a 22 game winning streak (final 10 regular season games and three playoff sweeps) went through the 2003 post-season barely breaking a sweat.
The same team that went from a 5 1/2 game lead to third place, 3 games out, during a 14 game losing streak in mid June.
A team who lost the season series with the Comets 8-4, man handled them during the GPBL World Series.
Making their first ever World Series appearance, They wasted little time against the Comets, who were making their record setting eighth appearance in the "Fall Classic". Curt Schilling pitched a complete game 3 hitter for a 9-1 win.
In game 2, Mark Prior pitched 5 innings to get the win. Miguel Tijada slammed his second home run of the series to lead the Wallbangers to a 5-2 victory and 2-0 sereis lead.
Game 3 the Comets had things going their way on the road. However a 4-2 lead going into the bottom of the ninth wasn’t good enough as relievers Eddie Guardado and Scott Williamson combined to give up 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth for the loss.
Game 4 went much the same way as game 3, as the Comets held a lead late in the game only to have Guardado and Williamson blow it giving up 4 runs in the bottom of the eight, giving the Wallbangers a 7-5 win and the 2003 GPBL Championship.
"I am very disapointed in my bullpen", quoted Comets manager Greg Kavan, "It has been a weakness of this team all year. Never was a lead safe."
Wallbangers manager Mark Levenhagen had nothing but praise for his team. " We were a team of streaks. Luckily we got hot at the right time and stayed hot. We were a team that was 76-76 with ten games to go. We won our last 10 regular season games to get that first round bye, and our momentum carried us right through the playoffs."

Playoffs

Wild-Card Playoffs (best of five, 2-2-1)

East Division
#6 Bugs 4 vs. #Chickens 1
#5 Woodys 3 vs. #4 God's Tm. 0

West Division
#6 Stangs 3 vs. #3 DaKorn 2
#5 Professors 3 vs. #4 Flames 0

Second Rd. Playoffs (best of seven, 2-3-2)
East Divison
#2 Wallbangers 4 vs. Woodys 0
#1 Homers 3 vs. Bugs 4

West Division
#2 Dairy Aire 4 vs. DaKorn 1
#1 Comets 4 vs. Professors 1

Divisional Finals
East Division
Bugs 0 vs. Wallbangers 4

West Division
Dairy Aire 1 vs. Comets 4

2003 GPBL World Series
Wallbangers 4 vs. Comets 0
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League History

GPBL Records

Manager Profile Sheet