Round 2 Schedule Posted

There will be a day off (6/10) and Round 2 commences on 6/11 with a 2-3-2 format with days off in between.  Feel free to submit lineup changes daily.  First game run tonight

Here are the match-ups:

Alexander Cartwright

ATB 15 Niagara Frontier Blackbirds (Greg M) vs ATB 15 Shamokin Miners (Mike M)

• 32nd seed vs 16th seed (and Brother vs Brother)
• Niagara is coming off biggest upset of tourny, defeating #1 seeded DC Chips
• NFB Best Starters:  Nap Lajoie and Bill Swift
• SM Best Starters:  Arky Vaughan and Eddie Cicotte

ATB 8 Van Nest Phighting Philbens (Jeff B) vs ATB 15 Brighton Shadows (David K)

• 9th seed vs 8th seed
• Both teams advanced as expected
• VNP Best Starters:  Mickey Mantle and Dwight Gooden
• BS Best Starters: Lou Gehrig and Danny Haren

Ed Barrow

ATB 15 Colorado Green Sox (Gary G) vs ATB 9 New York Blues (Mike R)

• 29th seed vs 20th seed
• Two upsets (one major, one minor) to get here, Colorado bested #4 Bellevue and New York bested #13 Rusty Kuntz
• CGS Best Starters: Babe Ruth and Al Orth
• NYB Best Starters: Mickey Mantle and Ron Guidry

ATB 13 Newark Slam Dumps (Sean) vs ATB 13 Gold Country Gossamers (Justin B)

• 12th seed vs 5th seed, though Gossamers are widely recognized as best team in ATB history.  At least over the course of 162 games, without a Championship, some schools of thought say the Gossamers are built for the regular season only.  Poppycock I say.
• NSD Best Starters: Mickey Mantle and Randy Johnson
• GCG Best Starters: Bobby Murcer and Pedro Martinez

Walter O'Malley

ATB 11 Rochester Beau Brummels (Leanne S) vs ATB 9 Manetheren Red Eagles (Lou P)

• 18th seed vs 2nd seed
• RBB Best Starters:
• MRE Best Starters:

ATB 9 Dyersville Black Sox (Mike T) vs ATB 15 Span. Harlem Pinata Beaters (Justin P)

• 10th seed vs 7th seed, though the Pinata Beaters recently ranked 2nd all time in a 100 resim tournament.
• DBS Best Starters: Tris Speaker and Randy Johnson
• SPB Best Starters: Oscar Charleston and Jesse Tannehill

Branch Rickey

ATB 14 Otherton Fishbiscuits (Brian B) vs ATB 12 Lusitania Death Speakers (Mike S)

• 14th seed vs 3rd seed
• OFB Best Starters: Honus Wagner and Addie Joss
• LDS Best Starters: Ted Williams and Bill Bernhard

ATB 12 Helena Handbasket (Joe T) vs ATB 11 John McDonald Fanclub (Jason B)

• 11th seed vs 6th seed
• HH Best Starters: Mickey Mantle and Luis Tiant
• JMF Best Starters: Honus Wagner and Mike Mussina