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THIS WEEK IN SFL BASEBALL - FINAL WEEK
After a strong regular season performance the Black Sox continued their roll in the playoffs
to earn the SFL World Series victory.
Steve Gerten, Nick Lee, and Jake Gaub were crowned the SFL MVPs as the Black Sox claimed their 10th SFL title
in the last 11 years.
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THIS WEEK IN SFL BASEBALL - SEPT. 25, 2008
BLACK CLINCHES REGULAR SEASON TITLE
The Black sox clinched the 2008 SFL regular season title Wednesday
night by beating both Gold and Blue in single game contests. The SFL
Play-Offs begin Friday night with the Blues at Gold Diggers in the
opening game of a best of three. The winner of that series will then
face the Black Sox in the best of three SFL World Series. Black has been led by Nick
Lee who is batting .419 with 16 RBI and Steve Gerten (.412, 9 RBI).
THIS WEEK IN SFL BASEBALL - SEPT. 16, 2008
The Black Sox swept a triple header Tuesday night at Wade beating the Gold Diggers twice
and the Blues once. The victories give the Black Sox a comfortable lead (standings on left)
heading into another week of play.
Now that each team has played at least 12 games, some positionals have as many as 30 at-bats,
and most pitchers have made three starts. And at the half-way point in the season, the surprising
Gold Diggers sat at the top the 2008 SFL standings before losing twice to the Black Sox on Tuesday.
Gold has been led offensively by Paul Kolodge (.462) and 2008 NCAA All-American Sean Claugherty (.412).
Both Claugherty (Tartan HS) and Kolodge (Cloquet) are juniors, and Dan Lanari is the only senior on the
Gold Squad. Gold GM Justin Harriman also has more money ($15 million) left under the salary cap than any
other team. The start of a new dynasty?
This week's projected match-ups
Wednesday, September 17
Gold (Wendland) at Blue (Porten)
Black (Hawkins) at Gold (Barningham)
Black (Gerten) at Blue (Burg/Kummet)
Friday, September 19
Blue (Harris/Sandstrom) at Gold (Spaniol/Kolodge)
2008 SFL All-Star Game
Friday, September 19
Saints Alumni vs. Saints
Fall 2008 SFL Statistical Leaders
Qs: Kolodge 16, Bri Peterson 16, Lee 14, Claugherty 12, Marshik 12, Wojtysiak 12, Harris 12, Mikel 12
OPS: Claugherty 1.386, Gaub 1.261, Gerten 1.250, Kolodge 1.163, .909
RBI: Lee 7, Gerten 6
Avg: Kolodge .462, Gaub .455, Gerten .450, Claugherty .412, Lee .389, Sandstrom .389
3WHIP: Lanari 1.25, Burg 2.46, Mikel 2.57, Barningham 2.69
ERA: Wendland 1.00, Mikel 1.29, Pederson 1.29, Gerten 1.50, Kummet 3.27, Burg 3.46
K: Kummet 18, Burg 17, Gerten 17, Barningham 11, Wendland 10, Gaub 8
SFL Analyst Dr. Tony Barrett:
"Only three pitchers have two wins; Kummet, Burg, and Wendland. Based on stats, those three guys plus Gerten,
Barningham, and Gaub are the favorites to pitch against the Alumni. That would be two pitchers from each team,
but all six would have to have short outings in order to not compromise the SFL integrity...Paul Kolodge (.625) is the
only player with an on-base percentage above .500; Gerten and Marshik are close...Black still has the best offense in
the league while the Blues are buried in last. Based on runs scored per game: Black 3.00, Gold 2.50, Blues 1.43.
THIS WEEK IN SFL BASEBALL - SEPT. 10, 2008
With 11 games played in the first week of the 2008 SFL season, the standings board in the
Saints' clubhouse at Wade Stadium shows a dead heat. With all three teams at .500, it
seems the three GMs have managed to draft and trade their way to highly competitive balance.
But it was all Blues early on as Kyle Wojtysiak towering two-run homer broke up a pitchers'
duel between the Blues' Peter Burg and Black Sox' Steve Gerten on Opening Day. At one point
during week one, the Blues opened up a two-game lead, but when Gold Digger Jake Wendland
out-pitched Burg for a 1-0 Gold win in Sunday's finale, the standings are all square with
each team having played at least 7 games.
Junior Steve Gerten (Henry Sibley HS) leads the SFL offensively with 6 hits and 6 RBI while
junior Sean Claugherty (Tartan HS) has gone deep over Wade's 15-foot right-field wall twice
and is now batting .417 for the fall. Gerten (13 Ks), Burg (12Ks), and senior
Adian Kummet (9Ks) have led SFL pitchers.
This week's projected match-ups
Wednesday, September 10
Black (Gaub) at Gold (Mikel)
Black (Groebner) at Blue (Lewis)
Blue (Porten) at Gold (Lanari)
Friday, September 12
Gold (Barningham) at Black (Pederson)
Blue (Sandstrom) at Black (Hawkins)
Gold (Greiger) at Blue (Harris)
Saturday, September 13
Black (TBA) at Gold (TBA)
Black (Gerten) at Blue (Burg)
Blue (Kummet) at Gold (Wendland)
Sunday, September 14
Gold (Lanari) at Black (Groebner)
Blue (Porten) at Black (Gaub)
Gold (Mikel) at Blue (Lewis)
Fall 2008 SFL Statistical Leaders
Qs: Kolodge 9, Gerten 8, Wojtysiak 8, Lee 8, Marshik 8, Harris 8, Bri Peterson 8, Claugherty 7, Juberian 6
OPS: Gerten 1.667, Claugherty 1.467, Kolodge 1.044, Wojtysiak 1.000, Lee .968, Marshik .955
RBI: Gerten 6, Lee 5, Claugherty 4
Avg: Gerten .600, Kolodge .429, Claugherty .417, Lee .417, Marshik .364, Gaub .333, Link .308
3WHIP: Lanari 1.25, Mikel 1.25, Barningham 2.50, Gaub 2.50, Burg 2.75
ERA: Sandstrom 0.00, Pederson 0.00, Wendland 1.50, Burg 2.25, Gerten 2.25, Lewis 2.25, Mikel 2.25
K: Gerten 13, Burg 12, Kummet 9, Wendland 7, Gaub 6, Lanari 6
SFL Analyst Dr. Tony Barrett:
"It's rather difficult to study these rosters and not pick the Black Sox to win the SFL Cup;
Black clearly has the most productive line-up and the best defense. Black is also the only
team that helped itself at all with the draft; Blue and Gold both made some poor selections.
The only challenge Black will have is that the Blue rotation at the top (Burg, Kummet, Lewis)
is better than theirs."
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SFL 2008 Set To Begin
Saints Fall League general managers met Thursday night to conduct the rookie draft and to round
out their rosters by signing available free agents. The following is a brief summary of the action...
Each SFL team is all allowed to protect 6 players from the previous season.
2008 Protected Players - Salaries
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Blue |
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Gold |
| Gerten - $8m |
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Kummet - $11m |
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Claugherty - $9m |
| Gaub - $8m |
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Burg - $10m |
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C. Peterson - $7m |
| Marshik - $5m |
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Wojtysiak - $8m |
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* Kolodge - $5m |
| * Link - $4m |
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Porten - $2m |
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Mikel - $2m |
| * Hawkins - $3m |
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* Lewis - $5m |
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Bell - $2m |
| Manos - $3m |
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Harris - $2m |
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Barnigham - $1m |
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Following the player protection period the rookie draft was held.
2008 Draft Results
Round 1
Pick 1: Blue selected Kyle Moody and signed him to a 2 year deal worth $7m ($2 - $5)
Pick 2: Black selected Tom Juberian and signed him to a 3 year deal worth $16m ($2 - $6 - $8)
Pick 3: Gold selected Brandon Peterson and signed him to a $2m 1 year deal
Round 2
Pick 4: Black selected Dan Ubl and signed him to a $2m 1 year deal
Pick 5: Gold selected Cody Schwantes and signed him to a $2m 1 year deal
Pick 6: Gold selected Eric Schwinghammer and signed him to a $2m 1 year deal
Round 3
Pick 7: Black selected Josh Subialka and signed him to a $1m 1 year deal
Pick 8: Gold selected Ben Grieger and signed him to a $1m 1 year deal
Pick 9: Blue selected Tom Spaniol and signed him to a $1m 1 year deal
After the completion of the draft, GM's have the ability to sign available free agents to complete
their team rosters.
2008 Free Agent Signings (In the order they occured)
Blue Signed Brian Peterson - 1 year $3m
Black Signed Haakon Pederson - 1 year $2m
Blue Signed Jordan Sandstrom - 1 year $1m
Gold Signed Dan Lanari - 1 year $5m
Gold Signed Garret Groebner - 1 year $1m
Blue Signed Grant Eller - 1 year $3m
Black Signed Nick Lee - 1 year $3m
Black Retained rights to Jake Wendland - $6m
Gold Signed Josh Retka - 1 year $1m
Black Signed Grant Kohlhase - 1 year Free
Gold Signed Michael Kaplan - 1 year Free
Blue Signed Adam Gianbruno - 1 year Free
Black signed Brandan Vaughan - 1 year Free
Immediately following the draft there was a two team trade involving Gold and Black. The Gold
Diggers shipped rookie Eric Schwinghammer and veteran Garret Groebner to the Black Sox in exchange
for Jake Wendland.
After a few days of deliberation and analysis, the commissioner decided to force two players to
leave the Black Sox and join the Blues. Grant Kohlhase and Brandan Vaughan have switched rosters
and will run with the defending SFL Champs.
Complete rosters are listed on the right side of this page. Please check back throughout the fall
for updates and to view the league standings.
Play begins the week of September 1st.
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| 2008 Standings |
| Team |
Wins |
Losses |
GB |
| Black |
8 |
6 |
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| Gold |
6 |
5 |
1.5 |
| Blue |
5 |
8 |
2.5 |
| 2008 Team Rosters |
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Black Sox
- GM: Corey Kemp |
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Jake Gaub |
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Steve Gerten |
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Nick Lee |
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Garrett Groebner |
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Josh Hawkins |
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Andy Manos |
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Tom Juberian |
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Eric Schwinghammer |
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Joey Link |
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Haakon Pederson |
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Brian Marshik |
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Dan Ubl |
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Gold Diggers
- GM: Justin Harriman |
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Paul Kolodge |
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Jake Wendland |
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Dan Lanari |
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Chad Peterson |
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Sean Claugherty |
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Ben Spaniol |
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Matt Mikel |
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Griffin Bell |
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Josh Retka |
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David Barningham |
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Brandon Peterson |
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Cody Schwantes |
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Ben Grieger |
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Brandan Vaughan |
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Blues
- GM: Tom Berrisford |
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Matt Lewis |
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Kyle Wojtysiak |
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Adian Kummet |
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Grant Eller |
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Peter Burg |
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Brandon Porten |
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Mike Harris |
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Kyle Moody |
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Tom Spaniol |
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Brian Peterson |
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Jordan Sandstrom |
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Josh Subialka |
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Grant Kohlhase |
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