Doug Galullo gets scalped by Bill Beckman's Indians.	So many teams to choose from ... Mark Love can't decide.

Once again, Superstar Baseball held steady with 39 managers, although the total number of games played dipped slightly. This was a disappointing result, considering - for the first time ever - all teams from history were available to be selected.

The tournament continued with the new format change from two years prior - rather than a week-long free-form tournament, each 'day,' beginning with Tuesday evening, was its own heat. Each heat was still free-form; but each day reset, and each day's heat would advance its own winner and runner-up, to round the playoff field to eight.

With such a wide range of teams, some powerhouse squads were, unfortunately, underachievers. The 1924 Washington Senators, for example, struggled to score 40 runs in 20 games. They were shut out six times and scored 1 run in three other games. They had some highs - stealing 11 bases in a 3-1 victory - but also some lows - against the 1937 Yankees, the two pitchers engaged in a duel for the ages, with both ending the game with a 1-hitter. Unfortunately, for the Senators, the one hit came after a walk, and it was a 2-run blast by Joe DiMaggio (followed by four consecutive walks, to add insult to injury, in a 3-0 loss).

The eight teams making the playoffs (sorted by winning percentage) were: 1) Rich Moyer (1902 Pittsburgh Pirates); 2) Bill Beckman (1997 Cleveland Indians); 3) Harry Flawd (2004 Boston Red Sox), 4) Jacob Hebner (2007 Colorado Rockies); 5) Francis Beaudet (1981 Montreal Expos); 6) James Terry (1969 Seattle Pilots); 7) Johnny Wilson (1963 Los Angeles Dodgers); 8) Roderick Lee (2009 Los Angeles Dodgers).

Rich Moyer continued his run as the team to beat - even with a new team he still had a perfect 13-0 record in the two heats he played. Perennial contender Bill Beckman was edged out in the first heat, when Jacob Hebner's Rockies scored more points than Beckman's Indians, forcing Beckman to play in Saturday's heat just to qualify for the playoffs.

Unlike previous years, where Moyer's teams were unique for their amazing offensive displays, this year, Moyer's teams were less spectacular in their stats - possibly a foreboding sign for the three-time defending champion.

In the first round of the playoffs, Beaudet's Expos and Lee's Dodgers emerged triumphant. In the second round, Beaudet was dispatched by Hebner's Rockies, while Lee's Dodgers ran into the Harry Flawd Buzzsaw, as Pedro Martinez held the Dodgers at bay (with a masterful 8-hit, 1-walk, 12-strikeout performance) and Flawd emerged triumphant 5-3.

Hebner's luck would expire in the next round against the top flight contenders, as Moyer flexed his muscles and started his trek towards a fourth straight title. Moyer had a predictable 5-0 lead going into the seventh inning, when Hebner's Rockies put together four runs in two innings, to raise a rare sweat in Moyer-ville. Yet, for the fifth time in six years, Rich would be in the Final.

On the other side of the bracket, Flawd's Red Sox (behind Curt Schilling's not-quite-as-good-as Pedro's performance (nine hits, two walks, 11 strikeouts) were taking down Beckman's Indians. In an interesting twist, the '04 Manny Ramirez's first inning two-run blast was the difference maker over the '97 Manny Ramirez's 2-3 with a walk performance. Flawd headed back to the Finals with a 5-4 win over the Indians.

Of course, this meant Flawd had neither ace for the Final. Instead, Bronson Arroyo took the hill for the Sox, versus Jack Chesbro (a 28-6 pitcher for the '02 Pirates). With one out in the first inning, Nomar Garciaparra blasted a solo shot, and two batters later, with Ramirez on first, David Ortiz added to the lead, making the score 3-0. In the bottom of the third, the Pirates chipped away with a run. The teams then traded runs in the fifth, making the score 4-2. Finally, in the top of the eighth , the Sox tacked on three more runs, to give them a 7-2 lead, before adding another pair of runs in the ninth. All the Pirates could muster was an infield single in response.

Moyer's quest for a fourth straight title came up abruptly short, while Flawd earned his fourth overall title (and first since 2007).

Mike Lam and James Bell enjoy the nation's pastime a lot more than real Oriole fans have of late. Bird fans need to remember the Palmer-Robinson era for their high.	Harry proved this was indeed "fantasy" baseball by leading his Red Sox to an upset of the Moyer dynasty in the year of the actual Sox collapse for the ages.