Terry Coleman and Jacob Hebner	Roderick Lee and Rick Byrens

Changes abounded in 2012. The main one was a new GM, who was quickly replaced by an even newer GM! Filling in due to illness, Harry Flawd, Bill Beckman, and Terry Coleman took the reigns of the tournament at the 11th hour, made some tweaks, and ran a pretty smooth offering all things considered. It was decided that we would use only World Series teams from 1920 on, so the draft saw many players taking either their favorite teams, or trying to get that team that just quite couldn't get over the hump.

There were two heats with an 8-game season in each to determine the playoff teams. Some familiar faces made the cut, with Bill Beckman and his 1948 Indians, Harry Flawd and his 2007 Red Sox, Terry Coleman with the 1927 Yankees, Roderick Lee and the 1963 Dodgers, Tim Rogers with the pitching heavy 2005 Astros, Jack Beckman's 1945 Tigers, Kolbe DiGiulio's 1995 Braves, and Steve Munchak's 1998 Yankees.

Tim topped Terry 3-2 in a nail biter. Harry defeated Jack 6-0 behind Josh Beckett who could still pitch in 2007. Roderick beat Kolbe and Bill downed Steve in the other first round game.

The semifinals had Bill topple Roderick on one side as Harry defeated Tim on the other, to set up a very familiar Final. Harry and Bill have met the last four years somewhere along the line in the playoffs and Harry had his number, winning all previous encounters on his way to four titles. But Bill had more than a little baseball in his past and remained resolute in pursuit of a SSB title.

The Final was a best-of-three series. It started with Dice K vs Lemon. The Red Sox jumped out to a big 3-run lead in the 1st on a Big Papi HR, but the Indians moved ahead for good in the bottom of the 3rd, with Doby connecting on a 3-run shot. They tacked on 2 in the 4th and 2 in the 7th to easily beat the Sox 8-6, and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Game #2 had Bearden vs Schilling in Fenway as gaming's most famous ballplayer took the hill for the Sox. Boston took a 2-0 lead, and Schilling made it 3-1 when he drove in Ortiz with a single. The Indians tied it in the 7th with four hits, but in the bottom of the ninth, Ortiz singled, Lugo advanced him with a groundout, and pinch hitter Eric Hinske doubled him home to tie the series.

The deciding Game 3 was even better with the Indians jumping out to a 2-0 lead behind Lou Boudreau's triple in the third. They tacked on runs in the fifth and sixth. The Red Sox scored in the eighth to make it 4-1. Manny Ramirez led off the ninth with a single, Ortiz made one of his few outs, and Youkilis hit into a fielder's choice. One out away from Beckman finally getting that ring! But then Drew singled, and Varitek walked, and all of a sudden it was bases loaded with Coco Crisp at the bat. A roll of 18 would provide a walkoff grandslam. Bill can't bare to look as Harry rolls a 21.... and ends the game with the Indians victorious. Bob Feller tossed the complete game, with Boudreau and Doby leading the way at the plate. Fellar was 6-0 during the tournament. An old school guy, Feller went the distance in all six games. The Indians were led at the plate by catcher Jim Hegan who went 9 for 15 in the playoffs including 3-3 in the Championship game.

Jack Beckman and Christin Kolstad	The co-GMs meet to determine the title.