2025 LMBL Season Finals - Wrap Up, News (London Mens Baseball League (over 30 league))

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2025 LMBL Season Finals - Wrap Up
We had another great Sunday of LMBL Championship Final baseball at Dan Pulham Memorial Field on Sept 21.

The tunes were pumping, grill was churning, and the action was fast as all six teams contending for their respective title came to play on this day!

With the pending weather forecast predicting some late day dampness - the start times of all three finals were moved up in order to avoid any issues.  This meant some special beverages were on hand to help the BBQ crew through the early rise.  Let's get 'er going!

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Kicking off the day was my favorite matchup - and the newly minted Tigers team - who were comprised of 12 new-to-the-league players - taking on last years B Consolation Champion Mets.  Both teams pulled out underdog semi-final wins to arrive on Championship Sunday - and they didn't disappoint.  The upstart Tigers jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the 3rd inning, but in true LMBL fashion - no lead is safe!  The Mets put up 5 runs in the bottom of the third to climb back into it.  The Tigers continued to put pressure on the Mets, extending their lead to 9-5 in the 6th, but again the resilient Mets didn't give up, and clawed to within one run by scoring 3 in the bottom of the 6th.  The Tigers were unable to tack on any runs in the top of the 7th, which left them heading into the bottom of the final inning clinging to a 1-run advantage.  In the bottom of the inning, the lead-off hitter was retired - leaving the Mets down to their final two outs.  The next batter was Super Serge - who hit a hot shot to third and was able to hustle it out to reach second on a throwing error - the tying run was in scoring position!  Next up, the veteran Jeff Green was able to reach safely on a ground ball to 2nd base, advancing Serge to 3rd on the play.  Next up was league newcomer Jared Vint - who promptly scorched a liner to right field - TIE GAME!  Greener advance to third on the play.  Then up to bat came Jacob Keitel - who was already having a hot day at the plate - so things didn't look good for the fledgling Tigers!  After getting in a hole with a 1-2 count, Keitel managed to get a hold of a fastball that caught a little too much of the plate - and stroked a solid single oppo to left field - scoring Greener and handing the Mets their second B Consolation Championship in as many years.  Congrats - and enjoy another TShirt fellas!

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Next up was the B Championship Final – which had the last seasons basement dwelling Dodgers – who turned things around in 2025 – facing the top-seeded B division contenders - the Brewers.  This was a back and forth affair for most of the day.  This game ended up being a test of pitching depth – and after 7 complete the game was deadlocked at 7 – meaning we were head for extra innings!  In the top of the 8th – the Dodgers put up two runs on an error and hard-hit single by returning veteran Mike Piccolo.  But not to get outdone – the Brewers didn’t roll over – and with two out in the bottom of the 8th, Justin Diotte hit a single to centre that cashed Seed and Badder to knot things back up at 9 after 8 complete. Brandon Campbell came in to toe the rubber for the top of the ninth for the Brew Crew, and was able to work some magic – not allowing any runs while facing only 4 batters.  In the bottom of the inning, the Brewers were able to load the bases after a couple of hits and a hit-by-pitch.  With arms becoming weary, and a 2-0 count – another pitch got away from Piccolo and plunked Scott Dunlop – crediting Dunlop with the B Championship winning RBI hit-by-pitch!  A tough way to end a great game – but hey – it’s an over 30 mens league game – what can we expect?!?  😊  Congrats to the Brewers on getting back to the podium!

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And in the grand finale of the A Championship game, the Blue Jays found themselves the number one seed in their return to the finals, this year taking on the strong contending Expos.  This was a pitching dual from start to finish.  Workhorse Jordan Satchell got the start for the Expos, while Ben Ficht got the call for the Jays.  This was a well-played game, with the Jays having a few more timely hits than the Expos – who couldn’t string together anything on the offensive side of the ball on this day.  Some strategic pitching decisions by the Jays helped limit the Expos to 3 hits and zero runs, and allowed the Jays to walk away with a well-played 4-0 Championship Final win!  Congrats!

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Thanks to all who showed up, supported the BBQ, and caught some of this fantastic action on the final Sunday of 2025. 

As we packed up after another long and successful day, we were reminded on what a great decision was made by our Executive Leadership Group to adjust the final game schedules in consideration of the pending rainstorm – as we NARROWLY avoided this catastrophe that opened up on the drive home from the park!  Whew!

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See you all back for 2026!

 
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