BEST OF 2011 TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND
By Jeff Polman
They’ve come from near, they’ve come from far, but all of the trusty managers for my Best of 2011 tourney are locked and loaded and hoping I can roll one of them to a championship—and a $25 gift certificate from Strat-O-Matic.
I got pretty swamped with managing requests this year, and may have to resort to a lottery if this keeps up, but here are the sweet sixteen and where they hail from:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
INDIANS – Adric Olson (Lubbock, TX)
RED SOX -Thomas Quirk (Boston, MA)
YANKEES – Rob Stricker (Saginaw, MI)
ANGELS – Curtis Milbourn (San Angelo, TX)
RANGERS – Chris Witt (Arlington, IL)
TIGERS – Peter Schilling (Minneapolis, MN)
BLUE JAYS – Matt Latham (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada)
RAYS – Allan Bendert (Clearwater, FL)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
DODGERS – Nathan White (Ottawa, Canada)
BREWERS – Travis Jansen (Milwaukee, WI)
PHILLIES – Brett Carow (Farmington, MN)
CARDS – Jason Stapley (returning champ from Kearns, UT)
GIANTS – John Barkoviak (Normal, IL)
D.BACKS – Matt McClelland (Cleveland, OH)
NATIONALS – Chris Behlmer (Milwaukee, WI)
BRAVES – Eric Westrom (Boise, ID)