WNYSOMBL 1997/1998 Final Standings

															
						W	L	Pct.	GB
x-East Aurora Indians (D.Davis)			54	34	0.614	-
y-Boston Red Sox (D.Martin)			52	36	0.591	2
y-Steubenville Rosedanders (E.Taylor)		50	38	0.568	4
y-St.Catharines Troglodytes (T.LaFontaine)	49	39	0.557	5
y-Hagerstown Storm (J.Brierley)			47	41	0.534	7
y-Tonawanda Tarantulas (R.Golata)		47	41	0.534	7
y-Black Rock Dodgers (S.McKee)			44	44	0.500	10
y-Bronx Stukas (R.Vallari)			43	46	0.483	11.5
Hershey Squirts (J.Wilke)			42	47	0.472	12.5
Miami Heat (C.Gagliardi)			40	48	0.455	14
Fairbanks Icebreakers (R.Goransen)		38	50	0.432	16
Idylwoods DiamondRunners (D.Kielma)		23	65	0.261	31

	Bronx def. Hershey in 1 game playoff for final playoff spot	
					
Playoffs:			
				
Round 1:	E.Aurora def. Bronx						
 		Black Rock def. Boston						
		Steubenville def. Tonawanda						
		Hagerstown def. St. Catharines						

Semifinals:	E.Aurora def. Black Rock						
		Hagerstown def. Steubenville						

WORLD							
SERIES:	HAGERSTOWN (J.Brierley) def. EAST AURORA (D.Davis)						



This season had the most teams ever, 12.  Black Rock had a major roller coaster ride,							
battling for 1st place for half the year before falling nearly all the way out of the playoffs,							
then bouncing back to shock #2 seed Boston in the playoffs.  A stunning Bronx sweep
of E.Aurora was voided due to accidental but illegal use of pitcher Danny Graves.  E.A.
swept the replayed series.  Hagerstown won its first playoff series ever, surviving a 1st round 
scare by winning Games 6 & 7 vs. Todd LaFontaine's expansion St. Catharines Trogs - then,
the Storm brewed all the way to the top.  After losing the first 2 games of the World Series vs. 
E.A., Bonds and M.Vaughn caught fire, and after a 6 game final, J.Brierley's Storm were champs.