For the fourth consecutive season, and sixth of seven, the USA has prevailed in the Great Lakes Championship Series. The Chicago Architects won their fourth title as a Wild Card team against a game Kingston Comet squad that was looking for their third Championship ring.
Continue reading Architects Engineer a Turnaround to Capture Their 4thCategory: Postseason
Traverse City Earns Their First GLBL Championship
The Traverse City Bears, making only their second post-season appearance in team history, made the most of the opportunity. The Bears finished first in the USA, another first for the club. When Toledo closed out the regular season by besting the Architects in the added game, it set the stage for more dramatics.
Continue reading Traverse City Earns Their First GLBL ChampionshipHoly Toledo
The Neptunes won their second championship, the hard way. Winners of the USA Wild Card, they faced off against the previous years champs, the Chicago Architects who were gunning for their fourth title. Chicago’s most impressive 100-44 record made them prohibitive favorites.
Continue reading Holy ToledoChicago, Back to the Top
Were they the best team in 2030? Some might argue that they were not, based on the overall record and the fact that it was Toledo that won the USA League Championship. But, it might be more important who you are at the end of the season as compared with the rest of it. Because, it was Chicago who was able to match up against Toledo, a team that specializes in grinding up their opponents on their home field. That doesn’t happen by accident. It takes a plan.
Continue reading Chicago, Back to the TopThe Season of The Maple
It took 15 years for the Toronto Maples to reach the Great Lakes Baseball League Championship Series. Their last and only first place finish was in 2019, and then they were brushed aside by the Windsor Vigilantes. That Toronto team won 80 games and lost 60. In 2021 and 2022, the Maples reached 81 wins and narrowly missed first place in the Canadian League. But each time the club failed to advance to the finals.
Continue reading The Season of The MapleNeptunes: Kings of the GLBL in 2028
When you have a team with the best starting pitchers, relievers, batting average, and defense, it’s hard to be surprised when they finish with the best overall record (92-52), followed by a relatively easy post-season series against the Sea Gulls and, finally, a very talented Thunder Bay team, seeking their fourth championship in the GLBL.
Continue reading Neptunes: Kings of the GLBL in 2028Sea Gulls Fly High
For the first time in seven seasons, the Championship Banner is waving from a USA franchise. The Sea Gulls of Duluth defeated the Owen Sound Waveriders in a six-game series. Duluth advanced after a victorious six-game series against the Milwaukee Eages.
Continue reading Sea Gulls Fly HighComets Soar, Again
The Kingston Comets were the perennial second-division team from 2015 to 2022. They managed but a single winning record in their second year in the league. But in 2023, they took the league by surprise, streaking to an 85-69 season on their way to Great Lakes Championship #1.
Continue reading Comets Soar, AgainThe First to Three
The irrepressible Yogi Berra said it best. “Deja vu all over, again.”
The Thunder Bay Caribou won their division in 2025, again.
They advanced to the Finals, again.
They played the powerful Detroit Thunderbirds, again.
Finally, they won the series, four games to two….again.
Continue reading The First to ThreeThe Electric Thunder Bay Caribou
It was a wild post-season for the wild card team from the north country. The team was ready to follow up their inaugural championship season with a second banner, this time under the direction of GM Rob Larmer.
Continue reading The Electric Thunder Bay Caribou