Eastside Expos Take 2012 CCWA Crown

This morning the CCWA announced on their facebook that the Eastside Expos won the 2012 CCWA Championship Series 3 games to 0 against the Jackmove Giants. One of their players, Dan Sefner, won 2012 CCWA Player of the Year. The Expos held the Giants scoreless in all three games of the series. They won game one by the score of 1-0 thanks to Sefner's fine pitching and won game two 1-0 thanks to Omar Steinberg's no-hitter (Steinberg also was responsible for the lone run - which was a solo shot). Sefner took the mound again for the Expos in game three and shut the Giants out 3-0. Congratulations to the Eastside Expos!

Omar Steinberg Throws No-Hitter

You had better get used to the sound of the wooden strikezone because it's going to be a sound you hear a lot if you watch this video. It was a fantastic match-up between the Buckman Bluejays and the Eastside Expos. Although the game actually happened 10 days ago, the video was just recently uploaded hours ago and is still worth watching. Seeing that it was a pitchers duel between Omar Steinberg (Expos) and Mark Sefner (Jays) it was no surprise that it was a low scoring game. The final score was 1-0 in the Expos favor. This game was the 2nd game of a 2 game series between the two teams that day and the Expos won both of them, giving them a 4 game lead over the Jays in the CCWA Southern League with a 14-2 record and currently ranked #13 in the nation. As an added bonus, this video features a nice catch by the Book'em about 3 minutes into the video. If you've never noticed, this league actually uses a catcher...but it's not in the sense you traditionally think of. The position of catcher is an ingenious defensive/fielder position this league has mastered. Those little foul balls behind the plate that are harmless in most leagues are generally caught in the CCWA leading me to believe that they can get games moving along pretty well. I wonder how long an average game lasts for them?