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It’s the biggest weekend in the British baseball calendar.\u00c2\u00a0 Three of the four National Baseball Championships will be held at Roundshaw Fields in Croydon on Saturday and Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 The 2009 champions of the National Baseball League, Double-A and Single-A Leagues will be crowned at the end of two days of great baseball action, with the Triple-A NBC taking place in a week’s time in Harrogate.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n
National Baseball League<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2009 National Baseball League NBC, the top level of play\u00c2\u00a0in Britain,\u00c2\u00a0promises to provide one of the most exciting climaxes to a British baseball season for several years.\u00c2\u00a0 Although the Croydon Pirates suffered a win-less season, the other four teams were evenly-matched and all have a genuine chance of capturing the NBC title.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Joe has written an excellent preview<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to the National Baseball League NBC for Mister-Baseball.com.\u00c2\u00a0 As he states, Richmond Flames have to be considered the favourites after topping the regular season table and with the London Mets missing some key players this weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 However, the Mets should definitely not be discounted and both Bracknell Blazers and Herts Falcons are more than in with a shout as well.\u00c2\u00a0 The NBC will be played under the new ‘double elimination’ format, which should produce six meaningful and tense games\u00c2\u00a0and lead to some tactical decisions on which pitchers each team decides to use in each contest.<\/p>\n ‘Playoff’ Sunday <\/strong><\/p>\n The final entrants for this year’s NBC’s were confirmed after ‘playoff Sunday’<\/a> last week.\u00c2\u00a0 Only four of the six playoff games were actually played.\u00c2\u00a0 Halton Jaguars forfeited their game against Kent Mariners, while the MK Bucks “awarded their place” to Humber Pilots for an unspecified reason.<\/p>\n Bulldogs and Mariners make the Double-A NBC<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mariners will be joined in the Double-A NBC by the Mildenhall Bulldogs, who booked their place with a 9-3 home win over Brentwood Stags.\u00c2\u00a0 The Bulldogs will face the Manchester A’s in what amounts to the semi-final stage, with their fellow Midlands League United States Air Force team Alconbury Braves taking on the Mariners.\u00c2\u00a0 Those games are played on Saturday before the third-placed game and final on Sunday.<\/p>\n Single-A NBC lineup confirmed<\/strong><\/p>\n Leicester Blue Sox, Bracknell Blazers II and Essex Archers were all victorious in their Single-A League playoff games and they will compete in the NBC alongside Humber Pilots.\u00c2\u00a0 The Blue Sox inflicted a heavy 29-9 defeat on Bolton Robots of Doom, while the Blazers and Archers also ran out comfortable victors against Guildford Mavericks (17-7) and Richmond Dragons (16-4) respectively.\u00c2\u00a0 The Single-A NBC will be played under the same semi-final\/final format as used in Double-A.\u00c2\u00a0 In the semis, the Blue Sox face Blazers II while Humber Pilots will look to send the Arrows to their first defeat of the 2009 season.<\/p>\n A great\u00c2\u00a0weekend of baseball in prospect<\/strong><\/p>\n If all games can be played, there will be\u00c2\u00a0fourteen contests to enjoy on two diamonds\u00c2\u00a0over Saturday and Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 Why not spend part of your Bank Holiday weekend enjoying some of the action at Roundshaw.\u00c2\u00a0 Head over to\u00c2\u00a0BaseballSoftballUK.com for more details<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s the biggest weekend in the British baseball calendar.\u00c2\u00a0 Three of the four National Baseball Championships will be held at Roundshaw Fields in Croydon on Saturday and Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 The 2009 champions of the National Baseball League, Double-A and Single-A Leagues will be crowned at the end of two days of great baseball action, with the 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