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Tournaments Results 2008

 

Worlds in Orlando January 15-18 2009

 

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas

Hank Smith (33-21) of Torrance California defeated John Perez (29-19) of Revere Massachusetts four games to three in the championship series of the twelfth annual Star Tournaments World Championship.  Smith now has two lifetime world championships.

Smith defeated Lance Tucker four games to two in the semi-finals.

Perez defeated Ben Leong four games to one in the semi-finals.

Smith defeated Don Leong four games to three in the quarter-finals.

Tucker defeated Gene Abood four games to three in the quarter-finals

Perez defeated Mike Kman four games to one in the quarter-finals.

Ben Leong defeated Randy Davidson four games to three in the quarter-finals.

 

Final Standings

1st

Hank Smith

$5000
2nd

John Perez

$2000
3rd

Mick Van Valkenburg

$1000
4th

Tom Anderson

$750
5th

Ben Leong

$500
6th

Eric Wayne

$250
7th (tie) Gene Abood $150
7th (tie) Lance Tucker $150
9th (tie) Pete Nelson $100
9th (tie) Mike Kman $100

 

Awards

Dale Troyani -- Sportsmanship

 

Division A

Mark Van Klaveren division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Mark Van Klaveren 18-10 19-15 20-17
2 Eric Wayne 15-13 17-17 21-21
3 Lance Tucker 15-13 19-15 26-24
4 Will Roberts 13-15   16-17
5 Sal Caridi 10-18   12-21
6 Peter Waterstreet 13-15   14-17
7 Hank Smith 16-12 21-13 33-21
8 Mel Anderson 12-16   14-18
9        

 

Division B

Ben Swoboda division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Ed Killmer 12-16   12-16
2 Ben Swoboda 17-11 18-16 19-18
3 Pete Nelson 16-12 18-16 22-20
4 Don Leong 16-12 20-14 23-20
5 Ritchie Wain 12-16   12-18
6 Mark Huaman 13-15   16-17
7 Terry Sheridan 13-15 18-16 18-18
8 Sean Oakley 13-15   13-15
9        

 

Division C

Bill Meinhardt division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Marshall Palmer 13-15   16-17
2 Matt Trask & Dan Van Klaveren 13-15   13-17
3 Bill Meinhardt 13-15 17-17 17-17
4 Randy Davidson 16-12 20-14 24-20
5 Mark Giddings 16-12 18-16 22-18
6 Bill Fenlon & Dave Johnson 12-16   12-16
7 Steve Baldeaux 13-15   13-15
8 Craig Schneider 16-12 18-16 18-16
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Division D

Bruce Layton division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Errol Dennis 16-12 19-15 19-17
2 Ben Leong 18-10 20-14 27-23
3 Bruce Layton 14-14 19-15 21-18
4 Stan Suderman 13-15   13-15
5 Ed Daley 12-16   13-18
6 Bryan Lewis 11-17   11-19
7 Wayne Cannon 14-14 16-18 18-20
8 Mick Van Valkenburg 14-14   28-18
9        

 

Division E

Mike Kman division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Willy Dominguez 14-14 14-18 18-20
2 Tom Anderson 19-9 24-10 35-13
3 Mike Kman 23-5 27-7 33-13
4 Dave Suderman 13-15   16-18
5 Sonny Wikalis 9-19   9-21
6 Don Maggini 14-14 15-17 18-20
7 Vic Horvath 10-18   12-20
8 Steve Davidson 10-18   15-22
9        

 

Division F

Mike Meszaros division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Mike Meszaros 9-15   11-17
2 Dale Troyani 12-12 15-15 17-18
3 Don Shults 15-9 17-13 21-16
4 Paul Ferraro 11-13   12-15
5 John Perez 14-10 18-12 29-19
6 Brian Smith 8-16   8-18
7 Gene Abood 17-7 20-10 25-16
8 Mike Cohen 10-14   10-16
9 Paul Brownlee 12-12   15-14

 

 

Tournament Results for 2007

 

Dallas

Ed Killmer (24-6) of Tampa Florida defeated Ken Brown (20-12) of Yukon Oklahoma four games to two in the world series.

Killmer defeated Kyle Schneider three games to none in one semi-final.  Brown defeated Willy Dominguez three games to two in the other semi-final.

Don Shulz defeated Dominguez two games to none in the third place game.

San Jose

The team of Tom Anderson and Mick Van Valkenburg (23-13 defeated Terry Sheridan (23-12) four games to three in the world series.

Mick and Tom defeated Stan Suderman three games to two in one semi-final.  Sheridan defeated Hank Smith three games to one in the other semi-final.

Sheridan won the division with a 17-7 record.

 

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Oklahoma City

Ken Brown (19-14) defeated Mark Delpopolo (17-14) in six games in the world series.

Brown defeated Johnny Covalt in five games in one semi and Delpopolo defeated Wayne Cannon in three games in the other semi.

Los Angeles

Steve Davidson (20-15) of La Habra California defeated Dan Martin (19-15) four games to two in the world series.  Davidson now has 13 lifetime Star Tournament wins.

Davidson defeated Bill Katona three games to two in one semi-final.  Dan Martin defeated Bruce Herrin three games to one in the other semi-final.

Philadelphia

Mike Kman (22-12) of Enola Pennsylvania defeated Mark Giddings (20-14) of West Sand lake New York four games to three in the world series.  Kman now has seven Star Tournament wins.

Kman defeated Paul Ferraro three games to none in one semi-final.  Giddings defeated Eric Wayne three games to none in the other semi-final.

 

San Diego

Mark Van Klaveren (23-11) of Phoenix Arizona defeated Steve Baldeaux (18-15) of La Mesa California four games to one in the world series.  Van Klaveren now has six Star Tournaments wins.

Baldeaux defeated Steve Garrett Jr three games to one in one semi-final.   Van Klaveren defeated Bill Katona three games to two in the other semi-final.

Garrett and Van Klaveren won their divisions.

Milwaukee

Ben Swoboda (28-5) of Evanston Illinois defeated Herm Gelhar (19-14) of Green Bay Wisconsin four games to two in the world series.  Swoboda now has three Star Tournament wins.

Swoboda defeated Frank Luisi three games to none in one semi-final.  Gelhar defeated Eric Wayne three games to none in the other semi-final.

Swoboda and Gelhar wan their divisions.

Swoboda's record of 28-5 ties Pete Nelson in 1997 for the all time best winning percentage in a single tournament.

Boston

Bruce Layton, of Ithaca NY, (23-10) beat Mark Giddings, of Albany NY, (20-13) four games to one, to collect his eleventh STAR tournament win.

Layton beat Richie Wain, from the Pittsburgh area, three games to one, in one semifinal, while Giddings beat Gordon Deane, from the Albany area, three games to one in the other. Deane made the semifinals in only his second STAR tournament. To do so, he first won shootouts from John Perez, from Eastern MA, & Paul Brownlee, from Forest Park IL.
 

Pittsburgh

Vic Horvath (20-12) of Detroit Michigan defeated Mike Kman (17-16) of Harrisburg Pennsylvania our games to one in the world series.  Horvath now has five lifetime Star Tournaments wins.

Horvath defeated division winner Gary Drobieweski three games to none in the semi-finals.  Kman defeated Jeff Matthews three games to one in the other semi-final.

 

 

Ft. Lauderdale

Don Shults (19-10) of Detroit Michigan defeated Scott Ferron (18-11) of Ft. Lauderdale Florida four games to two in the world series.   Shults now has two Star Tournaments wins.

Harrisburg

John Perez (22-9) of Revere Massachusetts defeated Harry Flawd (20-13) of Lancaster Pennsylvania four games to one in the world series.  Perez now has seven Star Tournaments wins.

Perez defeated Paul Ferraro three games to none in the semi-finals.  Flawd defeated Paul Brownlee three games to two in the semi-finals.

Flawd and Ferraro won their divisions.

Los Angeles

Dave Suderman (23-13) of Bakersfield California defeated Dale Troyani (21-14) of  Phoenix Arizona four games to three in the world series.  This is Suderman's first ever Star Tournament win.

Suderman defeated Tom Anderson three games to two in the semi-finals.  Troyani defeated Mick Van Valkenburg three games to one in the other semi-final.

Suderman (16-8) and Van Valkenburg (18-6) won their divisions.

Chicago

Dan and Tony Luburic (25-7) of Chicago Illinois and Ann Arbor Michigan defeated Bill Meinhardt (19-11) of Arlington Heights Illinois four games to one in the world series.  This is Dan's first Star Tournaments win and Tony's second. 

Dan/Tony won the "high" division and Bill won the "low" division.
 
Dan/Tony defeated Ben Leong in 5 games in one semi and Bill defeated Vic Horvath in 3 games in the other semi.
 
Vic defeated Donald Leong and Hank Smith in shootouts to advance.

 

Detroit

Gene Abood (23-11) of South Plainfield New Jersey defeated the team of  Ben and Don Leong (20-14) four games to three in the world series.  This is Abood's first Star Tournament win.

Abood defeated Don Shults three games to none in one semi-final.  The Leong's defeated Bryan Lewis three games to none in the other semi-final.

Portland

Pete Nelson (23-10) of Renton Washington defeated Mike Meszaros (19-13) of Billings Montana four games to none in the world series. Nelson now has 12 Star Tournaments wins.

Albany

Brian Smith (20-15) of Sand Lake New York defeated John Karadenes (19-16) of Albany New York four games to three in the world series.  This is Smith first Star Tournaments win.

Tampa

Steve Davidson (23-11) of La Habra California defeated his brother Randy Davidson (20-13) of La Habra California four games to two in the world series.  Steve now has 12 lifetime tournament wins.

Steve Davidson defeated Mark Huaman three games to one in one semi-final.  Randy Davidson defeated Stan Suderman three games to none in the other semi-final.

Phoenix

The tag team of Bill Nervig (22-13) of Phoenix Arizona and Len Torne of Gilbert Arizona defeated Mark Van Klaveren (20-13) of Phoenix Arizona four games to two in the world series.  This is the first Star Tournament win for both Nervig and Torne. 

Nervig and Torne defeated Mike Meszaros three games to two in one semi-final.   Van Klaveren defeated Sean Oakley three games to none in the other semi-final.

Sean Oakley (16-8), Nervig/Torne (15-9) and Meszaros (15-9) won their divisions.

Van Klaveren defeated Bill Katona in the shootout final to take the wild card spot in the final four.

Van Klaveren defeated Ben Leong in one shootout semi-final and Katona defeated Marshall Palmer in the other shootout semi-final.

Bill Katona defeated Sonny Wilkalis in a shootout for the best third place.

Marshall Palmer defeated Bill Katona in a one game playoff for second place.

Nervig/Torne defeated Van Klaveren in a one game playoff for first in their division.

Mike Meszaros took first, Ben Leong second and Sonny Wilkalis third in a round robin shootout to break a three-way tie for first in their division.

 

Indianapolis

Bill Meinhardt (23-8) of Arlington Heights, IL defeated Richie Wain (18-13) of Pittsburgh, PA in 5 games.  Meinhardt now has five lifetime Star Tournaments wins.

Bill defeated Ben Swoboda in one semi in 4 games.

Richie defeated Mike Kman in the other semi in 5 games.

Bill and Richie won their respective divisions.

In the 3rd Place Bracket Paul Brownlee defeated Mike.
 
 

Los Angeles

Stan Suderman (22-12) of Buena Park California defeated Andrew Betancourt (20-12) of Visalia California four games to one in the world series.  Suderman now has eight lifetime tournament wins.

Suderman defeated Mike Meszaros three games to two in the semi-finals.  Betancourt defeated Bill Phillips three games to none in the other semi-final.

Meszaros (19-5) and Phillips (15-9) won their respective divisions.

Delaware

Bruce Layton (23-12) of Ithaca New York defeated Eddie Eichholz of Bear Delaware four games to two in the world series.  Layton now has nine Star Tournaments wins.

Layton defeated Mark Giddings three games to one in one semi-final.  Eichholz defeated Ben Swoboda three games to none in the other semi-final

Swoboda (17-7) and Layton (16-8) won their respective divisions..

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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Survey Results

The L/R Homer Dome Proposal did not pass and will not be adopted. 

We will be using the new rule that Strat has announced for this year where line-outs on the pitcher's card are converted to lo-max when attempting a hit&run. 

 Also, based upon the survey results, we expect similar numbers for either Las Vegas or Orlando for the next Worlds.  So, we will be holding the next Worlds in Orlando. 

There was an overwhelming preference for MLK weekend so the tourney dates will be 1/16 - 1/18/09 with check-in and annual meeting Thursday (1/15/09) evening. 

Thanks for participating in the survey.

 

 

Code of Conduct

Sportsmanship is playing fairly by the rules, showing respect and courtesy for opponents, and reacting gracefully to both wins and losses.  STAR tournaments expects all players to exhibit good sportsmanship.  A few gentle reminders and examples:

It is expected that if a player notices misread cards or misinterpreted rules by an opponent, he will correct the errors even when they impact him negatively.

When a very positive result happens (such as a game-winning hit), quite naturally the winning player will be exuberant and the losing player will be upset.  It is expected that the winning player will understand and respect his opponent's emotions and that any celebration not cross the line into gloating.  It is also expected that the losing player, while understandably upset at the result, will accept that some celebratory reaction from the winner is natural, will respect and congratulate him and refrain from cursing or throwing things.

Luck is luck, sometimes it is good and sometimes bad.  Splits to 1 are made 5% of the time and splits 1-19 are made 95% of the time.  It is simply not a miracle when 5% probabilities happen or 95% probabilities don't happen.  All experienced players have had their share of outrageously "lucky" wins and "unlucky" losses which often make for great stories.  However, it is expected that players not continually complain during games about their opponent's good luck and their own bad luck.  It is also extremely inappropriate to curse one's opponent due to their recent lucky streak.

STAR expects good sportsmanship from each and every player.  STAR will present an annual award (the Kenny Marino sportsmanship award) to the player who exhibits the best sportsmanship, and STAR also reserves the right to penalize players for poor sportsmanship.  In extreme cases, such penalties can include tournament bans.  Please help STAR maintain enjoyable tournament environments where all players are respected and made to feel welcome

Board of Directors

 

Notice to DSIM users

If you use DSIM during a tournament draft you can save the Star Tournaments statistician several hours of data entry if you do the following at the end  of the draft.

  1. If you were not using the correct player names, enter the names for the players using the n1, n2, etc command.

  2. Type ed at the command prompt.

  3. Enter a file name on your hard drive where DSIM will write the export file.  Use a name such as c:\phillya.dat

  4. E-mail this file as an attachment to ssudermn@pacbell.net.

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STAR Tournaments is an association of Strat-O-Matic Baseball enthusiasts devoted to the promotion of Strat-O-Matic Baseball tournaments, and in particular to the conduct of a yearly National Championship tournament. STAR Tournaments is not officially endorsed by the SOM Game Co. Inc., but does have an unofficial relationship with SOM.

STAR is dedicated to free and open competition, and accepts all players regardless of race or gender. All we ask is that you share our love for SOM Baseball.

STAR tournaments are weekend events. There is a player draft on Saturday morning where you select your team. At about noon on Saturday face to face competition takes place until sometime late on Sunday when a champion is declared.

 

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