Zane recaps the 2002 World Series game by game in this week's edition of This Week in DMBL.

Zane takes a look at the second round of the playoffs in a new edition of This Week in DMBL.

The World Series begins Monday, September 9. Read all about how the teams stack up in a special DMBL World Series Preview.

Zane takes a look at the first round of the playoffs in a new edition of This Week in DMBL.

The second round of the 2002 Playoffs begins Tuesday as the Falcons host the Wolverines and continue on Wednesday as the Sugar Bears host the Iron Fist. Read about it in our special Playoff Preview 2002.

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Playoff Preview 2002.
How the 2002 Playoff Teams Were Built
Number Crunch: Playoff Stretch
Number Crunch: Magic Eight Ball Predictions
Zane Smith looks at the Playoff stretch
Number Crunch: Playoff Contenders
2001 Playoffs



How the Teams stack up against each other
  ARK HBK NWK TIJ VAN WAN Total
ARK   7-5 6-6 11-2 11-2 10-3 45-18
HBK 5-7   5-8 4-8 5-7 7-5 26-35
NWK 6-6 8-5   6-6 7-5 11-1 38-22
TIJ 2-11 8-4 6-6   4-9 5-8 25-38
VAN 2-11 7-5 5-7 9-4   8-5 31-32
WAN 3-10 5-7 1-11 8-5 5-8   22-42
The Playoff Teams
The teams that occupy the six playoff spots in the DMBL
  1. y - Arkansas Golden Falcons
  2. y - Newark Sugar Bears
  3. x - Vancouver Iron Fist
  4. x - Hoboken Cutters
  5. x - Wanaque Wolverines
  6. x - Tijuana Banditos
x - clinched playoff spot
y - clinched division


World Series Matchups
Newark Sugar Bears at Arkansas Golden Falcons
Newark leads the wins 3-1
Date Home Team Road Team
9/09/02 Newark 10, Arkansas 9
9/10/02 Newark 8, Arkansas 3
9/12/02 Arkansas 11, Newark 2
9/13/02 Newark 4, Arkansas 3
9/15/02 Newark 6, Arkansas 1


Playoff Stats
Batting Leaders
Pitching Leaders
Arkansas Batting Fielding Pitching
Hoboken Batting Fielding Pitching
Newark Batting Fielding Pitching
Tijuana Batting Fielding Pitching
Vancouver Batting Fielding Pitching
Wanaque Batting Fielding Pitching


First Round Matchups
Tijuana Banditos at Vancouver Iron Fist
Vancouver wins series 3-0
Date Home Team Road Team
8/19/02 Vancouver 10, Tijuana 2
8/20/02 Vancouver 7, Tijuana 5
8/22/02 Vancouver 8, Tijuana 7


First Round Matchups
Wanaque Wolverines at Hoboken Cutters
Wanaque wins series 3-0
Date Home Team Road Team
8/20/02 Wanaque 8, Hoboken 2
8/21/02 Wanaque 8, Hoboken 7
8/23/02 Wanaque 9, Hoboken 2
Round Two Playoff Matchups
Wanaque Wolverines at Arkansas Golden Falcons
Arkansas wins series 4-2
Date Home Team Road Team
8/27/02 Arkansas 10, Wanaque 7
8/28/02 Arkansas 7, Wanaque 3
8/30/02 Wanaque 7, Arkansas 6, 14 inn.
8/31/02 Wanaque 7, Arkansas 1
9/02/02 Arkansas 12, Wanaque 0
9/04/02 Arkansas 3, Wanaque 2
Vancouver Iron Fist at Newark Sugar Bears
Newark wins series 4-1
Date Home Team Road Team
8/28/02 Newark 8, Vancouver 4
8/29/02 Newark 8, Vancouver 1
8/31/02 Newark 10, Vancouver 2
9/01/02 Vancouver 8, Newark 3
9/03/02 Newark 3, Vancouver 2