CHICAGO
FANTASY BASEBALL CAMP 2008
CACTUS FANTASY LEAGUE NEWS BULLETINS FROM TUCSON,
AZ!
PALL AND KITTLE'S "GODFATHERS" TAKE ONE GAME PLAYOFF AND BEAT THE PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED TEAM OF DOTSON AND COX TO WIN THE CFBC CAMP 2008 CHAMPIONSHIP!
With veteran Co-Managers Donn Pall and Ron Kittle at the helm, "The Godfathers" captured the crown during the one game playoff on the final afternoon of the White Sox Fantasy Camp and took the CFBC Camp 2008 Championship away from the previously unbeaten squad co-managed by Richard Dotson and Jeff Cox. Consisting of the leadership of veterans like Kevin Rooney, Randy Saunders, Anne Marie Venus, Dave Jonesi, and other assorted throw-ins, "The Pope" and "Kitty" banded this newly formed group of players together to produce their first championship in both CFBC and Cactus Fantasy League history.
CONGRATULATIONS
"THE GODFATHERS!"
2008
CACTUS FANTASY LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS
Certified
by Camp Commissioner, BILL MELTON
1.
THE GODFATHERS
Donn
Pall and Ron Kittle
(Team MVP: Mike
"Hellooo Newmannnn" Brindza)
2.
TEAM
#7 (they were so amazed they finished this high, they forgot their name!)
Jim
Fregosi and Ken Kravec
(Team MVP: Don
Mazzoni)
Richard Dotson
and Jeff Cox
(Team MVP: Doug
Dewey)
4.
WHO CARES WHAT WE CALL OURSELVES?
Bobby Thigpen and Ed Herrmann
(Team
MVP: Jill
Anderson)
Harold Baines and Kevin Hickey
(Team
MVP: Joe
Hennessey)
Tom
Paciorek and Darryl Boston
(Team
MVP: Mark
Chyna)
7.
WON ONE!
Carlos
May and Mark Salas
(Team
MVP: Andrew
"Jebidiah" Klem)
James
Baldwin and Razor Shines
(Team MVP: Andy Absler)
2008 CFBC Cactus Fantasy League Rookie of the Year: DOUG DEWEY
2008 CFBC Cactus Fantasy League Most Improved Player: JIM HAMPSON
NOT PICTURED: Aaron Michaelson, Jay Pinsky, Matt Carroll, Todd Stec and Marty Shandles
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Led by Co-Managers Tom Paciorek and Darryl Boston, the "HGH and steroid free" Nightcrawlers™, America's oldest and longest running Fantasy Camp team, once again ignored their usual "cellar-dweller" position by posting an incredible 4-5 run this year at the Chicago White Sox Spring Training facilities in Tucson, Arizona during the Chicago Fantasy Baseball Camp. How did they do it? Perhaps, it was because they are again playing down to their abilities which are stated in the team motto: "DIMINISHED SKILLS, INC." The second division finishers were led by the good to mediocre hitting and sometimes-brilliant, sometimes-lacking defense of veterans Bill Gibbons, Len Pernecky, Rich Ostendorf, Matt Carroll, Mark Coleman, Bernie Kerman, Al Miller, Mark Chyna, Tom Mannion, and Todd Stec, and the Rookie Call-Ups of Marty Shandles and John Gnandt. The Nightcrawlers™ amazed critics, fans and even themselves by exceeding pre-season expectations by finishing sixth in Cactus Fantasy League play held January 13-19, 2008.
NIGHTCRAWLERS™: We don't give up.... we just give in!
STILL NEED MORE CONVINCING? If you are over 30, why deal with the cold and snow of a Chicagoland January when you can be a member of the Chicago White Sox at their Spring Training headquarters in warm and sunny Tucson Arizona? It's time you become a member of the Chicago White Sox for a full week by being on the Major League roster of the Chicago Fantasy Baseball Camp! Chicago White Sox Fantasy Camp celebrated it’s 23rd anniversary in 2008 by having it’s 14th consecutive sell-out year. The current camp, run by Chicago Fantasy Baseball Camps, Inc., which was conceived by White Sox partners Jay Pinsky, Aaron Michaelson and the remaining members of the Nightcrawlers™, hosts approximately 100 campers each year, men and women alike, who become pitchers, catchers, center fielders or home run hitters, all while wearing an official White Sox uniform with their name and number of their choice. Upon arriving in Tucson, each camper stays in his or her own luxury suite at the Radisson Suites in Tucson for 8 days and 7 nights. In addition to playing 9 fun filled baseball games during the week, campers are feted to an incredible gourmet lunch buffet each day in the clubhouse, along with an Opening Night banquet, a mid-week "Chicago Style" cookout which is usually attended by the Chairman himself, Jerry Reinsdorf, and the always humorous Closing Awards banquet. Throughout the week, Campers receive great surprise gifts, including their own baseball cards, special edition bobble head dolls, coats, wristbands, hats, and all rookies receive an extra special gift that will be a life time keepsake. Accommodations, food and gifts aside, being a Major Leaguer is the key and the week is capped off with the "Big Game" where the campers face the former pros in the Spring Training home stadium of the Chicago White Sox - Tucson Electric Park. It’s always a great way to end a week of being a White Sox player, especially in those games where the campers beat the pros! Each camp has 8 teams that play each other during the week and each team is managed by at least 2 former White Sox greats. Over 70 former White Sox players have participated as managers and coaches at past camps, including Harold Baines, Bill Melton, Tom Paciorek, Ron Kittle, Bobby Thigpen, Carlos May, Greg Walker, and Bo Jackson, to name a few. Often times, current Major and Minor leaguers show up. Special guests also stop by to try their hand at being a Major Leaguer. At Camp 2005, Super Bowl XX quarterback, Jim McMahon, found out that throwing a football is easier than hitting a baseball. Jim loved Camp so much, he came back in 2006 and 2007 as a "Special Assistant Coach." You never know who may be lockering next to you when you’re on the roster at the Chicago Fantasy Baseball Camp! Why not plan to put on the "Silver and Black" next January as a member of the Chicago White Sox Fantasy Baseball Camp. For additional information, call Aaron Michaelson at 630-654-2600 or send an e-mail to: CHICAGO FANTASY BASEBALL CAMPS, INC.
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