PVOTB
"A Bad day of playing baseball is better than a good day of anything else!"
PIONEER VALLEY OVER-thirty BASEBALL
History of the PVOTB
The Pioneer Valley Over-Thirty Baseball League played its inaugural season in 2005. Charter teams included the Astros, Cubs, Giants, and Mets. Games were played on Tuesday nights at Pioneer Valley Regional High School in Northfield, MA. The Cubs posted the best record in the regular season, but fell to the Giants in the first ever PVOTB Championship game.
Regular Season Champions: Cubs Playoff Champions: Giants
In 2006, the Giants dissolved after just one season in the PVOTB. Three new teams joined the league however. The Mariners, Twins, and White Sox joined the Astros, Cubs, and Mets as the PVOTB now consisted of 6 teams. Games were now played on Tuesday nights and Saturday mornings. The Astros posted the best record in the league (20-4-1) and went on to defeat the Cubs in the PVOTB Championship game.
Playoff Champions: Astros
Regular Season Champions: Astros
Astros (20-4-1) Cubs (17-5-3) Mariners (15-9-1) Twins (10-15-0) Mets (7-17-1) White Sox (7-17-1)
The Cubs (21-4-0) posted the best record during the 2007 regular season. They faced the Astros (13-11-1) in the first ever PVOTB World Series. The Cubs defeated the Astros two games to one in the best-of-three series to win their first PVOTB Title.
Playoff Champions: Cubs
Regular Season Champs: Cubs
Cubs (21-4-0) Twins (17-8-0) Astros (13-11-1) Mets (12-12-1) Mariners (11-14-0) White Sox (0-25-0)
In 2008 the PVOTB became a wood-bat league. Also, due to rising costs for MLB jerseys and the difficulty replacing them each year for new players, the league adopted new team names and logos. The new teams became the Barons (Twins), Dirt Dogs (Mariners), Knights (Cubs), Mustangs (Mets), Rebels (Astros), and Valley Cats (White Sox).The Dirt Dogs (20-3-1) posted the best record during the regular season. The Knights faced the regular season champs in the PVOTB World Series and defeated the Dirt Dogs two games to one to earn their second consecutive PVOTB Title.
Playoff Champions: Knights
Regular Season Champs: Dirt Dogs
Dirt Dogs (20-3-1) Knights (15-9-0) Mustangs (12-12-0) Barons (14-10-0) Valley Cats (8-17-0) Astros (4-17-3)
The Knights (18-5-1) posted the best record in the PVOTB during the 2009 season, but failed to advance to the World Series. The Dirt Dogs defeated the Rebels two games to none on route to their first PVOTB Championship.
Playoff Champions: Dirt Dogs
Regular Season Champs: Knights
Knights (18-5-1) Barons (14-10-0) Dirt Dogs (13-11-1) Rebels (12-13-0) Valley Cats (8-17-0) Mustangs (7-16-0)
Papi's Posse may have gotten the better of Smoke's Show during the 2010 PVOTB All-Star Game, with a 10-0 spanking in the mid-season classic. But it was Smoke's Rebels who defeated the Dirt Dogs, the regular season champs, in the World Series, two games to none. Bob "Bullet" Englehardt tossed a six-hit shutout in the clincher to give the Rebels their 2nd PVOTB Championship.
