First Big Train Home Playoff Game TOMORROW! BT Wins Montgomery Cup

TOMORROW: First Playoff Game! To make sure that you are up to date with the schedule for the CRCBL Playoffs, visit www.CalRipkenLeague.org andwww.BigTrain.org frequently.  The seeds for the 2014 League Championship Series are as follows: #1 - BETHESDA BIG TRAIN #2 - Baltimore Redbirds #3 - Rockville Express #4 - Gaithersburg Giants #5 - Alexandria Aces #6 - Youse's Orioles The Express will host the Orioles at 7:00 and the Giants will host the Aces at 7:00 today.  Both games will be single elimination.  After the winners of today's games are decided, the teams will be re-seeded and the Big Train will host the lowest remaining team while the Redbirds will host the higher seed. Both of those games will take place Tuesday night.  On Wednesday, the winners of the two Tuesday games will play each other while the losers will match up as well.  Both games will be played at the higher seeded team.  By virtue of the Big Train's #1 seed, this guarantees a Wednesday night home game as well.  Tickets to both games can be purchased here or at the gate.

Final Montgomery Cup Results  The Bethesda Big Train team has won the 2014 Montgomery Cup.  The winner of the Montgomery Cup is the team with the best record in regular season head-to-head competition among the four Montgomery County teams in the Cal Ripken Collegiate Summer Baseball League.  The Montgomery Cup is sponsored by the Gazette newspapers.   The Gazette also provided advertising and made donations to all four of the teams. With this victory, the Big Train team has either won the Montgomery Cup or shared first place in nine out of the past ten seasons. The final standings for the 2014 Montgomery Cup competition are as follows:

2014 CRCBL Standings    TEAM W L % GB BIG TRAIN  31 9 .775  - Baltimore Redbirds 25 15 .625 6 Rockville Express 24 16 .600 7 Gaithersburg Giants 23 17 .575 8 Alexandria Aces 23 17 .575 8 Youse's Orioles 18 22 .450 13 Vienna River Dogs 12 22 .450 13 FCA Herndon Braves 17 23 .425 14 D.C. Grays 15 25 .375 16 Baltimore Dodgers 13 27 .325 18 SS-Takoma TBolts 13 27 .325 18