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Big Daddy Baseball League

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2014 Ozzie League Champions
2014, 2018, 2021 Griffin Division Champions
2000, 2002, Eck League Wild Card Winners
2005, 2009, 2011, 2016 Ozzie League Wild Card Winners

 

OWNER
Cifrese photoCifrese photo Name: Nick Cifrese
Home Town: Toms River, NJ
Birthday: November 9
Family: Married w/ three boys
Occupation: Academic Advisor/Adjunct Professor
Hobbies: Sports, video games, legos, cooking, eating, beach, travel
Favorite team: New York Yankees
Brush with Fame: Held up Bruce Springsteen as he crowd-surfed, waited on Mathieu Perreault at the Melting Pot, played a match against the chess champion of Italy.
Quote: "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" - Albus Dumbledore
Fantasy baseball experience: I play fantasy football. Haven't played fantasy baseball since college.
BDBL member since: 11/22/23

 

HISTORY
Year Owner Team Name Record
1999 Jack Buchanan Virginia Cavaliers 62-98 (4th)
2000 Scot Zook Phoenix Predators 84-76 (2nd)*
2001 54-106 (3rd)
2002 99-61 (2nd)*
2003 Greg Newgard Houston Heatwave 62-98 (3rd)
2004 Silicon Valley CyberSox 61-99 (3rd)
2005 91-69 (2nd)*
2006 80-80 (2nd)
2007 San Antonio Broncs 78-82 (2nd)
2008 65-95 (4th)
2009 102-58 (2nd)*
2010 50-110 (4th)
2011 96-64 (2nd)*
2012 73-87 (3rd)
2013 Flagstaff Outlaws 92-68 (2nd)
2014 100-60 (1st)
2015 84-76 (2nd)
2016 90-70 (2nd)*
2017 83-77 (3rd)
2018 115-45 (1st)
2019 73-87 (2nd)
2020 Tom DiStefano Allentown Ridgebacks 63-97 (4th)
2021 95-65 (1st)
2022 Dylan Badger Blacksburg Beamers 79-81 (2nd)
2023 (EL/Higuera) 72-88 (3rd)
2024 Nick Cifrese Jacksonville Jackalopes 61-99 (3rd)
2025 59-101 (4th)

* wild card

 

COACHING STAFF
Manager: Ricky Bobby
Pitching Coach: Greg Maddux
Hitting Coach: Bernie Williams
First Base Coach: Johnny Damon
Third Base Coach: Ozzie Smith
Bench Coach: Cal Naughton, Jr.
Bullpen Coach: Mariano Rivera
Strength & Conditioning Coach: Magnus Samuelsson
Head of Scouting: Alex Anthopoulos
Head of Analytics: Paul Depodesta
Head Chef/Nutritionist: Laurent Dagenais
Broadcast Team: Ron Burgandy, Champ Kind, & Brick Tamland

 

FARM SYSTEM
Year Rank #1 Pick #1 Prospect
1999 Marcus Giles
2000 13 Barry Zito Marcus Giles (47)
2001 5 Mike Stodolka  Chris George (16)
2002 15 Eric Hinske Jack Cust (33)
2003 18 Corwin Malone Khalil Greene (55)
2004 3 Jeremy Hermida Chin-Hui Tsao (23)
2005 8 David Purcey Dallas McPherson (7)
2006 22 Travis Ishikawa Eric Hurley (83)
2007 18 Stephen Marek Travis Buck (65)
2008 22 Chris Davis Chris Davis (75)
2009 20 Martin Perez Gorkys Hernandez (68)
2010 4 Grant Desme Neftali Feliz (7)
2011 5 Brandon Belt Michael Pineda (17)
2012 17 Marcell Ozuna Archie Bradley (31)
2013 9 J.R. Graham Archie Bradley (25)
2014 22 Ryan McMahon Chris Owings (56)
2015 14 Adrian Rondon Mark Appel (23)
2016 17 Andrew Knapp Aaron Blair (50)
2017 7 Fernando Romero J.P. Crawford (7)
2018 17 Rogelio Armenteros J.P. Crawford (26)
2019 13 Ryan Nelson Michael Kopech (20)
2020 11 Jose Garcia Michael Kopech (24)
2021 10 Ryan Vilade Spencer Torkelson (4)
2022 16 Gavin Cross Spencer Torkelson (4)
2023 19 Hayden Juenger Hunter Brown (36)
2024 24 Gabriel Hughes Blake Mitchell (120)
2025 5 Jack Perkins Kristian Campbell (5)