January 12-15, 2001

The Boston Wolf Pack - Florida Squad

Congratulations to the Boston Wolf Pack on winning the MSBL Championship at the Disney Classic Tournament in Orlando, Florida! It was the Boston Baseball League's first national tournament championship! Here is the list of players that made it happen:

Calvi, Paul
Crandall, Clair
Finnegan, Tim
Hauglie, Mark
Johnson, Bob
Joseph, Dave
Keil, Gary
Locke, Kevin
Marden, Kevin
O'Connor, Sean
Pacino, Dickie
Sawyer, Mike
Valdanbrini, Dave
Wolf, Steve

Game 1: Wolf Pack 21, Boca Marlins 9. Kevin Locke got the win as the Wolf Pack defeated the defending champion Boca Marlins. Dickie Pacino led the attack with a HR and 2 doubles. Sean O'Connor pitched the final three innings for the save.

Game 2: Wolf Pack 9, Chicago Yankees 6. Gary Keil started and got the win. Paul Calvi played spectacular defense at SS and went 2-4 including a 2 run double in the 8th to seal the victory. Sean O'Connor pitched the final three innings for the save.

Game 3: Charlestown Yankees 18, Wolf Pack 8. Having clinched a playoff spot, the Wolf Pack rested their tired pitchers.

Semi Finals: Wolf Pack 16, Orlando Select 12. Sean O'Connor pitched 9 strong innings as the Wolf Pack defeated last season's tournament runner ups. Steve Wolf hit a 3-run HR and Paul Calvi, Kevin Locke, Clair Crandall and Tim Finnegan had 3 hits a piece.

Finals: Wolf Pack 14, Charlestown Yankees 7. In a re-match against Charlestown at Disney Stadium, Kevin Locke pitched a complete game victory as Boston Wolf Pack won the 2001 Disney Holiday Classic!! After falling behind 5-0 after two, the Wolf Pack outscored the Yankees 14-2 the rest of the way. Dickie Pacino went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 4 RBIs. Sean O'Connor went 4-4, Steve Wolf 3-4, Kevin Locke 3-5, and Paul Calvi 3-5 with 3 RBIs in a balanced attacked that brought home the Championship.

Team MVP: Kevin Locke -- Locke went 2-0 in the tournament with wins over last year's champions and this year's runner-ups. He also hit over .500 and knocked in a ton of runs. Equally as valuable were Sean O'Connor, who won one game and saved two, while batting 1.000 and Dickie Pacino who crushed the ball the entire tournament and had two huge doubles in the Championship game.

See the Boston United (MABL) from the Florida trip in January 2001.