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Coming into the 2008 season, the Renegades were challenged with a lot of "life events".  Players getting married, going to grad school, having children and taking care of sick parents.  The loss of Dave Fardo wo would garduate from Harvard in June would also be felt.  All of these events would cause the Gades to adapt and really look to their depth to contribute.  Contributions from the depth has led this team to a successful start of the year. 

For the first time ever, Boston would open the year in Long Island for the 3rd annual Long Island Classic.  Boston had taken 2nd place in the previous two years with a combined 4-2 record.  Weather reports were calling for a washout with torrential rain.  Though when the teams awoke that morning, not a drop had fallen.  Boston would not know their roster for this tournament till just a few days before it left as Guy Zuccarello (new born baby) and Joey Buizon (Appendix surgery) would be left behind.  Boston would open its tournament against the Pennsylvania Wolfpack.  This Philly team knocked Boston out of the winners bracket of the World Series in '07 and also had a 2-game winning streak against the Renegades.  In a dog fight on a very slow field, Boston would come away on top by the score of 4-2.  Game #2 was the usual "Feature" match-up against Long Island.  Boston had broken their curse against the Bombers with a 13-7 victory over them in the '07World Series.  The Renegades came in with confidence and never looked back as they beat Long Island by a score of 7-2.  This was the largest margin of victory of any team in the Long Island Classic in 2008.  Finally, the thunder rolled in and the teams ran for cover and awaited an hour long rain delay.  Once the drops stopped, the weather cleared up and allowed the teams to play.  Chicago and Boston pitted up against each other for the final game and the trophy.  Chicago was 1-1, Boston was 2-0.  If Chicago won the game by 6 runs or more, they would have won the tournament by a tie breaker.  Boston got off to a slow start but had its most unbelievable come-back victory by scoring 5 runs in the last inning in walk-off fashion to win their first ever championship 8-7.  Boston would take first (3-0), Long Island would take 2nd (2-1), Chicago 3rd (1-2) and Philly 4th (0-3).  Boston led the tournament in runs scored and placed two people as Co-Offensive MVP's.  Luis Marquez and Evan Silver each scored 5 runs in the tournament to win the hardware.  For Marquez, this was his third offensive MVP award as he hit  .357 (5 for 15).  Silver won his first trophy by hitting .500 (5 for 10).

For the first time since 2005, Boston would play host to an NBBA team as the Pennsylvania Wolfpack would travel north to take on the Renegades in a doubleheader.  Again, the forecast looked gloomy but the games were played without a drop of rain.  In the first game, Boston would start hot and win that game by the score of 3-0 in a game that was played in less than 90 minutes.  After a 90 minute break allowed to let fans get to the second game, the two teams would play a very exciting game in front of a crowd of fans.  Philly players commented how it was fun to play in front of a crowd as it is rare to play games in front of such an audience.  This audience was in for a treat.  Spectacular defense on both sides of the ball would be the story line.  The fans were also on their feet as they were treated to a walk-off victory as Joe Quintanilla would provide the punch in the 6th inning as Boston would win 4-3 and extend its 2008 season to a 5 game winning streak and a 6 game winning streak dating back to 2007.  This is the first ever winning streak in Boston history.

Boston would head to Haddonfield, New Jersey for the second annual Philly Hall Of Fame Classic to play the Pennsylvania Wolfpack and Cleveland Scrappers in a three team round robin.  Boston would play the Wolfpack in game one and this would be the fourth time the two teams would meet.  No game in 2008 had been decided by more than three runs, so it was no surprise to see the teams knotted in a tight game.  Boston almost tied it up in the 6th inning but came up short as the Wolfpack broke a three game losing streak to Boston on the year with a 4-3 win.  In Game two Cleveland played the Pack.  Another tight game was played with 20 strike-outs in the game between the two teams.  In the 6th inning, the Wolfpack went back to their number one pitcher John Krug.  Dan Kelly and Sherlock Washington provided the fireworks as the Wolfpack would walk off to clinch the 2008 Classic.  Boston faced off against Cleveland in game 3 to decide second place.  It was all Boston on both sides of the ball.  Cleveland players were overheard saying something to the effect of its hard to defend when its raining bombs.  But it was not all Offense as the Boston gloves stopped 12 of the 14 balls put into play.  Greg Gontaryk was named defensive MVP with 11 stops.  Sengil Inkiala was second with 9.  Dino Vasile had 7 and Cleveland's Willie Ruiz had 6.  On offense Boston's Joey Buizon earned his first ever MVP trophy scoring 5 times (5 for 9).  Dino Vasile of Boston scored 4 times while Boston's Larry Haile and Philly's Sherlock Washington each scored three times.

2007 Season (10 Wins and 9 Losses)

Just as we have said in every other year, 2007 promised to be a big year for the Renegades.  This year, the promises have become a reality.  For the first time in team history, the plan was for the Renegades to play 20 games. 

The first trip was to Chicago for the 5th consecutive year.  This year the weather was perfect for beepball.  Boston placed 3rd in the tournament of six teams, its best finish ever.  Kansas won the tournament (4-0), Chicago Comets A finished 2nd (3-1), Boston was 3rd (2-2), Chicago Comet B was 4th (1-3), Indianapolis Thunder 5th (1-3) and Cleveland Scrappers 6th (1-3).  Boston beat the Comet B team 11-4 avenging their loss in 2006.  They then lost 12-6 to the Chicago Comet A team.  They beat the Indianapolis Thunder for the first time in team history by the score of 13-7 and lost their last game on Sunday in heartbreak fashion to the Cleveland Scrappers 13-12.  Boston had worked hard on defense and it showed as this was the first tournament ever where every player who played in the field made a defensive stop.  This was the first time ever that Boston placed two players in a tournament all-star role.  Darren Black made his 4th defensive all-star team in Bolingbrook as he placed 6th in the tournament making 12 put-outs.  Luis Marquez made his first offensive all-star team as he placed second in the tournament with a .600 batting average (12-20) off pitcher, Ron Cochran.

The second trip was to the Long Island Classic for the 2nd straight year to the Mecca of Hofstra University, the college of Coach Rob Weissman.  Boston had high hopes to win this tournament but came up short taking 2nd place.  Long Island won for the second straight year (3-0), Boston took second for the second year in a row (2-1), Pennsylvania took 3rd (1-2) and Chicago Comet B team finished 4th (0-3).  Boston started off the day in a dog fight with the Comet B team but hung on to win 15-13 in game #1.  In the most anticipated game of the day, Boston lost to Long Island for the 7th straight time 10-7.  Boston finished the day beating the Pennsylvania Wolfpack 5-2.  The all-star awards kept coming as Joe Quintanilla won the Offensive MVP of the tournament with a .600 Average (9 for 15) off pitcher, Ron Cochran.  This was Joe's first ever All-star award and the Renegades second offensive award in history.

The third road trip of the year took them to Haddonfield, New Jersey to play in the first ever tournament in the Philadelphia area.  Boston would make the drive to the home of their former coach, Carolyn Tassini (who now coaches for the Wolfpack).  Boston would limp out of Haddonfield with a 3rd place finish out of 4 teams.  New comer, North Carolina Wild Cards won the round robin (3-0), Pennsylvania finished 2nd (2-1), Boston 3rd (1-2) and the Columbus Vipers finished last (0-3).  Boston played a very tough game #1 against the Wolfpack and lost 3-2.  They then defeated the Columbus Vipers for the 3rd straight time by the score of 12-2.  Still clinging to the hope of winning the tournament, they played a close game against the Wild Card but dropped it 8-4.  Boston set team records for their lowest strike-out percentage in this tournament as Ron Cochran only struck out 16% of his hitters.  Unfortunately, the deep grass, strong play of the opponent’s shortie defense and some weak hits combined for a low batting average.

The 2007 World Series was held in Rochester, Minnesota.  Boston entered the dance as the nine seed and high hopes of finishing in the top eight this year.  They were prepared to play a grueling 9 game schedule that would have them playing three games a day for three straight days.  In fact, Boston would be one of three teams in the Series forced to play 9 games.   Boston would face Indianapolis, the West Coast Dawgs and the Tyler Tigers on Day one of the dance.  They won two games for the first time ever on the first day with wins over the Indianapolis Thunder and Tyler Tigers after an ugly loss at the hands of the #1 Seeded West Coast Dawgs.  Entering the double elimination portion of the tournament they would quickly find themselves underachieving as they were eliminated on the first day losing two out of three contests in very close fashion.  After missing the chance to achieve their goal of being a top 8 seed, they reset their sights on new goals of finishing with a winning season and beating Long Island.  Despite the 11 seeded finish, Boston played some great ball.  They finished with their first ever winning record at the Series with a 5 and 4 finish.  In fact, only six teams in the dance had winning records.  Those teams were Kansas (1 seed at 7-0), Dawgs (2 seed at 7-2), Chicago (3 seed at 5-2), Bayou City (4 seed at 5-2), Colorado (5 seed at 6-3) and Boston (11 seed at 5-4).  Luis Marquez was the first ever Renegade to make the World Series offensive All-star team as hit .600 (18 for 30) placing in a tie for 4^th place.  Just as the team had predicted, 2007 would go in the books as their best season ever.

2006 Season (4 Wins and 10 Losses)

The 2006 Season was one in which the Renegades were eager to get into so they could forget 2005 and continue to improve the squad.  The pre-season focus was on recruiting as Boston needed to replace two players (Rich Flint and Eloy Vega) and four coaches (Carolyn Tassini moved to Philly and Nick Bebas and Emily Snow were planning a wedding and Dan Cotter was having a child).  The hard work paid off as Boston landed 3 new players and 1 returning star from the 2002 team.  Boston also picked up five new coaches with a new pitcher in the mix.  The plan was formed and Boston planned on playing in three tournaments for the first time.  

Their first trip to Chicago proved to be a learning experience for the new players and coaches as Boston faced a very tough schedule.  Boston played tight against the Chicago Comet B team and was shut out 8-0.  Boston then faced two of the top teams in the nation in Kansas and Chicago Comet A.  They showed some spunk in the Comet A game as they posted a tournament high 6 runs against a very good Comet defense.  They dropped the last game to the Indy Thunder and finished the tournament 0-4 in 6th place.  Kansas won the tournament followed by Comet A, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Comet B and Boston.  Boston's Darren Black was named to the All Defense team in this tournament with his 20 defensive stops in 4 games.  This was his third consecutive Bolingbrook tournament on the all-defense team.

The second trip took them to New York for the first ever Long Island Classic.  The Classic had 4 teams (Boston, Long Island, Chicago Comet B and the new Pennsylvania Wolfpack).  On a day where it did not look like the games would be played due to thunder storms, the teams crossed their fingers and came out to play.  Boston started its day getting revenge on the Chicago Comet B team winning an exciting game 6-4.  They then played their rivals, the Long Island Bombers in front of the New York media and press.  A few rain delays later in another Boston/New York back and forth game, Boston once again found themselves on the short end of the stick.  In the last game of the day, Boston squared off against the Pennsylvania Wolfpack and squeaked three runs across in the fourth inning before the rains came down and cancelled this game giving Boston their first ever winning record in a tournament.  Long Island won the Classic at 3-0, Boston was 2-1, Chicago was 1-2 and the Wolfpack were 0-3.  Darren Black won the Defensive MVP of the Classic with 18 stops in just three games in a very wet and rainy day of beepball.

The World Series was held in Strongsville, Ohio- just outside Cleveland.  The league rolled out a new format to the Series which would seed all of the 15 teams.  Boston earned a 12 seed with its poor finish in the 2005 season.  The playing fields would be like nothing Boston has ever played on.  These fields were hard as a rock and would play very fast.  This would benefit the offensive side of the game and hurt the defense.  Hurt would be a big word as many players ended up with injuries and bruises from the hard surface.  Boston opened its round Robin bracket facing the Bayou City Heat and West Coast Dawgs.  These two teams would eventually finish 3rd and 2nd respectively in the World Series.  After the first round robin, Boston entered the double elimination bracket and was eliminated after going 1-2 in this round.  The new format in the World Series forced all teams to play for a seed.  This meant Boston was placed in a Placement bracket with three other teams which went 1-2.  After Boston won a game in this bracket it earned a 10 seed.  Boston would end up playing the 5th toughest schedule in the World Series as they faced teams which finished 2,3,4,6,9,11 & 13.  The story for Boston was their offense.  Lead by the pitching of Ron Cochran, Boston set or broke many offensive team records through this tournament.  When the dust cleared Boston finished as the 10 seed.  Darren Black made it a clean sweep as he earned an all-Defensive team honor placing 6th in the World Series with his 25 put-outs.

2005 Season (3 Wins and 8 losses)

Boston was anxious to start playing the 2005 season after its Consolation bracket run in 2004.  This season was looking to be special as the squad was excited at their 2004 run and was growing as a team in all forms of the word.  Joey Buizon and Joe Quintanilla were elected Co-Captains taking the reigns from Darren Black and Kae Rasuch.  The season also gained interest from the media as a local film crew decided to follow the Renegades for the entire season to create a documentary on the Renegades way of playing beepball.

The season got started with a bang as Boston traveled to Bolingbrook to take part in an 8 team tournament.  Boston was the surprise team of the weekend as it played some of its best beepball in the history of the team.  Boston beat the Chicago Comet B team in a back and forth extra inning win in the most exciting game ever played.  Boston then spotted the Cleveland Scrappers a big lead only to fight back and lose a very close contest 15-12.  Boston would then cruise against the Chicago Bluff and lose to the #2 team in the country, Kansas All-Stars.  This placed Boston as the #4 team in the tournament.  Chicago Comet A won the weekend followed by Cleveland, Kansas, BOSTON, Columbus, Chicago Comet B, Indianapolis and the Chicago Bluff.  Darren Black recorded 17 put-outs on the weekend to earn an all-defensive team honor.  Both Sengil Inkiala (.571) and Luis Marquez (.556) fell just shy of the All-offense team.

Boston held its first ever home game in late June as the Long Island Bombers came to town on a day where the temperatures touched 100 degrees.  The 200 or so Boston fans who braved the heat were treated to an awesome display of beepball.  Despite Boston's best pitched game in history, Long Island woke up in the 5th inning to continue the Long Island curse.

The World Series was held in Houston and the heat was going to be like nothing Boston had ever played in.  In the round Robin bracket Boston lost a close game to the Austin Blackhawks 10-6.  They then played the upstart Stockton Stingrays and won 3-1 despite playing one of their worst ever offensive games.  This game was won with their defense.  Boston then faced its first ever international opponent in the Taichung County Taiwan Beepball club.  Taichung County handed Boston won of its biggest beatings in the history of the club.  This placed Boston into the Consolation bracket where they were hoping to make a repeat run like they did in 2004.  This time the competition was a notch higher as Oklahoma City bombed the home town team 18-6 and then Long Island finished off the home town boys in what the coach called a two and screw double elimination round.  A tough season faced with a higher level of competition would force the Renegades to rebuild for the 2006 season.

2004 Season (3 Wins and 9 Losses)

Boston restructured their team in the off season after an abysmal end to the 2003 season.  Coach Weissman worked very hard to add much needed structure to the team.  Boston was also looking to further develop the talent of three players who played a half of a season in Joey Buizon, Evan Silver and Jon Simeone.  They also looked forward to bringing ex Lowell stand out Luis Marquez into the line-up as well as ex-Lowell Coach Bryan Grillo back onto the field.

Boston took its second annual trip to the Bolingbrook tournament and was hoping to improve on their last place finish of the year before.  Boston started off strong losing a very tight game to the Indianapolis Thunder which gave them some much needed confidence.  After big losses to Cleveland and the Chicago Comet A team Boston was placed in the 7/8 seed game also known as the toilet bowl.  After a very sluggish start, Boston rallied back late in the game and won in extra innings defeating the Chicago Bluff.  This game was the launching pad win for the Boston franchise as it proved to the team they could compete and it emerged Steve Kasha as one of the Renegade Pitchers.  Darren Black earned his first ever all Defense team award with his 28 put-outs in 4 games.

The World Series took the NBBA to Columbus, Ohio.  Boston drew the Bayou City Heat, Kansas All-Stars and Rocky Mountain Eagles in the round Robin bracket.  Boston was routed by Bayou City and Kansas but played Rocky Mountain very tight in a close game.  They would get revenge on Rocky Mountain in the double elimination round as they would win 7-4.  Boston would then lose a close one to Long Island in a game in which the rivalry was truly started.  Boston then beat the Columbus Vipers in the semi-finals of the consolation bracket and would face Long Island for the Championship of what the NBBA calls the Barbeque Bracket.  In this game, Boston would be forced to beat Long Island twice to win the title as Long Island cruised into the game undefeated.  The game was a classic as both teams fought back from behind to take leads.  In the end, Long Island got the better of Boston and would win the Consolation Championship.  Darren Black picked up his second all-defensive team award with his 33 put-outs in 7 games.

2003 Season (1 Win and 8 Losses)