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PRE-SEASON 

Salem fans
Dyslexic Salem fans beg their GM to sign Maddux with their first draft pick.  Glander complies and Maddux becomes the OL Cy Young winner.		 Olerud Signs
In the second round, Salem GM Glander (right) signed eventual OL MVP John Olerud (left)
Neon Deion
In Litchfield, GM Phil Geisel (left) dreamed of signing his hero Deion (center) with his first pick.  But alas, Sanders was ineligible. 		Bonds Signing
...So Geisel settled instead for Barry Bonds.
Marazita & Brown
Meanwhile, in Stamford, it was love at first sight between GM Marazita (top) and Kevin Brown (bottom)		 The Brown Signing
Marazita (l) and Brown (r) at the introductory press conference.

 

REGULAR SEASON

 

Mike Fitzgerald
Mike Fitzgeral, BDBL owner?  Not quite.		 Nestle Field, New Milford
A typical day at Nestle Field in New Milford.
Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson (above, looking much like an ugly pizza delivery boy), stolen from the hapless Blazers in exchange for Jose Rosado and a six pack of cheap beer, became the first pitcher in BDBL history to pitch a no-hitter.		 The Litchfield Lightning Front Office
Due to technical difficulties in the Lightning front office, the Litchfield squad was forced to play the Division Series without half of their team.

 

POST-SEASON

 

Salem Celebrates
Salem's Doug Brocail (top), Terry Steinbach (bottom) and John Olerud (right) celebrate clinching the Benes Division title.		 Zoots Celebrate
With the Zoots clinching the Butler Division (above, Marazita celebrates with Rafael Palmeiro) and the Lightning clinching the OL wild card, the stage was set for a wild and wacky playoff series.
Geisel Wins!
On November 6, 1999, Phil Geisel does the impossible, upsetting the Los Altos Undertakers with only half a team.		 Glander drowns his sorrows.
The OLDS was less kind to Glander, who was forced to drown his sorrows with best friend Sam Adams (left) once again.
OLCS
The 1999 OLCS was a true classic.		 OLCS
Both Geisel (l) and Marazita (r) fought a tough battle.
Marazita in deep thought.
Both veteran warriors sweat it out for seven nail-biting games.		 Marazita, Geisel shake on it.
In the end, Marazita emerged victorious over Geisel, just as he had done ten years earlier.
CBL trophy
Eventually, Marazita overtook the Southern Cal Slyme in seven games in the first-ever BDBL World Series.  Above, Phil Geisel displays the trophy Marazita won three times in the '80's.		 Late Show
After the season, Marazita hit the talk show circuit.  Above, "Late Show" host David Letterman can't believe his good fortune when Marazita presents him with an autographed picture of himself.