Greenville Clinches First Ever Playoff Birth!!!

For the first time in the history of the Greenville Oaks Church of Christ Young Married Mens' Softball Franchise, the team is going to the playoffs. Greenville took care of business on Monday night against FBC Carpenter with a score of 13 - 10. It has been an up and down Spring season for the ball club, but they fought back to win 4 of their last 5 games to finish the season 4-4 with sole possession of the fourth and final playoff spot.

"It was a great night four our team and our fans," mentioned Coach Bryan Brokaw after being pulled out of an infield celebratory pile (pictured above). "We have been met with a lot of adversity this year, but we have fought through a lot, and I credit our guys for fighting through a rough start and bringing us to where we are tonight," Brokaw added. "Those guys in that locker room are special, they are softball players, they are professionals. You can't ask for a better group, and I am just so proud of the way they played."

Brokaw clearly seemed overcome with emotion as the realization of being the youngest coach in the history of the DII Monday night Church league to take his team to the playoffs. In the early going of Monday night's contest, it looked like Greenville may have missed their opportunity.

In fact, after scoring 2 runs in the first, Greenville surrendered three runs and the lead in the bottom half of the inning. The Greenville bats looked like they might not show up as FBC Carpenter carried a 5 to 3 lead going into the top of the fourth, but Greenville batted around in the fourth and the team staked themselves to a 5 run lead. They would tack on 3 more crucial insurance runs in the last two innings, and the team held on in the final inning to win 13 to 10.

"It wasn't pretty," said the team captain and catcher Brian Edwards. "We made some mistakes in the field, but we always overcame those mistakes to get the outs."

The playoff schedule is set for next week, May 3rd. Greenville will take on the number one seed at 6:30 pm next Monday night on Field two at Ford Field. Tickets go on sale Tuesday morning at 8 am, and they are expecting tickets to sell out quickly.

Some quick end of the season awards...

Best Warning Track Power: Michael Shivers

Most Confused: Kurt Wasemiller

Best Eye at the Plate: Shane Spencer

Rookie of the Year : Tucker Pierson

Defensive Player of the Year: David Strickland

Best Base Runner: Dustin Swart

Nicest Wind Pants: Mike Mabry

Player of the Year: Tall Dr. Kellum

Best Mustache: Brian Edwards

Best Immitation Baseball Stance: Clay Platt

Healthiest Player: Cade Thompson

Best Spectator: Randy Way

Best Scholar: James Manley

Best One Hit Wonder: Shane Collins

Best Dives Without Making the Catch: John Garrett

Best Team at losing in the 9th inning: Texas Rangers

Most Well Rested: Blake Wattenburger

Best Rookie Pitcher: Grant Glover

And of Course...

Coach of the Year: Bryan Brokaw