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2008 World Tournament Awards
Accurate Throw
#1 - George "Parker" Parker - Columbus Capitals
#2 - Jack "Pirate Lawson - Lah-De-Dahs
#3 - Jim "Buck" McVicar - Mt. Clemens Regulars
Longest Throw
#1 - Chris "Skipper" Vandergriss - West Side Emeralds
#2 - George "Parker" Parker - Columbus Capitals
#3 - Toby "Scoops" Larkin - Saginaw Old Golds
Speed
#1 - Chris "Hollywood" Holly - Saginaw Old Golds
#2 - Justin "Duster Patten - Indianapolis Hoosiers
#3 – Shaun "Dublin" Leahy - Mt. Clemens Regulars
Finest Club Uniform (mug) Wyandotte Stars, captained by Greg “RUDY” Powell
Finest Captain (mug) Jayme Johnson of the Bay City Independents
Farthest Distance Traveled (mug) Indianapolis Hoosiers – Indianapolis, Indiana captained by Jim Walker
The Henry Chadwick Sportsmanship Award to the club who exhibited great sportsmanship both on and off the field of play during the tournament (certificate) Bonneyville Millers from Goshen, Indiana
In keeping with the tradition from the original 1867 tournament, the clubs with the fewest wins receives a bag of peanuts, this year the bag of peanuts goes to The Westside Emeralds captained by committee and the Wyandotte Stars captained by Greg “RUDY” Powell.
Reserve Champion (pitcher) Indianapolis Hoosiers ~ Indianapolis Hoosiers
Champion (pitcher): Lah-De-Dahs
2007 World Tournament Awards
Finest Club Uniform ~ Detroit B.B.C., captained by Marcus Dickson
Finest Captain ~ Jim Fisher of the Welkin B.B.C. of Port Huron
Farthest Distance Traveled ~ Indianapolis Hoosiers – Indianapolis, Indiana captained by Jim Walker
Most Accurate Thrower ~ Mike OX BOW Ossy
The Henry Chadwick Sportsmanship Award ~ West Side Emeralds captained by Randy McLemore
Reserve Champion ~ Indianapolis Hoosiers
Champion ~ Lah-De-Dahs BBC
2006 World Tournament Awards
As did the Detroit Base Ball Club, who hosted the 1867 Worlds Tournament, The Henry Ford issued awards for three categories; ‘Best Uniform’, ‘Best Captain’, and ‘Furthest Traveled’. The Henry Ford’s awards for these categories were custom pottery mugs from the Greenfield Village pottery shop. The Champion and Reserve Champions of the Tournament received a custom made pitcher also made by the artisans of the Greenfield Village Pottery Shop.
Best Uniform ~ Bay City Independents
Best Captain ~ Mike Ochs (Spiegel Grove Squires BBC)
Furthest Traveled ~ Clodbusters of Centerville, Ohio
Reserve Champion ~ Columbus Capitals BBC
Champion ~ Clodbusters BBC
Greenfield Village World Tournament Champion winners 2003 - 2008
Champion 2003 ~ Clodbusters BBC
Champion 2004 ~ Mother Nature
Champion 2005 ~ Clodbusters BBC
Champion 2006 ~ Clodbusters BBC
Champion 2007 ~ Lah-De-Dahs BBC
Champion 2007 ~ Lah-De-Dahs BBC
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