After over 19 years on this site and running theme leagues that were never strong on building teams that would make it far in a T.O.C., I finally made it to the T.O.C. Finals - and won it in six games! I'm totally beside myself - never saw it coming. To top it all off, it was in a $150M league and it was a team I had in Round One of this tournament. Who would have ever guessed that the 1971-1996 Cardinals would be good enough to win a $150M T.O.C.? John Tudor was the only "sure thing" as far as pitchers go - and he wasn't even my best pitcher in the tournament. Of all people, 1989 Jose DeLeon was a stud, beating even the old-time, deadball-era pitchers. Also in the tournament, Vince Coleman was the hitting star as well as swiping 22 bases.

Not looking for pats on the back or attaboys - just felt like I had to get this off my chest and brag a bit (since I'm sure I'll never experience a T.O.C. win again).

That's awesome - Congrats!

Congrats Juice; Use the credits well!

Well done!

Thanks guys.

Way to go Juice! Hopefully this means you will reconsider this being your last go round. We can only hope.

Congrats Juice. I usually bow out in the first round.

Congrats Juice and cool that it came out of this tourney.

Thanks again all. I've got an idea or two going through my mind right now as far as the credits but nothing solid yet.

Nice! Congrats! I find that it's often the teams you don't expect to do well who advance in the TOC.

Juice, congrats and a tip of the hat from someone with a laughable .410 winning percentage in his 27 TOC appearances.

Thanks again. I kinda feel like someone said, "Hey, let's give this poor sap a break - since 2004, he's never even came close to sniffing a T.O.C. win - let's blow his mind for once..."

Congrats, juice! I have just one TOC title in 86 appearances. I definitely know the pain of those things.

That's awesome - bravo :)

Well done juice!