Baseball Bundesliga 2009

Baseball Bundesliga 2009
Regular season
First north	Solingen alligators
First south	Bookbinders legionaries
Postseason
German champions	Heidenheim Heath Heads
Runner-up	Mannheim tornadoes
Final MVP	Ryan Lilly
Playing times
◄ 2008 2010 ►

German champion 2009: Heidenheim Heideköpfe

The German Baseball-Bundesliga in 2009 launched on 4 April 2009 with the kick-off double header of the Baseball Bundesliga between the Saarlouis Hornets and the Mannheim Tornados , which ended with a victory division.

The Regensburg Legionnaires went into the season as defending champions , the only climbers were the Pulheim Gophers . The German champions became the Heidenheim Heideköpfe , who prevailed 3-2 in the final on August 30, 2009 against the Mannheim Tornados and were thus able to win their first German championship .

Regular season

In both the Bundesliga North and South, only seven instead of the nominal eight teams competed, so there was no direct relegation in either of the two leagues. In the north, the Neunkirchen Nightmares rose in the preseason as the bottom of the play-downs table and the relegation pairing between the Hannover Regents against the Dohren Wild Farmers was canceled after the first game, as the Hannover Regents announced their withdrawal from the Bundesliga, but at the same time the Dohren Wild Farmers renounced the now without a fight ascent. The only newcomers are now the Pulheim Gophers , who were able to become runner-up in the 2nd Bundesliga North behind the Paderborn second team that was not eligible for promotion. In the south, the Neuchâtel Atomics went straight back to the 2nd Bundesliga after the previous year's promotion. The Gauting Indians won the relegation game against the Bad Homburg Hornets 2-0 and secured their starting place for the 2009 season. But since both the Ladenburg Romans , champions of the 2nd Bundesliga South 2008, and the potential successors of the Bad Homburg Hornets renounced promotion to the 1st Baseball Bundesliga, only seven teams competed against each other in the Bundesliga South.

Media presence

During the 2009 season, the Bundesliga clubs greatly expanded their media presence on the Internet. The focus was particularly on live tickers, some of which were implemented using specially programmed live tickers on the club's website or using Twitter . In cooperation with zaplive.tv, the Saarlouis Hornets were able to offer a live video stream and video-on-demand of their home games.

1. Bundesliga North

As in the previous year, the Solingen Alligators won the Northern Championship ahead of the Paderborn Untouchables. Furthermore, the Dortmund Wanderers were able to improve by one place to 3rd place in the final table compared to the previous year, the last play-off place went to the HSV Stealers. The Pulheim Gophers had to be content with the last place as a climber, but with only one victory behind the Cologne Cardinals and the Bonn Capitals, they still had a chance of staying up in the play-down round.

Table:

	team	G	V	Pct.	GB
1.	Solingen alligators	20th	4th	.833	0
2.	Paderborn Untouchables	18th	6th	.750	2
3.	Dortmund Wanderers	15th	9	.625	5
4th	HSV stealers	11	13	.458	9
5.	Cologne Cardinals	7th	17th	.292	13
6th	Bonn Capitals	7th	17th	.292	13
7th	Pulheim Gophers	6th	18th	.250	14th

1st Bundesliga South

In the Bundesliga South, the same four teams qualified for the play-offs as in the previous year. The Buchbinder Legionnaires only played three games against the second-placed Heidenheim Heideköpfe and twice against the Haar Disciples on the last day of the match, thus securing the championship in the south. As in the previous year, the Mannheim Tornados followed in third place. The last play-off place was decided in a three-way battle between the Mainz Athletics, the Haar Disciples and the Saarlouis Hornets. Due to the 7: 8 defeat of the Saarlouiser in a direct duel against the Athletics, they also lost the play-off place to the Mainz team, in between two surprising victories against the Buchbinder Legionnaires pushed the Haar Disciples. The Gauting Indians landed in last place of the regular season, but they were only three victories behind the 4th place.

Table:

	team	G	V	Pct.	GB
1.	Bookbinders legionaries	21st	3	.875	0
2.	Heidenheim Heath Heads	18th	6th	.750	3
3.	Mannheim tornadoes	15th	9	.625	6th
4th	Mainz Athletics	9	15th	.375	12
5.	Hair Disciples	8th	16	.333	13
6th	Saarlouis Hornets	7th	17th	.292	14th
7th	Gauting Indians	6th	18th	.250	15th

Play-downs

Play-downs North

The playdowns in the north ended in the same order as the regular season. It was clear early on that the Pulheim Gophers had to go into relegation, after all, the Cologne Cardinals were able to secure 5th place. Final table:

	team	G	V	Pct.	GB
1.	Cologne Cardinals	12	20th	.375	0
2.	Bonn Capitals	11	21st	.344	1
3.	Pulheim Gophers	9	23	.281	4th

Playdowns South

The play-downs of Bundesliga South were very balanced, four of the six double header ended in victory division, the double victory of Saarlouis Hornets Gauting against the Indians was beyond decided by no show guests.

The relegation participation of the Gauting Indians was already three game days before the end after the non-appearance in Saarlouis, the decision about 5th place was made the following week by the double victory of the Haar Disciples against the Saarlouis Hornets.

Final table:

	team	G	V	Pct.	GB
1.	Hair Disciples	13	19th	.406	0
2.	Saarlouis Hornets	11	21st	.344	2
3.	Gauting Indians	9	23	.281	4th

Play-offs

Play-offs

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	N1	Solingen alligators	12	12	10
	S4	Mainz Athletics	3	4th	0
										N1	Solingen alligators	1	5	14th	1	2
										S2	Heidenheim Heath Heads	4th	2	4th	19th	10
	N3	Dortmund Wanderers	1	0	0
	S2	Heidenheim Heath Heads	7th	12	13
																			S2	Heidenheim Heath Heads	1	5	2	15th	3
																			S3	Mannheim tornadoes	4th	0	5	3	1
	N2	Paderborn Untouchables	9	0	6th	4th
	S3	Mannheim tornadoes	10	8th	2	14th
										S3	Mannheim tornadoes	5	8th	6th	3	11
										S1	Bookbinders legionaries	6th	7th	4th	10	7th
	N4	HSV stealers	1	3	7th
	S1	Bookbinders legionaries	11	7th	9

final

In the final of the German baseball championship 2009, the Heidenheim Heideköpfe and the Mannheim Tornados faced each other from August 22, 2009 in a purely Baden-Württemberg duel . The Heidenheim Heideköpfe had the opportunity to win their first title and the Mannheim Tornados as record champions had the chance to build on previous heydays.

The Tornados won the first game 4-1 thanks to the surprising use of their pitcher Martin Dewald in Heidenheim, but the Heideköpfe were able to equalize in the final series with a 5-0 shut-out success the following day . After the 5-2 victory, the Tornados took a 2-1 lead in the series, so they only had to win one game in front of their home crowd. This did not succeed, Heidenheim scored the decisive two victories to win the championship with 15: 3 and 3: 1 on the final Sunday.

Game 1

August 22, 2009, 5:00 p.m.

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Mannheim tornadoes	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4th	8th	1
Heidenheim Heath Heads	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7th	1

WP : Martin Dewald (1-0)   LP : Markus Winkler (0-1)  

Game 2

August 23, 2009, 1:00 p.m.

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Mannheim tornadoes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Heidenheim Heath Heads	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	X	5	6th	0

WP : Dustin Bergmann (1-0)   LP : René Franke (0-1)  

Game 3

August 29, 2009, 4:30 p.m.

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Heidenheim Heath Heads	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6th	2
Mannheim tornadoes	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	5	8th	1

WP : Martin Dewald (2-0)   LP : Markus Winkler (0-2)  

Game 4

August 30, 2009, 1:00 p.m.

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Heidenheim Heath Heads	5	0	6th	0	0	0	1	3	X	15th	17th	0
Mannheim tornadoes	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	3	4th	1

WP : Dustin Bergmann (2-0)   LP : Jan Rüssel (0-1)  

HRs :   HEI - Simon Guehring 2, Johannes Schäffler

Game 5

August 30, 2009, 1:00 p.m.

team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	R.	H	E.
Heidenheim Heath Heads	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6th	3
Mannheim tornadoes	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7th	1

WP : Peter Dankerl (1-0)   LP : René Franke (0-2)  

HRs :   HEI - Simon Guehring 1, Ray Stokes

Web links

• Official website of the 1st Bundesliga baseball

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men I compete again in 2009 in the 2nd BL North . ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. As of October 7, 2008. 
2. ↑ The first climbers have been determined . As of October 7, 2008.
3. ↑ Romans forego promotion to the 1st Bundesliga . As of October 7, 2008.
4. ↑ Hornets continue in League 2 . As of March 19, 2009.
5. ↑ It tickert and twitters: . As of August 10, 2009.
6. ^ Hornets Live . ( Memento of April 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) As of August 10, 2009.
7. ↑ ^{a b} Table 1. Baseball Bundesliga 2009 . As of August 10, 2009.
8. ^ Play-downs North 2009 . As of August 23, 2009.
9. ↑ Schedule play-downs South 2009 . As of August 23, 2009.
10. ↑ Gauting not started . As of August 23, 2009.
11. ↑ Results play-offs 1st baseball Bundesliga 2009 . As of August 10, 2009.
12. ↑ Final against Heathers . ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Official match reports and box scores of the finals .