Forty-Fives win their 7th No-Glove Nationals

FOREST PARK, IL - The Forty-Fives won all of their five games on Sunday to come back from the consolation bracket and win the 2009 No-Glove Nationals. The Forty-Fives started off on Saturday by beating the Slammer and Roadrunners before being sent to the consolation bracket by losing to Jynx 4-2. They came back on Sunday and beat Avalanche, Flashback and Windy City before beating Jynx twice in a row.

Jynx made its way through the winners bracket by beating Wallace, Crush, Flashback, Forty-Fives and Windy City, but fell short to the Forty-Fives twice late Sunday night.

Windy City finished in 3rd, Flashback in 4th, Mudville and Avalanche tied for 5th and Roadrunners and Monster tied for 7th.

The tournament MVP was Mark Holstein of the Forty-Fives. For post game comments, click here for an interview of Jimmy Matlock of the Forty-Fives by George Bliss.