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TIME-LINE HISTORY OF THE ENGLEWOOD MARAUDERS
FRANCHISE IN The North Jersey MABL

1992 - Entered the league during expansion year as the White Sox of the MSBL (Over 30 League).

1993 - Won league title versus the Royals behind the leadership of Glenn Miller and Larry Weckstein. This would be the first of three consecutive titles won by this regime.  What is amazing about this accomplishment is that it was done in only the team's second year of existence!

1994 - Won second league title versus the Royals behind the leadership of Glenn Miller and Larry Weckstein with Weckstein driving home Miller for game winning RBI for second consecutive year. League changes age format from 30+Over to 25+Over.

1995 - Won league title versus the Mariners for the third of three consecutive titles. This three-peat is still currently the longest dynasty in the 13 year history of the league. League changes age format from 25+Over to 18+Over.

1996 - League breathes a sigh of relief as the dynasty of the White Sox has come to an end. One of the NJ-MABL charter franchises, the Indians win their first title behind former N.Y. Giants Offensive Guard (football), Doug Van Horn and pitcher (future league commissioner) Mitch Miles.

1997 - A return to glory for the White Sox happens as the championship series is reached. Despite stellar pitching from ace Dave Hill and excellent leadership from league MVP catcher Joe McCoy and manager Pat Biondi, the Sox lose in a grueling three-game series with the Essex County Bisons led by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates' farmhand Wayne Masters.

1998 - Hard times fall upon the White Sox as an anticipated run at the league title is thwarted by numerous rain-outs, roster changes, injuries and even managerial instability as Pat Biondi leaves team for personal reasons. Team is taken over by former Emerson Marlins' 1B/DH MiAngelo Moore and finishes with dismal record of 3-11-1 as team finishes 5 points out of the last playoff spot. Moore's managerial record is an unspectacular 3-9-1 at season's end. Is there any help out there for the league's "model" franchise?

This year also marks the first year of the affiliate team system and the Sox's Continental League affiliate led by manager Sal Nicosia loses in championship round to the Ridgefield Park Red Dogs. The Red Dogs make the move from the Continental League to the Lou Gehrig League while the Sox add more to the roster and form a Mel Ott League squad to complement the Continental League squad headed by Mark Provazano.

1999 - With the very real threat of the franchise disbanding, the roster is overhauled entirely with only five holdovers from the 1998 team (P-Dave Hill, OF-Justin Parris, P/C-Peter Biegel, P-Eric Mark and 1B/Mgr.-MiAngelo Moore) and a new core is formed. Franchise officially changes its name to the "Marauders" and begins a new chapter in Englewood with enthusiastic and talented players to define and complement the new logo, new uniform and most importantly, new identity.

With this new identity, the franchise does very well by finishing second in the National League with an 11-9 record and clinches its first playoff berth in two years.  The Marauders win an extra-inning nail-biter in the first round of the playoffs against its geographic rival Ridgefield Park Red Dogs and bow out to the eventual league champion East Rutherford Yankees in the semi-final round.

2000 - The Marauders finish the regular season at 14-6, capturing the American League playoff championship along their second consecutive playoff berth.  During the regular season, the Marauders won a franchise-record 11 game win streak during the regular season.  This momentum carried into the playoffs where Sean Strong lifted the Marauders to the Finals with his two-out, two run extra-inning walk-off home run.  Unfortunately, the Marauders were stopped cold by the Fairfield Marlins, who are considered the greatest team in NJ-MABL history in many circles.

2001 - The Marauders, fresh off of a NJ-MABL Finals appearance suffer the annual "Runner-Up Blahs".  Although on paper, the team looked stronger on paper with the acquisition of Hall-Of-Famer Jason Leyner, the defending Cy-Young Award winner Anthony Simone and Joe DeLanzo from the Metro Park Mustangs, the team takes a major step backwards and finishes the regular season at 7-13.  The Men In Black who backed into the playoff tournament thanks to the Ridgefield Park Red Dogs folding their team, take ample advantage of the opportunity and knock off the Parsippany Brewers with a classic 10th inning HR by Justin Parris off of Mike MacManus deep into the night sky.

The Men In Black then would go on to lose respectably to the eventual champion Fairfield Marlins again in the Semi-Finals by a score of 9-1, with the Marauders holding a 1-0 lead over 5 1/2 innings and ended up learning a lot about itself in the process.

2002 -  The Marauders look to rebound from last year's disappointing regular season campaign by picking up some talented rookie and veteran players and will try to return to the NJ-MABL Finals and win it this time around.

Current Standing:

North Jersey MABL Lou Gehrig League

Won 7, Lost 13, Tied 0 = 14 Points, 2nd Place, 6th overall
(Playoff Spot Clinched)

1-1 in Playoffs.