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Indianapolis' left-hander C.C. Sabathia was untouchable all year long. And for the second consecutive season, his hard work paid off today as the Johnson League named him the Tom Seaver Award winner! C.C. has a record of 20-5 this season, with an ERA of 2.03. In 230.2 Innings he was able to strike out 211 batters. He has 5 complete games and one shutout. He's 2nd in the Johnson League in ERA and 1st in wins! Sabathia wins the award for the 2nd time in his 6-year career.

All the hard work paid off for Atlanta's Bud Smith. The southpaw was named the Tom Seaver Award winner in the Hodges League today. His ERA of 3.04 helped him to a 21-3 record this year. He struck out 226 and walked 57 in 225.1 innings. He has 3 complete games and one shutout. He's 10th in the Hodges League in ERA and 1st in wins!

For the second consecutive season, the Most Valuable Player in the Hodges League was handed to Atlanta's third baseman Troy Glaus! His season features a batting average of .303 (180 hits in 594 AB), 36 doubles, 7 triples and 47 bombs. Glaus collected 142 RBI and 138 runs as well. He finished first in the Hodges League in RBIs and first in homeruns! Glaus won the award for the 2nd time in his 9-year career.

In the Johnson League, Cincinnati's leftfielder Craig Thompson added to his trophy case by picking up the JL MVP trophy for 2007. This year, Thompson drove in 93 and scored 88 runs while batting .419 with 8 longballs. He finished first in the Johnson League in batting, and captured the Jon Matlack Award for the league's outstanding rookie earlier this week.

Alex Gordon was named the Hodges League Jon Matlack Award winner today. Brooklyn's third baseman put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 23 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! While compiling an on base percentage of .376, Alex hit .287 and slugged .537. He has collected 89 runs batted in this year.

Meanwhile, Cincinnati's Craig Thompson smiled as he was named the Johnson League Jon Matlack Award winner. His season features a batting average of .419 (269 hits in 642 AB), 12 doubles, 4 triples and 8 taters. Thompson collected 93 RBI and 88 runs as well. He finished first in the Johnson League in batting!

The Atlanta Armadillos captured their second Stengel Cup title - and third Met League baseball trophy overall - with a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Rebels on Friday.

Mired in the midst of a 6-game losing streak, the Oakland Mules are searching for ways to pull themselves out of their two month funk. While the callup of OF Corey Hart from AAA Aliquippa temporarily sparked the offense in May, 4/5 starting pitchers Livan Hernandez and Russ Ortiz have struggled with control, walking nearly 6 batters per 9 innings between the two.

Attention all Met Leaguers! Just a reminder that the MBLS Amateur Draft will be held tonight - Tuesday, April 3rd - in the MBLS Auditorium starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time, 6 p.m. Pacific.

The draft order of teams can be found here, and a full list of available players is here.

To access the MBLS Auditorium, click on the "Chat" tab at the upper right of this page, and then click on "MBLS Auditorium."

Charles Ho became the first Met Leaguer to capture Gold Medal honors in the Global Games competition on Wednesday night. Ho, the owner and manager of the Brooklyn Batmen MBLS franchise, finished the 2006-2007 Global Games season on top of the standings, leading the field by earning 1.3 million metros. MBLS commissioner and Oakland Mules owner-manager Brian Beck captured the Silver medal by winning 1.175 million metros, while Jeff Kuo - owner and manager of the Seattle Whales MBLS franchise - finished third with 825,000 metros to capture the Bronze medal. The three winners represented the top three metro earners over the 2006-07 games season.

For the first time this season, March Madness and the NCAA Tournament are coming to the Met Leagues. Met Leaguers will have a chance to compete against each other for valuable metros in the Met Leagues NCAA Pick'Em Contest. Every point earned during the competition will be worth 100 metros, while the overall winner will gain 200,000 bonus metros.

Instructions on how to join the contest will soon be mailed to all Met Leagues members. The tournament will get underway tomorrow - Thursday, April 15th - at 12:20 p.m. eastern time.

NEW YORK - Gentlemen, start your engines! That was the word out of Metropolitan Fantasy Sports Headquarters today. The Almighty Royal Council of Metropolitana - the mysterious group that oversees the Met Leagues fantasy sports world - announced in a press release that they have unanimously sanctioned a third sports league: the Metropolitan Racing Association (MRA). Met Leaguers will now get a chance to compete against one another to earn metros by choosing a team of NASCAR drivers to compete for them each week during the racing season.

Like the recently sanctioned Metropolitan Golf League, the MRA will be run entirely through the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports platform, so any Met Leaguer wishing to participate will need a Yahoo! account. Former MBLS commissioner Joe Cesarano will oversee the racing league. He confirmed on Wednesday that full details regarding the league will be provided to all interested Met Leaguers soon.

NEW YORK - Golfers and golf fans alike all across the fantasy sports world rejoiced on Wednesday when the Almighty Royal Council of Metropolitana unanimously agreed to sanction the Metropolitan Golf League (MGL). Met Leaguers will now get a chance to compete against each other on the links by picking a real-life team of PGA golfers each week.

The MGL will be run entirely through the Yahoo! Fantasy Sports platform, so any Met Leaguer wishing to participate will need a Yahoo! account. Former MBLS commissioner Joe Cesarano - who reportedly met with the Council in the fall after a round at a public golf course in suburban New York - announced that he will oversee the new league, and full details regarding membership will be emailed to everyone within the Met Leagues sports community.