HAMMER OF THE GODS TOURNAMENT IN SUNNYVALE, CA 1/28/01
Laurence and Brandon square off during a non-playoff game.
Anna waits her turn.
Dennis kisses the cup.
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| LW gets top seed and First Round Bye | |
| Without the 4th player in 2001's Hammer of the Gods Tournament, a round robin round between the 3 players determined the seedings and most importantly, the first-round bye. Best record in the round robin gets the top-seed and the first round bye.
Laurence Withschi easily dominated the pre-playoff competition. Winning 13 out of 19 games for a whopping .684 Winning Pct. LW heads into the final rounds for the second year in a row in confident stride. Here are the following records and seedings:
LW went on a tear winning 7-in-a-row, including 4 extra inning games during that stretch. In head-to-head matchups, LW beat BW 7 out of 9 times and beat DK 6 out of 10 times. |
 LW wins 7-in-a-row, on his way to a 13-6 round-robin round. |
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DK sweeps BW 3-0 | Dennis Kim runs away with the semifinal round in a sweep of Brandon Wright, 3-love.
In a California vs. NY matchup, DK outscored BW 12-4 in 3 games. DK's pitching presented problems to BW's usually trusty bats. A combined 3-game ERA of 1.33 helped to propel DK into the final round for the second year in a row. Despite hitting 3 home runs in Game 2, BW was still not able to overcome a 5-3 vitory by Dennis. |
 With a sour look on his face, LW hands over the Cup to the new champion. |
DK defeats LW in Finals 4-1 |
| In an eagerly anticipated rematch of 2000's Hammer of the Gods Finals, Dennis Kim this time prevails. DK tosses a shut-out in Game 4 to put him up 3-1 in the best of seven series. A combined ERA of 1.80 over 5 games diminshed the power hitting sytle of LW. |
