Season Recap

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The 2015 Roger Dorn Baseball League season quickly became a showdown of two East Bay Division foes as the Cloverdale Clovers and Mt. Diablo Devils battled throughout the summer for the League Title.  The season saw a flurry of trade activity as 2015 marked the third season since the league inception, resulting in the majority of the star power facing expiring contracts leading to a summer arms race.

While the Danville Aristocrats and San Mateo Short Stacks attempted to keep pace, by mid-July the Devils and Clovers had distanced themselves in a final 10 weeks as the clubs took turns making monster deals.  

For every Clovers upgrade, the Devils had another bigger and more impactful deal to follow.  The two clubs traded blows until the Devils planted the knockout punch.  Just days after the Clovers announcing the addition of Buster Posey, Jake Arrieta and Brandon Belt, the Devils countered with Todd Frazier, Anthony Rizzo and starter Matt Harvey from the Lunatic Fringe while also adding Manny Machado, Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Troy Tulowitzki and Victor Martinez from the Danville Aristocrats in what felt like overkill to the competition.

With pre-season acquisition Bryce Harper leading the way and receiving the RDBL Hitter of the Year honors, the Devils pulled away in the final weeks en route to a RDBL Record 9,388 points and their first RDBL Championship in Franchise History.

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