SASL History – South Asian Softball League Season 1

The South Asian Softball League

Founded in 2005

Season 1 (2005)

Season Standings

1. 17-01 – Outlaws    
2. 14-04 – Shock        
3. 08-10 – Hitmen      
4. 06-12 – Dynasty    

• A ten year old pick up game becomes a league.  
• The Najimis and Khwajas divided up relatives to form Shock and the Outlaws.  
• The HitMen were a collection of friends that Ammad got together. 
• Dynasty was a collection of Amit’s relatives and friends from college.  
• The Outlaws had the best record in the SASL that year with a record 17 game win streak during a season. 
• Shock was 2nd, HitMen 3rd, and Dynasty finished last. 
• First round of the playoffs. Hitmen beats Shock in the biggest upset in league history at the time. Dynasty then beat the Outlaws with a bigger upset downing the red hot Outlaws.
• This set the stage for a finals match up between the #3 and #4 seeds, the only time in league history that the SASL had two teams without winning records in the SASL Finals. Dynasty beat the HitMen in a best of 3.

 

Awards:

MVP: Zia Hatami (Outlaws)

MOY: Amit Bhasin (Dynasty)

Finals MVP: Amit Bhasin (Dynasty)