Amity White Sharks
Franchise Timeline
April
7, 1997:
First game in franchise history.
January
1, 1998: After just one season the Hong
Kong Dragons move to Long Island and are renamed
the Amity White Sharks.
1998
Playoffs: Amity wins it's first Polanski Division
title, but they are defeated by the New
York Nukes in the ILCS in five games.
Sometime
in 1998 or 1999: Pat Hentgen throws the first
no-hit game in modern Weaver League history. The date
and opponent have been lost from the Weaver archives.
November
5, 1999: Roberto Alomar is named the MVP
of the Inferno League.
2001
Playoffs: The White Sharks
win their first Weaver Series! They sweep the
Rio de Janerio Capybaras.
November
8, 2001: Andy Pettitte wins the Inferno League
Cy Young Award.
November
9, 2001: Hank Aaron wins the Inferno League
MVP award.
2002
Playoffs: Amity is denied in their quest for back-to-back
Weaver Series titles. They are defeated in the ILCS
by the Los Angeles Riots 4 games
to 1.
2004
Playoffs: The White Sharks win the Polanski Division,
starting an impressive streak of nine division titles
in a row, but in the ILCS they are defeated by L.A.
in five games.
2005
Playoffs: Amity makes it all the way to the Weaver
Series, but they are defeated by Rio
4 games to 1.
2006
Playoffs: Another playoff appearance for the White
Sharks, but they are eliminated by the Riots
in the ILCS 4 games to 2.
June
16, 2007: Clarence Conway throws a no-hitter
against the Bombay Elephants.
2007
Playoffs: The White Sharks are one win away from
the Weaver Series, leading the Nukes
3 games to 1 in the ILCS, but New York rallies to defeat
Amity in seven games.
November
8, 2007: George Canate wins the Inferno League
Cy Young Award.
2008
Playoffs: Amity is once again defeated in the ILCS,
this time the Cozumel Mayans
defeat the White Sharks in five games.
2009
Playoffs: The White Sharks make it back to the Weaver
Series, but the Belfast Bombers
defeat Amity 4 games to 1.
2010
Playoffs: The White Sharks are swept by the Mayans
in the ILCS.
2011
Playoffs: Amity is again defeated by Cozumel
in the ILCS. The Mayans win in six games.
August
21, 2012: Clarence Conway throws a perfect
game against the Johannesburg
Steelmen. It is the second no-hit game of Conway's
career.
2012
Playoffs: For the third straight season, Cozumel
ends the White Sharks season. The Mayans sweep Amity
in the ILCS.
November
7, 2018: Ben Stuffel is named Rookie of the
Year in the Inferno League.
November
6, 2019: Mike Renteria wins the Inferno League Rookie
of the Year award, making it back-to-back Rookies of
the Year for Amity.
2021
Playoffs: Amity returns to the postseason for the
first time in a decade. They beat the New
York Nukes in the ILCS four games to two to reach
the Weaver Series, but the Cairo
Scorpions sweep them on their way to the title.
2022
Playoffs: Amity wins it's
second Weaver Series title!
In the seventh game of the ILCS they come back from
two runs down in the bottom of the ninth and beat the
New York Nukes in the bottom
of the 12th inning. They face the Long
Beach Lobsters in the Weaver Series and triumph
in six games.
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