In a well played, fun, and close championship series, the Roslyn Liberties capped off their wonderful season with their "lucky" 13th victory in the final championship game against the Roslyn Braves.

The Liberties went from last place in 2001 to first place in 2002 while being coached by Peter Blauzvern and assistant coaches Randi Chase and Steve Levine.

The Braves, coached by David Seinfeld and assisted by Brad Hirsh, took a one run lead in the first inning with a single and stolen base by Joey Seinfeld. When the Liberties came to bat in the first inning, Matt Gold got things started with a single and Justin Shapiro was walked to first. The Braves shut the Liberties down with great defensive play. No runs were scored.

In the second inning, David Chase pitched great and a super play by Jeffrey Baxt and Michael Bogart closed out the inning.

In the third inning, with a double by Michael Cott, a walk for Matt Gold, and an extremely powerful RBI single by Adam Blauzvern, the Liberties tied the game 1-1. The Liberties scored once more in the fourth with a walk for Alex Ribner and a single for both Michael Bogart and Cory Kutcher. This gave the Liberties a 2-1 lead.

The Liberties scored again in the fifth with Adam Blauzvern crossing the plate after stealing second base, a walk to David Chase, single to Jake Prigoff, and a walk for Alex Ribner.

The Braves scored one in the fifth inning to bring the score to 3-2.

In the sixth inning, the Liberties added an insurance run. In a double steal called by incredibly gutsy third base coach, Randi Chase, Adam Blauzvern stole second and Michael Cott stole home plate. The score became 4-2 for the Liberties. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Alex Ribner pitched beautifully to clinch the championship.

The Liberties' awesome pitching by David Chase and Alex Ribner shut down the Braves' potent offense. As well, the Liberties exhibited great defensive play by Adam Blauzvern, Matt Gold, Justin Shapiro, Jake Prigoff, Jeff Baxt, Cory Kutcher, Michael Bogart and Michael Cott. Acting first base coach, Corey Levine, who was out of the lineup due to a fractured finger, added to the recipe of success by encouraging his teammates to excellence.

Both teams displayed sportsmanship, talent and friendship. They were stellar examples of how baseball should be played. All in all, it was a magical season for the Liberties.