Phoenix World Series, 2025:

The Des Moines Bruins won the 45+ Cactus Division Championship on Saturday, November 8 with a 12-8 victory over the Baseball BBQ Forkballers based out of Philadelphia, PA.  The team finished 4-2 in pool play.  The Bruins rallied to win their quarterfinal game over the Sacramento Sox, 8-5, after falling behind 5-1 as late as the 6th inning.  The Bruins defeated the defending champions "The Tribe" 13-6 in the semifinal.

Team members included:

Current MIBL members:  David Case, Phil DeVan, Gary Frank, John Linden (Mgr), Sean Murphy, Brian Reese, Rocky Reeves, Jon Resler, Brian Schueller
Former MIBL members:  Guy Koenig (TX), Jon Merrigan (SD), Randy Vernon (AZ)
Other teammates:  Rufus Bennett (Dubuque), Brad Boeckenstedt (Bellevue), Jeremiah Clark (OK), Joe Denney (CA), Tim Felderman (Dubuque), Larry Fournier (OK), Scott Goodman (CA), Steve Healy (CA), Michael Johnson (CA), Troy Koenig (MN), Bob Lord (CA), Rob Miller (CA), David Scaringe (NV)

 
Others participating:

Tim Kirgan & Tom Steffes with the Rochester Redwings (55+).  Rochester went 5-1 in pool play & lost the championship game by a score of 1-0 to the Milwaukee Rangers.

Joe Bauman, Gary Frank, Tim Kirgan, Pat Scholer & Bobby Williams with the Sonoma County Cardinals (60+).