In a short 8-game season, a division title takes guts, determination, team chemistry, and luck. One loss may mean a divisional playoff at the season's end. Add a tie and the odds go quickly downhill. Two losses, a 6-2 record, a .750 winning percentage, typically means watching the playoffs from the bleachers.

In the summer of 1990, the Beat came just one playoff game away from their first title. Sporting an exciting 7-1 record, the team's only loss came in a 12-11 heartbreaker against the Good, Bad, & Ugly. This loss forced a divisional playoff against arch rivals The Van Ness Monsters. Two weeks prior, the Beat had overcome the Monsters 8-6; the Monsters' only loss forcing the playoff game. Experience won out in the end, and the Monsters walked away with a 5-4 victory and division title when Beat manager Jim Harvey's brother Dennis crossed the plate.

In the Beat's first 13 years the team won only 4 division titles; each time moving up to a more competitive level and working to become competitive again. The move up to C league was a difficult one for the team and it took 6 long years before they won a division. But beginning in the summer of 2001, the Beat finally made their move to the upper echelon of C-League and has since won 6 division titles. 

Summer 2005 Divisional Championship – The Beat finished 2005 with another exciting 13-3 year and a 7-1 division championship in the summer for their first trip back to the playoffs since June 2004. Following a disappointing run in the July SWC tournament, they roared out and took control of the division early, beating division runner up SF Ballers 8-4 in game 4, and sprinted out to a 6-0 record doing it with hitting, pitching, and defense.

Unfortunately, the Beat season came to a crashing halt on a balmy October 13 night at Moscone. Nemesis Flor de Cana, the C-6 champions from the other Saturday division, came out swinging and swamped the Boys in Gray out of the playoffs in the their 3rd straight 1st round loss since Spring 2003 and 4th consecutive postseason loss overall. The loss dropped the Beat record to 2-6 in the C League playoffs. In spite of that, The Beat picked up its 6th division trophy in the past 9 seasons dating to Summer 2001.

4-PEAT!!! Spring 2004 Divisional Championship – In 2004, the Beat was handed the toughest division they'd ever seen; a 5 team division with two games each against the 2003 Spring City Champions, Joey J's (now the SF Slammers) and the 2003 Summer City Champs, Ronin. This was the test the team had been waiting for and they were up to the challenge. Excelling on both sides of the ball, the team rolled through the first seven games manhandling Joey J's while posting a close victory over Ronin. With the division won and a comfortable 12-3 lead against Ronin in the season finale, Ronin scratched back for a surprise 14-12 victory. Still, the team posted a respectible 7-1 record outscoring opponents 119-63.

Boasting a 29-4 record over a 2-year span, the Beat was going to the playoffs with it's fourth consecutive division title and unfinished business at hand. The first round opponent was the other Saturday division winner and long-time rival Il Pirata (formerly Connecticut Yankee, DOA, Doom, 23rd Hour...). The Beat put a few runs on the board but uncharacteristically offered up 8 unearned runs. The Beat battled back late in the game but once again walked off losers in the playoffs dropping their first and only post-season game of 2004 14-12.

3-PEAT!!! Summer 2003 Divisional Championship – In the summer of 2003, the team rolled to a 6-2 record and the team's third consecutive division title while again holding opponents to under 10 runs in all 6 wins. But this time the bats were on fire as the Beat rolled off an all time team high of 120 runs in just 8 games, scoring 19 or more runs in half the games. The team was heading back to the playoffs for the third time in 12 months.

When the team stepped foot on Moscone 2 for the first round playoff game against the Olympic Club Greys, victory was in the air. The team mustered a nice rally in the first and took the field with what they thought was a comfortable lead. However the Beat bats went silent in the second and the team would never score another run falling to their worst defeat in the playoffs since the early '90s; a 21-6 mercy-rule loss. Now the team had to wait through a long winter before taking another shot at the gold.

Spring 2003 Divisional Championship/City Championship Runner Up – The team opened the 2003 season flat and handed upstart Ronin the first game by uncharacteristically throwing the ball away. However this seemed to be a wakeup call to the team that it wasn't going to be a cake walk. The team defense tightened up and starting pitcher Kevin 'Special K' Austin seemed to come of age as the Beat held opponents to barely 6 runs per game and never gave up more than 9 runs after the opening loss. By game 4, the Beat offense finally got hot and the close matches turned to blowouts. By the time the dust settled, the Beat finished the spring season 7-1 outscoring opponents 103-54.

The Beat drew a first round bye in the playoffs but came into the second round like gangbusters blindsiding the established hitters 30-11 in the most lopsided playoff game in team history. The 30 runs scored was also a team record for most runs scored in a game. The beat was ready to take on the other Saturday division winner, Joey J's in the SF City C League championship. Joey's jumped out of the gate forcing the Beat to play catch-up from the start. Even with the assistance 10 walks on the part of Joey's pitcher, the Beat couldn't quite keep the pace losing 18-15, just 3 runs shy of winning the team's first city championship.

Summer 2002 Divisional Championship – Heading into the summer of 2002, the team lost 3 veteran players including the last 2 Brass Beat winners. Still, confidence was high following two mid-season tournaments that brought the team together following a disappointing 3-5 spring season. That spiral came right on the heals of the team's 2001 C-League division Championship and first overall in six years.

The summer season started with a couple close wins, but with each game the team seemed to gel a little more finishing the season with a 26-8 drubbing of Nine Inch Snails. With the exception of 2 close wins over the Other Guys, the Beat rolled through the division undefeated outscoring opposing teams 114-59 and finishing an inconceivable 5 games over every other team in the short 8 game season. This was only the team's second undefeated season in over 15 years, and this time it was in C League against much tougher competition.

The team was elated to see they would be playing 23rd Hour, the other Saturday division winner, in the first round of the playoffs. For the first time in 5 attempts, the Beat pulled off a victory in the playoffs--a 1-run come-from-behind thriller taking the team to the C-League semi-finals. The next game was a see-saw battle. The Beat made a valiant come-from-behind effort to take a 1-run lead in the 7th only to lose by 1 in the bottom of the frame to the team that would ultimately become the C-League champs. It was a bitter defeat, but the Beat left with the realization that they came within 1 run of the City C-League Championship game and very possibly a league championship.

Summer 2001 Divisional Championship – Following a 3-game sweep of the SWC tournament in July, the team jumped out to a 5-0-1 start before losing the last 2 of the season. But those 5 wins were enough to bring home the gold–the team's first 'C' League trophy! The pivotal game was a rematch against the second-place Other Guys, the team responsible for the tie in game 2 of the season. This game was a monumental pitcher's dual ending in a 5-2 Beat victory and all but sealing the division as the OGs went on to lose their last 4 games. Similar to the '95 championship, the Beat overwhelmed the competition outscoring them 101-58.

The team reached a level never before experienced. Unlike the prior championships that proved dominance of their division, this time it was done at the highest level of Saturday play. There was one other 'C' League division champion on Saturdays, Joey J's, and the teams never had the opportunity to play for bragging rights. But something tells me this team will be back in the  winner's circle soon.

Summer 1995 Divisional Championship – This time the Beat was ready for 'DD' and played respectable .500 ball for the next two seasons. In the summer of 1995 the chemistry came together and the Beat walked away with their third title taking no prisoners along the way. Though the team's 8-0 record did include one win by forfeit, a 16-13 loss by the Consumers was the closest any team would come to this dynamo. The Beat boasted an all-time high .527 batting average for the season and outscored opponents 106-54.

– The Beat would quickly prove that they no longer belonged in the lower league by sneaking away with their second division title in their first season back. The team started strong at 6-0-1 but fell flat in the final game of the season for their only loss. Suddenly, the division was out of their hands and rested with the 6-1 Chameleons whose only loss came at the hands of the boys in gray. The Chameleons faced the Beat's future sparring partners Silver Streak who put a 7-1 pounding on the lizards opening the backdoor to the Beat's second title. (photo not available)

Summer 1991 Divisional Championship – Just one short year later, the team finally made good on their commitment to take home their first trophy. In a tough 10-team division, the Beat walked away with an undefeated 8-0-2 mark, but those two ties forced yet another divisional playoff game, this time against the 9-1 Fringe Players. Again, two weeks prior, the Beat had knocked off their playoff opponents, but this time it was a sound 19-2 thrashing of the undefeated Players. And this year, with an exciting 4-run sixth inning, the Beat pulled away earning their first 'D' league division trophy with a close 6-4 victory.