The Outsider's Guide wishes to thank all of the following people and newspapers for their help in making our coverage of the 1999 National Lacrosse League a rousing success. Without them, the game coverage here would have been only a shadow of what it was.

First, thanks to the game correspondents. These are fans who took on the extra responsibility at the games of taking notes and writing great articles. They are listed, with the game reports they wrote, in alphabetical order:

George Bruck Jr       27 Feb: Philadelphia 12, Toronto 11
                      13 Mar: Philadelphia 16, Baltimore 13
                       3 Apr: Philadelphia 10, New York 9

Todd Carrick           2 Jan: Baltimore 20, Rochester 13
                       9 Jan: Baltimore 21, Toronto 10
                      12 Feb: Baltimore 18, New York 15

Citrus                23 Jan: Baltimore 15, New York 14
                      26 Mar: New York 14, Philadelphia 13
                      10 Apr: Toronto 10, New York 9

Joseph Coyle           8 Jan: Buffalo 18, Philadelphia 17

Tom Hoffman           22 Jan: Rochester 15, Philadelphia 12
                      30 Jan: Baltimore 18, Philadelphia 17

Penny Howley           9 Jan: Syracuse 19, Philadelphia 12

Lax Fan               29 Jan: Toronto 16, Rochester 9

Spence Litmore         5 Feb: Philadelphia 13, Buffalo 11

Rocket                26 Dec: New York 12, Rochester 11

Saintsli              30 Jan: Buffalo 12, New York 11
                      28 Feb: New York 13, Syracuse 8

John Sapello          16 Apr: Toronto 13, Philadelphia 2

Smashmouth            27 Mar: New York 15, Syracuse 14

Wingnut                6 Mar: Philadelphia 15, Syracuse 6

The Outsider's Guide would also like to extend its gratitude to the following newspapers and writers, for their contributions:

Baltimore Sun:
  Steve Bradley       27 Mar: Baltimore 14, Rochester 11
  Jamison Hensley     27 Feb: Buffalo 16, Baltimore 15
  Dan Hickling        16 Jan: Baltimore 22, Buffalo 15
                       2 Apr: Toronto 16, Baltimore 15
  Staff                3 Apr: Baltimore 26, Syracuse 17
                      17 Apr: Rochester 14, Baltimore 12

Buffalo News:
  Tom Borrelli        29 Jan: Buffalo 17, Syracuse 16
                       6 Mar: New York 13, Buffalo 12
                      20 Mar: Rochester 17, Buffalo 11
                      27 Mar: Toronto 13, Buffalo 12

Canadian Press:
  Neil Stevens        26 Feb: Toronto 13, New York 9
                      26 Mar: Toronto 19, Syracuse 12

National Lacrose League:
  Staff               13 Mar: Rochester 20, New York 15

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle:
  Sal Maiorana        23 Jan: Rochester 20, Syracuse 13
                       6 Feb: Rochester 11, Toronto 10
                      20 Feb: ASG: Canada 25, USA 24
                       3 Apr: Rochester 14, Buffalo 13
                      10 Apr: Rochester 10, Philadelphia 9

Syracuse Post-Standard:
  Dave Rahme           5 Feb: Syracuse 15, Baltimore 14
                      26 Feb: Rochester 17, Syracuse 15
                      13 Mar: Toronto 19, Syracuse 12
                      27 Mar: New York 15, Syracuse 14
                      10 Apr: Syracuse 14, Buffalo 11

Toronto Sun:
  Perry Lefko         23 Apr: Toronto 13, Rochester 10
  Tony Maraschiello   22 Jan: Toronto 11, Buffalo 10

A debt of gratitude is also owed to several people who did not write any game summaries but who contributed frequent assistance without which most game summaries would never have been complete. By adding their own comments to other people's articles, helping write lead paragraphs, providing stats, or just pointing out the little things that improve the quality of this site, they have helped in ways which have gone largely unrecognized. This special set of thanks goes to: Bandit, Baggy Baggataway, Brent Clark, Bob Cochrane, Glen Dundas, eSs88, GoKHawksGo, Harbinger of Doom, Brian Hoffman, Jim in Rochester, Tom Lener, Doug Marcus, Roy, and wlaAnalyst.

I also have been privileged to reproduce the spectacular photography of Outsider's Guide Director of Photography Fabio Gump. His photos have colored many pages here, and have been the subject of four montages: Philadelphia Wings home games against the Buffalo Bandits on 9 January, the Toronto Rock on 27 February, the Syracuse Smash on 6 March, and the New York Saints on 3 April.

Of course, none of this hard work would have meant nearly as much the loyal support of the Outsider's Guide's visitors. Without you (and you averaged around eighty per day during the season), the Outsider's Guide would never have become a vastly popular online source for NLL news and information. Its success far outpaces my expectations last July, when this site was created -- and I can only credit the fans for this. It is for you that I have the greatest appreciation and thanks.

R.A. Philly