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Westheim · 01-20-2013, 05:59 PM

For the first time I’m wearing my Raccoons 1983 Continental League Champions shirt (with #15 Daniel Hall on the back) while playing today. It’s 1984 and I could not feel less a champion.

This one went unnoticed (tears in my eyes, maybe) before: DAL 1B Gabriel Cruz has broken Don Sullivan’s single season home run record already a week ago. He has 32 dingers with 16 to play for the Stars.

Raccoons (68-78) vs. Falcons (74-72)

Charles Young against the Falcons’ Billy Robinson was a mismatch, no matter how bad Robinson was on a certain day. You could be sure Young was worse. And at first he seemed to deliver, starting the first game with a double and a hit batsman. Two popouts to Dadswell helped a great deal in survining the first inning. Mark Dawson’s solo shot made it 1-0 Coons in the second, after which Young and Robinson both were dialed in. Things went sour in the seventh with a leadoff double by Teo Colón, who came in to score on a 1-out single to tie the game, and then came up again in a rough eighth to drive in two. That was it, another pathetic loss, 3-1 Falcons, on four hits by the non-batting batters.

Game 2: Steve Walker, who played third instead of Green, left early with a sore back and this got Green right back in. A leadoff walk by Carlos Gonzalez (in Powell’s spot) became the first run in the fifth. The Coons did nothing. Dawson homered with the bases empty in the bottom 7th to tie the game, which was only the Coons’ second hit of the game. The score remained 1-1 into the bottom 9th, where Daniel Hall doubled to left to start the inning. Come on, boys! Bring him in! They made three poor outs (around an intentional walk to Sanchez) to prolong the misery. It was miserable, through 11 frames, both teams had five hits each. The Coons got another chance in the bottom 12th. Sanchez reached on an error to lead off, then advanced on a wild pitch by Dave Myers. An infield hit by Vic Castillo put the winning run 90 feet from home with nobody out. Davis Rigsby came off the bench to hit in the #9 spot and singled to right – WALK OFF!! 2-1 Coons. Castillo 2-5;

Walker was DTD for three days and Green took back third.

A 2-run homer by Antonio Esquivel got Kisho Saito behind in the fourth inning of the rubber game, but the Coons came right back, although mostly fueled by walks given away by erratic Du Tong. 2-2 after four, Workman homered in the fifth to make it 3-2. The Falcons put two runners in scoring position with nobody out in the seventh, but Saito continued without giving up a run in the inning! He then put the leadoff batter on in the eighth and was removed for Wally Gaston, but Wally could not get anybody out by now. He gave up a home run to Irwin Webster. Game over. 5-3 Falcons. Workman 2-4, HR, RBI;

Raccoons (69-80) vs. Bayhawks (70-79)

The Coons did not get a hit until Matt Workman singled to start the fourth in game 1. Without two wild pitches the Furballs wouldn’t have gotten him in in that inning, either. This created a 1-1 tie which persisted past Logan Evans’ exit after 6.1 innings. Sam Dadswell got the Coons ahead with a 2-out solo shot in the eighth, only their fourth hit of the day. Matt Workman sent another one OUTTA here, and Daniel Hall went into deep rightfield, but RF Antonio Torres caught the ball – shortly, then dropped it, unable to set his feet after a stumble against the wall. Hall was given a double, but Dawson didn’t get him in. West pitched a good ninth with one hit for the Falcons. 3-1 Coons. Workman 3-4, HR, 2B, RBI; Hall 2-4, 2B; the only other hit they had was Dadswell’s shot.

The heavily left-handed lineup against RHP was discontinued after this game. Gonzalez, Weber and our other left-handers (or switch-hitters) were just too awful, except for the 1-2-3 leadoff punch of Thompson, Dadswell, and Workman. Castillo and Lucero were in.

Daniel Hall came up with two on in the first inning and grounded to short for an out, but scored Thompson from first for the go-ahead run. Hall came up again with two on in the third, and this time NAILED the ball, OUTTA HERE!! So far, he had provided all the bash in a 4-0 lead, but Dawson and Green combined for another run in the third. Vicente Ruíz had been flawless that far, but the Bayhawks scored three runs on two long balls in the top 4th. Things melted away already, and when Hall came up again with two on in the fourth, he didn’t get anyone in. Still 5-3, but an error by Thompson in the top 5th was followed by two 1-out walks by Ruíz, who was then yanked. Neubauer had to face slugger Ricardo Gonzalez, who vaulted Neubauer’s first pitch to center for a sac fly. Jason White struck out Tom Taylor to end the misery. Todd Raines allowed a leadoff single in the seventh and there were two on and two out with Cunningham facing lefty Gonzalez again. Full count, swinging strike, everybody exhale. But to no avail. Rookie Charlie Williams homered off Cunningham in the eighth to tie the game. Coons fans hanged their heads already, but the team crawled back thanks to an error by star SS Claudio Rojas on a perfect double play grounder. Instead, Lucero and Sanchez were safe and moved over by Thompson. Dadswell brought them both in. West closed it, 7-5 Coons. Dadswell 2-5, 2 RBI; Workman 2-5; Hall 2-5, HR, 4 RBI; Green 2-4, 2B, RBI;

Young faced Harvey Hardin in the last game, with people placing bets on the teams combining for 17 runs or more. Young accordingly fell 3-0 behind in the first. Hall came up with two on and launched an ENORMOUS home run to left to tie it with one out in the bottom 1st. Young went on to get four straight K’s and the game was still 3-3 in the bottom 4th with runners on the corners and one out. Although Cam Green was on third and not renowned for speed, we called a suicide squeeze with Young to bunt – but Green was thrown out by a hair. However: the inning was not over. Thompson walked and Castillo had an infield single, JUST safe at first, to get the Coons ahead. Castillo again came up with the bags full, but struck out, in the sixth, followed by a K to Workman to end the inning. Promptly, Young and David Jones were ravaged in the seventh, with Green making a costly error to escalate things, 5-4 SF. Bottom 9th. An error by SS Jose Diaz got Castillo on to lead off, then Workman had an infield single on a hit and run. Hall up, people rising to their feet, 2-1 pitch to him AND A DOUBLE INTO LEFT!! Unfortunately, Workman was a slow runner and held at third, but the game was tied. Dawson was walked intentionally, bases loaded, nobody out. And Cam Green struck out. Next, Lucero, who grounded to short, and Workman was thrown out at home. The bases remained loaded with two down for Dadswell. He jabbed at a breaking ball and rolled it along the left foul line. Daniel Hall sprinted past Tom Taylor, who in vain tried to tag him, and blazed across home plate to walk them off!!! 6-5 Coons. Castillo 3-5, RBI; Hall 2-4, BB, HR, 2B, 4 RBI; Green 2-4, 2B; Lucero 2-5; Dadswell 1-2, RBI; Wally Gaston got his ninth win in relief in this game!

This was their first sweep since dumping the Wolves five weeks ago. The sweep also put the Coons’ all-time record against the Bayhawks to 30-42, getting over .400 for the first time ever. That one had started out a sub-par 0-9 in 1977.

Daniel Hall was suddenly red hot and tied Wayne Baxter for the home run lead in the CL with 24.

This was the finale of the season, as far as the home crowd was concerned. The Coons would play their last ten games on the road.

Raccoons (72-80) @ Indians (83-69)

The series opener took place in awfully wet conditions. Carlos Gonzalez made a good start, but was limited to five innings by a rain delay. At that point the Coons led 5-0, scoring in four consecutive innings. The pen pieced together mostly strong innings en route to shut out Indianapolis. Daniel Hall left the bases loaded in the ninth, but had driven one in earlier, so no hard feelings in a 5-0 win. Thompson 2-5; Dadswell 2-5, HR, RBI; Workman 2-4; Green 2-4, RBI; C. Gonzalez 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, WIN (3);

Kisho Saito still had a chance to win 20, but had to convert both of his last two starts to get there. The Indians threw an all-righty lineup against him, plus Alex Miranda, who was always worth an educated guess as to his performance in his next start. Daniel Hall drove in two to help Saito’s cause in the third inning, and was only a few feet shy of a grand slam in that double to the right corner. Miranda did not pitch too well, but despite allowing 14 runners in seven innings, the Coons scored only one more run against him, and Winston Thompson had to mow down the catcher for that one. Saito pitched seven shutout innings of 3-hit ball before being lifted for a pinch hitter, Edgardo Gonzalez, who sacrificed for a run, 4-0. Wally pitched an uneasy eighth, then walked two in the ninth. Cunningham cleaned up for a save, 4-0 Coons! Thompson 2-4, BB; Dadswell 3-5, 2B; Workman 2-4, RBI; Hall 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Castillo 2-4; Saito 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, WIN (19); I don’t normally put up players that went 1-4, but Hall’s hit was a big one and he could become POTW.

Our 5-game streak was on the line with Jesse Carver taking the mound against Logan Evans. The Indians also faced elimination in the playoff race (which was not much of a race) in this game.

Carver tossed the ball four times, then was hurt and exited. That was the beginning of the end for the Indians. The Coons scored two in the first, Hall hit a solo jack in the third, and debutee Armando Rios walked in two in the fourth. Meanwhile, Logan Evans had a no-hitter intact through five innings – when the skies opened for the third straight day. A 1-hour delay foiled Evans’ bid for glory. The no-hitter held up into the eighth, when Esteban Hernandez homered off Rich Cunningham. The Coons would have been the first team with two no-hitters to their credit, but it wasn’t meant to be. They still completed the sweep with a 6-1 win! Dadswell 2-5, HR, RBI; Workman 2-4; Hall 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; Lucero 2-4; Evans 5.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, WIN (6);

In other news

September 16 – LAP 2B Carl Foster (.300, 1 HR, 48 RBI) is the first player this season to bring a hitting streak to 20 games.
September 18 – Bad news for Tijuana: Ace SP Pedro Castro (16-11, 2.91 ERA) is out for the season with a biceps injury, and their long time infielder Ryan McNeal retires at age 28 because of a torn labrum. He had 481 career hits, with 21 HR and 181 RBI.
September 18 – Carl Foster is locked out by the Miners and his hitting streak ends at 21 games.
September 21 – TOP LF Thomas Martin sends a NAS CL Willis Sims pitch harmlessly to LF Brian Henry to end the game, 3-1 Blue Sox. With the Cyclones having lost 10-8 in Washington just minutes earlier, the Blue Sox team rushes the field to celebrate, since the win clinches the FL East for the second consecutive year. They will also be the only 1983 playoff team to repeat, the Stars, Raccoons, and Thunder already eliminated.
September 22 – Raccoons fans are slapped in the face as Raúl Herrera goes 6-6 in a 14-1 romp of his Canadiens over the Titans. He collected half singles, half doubles, and four RBI’s. It’s ABL’s first 6-hit game since a pair of those in August 1983, where the Canadiens and Titans found each other at the other end of the feat in different games. With the Indians’ loss to Portland, Vancouver’s magic number goes down to 1.
September 23 – The Canadiens win 4-1 in Boston and clinch the CL North, well over an hour ahead of the final curtain in Indy, which would have also clinched the division for them in case of a loss to the Titans. They make the playoffs for the second time in their history (of course they were the 1982 champs).

Complaints and stuff

That forkhole Raúl Herrera clinched Player of the Week honors over Daniel Hall’s 10-28, 3 HR, 11 RBI performance. Herrera hit .593. Forkhole.

Interesting (and weird) quirk about Danny: he bats right-handed and has a .287/.392/.511 line. Vs. RHP: .308/.405/.552 with 22 HR; Vs. LHP: .207/.348/.353 with 3 HR. Why!? How!?

Anyway, the Coons are now 7-2 while I am wearing my shirt. That thing’s gonna get dirty really quick… the team whooshed up 15 spots in the power rankings during their 6-game streak, gaining 25 points (19th to 4th).

Scout Nathan Bruce returned from what he called a field trip to Mexico (but I swear he packed speedos and a snorkel…). In his bag he had a 17-yr old Mexican corner infielder with a promising bat, Jorge Munoz. He was signed and assigned to the A level.

Last year, the Coons won four of the five season series against the division opponents, all but the Indians. This year, they have won ONLY the one against the Indians (with an option on the Crusaders in the final series of the season, 2 of 3 necessary).

All of our minor league teams finished with winning records, but none made the playoffs. Whom to watch? SP Scott Wade, who moved to AAA in September to go 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA!

Both the Gold Sox and Condors, who would be first-time playoff teams, are dying down the road:

01-20-2013, 05:59 PM	#220
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,763	For the first time I’m wearing my Raccoons 1983 Continental League Champions shirt (with #15 Daniel Hall on the back) while playing today. It’s 1984 and I could not feel less a champion. This one went unnoticed (tears in my eyes, maybe) before: DAL 1B Gabriel Cruz has broken Don Sullivan’s single season home run record already a week ago. He has 32 dingers with 16 to play for the Stars. Raccoons (68-78) vs. Falcons (74-72) Charles Young against the Falcons’ Billy Robinson was a mismatch, no matter how bad Robinson was on a certain day. You could be sure Young was worse. And at first he seemed to deliver, starting the first game with a double and a hit batsman. Two popouts to Dadswell helped a great deal in survining the first inning. Mark Dawson’s solo shot made it 1-0 Coons in the second, after which Young and Robinson both were dialed in. Things went sour in the seventh with a leadoff double by Teo Colón, who came in to score on a 1-out single to tie the game, and then came up again in a rough eighth to drive in two. That was it, another pathetic loss, 3-1 Falcons, on four hits by the non-batting batters. Game 2: Steve Walker, who played third instead of Green, left early with a sore back and this got Green right back in. A leadoff walk by Carlos Gonzalez (in Powell’s spot) became the first run in the fifth. The Coons did nothing. Dawson homered with the bases empty in the bottom 7th to tie the game, which was only the Coons’ second hit of the game. The score remained 1-1 into the bottom 9th, where Daniel Hall doubled to left to start the inning. Come on, boys! Bring him in! They made three poor outs (around an intentional walk to Sanchez) to prolong the misery. It was miserable, through 11 frames, both teams had five hits each. The Coons got another chance in the bottom 12th. Sanchez reached on an error to lead off, then advanced on a wild pitch by Dave Myers. An infield hit by Vic Castillo put the winning run 90 feet from home with nobody out. Davis Rigsby came off the bench to hit in the #9 spot and singled to right – WALK OFF!! 2-1 Coons. Castillo 2-5; Walker was DTD for three days and Green took back third. A 2-run homer by Antonio Esquivel got Kisho Saito behind in the fourth inning of the rubber game, but the Coons came right back, although mostly fueled by walks given away by erratic Du Tong. 2-2 after four, Workman homered in the fifth to make it 3-2. The Falcons put two runners in scoring position with nobody out in the seventh, but Saito continued without giving up a run in the inning! He then put the leadoff batter on in the eighth and was removed for Wally Gaston, but Wally could not get anybody out by now. He gave up a home run to Irwin Webster. Game over. 5-3 Falcons. Workman 2-4, HR, RBI; Raccoons (69-80) vs. Bayhawks (70-79) The Coons did not get a hit until Matt Workman singled to start the fourth in game 1. Without two wild pitches the Furballs wouldn’t have gotten him in in that inning, either. This created a 1-1 tie which persisted past Logan Evans’ exit after 6.1 innings. Sam Dadswell got the Coons ahead with a 2-out solo shot in the eighth, only their fourth hit of the day. Matt Workman sent another one OUTTA here, and Daniel Hall went into deep rightfield, but RF Antonio Torres caught the ball – shortly, then dropped it, unable to set his feet after a stumble against the wall. Hall was given a double, but Dawson didn’t get him in. West pitched a good ninth with one hit for the Falcons. 3-1 Coons. Workman 3-4, HR, 2B, RBI; Hall 2-4, 2B; the only other hit they had was Dadswell’s shot. The heavily left-handed lineup against RHP was discontinued after this game. Gonzalez, Weber and our other left-handers (or switch-hitters) were just too awful, except for the 1-2-3 leadoff punch of Thompson, Dadswell, and Workman. Castillo and Lucero were in. Daniel Hall came up with two on in the first inning and grounded to short for an out, but scored Thompson from first for the go-ahead run. Hall came up again with two on in the third, and this time NAILED the ball, OUTTA HERE!! So far, he had provided all the bash in a 4-0 lead, but Dawson and Green combined for another run in the third. Vicente Ruíz had been flawless that far, but the Bayhawks scored three runs on two long balls in the top 4th. Things melted away already, and when Hall came up again with two on in the fourth, he didn’t get anyone in. Still 5-3, but an error by Thompson in the top 5th was followed by two 1-out walks by Ruíz, who was then yanked. Neubauer had to face slugger Ricardo Gonzalez, who vaulted Neubauer’s first pitch to center for a sac fly. Jason White struck out Tom Taylor to end the misery. Todd Raines allowed a leadoff single in the seventh and there were two on and two out with Cunningham facing lefty Gonzalez again. Full count, swinging strike, everybody exhale. But to no avail. Rookie Charlie Williams homered off Cunningham in the eighth to tie the game. Coons fans hanged their heads already, but the team crawled back thanks to an error by star SS Claudio Rojas on a perfect double play grounder. Instead, Lucero and Sanchez were safe and moved over by Thompson. Dadswell brought them both in. West closed it, 7-5 Coons. Dadswell 2-5, 2 RBI; Workman 2-5; Hall 2-5, HR, 4 RBI; Green 2-4, 2B, RBI; Young faced Harvey Hardin in the last game, with people placing bets on the teams combining for 17 runs or more. Young accordingly fell 3-0 behind in the first. Hall came up with two on and launched an ENORMOUS home run to left to tie it with one out in the bottom 1st. Young went on to get four straight K’s and the game was still 3-3 in the bottom 4th with runners on the corners and one out. Although Cam Green was on third and not renowned for speed, we called a suicide squeeze with Young to bunt – but Green was thrown out by a hair. However: the inning was not over. Thompson walked and Castillo had an infield single, JUST safe at first, to get the Coons ahead. Castillo again came up with the bags full, but struck out, in the sixth, followed by a K to Workman to end the inning. Promptly, Young and David Jones were ravaged in the seventh, with Green making a costly error to escalate things, 5-4 SF. Bottom 9th. An error by SS Jose Diaz got Castillo on to lead off, then Workman had an infield single on a hit and run. Hall up, people rising to their feet, 2-1 pitch to him AND A DOUBLE INTO LEFT!! Unfortunately, Workman was a slow runner and held at third, but the game was tied. Dawson was walked intentionally, bases loaded, nobody out. And Cam Green struck out. Next, Lucero, who grounded to short, and Workman was thrown out at home. The bases remained loaded with two down for Dadswell. He jabbed at a breaking ball and rolled it along the left foul line. Daniel Hall sprinted past Tom Taylor, who in vain tried to tag him, and blazed across home plate to walk them off!!! 6-5 Coons. Castillo 3-5, RBI; Hall 2-4, BB, HR, 2B, 4 RBI; Green 2-4, 2B; Lucero 2-5; Dadswell 1-2, RBI; Wally Gaston got his ninth win in relief in this game! This was their first sweep since dumping the Wolves five weeks ago. The sweep also put the Coons’ all-time record against the Bayhawks to 30-42, getting over .400 for the first time ever. That one had started out a sub-par 0-9 in 1977. Daniel Hall was suddenly red hot and tied Wayne Baxter for the home run lead in the CL with 24. This was the finale of the season, as far as the home crowd was concerned. The Coons would play their last ten games on the road. Raccoons (72-80) @ Indians (83-69) The series opener took place in awfully wet conditions. Carlos Gonzalez made a good start, but was limited to five innings by a rain delay. At that point the Coons led 5-0, scoring in four consecutive innings. The pen pieced together mostly strong innings en route to shut out Indianapolis. Daniel Hall left the bases loaded in the ninth, but had driven one in earlier, so no hard feelings in a 5-0 win. Thompson 2-5; Dadswell 2-5, HR, RBI; Workman 2-4; Green 2-4, RBI; C. Gonzalez 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, WIN (3); Kisho Saito still had a chance to win 20, but had to convert both of his last two starts to get there. The Indians threw an all-righty lineup against him, plus Alex Miranda, who was always worth an educated guess as to his performance in his next start. Daniel Hall drove in two to help Saito’s cause in the third inning, and was only a few feet shy of a grand slam in that double to the right corner. Miranda did not pitch too well, but despite allowing 14 runners in seven innings, the Coons scored only one more run against him, and Winston Thompson had to mow down the catcher for that one. Saito pitched seven shutout innings of 3-hit ball before being lifted for a pinch hitter, Edgardo Gonzalez, who sacrificed for a run, 4-0. Wally pitched an uneasy eighth, then walked two in the ninth. Cunningham cleaned up for a save, 4-0 Coons! Thompson 2-4, BB; Dadswell 3-5, 2B; Workman 2-4, RBI; Hall 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Castillo 2-4; Saito 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, WIN (19); I don’t normally put up players that went 1-4, but Hall’s hit was a big one and he could become POTW. Our 5-game streak was on the line with Jesse Carver taking the mound against Logan Evans. The Indians also faced elimination in the playoff race (which was not much of a race) in this game. Carver tossed the ball four times, then was hurt and exited. That was the beginning of the end for the Indians. The Coons scored two in the first, Hall hit a solo jack in the third, and debutee Armando Rios walked in two in the fourth. Meanwhile, Logan Evans had a no-hitter intact through five innings – when the skies opened for the third straight day. A 1-hour delay foiled Evans’ bid for glory. The no-hitter held up into the eighth, when Esteban Hernandez homered off Rich Cunningham. The Coons would have been the first team with two no-hitters to their credit, but it wasn’t meant to be. They still completed the sweep with a 6-1 win! Dadswell 2-5, HR, RBI; Workman 2-4; Hall 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; Lucero 2-4; Evans 5.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, WIN (6); In other news September 16 – LAP 2B Carl Foster (.300, 1 HR, 48 RBI) is the first player this season to bring a hitting streak to 20 games. September 18 – Bad news for Tijuana: Ace SP Pedro Castro (16-11, 2.91 ERA) is out for the season with a biceps injury, and their long time infielder Ryan McNeal retires at age 28 because of a torn labrum. He had 481 career hits, with 21 HR and 181 RBI. September 18 – Carl Foster is locked out by the Miners and his hitting streak ends at 21 games. September 21 – TOP LF Thomas Martin sends a NAS CL Willis Sims pitch harmlessly to LF Brian Henry to end the game, 3-1 Blue Sox. With the Cyclones having lost 10-8 in Washington just minutes earlier, the Blue Sox team rushes the field to celebrate, since the win clinches the FL East for the second consecutive year. They will also be the only 1983 playoff team to repeat, the Stars, Raccoons, and Thunder already eliminated. September 22 – Raccoons fans are slapped in the face as Raúl Herrera goes 6-6 in a 14-1 romp of his Canadiens over the Titans. He collected half singles, half doubles, and four RBI’s. It’s ABL’s first 6-hit game since a pair of those in August 1983, where the Canadiens and Titans found each other at the other end of the feat in different games. With the Indians’ loss to Portland, Vancouver’s magic number goes down to 1. September 23 – The Canadiens win 4-1 in Boston and clinch the CL North, well over an hour ahead of the final curtain in Indy, which would have also clinched the division for them in case of a loss to the Titans. They make the playoffs for the second time in their history (of course they were the 1982 champs). Complaints and stuff That forkhole Raúl Herrera clinched Player of the Week honors over Daniel Hall’s 10-28, 3 HR, 11 RBI performance. Herrera hit .593. Forkhole. Interesting (and weird) quirk about Danny: he bats right-handed and has a .287/.392/.511 line. Vs. RHP: .308/.405/.552 with 22 HR; Vs. LHP: .207/.348/.353 with 3 HR. Why!? How!? Anyway, the Coons are now 7-2 while I am wearing my shirt. That thing’s gonna get dirty really quick… the team whooshed up 15 spots in the power rankings during their 6-game streak, gaining 25 points (19th to 4th). Scout Nathan Bruce returned from what he called a field trip to Mexico (but I swear he packed speedos and a snorkel…). In his bag he had a 17-yr old Mexican corner infielder with a promising bat, Jorge Munoz. He was signed and assigned to the A level. Last year, the Coons won four of the five season series against the division opponents, all but the Indians. This year, they have won ONLY the one against the Indians (with an option on the Crusaders in the final series of the season, 2 of 3 necessary). All of our minor league teams finished with winning records, but none made the playoffs. Whom to watch? SP Scott Wade, who moved to AAA in September to go 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA! 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