5th Place
It was a season to remember for the
Bayview Vikings fans... at least for most of the season... the Viks raised quite a ruckus this season sailing near the top of the Tycobbian West standings... they were first in May... second in June... just a slim half-game out of the lead in July... still in serious contention in August, trailing by just 2 and a half games... but they came apart in the late stages of the race and sunk in oblivion to 5th place, 23 GB... Bayview went a dismal 20-35 down-the-stretch.
Way back when, the Vikings made the playoffs in 5 of the first 7 seasons, 2001 to 2007... sadly they have only made the postseason one other time... that was way back in 2016... that's why this year was so thrilling for the Bayview boosters... the Viks played very, very well with good hitting with a .271 BA (10th)... really scored well with 773 runs (5th)... and could really hit the ball out of the park with 176 homers (3rd)... but the pitching was just plain bad except for two hurlers... All-Star James Farnham and Ivar Rasmussen kept them in business... they had special seasons... defensively Bayview was just average with a .976 FA... at the plate Bayview had much to boast about with the likes of All-Star 1B Gunnar Lindberg, Goldy O'Toole, Lou Fairhead and Yazzy Ricks.
