[trman73]

The Frogs’ opponent in the Gold Series, the Boston Spaceships, score runs. 902 of them during the regular season to be precise, good for tops in their league. And they did that while hitting just 155 home runs. They manufacture runs, and that makes up for what looks like a very average pitching staff. Then again, we’re not exactly great on the mound either, so this will be a good series.

The first two games are both close, and we take both of them. Yaz hits a three-run homer in the bottom of the 8^th of Game 1 to give us a 6-4 win, then we win a battle of Blylevens, 4-3, to go up 2-0.

Hal Schumacher’s gone 17-33 in three seasons with us, including 3-20 last year in Diamond, but he finally justifies his spot in the rotation in Game 3, pitching 8 and 2/3 shutout innings as we win it, 5-0, to take a commanding lead. But Maddux and Carlton both fail us as we drop Games 4 and 5 and need to take care of business at home to clinch the title.

We send Bert Blyleven and his 3-0 postseason record to the mound for Game 6 against Frank Tanana, the hard-throwing lefty. We stake Blyleven to a 2-0 lead after one, then increase it to 3-0. But Blyleven surrenders that early lead, and we head to the 8^th tied, 4-4. With two out and two on in the bottom of the inning, my favorite Frog, Sherry Magee, steps up and delivers a two-run double to give us the 6-4 lead.

With two outs in the 9^th, Dave Smith gets Christian Yelich to fly out harmlessly to left, and...