Boston Crabcakes Barracudas

In St Louis the rally fell short in the fourth game of the series sending the Red Sox to the finals. This is the Red Sox organizations first playoff and first playoff series win. Congrats!

Boston now invade Durham to face the Bulls.

Bulls Leave Steaming Hot Pockets on the Field

The Durham Bulls quickly dispatched the Helena Hot Pockets via the long ball. Durham may have swept Helena but didn't look very sharp at the plate. That didn't sit well with the Bulls miffed coaching staff, as timely home runs was the difference.

Durham now goes home to rest and get some practice in as they await their next opponent. They are guessing Boston, but that doesn't mean much.

Zephyrs Foghat Braves

In Atlanta, the Bravos jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but wiley veteran Mel Wagner had his KY and Prep-H ball working to his benefit and limited damage. The Top Hats chipped away at the lead and tied it in the top of the 7th followed by Zachrey Jerzembeck 3-run blast that is still rolling down Peach Tree. That was all it took as the Zephyr pen kept the Braves off their happy hunting trails the rest of the game.

For Mel Wagner, that is his second win of this young post season. The most wins in a playoff season. It also raises his post season record to 5-9 in 18 starts. Could he get another ring? What a storied HOF career!

New Orleans must now travel to Miami to face their dreaded division rival, the Florida Marlins. This could be the most exciting post season ever in MLB history.

Hot Pockets Out Microwaves Corn Dogs

The Hot Pockets surprised the MLB world today with a come from behind victory in the bottom of the ninth. Big innings plagued both teams as Helena pounced with 6 runs in the fifth for 6-1 lead. After trading 1-run recipes in the 6th, Monterrey pounded relievers Don Zhou and Earle Magadan in the 7th for 5 runs highlighted by Ariel Serra's second dinger blast of the game to tie the game. The silent Corn Dogs took the lead in the 8th with a lone score. Then the amazing heroics in the 9th saw a blooper over the head of the infield, a walk, a double steal then little used Alex Arrojo pinch hit single plated both runners to win the game. The play at the plate still has everyone up in arms, did the ump get the call right? The replay has been shown on HBD-ESPN all night and morning, with absolutely no conclusive evidence either way. Did his fingers touch the plate before the tag? Everything was a dusty blur even in slo-mo.

Helena has little time to celebrate as they now go to Durham to face the #1 Bulls.

GM of the Season

NL:
chase39 - Pittsburgh Pirates
6 win improvement
NL North title

sdhizzle - Florida Marlins
24 win improvement
NL South title

knucklebones - New Orleans Zephyrs
19 win improvement
Wild Card

sjr456 - Atlanta Braves
0 win improvement
NL East title

josepaco - Chicago Cubs
Wild Card

AL:
pfontaine - Boston Red Sox
15 win improvement
AL East title

dhatt1080 - Dover Dung Beetles
9 win improvement
Wild Card

soxfan121 - Durham Bulls
0 win improvement
AL South title

hatton98 - Syracuse Sycamores
9 win improvement

edham55 - Monterrey Corn Dogs
Wild Card

Barracudas Eat Dung Beetles

St Louis rebounds after the series opening home defeat to sweep away the Beetles. Funny, Ray Luke was the loser and Hub Strange lost to Atlanta again, both are Injun castoffs. Gerald Gibbs was the star of the series batting .526, going 10 for 19 with a double, 2 tater classics and 5 thefts. St Louis now goes to Boston for round 2, don't think the Bean Towners will take very kindly to a Barracuda invasion.

In other news: The Hot Pockets kept their playoff hopes alive, downing the silent Corn Dogs 7-5. In New Orleans, the Atlanta Redneck went to the mound and shut down the Zephyrs 3-2 for his second playoff win of the series.

Cubs Ousted

The Chicago Cubs got ousted quickly in an unheard of three shutouts as the Kansas City Royals move on to the next round. What happened to the Cubbies? Jose said it nicely, he forgot to set the pitching staff. I tend to agree as Sam Strittmatter probably should have been the opening starter in the series. One thing playing in KC, a negative home run park is tough on a line up consisting of power hitters. Though I am surprised that Nicky Sierra performed so well in game one. The one-two punch of Satou and Veras was too much for the Cubs pitching staff and the Cubs offense was befuddled by the steady off-speed stuff they couldn't hit.

Kansas City now moves on to Pittsburgh to take on the #1 seeded Pirates. Don't expect three shutout victories by the Royals there. Though IMO there could be four 1-run games in this series.