Heaven, and Bowie, may have to wait
The Baysox may have to wait another day to clinch their first-ever division championship. Their magic number is down to one -- a Bowie win or an Akron loss -- to clinch the Southern Division title, but they are getting waxed by the Trenton Thunder (8-0 after six) and the Aeros won the first game of a doubleheader. So, it's status quo for the next couple of hours, at least, since the Aeros are just getting underway in their nightcap against Altoona.
The Baysox and Aeros are going to play each other in the Southern Division playoffs. It's just a matter of who gets home-field advantage in the best-of-five series. That will be Bowie, unless the sky falls this weekend.
While we're on the Baysox bandwagon, three members of the team have won Eastern League postseason awards. Lou Montanez was named Most Valuable Player, which wasn't a hard choice since he's leads the league in just about every relevant offensive category. Brad Bergesen was named Pitcher of the Year for a season in which he is 15-5 with a 3.11 ERA. And Brad Komminsk was named Manager of the Year.
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I really like the little I've seen of Montanez.
Pete, do you have any idea the plans for him, or the plans for Luke Scott? I like Scott as well, but I think Montanez has him beat and deserves to see a lot of playing time over the remainder of the season.
Posted by: Book 'Em | August 28, 2008 10:46 PM
Hey Schmuckster,wasn't it Brad Komminsk who either once made a catch for or against by going over a wall somewhere?I know he was briefly an Oriole but he was briefly a whole lot of other things too,lol.Congrats to Lou and Brad,here's hoping they take the place of Millar and Payton,who wouldn't be starting for any other major league team in my opinion.By the way,how come nobody ever tells Mora he should move back to SS?Seems to me he was pretty adequate there when he came here.And it makes no sense at all to me to trade Huff,NONE.The guy is 31,and has plenty of good years in him,and with our awful trading history,I'd much rather keep him.
Posted by: Burt from Essex | August 28, 2008 11:38 PM
The O's will look good in 2010
Posted by: Phil | August 29, 2008 12:56 AM