Thursday, September 07, 2006

Do Or Die For The Cyclones Tonight

The New York-Penn League season ends tonight, with the Brooklyn Cyclones still in a position for a playoff berth. The three division titles have all been decided (the Staten Island Yankees won theirs), but the Cyclones still have a chance at the wild card berth. They are a half-game behind the Aberdeen Ironbirds (the Orioles' affiliate) for the WC. (In the NYPL, many rainouts are not made up, due to travel considerations. So some teams don't play all 76 games. Aberdeen has played one more game than the Cyclones.)

Tonight the Cyclones play the Vermont Lake Monsters at KeySpan Park, while Aberdeen plays the Lowell Spinners (the Red Sox NYPL club) in Aberdeen. The Cyclones have to win and the Ironbirds have to lose in order for the Cyclones to qualify for the postseason. Anything different than that and the Cyclones are done for 2006. (BTW, the Spinners did not make it to the postseason).

I will be on hand at KeySpan tonight to root on the Cyclones, and the hopefully the Spinners do them a big favor in Aberdeen. I'm sure there will be scoreboard updates on how that game is progressing. Even if the Cyclones don't make it, they've had a great season, coming back from a 2-10 start to make it to the final day of the season with a chance to advance. I'll let you know how they do tomorrow.

Go Cyclones! Go Spinners!

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