TinCaps tidbits
The 1978 Appleton Foxes went 97-40 in the regular season (best regular-season record in Midwest League history), 4-1 in the playoffs... For a total of 101-41. They beat Burlington, 2-1, in the championship series. The 2009 TinCaps are currently 100-48 (94-46, 6-2), so if the team were to win one more game they would tie for the most wins in a combined regular and post-season in Midwest League history.Bullpen gets the job done
Brad Brach is known for working quickly.Reflections from the champs
Thursday, he made quick work of the Burlington Bees. In the process, the TinCaps won the Midwest League title.
Brach struck out two of the three batters he faced, including Hilton Richardson to end the game for the 4-3 victory.
"I wanted to stay away from him, make sure he didn’t get anything he could poke over the right-field wall," Brach said. "Three fastballs, right by him. I wanted to stick with my best pitch."
Final thoughts
It’s true, you really couldn’t have scripted a better season for Fort Wayne.*-He was not the author of the column in the previous post.
Following the negative reaction by some to the new ballpark and the negative reaction by many to the new name, the franchise had some act to live up to.
It exceeded it on every level.
Fort Wayne set 16 franchise records in the regular season. They never seemed out of any ballgame and were standup guys win or lose.
I got asked a 100 times whether San Diego stacked the team to provide a good season. I said, no, San Diego has done a better job of drafting in the last couple of years and this is the result.
As the team showed, even when some of the top talent left, there were new guys ready to meet the challenge. In fact, the team bettered its record-breaking win total from the first-half, and rode that momentum to the first title in franchise history.
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