Brooklyn Claims Title

In a thrilling Game Six, the Brooklyn Bombers fended off the Pittsburgh Pisces to claim the 2004 championship, their second in three seasons. Only the improbable victory last year of the Maryland Poedamnedmonium has prevented Brooklyn from a three-peat.

Once again, the starting pitching was superb. Brooklyn took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second with a solo home run by Anotnio Alicea. Pittsburgh responded in the fifth inning with a solo shot by Brian Staudt. Unfortunately, the Pisces also left the bases loaded. The game remained tied until the seventh inning, when the Bombers scored on an bases-loaded single by Stephen Hyer to take 1 2-1 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth, things finally unravelled a bit for the Pisces. An error by third baseman Staudt gave Alicea a chance to stroke a two-run, two-out single off of reliever Vincent Furness. The three-run lead was too much for the Pisces to overcome in the ninth against closer Steve Corner.

Alicea's three runs batted in led to Player of the Game honors. The "goat" award was hung on Pisces first baseman Gary Croce, who ended his remarkable postseason by grounding into two double plays.

The next sim will be Monday by me. That's the final chance to make roster or contract offers in the 2004 season before we roll over to 2005.

It looks like more owners support upgrading to OOTP 9 than oppose it. So, we will probably be upgrading at the end of the offseason, before 2005 starts. If you are opposed to the upgrade, or if that might hurt your desire to continue as an owner in the game, please send me or Nate an email.