The regular season ended with an 8-3 win over Fargo keeping the RedHawks out of the postseason. Muhahaha!

The North division champion Goldeyes will take on the Lincoln Saltdogs, the Central division champions. The best-of-five series goes Wednesday and Thursday in Nebraska, then returns to Shaw Park for the duration starting Saturday.

Gary will take on South division champion Wichita in the other semi-final.

The wingnuts were leading when I turned off the pointstreak tracker (it's less grating than a stream)

holy crap, the fish extended their season by at least a few minutes....or at least one inning

Haha wow 

 

 

11th inning I'm never going to sleep

OMG, I thought game was over and turned it off.

New record for time played.

Wingnuts 3-3 Goldeyes B17

Edited September 19, 20178 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

FISH WIN!

FISH WIN!

FISH WIN!

4-3

 

Edited September 19, 20178 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Longest game in AA history. 5hrs 59 minutes. 

Crazy. Almost makes me a fan 

what pleasant news to wake up to. And I thought last years 7th game of the World series was long, and it doesn't help that there was a rain delay

Edited September 19, 20178 yr by iHeart

oh dear this could complicate things for tonight

 

Cloudy. Wind becoming southeast 40 km/h gusting to 60 this morning. High 20. Humidex 25. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight	Cloudy. Showers or thunderstorms beginning early this evening and ending before morning. Amount 20 to 30 mm except 40 mm in thunderstorms. Wind southeast 40 km/h gusting to 60 becoming light late this evening. Wind becoming west 20 before morning. Low 12.

Could be nasty as heck tonight.  Oh well, weather is the same for both teams.  But could be even longer!  Would they post postpone til tomorrow if need be?  I think its supposed to rain all night.  heard there were long lines for tickets for tonight after the game last night.

Hoping to catch game 5 tonight but the weather looks ominous, at best... and I won't be available tomorrow should it get postponed...

Id imagine postponing it would be likely

They should postpone til Thursday or Saturday.  Unless its sold out then it doesnt matter.  But if they went Thurs or Sat they;d sell out for sure.  City is awake for this now...keep the teams around, doing meet & greets etc all week.  Great PR for the league. 

I know, you cant just post pone a final on a whim. 

8 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

They should postpone til Thursday or Saturday.  Unless its sold out then it doesnt matter.  But if they went Thurs or Sat they;d sell out for sure.  City is awake for this now...keep the teams around, doing meet & greets etc all week.  Great PR for the league. 

I know, you cant just post pone a final on a whim. 

I can't imagine the league postpones for 3 or 4 days just to try and get seats sold... I bet Winnipeg sells out game 5 no matter when it is...

Let's go fish!! Time to lock down the first pro championship of the year! 

18 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I can't imagine the league postpones for 3 or 4 days just to try and get seats sold... I bet Winnipeg sells out game 5 no matter when it is...

Doubtful, unfortunately.   I mean we've been at 3500 or so in games 3 and 4.  Not bad, but that's like 50% full. 

I'd never call fellow Wpg fans fairweather..... but it's the same for Blue every season too.  Here's hoping a stellar season will keep those crowds at 28,000+ instead of the typical 25,000 fall crowds.

1 minute ago, Jimmy Pop said:

Doubtful, unfortunately.   I mean we've been at 3500 or so in games 3 and 4.  Not bad, but that's like 50% full. 

I'd never call fellow Wpg fans fairweather..... but it's the same for Blue every season too.  Here's hoping a stellar season will keep those crowds at 28,000+ instead of the typical 25,000 fall crowds.

I went to game four of the first round and the announced crowd was, I believe, around 3600... I just guessed it had been higher in the finals... but it appears I may have been wrong...

But by American Association standards... I wonder where the Goldeyes rank in attendance...

Is that all?? I thought historically the Goldeyes did really well.  They really should have timed it so the finals were better days.  Monday, tuesday is ridiculous. 

27 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I went to game four of the first round and the announced crowd was, I believe, around 3600... I just guessed it had been higher in the finals... but it appears I may have been wrong...

But by American Association standards... I wonder where the Goldeyes rank in attendance...

Near the top if not at the top. 

https://ballparkdigest.com/2016/09/19/2016-independent-attendance-by-average/

 

2016. All minor baseball. Goldeyes are 4th but 2nd in the AA

14 minutes ago, Goalie said:

https://ballparkdigest.com/2016/09/19/2016-independent-attendance-by-average/

 

2016. All minor baseball. Goldeyes are 4th but 2nd in the AA

Pittsburg (California) Diamonds with a solid 69 people per night!  Also where Jose Canseco last suited up....this past summer.  #themoreyouknow 

man I can imagine the league just pulling their hair out over the game being bumped to another day, thankfully I have decided to forgo attending game 5 (hey I went to game 3)

Update from the goldeyes page:

 

IMPORTANT: We're planning to play! (for all those sending in messages)

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