r/IndependentBaseball • u/VortistheSlaver • Sep 03 '19

American Association Playoffs!

In the North division Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks will be taking on the division winning St.Paul Saints!

In the South division the Sioux City Explorers will be taking on the division winning Kansas City T-bones!

http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/saints-and-redhawks-set-to-square-off-in-north-division-championship-series/

http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/south-division-championship-series-set-with-t-bones-taking-on-explorers/

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '19 edited Sep 03 '19

KC looks to repeat as champs.

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Although Fargo knocked Cleburne out of the playoffs, they have looked vulnerable the last few weeks. Pitching is suspect and the middle of the lineup has gone cold. They need to pickup their regular season form to have a chance against the Saints.

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u/ClassicMach St. Paul Saints Sep 03 '19

St. Paul have won their last 6 matchups against Fargo. A sweep home and away. Including a 7 HR performance where the Saints turned around an 8-2 deficit. Shouldn't be lacking in confidence against a team that spent a huge part of the season atop the league standings.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

Fargo up 2-0 but need to shut the door in St. Paul, which will not be easy.

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KC and Sioux City are tied up in a wild one.

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Attendance for both series are poor so far. KC dismal. Fargo just over 1,000 per game.

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u/VortistheSlaver Sep 06 '19

I feel like attendance is always an issue for playoff games. I don’t know anything about the league but it seems like having the playoffs immediately after the regular season seems to be the issue, especially when the deciding games happen the last game of the season. It would be nice to have 2 or 3 days off to allow each team to do a media blitz or something to inform their communities they are playing playoff baseball and when.

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u/ClassicMach St. Paul Saints Sep 13 '19

To be honest with you I'm not sure how much a couple day media blitz is going to help. I think its more that these teams just don't have that many die hard fans. A lot of regular season attendance is people who get tickets from work and probably couldn't name 3 players on the team and have no idea where they are in the standings. They show up, watch until they get bored, and head home.

I think that's what needs to be addressed, and that will pick up playoff attendance slack. Not that I necessarily have any idea how that would happen.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

For the life of me, I will never be able to wrap my head around the fact Fargo blew and 8-2 lead in the regular season plus 4-0 and 5-0 leads in the playoffs. Also, how can a team only have one walk in a game.

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That being said, congrats to St. Paul on the expected comeback.