It was not an easy task, but the Bandits made it to the Post-Season. With the injuries to Thornton, Borlase, Forrest, Malise, May and June were thought months for Montreal playing just over .500. But coach Harris said that Becker, Shields, Carr, Izyurov and Perez were instrumental in keeping the team honest and performing. Then, the guys worked hard in rehab and comeback strong in September with a record of 16-7. With 4 games back and 4 games left to the season, the chance of catching up the Berserkers are very limited.
But as Brulotte mentioned, our objective was to make it to the post-season and we did it. It is great for our organization and our fans. We have amazing baseball fans in Montreal, we were sold out 99% of the time, and the players enjoy playing here with an amazing record of 52-25 at home.
Some players just have incredible season in Montreal and should be nominated for some hardware. here is the top 3 players that worth mentioning.
What about the homerun king Tom "the horse face" Becker. He's hitting for .370, 56 homeruns (leader), and an unbelievable 187 RBI (leader). It should be one of the top candidate for league MVP.
Raul Perez has been instrumental this season. Pitching half of his games in a hitter friendly park in Montreal. He has a record of 20-4, with an era of 2.98 and 263 K. He should be highly consider for the Cy Young.
Tom Shields flirts with the .400 average all season. Now at .387 with 245 hits in only 141 games, for a catcher these are great numbers. Maybe the best surprise in baseball this year.
But now let's talk playoff, right now, unless a major surprise in the last 4 games, Montreal will start the Post-Season against Seattle and Steve Frend. We can expect a lot of point between these two teams with hitter friendly park, Seattle and Montreal are leading the league in batting average with .311 for Seattle and .309 for Montreal. Bandits won 4 out of 7 against Seattle. But like people said this is a new season.
