Just To Refresh
There might be no need to wait. The Outlaws may become the Golden Baseball League’s first-half champions on their evening off tonight.
If the second-place Armada (22-14) lose to the Orange County Flyers in Fullerton tonight, the Outlaws (24-12) will have a place in the GBL’s version of the World Series in September. The team in the best-of-five series with the better overall record coming in receives home-field advantage.
Should Long Beach win tonight and tomorrow, the pressure on the Outlaws remains to win either tomorrow night's game in Reno or Wednesday's to take the title. I don't know that Outlaw fans should worry at this point about the Reno Silver Sox taking their club out of the postseason last year by taking six of the last eight games — handing the second-half title to the Flyers — but Peccole Park hasn't always been the easiest of road stadiums for Chico to win at. Mark Parent, of course, will tell you how much he genuinely loves playing there. If he does, check to see where he is crossing his fingers.