Theory vs. Theory
I'm away from Chico this weekend but can sense the tension on the some Outlaw players' behalf over the way the Armada approached last night's opener to this weekend's four-game series (you can read more about it in the game story, but basically a day after clinching the second-half championship Long Beach manager Darrell Evans got through the night by putting a slew of pitchers in lineup positions and vice-versa.)
Some Outlaws players may view that as disrespectful -- why, they can argue, waste time playing if that's the way we're going to do this? -- but if that's the way Long Beach wants to play this bizarre series between the two teams that lacks meaning before they do it for real in next week's league championship series, that's one team's theory of how to handle it.The Outlaws have maintained they will handle it in the context of whatever it takes to build momentum because that will be the key in preparing for next week -- in other words, play to win. They've been probably the most streaky group in the GBL this season and see it fit to go down that route.
So who is handling this situation the right way? We'll have to wait and see next week when both teams will show what kind of impact these decisions make in the postseason finale.