The Silver Marlins lost long time friends and teammates Jon Martin and Ralph Caputo to free agency, but added log-time nemesis Jim Latorre and Mike Cleary. By the looks of game one Friday night at New Scotland, it'll be alright!!!
Jim Ansel, Phil Gadomski, and Jim Latorre held the Fordians to 1 unearned run with two innings each. I didn't look in the book to count hits, but there couldn't have been more than a handful all night. Meanwhile, the offensive output was equally as impressive with just about all 11 hitters having at least two hits each, in an 18 run onslaught. Paul Miles, a very underrated offensive weapon went 4-4 as a leadoff hitter. Dave Mitchell hit the ball hard all night and was 4-4 as well.
It was only game one, but this kind of performance bodes well for Manager John Reels effort to produce back-to-back League Champions.