Mafia Out

                          When the season started expiation's were high for New York, 96 wins is what was predicted and they failed to even come close to that number. We can talk alot about why things turned out the way they did but lets hear from manager Jaime Cantú about his main reason's." Well we knew coming in are team was young and there was a chance these players would need time, we had expected big things from guys and that never happened. Thats not to say that next year will be be the same, we expect more and with a year under there belt that should make things go smoother. When u start the season off going 17-28 thats makes it tough but u got to like the fight to still make things interesting at the end. 23yro Joe Herman was hitting .340 and made the allstar team but finished batting .288 we know he can hit so next year we dont foresee the same 2nd half. 27yro Dave Olson in his 2nd year of pro play been on the DL 3 times this year and only played in 110 games batted .275 we know he can hit well over .300. 23yro José Serrano are #1 pick learned alot this year and will take that with him into next year and with the injury Javier Flores  well I for one am looking forward to a big 2013. On a good note we loved the play from Marvin Bowman and with what will be his 1st full season next year Jorge Mora who shown he can play in the ABL.

                         Keep tuned in for all updates in the off season and trade rumors that may occur.



               

Mafia Targets Division

                        With red hot Montreal Bandits pulling away in the wildcard race, that puts Mafia 7 1/2 games out. So NY will set sights on division lead where they have clawed back to 4 1/2 games from Dallas Texans who are 5-5 in there last 10 and 13-15 in August. Mafia will see Dalles 6 times in September, great time to be a baseball fan.

                        After the 4-7 start in August New York finished 14-13 another winning month but NY will have to play allout in September if they want to win the division and it wont be easy as they will have to play 20 consecutive games but 14 of them are home.

                        Mafia is now tied for 2nd with Ann Arbor Barn Owls for the 1st time this year, NY will see them 7 times this month. The Owls went 13-16 in August and 4-6 in last 10. September will make for some real exciting ball and New York is right in the middle of it.