Melt Down in September

                                       Hard to explain what happen in September other then the Mafia chocked, allowing 152 and only scoring 127. This was by far there was month of baseball to date and it happen right at the end in a tight race for the playoffs. New York finished tied for last going (88-74) not a bad record but not enough to make wildcard.

                                       There were some big positives to the season Jorge Mora had a top scale season, José Serrano came back and looks like he is maturing into the ace they need him to be, Kyle Dyce , Holden Adams and Dan Smith showed they can play in the ABL and Daniel Roberts has shown there might be some hope for him to stick around.

                                        Mafia will have to look at the roster and see were they can improve for next season if they want to have a shot at the division.
                                        

Mora Back and Ready for Playoff Push

                                             Over the past month of baseball New York has been without star Jorge Mora and in that month they had to play there division rivals Although no Mora, Mafia has stepped up and played like a playoff contender and is have a great August (15-7) and improved there division record to (26-16). Still 15 more games to play vs division in the final month of the season but with Mora back New York feels good they can keep this 1/2 game lead over the TLD.

                                             This coming week New York will face for the 1st time this season power house Cabo San Lucas Toreros (82-42) who have the best record in the ABL. Lead by starting pitcher  Charles Luce who has a nasty sinker and throws in alot and CF Dave Carlisle who is batting over .400 this year. If New York can make it to the big game this is probably the team they will face.

                                              We just have to mention one more time the play of Kyle Dyce who in the absents of Mora has played extremely well, has shown power and the ability to hit late in games. Dyce is 23 years old.

TLD Up for Grabs

                                          As we enter into August 1st the trading deadline New York again seems content on making no moves to make a playoff push in a tight TDL. Mafia are in a 3 way tie for 2nd and 0.5 out of 1st and in a week were Mafia's star player Jorge Mora wins player of the week he goes on the DL for atleast another 3 weeks. In the next 2 weeks they will face all 3 division teams without Mora. New York has being buzzing over the play of Kyle "Bag of" Dyce and hope he can make up for the lack of offence with Mora out of the lineup.

                                          There are 28 more games to be played within the division and we took a look at the records within the division and New York is currently on top going 17-12 Ann Arbor Barn Owls 13-16 Dallas Texans 14-15 and Nottinghamshire Outlaws 14-15. Over the next 2 weeks 13 games will be vs these very strong teams, all having slightly different styles of play but the out come is the same, they get the W. So this is a very big up coming 2 week and we could see a big change in the league standings and without Mora New York will have to dig deep and look for other players to step up if they want to stay in the race for the playoffs.