Thunder Bay World Series:  David vs. Goliath?

The Richmond Rockers are coming off of an emotional seven game series with their rivals from Kentucky, the Wildcats.  Manager Chris Tomlinson reached into his bag of tricks, which included starting Scott Shields and Oscar Villarreal in the ALCS, to pull out a victory over the TBBL's best regular season team.  We all know, regular season wins mean very little in October.  Pedro Martinez, the Rockers ACE and ALCS MVP (1-0 3 GS 3.18 ERA) will get the ball in the series opener against the Moon Raiders. The Rockers held the Kentucky batters in check, allowing a team batting average of .258, only giving up 7 HR in 7 games.  The Rockers were 23-15 in one run games during the season, but have improved since acquiring John Smoltz at the trade deadline.  The Moon Raiders made short work of the Chemung Crawdads in the NLCS, winning easily in five games.  Raiders ACE and unanimous NL Cy Young Award Winner, Javier Vasquez (1-1 6.75 LCS ERA) will start game one of the series.  

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Javier Vasquez will get the ball in Game 1 of the World Series for the Raiders.	Pedro Martinez will get the ball in Game 1 of the World Series for Richmond.