Monday, September 03, 2007

Time For The 2007 Northern League Playoffs

Niki Paton / Baseball Notions

SAINT PAUL, Minn.- The 2007 baseball season will be coming to a close over the next few weeks. Again it's been filled with nail biting excitement as teams battled head-to-head. For the third season in a row the Gary SouthShore RailCats and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks have made the Northern League Playoffs. Both teams play Canadian teams this week and could be well on their way to a rubber match for the Championship games.

The RailCats achieved record success this season claiming the first and second half Southern Division Titles. The Calgary Cracker Cats claimed the Northern Division first half while the Winnipeg GoldEyes claimed the Southern Division Wild Card Spot and the RedHawks won the second half Northern Division title. This week will be a definite battle of North and South. Good luck to everyone!

The 2007 Northern and Southern Division best of five playoff schedule:

GAME 1: Tuesday, September 4
North Division: Fargo-Moorhead at Calgary
South Division: Gary at Winnipeg

GAME 2: Wednesday, September 5
North Division: Fargo-Moorhead at Calgary
South Division: Gary at Winnipeg

GAME 3: Friday, September 7
North Division: Calgary at Fargo-Moorhead
South Division: Winnipeg at Gary

GAME 4: Saturday, September 8
North Division: Calgary at Fargo-Moorhead (if necessary)
South Division: Winnipeg at Gary (if necessary)

GAME 5: Sunday, September 9
North Division: Calgary at Fargo-Moorhead (if necessary)
South Division: Winnipeg at Gary (if necessary)

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