The AFL started on Monday with several Blue Jays involved. Damiano Palmegiani had an excellent first game. Ricky Tiedemann is pitching tonight.

Did we really want the Minnesota Twins to provide the opposition?

Do I really want to talk about the Tampa Bay Rays? Especially when the Jays probably have to play them again in a couple of days?

One week left.

The minor league season ended Sunday with a nice 11-6 win for Buffalo. The Bisons hitters had ten hits and continued a trend of good hitting to end the season. The pitching however struggled over the finish line.

The pitching was poor for Buffalo on the second last day of their season. Norfolk had 16 hits including four home runs. The Buffalo hitters picked up ten hits with just one home run.

The Buffalo hitters racked up 12 more hits en route to a win. Ricky Tiedemann wasn't at his best but still kept Norfolk relatively silent through four innings.

The last road series of the season, in that old house of horrors in Tampa.

Buffalo took a 7-1 lead but had to hang on for a one run win. The Bisons had 15 hits, four for Ernie Clement.

Norfolk 11 Buffalo 8

The Bisons had an early lead but could not hold on.

The last road trip of the season begins in the Bronx, with three games against the also-ran New York Yankees.

Buffalo took the lead against Scranton four times but still lost in 12 innings. It was not a good day for their bullpen. It wasn't great for the hitters either who struck out 20 times. New Hampshire could only get three hits in their final game of the season. They ended their season with a whimper.

Vancouver Canadians are champions of the Northwest League after a dominant win over Everett. Vancouver were the best team in the NWL this year and deserved to be champs. They won 10-2 with several players having big nights. Buffalo won in then innings while New Hampshire lost.

It was playoff baseball in Vancouver where the home team won a 1-0 game. Vancouver lead 2-1 in their best of five series. Buffalo's bullpen took the loss and deprived Mitch White of the win after an excellent start by him. Ricky Tiedemann had a rough start and took the loss for New Hampshire.