What has happened?

A lot since I last wrote, just a week or so ago. It feels like this team has been out of the playoff race for months, when in reality they were IN the wild card spot going into Sunday's game at Windy City and just a game out before last night's loss to the Wild Things. It seems like they have cashed in the season and that's a shame. As long as I have been here it has never seemed like the team has given up-it seems like it now. It all seemed to fall apart the day Campbell left-last Wednesday in Evansville.

I realize the Campbell move was a big blow, but there are two points that should be made regarding that move.

First off Phil Warren did that as a favor to Michael. He wanted to help Campbell, and felt like a move to the Atlantic League would do that. He didn't want to be the manager that held him back. That is comendable on Phil's part. He also didn't know that he would essentially be penalized by the Frontier League because he wasn't able to replace Campbell on the roster. Rules are rules and Frontier League rules state you can't replace a player who left after the trade deadline unless they were purchased by a Major League organization. Tough break Grizzlies.

The second point is that Campbell wanted to leave. Plain and simple. Phil put the decision in Michael's hands, and he chose to leave. If he didn't want to be here how much help would he have been anyway?

Either way it is hard to replace his productivity. The guys need to step it up. Hope they can.

As always. . .stay tuned!