The Fish are in the Finals.

This year the Winnipeg Goldeyes are going to the championship. On Friday night the Goldeyes won their third game in a row against Fargo in the first round of playoffs. It was a 4-1 win and in a best out of five series, that means a sweep.

Shaw Park. This is my home.

As the last two batters of Fargo went up to the plate in the ninth inning the crowd was on their feet. You could feel the suspense in the air, the excitement spilling from everyone in the building every time a strike was thrown.

A pop up was caught and the final out was on the board. Eruption.

And eruption of noise coming from the crowd, the players, and us the office and game day staff. Cheers and tears were about the only thing I could make out for the next fifteen minutes. Everyone was more than overwhelmed with the fact that we'd just swept Fargo considering many people doubted we'd even be able to win one game against them let alone three.

The Winnipeg Goldeyes have had the best attendance in the league for the last three years and if it wasn't for the Winnipeg sun, free press, metro, and other coverage many people wouldn't know about them.

Ace Walker painted this on the field free-hand. He does
a piece every season, he is an unreal artist.

The sold out crowds that keep coming back and packing the house for more independent baseball are all thanks to not only the loyal fan base Winnipeg has- but the journalists that come to every game to produce an interesting story for the next days paper.

Without the journalistic evidence that the Goldeyes are worth watching- I wouldn't have the best job in the world.

Five years working for this franchise and finally we're in the finals. This has been a long time coming. I hope my boys can pull out a championship this year. They deserve it.