You may not believe it, but there are meaningful baseball games being played in Nassau this week (and I'm not talking about Saturday's playoff games, either.)
Port Washington needs to win.
It's not so much a new sentiment, of course. The team went into the season knowing that there were no such things as breathing room and easy weeks. Ability-based grouping made sure of that. They are 13-2 in league, giving them the AA-IV title, and 15-3 overall, and still it's not enough for a spot in the post-season. Port Washington, which last lost to Great Neck South on May 2, must sweep Hempstead (2-13, 3-14) to advance.
I don't know about you, but I'm getting Major League flashbacks (oh, come one, I can't be the only one who watched/loved that movie. Team that has historically missed the post-season having to go on an incredible run blahblahblahsports cliche awesomeness. I've never seen Jordan Epstein and I have no idea whether he bares any resemblance to Charlie Sheen, but I sure hope he does.)
Add that to a couple of close calls in the past week or so, and there's no doubt that the Vikings are feeling the heat. There were the two one-run wins to Uniondale and the one-run win to GNS the series before that. And, if they don't pull this one out, Bellmore-JFK gets to advance. Fun!
I'll keep you guys posted on this one.