Nassau September PR - Finally Slightly Interesting

This season, as the trade deadline sim approached, Nassau was 5 games out of 1st in the NL South on July 24, but there was a sense in the front office that it might be time to make a run at a playoff spot.  Trading away some youth, the Rockets acquired Ben Moody, one of the top 10 pitchers in BSA to complete a 100% overhaul of the rotation from the previous season, along with several other players to improve the team.

By the time the trade completed on July 31, a seemingly disastrous sim left Nassau 7 games out, and by August 15th, the team was 11 games out of 1st (the  gave the team only a 1.8% chance to win the division), and Ben Moody wanted an extension the team could likely not afford.  It looked like the deadline deals would turn out to be a disaster for the organization.

Then... something magical happened.

The team won 4 in a row against Maui and the super team from Springfield, before losing on the 20th to the Stars.  The 4 wins had shaved a few games off the lead, but 8 games back nearing the end of August was still not a good spot.

But as the team boarded the plane to head to New Orleans for a key 4-game series, there was optimism.  The team's manager, Ji-an Shaw, promoted a month into the season from AA Kingston, could sense that the team was starting to click.

Nassau swept that series from the Looters, including an 11-inning win and a 5-4 win scoring two in the 9th, along with another 1-run victory.  And after that four-game sweep, the Rockets kept winning...

The team didn't lose again until Sept. 6, and after rattling off 15 in a row, they'd taken a one game lead in the division.

It's now Sept. 27, and with one series to go, Nassau leads New Orleans by 1.5 games for the division, and Ben Moody has signed an extension that will keep him with the team for at least a few more seasons.

If it comes down to the last day of the season, Ben Moody will be on the mound in Houston to try and bring home the first division title for the Rockets, and barring injury, All-Star Don Ramey (a Rule V pick from the Toronto/Houston organization) will be batting leadoff, having long ago locked up the NL batting title for the season.  At .366, Ramey's average is one of the top 15 for a season in BSA history.

This is season 5 for the expansion Nassau franchise, and while the first two seasons were rough, the next two were really blah, it looks like the team has put itself in a position to both make their first playoff appearance, and also be a competitive team for the foreseeable future.

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