Tonight began a little late for the Threshers with weather coming through the stadium about an hour before the game and dropping an inch of rain, but the Threshers trusty groundskeeper Opie Cheek made sure that the game was able to be played even if it was a bit late. The game got underway about 25 minutes past seven with the Threshers looking to retain first place and perhaps claim it all to themselves with a Dunedin loss on the night. The team did get half of that wish with Dunedin losing to the Daytona Cubs 4-3, but the team could not pull out their end of the bargain with a win...in fact they were CRUSHED by the Flying Tiger 12-0 on the night. George Furbush got the start for the Lakeland Flying Tigers, and every player in the Florida State League (being the young studs that they are) want to hit some Furbush, but unfortunately no matter how much hitting the Threshers tried, they could not score. In the end it would prove to be an unbearable game for the few faithful fans that stuck it out through nine as the team was simply crushed by the last place team in the division 12-0. Unfortunately CRAZY JEFF & the Pooping Dog would have to rate their first game as a team as:
Seriously folks...it was STINKY at the park tonight. Hopefully the team can go to bed dreaming of GOLDEN POOPS and come back out tomorrow with something in mind other than what it was they were thinking about tonight. The SCHMIDT LIST player of the game award was teken out of the park by the Flying Tigers.
