The first half of the Green Bay Bullfrogs (www.greenbaybullfrogs) season has been filled with ups and downs. And sadly with just four games to go it looks like the half will end on a sour note. The Bullfrogs play in the Northwoods League made up of primarily teams in Minnesota and Wisconsin with one team in each of the states of Iowa and Michigan. There is also one team North of the border in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
The league is split into two divisions, North and South, with the Green Bay club playing in the South against the other Wisconsin teams, Waterloo, Iowa and Battle Creek, Michigan. The remaining Wisconsin teams are La Crosse, Eau Claire, Madison, Wisconsin Rapids and Wisconin (Wausau). The season is split into two halves with the winner of each half meeting in the divisional playoff and the winner of that series meeting the other divisional series winner for the league championship.
The Bullfrogs season seemed to be getting off to a great start on opening day as the Bullfrogs jumped all over the Battle Creek Bombers 7-0 to start 1-0. After that however the Bullfrogs hit a big speed bump dropping five straight and falling as far as 5.5 games out of first.
The Bullfrogs were 5-8 entering the second game of a double header with Wisconsin Rapids on June 17th and the heroics of one player seemed to spark the squad into life. With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh (Northwoods League rules all double headers are 7 inning games) Scott Schebler blasted a three-run home run over the right field wall. It would only be ruled an RBI single because after te first run crossed the plate Schebler stopped rounding the bases to join the team celebration between home plate and the pitchers mound.
Starting with that game the Frogs would win ten of their next twelve to improve to 15-10 and get them all the way to within a game of first place. The last five days have again been brutal for the Bullfrogs as they have dropped four of their last five and now stand at 16-14 in fourth place two games out of first with four to play. On the bright side they play all four games against teams ahead of them in the standings, the Wisconsin Woodchucks and Eau Claire Express, which gives them a chance to make up ground. The final four games are must wins for the Bullfrogs as there are just to many good teams in this league to expect to be in the same position in the second half. Six of the eight teams will compete closely for the second half title. Heck five of the teams are within 2 games of first in the first half with four to play.
GO FROGS!!!!!
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