2003 Game Highlights

Bandits Drop Home Opener

Friday July 8th
Tuesday nights game against Buffalo featured all four starters for the Bandits. Because of a lack of games on the schedule Bill Mlynarczk, Ross Larson, Marty Grotberg and Joe Hernandez all worked off some rust. Ben Suapaia and Merle Flaming each hit run scoring doubles.

In honor of the Buffalo team it was "Buffalo Chicken Wing Night" although an unknown group of Bandits (initials g.g. &  m.g ) decided to hold their own promotion where every player wore a different bandit uniform except Coach Dyvig and Coach Headline and ak Knutson and saying "we were out of uniform." So the promotion was either wear a different uniform night or $#@% the coaches night.

Attendance  23 (and one dog who found it necessary to disgrace the infield.)
Bandits Drop Home Opener

Friday June 13th

After spending a week on the road which saw the Bandits beat the Mayer Mudcatz in the top of the ninth 8-6 then losing 9-8 to the Shoreview Hawks in the bottom of the ninth the boys came home for their home opener on "Friday the thirteenth" against the Minneapolis Adrians. It was a great game with the Adrians jumping out to a 3 - 0 led in the first> The Bandits tied the game in the bottom of the first  on a "homerrrrrrun" by Benny Suapaia but the boys could never get a lead and ended up losing 9 - 7.

It was Philly cheese steak night and our thanks to the Adrian players who stayed and ate and drank.

A crowd of 50 people was on hand for a new Bandit home opener attendance record.