2023 70+ National

 Minnesota Bandits 3, LA Athletics 1

 Submitted by Frank Hanford, Bandits’ manager

The strength of a team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.  You will not see many names or stats in this final game synopsis.

Eight games in seven days, in record heat, playoffs starting the day after a doubleheader, three players during the week to the ER (all fine), and finishing with a National Division 70+ championship.

Every single player on our roster was needed to make it happen.  Brock Kiecker pitched a complete game against the Tribe in the semifinals to get us to the final and Bill Howard finished the week off by throwing a complete 3-1, championship game win against the LA Athletics.  Our pitching and defense were exceptional and our hitting was just good enough.

It was a week of perseverance. Perseverance is the hard work you do when you are totally exhausted from all the hard work you’ve already done.  Enjoy what you accomplished Bandits!