Our second meeting against the Gemini was a lot like the first, as the T-Birds dominated in week 8 to sweep the Gemini this year. Luis Castillo had two great starts, striking out 18 over 12 innings pitched for 2 wins and quality starts. Since we already featured Castillo this year, we turn to the next highest-scoring player last week, 3B Austin Riley. Our biggest signing this offseason, he led the team in homers last week with 3 while driving in 6. He will lead the team in our second battle for the AL lead as we return home to host the Tampa Bay Turtles, and they won't turn over onto their shells to let us win. It'll be a tough matchup, and we'll be wearing our regular home sets in possibly the biggest week of our year. Featured this week is the Canyon de Chelly National Monument, a park that preserves the indigenous Americans in the area located now within the Navajo Nation. #Thunderstruck
Our actual biggest game of the regular season is just around the corner, as the Sandlot Series begins next week! After weeks of teasing the identities, this week the Thunderbirds and Condors both unveiled their uniforms for the game. The home Thunderbids unveiled a throwback to their inaugural 1988 season, where the team donned teal and purple instead of black and teal. Many games at Gila River Park see home fans split between the modern blacks and the retro teals, and the T-Birds will finally wear their original uniforms for the first time in years.
Los Angeles will also wear their uniforms from their inaugural year, though with a couple of changes. Instead of wearing their gray aways, the team will instead do a "fauxback" to their 1962 season by wearing a red away. This will bring back the tuscon lettering that the team briefly had during its first decade of existence.
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