MiLB: If Montgomery Wins North Division Series they Will Become First to Represent Both North and South in SL Championship Game
The Montgomery Biscuits are looking to do something that no other teams in the Southern League have done in the time since the realignment in 2005. Starting on Wednesday, the Biscuits will battle the Jackson Generals for the North Division Championship but in order to see what historical thing they are looking to do, you have to rewind to the realignment in 2005.
The Birmingham Barons won a half of the season in 2005 as a South Division team, they are now a North Division team and have won the North Division title but a South Division title was one that eluded them. They won South Division Half Championships in 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2011 but have never made it to the Southern League Championship game to represent the South.
The following season, 2006, The Montgomery Biscuits earned the South Division Half Championship and defeated, at the time, Jacksonville Suns for a berth in the Southern League Championship Series. Montgomery would go on to defeat the Huntsville Stars earning their first of two championships as the Biscuits.
In 2015, Montgomery was moved to the North Division to make room for the Biloxi Shuckers, who had moved from Huntsville, Alabama. The Biscuits replaced the Huntsville Stars and in the first season as a North Division team would face the Chattanooga Lookouts for the North Division Title. The Biscuits lost to the Lookouts as Chattanooga would go on to win their first title since 1988.
Should the Montgomery Biscuits defeat the Jackson Generals next week, history will be made. The Montgomery Biscuits would become the first team to represent both the North and South Division in the Southern League Championship Series in the North/South Era. (Koelle,2018)
The Birmingham Barons won a half of the season in 2005 as a South Division team, they are now a North Division team and have won the North Division title but a South Division title was one that eluded them. They won South Division Half Championships in 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2011 but have never made it to the Southern League Championship game to represent the South.
The following season, 2006, The Montgomery Biscuits earned the South Division Half Championship and defeated, at the time, Jacksonville Suns for a berth in the Southern League Championship Series. Montgomery would go on to defeat the Huntsville Stars earning their first of two championships as the Biscuits.
In 2015, Montgomery was moved to the North Division to make room for the Biloxi Shuckers, who had moved from Huntsville, Alabama. The Biscuits replaced the Huntsville Stars and in the first season as a North Division team would face the Chattanooga Lookouts for the North Division Title. The Biscuits lost to the Lookouts as Chattanooga would go on to win their first title since 1988.
Should the Montgomery Biscuits defeat the Jackson Generals next week, history will be made. The Montgomery Biscuits would become the first team to represent both the North and South Division in the Southern League Championship Series in the North/South Era. (Koelle,2018)
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