Deportes disappointment

The Shreveport Sports had a chance to win the first-half South title in the American Association.

Emphasis on the word had.

The Sports were swept at El Paso and the Diablos, not the Sports, are first-half champions.

Truth be told, the Diablos were the better team in the first half. In fact, that the Sports were in the hunt for the title in the final week with five players hung up on visa problems - by the way, if you don't have a visa by now, you're probably not getting one before the end of the season - is an accomplishment in itself.

Unfortunately for the Sports there was neither magic nor miracle in the big El Paso series.