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To set the context a bit:
The Denver Brewers play in the Moonlight Graham League which is one of two sub-leagues under the umbrella moniker of the W.P. Kinsella Baseball League (or WPK for short.)
The other sub-league is the Shoeless Joe League.
(In future these leagues will generally be referred to as the MGL and the SJL.)
As stated above, the WPK came into existence in 1965 and in many way mirrors MLB of that year. Which is to say that each sub-league has 10 teams and at the end of the regular season the two teams that finish first in their sub-leagues face each other in a 7-game World Series for the title of WPK Champion. It is also to say that the inaugural season of the WPK, like MLB in 1965, was one in which pitching generally dominated.
The Denver Brewers, upon inspection following the inaugural player draft, seemed to be a team built around pitching and speed primarily, as well as solid defense, particularly in the outfield. With several young players pressed into duty on the big league club perhaps a bit prematurely (including Streak Souffront) and a few aging players likely in decline, it was not clear whether the offense would contribute enough to keep the Brewers from finishing in a second division spot in the standings.
Pre-season predictions pegged them solidly in the middle of the MGL, with a predicted record of 79 wins and 83 losses, well behind the predicted MGL winner, the Brewers arch-rival's, the Phoenix Speed Devils.
But with a number of young players in the lineup and a few in the rotation and bullpen, it seemed it would at least prove to be an interesting, and possibly exciting, season of baseball in the Mile High City.
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