6 games, 6 questions

The Wild Things begin a season-ending six-game homestand Tuesday night with a series against the Kalamazoo Kings. Here are six questions to be answered during the homestand:

1. How long will it take for Chris Sidick to set the Frontier League record for career hits? Sidick tied the record of 458 hits held by Mike Breyman (Gateway, 2004-08) during Washington's win Sunday at Midwest.

2. Can the Wild Things avoid the basement? Washington is currently in fifth place, two games ahead of last-place Midwest, thanks to beating the Sliders in the last two games. The best-case scenario for Washington is a fourth-place finish.

3. Can Jacob Dempsey break the league's single-season RBI record? Dempsey needs nine RBI (I think - Midwest still hasn't reported the boxscore from Sunday's game) to tie the league record of 100 RBI set by Kalamazoo's Pete Pirman in 2005.

4. Will there be retaliation against Florence? Washington and Florence had a benches-clearing incident during their last series, played in July at Champion Window Field. The incident happened after a home run by Washington's Ernie Banks. Florence manager Toby Rumfield left the dugout and knocked Washington first-base coach Jon Cahill to the ground with a forearm shiver. Rumfield was suspended for five games. If there is going to be retaliation by the Wild Things, you'd think there would be no better time than the final series of the year, right? If you're not going to return to the league next year, then it doesn't matter if you get suspended, right?

5. What will the attendance be? The Wild Things are on the verge of finishing with their worst year, not only on the field but at the gate as well. They could, however, exceed last year's per-game attendance but that will be a difficult task because mid-week games after school has started never draw well.

6. Will Washington again be kind to Chuck Tiffany? You probably have never head of Chuck Tiffany, but the left-handed pitcher for Florence etched his name in the city's baseball lore in 1999 when he led Covina, Calif., to the Pony League World Series championship. Tiffany turned in perhaps the best world series performance by any player. He tied a series record with five home runs, including three in one game, and tied the record for wins (3) in a series. In the championship game against Chinese Taipei, Tiffany pitched a two-hitter, struck out 13 and hit two home runs. He went on to become a top-5 prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers' system (he threw a no-hitter in the minors) before a shoulder injury derailed his career. Now with the Freedom, Tiffany has a 4-2 record. There is a chance Tiffany might pitch the Friday night game.