Hamilton pointed to the Yankees and the excitement over the weekend series.

It's a weekend series in late July, a matchup of division leaders more than two months from season's end.

After winning a weekend series in college baseball, the team will party Sunday night.

They did so and split the weekend series against their division's leaders.

"Say, Stump, do you know your pitchers for the weekend series?"

"We certainly have reason to think the weekend series might be in jeopardy," she said.

They left with two victories in three games in the weekend series.

Coming into the weekend series, they trail the Yankees by three and a half games.

After playing their first ten games at home, the Aces would have to play the next three weekend series on the road.

When the Cubs came to town then for a weekend series, the bond between the team and the city was sealed.