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| Breaking News |  | TEX News: Playoffs begin Tuesday, September 8th, 2009: The Texas League playoffs are here -- so let the games begin! It's time to crown the Round 2 champion for 2009. Now that the regular season has ended and the best ballclubs have been decided, it's playoff time. Any ballplayer worth his salt wants those coveted championship rings. A real ballplayer knows that he needs those little golden treasures to seal his fame in the league annals. The second season is here starting today with some sparkling series on tap: Corpus Christi Hooks versus San Antonio Missions and Tulsa Drillers versus Northwest Arkansas Naturals. |  | TEX News: Regular Season ends Tuesday, September 8th, 2009: Baseball's second season is about to begin in the Texas League. The playoffs are scheduled to start in just a matter of days. All of the clubs have won the right to be there and will be battling hard to win it all -- but only one team can win it. That team will have to win the coveted Round 2 to be named the 2009 champions. |  | Hit Streak Now at 20 for Dickerson Monday, September 7th, 2009: Joe Dickerson of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals just keeps going and going. The hot-hitting left fielder went 1-for-3 in his team's 2-1 victory over the Tulsa Drillers at Arvest Ballpark and extended his hitting streak to 20 games.
"He is definitely on a roll right now" said a Drillers pitcher. "I thought I made some good pitches against him, but he's a good hitter and hit 'em anyway."
When asked about his performance, Dickerson said, "I don't care if I go hitless as long as we get the win." J. Dickerson flied out in the 1st, flied out in the 3rd, walked in the 6th and doubled in the 8th.
For the year Dickerson is batting .315 with 157 hits and 17 home runs. He has scored 93 times and driven in 83. | | | | |
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