Lookouts players Tyson Brummett, Chris Reed, Scott Schebler, and Darnell Sweeney, from left, were Southern League All-Stars.The Chattanooga Lookouts are hoping history can repeat.
Not the recent history of the Southern League’s first half in which the Lookouts went 26-44 but the experience manager Razor Shines endured last season with Great Lakes in the Single-A Midwest League. The Loons went 27-43 in the first half but regrouped to go 40-29, earning a spot in the playoffs.
“When it’s all said and done, take a look at it,” Shines said. “I know these kids, and I’ve done this before. I’ve seen kids get better, and I know these kids are going to get better. We were way under .500 last year in the Midwest League and were in the playoffs when it was all said and done.
“It happens, and if you stay the course and do things correctly, you will be rewarded.”
The Lookouts opened their second-half schedule Thursday night at Tennessee and will be back home Tuesday against Pensacola. They will have gone 19 days between games at AT&T Field due to a 10-game road trip to close the first half and the four-day break for the all-star game.