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2071 Islandian Pro Alliance All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award

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Monday, September 29, 2071

4 FAVORITES WON IN RU, ONLY 1 IN TU... 7 OF 8 TEAMS REPEAT IN IPA PLAYOFFS... ONLY RED BLUFF IS MISSING

The 2071 Islandian Pro Alliance regular season has concluded, but not in the way the preseason pollsters postulated... they got it totally right in the Ruthlandian Union where all of their predictions came out true-to-form... but not so in the Tycobbian Union... the only favorite touted that came through for them was the Rolling Hills Racers.

In the Ruthlandian Union, Valmara, Belair Beach, Wynnamac and Volusia all repeated as division champions... in the Tycobbian circles it was White River, Turon, Tuckanarra and Rolling Hills... the only club that didn't make it back to the IPA playoffs was the Red Bluff Red Sox... they were beaten out by the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats this season.

The preseason pick Valmara Vipers (101-53) took over the Ruthlandian North in July and kept a small lead until September when they went 19-4 and won going away by 11 games over the runner-up Taranto Tars (90-64)... the Sailors didn't get going good until July, but they had a sluggish August (14-13), just when the Vipers got scorching hot.... the Ranford Bulls (89-65) ran a good race, holding on to first place until June 20, then slipping back into third place... no other clubs challenged in the race.

The Belair Beach Sunbirds (100-54) enjoyed another season of success in the Ruthlandian South race, piling up a new club record for victories... 96 triumphs in 2005 was their previous best mark... the Valka Blackhawks (92-62) again tested the Sunbirds this season... they took over the top spot in June when Belair Beach slumped to 13-13... but the Blackhawks lost it by September and finished 8 games behind... the Sunbirds sizzled in the summertime with a 55-21 record the final three months...the best the Blackhawks could do was 44-32... the third place San Dimas Rancheros (79-75) hung close for the first three months, but began to fade in July.

It was just a two-team affair in the Ruthlandian East, but it only lasted until July... at that time defending champ Wynnamac seemed to put on the jets and runner-up Marston seemed to put on the brakes... the Macs kicked butt the rest of the year posting a 53-24 mark, while the Nine dropped under .500 the final three months of the season... the Sundowners beat Marston by 18 games in a wholesale runaway.

For the second straight season in the Ruthlandian West, the Volusia Vigilantes began the year in stagnant fashion... the V's were in 7th place at the end of April, while the Colfax Black Sox shot out into the lead at the start and kept it until well into August... until midseason Fort Benton and Middlefield were their biggest obstacles, but both clubs faded in the second half... Colfax went an ice cold 18-33 the last two months of the season and Volusia (34-16) and Sligo (30-21) caught and passed them... the Vigilantes (86-68) edged out the Rovers (85-69) by a single game... Volusia took over on September 21 and held off Sligo's valiant efforts... first place was finally decided on the final day of the season... Colfax (81-73) wound up in third place 5 games back in the race... Middlefield (77-77) was fourth in the standings and 9 games behind... Fort Benton (72-82) tied for sixth place and ended up 14 games off the pace.

2071 Ruthlandian Union Finals Standings

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Looking forward to seeing the 2071 Tycobbian Union recap!

Working on it now... finished Ruthlandian Union... beginning work on Tycobbian Union... not a lot of details, just a generic recap of each division.

The way you recapped the Ruthlandian Union - that was perfect. A nice quick read and I got a good sense about how the races in each division played out.

Islandian Pro Alliance Single Season and Career Batting Records

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Islandian Pro Alliance Single Season and Career Pitching Records

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Tuesday, September 30, 2971

THREE REPEATERS IN TU POSTSEASON PLAYOFFS... TUCKS ARE NEWCOMERS, THEY TOPPLED FAVORED RED SOX IN TU EAST RACE
Not a lot of new things in the Tycobbian Union pennant races... Rolling Hills, Turon and White River won again and qualified for the IPA playoffs again... the only new face is the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats, who rebuffed Red Bluff's repeat chances in the TU East Division... but this was no major surprise - the Tucks were the second choice in the preseason poll.

The Tycobbian North was a good battle for the half the season between preseason favorite Oxford, North Hills and last year's champ White River... Oxford (76-78) looked good until midseason, but came in a very distant third place with a losing record... the Red Caps were on top the first three months, then they went into a second-half funk (34-43) and ended up a whopping 21 games behind the Rascals and 5 games behind the Hawks... White River (97-57) caught fire with a blistering 50-26 record over the final three months easily putting away North Hills and Oxford... North Hills (81-73) was the number-two team, but wound up 16 games back in the pennant race... the Hawks fizzled in the second half of the season with a poor 37-39 mark... White River did not have a bad month this season and won the TU North going away.

Not much of a pennant race in the Tycobbian South, either... last year's winner and second choice to win this year, the Turon Typhoons (104-50) blew everybody out of the water, winning by 9 games over runner-up Ginza (95-59), 18 better than Summerland (86-68) and 25 games in front of preseason favored Southport (79-75)... however, the surprising Ninjas led in April and May, followed closely by the Sunsets and Typhoons... then Turon took over, took command and tore the division apart the rest of the year... the Typhoons were 21-6 in June, 18-7 in July, 15-12 in August and 19-4 in September... Turon set a new all-time mark for victories with 104... the old record was 102 in 2018... the Typhoons have topped 100 wins only twice in the team's history.

The only tight race this year in the Tycobbian Union was in the Tycobbian East... the other three divisions were not very close... all season long Tuckanarra and South Fork went at it, rarely separated by more than a few games... only the Hillsboro Blazers (85-69) made a race of it, but they dropped out by July and wound up in third place, trailing by 12 games... the first place Tucks (97-57) got hot in September with a 16-8 mark and pulled away from the second place Stallions (94-60), beating them by 3 games... South Fork could only manage a 12-10 record in the final month... defending champion and preseason choice Red Bluff (82-72) never really got it going well and wound up way back fourth in the standings and 15 GB... the Red Sox never really challenged in the pennant race this season, but they still wound up 10 games over the .500 mark.

The Rolling Hills Racers may be getting long in the teeth, but they are still rolling along, winning pennants and breaking all-time IPA records... Rolling Hills won its record-setting 12th division flag in a row... this compares to North Hills winning 11 in 12 years (2034-2045) in the TU North... and two clubs Ozarka (2010-2021) in the TU East and Middlefield (2045-2056) in the RU West both taking 10 flags in 12 seasons.

The Racers were rated the best team in the Tycobbian West in the preseason poll, favored over Bayview, Denton City and La Claire... the Racers led by 3 games at the end of April with La Claire, Chicopee and Denton City lurking nearby... the Lynx caught the Racers by June, tying them for the top spot... no one else was close... Rolling Hills went up by 3 games over La Claire by July... Bayview was 8 GB in third place... the Racers upped its lead to 4 and a half games by August... no other team now in sight at all... just a two-team race... by September Rolling Hills stretches it lead to 6 games over the Lynx... and the Racers (96-58) finish up 7 games better than runner-up La Claire (89-65), 9 games over third place Bayview (87-67) and 14 ahead of the Chicopee Braves (82-72)... this is the first time in 12 seasons the poor Braves have had a winning season.

2071 Tycobbian Union Final Standings

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2071 Tycobbian Union Final Leaderboards

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Monday, September 28, 2071

8 CLUBS VIE FOR 2071 IPA PRO CUP CROWN... MACS BACK TO DEFEND TITLE
Coming up this Wednesday afternoon at four venues around the Islands is the Islandian Pro Alliance postseason playoffs... 8 talented division winners are set to battle for the prestigious Pro Cup Trophy, including last year's champion Wynnamac Sundowners and last year's runner-up, the Turon Typhoons... Pro Cup prophets in The Islandian Times' poll have singled out the Macs to repeat as the IPA overall champion, although no one team dominated the survey... ranked as the second choice is the Turon Typhoons in a repeat of last year's Pro Cup Finals... two Tycobbian powers came in third and fourth in the voting, the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats and White River Rascals... followed by number five Valmara, number six Rolling Hills, number seven Belair Beach and number eight Volusia... Tuckanarra is the only new team this season... all 7 others participated in last year's playoffs.

This year's postseason playoffs are wide open... any one of the 8 teams could win it... there doesn't seem to be a dominant team.

This Wednesday afternoon in the Ruthlandian Union it will be Wynnamac (103-51) at home for games one and two, hosting the Volusia Vigilantes (86-68)... Belair Beach (100-54) will travel to tangle with Valmara (101-53) at War Memorial Stadium in Valmara... over in the Tycobbian Union it will be Rolling Hills (96-68) opening on the road at Typhoon Stadium in Turon (104-50)... and White River (97-57) hosting the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats (97-57) at White River Stadium.

Last year the teams competed in best-of-three series in all three rounds... there was much criticism from sports fans as well as the baseball teams... this season the IPA will play best-of-five in all rounds... everyone is pretty much in agreement that short series are not the best way to decide the postseason series... the more games played, the better the chance the best team will win.

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Thank you for this post.

Now, i have to play catch up.

i accidentally peeked, so i know the Racers did not repeat. But still there is nothing like IPA Playoffs. :eatpop:

Much appreciate you Dark Horse... thanks for hanging with me all these many years on the IPA... it's no telling how many people you have told about my IPA.

You may be the reason it has run so long.

Yeah, I love the Racers, too... they may have a shot at the Pro Cup again this year... they are getting way, way up in age, but they still have what it takes to win... the 2071 playoffs will be hotly-contested... all 8 clubs could win the Pro Cup.

I fouled up in 2070 when I went to best-of-three series... the Racers would have done better, I think.

Are we going back to best-of-seven series in 2071?

I gonna try best 3-of-5 in all 3 rounds this year and see if that does it.

That seems like a good length.

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S'BIRDS, V'S, 'PHOONS, RASCALS GET LEG UP IN IPA PLAYOFF SERIES
Four clubs are off-and-running in the Islandian Pro Alliance First Round Series... in the Ruthlandian Union opening games Belair Beach trimmed Valmara 2-1 in a tight one... and Volusia whupped up on the Pro Cup favorite Wynnamac Sundowners 12-4... in the Tycobbian Union the Turon Typhoons blew past the Rolling Hills Racers 7-5 and White River copped a pitcher's duel with the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats 4-1.

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Friday, October 2, 2071

VIPERS AND MACS ON THE VERGE OF SWEEPS BY SUNBIRDS AND V'S IN RU... TYPHOONS UP BY 2 OVER RACERS IN TU... RASCALS AND TUCKS HAVE SPLIT FIRST TWO GAMES
Two slight underdogs are having their way with two favored teams in the Ruthlandian Union First Round... Volusia and Belair Beach have snatch 2-0 leads over Wynnamac and Valmara and could sweep the best-of-five series... in the Tycobbian Union Turon is close to eliminating Rolling Hills, but White River and Tuckanarra are all even.

In a brilliantly-played game Volusia edged out Wynnamac in 10 innings 3-0... Belair Beach skimmed by Valmara 4-2, scoring all the runs in the first frame... and Turon bounced back and beat Rolling Hills 4-3 in another tight contest... Tuckanarra held off White River 6-4.

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