Always good to know you are alive and well... and following the IPA playoffs.

You been around a long, long time, my friend.

Thanks.

Good first day of games - 3 home teams won, 1 road team got a victory.

Good observation, jg2977... thanks for pointing it out.

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Monday, October 5, 2076

MACS, TUCKS AND MONTIES, SKY-HIGH WITH 2 STRAIGHT WINS... HOUNDS, RACERS AND HAYMAKERS DROP BOTH GAMES
The Islandian Pro Alliance first-round playoffs are underway... after two straight victories the Wynnamac Sundowners, Tuckanarra Tiger Cats
and San Alejo Montaneros are soaring sky-high, while the Glasco Foxhounds, Rolling Hills Racers and Mahaska Haymakers are in
trouble with two losses in a row... the home teams have won 7 of the 8 games so far... the next round of games will be switched for games
three, four and possible five... the teams behind are hoping for better outcomes at the friendly confines of their home parks.

Good pitching has dominated the bats so far... in games two Wynnamac skimmed past Glasco 5-2... Stoner defeated Valka 5-1... San Alejo nudged Mahaska 4-2 and Tuckanarra tamed Rolling Hills 5-4.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2076

MACS AND TUCKS NEAR SWEEPS, BLACKHAWKS AND MONTIES HAVE 2-1 LEADS
This year's Pro Cup favorite Wynnamac Sundowners are shining bright in the IPA playoffs, however defending IPA champion Rolling Hills has run into some bigtime trouble... the Macs have won three straight games from the Glasco Foxhounds in the Ruthlandian Union First Round, while the Racers have lost three in a row to the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats in the Tycobbian Union... one more victory and the Sundowners will head to the RU Finals... one more defeat and the season is over for Rolling Hills.

In yesterday's Ruthlandian Union action Wynnamac soundly beat Glasco 9-1 and Valka pulled out a come-from-behind 6-5 victory in 10 innings over the Stoner Silver Sox... in Tycobbian Union play the Tucks tamed Rolling Hills 7-2 and the Mahaska Haymakers skimmed by the San Alejo Montaneros 6-4.

Both Valka and San Alejo lead their best-of-seven series two games to one.

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(Special Thanks to Cuss for the beautiful Wynnamac Sundowners' logo... one of our fine graphics designers in the early days of OOTP... a "Sundowner" is a farmer in Australian that works "Sunup to Sundown".)

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(Special Thanks to txranger for the wonderful San Alejo logo... making the M look like two mountain peaks is absolutely genius)

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Thursday, October 8, 2076

ALL 8 CLUBS ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE IPA PRO CUP PLAYOFFS... BUT 3 ARE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION
Wynnamac, San Alejo and Tuckanarra have taken command of their IPA first-round postseason series... they are on top of the world and could be headed places... they are up three games to one and need just one more win to move on to the league title series... history tells us they are not likely to lose.

Wynnamac and Tuckanarra could have wrapped it up in 4-game sweeps, but the Glasco Foxhounds and the defending Pro Cup champion Rolling Hills Racers averted elimination with game-four victories... Glasco slowed down the Sundowners 3-0 and the Racers staved off the Tiger Cats 3-1... San Alejo drew closer to the TU title series with a 7-0 drubbing of the Mahaska Haymakers... and the Stoner Silver Sox evened their series with the Valka Blackhawks with a 6-4 triumph... the fifth game of each series is slated for Thursday.

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Friday, October 9, 2076

SAN ALEJO ADVANCES IN IPA PLAYOFFS, MAHASKA IS GONE
One team has qualified for the IPA Final 4, the league championship series... the highly-regarded San Alejo Montaneros dismantled the Mahaska Haymakers in Tycobbian Union first-round action... the Monties disposed of the Haymakers rather quickly four games to one, squeezing out a 6-5 triumph in 12 innings in game 5... the other three postseason series are 3-2 and still up for grabs... Pro Cup favorite Wynnamac has the edge on the Glasco Foxhounds, but they were nicked 2-1 in game 5 and failed to wrap up the series... Stoner slipped by the Valka Blackhawks 4-3 in 10 innings to go up in that series... and Rolling Hills stayed alive with 4-3 victory over the Tuckanarra Tiger Cats... all four of the games were decided by just one run.

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