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Eugene Church · 03-11-2008, 01:14 AM

The Islandian Times

Sunday, May 20, 2001

Sugar Valley Rattlers

Owner/GM: Manny Earl

Manager: Gibson "Gibby" Bobkins

Sugar Valley is an agricultural town of 84,000 in the Southern Lowlands on the banks of the great Green River, which splits Ruthlandia in half and runs from Far Mountain in the north near the Appian Mountains, all the way south to Belair Beach on Belair Bay and the Southern Sea.

Sugar Valley is famous as a lush farming region, that specializes in sugar cane, rice, citrus fruits and vegetables.

It is also the home of the Sugar Valley Rattlers, a team in the Ruthlandian Baseball Union (South Division) of the Islandian Pro Alliance. The Rattlers play at Farmers Memorial Stadium, named in honor of the area's most respected profession. They get their nickname for the ever-present cane rattlesnakes, commonly found in the Southern Lowlands.

It is a traditional for the Rattler fans, especially the kids, to try and rally the team with a chorus or two of the song "Sneaky Snake", led, of course, by the Sugar Valley mascot, Sneaky Snake:

Boys and girls take warning, if you go near the lake
Keep your eyes wide open, and look for sneaky snake
Now maybe you won’t see him, maybe you won’t hear
But he’ll sneak up behind you, and drink all your root beer.

And then sneaky snake goes dancin’, wigglin’ and a-hissin’
Sneaky snake goes dancin’, gigglin’ and a-kissin’
I don’t like old sneaky snake; he laughs too much you see
When he goes wigglin’ through the grass, it tickles his underneath.

(Thanks to Country Music Hall-of-Famer,Tom T. Hall, a wonderful country singer and songwriter for those lyrics)

The sound of mechanical rattlers and noisemakers are a tradition and also pervade the ballpark as Sugar Valley hardcore fans create quite a racket and try to ignite their team. They also do prolonged "hissing", whenever the Rattler opponents do something good or should the umpires make any decisions detrimental to their beloved ballclub.

At the concession stands you'll get the regular hot dogs, cokes and hamburgers, but also mouthwatering, made-from-scratch, country biscuits, topped with sugar cane molasses and "to die for" homemade ice cream. Be sure to try the wonderful homemade root beer, too.

The architect in charge of all of this is one of baseball's premier and most creative owners and general managers, Manny Earl. Nobody out promotes Manny Earl. He was an important cog in the IPA organization along with Jorge Trujillo of Belair Beach, Jock Ewing of Waleska, John Banson (league commissioner) and Rob Jackson of Forest City.

The Rattlers' manager is the very capable Gibson Bobkins. Gibby was one fierce competitor, when he was on the mound. He was one of the best righthanders ever in the industrial leagues and a good manager, too.

Farmers Memorial Stadium (1967)

Capacity: 11,655

Dimensions:

LF Line 310
LF 340
LCF 370
CF 385
RCF 370
RF 340
RF Line 310

03-11-2008, 01:14 AM	#153
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,694 Blog Entries: 1	The Islandian Times Sunday, May 20, 2001 Sugar Valley Rattlers Owner/GM: Manny Earl Manager: Gibson "Gibby" Bobkins Sugar Valley is an agricultural town of 84,000 in the Southern Lowlands on the banks of the great Green River, which splits Ruthlandia in half and runs from Far Mountain in the north near the Appian Mountains, all the way south to Belair Beach on Belair Bay and the Southern Sea. Sugar Valley is famous as a lush farming region, that specializes in sugar cane, rice, citrus fruits and vegetables. It is also the home of the Sugar Valley Rattlers, a team in the Ruthlandian Baseball Union (South Division) of the Islandian Pro Alliance. The Rattlers play at Farmers Memorial Stadium, named in honor of the area's most respected profession. They get their nickname for the ever-present cane rattlesnakes, commonly found in the Southern Lowlands. It is a traditional for the Rattler fans, especially the kids, to try and rally the team with a chorus or two of the song "Sneaky Snake", led, of course, by the Sugar Valley mascot, Sneaky Snake: Boys and girls take warning, if you go near the lake Keep your eyes wide open, and look for sneaky snake Now maybe you won’t see him, maybe you won’t hear But he’ll sneak up behind you, and drink all your root beer. And then sneaky snake goes dancin’, wigglin’ and a-hissin’ Sneaky snake goes dancin’, gigglin’ and a-kissin’ I don’t like old sneaky snake; he laughs too much you see When he goes wigglin’ through the grass, it tickles his underneath. (Thanks to Country Music Hall-of-Famer,Tom T. Hall, a wonderful country singer and songwriter for those lyrics) The sound of mechanical rattlers and noisemakers are a tradition and also pervade the ballpark as Sugar Valley hardcore fans create quite a racket and try to ignite their team. They also do prolonged "hissing", whenever the Rattler opponents do something good or should the umpires make any decisions detrimental to their beloved ballclub. At the concession stands you'll get the regular hot dogs, cokes and hamburgers, but also mouthwatering, made-from-scratch, country biscuits, topped with sugar cane molasses and "to die for" homemade ice cream. Be sure to try the wonderful homemade root beer, too. The architect in charge of all of this is one of baseball's premier and most creative owners and general managers, Manny Earl. Nobody out promotes Manny Earl. He was an important cog in the IPA organization along with Jorge Trujillo of Belair Beach, Jock Ewing of Waleska, John Banson (league commissioner) and Rob Jackson of Forest City. The Rattlers' manager is the very capable Gibson Bobkins. Gibby was one fierce competitor, when he was on the mound. He was one of the best righthanders ever in the industrial leagues and a good manager, too. Farmers Memorial Stadium (1967) Capacity: 11,655 Dimensions: LF Line 310 LF 340 LCF 370 CF 385 RCF 370 RF 340 RF Line 310 Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-11-2008 at 01:16 AM.