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Eugene Church · 03-04-2009, 08:38 PM

The Islandian Times

Saturday, June 15, 2002

The Islandian Times

Saturday, June 15, 2002

South Fork and Tuckanarra 1-2 in Tight TU East
From top to bottom in the "homer happy" Tycobbian Union East Division only 9 games separate 7 of the teams. At the All-Star break the South Fork Stallions have a scant 2-game lead over the second place Tucknarra Blue Jays. East Point and High Mesa are third, just 5 games off the pace with Ozarka and Red Bluff fifth, trailing by 7 games. The Midway Wolves are 9 games behind in the seventh spot and the Hillsboro Blazers are in last place, 16 games back. The TU East has the smallest ballparks in the IPA and the balls fly out with great regularity.

The well-rounded South Fork Stallions (43-28) are managed by Deroche "Lips" Leon. His club is batting a solid .273 (4th) with 63 home runs (6th-tied), has a strong pitching staff with a 3.21 ERA (1st) and a good .979 fielding percentage (3rd-tied).

Flint Battle (11-6 3.51) leads the Stallion staff in victories, followed by Vince Bernini (8-8 2.08) and Glenn Turnbull (5-2 3.58)... South Fork has solid relievers, too... Leon's top hitters are 1B Keith Burke (.303) with 11 homers and 37 RBIs, CF Ronnie Lee (.301) with 7 home runs, 43 runs scored, 33 RBIs and 16 SB, 3B Glenn Holliday (.268) with 16 roundtrippers and 46 runs batted in, LF Art Atkins (.290) with 7 homers and CF Lyle Lindsey (.288). It looks the Stallions and the Tuckanarra Blue Jays will be the main contenders for the division crown because of superior pitching.

At the helm of the Tucknarra Blue Jays (41-30) is Carlton "Lefty" Stevens, who starred for many years in the industrial leagues... The Blue Jays have put up an outstanding .278 BA (2nd), 73 homers (4th) with a 3.43 ERA (3rd), which is commendable in this hitters' division. Stevens has put together a good pitching corps with Coorain Janama (12-4 2.83), Niles Applewhite (8-3 3.51) and Leland Akana (5-6 3.27), but it is the Blue Jays batters, who are the team's lifeblood... LF Corey Tavington (.355) is all-star caliber with 11 homers, 53 RBIs and has scored 51 times... Other contributors include C Clint Hardesty (.322) with 6 home runs and 38 RBIs, SS Donnie Allgood (.322) 7 homers and 24 RBIs, 2B Owen MacArthur (.301) with 5 homers and 52 runs scored and RF Monty Draycott (.280) with 18 roundtrippers, 49 runs batted in and has scored 52 times... 1B Charley Schofied (.276) has chipped with 9 home runs and 35 RBIs... Stevens needs help in the bullpen, but thus far, his hitting is keeping the Blue Jays at the top of the standings.

High-scoring East Point and High Mesa are in a dead heat for third place in the TU East and are 5 games behind South Fork. The secret of success for the East Point Panthers (38-33) is power hitting... Griff Clarke's club tops the IPA with 93 home runs, paced by 2B Karol Zodoka (.337) with 21 homers and 67 RBIs, 3B Rex Sokolov (.266) with 19 roundtrippers and 51 RBIs, LF Tom Drenner (.288) with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs, CF Bobby Joseph (.321), RF Travis Buchanan (.302) and SS John Cottrell (.290) with 9 home runs... East Point has an out-of-sight 4.65 ERA (8th), but carries a .276 (3rd) batting average and a .978 fielding average (5th-tied).

On the mound the Panthers pitching takes a pounding because of the short fences, but skipper Clarke gets good work out of starters Jack Black (9-5 4.17) and Charley Hale (7-5 3.92)... in the bullpen his closer Bill Glasscock (5-3 2.87) is a standout with 8 saves... East Point could finish anywhere from third to sixth this year.

The High Mesa Cowboys (38-33) hit even better than East Point with a .282 team batting average (1st) with 87 roundtrippers (2nd) and pitch a little better with a 4.31 ERA (7th)... defensively the Cowboys have a .978 fielding average (5th-tied), the same as the Panthers.

Manager Frisky Franks has an explosive offensive line-up with five players hitting over .300... LF Adam Zitek (.342) leads the IPA with 24 home runs and has batted in 63 runs, while scoring 59 runs... 1B Babe Holloman(.342) has 7 HRs and 34 RBIs, 2B Ed Granberg (.313) with 10 home runs, 37 RBIs and 48 runs scored, SS Rolf Kellgren (.310) with 6 roundtippers, 30 RBIs, 67 runs scored and 13 SB, C Jay Fessler (.304) with 3 HRs, 39 RBIs and has scored 39 runs... CF Lex Neville (.235) hasn't hit much for average, but has 13 homers, 50 runs batted in and scored 40 times.

Surprisingly High Mesa has two hurlers with sub-3.00 ERAs... John Owens has been splendid with an 8-0 mark and a 2.78 ERA, while Jim Dreyer is 3-3 with a 2.70 ERA. We predict that the Cowboys will strongly contend for the third spot in the TU East and will make the playoffs.

The Ozarka Naturals (36-35) combine very good pitching with great defense and are tied with the Red Bluff Red Sox for the fifth spot in the standings, 7 games out of first... The only thing holding manager Joe Mac Carney's Nats back is poor hitting... Otherwise they would be a strong contender for the TU East crown... the club is batting only .243 (6th-tied) with only 47 homers (8th)... but on the hill Ozarka sports a 3.29 ERA (2nd)... Defensively, they lead the division with an exceptional .984 fielding percentage (1st).

The Naturals have four fine hurlers in their starting rotation in Alex DiMaggio (6-4 2.62), Sid Hyder (6-4 2.82), Yasuyuki Nakagawa (10-8 2.91) and Tony Didriksen (7-6 3.55)... But the bullpen is a little bare... Carney needs a lot of help there.

Ozarka's only quality hitters are CF Kermit Wiggins (.325) with 31 runs scored and 24 SB... 2B Duane Starr (.273) with 7 homers, 34 RBIs and 31 runs... and rookie 3B Royce Robinson (.309) 3 homers and 21 RBIs... If the hitting would perk up and Carney can find some relief help, the Naturals might challenge East Point and High Mesa for the third or fourth place and a playoff spot... More than likely fifth place is Ozarka's likely destination this season.

The Red Bluff Red Sox (36-35) are 7 games behind at the All-Star Game, but only 2 games out of third place under the leadership of Mack Connery... The Red Sox are doing better in the standings than their stats justify... .263 BA (5th)... 69 home runs (5th)... 4.14 ERA (6th)... and .976 FA (8th).

Red Bluff has some talented batters in CF Howard Fullerton (.337) with 10 roundtrippers and 30 RBIs, RF Tony Scalise (.307) 12 home runs and 39 RBIs, 1B Bucky Frizzell (.281) 10 Home runs and 28 runs batted in and C Vito Belisario (.317)... Red Sox bats have been doing their job.

Connery has two impressive starters in Mila Mohoski (6-2 2.48) and Jerry Kline (2.78)... Zeke Bowden (6-5 3.87) had looked good at times, too... Newcomer John Dougherty (3-1 1.33) may turn out to be the best of all of them in the closer's role... Look for Red Bluff to contest for a playoff spot, although sixth is the most probable finish.

The Midway Wolves (34-37) are near the bottom of the barrel in the Tycobbian Union East Division, sitting 9 games back in the race... Manager Cochise Chandler's group is also near the bottom statistically as well with a poor .240 BA (8th), 63 homers (6th-tied), 4.14 ERA (5th)... but rates highly with a .981 FA (2nd).

Shortstop Tommy Kawatoose (.309) is Midway's best all-around player with 11 homers, 37 RBIs and 58 runs scored... RF Gerry Alger (.273) has hit 12 out of the park with 50 RBIs and LF Archie Greene (.261) has totaled 9 home runs and 46 runs batted in.

On the mound, Nosyt Sani (5-3 2.94), Johnny Parker (3-2 1.80) and Tecumseh Aranu (4-2 3.69) have been Chandler's best arms... Midway looks solid for a seventh place finish this year.

The last place Hillsboro Blazers (27-44) are managed by Arky Spanderson, a well-known and very respected manager in the industrial league circles, but that success has not translated over to the IPA... The Blazers are hitting only .243 (6th-tied)... but do have 80 homers (3rd)... on the hill the team has compiled a 4.08 ERA (4th)... defensively they have a .978 FA (5th-tied)... Hillsboro trails the TU East leader, South Fork, by 16 games.

Pacing the Blazer attack are 2B Tommy Emrick (.295) 15 homers, 38 RBIs and 41 runs scored, RF Rawhide Marshall (.252) has hit 13 roundtrippers and driven in 27 runs, CF Arnie Greco (.290) has 7 home runs and SS Jerry Pontros (.281) has 7 as well... Spanderson recently traded for third baseman Johnny Strickland (.287) to add another longball hitter to his line-up... Strickland was traded from Far Mountain and has 7 home runs this season in abbreviated play.

Hillsboro has gone through quite a few pitchers this season. Recent acquisitions Nick Brennan (3-5 2.25) and Johnny Dennis (3-4 2.08) have done very well since coming aboard in May. Things have been sparse otherwise... The Blazers don't have much hope for this season and will have to build for next year... Last place is the forecast.

In the last half of the year, it will be South Fork and Tuckanarra sparring for the regular season TU East flag... with East Point, High Mesa and Ozarka contesting for the other two playoff positions...Red Bluff is a longshot for a playoff berth... Midway and Hillsboro have no chance.

03-04-2009, 08:38 PM	#738
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,699 Blog Entries: 1	The Islandian Times Saturday, June 15, 2002 The Islandian Times Saturday, June 15, 2002 South Fork and Tuckanarra 1-2 in Tight TU East From top to bottom in the "homer happy" Tycobbian Union East Division only 9 games separate 7 of the teams. At the All-Star break the South Fork Stallions have a scant 2-game lead over the second place Tucknarra Blue Jays. East Point and High Mesa are third, just 5 games off the pace with Ozarka and Red Bluff fifth, trailing by 7 games. The Midway Wolves are 9 games behind in the seventh spot and the Hillsboro Blazers are in last place, 16 games back. The TU East has the smallest ballparks in the IPA and the balls fly out with great regularity. The well-rounded South Fork Stallions (43-28) are managed by Deroche "Lips" Leon. His club is batting a solid .273 (4th) with 63 home runs (6th-tied), has a strong pitching staff with a 3.21 ERA (1st) and a good .979 fielding percentage (3rd-tied). Flint Battle (11-6 3.51) leads the Stallion staff in victories, followed by Vince Bernini (8-8 2.08) and Glenn Turnbull (5-2 3.58)... South Fork has solid relievers, too... Leon's top hitters are 1B Keith Burke (.303) with 11 homers and 37 RBIs, CF Ronnie Lee (.301) with 7 home runs, 43 runs scored, 33 RBIs and 16 SB, 3B Glenn Holliday (.268) with 16 roundtrippers and 46 runs batted in, LF Art Atkins (.290) with 7 homers and CF Lyle Lindsey (.288). It looks the Stallions and the Tuckanarra Blue Jays will be the main contenders for the division crown because of superior pitching. At the helm of the Tucknarra Blue Jays (41-30) is Carlton "Lefty" Stevens, who starred for many years in the industrial leagues... The Blue Jays have put up an outstanding .278 BA (2nd), 73 homers (4th) with a 3.43 ERA (3rd), which is commendable in this hitters' division. Stevens has put together a good pitching corps with Coorain Janama (12-4 2.83), Niles Applewhite (8-3 3.51) and Leland Akana (5-6 3.27), but it is the Blue Jays batters, who are the team's lifeblood... LF Corey Tavington (.355) is all-star caliber with 11 homers, 53 RBIs and has scored 51 times... Other contributors include C Clint Hardesty (.322) with 6 home runs and 38 RBIs, SS Donnie Allgood (.322) 7 homers and 24 RBIs, 2B Owen MacArthur (.301) with 5 homers and 52 runs scored and RF Monty Draycott (.280) with 18 roundtrippers, 49 runs batted in and has scored 52 times... 1B Charley Schofied (.276) has chipped with 9 home runs and 35 RBIs... Stevens needs help in the bullpen, but thus far, his hitting is keeping the Blue Jays at the top of the standings. High-scoring East Point and High Mesa are in a dead heat for third place in the TU East and are 5 games behind South Fork. The secret of success for the East Point Panthers (38-33) is power hitting... Griff Clarke's club tops the IPA with 93 home runs, paced by 2B Karol Zodoka (.337) with 21 homers and 67 RBIs, 3B Rex Sokolov (.266) with 19 roundtrippers and 51 RBIs, LF Tom Drenner (.288) with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs, CF Bobby Joseph (.321), RF Travis Buchanan (.302) and SS John Cottrell (.290) with 9 home runs... East Point has an out-of-sight 4.65 ERA (8th), but carries a .276 (3rd) batting average and a .978 fielding average (5th-tied). On the mound the Panthers pitching takes a pounding because of the short fences, but skipper Clarke gets good work out of starters Jack Black (9-5 4.17) and Charley Hale (7-5 3.92)... in the bullpen his closer Bill Glasscock (5-3 2.87) is a standout with 8 saves... East Point could finish anywhere from third to sixth this year. The High Mesa Cowboys (38-33) hit even better than East Point with a .282 team batting average (1st) with 87 roundtrippers (2nd) and pitch a little better with a 4.31 ERA (7th)... defensively the Cowboys have a .978 fielding average (5th-tied), the same as the Panthers. Manager Frisky Franks has an explosive offensive line-up with five players hitting over .300... LF Adam Zitek (.342) leads the IPA with 24 home runs and has batted in 63 runs, while scoring 59 runs... 1B Babe Holloman(.342) has 7 HRs and 34 RBIs, 2B Ed Granberg (.313) with 10 home runs, 37 RBIs and 48 runs scored, SS Rolf Kellgren (.310) with 6 roundtippers, 30 RBIs, 67 runs scored and 13 SB, C Jay Fessler (.304) with 3 HRs, 39 RBIs and has scored 39 runs... CF Lex Neville (.235) hasn't hit much for average, but has 13 homers, 50 runs batted in and scored 40 times. Surprisingly High Mesa has two hurlers with sub-3.00 ERAs... John Owens has been splendid with an 8-0 mark and a 2.78 ERA, while Jim Dreyer is 3-3 with a 2.70 ERA. We predict that the Cowboys will strongly contend for the third spot in the TU East and will make the playoffs. The Ozarka Naturals (36-35) combine very good pitching with great defense and are tied with the Red Bluff Red Sox for the fifth spot in the standings, 7 games out of first... The only thing holding manager Joe Mac Carney's Nats back is poor hitting... Otherwise they would be a strong contender for the TU East crown... the club is batting only .243 (6th-tied) with only 47 homers (8th)... but on the hill Ozarka sports a 3.29 ERA (2nd)... Defensively, they lead the division with an exceptional .984 fielding percentage (1st). The Naturals have four fine hurlers in their starting rotation in Alex DiMaggio (6-4 2.62), Sid Hyder (6-4 2.82), Yasuyuki Nakagawa (10-8 2.91) and Tony Didriksen (7-6 3.55)... But the bullpen is a little bare... Carney needs a lot of help there. Ozarka's only quality hitters are CF Kermit Wiggins (.325) with 31 runs scored and 24 SB... 2B Duane Starr (.273) with 7 homers, 34 RBIs and 31 runs... and rookie 3B Royce Robinson (.309) 3 homers and 21 RBIs... If the hitting would perk up and Carney can find some relief help, the Naturals might challenge East Point and High Mesa for the third or fourth place and a playoff spot... More than likely fifth place is Ozarka's likely destination this season. The Red Bluff Red Sox (36-35) are 7 games behind at the All-Star Game, but only 2 games out of third place under the leadership of Mack Connery... The Red Sox are doing better in the standings than their stats justify... .263 BA (5th)... 69 home runs (5th)... 4.14 ERA (6th)... and .976 FA (8th). Red Bluff has some talented batters in CF Howard Fullerton (.337) with 10 roundtrippers and 30 RBIs, RF Tony Scalise (.307) 12 home runs and 39 RBIs, 1B Bucky Frizzell (.281) 10 Home runs and 28 runs batted in and C Vito Belisario (.317)... Red Sox bats have been doing their job. Connery has two impressive starters in Mila Mohoski (6-2 2.48) and Jerry Kline (2.78)... Zeke Bowden (6-5 3.87) had looked good at times, too... Newcomer John Dougherty (3-1 1.33) may turn out to be the best of all of them in the closer's role... Look for Red Bluff to contest for a playoff spot, although sixth is the most probable finish. The Midway Wolves (34-37) are near the bottom of the barrel in the Tycobbian Union East Division, sitting 9 games back in the race... Manager Cochise Chandler's group is also near the bottom statistically as well with a poor .240 BA (8th), 63 homers (6th-tied), 4.14 ERA (5th)... but rates highly with a .981 FA (2nd). Shortstop Tommy Kawatoose (.309) is Midway's best all-around player with 11 homers, 37 RBIs and 58 runs scored... RF Gerry Alger (.273) has hit 12 out of the park with 50 RBIs and LF Archie Greene (.261) has totaled 9 home runs and 46 runs batted in. On the mound, Nosyt Sani (5-3 2.94), Johnny Parker (3-2 1.80) and Tecumseh Aranu (4-2 3.69) have been Chandler's best arms... Midway looks solid for a seventh place finish this year. The last place Hillsboro Blazers (27-44) are managed by Arky Spanderson, a well-known and very respected manager in the industrial league circles, but that success has not translated over to the IPA... The Blazers are hitting only .243 (6th-tied)... but do have 80 homers (3rd)... on the hill the team has compiled a 4.08 ERA (4th)... defensively they have a .978 FA (5th-tied)... Hillsboro trails the TU East leader, South Fork, by 16 games. Pacing the Blazer attack are 2B Tommy Emrick (.295) 15 homers, 38 RBIs and 41 runs scored, RF Rawhide Marshall (.252) has hit 13 roundtrippers and driven in 27 runs, CF Arnie Greco (.290) has 7 home runs and SS Jerry Pontros (.281) has 7 as well... Spanderson recently traded for third baseman Johnny Strickland (.287) to add another longball hitter to his line-up... Strickland was traded from Far Mountain and has 7 home runs this season in abbreviated play. Hillsboro has gone through quite a few pitchers this season. Recent acquisitions Nick Brennan (3-5 2.25) and Johnny Dennis (3-4 2.08) have done very well since coming aboard in May. Things have been sparse otherwise... The Blazers don't have much hope for this season and will have to build for next year... Last place is the forecast. In the last half of the year, it will be South Fork and Tuckanarra sparring for the regular season TU East flag... with East Point, High Mesa and Ozarka contesting for the other two playoff positions...Red Bluff is a longshot for a playoff berth... Midway and Hillsboro have no chance. Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-04-2009 at 08:55 PM.