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Eugene Church · 03-05-2009, 09:27 PM

Saturday, June 15, 2002

The Islandian News

Saturday, June 15, 2002

Bay St. Clair, Denton City, Kenwood, TU West Contenders

It's a closely-bunched pennant chase in the Tycobbian Union West at the midpoint in the season with almost every team still with a chance to at least make the playoffs. The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers are only 1 game ahead of the Denton City Redbirds, 2 games in front of the third place Kenwood Wildcats and 4 up on the Rolling Hills Reds. Bayview is tied with Chicopee for the fifth spot, just 6 games off the pace. Rounding out the division are the Arlon Champions, who are 7 games out in the seventh spot in the standings and the cellar-dwelling La Claire Lynx, trailing by 9 games.

Guy Rondre's Bay St. Clair Buccaneers (40-31) have gone from worst to first since last year... The Bucs still hit the cover off the ball just like last season, but Rondre found some pitchers to go with it and now they find themselves at the top of the heap in the TU West... The Buccaneers are batting .273 (1st) with 51 homers (5th)... excel with a superb 3.03 ERA (1st)... but take a nose dive with a .972 fielding average (7th-tied).

Rondre's top starters are Duke DeVree (6-1 1.71), Duncan McFalls (7-6 3.06) and Denny Coulon (6-3 3.01)... The Bucs bullpen is even better than the starters with Kenny Metcalf (5-2 2.08) leading the way.

In the batter's box, Bay St. Clair's best hitters are 2B Tony Mann (.359) with 4 home runs and 36 RBIs, 3B Ed Albrecht (.315) with 17 homers and 55 RBIs, RF Jose Valenzuela (.298) with 5 roundtrippers and 31 RBIs, C Jake Singleton (.292) with 37 RBIs, CF Wayne Latham (.291) 3 home runs and 27 runs batted in and LF Charley Moon (.305) has 3 home runs and 19 RBIs... With such a well-balance blend of batting and pitching, the Bucs are the favorites for the division banner, but will have a tough battle on their hands.

The Denton City Redbirds (39-32), piloted by Ford Whiteman, don't have good stats, but they have a winning record... The Redbirds have compiled a .258 average (5th-tied), hit only 39 homers (8th), notched a poor 4.44 ERA (8th), but still are only one game out of first place... Denton City did well in April with a 19-10 mark, but have only been 20-22 since... However, the Redbirds can catch the ball and lead the division in defense with a fine .981 fielding average (1st).

Whiteman, a superb southpaw in his playing days, only has three dependable pitchers... Starters Bob Coleman (9-4 2.69) and Joe Hoffman (8-5 3.39) have been impressive and consistent, while Pappy Waterhouse (2-2 2.63) has been stong as the Redbird closer.

Offensively for Denton City, RF Cris Willis (.360) has 42 RBIs, scored 43 times and stolen 12 bases, SS Trevor Tomlinson (.277) has hit 5 homers, driven in 27 runs, scored 49 runs and stolen 29 bases, 3B Kenny Sterling (.260) has homered 11 times, batted in 40 runs and scored 40... 1B Josh Swift (.336) and C Kyle Hamilton (.303) are the Redbirds other .300 batters... Judging by their play in the last month and a half, Denton City will have trouble maintaining their lofty perch... a downward spiral is indicated.

In the third spot in the TU West are the Kenwood Wildcats (38-33)... They started off strong in the early going, but have slumped in the last few weeks... Piloted by one of the all-time home run hitter, Aaron Hankins, the Wildcats do hit the ball well... They are batting .271 as a team (2nd) with a division high 65 home runs (1st)... with a 3.65 ERA (5th) and a poor .972 fielding percentage (7th-tied).

SS Ned Chamberlain (.346) has been outstanding with 13 roundtrippers, 47 RBIs and 53 runs scored... IF Denholm Carruthers (.331) has 2 home runs, 21 RBIs and 23 runs scored, IF Jamie Meade (.320) has homered 4 times, has 30 RBIs and has scored 25 times, LF Grover Chilcott (.336) with 2 homers, 23 RBIs and 21 runs... RF Aydan Winthrop (.260) has supplied 17 home runs and 46 RBIs.

Hankins has only two reliable hurlers in starters Nick Deville (7-2 2.76) and Andrew York (7-4 3.19)... Kenwood's bullpen is adequate and has outpitched the starting rotation overall... As long as the Wildcats keep hitting and hitting with power, they should remain in the first division... Kenwood seems to be a good bet to make the playoffs and just might contend for the division regular season title, too.

Homers, decent pitching and solid defense have carried the Rolling Hills Reds (36-35) this season... Skipper Matty Christianson has led them to a fourth-place slot at midseason, just 4 games behind Bay St. Clair... The Reds are batting only .246 (8th), but have clouted 64 home runs (2nd)... pitching has been alright with a 3.63 ERA (4th), while defense has been solid with a .978 fielding average (3rd).

Rolling Hills CF Willie Mays Nixon (.282) and 1B Sunshine Anaba (.277) have provided the power... Nixon has 17 homers, 45 RBIs, scored 45 times and stolen 16 bases, while Anaba has homered 10 times with 34 runs batted in.

Christianson's starting rotation includes Dennis McCarley (3-3 3.17), Keith Greenwood (4-5 3.30) and Roger Davidson (4-6 3.86)... His bullpen standout has been Hondo Anoki (5-5 2.86)... Rolling Hills will be in the running for a playoff slot... third or fourth place most likely.

The Bayview Vikings (34-37) and Chicopee Braves (34-37) are running neck-and-neck and are tied for fifth place in the Tycobbian West...but well within striking distance of first place and most certainly a playoff position... The Viks and the Braves are only 6 games off the pace. Looking at the two clubs season stats, they are deadlocked there, too... Both clubs might hit their way into the playoffs.

The Vikings are run by Walter Johanssen, perhaps the finest righthanded pitcher in the industrial league history... Bayview has a .264 team batting average (4th) with 52 homers (4th) and a 3.90 ERA (6th)... The Viks are fielding at a .977 pace (4th-tied)... On offense, 2B Alan Hansen (.299) has only 1 home run, but has driven in 25 and scored 42, while stealing 25 bases... C Hank Bethel (.267) has walloped 10 roundtrippers, has 41 RBIs and scored 28 runs... 3B James Scott (.389) has done well in a platoon role with 2 homers, 19 RBIs, scored 27 times and stolen 9 bases... same thing for 1B Chancey Quibedeaux (.311) with 6 home runs and 21 RBIs.

Skipper Johanssen has two solid starters in Jerry Harrison (8-5 3.39) and Paul Hood (9-8 2.92), but needs help for the other two slots... Bayview's bullpen has done well with Adrian Strom (1-0 2.44) and Terry Banks (1-0 2.05) getting most of the relief work... The Vikings really could use a closer.

Chicopee is hitting at a .268 clip (3rd) with 56 homers (3rd) and a 4.16 ERA (7th)... defensively the Braves are fielding .977 (4th-tied)... CF Orville Butler (.302) is manager Harry Fleetfoot's biggest run producer... Butler has 21 homers and 62 RBIs... 2B Black Hair Shilah (.326) has hit 5 roundtrippers with 36 RBIs and 38 runs scored... 3B Johnny Kajika (.322) has 5 home runs with 24 RBIs and scored 32 runs... Platooners 1B Big Charlie Hansa (.333) with 5 homers and 25 RBIs and LF Big Stick Takala (.302) with 4 home runs and 17 runs batted in.

Fleetfoot's mound corps needs some help... but starters Wayne Blackwell (11-7 3.33) and Warren Paul (6-5 3.14) have been steady and solid... Closer Chitto Dasan (1-3 2.93) has done well, too... Chicopee and Bayview could finish anywhere from 2nd to 6th... how much their pitching improve will be the key factor.

Holding down seventh place in the TU West are Gary Louis' Arlon Champions (33-38)...the Champs are 7 games back in the pennant race, mainly because of a poor offense... they are hitting a collective .254 (7th) with 50 home runs (6th) with a good 3.35 ERA (3rd) and a very good .980 fielding average (2nd).

It has been Arlon's mound corps that stood out this year... Jeff Nieman (7-7 2.49), Ace Howe (9-5 3.21) and Kurt DeHaan (3-2 2.88) all are very capable starters with good relievers, too... Closer Craig Smith (4-2 1.53), Sean Dudek (2-2 3.00) and Ray Hurt (0-0 3.52 have anchored the bullpen.

Arlon needs some big sticks... Louis' bat crew consists of only three hitters... LF Matt Merrill (.297) with 3 homers, 33 RBIs and 37 runs scored... CF Steve Barnett (.287) has homered 8 times with 27 RBIs, 41 runs scored and 15 stolen bases... and SS Nicky Sweet (.276) has collected 6 roundtrippers, 24 RBIs and 26 runs scored... It will take more scoring for the Champions to make a playoff run... seventh place seems to be where Arlon will finish the season.

The La Claire Lynx (31-40) are in the same boat as Arlon... Manager Rip Calkin's club suffered from a lack of hitting... The Lynx have recorded a .258 mark (5th-tied) with 49 homers (7th)... registered a decent 3.51 ERA (3rd) and are fielding .975 (6th).

Calkin has good starters in George Gentry (8-7 3.69), Pat Daniels (6-8 3.69), Munoto Kishata (6-4 2.66) and Kimo Orlando (7-8 3.87)... La Claire has some good arms in the bullpen, too... Andy Murray (2.73), Tony Nygaard (3.27), Frank Lamoreaux (3.25) and Matt Johnson (1.80) have kept them in the ballgame most of the time. The Lynx pitching corps is more than adequate... Calkin needs hitters.

3B Luis Marquez (.320) has homered 5 times and batted in 37 runs this season... CF Lucky Collins (.315) has chipped in with 3 homers, 31 RBIs, scored 48 times and stolen 21 bases... and rookie first baseman Kenny Jablonski (.320) has belted 5 out of the park and driven in 17 in limited action since being obtained in a trade with the Eastshore Elegants in early May... More offense could do wonders for La Claire... The Lynx might contend for the playoffs if it happens... Last place is the more probable forecast.

03-05-2009, 09:27 PM	#745
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,905	Saturday, June 15, 2002 The Islandian News Saturday, June 15, 2002 Bay St. Clair, Denton City, Kenwood, TU West Contenders It's a closely-bunched pennant chase in the Tycobbian Union West at the midpoint in the season with almost every team still with a chance to at least make the playoffs. The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers are only 1 game ahead of the Denton City Redbirds, 2 games in front of the third place Kenwood Wildcats and 4 up on the Rolling Hills Reds. Bayview is tied with Chicopee for the fifth spot, just 6 games off the pace. Rounding out the division are the Arlon Champions, who are 7 games out in the seventh spot in the standings and the cellar-dwelling La Claire Lynx, trailing by 9 games. Guy Rondre's Bay St. Clair Buccaneers (40-31) have gone from worst to first since last year... The Bucs still hit the cover off the ball just like last season, but Rondre found some pitchers to go with it and now they find themselves at the top of the heap in the TU West... The Buccaneers are batting .273 (1st) with 51 homers (5th)... excel with a superb 3.03 ERA (1st)... but take a nose dive with a .972 fielding average (7th-tied). Rondre's top starters are Duke DeVree (6-1 1.71), Duncan McFalls (7-6 3.06) and Denny Coulon (6-3 3.01)... The Bucs bullpen is even better than the starters with Kenny Metcalf (5-2 2.08) leading the way. In the batter's box, Bay St. Clair's best hitters are 2B Tony Mann (.359) with 4 home runs and 36 RBIs, 3B Ed Albrecht (.315) with 17 homers and 55 RBIs, RF Jose Valenzuela (.298) with 5 roundtrippers and 31 RBIs, C Jake Singleton (.292) with 37 RBIs, CF Wayne Latham (.291) 3 home runs and 27 runs batted in and LF Charley Moon (.305) has 3 home runs and 19 RBIs... With such a well-balance blend of batting and pitching, the Bucs are the favorites for the division banner, but will have a tough battle on their hands. The Denton City Redbirds (39-32), piloted by Ford Whiteman, don't have good stats, but they have a winning record... The Redbirds have compiled a .258 average (5th-tied), hit only 39 homers (8th), notched a poor 4.44 ERA (8th), but still are only one game out of first place... Denton City did well in April with a 19-10 mark, but have only been 20-22 since... However, the Redbirds can catch the ball and lead the division in defense with a fine .981 fielding average (1st). Whiteman, a superb southpaw in his playing days, only has three dependable pitchers... Starters Bob Coleman (9-4 2.69) and Joe Hoffman (8-5 3.39) have been impressive and consistent, while Pappy Waterhouse (2-2 2.63) has been stong as the Redbird closer. Offensively for Denton City, RF Cris Willis (.360) has 42 RBIs, scored 43 times and stolen 12 bases, SS Trevor Tomlinson (.277) has hit 5 homers, driven in 27 runs, scored 49 runs and stolen 29 bases, 3B Kenny Sterling (.260) has homered 11 times, batted in 40 runs and scored 40... 1B Josh Swift (.336) and C Kyle Hamilton (.303) are the Redbirds other .300 batters... Judging by their play in the last month and a half, Denton City will have trouble maintaining their lofty perch... a downward spiral is indicated. In the third spot in the TU West are the Kenwood Wildcats (38-33)... They started off strong in the early going, but have slumped in the last few weeks... Piloted by one of the all-time home run hitter, Aaron Hankins, the Wildcats do hit the ball well... They are batting .271 as a team (2nd) with a division high 65 home runs (1st)... with a 3.65 ERA (5th) and a poor .972 fielding percentage (7th-tied). SS Ned Chamberlain (.346) has been outstanding with 13 roundtrippers, 47 RBIs and 53 runs scored... IF Denholm Carruthers (.331) has 2 home runs, 21 RBIs and 23 runs scored, IF Jamie Meade (.320) has homered 4 times, has 30 RBIs and has scored 25 times, LF Grover Chilcott (.336) with 2 homers, 23 RBIs and 21 runs... RF Aydan Winthrop (.260) has supplied 17 home runs and 46 RBIs. Hankins has only two reliable hurlers in starters Nick Deville (7-2 2.76) and Andrew York (7-4 3.19)... Kenwood's bullpen is adequate and has outpitched the starting rotation overall... As long as the Wildcats keep hitting and hitting with power, they should remain in the first division... Kenwood seems to be a good bet to make the playoffs and just might contend for the division regular season title, too. Homers, decent pitching and solid defense have carried the Rolling Hills Reds (36-35) this season... Skipper Matty Christianson has led them to a fourth-place slot at midseason, just 4 games behind Bay St. Clair... The Reds are batting only .246 (8th), but have clouted 64 home runs (2nd)... pitching has been alright with a 3.63 ERA (4th), while defense has been solid with a .978 fielding average (3rd). Rolling Hills CF Willie Mays Nixon (.282) and 1B Sunshine Anaba (.277) have provided the power... Nixon has 17 homers, 45 RBIs, scored 45 times and stolen 16 bases, while Anaba has homered 10 times with 34 runs batted in. Christianson's starting rotation includes Dennis McCarley (3-3 3.17), Keith Greenwood (4-5 3.30) and Roger Davidson (4-6 3.86)... His bullpen standout has been Hondo Anoki (5-5 2.86)... Rolling Hills will be in the running for a playoff slot... third or fourth place most likely. The Bayview Vikings (34-37) and Chicopee Braves (34-37) are running neck-and-neck and are tied for fifth place in the Tycobbian West...but well within striking distance of first place and most certainly a playoff position... The Viks and the Braves are only 6 games off the pace. Looking at the two clubs season stats, they are deadlocked there, too... Both clubs might hit their way into the playoffs. The Vikings are run by Walter Johanssen, perhaps the finest righthanded pitcher in the industrial league history... Bayview has a .264 team batting average (4th) with 52 homers (4th) and a 3.90 ERA (6th)... The Viks are fielding at a .977 pace (4th-tied)... On offense, 2B Alan Hansen (.299) has only 1 home run, but has driven in 25 and scored 42, while stealing 25 bases... C Hank Bethel (.267) has walloped 10 roundtrippers, has 41 RBIs and scored 28 runs... 3B James Scott (.389) has done well in a platoon role with 2 homers, 19 RBIs, scored 27 times and stolen 9 bases... same thing for 1B Chancey Quibedeaux (.311) with 6 home runs and 21 RBIs. Skipper Johanssen has two solid starters in Jerry Harrison (8-5 3.39) and Paul Hood (9-8 2.92), but needs help for the other two slots... Bayview's bullpen has done well with Adrian Strom (1-0 2.44) and Terry Banks (1-0 2.05) getting most of the relief work... The Vikings really could use a closer. Chicopee is hitting at a .268 clip (3rd) with 56 homers (3rd) and a 4.16 ERA (7th)... defensively the Braves are fielding .977 (4th-tied)... CF Orville Butler (.302) is manager Harry Fleetfoot's biggest run producer... Butler has 21 homers and 62 RBIs... 2B Black Hair Shilah (.326) has hit 5 roundtrippers with 36 RBIs and 38 runs scored... 3B Johnny Kajika (.322) has 5 home runs with 24 RBIs and scored 32 runs... Platooners 1B Big Charlie Hansa (.333) with 5 homers and 25 RBIs and LF Big Stick Takala (.302) with 4 home runs and 17 runs batted in. Fleetfoot's mound corps needs some help... but starters Wayne Blackwell (11-7 3.33) and Warren Paul (6-5 3.14) have been steady and solid... Closer Chitto Dasan (1-3 2.93) has done well, too... Chicopee and Bayview could finish anywhere from 2nd to 6th... how much their pitching improve will be the key factor. Holding down seventh place in the TU West are Gary Louis' Arlon Champions (33-38)...the Champs are 7 games back in the pennant race, mainly because of a poor offense... they are hitting a collective .254 (7th) with 50 home runs (6th) with a good 3.35 ERA (3rd) and a very good .980 fielding average (2nd). It has been Arlon's mound corps that stood out this year... Jeff Nieman (7-7 2.49), Ace Howe (9-5 3.21) and Kurt DeHaan (3-2 2.88) all are very capable starters with good relievers, too... Closer Craig Smith (4-2 1.53), Sean Dudek (2-2 3.00) and Ray Hurt (0-0 3.52 have anchored the bullpen. Arlon needs some big sticks... Louis' bat crew consists of only three hitters... LF Matt Merrill (.297) with 3 homers, 33 RBIs and 37 runs scored... CF Steve Barnett (.287) has homered 8 times with 27 RBIs, 41 runs scored and 15 stolen bases... and SS Nicky Sweet (.276) has collected 6 roundtrippers, 24 RBIs and 26 runs scored... It will take more scoring for the Champions to make a playoff run... seventh place seems to be where Arlon will finish the season. The La Claire Lynx (31-40) are in the same boat as Arlon... Manager Rip Calkin's club suffered from a lack of hitting... The Lynx have recorded a .258 mark (5th-tied) with 49 homers (7th)... registered a decent 3.51 ERA (3rd) and are fielding .975 (6th). Calkin has good starters in George Gentry (8-7 3.69), Pat Daniels (6-8 3.69), Munoto Kishata (6-4 2.66) and Kimo Orlando (7-8 3.87)... La Claire has some good arms in the bullpen, too... Andy Murray (2.73), Tony Nygaard (3.27), Frank Lamoreaux (3.25) and Matt Johnson (1.80) have kept them in the ballgame most of the time. The Lynx pitching corps is more than adequate... Calkin needs hitters. 3B Luis Marquez (.320) has homered 5 times and batted in 37 runs this season... CF Lucky Collins (.315) has chipped in with 3 homers, 31 RBIs, scored 48 times and stolen 21 bases... and rookie first baseman Kenny Jablonski (.320) has belted 5 out of the park and driven in 17 in limited action since being obtained in a trade with the Eastshore Elegants in early May... More offense could do wonders for La Claire... The Lynx might contend for the playoffs if it happens... Last place is the more probable forecast. Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-12-2009 at 12:37 AM.