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Eugene Church · 04-15-2010, 11:36 PM

The Islandian Times

Monday, September 19, 2011

2011 Ruthlandian Union North Final Standings, Team Batting and Pitching

FM Redhawks Wins Struggle With Glasco and Taranto in RU North

The Far Mountain Redhawks outfought five teams to cop its third consecutive Ruthlandian North pennant. Alex Groveland's crew finished strong over the second half of the season and came from a fourth place tie and four games back after the All-Star hiatus. The Redhawks edged the second place Glasco Athletics by a game. The A's also had a good second half run as they rose up from a midseason fourth place tie with Far Mountain. Third place Taranto was strong the entire season, but came up two games short. Fourth place LaGrange and Ancona faltered in the late stages of the race and wound up five games off the pace. The Kilkenny Cats ended up in the sixth spot, 11 games out. Valmara was seventh and 14 games behind, while first half leader Ranford went into a tailspin and fell all the way to the basement, trailing by 17 games.

Superior pitching and solid hitting were the keys for both Far Mountain (3.39 ERA) and Glasco (3.35 ERA). LaGrange and Taranto had the firepower with 186 and 175 roundtrippers, but both came up way short with 3.99 and 4.67 ERAs respectively.

Far Mountain boasted three strong vets on the mound in Boomerang Hines (22-12 2.85), Robby Kelly (12-7 2.76) and Leroy Hill (18-18 2.62)... closer Erich Dumont (5-6 1.42) blossomed in the bullpen with 28 saves... 3B Duane Parsons (.273/22/103/87), C Otis Ott (.271/25/91/77) and SS Don Nichols (.287/12/81/109) provided the offense.

In Glasco McDuffie Hughes relied on a strong mound corps... led by brilliant rookie Nicky Perrier (20-12 2.77), Bobby Joe Belvin (15-10 3.38) and Felipe Branco (17-14 3.10)... Closer Jack Hatcher (5-7 2.31) did fine work with 33 saves... 38-year-old CF Ike Plunkett (.284/26/95/78) continues to wield a good bat and glove... 3B George Ferguson (.267/26/90) and 2B Cyclone Cobb (.334/1/40/83) chipped in offensively as well... Cobb also stole 52 bases.

Manager Tommaso Lazzorda has a dynamite line-up in Taranto... the third place Tars led the RU in just about all offensive categories with a .278 batting average and 836 runs... paced by SS Ed Miles (.298/32/121/107, RF Arnie Kennedy (.320/27/88/121) and 1B Pietro Skrmetta (.310/16/88/86)... on the hill Jimmy Mosley (18-8 3.64) anchored the staff most of the season and got some late season help from Vito Incardona (17-7 3.31) and Dan Phillips (15-11 3.16), who were acquired in trades for the final six weeks... the future is bright if the Tars can keep Incardona and Phillips around for next year.

The LaGrange Sports and the Ancona Red Elephants were deadlocked at season's end in fourth place, both done in by playing poorly in the last three weeks of the campaign... Foxy Jimison, the head man in LaGrange, has an awesome batting order sparked by SS Bill Nilsen (.283/31/119/82), LF Quincy Peterson (.308/28/93/104), C Otto Kronvath (.274/30/92/77), RF Joel Reed (.298/26/85/90), 1B Bill Nance (.269/24/86/86) and 2B Dale Scoville (.293/18/85/86)... but the talent gets thin on the pitcher's rubber... Denny Kristensen (17-15 3.98) was the Sports only reliable arm until they obtained Pablo Orantes (16-15 2.93) from Crystal Lake in July... Orantes was 11-6 with an excellent 2.46 ERA the last three months of the year.

Ancona has Manny Mickens at the helm... his top bats are 1B Johnny Lee Harder (.295/26/114/90), CF Lacey Tompkins (.320/14/83/95) and LF Louie DiMucci (.304/18/81/78)... the Red Elephants top hurlers are starter George Agelakos (18-12 3.85) and closer John Sharpe (6-1 1.52), who excelled with 32 saves in a standout year... it gets sparse after those two.

The sixth place Kilkenny Cats are getting a lot of mileage out of some oldtimers... 39-year-old Gregg Neal (16-15 2.79) is still quite capable and is just about to reach the 200 mark in victories... Neal has posted 193 victories in 11 seasons and is the IPA career leader... Steve Ohlinger (17-15 3.18) gives manager Kieran McKenna a strong 1-2 punch in his starting rotation... overall the Cats rank third with a strong 3.33 team ERA... another 39-year-old, Shanley Hogan (7-6 1.17), had a terrific year with 23 saves and a sensational 1.17 ERA.... at the plate Kilkenny is led by RF Robby Campbell (.280/30/103), CF Kevin McPhail (.321/2/54/98) and old pro 2B Scooter Perez (.296/6/38/87), a career .301 hitter after 11 seasons... Perez is 35.

It's been quite a while since the Valmara Vipers were a force in the RU North... The Vipers came in second in 2006... hard times continued for skipper J. Jackson Samuel with a seventh place finish, 14 games off the pace... Vanya Vasylenko (14-14 4.18) and Greg Turchin (15-18 3.52) are his best arms, while RF Lou Gdowski (.311/25/104/86) is pretty much his offense.

The Ranford Bulls, piloted by Page Satcher, surprised all the experts by leading the RU North at mid-year... the Bulls held a slight one game lead over LaGrange and Taranto at the All-Star game, but couldn't sustain the effort and plunged all the way to the cellar, 17 game back of pennant-winning Far Mountain... Shane Hall (14-11 3.08) was the best pitcher, but he had no help... the reliable Chris Bernhoffer (12-21 3.73) staggered in with his worst season in his fine career... Satcher has nothing in the way of hitters... CF Tommy Reiner was his best with 103 runs scored and 37 stolen bases, but he batted only .253.

04-15-2010, 11:36 PM	#1669
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,903	The Islandian Times Monday, September 19, 2011 2011 Ruthlandian Union North Final Standings, Team Batting and Pitching FM Redhawks Wins Struggle With Glasco and Taranto in RU North The Far Mountain Redhawks outfought five teams to cop its third consecutive Ruthlandian North pennant. Alex Groveland's crew finished strong over the second half of the season and came from a fourth place tie and four games back after the All-Star hiatus. The Redhawks edged the second place Glasco Athletics by a game. The A's also had a good second half run as they rose up from a midseason fourth place tie with Far Mountain. Third place Taranto was strong the entire season, but came up two games short. Fourth place LaGrange and Ancona faltered in the late stages of the race and wound up five games off the pace. The Kilkenny Cats ended up in the sixth spot, 11 games out. Valmara was seventh and 14 games behind, while first half leader Ranford went into a tailspin and fell all the way to the basement, trailing by 17 games. Superior pitching and solid hitting were the keys for both Far Mountain (3.39 ERA) and Glasco (3.35 ERA). LaGrange and Taranto had the firepower with 186 and 175 roundtrippers, but both came up way short with 3.99 and 4.67 ERAs respectively. Far Mountain boasted three strong vets on the mound in Boomerang Hines (22-12 2.85), Robby Kelly (12-7 2.76) and Leroy Hill (18-18 2.62)... closer Erich Dumont (5-6 1.42) blossomed in the bullpen with 28 saves... 3B Duane Parsons (.273/22/103/87), C Otis Ott (.271/25/91/77) and SS Don Nichols (.287/12/81/109) provided the offense. In Glasco McDuffie Hughes relied on a strong mound corps... led by brilliant rookie Nicky Perrier (20-12 2.77), Bobby Joe Belvin (15-10 3.38) and Felipe Branco (17-14 3.10)... Closer Jack Hatcher (5-7 2.31) did fine work with 33 saves... 38-year-old CF Ike Plunkett (.284/26/95/78) continues to wield a good bat and glove... 3B George Ferguson (.267/26/90) and 2B Cyclone Cobb (.334/1/40/83) chipped in offensively as well... Cobb also stole 52 bases. Manager Tommaso Lazzorda has a dynamite line-up in Taranto... the third place Tars led the RU in just about all offensive categories with a .278 batting average and 836 runs... paced by SS Ed Miles (.298/32/121/107, RF Arnie Kennedy (.320/27/88/121) and 1B Pietro Skrmetta (.310/16/88/86)... on the hill Jimmy Mosley (18-8 3.64) anchored the staff most of the season and got some late season help from Vito Incardona (17-7 3.31) and Dan Phillips (15-11 3.16), who were acquired in trades for the final six weeks... the future is bright if the Tars can keep Incardona and Phillips around for next year. The LaGrange Sports and the Ancona Red Elephants were deadlocked at season's end in fourth place, both done in by playing poorly in the last three weeks of the campaign... Foxy Jimison, the head man in LaGrange, has an awesome batting order sparked by SS Bill Nilsen (.283/31/119/82), LF Quincy Peterson (.308/28/93/104), C Otto Kronvath (.274/30/92/77), RF Joel Reed (.298/26/85/90), 1B Bill Nance (.269/24/86/86) and 2B Dale Scoville (.293/18/85/86)... but the talent gets thin on the pitcher's rubber... Denny Kristensen (17-15 3.98) was the Sports only reliable arm until they obtained Pablo Orantes (16-15 2.93) from Crystal Lake in July... Orantes was 11-6 with an excellent 2.46 ERA the last three months of the year. Ancona has Manny Mickens at the helm... his top bats are 1B Johnny Lee Harder (.295/26/114/90), CF Lacey Tompkins (.320/14/83/95) and LF Louie DiMucci (.304/18/81/78)... the Red Elephants top hurlers are starter George Agelakos (18-12 3.85) and closer John Sharpe (6-1 1.52), who excelled with 32 saves in a standout year... it gets sparse after those two. The sixth place Kilkenny Cats are getting a lot of mileage out of some oldtimers... 39-year-old Gregg Neal (16-15 2.79) is still quite capable and is just about to reach the 200 mark in victories... Neal has posted 193 victories in 11 seasons and is the IPA career leader... Steve Ohlinger (17-15 3.18) gives manager Kieran McKenna a strong 1-2 punch in his starting rotation... overall the Cats rank third with a strong 3.33 team ERA... another 39-year-old, Shanley Hogan (7-6 1.17), had a terrific year with 23 saves and a sensational 1.17 ERA.... at the plate Kilkenny is led by RF Robby Campbell (.280/30/103), CF Kevin McPhail (.321/2/54/98) and old pro 2B Scooter Perez (.296/6/38/87), a career .301 hitter after 11 seasons... Perez is 35. It's been quite a while since the Valmara Vipers were a force in the RU North... The Vipers came in second in 2006... hard times continued for skipper J. Jackson Samuel with a seventh place finish, 14 games off the pace... Vanya Vasylenko (14-14 4.18) and Greg Turchin (15-18 3.52) are his best arms, while RF Lou Gdowski (.311/25/104/86) is pretty much his offense. The Ranford Bulls, piloted by Page Satcher, surprised all the experts by leading the RU North at mid-year... the Bulls held a slight one game lead over LaGrange and Taranto at the All-Star game, but couldn't sustain the effort and plunged all the way to the cellar, 17 game back of pennant-winning Far Mountain... Shane Hall (14-11 3.08) was the best pitcher, but he had no help... the reliable Chris Bernhoffer (12-21 3.73) staggered in with his worst season in his fine career... Satcher has nothing in the way of hitters... CF Tommy Reiner was his best with 103 runs scored and 37 stolen bases, but he batted only .253. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-15-2010 at 11:54 PM.