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Eugene Church · 04-24-2010, 02:16 PM

The Islandian Times

Monday, September 19, 2011

2011 Tycobbian Union West Final Standings, Team Batting and Pitching

DC Redbirds Keep Winning, Win 5th TU West Crown
Winning the Tycobbian West pennant is becoming old hat to the Denton City Redbirds fans. Whitey Richburn's bunch of talented ballplayers have taken the crown for four years in a row and five times in seven seasons. Most years the Redbirds coast to the title, but this year they had a battle on their hands before pulling away in the final week to win by a 6 games over the runner-up Kenwood Wildcats and 8 games better than the third place Bay St. Clair Buccaneers. It was quite a race all season long with as many as 7 clubs challenging. The Bayview Vikings finished fourth and trailed champion Denton City by 11.

Denton City does it with a strong piching rotation that put up an overall 3.42 ERA (7th) and adequate run production with good contact hitting... the Redbirds bats hit a very strong .273 (2nd) and ranked 5th in runs... Richburn's starting foursome include Mila Mohoski (19-12 2.89), still one of the best after 10 years and 191 victories, Kimo Orlando (19-15 3.02), Roger Ramsey (16-9 4.02) and Mike Danek (15-18 3.63)... Three veteran stars paced the offense... 3B Jay Petit (.331/38/101/88) had a great season to lead the team with help from RF Lavon Gooch (.300/24/85/92) and SS Trevor Tomlinson (.250/12/64/100)... the only weakness the Redbirds have is defense... Denton City was absolutely last with a very poor .965 fielding percentage.

The second place Kenwood Wildcats, managed by Aaron Hankins, were the most-improved team in the TU West as they rose up from seventh place from the previous season. Standout work on the hill with a fine 3.33 ERA (3rd) made strong contenders out of the Wildcats... Denny Yarrow (18-10 2.76) was Hankins' ace... two others starters Todd Combs (17-13 3.29) and Sol Yakis (15-13 3.58) were impressive, too... Nick Deville (2-0 2.73) excelled as a long reliever... Kenwood's didn't have any productive hitters... Hankins' best were LF Jimmy Brewer (.274/14/76/62) and 3B Leo Gambetta (.297/14/60/69)... As a team the Wildcats batted only .252 (24th) with only 110 home runs (31st)... poor play over the final two weeks cost Kenwood a chance at the pennant.

Over on the western coast in Bay St. Clair, Guy Rondre had a good, well-balanced ballclub that stayed in the race until the last 10 days, then folded... The Bucs wound up third, 6 games off the pace... They hit well with a .270 batting average (4th), 145 roundtrippers (18th) and scored well with 740 runs (7th)... on the mound the Buccaneers were solid with a 3.69 team ERA (14th)... Defensively, they were among the league's best with a .977 FA... Rondre had three good starters in Norm Gross (21-10 3.04), Duke DeVree (16-16 3.25) and Hal Meissner (17-16 3.85)... Three .300 batters sparked the batting order... 1B Gerry Fields (.333;/27/102/73), LF Bruno DiPirro (.345/16/93/102) and 3B Ryan Sanders (.303/11/59/90)... RF Todd Bryant was productive in spite of a .247 BA... Bryant slammed 29 homers, drove in 86 runs and scored 105 times... 2B Jimmy Sawyer batted only .250, but delivered 18 home runs with 80 runs batted in and scored 68 times.

Fourth in the TU West standings and 11 games back were Walter Johanssen's Bayview Vikings... the Viks led the IPA with 195 homers, but were only 12th in scoring... Bayview batted only .257 (18th)... Johanssen also had mediocre pitching with a 4.16 team ERA (26th)... Tony Vardaman (19-9 3.12) was his only reliable starter... But Bayview could go deep, led by CF Tommy Riddle (.287/26/102/86), 3B Karl Benson (.319/31/97/80) and RF Russ Murphy (.259/33/97/97)... SS Dan Conroy (.259) and LF Kelton Carpenter (.294) also chipped in 17 home runs each.

Harry Fleetfoot's Chicopee Braves were only an average ballclub and finished 12 games out in fifth place... The Braves sported a .254 BA (21st) with 146 homers (16th) and scored 725 times (13th)... pitching-wise they compiled a decent 3.86 ERA (19th)... Fleetfoot's top hurlers were Bill Branch (19-11 3.39), Wayne Baxley (17-15 4.14) and Tommy Ruffin (15-20 3.26)... at the plate the leaders were 3B Nicky Sweet (.316/12/80/93), C Ivan Burkholder (.262/22/88/66), 1B Robby Maynard (.277/25/73/74) and CF Big Boy Gianata (.275/12/58/84).

The Arlon Champions played great ball up until the All-Star game and led the TU West by two games, but they were closely followed by all seven other teams... Skipper Gary Louis' Champs couldn't maintain their first half play and they slowly drifted downward to the sixth spot in the second part of the season and trailed by 15 games... Scoring was Arlon's biggest problem with a only 629 runs (30th)... Pitching was only adequate with a 3.92 team ERA (20th)... pitchers Hubie Croft (23-12 3.53) and Johnny Rabelais (6-4 1.85) carried the Champions mound corps... closer Rabelais had 26 saves... at bat RF Chucky Gilton (.305/28/96/82), LF Rocco Belasario (.269/29/91/96) and 1B Miles Shufford (.265/23/88/69) were the best in Louis' line-up... CF Charley Turner (.271/3/37/85) also contributed... Turner stole 33 bases and Belasario copped 49.

The Rolling Hills Reds did just one thing well - they hit 161 out of the ballpark (8th) - but that was nowhere near enough for them to compete in the TU West... Manager Matty Christianson's crew batted only .246 (28th) and were 30th in runs scored... the pitching staff compiled a so-so 3.99 ERA (21st)... Toshiharu Ito (17-15 3.21) was the Reds only consistent starter... in the bullpen second-year closer Barney Kearns stood out with 22 saves and 2.95 ERA, while posting a 5-9 record... Four players had some pop in their bats, paced by 3B Clay Hoffman (.295/27/98/67), CF Thad Hobbs (.253/30/94/85), RF Manuel Leon (.290/27/78/65) and SS Carl Beck (.267/21/78/73).

For the second straight year, the La Claire Lynx ended up in the cellar and 20 games off the pace... Rip Calkin's club hit pretty well with a .272 BA (3rd), 147 homers (17th) and 736 runs (9th), but faltered on the hill with a poor 4.19 ERA... La Claire's top batsmen was its marvelous LF Zeppy Deshotel (.316/38/109/110/22), who year-after-year is one of the top players in the IPA... This season was his all-time best... RF Jay D'Armond (.270/23/100/71), 3B Luis Marquez (.285/10/85/63), 2B Dale Pace (.291/16/75/94), CF Chazzie Lombardo (.295/18/67/77) and C Maka Bardinda (.295/11/65/61 16) were productive, too... better pitching should make the Lynx's a contender in the TU West... that the only element lacking.

04-24-2010, 02:16 PM	#1676
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,911	The Islandian Times Monday, September 19, 2011 2011 Tycobbian Union West Final Standings, Team Batting and Pitching DC Redbirds Keep Winning, Win 5th TU West Crown Winning the Tycobbian West pennant is becoming old hat to the Denton City Redbirds fans. Whitey Richburn's bunch of talented ballplayers have taken the crown for four years in a row and five times in seven seasons. Most years the Redbirds coast to the title, but this year they had a battle on their hands before pulling away in the final week to win by a 6 games over the runner-up Kenwood Wildcats and 8 games better than the third place Bay St. Clair Buccaneers. It was quite a race all season long with as many as 7 clubs challenging. The Bayview Vikings finished fourth and trailed champion Denton City by 11. Denton City does it with a strong piching rotation that put up an overall 3.42 ERA (7th) and adequate run production with good contact hitting... the Redbirds bats hit a very strong .273 (2nd) and ranked 5th in runs... Richburn's starting foursome include Mila Mohoski (19-12 2.89), still one of the best after 10 years and 191 victories, Kimo Orlando (19-15 3.02), Roger Ramsey (16-9 4.02) and Mike Danek (15-18 3.63)... Three veteran stars paced the offense... 3B Jay Petit (.331/38/101/88) had a great season to lead the team with help from RF Lavon Gooch (.300/24/85/92) and SS Trevor Tomlinson (.250/12/64/100)... the only weakness the Redbirds have is defense... Denton City was absolutely last with a very poor .965 fielding percentage. The second place Kenwood Wildcats, managed by Aaron Hankins, were the most-improved team in the TU West as they rose up from seventh place from the previous season. Standout work on the hill with a fine 3.33 ERA (3rd) made strong contenders out of the Wildcats... Denny Yarrow (18-10 2.76) was Hankins' ace... two others starters Todd Combs (17-13 3.29) and Sol Yakis (15-13 3.58) were impressive, too... Nick Deville (2-0 2.73) excelled as a long reliever... Kenwood's didn't have any productive hitters... Hankins' best were LF Jimmy Brewer (.274/14/76/62) and 3B Leo Gambetta (.297/14/60/69)... As a team the Wildcats batted only .252 (24th) with only 110 home runs (31st)... poor play over the final two weeks cost Kenwood a chance at the pennant. Over on the western coast in Bay St. Clair, Guy Rondre had a good, well-balanced ballclub that stayed in the race until the last 10 days, then folded... The Bucs wound up third, 6 games off the pace... They hit well with a .270 batting average (4th), 145 roundtrippers (18th) and scored well with 740 runs (7th)... on the mound the Buccaneers were solid with a 3.69 team ERA (14th)... Defensively, they were among the league's best with a .977 FA... Rondre had three good starters in Norm Gross (21-10 3.04), Duke DeVree (16-16 3.25) and Hal Meissner (17-16 3.85)... Three .300 batters sparked the batting order... 1B Gerry Fields (.333;/27/102/73), LF Bruno DiPirro (.345/16/93/102) and 3B Ryan Sanders (.303/11/59/90)... RF Todd Bryant was productive in spite of a .247 BA... Bryant slammed 29 homers, drove in 86 runs and scored 105 times... 2B Jimmy Sawyer batted only .250, but delivered 18 home runs with 80 runs batted in and scored 68 times. Fourth in the TU West standings and 11 games back were Walter Johanssen's Bayview Vikings... the Viks led the IPA with 195 homers, but were only 12th in scoring... Bayview batted only .257 (18th)... Johanssen also had mediocre pitching with a 4.16 team ERA (26th)... Tony Vardaman (19-9 3.12) was his only reliable starter... But Bayview could go deep, led by CF Tommy Riddle (.287/26/102/86), 3B Karl Benson (.319/31/97/80) and RF Russ Murphy (.259/33/97/97)... SS Dan Conroy (.259) and LF Kelton Carpenter (.294) also chipped in 17 home runs each. Harry Fleetfoot's Chicopee Braves were only an average ballclub and finished 12 games out in fifth place... The Braves sported a .254 BA (21st) with 146 homers (16th) and scored 725 times (13th)... pitching-wise they compiled a decent 3.86 ERA (19th)... Fleetfoot's top hurlers were Bill Branch (19-11 3.39), Wayne Baxley (17-15 4.14) and Tommy Ruffin (15-20 3.26)... at the plate the leaders were 3B Nicky Sweet (.316/12/80/93), C Ivan Burkholder (.262/22/88/66), 1B Robby Maynard (.277/25/73/74) and CF Big Boy Gianata (.275/12/58/84). The Arlon Champions played great ball up until the All-Star game and led the TU West by two games, but they were closely followed by all seven other teams... Skipper Gary Louis' Champs couldn't maintain their first half play and they slowly drifted downward to the sixth spot in the second part of the season and trailed by 15 games... Scoring was Arlon's biggest problem with a only 629 runs (30th)... Pitching was only adequate with a 3.92 team ERA (20th)... pitchers Hubie Croft (23-12 3.53) and Johnny Rabelais (6-4 1.85) carried the Champions mound corps... closer Rabelais had 26 saves... at bat RF Chucky Gilton (.305/28/96/82), LF Rocco Belasario (.269/29/91/96) and 1B Miles Shufford (.265/23/88/69) were the best in Louis' line-up... CF Charley Turner (.271/3/37/85) also contributed... Turner stole 33 bases and Belasario copped 49. The Rolling Hills Reds did just one thing well - they hit 161 out of the ballpark (8th) - but that was nowhere near enough for them to compete in the TU West... Manager Matty Christianson's crew batted only .246 (28th) and were 30th in runs scored... the pitching staff compiled a so-so 3.99 ERA (21st)... Toshiharu Ito (17-15 3.21) was the Reds only consistent starter... in the bullpen second-year closer Barney Kearns stood out with 22 saves and 2.95 ERA, while posting a 5-9 record... Four players had some pop in their bats, paced by 3B Clay Hoffman (.295/27/98/67), CF Thad Hobbs (.253/30/94/85), RF Manuel Leon (.290/27/78/65) and SS Carl Beck (.267/21/78/73). For the second straight year, the La Claire Lynx ended up in the cellar and 20 games off the pace... Rip Calkin's club hit pretty well with a .272 BA (3rd), 147 homers (17th) and 736 runs (9th), but faltered on the hill with a poor 4.19 ERA... La Claire's top batsmen was its marvelous LF Zeppy Deshotel (.316/38/109/110/22), who year-after-year is one of the top players in the IPA... This season was his all-time best... RF Jay D'Armond (.270/23/100/71), 3B Luis Marquez (.285/10/85/63), 2B Dale Pace (.291/16/75/94), CF Chazzie Lombardo (.295/18/67/77) and C Maka Bardinda (.295/11/65/61 16) were productive, too... better pitching should make the Lynx's a contender in the TU West... that the only element lacking. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-24-2010 at 02:27 PM.