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Eugene Church · 06-12-2010, 10:30 PM

The Islandian Times

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

2012 Ruthlandian North Final Recap

FM Redhawks Runaway With RU North
The defending Pro Cup champion Far Mountain Redhawks went on a second-half rampage and won the RU North in a rout by 12 games over second place LaGrange. The Sports led by 4 games at the All-Star game, but could not withstand the Far Mountain onslaught. The Redhawks bats came alive in a sensational second-half surge. Kilkenny and Valmara tied for third place, 18 games out, Glasco and Taranto finished fifth, 19 games back, Ranford was seventh, 20 games behind and Ancona was last, 22 games off the pace.

In Far Mountain (96-58), manager Alex Groveland won more games than anyone in the IPA with a two-prong attack - a .272 team batting average (2nd) and a splendid 2.88 team ERA (2nd)... two 20-game winners sparked the Redhawk rotation... Boomerang Hines (23-14 2.55) and All-Star Robby Kelly (22-8 2.38) had excellent seasons with help from Wayne Baxley (13-7 3.14) and rookie Woody Crawford (10-6 3.19)... FM got good bullpen work from closer Erich Dumont (2-7 3.11) with 23 saves... However, Hines suffered an injury in early September and will be out 9 months and will miss the Pro Cup playoffs... Groveland also has an outstanding line-up with C Otis Ott (.306/21/96/68), LF Phil Stewart (.306/7/62/91), SS Don Nichols (.302/17/99/97), 3B Duane Parsons (.283/19/88/106) and CF Xavier Sosa (.275/20/58/107), all veterans from last year's IPA Pro Cup title team... even with the severe loss of Hines, the Redhawks may be a bit better this year. Hines was the Pro Cup MVP last season with a 5-1 record and a microscopic 1.11 ERA in 6 starts and one relief effort. Hines won the title game in relief.

Foxy Jimison's LaGrange Sports (84-70)) did not have the overall talent to compete with the likes of Far Mountain... All-Stars Pablo Orantes (18-13 2.63) and rookie closer Andre Dupas (8-2 1.65) were his best arms... Dupas saved 30 games... at the plate All-Star LF Quincy Peterson (.296/29/98/96), All-Star C Otto Kronvath (.290/27/81/76) and SS Bill Nilsen (.247/30/92/86) were standouts.

The Valmara Vipers (78-76) and Kilkenny Cats (78-76) were tied for third in the standings... Neither approached the caliber of Far Mountain and LaGrange... In Valmara manager J. Jackson Samuel's best performers were pitchers Vanya Vasylenko (15-13 3.18) and Jasek Zielinski (18-12 3.52) and position players LF Stan Czerwinski (.297/7/67/124), RF Lou Gdowski (.296/21/95/91) and rookie slugger 2B Jan Dvorak, who only batted .230, but homered 37 times and drove in 107 runs... Czerwinski topped the IPA with 124 runs, tied with Hollis Waldrup of Sligo... Kilkenny skipper Kieran McKenna's top players were pitcher Roger Davidson (15-13 3.06), All-Star CF Kevin McPhail (.353/9/87/105), who was second in batting average to Cris Willis of Eastshore (.371)... 2B Scooter Perez hit .274 and scored 108 runs.

Tied for fifth place in the RU North were the Glasco A's (77-77) and the Taranto Tars (77-77)... McDuffie Hughes' ballclub couldn't hit (.246 BA), but had pretty fair pitching (3.51 ERA), paced by All-Star Nicky Perrier (23-9 2.34), who surpassed his first season when he won the Rookie of the Year Award... Felipe Branco (18-18 3.87) and Bobby Joe Belvin (15-19 3.35) also effective starters, but suffered from lack of run support... All-Star SS Lee Sullivan (.268/22/69/82) had a good first half, but faded in the second half... 39-year old CF Ike Plunkett (.289/15/61/72) was Glasco's best batter... Tommaso Lazzorda in Taranto had the offense, but totally lacked pitching... The Tars led the league with a .277 BA and 855 runs, while ranking 3rd with 176 roundtrippers... however on the mound his staff compiled a pathetic 4.56 team ERA (29th)... Taranto's top contributors were LF Wayne Pounders (.274/32/108/94), RF Arnie Kennedy (.316/29/96/99) and 1B Pietro Skrmetta (.304/14/64/111) with the bats and Vito Incardona (20-10 4.05) and Dan Phillips (15-18 4.10) on the hill... considering they have to pitch in the Palazzo di Sport, one of the league smallest venues, Incardona and Phillips did very well.

The Ranford Bulls (76-78) wound up in seventh place under Page Satcher, but only 2 games under the .500 mark... Satcher had decent pitching, but woeful hitting... The Bulls had workhorses in their rotation, headed up by Chris Bernhoffer (14-21 3.44) and Val Hudson (14-16 3.64)... the other two starters Stanley Ross (14-15 4.19) and Shane Hall (13-16 4.45) were also effective at times... CF Tommy Reiner led the TU with 50 stolen bases and scored 102 runs, but batted only .246... 1B Billy Massengale walloped 27 homers and batted in 110 runs, but hit only .254... they were the Bulls best offense.

Manny Mickens' Ancona Red Elephants (74-80) do well in odd years and poorly in even years... this was the year to do badly and they did... Ancona ended up dead last, trailing pennant-winning Far Mountain by 22 games... Last year they were fourth and only 5 games off the pace... Mickens has some talented performers, but just not enough of them... Kenny Flack (19-10) was a 19-game winner with a 4.08 ERA in a hitter's ballpark... George Agelakos (16-22 3.90) and Yannis Vardakis (13-17 3.61) were dependable starters, too... At the plate Ancona was tough with 1B Johnny Lee Harder (.312/22/101/99), RF Louis DiMucci (.304/28/107/77) and LF Lacey Tompkins (.300/15/82/77)... Tompkins is a 12-year vet, who should reach the 1000-mark milestones with 1000 RBIs and 1000 runs early next season.

06-12-2010, 10:30 PM	#1745
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,968	The Islandian Times Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2012 Ruthlandian North Final Recap FM Redhawks Runaway With RU North The defending Pro Cup champion Far Mountain Redhawks went on a second-half rampage and won the RU North in a rout by 12 games over second place LaGrange. The Sports led by 4 games at the All-Star game, but could not withstand the Far Mountain onslaught. The Redhawks bats came alive in a sensational second-half surge. Kilkenny and Valmara tied for third place, 18 games out, Glasco and Taranto finished fifth, 19 games back, Ranford was seventh, 20 games behind and Ancona was last, 22 games off the pace. In Far Mountain (96-58), manager Alex Groveland won more games than anyone in the IPA with a two-prong attack - a .272 team batting average (2nd) and a splendid 2.88 team ERA (2nd)... two 20-game winners sparked the Redhawk rotation... Boomerang Hines (23-14 2.55) and All-Star Robby Kelly (22-8 2.38) had excellent seasons with help from Wayne Baxley (13-7 3.14) and rookie Woody Crawford (10-6 3.19)... FM got good bullpen work from closer Erich Dumont (2-7 3.11) with 23 saves... However, Hines suffered an injury in early September and will be out 9 months and will miss the Pro Cup playoffs... Groveland also has an outstanding line-up with C Otis Ott (.306/21/96/68), LF Phil Stewart (.306/7/62/91), SS Don Nichols (.302/17/99/97), 3B Duane Parsons (.283/19/88/106) and CF Xavier Sosa (.275/20/58/107), all veterans from last year's IPA Pro Cup title team... even with the severe loss of Hines, the Redhawks may be a bit better this year. Hines was the Pro Cup MVP last season with a 5-1 record and a microscopic 1.11 ERA in 6 starts and one relief effort. Hines won the title game in relief. Foxy Jimison's LaGrange Sports (84-70)) did not have the overall talent to compete with the likes of Far Mountain... All-Stars Pablo Orantes (18-13 2.63) and rookie closer Andre Dupas (8-2 1.65) were his best arms... Dupas saved 30 games... at the plate All-Star LF Quincy Peterson (.296/29/98/96), All-Star C Otto Kronvath (.290/27/81/76) and SS Bill Nilsen (.247/30/92/86) were standouts. The Valmara Vipers (78-76) and Kilkenny Cats (78-76) were tied for third in the standings... Neither approached the caliber of Far Mountain and LaGrange... In Valmara manager J. Jackson Samuel's best performers were pitchers Vanya Vasylenko (15-13 3.18) and Jasek Zielinski (18-12 3.52) and position players LF Stan Czerwinski (.297/7/67/124), RF Lou Gdowski (.296/21/95/91) and rookie slugger 2B Jan Dvorak, who only batted .230, but homered 37 times and drove in 107 runs... Czerwinski topped the IPA with 124 runs, tied with Hollis Waldrup of Sligo... Kilkenny skipper Kieran McKenna's top players were pitcher Roger Davidson (15-13 3.06), All-Star CF Kevin McPhail (.353/9/87/105), who was second in batting average to Cris Willis of Eastshore (.371)... 2B Scooter Perez hit .274 and scored 108 runs. Tied for fifth place in the RU North were the Glasco A's (77-77) and the Taranto Tars (77-77)... McDuffie Hughes' ballclub couldn't hit (.246 BA), but had pretty fair pitching (3.51 ERA), paced by All-Star Nicky Perrier (23-9 2.34), who surpassed his first season when he won the Rookie of the Year Award... Felipe Branco (18-18 3.87) and Bobby Joe Belvin (15-19 3.35) also effective starters, but suffered from lack of run support... All-Star SS Lee Sullivan (.268/22/69/82) had a good first half, but faded in the second half... 39-year old CF Ike Plunkett (.289/15/61/72) was Glasco's best batter... Tommaso Lazzorda in Taranto had the offense, but totally lacked pitching... The Tars led the league with a .277 BA and 855 runs, while ranking 3rd with 176 roundtrippers... however on the mound his staff compiled a pathetic 4.56 team ERA (29th)... Taranto's top contributors were LF Wayne Pounders (.274/32/108/94), RF Arnie Kennedy (.316/29/96/99) and 1B Pietro Skrmetta (.304/14/64/111) with the bats and Vito Incardona (20-10 4.05) and Dan Phillips (15-18 4.10) on the hill... considering they have to pitch in the Palazzo di Sport, one of the league smallest venues, Incardona and Phillips did very well. The Ranford Bulls (76-78) wound up in seventh place under Page Satcher, but only 2 games under the .500 mark... Satcher had decent pitching, but woeful hitting... The Bulls had workhorses in their rotation, headed up by Chris Bernhoffer (14-21 3.44) and Val Hudson (14-16 3.64)... the other two starters Stanley Ross (14-15 4.19) and Shane Hall (13-16 4.45) were also effective at times... CF Tommy Reiner led the TU with 50 stolen bases and scored 102 runs, but batted only .246... 1B Billy Massengale walloped 27 homers and batted in 110 runs, but hit only .254... they were the Bulls best offense. Manny Mickens' Ancona Red Elephants (74-80) do well in odd years and poorly in even years... this was the year to do badly and they did... Ancona ended up dead last, trailing pennant-winning Far Mountain by 22 games... Last year they were fourth and only 5 games off the pace... Mickens has some talented performers, but just not enough of them... Kenny Flack (19-10) was a 19-game winner with a 4.08 ERA in a hitter's ballpark... George Agelakos (16-22 3.90) and Yannis Vardakis (13-17 3.61) were dependable starters, too... At the plate Ancona was tough with 1B Johnny Lee Harder (.312/22/101/99), RF Louis DiMucci (.304/28/107/77) and LF Lacey Tompkins (.300/15/82/77)... Tompkins is a 12-year vet, who should reach the 1000-mark milestones with 1000 RBIs and 1000 runs early next season. Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-17-2010 at 10:55 PM.