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Eugene Church · 12-29-2010, 11:02 PM

The Islandian Times
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

2019 Ruthlandian East Mid-Season Recap

Elegants On Top In RU East, Rattlers, Bobcats And Nine Close
The Eastshore Elegants are going for their 5th consecutive Ruthlandian East pennant, however four clubs are contesting them this season. Sugar Valley is only 2 games off the pace at the All-Star break. Beechwood is running a strong third, just 4 games behind. The Marston Nine are fourth and 6 games out, followed by fifth-place Elnora, which trails by 8.

Eastshore started the season off slowly, 13-15 in April, but have put it in high gear of late and looks like the dominating Elegants of the last few years... Killer Brewster is still blessed with a strong starting four... Melvin Key (9-6 3.27), Danny Siegfried (9-6 3.55), Al Froelich (8-5 2.91) and Bix Hansen (12-4 3.94) might be the best rotation in the IPA... Eastshore has solid bats, too, sparked by All-Star 2B Gerry Garner (.338/12/43), 3B George Alford (.273/19/47) and LF Stan Cuccinello (.271/12/42)... Brewster's critical need right now is a capable closer... if he finds one, the Elegants should win in a breeze.

Manager Gibson Bobkins got his Sugar Valley Rattlers off to a great April and they charged out to a big first-month lead with a 20-8 mark, but have recently come down-to-earth... this season the Rattlers have improved on the hill and at the plate... Harry Diefendorf (11-3 3.26) heads up the staff, along with closer Woody Murrell (3-2), who has been exceptional with 17 saves and a 2.14 ERA... Bobkins' relief corps has been outstanding... offensively All-Star SS Glenn Christian (.287/16/60) is Sugar Valley's main man with help form All-Star C Hal Stevenson (.291/11/43) and CF Milt Purvis (.335/2/24).

The third-place Beechwood Bobcats also got out of the starting gate early (19-9), but have since leveled off... Bret George has one fine starter in All-Star Billy Ray (11-6 1.89) and a quality closer in Jeff Lyons (4-0), who recently took over that slot and has done quite well with 9 saves and an extraordinary 1.13 ERA... at the plate the Bobcats are paced by superstar CF Vic Valenti (.273/9/40), who is having his first off-year in the league, hitting 60 points under his .334 career average... so far the big bat in the line-up has been LF Ryan Ray (.283/16/47)... Ray is Billy Ray's younger brother... other good contributors have been 2B Darrell Woods (.273/7/44) and C Yoshi Motsuzuki (.308/7/41)... the 39-year-old Motsuzuki, obtained a year ago in a trade with Tuckanarra, has been a pleasant surprise... he can still swing a good bat.

Last season the Marston Nine came close to winning the division, but fell one heartbreaking game short... this year they began badly with a 12-16 April, but rebounded with a good May and a good June... Johnny Walters' Nine is in fourth place in the standings and 6 games back in the race... Marston has a quality staff with starters Ronnie Flynn (9-9 3.92), Anson Thomas (6-7 3.77), Dennis Townsend (7-5 3.55) and Ron Vincent (4-0 3.19)... All-Star closer Bobby Daniel (3-5) has 13 saves with a sensational 1.40 ERA... All-Star CF Russ Woodward (.348/18/56) is the big gun, but has help from All-Star 1B Pat Farris (.333/8/38) and LF James Yardley (.292/12/37).

Sam Malone got his Elnora All-Stars off to a fast start with a 17-11 mark in April, but they now have dropped back in the pack into 5th place, 8 games out... All-Star pitcher Matty Wilkerson (10-4 2.86) and All-Star battery mate Leon Carter (.285/20/62) get the credit for the club's success this season... the rest of the roster is pretty much lacking in talent.

The remaining teams will battle it out to see who stays out of the cellar... it's going to be a long, dismal season for the Belle Plaine Musketeers, Wynnamac Sundowners and Cold Creek Catamounts... the Muskies best players are few in number... Lou Dozier's best hurlers are starter Brad Anderson (7-6 3.18) and closer Fabian Moreau (2-2) with 10 saves and a great 1.61 ERA... Belle Plaine's top hitters are SS Scott Hammill (.309/7/42) and LF Jim Beauregard (.304/15/46).

Matt Donnelly's best players in Wynnamac are starter Jerry Meeks (7-12 3.33) and closer Jim Horton (1-2 0.47), who has 12 saves... the Sundowners best bats belong to 1B Pete Simmons (.329/7/35) and LF Joey Eaton (.307/7/32).

Cold Creek manager Trip Holmes finally hung up his spikes after 17 seasons in center field... and boy, does he miss himself in the outfield and at the plate... lifetime he hit .283 and averaged 22 homers, 90 RBIs and 100 runs scored a season... Holmes is scrounging for players this year... Lou Hillman (9-6 3.97) is his best arm... 39-year-old RF Emile Stosha (.253/4/30) is his best bat and is nearing the end of his fine career... that's how poor the talent is in Cold Creek.

Ruthlandian East Forecast:
It looks like Eastshore is going to pull away from the rest of the league in the second half... the Elegants are just too strong on the mound and at the plate... Marston will be a distant second, Beechwood should climb over Sugar Valley for third... with the Rattlers coming in fourth... Elnora fifth... with Belle Plaine sixth, Wynnamac seventh and Cold Creek last.

12-29-2010, 11:02 PM	#2227
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,721 Blog Entries: 1	The Islandian Times Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2019 Ruthlandian East Mid-Season Recap Elegants On Top In RU East, Rattlers, Bobcats And Nine Close The Eastshore Elegants are going for their 5th consecutive Ruthlandian East pennant, however four clubs are contesting them this season. Sugar Valley is only 2 games off the pace at the All-Star break. Beechwood is running a strong third, just 4 games behind. The Marston Nine are fourth and 6 games out, followed by fifth-place Elnora, which trails by 8. Eastshore started the season off slowly, 13-15 in April, but have put it in high gear of late and looks like the dominating Elegants of the last few years... Killer Brewster is still blessed with a strong starting four... Melvin Key (9-6 3.27), Danny Siegfried (9-6 3.55), Al Froelich (8-5 2.91) and Bix Hansen (12-4 3.94) might be the best rotation in the IPA... Eastshore has solid bats, too, sparked by All-Star 2B Gerry Garner (.338/12/43), 3B George Alford (.273/19/47) and LF Stan Cuccinello (.271/12/42)... Brewster's critical need right now is a capable closer... if he finds one, the Elegants should win in a breeze. Manager Gibson Bobkins got his Sugar Valley Rattlers off to a great April and they charged out to a big first-month lead with a 20-8 mark, but have recently come down-to-earth... this season the Rattlers have improved on the hill and at the plate... Harry Diefendorf (11-3 3.26) heads up the staff, along with closer Woody Murrell (3-2), who has been exceptional with 17 saves and a 2.14 ERA... Bobkins' relief corps has been outstanding... offensively All-Star SS Glenn Christian (.287/16/60) is Sugar Valley's main man with help form All-Star C Hal Stevenson (.291/11/43) and CF Milt Purvis (.335/2/24). The third-place Beechwood Bobcats also got out of the starting gate early (19-9), but have since leveled off... Bret George has one fine starter in All-Star Billy Ray (11-6 1.89) and a quality closer in Jeff Lyons (4-0), who recently took over that slot and has done quite well with 9 saves and an extraordinary 1.13 ERA... at the plate the Bobcats are paced by superstar CF Vic Valenti (.273/9/40), who is having his first off-year in the league, hitting 60 points under his .334 career average... so far the big bat in the line-up has been LF Ryan Ray (.283/16/47)... Ray is Billy Ray's younger brother... other good contributors have been 2B Darrell Woods (.273/7/44) and C Yoshi Motsuzuki (.308/7/41)... the 39-year-old Motsuzuki, obtained a year ago in a trade with Tuckanarra, has been a pleasant surprise... he can still swing a good bat. Last season the Marston Nine came close to winning the division, but fell one heartbreaking game short... this year they began badly with a 12-16 April, but rebounded with a good May and a good June... Johnny Walters' Nine is in fourth place in the standings and 6 games back in the race... Marston has a quality staff with starters Ronnie Flynn (9-9 3.92), Anson Thomas (6-7 3.77), Dennis Townsend (7-5 3.55) and Ron Vincent (4-0 3.19)... All-Star closer Bobby Daniel (3-5) has 13 saves with a sensational 1.40 ERA... All-Star CF Russ Woodward (.348/18/56) is the big gun, but has help from All-Star 1B Pat Farris (.333/8/38) and LF James Yardley (.292/12/37). Sam Malone got his Elnora All-Stars off to a fast start with a 17-11 mark in April, but they now have dropped back in the pack into 5th place, 8 games out... All-Star pitcher Matty Wilkerson (10-4 2.86) and All-Star battery mate Leon Carter (.285/20/62) get the credit for the club's success this season... the rest of the roster is pretty much lacking in talent. The remaining teams will battle it out to see who stays out of the cellar... it's going to be a long, dismal season for the Belle Plaine Musketeers, Wynnamac Sundowners and Cold Creek Catamounts... the Muskies best players are few in number... Lou Dozier's best hurlers are starter Brad Anderson (7-6 3.18) and closer Fabian Moreau (2-2) with 10 saves and a great 1.61 ERA... Belle Plaine's top hitters are SS Scott Hammill (.309/7/42) and LF Jim Beauregard (.304/15/46). Matt Donnelly's best players in Wynnamac are starter Jerry Meeks (7-12 3.33) and closer Jim Horton (1-2 0.47), who has 12 saves... the Sundowners best bats belong to 1B Pete Simmons (.329/7/35) and LF Joey Eaton (.307/7/32). Cold Creek manager Trip Holmes finally hung up his spikes after 17 seasons in center field... and boy, does he miss himself in the outfield and at the plate... lifetime he hit .283 and averaged 22 homers, 90 RBIs and 100 runs scored a season... Holmes is scrounging for players this year... Lou Hillman (9-6 3.97) is his best arm... 39-year-old RF Emile Stosha (.253/4/30) is his best bat and is nearing the end of his fine career... that's how poor the talent is in Cold Creek. Ruthlandian East Forecast: It looks like Eastshore is going to pull away from the rest of the league in the second half... the Elegants are just too strong on the mound and at the plate... Marston will be a distant second, Beechwood should climb over Sugar Valley for third... with the Rattlers coming in fourth... Elnora fifth... with Belle Plaine sixth, Wynnamac seventh and Cold Creek last. Last edited by Eugene Church; 01-02-2011 at 12:04 AM.