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Eugene Church · 01-02-2011, 07:26 PM

The Islandian Times
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

2019 Tycobbian West Mid-Season Recap

7-Teams Contest TU West, RH Reds First At All-Star Game
What a pennant race in the Tycobbian West with 7 teams within 6 games of each other... 7 of the 8 clubs in the division are playing .500 or better baseball... competition is hot and heavy... Rolling Hills roared from fifth last year to first this year and has a 2-game edge over Denton City, who has jumped from seventh to second in a year... Bay St. Clair and Bayview are hanging close in third place, just 5 games back... Arlon, Kenwood and La Claire are 6 out and deadlocked for fifth... only Chicopee is out of it... the Braves are last and 11 games off the pace.

Matty Chrisianson's Rolling Hills Reds appear to be the class of the TU West with a strong mound corps and decent hitting... the Reds starting rotation is excellent with All-Star James Elliott (12-4 2.02), rookie All-Star Errol Gaudet (9-5 2.49) and veteran Sal Jordan (8-3 2.59)... Barney Kearns (4-3) is another big plus in the bullpen with 15 saves and a 2.01 ERA... Rolling Hills sports four .300 hitters: All-Star 3B Clay Hoffman (.302/15/52), LF Donnie Lewis (.323/9/44), C Dennis Johanson (.325/1/23) and 2B Frank Bowman (.315/8/32)... the TU West is full of good teams... the Reds have a tough row to hoe to make the playoffs with challengers like defending champ Bay St. Clair, Bayview and rebounding Denton City.

The Denton City Redbirds have been lousy the last four years, the last three as cellar-dwellers... but Ford Whiteman has revitalized several old vets and added in a little youth to get his club back on the right track... 39-year-old All-Star and all-time ace Mila Mohoski (8-4 2.12) is getting a little run support and making it stand up this season... Tommy Price (10-3 2.98) is having his best year... and 35-year-old Hank Taylor (8-7 3.89) gives the Redbirds a good number three starter... in the bullpen Rich Hopkins (2-3) has been hit-and-miss with a 3.69 ERA, but has posted 19 saves, the most in the TU and second most in the IPA... Whiteman certainly needs more offense to stay in the hunt... C Pete Gibbs (.286/11/38) and CF Fred Castleberry (.312/1/24) are the only decent bats in the batting order.

The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers have won the TU West three of the last four seasons and will be a strong contender this year... the Bucs are tied with Bayview and are 5 games back in third place... skipper Guy Rondre has three quality starters in vets Bobby Joe Belvin (7-6 3.32), Hal Meissner (8-3 3.88) and Chris Van Arden (7-9 3.63)... a good closer in Steve Richt (2-2), who has put up 9 saves and an impressive 1.73 ERA... and the Bucs can score runs with All-Star CF Bill Howell (.341/0/33), 1B Johnny Cole (.263/19/45), RF Justin Kucks (.316/11/34), SS Ryan Sanders (.302/4/36) and LF Bruno DiPirro (.302/1/23).

Walter Johanssen always has his Bayview Vikings in contention... The Viks have two excellent starters with Rick Prichard (9-4 2.61) and Harald Turi (9-7 2.01) and quality hitters in All-Star SS Tommy Shore (.353/9/44), 1B Stan Haddix (.309/13/54) and All-Star LF Davey Krueger (.320/16/50)... the Buccaneers should be in the race to the end.

The Arlon Champions, Kenwood Wildcats and LaClaire Lynx all trail by 6 games and are in a tie for the fifth spot in the standings... the Champs have one standout starter in Armando Cruz (12-3 2.89) and he is having a career year at age 37... Cruz and and a very reliable relief corps are carrying the Champions so far... long-time bullpen ace Johnny Rabelais (3-2) has chalked up 16 saves and a 3.12 ERA... manager Gary Louis has All-Star LF Rocco Belasario heading up his hitters with an IPA-leading .376 batting average... Belasario had 19 homers and 45 RBIs... other run producers are CF Chucky Gilton (.264/9/50) and young SS Sandy Coburn with a .280 BA, 47 runs scored and 28 RBIs... Louis needs more mound help and more offense to make a charge for the pennant in the second half.

Kenwood's Aaron Hankins surprised everybody in Islandia in 2012 by winning the Pro Cup... it's not likely to happen again this year... Hankins has some good arms in his starting rotation with veterans Connie Gavagan (6-6 3.67), Sammy Shaw (7-7 3.97) and second-year man Steve Reeves (5-3 3.45), who just moved up to number three in the rotation and won his first two starts... Kenwood is woeful at the plate with a paltry .239 BA (29th)... the Wildcats will never be a pennant contender until this improves... you can't compete when your top hitters are CF Vince Palmer (.260/6/43) and RF Marty Nuxhall (.290/7/33).

The La Claire Lynx under manager Rip Calkin have a lot going for them... they lead the TU in scoring runs and are fifth in homers... and Calkin has two talented starters and two superstar bats... 23-year-old Don Schmidt (9-5 2.86) is in his third season and 22-year-old Paul Newman (9-4 3.49) is in his second year... hitting-wise the Lynx are blessed with future Hall-of-Famer RF Zeppy Deshotel (.353/13/36) and All-Star 3B Flash Devlin (.330/22/59)... 35-year-old Deshotel is a 9-time All-Star with a .314 lifetime BA and over 1400 runs and 1400 RBIs... Deshotel has 422 roundtrippers... 25-year-old Devlin is a 5-time All-Star with a career .333 BA... 7-year vet Devlin has averaged 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 100 runs a season... Calkin could really make a lot of noise in the TU West with another quality starter and hitter. Look for the Lynx to move up in the standings in the second half... they might move up to fifth and past Arlon and Kenwood.

There is not a lot of talent in Chicopee... manager Harry Fleetfoot's best ballplayers are not much better than an average IPA player... 41-year-old Desmond Quartermain (4-10 3.18) is his only quality pitcher... 2B Austin Hardy (.265/10/47), SS Victor Walsh (.296/6/34) and 1B .245/13/46) top the Brave batting order.

Tycobbian West Forecast:
It should be a real dogfight between Rolling Hills, Denton City, Bay St. Clair and Bayview and go down to the wire... The Reds will barely beat the Buccaneers for the flag with the Redbirds and the Vikings a very close third and fourth... La Claire will wind up number five in the standings with Arlon sixth, Kenwood seventh and Chicopee eighth and last.

01-02-2011, 07:26 PM	#2237
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,894	The Islandian Times Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2019 Tycobbian West Mid-Season Recap 7-Teams Contest TU West, RH Reds First At All-Star Game What a pennant race in the Tycobbian West with 7 teams within 6 games of each other... 7 of the 8 clubs in the division are playing .500 or better baseball... competition is hot and heavy... Rolling Hills roared from fifth last year to first this year and has a 2-game edge over Denton City, who has jumped from seventh to second in a year... Bay St. Clair and Bayview are hanging close in third place, just 5 games back... Arlon, Kenwood and La Claire are 6 out and deadlocked for fifth... only Chicopee is out of it... the Braves are last and 11 games off the pace. Matty Chrisianson's Rolling Hills Reds appear to be the class of the TU West with a strong mound corps and decent hitting... the Reds starting rotation is excellent with All-Star James Elliott (12-4 2.02), rookie All-Star Errol Gaudet (9-5 2.49) and veteran Sal Jordan (8-3 2.59)... Barney Kearns (4-3) is another big plus in the bullpen with 15 saves and a 2.01 ERA... Rolling Hills sports four .300 hitters: All-Star 3B Clay Hoffman (.302/15/52), LF Donnie Lewis (.323/9/44), C Dennis Johanson (.325/1/23) and 2B Frank Bowman (.315/8/32)... the TU West is full of good teams... the Reds have a tough row to hoe to make the playoffs with challengers like defending champ Bay St. Clair, Bayview and rebounding Denton City. The Denton City Redbirds have been lousy the last four years, the last three as cellar-dwellers... but Ford Whiteman has revitalized several old vets and added in a little youth to get his club back on the right track... 39-year-old All-Star and all-time ace Mila Mohoski (8-4 2.12) is getting a little run support and making it stand up this season... Tommy Price (10-3 2.98) is having his best year... and 35-year-old Hank Taylor (8-7 3.89) gives the Redbirds a good number three starter... in the bullpen Rich Hopkins (2-3) has been hit-and-miss with a 3.69 ERA, but has posted 19 saves, the most in the TU and second most in the IPA... Whiteman certainly needs more offense to stay in the hunt... C Pete Gibbs (.286/11/38) and CF Fred Castleberry (.312/1/24) are the only decent bats in the batting order. The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers have won the TU West three of the last four seasons and will be a strong contender this year... the Bucs are tied with Bayview and are 5 games back in third place... skipper Guy Rondre has three quality starters in vets Bobby Joe Belvin (7-6 3.32), Hal Meissner (8-3 3.88) and Chris Van Arden (7-9 3.63)... a good closer in Steve Richt (2-2), who has put up 9 saves and an impressive 1.73 ERA... and the Bucs can score runs with All-Star CF Bill Howell (.341/0/33), 1B Johnny Cole (.263/19/45), RF Justin Kucks (.316/11/34), SS Ryan Sanders (.302/4/36) and LF Bruno DiPirro (.302/1/23). Walter Johanssen always has his Bayview Vikings in contention... The Viks have two excellent starters with Rick Prichard (9-4 2.61) and Harald Turi (9-7 2.01) and quality hitters in All-Star SS Tommy Shore (.353/9/44), 1B Stan Haddix (.309/13/54) and All-Star LF Davey Krueger (.320/16/50)... the Buccaneers should be in the race to the end. The Arlon Champions, Kenwood Wildcats and LaClaire Lynx all trail by 6 games and are in a tie for the fifth spot in the standings... the Champs have one standout starter in Armando Cruz (12-3 2.89) and he is having a career year at age 37... Cruz and and a very reliable relief corps are carrying the Champions so far... long-time bullpen ace Johnny Rabelais (3-2) has chalked up 16 saves and a 3.12 ERA... manager Gary Louis has All-Star LF Rocco Belasario heading up his hitters with an IPA-leading .376 batting average... Belasario had 19 homers and 45 RBIs... other run producers are CF Chucky Gilton (.264/9/50) and young SS Sandy Coburn with a .280 BA, 47 runs scored and 28 RBIs... Louis needs more mound help and more offense to make a charge for the pennant in the second half. Kenwood's Aaron Hankins surprised everybody in Islandia in 2012 by winning the Pro Cup... it's not likely to happen again this year... Hankins has some good arms in his starting rotation with veterans Connie Gavagan (6-6 3.67), Sammy Shaw (7-7 3.97) and second-year man Steve Reeves (5-3 3.45), who just moved up to number three in the rotation and won his first two starts... Kenwood is woeful at the plate with a paltry .239 BA (29th)... the Wildcats will never be a pennant contender until this improves... you can't compete when your top hitters are CF Vince Palmer (.260/6/43) and RF Marty Nuxhall (.290/7/33). The La Claire Lynx under manager Rip Calkin have a lot going for them... they lead the TU in scoring runs and are fifth in homers... and Calkin has two talented starters and two superstar bats... 23-year-old Don Schmidt (9-5 2.86) is in his third season and 22-year-old Paul Newman (9-4 3.49) is in his second year... hitting-wise the Lynx are blessed with future Hall-of-Famer RF Zeppy Deshotel (.353/13/36) and All-Star 3B Flash Devlin (.330/22/59)... 35-year-old Deshotel is a 9-time All-Star with a .314 lifetime BA and over 1400 runs and 1400 RBIs... Deshotel has 422 roundtrippers... 25-year-old Devlin is a 5-time All-Star with a career .333 BA... 7-year vet Devlin has averaged 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 100 runs a season... Calkin could really make a lot of noise in the TU West with another quality starter and hitter. Look for the Lynx to move up in the standings in the second half... they might move up to fifth and past Arlon and Kenwood. There is not a lot of talent in Chicopee... manager Harry Fleetfoot's best ballplayers are not much better than an average IPA player... 41-year-old Desmond Quartermain (4-10 3.18) is his only quality pitcher... 2B Austin Hardy (.265/10/47), SS Victor Walsh (.296/6/34) and 1B .245/13/46) top the Brave batting order. Tycobbian West Forecast: It should be a real dogfight between Rolling Hills, Denton City, Bay St. Clair and Bayview and go down to the wire... The Reds will barely beat the Buccaneers for the flag with the Redbirds and the Vikings a very close third and fourth... La Claire will wind up number five in the standings with Arlon sixth, Kenwood seventh and Chicopee eighth and last. Last edited by Eugene Church; 01-02-2011 at 07:33 PM.