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Eugene Church · 01-24-2011, 06:07 PM

The Islandian Times
Monday, September 21, 2020

2020 Tycobbian East Final Recap

Ozarka TU East Champs, Spurts To 6th Straight Flag
Halfway through the 2020 season it wasn't going very well for defending Ruthlandian East champion Ozarka. The Naturals were fifth in the standings and trailed leader Hillsboro by 7 games at the All-Star Game, but they didn't give up. Ozarka put on a second-half surge and won its sixth straight pennant with a spurt at the end, scooting by second-place Midway by a game and third-place Hillsboro by 2. The Red Bluff Red Sox came in fourth in the hectic race, just 4 games off the pace... The Nats had to win 9 of the last 10 to capture the division crown. Midway dropped out of the lead with a 6-4 mark and Hillsboro played very well with a 7-3 record, but still lost out to Ozarka.

Ozarka proved itself in the toughest division in the IPA, where they are seven quality clubs ... five of them finished .500 or better... Joe Mac Carney has strong batting and strong pitching, ranking first with a .294 team batting average, fifth in scoring and ninth with 150 roundtrippers... ranking first with a 3.23 team ERA... and coming in tied for third in the IPA with a sterling .977 FA, second in the TU... That's quite a ball team heading into the Pro Cup playoffs... the Naturals feature six .300 hitters in the batting order, led by RF Ken Mayberry (.328/5/49/102), 1B Kenny Rousseau (.318/40/97/100), platooners at 2B Todd Chadwick (.330/8/53/52) and Teddy Tate (.317/4/38/25), 3B Andre Dumas (.310/36/117/99), CF Ryoma Nakayama (.306/7/54/85) and SS James Couch (.305/15/82/90)... on the mound a revitalized Eddie Roberts (18-3 2.44) led the way, adding another strong arm to the already potent rotation of Benny Osterman (21-11 2.38), Yuka Nawajuk (23-9 3.30) and Howard Hutch (14-13 3.96)... Ozarka has lost in its three Pro Cup Final appearances, but is ready again to make a serious challenge... last season Rocky Rapids swept them in the championship round.

The runner-up Midway Wolves played their hearts out for manager Cochise Chandler and came within a cat's whisker of toppling Ozarka... Chandler relies on good starting pitching (7th), a solid closer and a good dose of firepower... Sherm Jarvis (22-11 3.89), Warren Pollard (18-11 3.52) and Motega Wolf (17-16 3.49) led the pitching rotation... Dom Vilaggio (4-7) is the bullpen specialist with 30 saves and a 2.75 ERA... sparking the offense are LF Chitto Chandler (.308/33/106/93), 3B Rob Gigler (.317/24/87/83), 2B Gerry Jordan (.272/23/85/68), CF Johnny Lee (.267/21/93/78) and C Sammy Murphy (.291/15/62/89)... the Wolves were third in scoring and tied for first with 199 home runs, though they batted only .254 (23rd).

The third-place Hillsboro Blazers tried valiantly to garner its first division pennant and postseason spot in its 19-year history, but close was just not good enough... Rawhide Marshall has a fine pitching staff with a 3.40 team ERA (3rd), good punch with 191 homers (3rd) and good scoring (6th), but falls short with a .259 team BA (12th)... The Blazers are good top to bottom in its rotation... Marshall has two excellent starters in Tom Edgar (19-9 2.52) and Chris Dean (20-8 2.93) and two capable starters in Pat Buettner (16-10 4.22) and Yank Yoland (13-14 3.73)... Hank Hellman (6-8) had a tremendous season in the closing role with 37 saves and a standout 2.13 ERA... veteran 1B Andy Jefferson (.308/47/124/84) had a career year... 2B Matt Lalonde (.315/20/88/91), C Gil Giroux (.278/16/77/78) and CF Bob Graham (.268/13/63/96) also lent a hand offensively.

Bucky Frizzell also had a potent team in Red Bluff, where the Red Sox came in a close fourth, only 4 games off the pace... next to champ Ozarka, Frizzell had the second-best offense in the league with a .273 BA (2nd), 844 runs (1st) and 184 homers (5th), but he had only average pitching (12th) with a .373 team ERA... 2B James Mack had a marvelous year with the most homers in the IPA with 52 and the most RBIs with 142, while hitting .315 and scoring 118 times... 35-year-old star 3B Jose Aguilar chalked up his best year ever with a .327 BA, 16 homers, 85 RBIs and 115 runs scored.. 1B Scotty Zasloff batted .271 with 24 home runs, 89 RBIs and 90 runs, RF Ron van Riebe also had 24 homers with 85 RBIs and hit .263 and LF Orlando Macias added 24 more roundtrippers, 90 runs and 69 runs batted in... Grady Daggs (18-11 3.27) was the Red Sox ace with some help from Eddie Lance (19-12 4.06) and Toby Clark (17-10 4.94)... closer Rod Westfall (4-8) nailed down 24 saves and posted a terrific 1.68 ERA in 51 games... the Red Bluff relievers were the best in the TU with a splendid 2.40 ERA... Frizzell is not far from a pennant... all he needs is one more good starter.

Manager Duroche "Lips" Leon has a very capable ball club in South Fork with good pitching and hitting... the Stallions more than held their own with all of the TU East contenders and finished in the fifth spot in the standings, 6 games above .500, but 13 games behind... Leon has a quality staff with starters Blackie Terranova (20-12 3.18), Stan Fullerton (19-14 3.69), Jason Graham (13-12 3.76) and Sean Swensen (16-17 4.21)... 38-year-old Terranova won 20 games for the fifth time in his 11-year career and passed the 200-win milestone... overall Terranova is 212-132 with a strong lifetime 3.22 ERA... long-time star 1B Joe Peters (.317/31/108/101), LF Patrick Giles (.268/23/89/96) and rock-solid CF Robby Michael (.315/13/76/81) led the Stallions offense.

Usually the Tuckanarra Blue Jays are right up there with the big boys in the TU East flag chase, but there were just too many quality teams in the division this year... still Carlton "Lefty" Stevens had a fairly decent team that wound up sixth and 18 games behind, just a few games below the .500 mark... the Blue Jays just don't have the pitching they used to have in the contending seasons... Only ace Titus Bristow (22-14 3.02) and fantastic closer Archie Desmond (7-3) with 27 saves and a sensational 1.29 ERA stand out on the Stevens' staff... the rest range from mediocre to bad... only RF Danny Redd and 3B Nathan Farrell excelled at the plate... Although Redd missed a month of the season, he led the IPA and the TU with a .371 BA... Redd had 19 homers, 81 RBIs and scored 89 runs, while Farrell slammed 27 homers, drove in 88 runs and scored 85 times.

The High Mesa Cowboys were in the hunt at mid-season, only 6 games back, but stumbled badly in the second half and tumbled down to seventh place and 19 games behind Ozarka... skipper Frisky Franks had high-octane power as usual and topped the TU with 199 homers, but as usual, staggered on the hill with a 4.23 team ERA... the IPA's finest hitter 1B Jack Elliott had his string of 5 straight batting titles snapped, but still put up superb numbers with a .333 BA, 47 homers, 135 RBIs and an TU-leading 127 runs... that's the sixth time Elliott has led in runs... SS Stephen Andrews (.274/19/112/70) and 2B Kenny Rivers (.296/12/71/91) also contributed to the offense... all three of them made the TU All-Star team, along with closer Ed Galliano (3-2), who posted a super-low 1.11 ERA and saved 25 games for the Cowpokes... two starters Ronald Ward (17-14 2.97) and Scotty Snyder (14-21 3.88) kept High Mesa in most games... Snyder had 20 complete games.

For the ninth time in 11 years, the East Point Panthers languished in the TU East cellar, 31 games off the pace... except for Bingo Long (11-17 3.78) manager Rex Sobolov has absolutely atrocious pitching... the Panthers are the worst in the IPA with a 4.86 team ERA... East Point's best performers offensively were two veterans, 1B Bill McCann (.289/31/116/76) and CF Sozi Akiyama, who hit 31 homers, batted in 91 runs and scored 117, but hit only .252.

01-24-2011, 06:07 PM	#2325
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	The Islandian Times Monday, September 21, 2020 2020 Tycobbian East Final Recap Ozarka TU East Champs, Spurts To 6th Straight Flag Halfway through the 2020 season it wasn't going very well for defending Ruthlandian East champion Ozarka. The Naturals were fifth in the standings and trailed leader Hillsboro by 7 games at the All-Star Game, but they didn't give up. Ozarka put on a second-half surge and won its sixth straight pennant with a spurt at the end, scooting by second-place Midway by a game and third-place Hillsboro by 2. The Red Bluff Red Sox came in fourth in the hectic race, just 4 games off the pace... The Nats had to win 9 of the last 10 to capture the division crown. Midway dropped out of the lead with a 6-4 mark and Hillsboro played very well with a 7-3 record, but still lost out to Ozarka. Ozarka proved itself in the toughest division in the IPA, where they are seven quality clubs ... five of them finished .500 or better... Joe Mac Carney has strong batting and strong pitching, ranking first with a .294 team batting average, fifth in scoring and ninth with 150 roundtrippers... ranking first with a 3.23 team ERA... and coming in tied for third in the IPA with a sterling .977 FA, second in the TU... That's quite a ball team heading into the Pro Cup playoffs... the Naturals feature six .300 hitters in the batting order, led by RF Ken Mayberry (.328/5/49/102), 1B Kenny Rousseau (.318/40/97/100), platooners at 2B Todd Chadwick (.330/8/53/52) and Teddy Tate (.317/4/38/25), 3B Andre Dumas (.310/36/117/99), CF Ryoma Nakayama (.306/7/54/85) and SS James Couch (.305/15/82/90)... on the mound a revitalized Eddie Roberts (18-3 2.44) led the way, adding another strong arm to the already potent rotation of Benny Osterman (21-11 2.38), Yuka Nawajuk (23-9 3.30) and Howard Hutch (14-13 3.96)... Ozarka has lost in its three Pro Cup Final appearances, but is ready again to make a serious challenge... last season Rocky Rapids swept them in the championship round. The runner-up Midway Wolves played their hearts out for manager Cochise Chandler and came within a cat's whisker of toppling Ozarka... Chandler relies on good starting pitching (7th), a solid closer and a good dose of firepower... Sherm Jarvis (22-11 3.89), Warren Pollard (18-11 3.52) and Motega Wolf (17-16 3.49) led the pitching rotation... Dom Vilaggio (4-7) is the bullpen specialist with 30 saves and a 2.75 ERA... sparking the offense are LF Chitto Chandler (.308/33/106/93), 3B Rob Gigler (.317/24/87/83), 2B Gerry Jordan (.272/23/85/68), CF Johnny Lee (.267/21/93/78) and C Sammy Murphy (.291/15/62/89)... the Wolves were third in scoring and tied for first with 199 home runs, though they batted only .254 (23rd). The third-place Hillsboro Blazers tried valiantly to garner its first division pennant and postseason spot in its 19-year history, but close was just not good enough... Rawhide Marshall has a fine pitching staff with a 3.40 team ERA (3rd), good punch with 191 homers (3rd) and good scoring (6th), but falls short with a .259 team BA (12th)... The Blazers are good top to bottom in its rotation... Marshall has two excellent starters in Tom Edgar (19-9 2.52) and Chris Dean (20-8 2.93) and two capable starters in Pat Buettner (16-10 4.22) and Yank Yoland (13-14 3.73)... Hank Hellman (6-8) had a tremendous season in the closing role with 37 saves and a standout 2.13 ERA... veteran 1B Andy Jefferson (.308/47/124/84) had a career year... 2B Matt Lalonde (.315/20/88/91), C Gil Giroux (.278/16/77/78) and CF Bob Graham (.268/13/63/96) also lent a hand offensively. Bucky Frizzell also had a potent team in Red Bluff, where the Red Sox came in a close fourth, only 4 games off the pace... next to champ Ozarka, Frizzell had the second-best offense in the league with a .273 BA (2nd), 844 runs (1st) and 184 homers (5th), but he had only average pitching (12th) with a .373 team ERA... 2B James Mack had a marvelous year with the most homers in the IPA with 52 and the most RBIs with 142, while hitting .315 and scoring 118 times... 35-year-old star 3B Jose Aguilar chalked up his best year ever with a .327 BA, 16 homers, 85 RBIs and 115 runs scored.. 1B Scotty Zasloff batted .271 with 24 home runs, 89 RBIs and 90 runs, RF Ron van Riebe also had 24 homers with 85 RBIs and hit .263 and LF Orlando Macias added 24 more roundtrippers, 90 runs and 69 runs batted in... Grady Daggs (18-11 3.27) was the Red Sox ace with some help from Eddie Lance (19-12 4.06) and Toby Clark (17-10 4.94)... closer Rod Westfall (4-8) nailed down 24 saves and posted a terrific 1.68 ERA in 51 games... the Red Bluff relievers were the best in the TU with a splendid 2.40 ERA... Frizzell is not far from a pennant... all he needs is one more good starter. Manager Duroche "Lips" Leon has a very capable ball club in South Fork with good pitching and hitting... the Stallions more than held their own with all of the TU East contenders and finished in the fifth spot in the standings, 6 games above .500, but 13 games behind... Leon has a quality staff with starters Blackie Terranova (20-12 3.18), Stan Fullerton (19-14 3.69), Jason Graham (13-12 3.76) and Sean Swensen (16-17 4.21)... 38-year-old Terranova won 20 games for the fifth time in his 11-year career and passed the 200-win milestone... overall Terranova is 212-132 with a strong lifetime 3.22 ERA... long-time star 1B Joe Peters (.317/31/108/101), LF Patrick Giles (.268/23/89/96) and rock-solid CF Robby Michael (.315/13/76/81) led the Stallions offense. Usually the Tuckanarra Blue Jays are right up there with the big boys in the TU East flag chase, but there were just too many quality teams in the division this year... still Carlton "Lefty" Stevens had a fairly decent team that wound up sixth and 18 games behind, just a few games below the .500 mark... the Blue Jays just don't have the pitching they used to have in the contending seasons... Only ace Titus Bristow (22-14 3.02) and fantastic closer Archie Desmond (7-3) with 27 saves and a sensational 1.29 ERA stand out on the Stevens' staff... the rest range from mediocre to bad... only RF Danny Redd and 3B Nathan Farrell excelled at the plate... Although Redd missed a month of the season, he led the IPA and the TU with a .371 BA... Redd had 19 homers, 81 RBIs and scored 89 runs, while Farrell slammed 27 homers, drove in 88 runs and scored 85 times. The High Mesa Cowboys were in the hunt at mid-season, only 6 games back, but stumbled badly in the second half and tumbled down to seventh place and 19 games behind Ozarka... skipper Frisky Franks had high-octane power as usual and topped the TU with 199 homers, but as usual, staggered on the hill with a 4.23 team ERA... the IPA's finest hitter 1B Jack Elliott had his string of 5 straight batting titles snapped, but still put up superb numbers with a .333 BA, 47 homers, 135 RBIs and an TU-leading 127 runs... that's the sixth time Elliott has led in runs... SS Stephen Andrews (.274/19/112/70) and 2B Kenny Rivers (.296/12/71/91) also contributed to the offense... all three of them made the TU All-Star team, along with closer Ed Galliano (3-2), who posted a super-low 1.11 ERA and saved 25 games for the Cowpokes... two starters Ronald Ward (17-14 2.97) and Scotty Snyder (14-21 3.88) kept High Mesa in most games... Snyder had 20 complete games. For the ninth time in 11 years, the East Point Panthers languished in the TU East cellar, 31 games off the pace... except for Bingo Long (11-17 3.78) manager Rex Sobolov has absolutely atrocious pitching... the Panthers are the worst in the IPA with a 4.86 team ERA... East Point's best performers offensively were two veterans, 1B Bill McCann (.289/31/116/76) and CF Sozi Akiyama, who hit 31 homers, batted in 91 runs and scored 117, but hit only .252.