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Eugene Church · 04-12-2011, 12:55 AM

The Islandian Times
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

202 Tycobbian West Mid-Season Recap

Bucs and Reds Tied In TU West
It's looking like a two-team affair in the Tycobbian West at the halfway mark in the season. Defending champion Bay St. Clair ran away with the division last year, winning by 11 games over Rolling Hills. Not so this season - the Reds are all even with the Buccaneers at the All-Star break. The rest of the teams are playing for third place. Right now Bayview and La Claire are tied for third and trail by 7 games.

The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers (41-28) are the favorites to win for the second successive season... manager Guy Rondre has won the division flag 5 times in the last 8 years... the Bucs hit very well with a .269 team batting average (5nd) and score well (2nd)... on the hill Rondre's rotation is ranked 13th with a 3.64 team ERA... late bloomer 39-year-old Don Yaden (10-2 2.96) is the ace of the staff with vet Marty Elenbaas (8-3 3.49) and rookie Augie Delpit (9-7 3.83) the number two and number three starters... the closer is Marv Thomas (3-3) with 7 saves and an impressive 1.62 ERA... 1B Jerry Todd (.362 BA/12 HR), rookie SS Van Kellner (.295 BA/9 HR), LF Florent Schoonmaker (.310 BA/5 HR), RF Don Smithers (.300 BA/9 HR) and CF Bill Howell (.294 BA/0 HR) lead the Buccaneer bats... Bay St. Clair always plays well in the postseason, despite playing in one of the weaker division in the IPA.

Matty Christianson has a quality ball club in Rolling Hills (41-28)... the Reds don't hit as well as Bay St. Claire, but they can hold their own with them... the Reds pitching corps is a little better than the Bucs... it looks like the pennant race will go down to the wire between the two... Rolling Hills' strong point is two fine starters in All-Star Errol Gaudet (12-3 2.48) and Sal Jordan (10-4 2.62)... the Reds do have a weakness in the relief corps and rank 24th in the league with a 3.87 ERA... by contrast Bay St. Clair is 2.98 (11th)... that could be a critical difference... Christianson's most productive players are RF Manuel Leon (.250 BA/13 HR), rookie SS Tony Ptacek (.294 BA/9 HR), C Dennis Johanson (.339 BA/1 HR), LF Donnie Lewis (.288 BA/3 HR) and 2B Mickey O'Malley (.272 BA/8 HR).

The Bayview Vikings and La Claire Lynx are tied for third... neither are playing .500 ball... both are lackluster teams, pretty much just average in hitting and pitching... Bayview (34-35), with Walter Johanssen still in command, has only one good starter and a good closer... Harald Turi (7-7 3.28) tops the starters and closer Ivar Bergmann (2-2 2.39) tops the relief corps with 15 saves and a strong 2.39 ERA... at the plate LF Hakon Lansvik leads with a .319 BA... CF Davey Krueger (.265 BA) leads with 13 homers and star 1B Stan Haddix (.268 BA), playing his 21st season at age 43, leads with 49 RBIs... Haddix is a lifetime .300 hitter with five different clubs.

There isn't a lot of talent in La Claire (34-35)... skipper Maka Bardinda's best is star 2B Flash Devlin (.291 BA/11 HR), who made the All-Star team for the 8th time this year... Devlin sports a career .330 average... other top players are RF Charlie Chapman (.325 BA/9 HR), SS Walt Cumby (.315 BA/4 HR), Manny Marchand (.286 BA/7 HR) and long-time superstar LF Zeppy Deshotel (.307 BA/1 HR), who is winding down a great career at age 38, but still swings a good bat in his 18th season... Deshotel is batting .313 lifetime with 468 homers and has made the All-Stars 9 times... on the hill Tommy Price (7-4 3.79) is the Lynx only dependable starter... closer Dana Price (0-4) does well with 13 saves and a 2.91 ERA... the Prices are not related.

The Denton City Redbirds and Kenwood Wildcats are both 9 games out in the race and in fifth place... Denton City (32-37) is woefully weak offensively with a .237 BA (29th)... on the mound Ford Whiteman's club is just average with a 3.99 team ERA (20th)... starter Wilcy Lord (6-5 3.05) and closer Rich Hopkins (0-3) are the top hurlers... Hopkins has 12 saves and a super 1.75 ERA... 20-year vet RF Todd Bryant (.304 BA/7 HR) is the best bat at age 39... 3B Mike Mackowiak leads the club with 13 HRs and 44 RBIs, but is batting just .216.

The Kenwood Wildcats (32-37) have Aaron Hankins at the helm... a very similar club to La Claire with a .240 BA (28th) and a 3.99 team ERA (19th)... Jody Gentry (9-6 2.47) and rookie Johnny Shaw (9-8 3.27) are the Wildcats best arms... closer Scott Bohn (1-1) has 11 saves and a very good 2.33 ERA... 40-year-old 1B Pat Farris (.316 BA/6 HR) and 21-year-old RF Nicky Carpenter (.312 BA/12 HR) provide most the Kenwood offense... Farris is in his 20th season and has posted a .315 career batting average... while playing for Marston in the Ruthlandian Union, Farris won the batting crown twice with a .362 BA in 2007 and .357 in 2010.

The Chicopee Braves (31-38) are next-to-last in the TU West and are 10 game behind in the standings... Harry Fleetwood's boys are batting only .257 (17th), but score pretty well and are ranked 14th... the Braves are not doing well on the mound with a poor 4.50 team ERA... Mackie Smith is Fleetwood's most reliable starter with a 9-6 record and a 3.81 ERA... closer Paul Quinn (2-1) has done well since taking over the closer role... he has 6 saves and an excellent 1.85 ERA... 38-year-old journeyman 3B Alan Jalenak, obtained in the off-season from Valmara, leads the club with a .325 BA... Jalenak has 7 roundtrippers and 38 runs batted in and made the All-Star team for the first time his career... 1B Jose Duran tops the team with 41 RBIs and 8 HRs, while batting at a .265 pace.

The Arlon Champions (27-42) won the pennant two seasons back, but they have been abyssmal since with a 7th-place finish last year and they are in the cellar this year, 14 games out of first... Gary Louis has a lousy team this year, one of the worst in the IPA with a .232 BA (32nd) and a 4.61` team ERA (30th)... second-year man Rick Parks (7-8 3.70) is his only effective pitcher... 18-year-vet CF Chucky Gilton (.273 BA/12 HR) is the only decent hitter in the line-up... talent is very sparse in Arlon.

Tycobbian West Outlook: It should be a close two-team battle between Bay St. Clair and Rolling Hills with the Buccaneers winning in the end... except for Arlon, the other five clubs will tangle for third place with Kenwood having the best chance because of its superior starting pitchers... there's not much difference between Bayview, La Claire, Denton City and Chicopee... all of them are weak teams.

04-12-2011, 12:55 AM	#2450
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,140	*The Islandian Times* Tuesday, June 21, 2022 202 Tycobbian West Mid-Season Recap Bucs and Reds Tied In TU West It's looking like a two-team affair in the Tycobbian West at the halfway mark in the season. Defending champion Bay St. Clair ran away with the division last year, winning by 11 games over Rolling Hills. Not so this season - the Reds are all even with the Buccaneers at the All-Star break. The rest of the teams are playing for third place. Right now Bayview and La Claire are tied for third and trail by 7 games. The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers (41-28) are the favorites to win for the second successive season... manager Guy Rondre has won the division flag 5 times in the last 8 years... the Bucs hit very well with a .269 team batting average (5nd) and score well (2nd)... on the hill Rondre's rotation is ranked 13th with a 3.64 team ERA... late bloomer 39-year-old Don Yaden (10-2 2.96) is the ace of the staff with vet Marty Elenbaas (8-3 3.49) and rookie Augie Delpit (9-7 3.83) the number two and number three starters... the closer is Marv Thomas (3-3) with 7 saves and an impressive 1.62 ERA... 1B Jerry Todd (.362 BA/12 HR), rookie SS Van Kellner (.295 BA/9 HR), LF Florent Schoonmaker (.310 BA/5 HR), RF Don Smithers (.300 BA/9 HR) and CF Bill Howell (.294 BA/0 HR) lead the Buccaneer bats... Bay St. Clair always plays well in the postseason, despite playing in one of the weaker division in the IPA. Matty Christianson has a quality ball club in Rolling Hills (41-28)... the Reds don't hit as well as Bay St. Claire, but they can hold their own with them... the Reds pitching corps is a little better than the Bucs... it looks like the pennant race will go down to the wire between the two... Rolling Hills' strong point is two fine starters in All-Star Errol Gaudet (12-3 2.48) and Sal Jordan (10-4 2.62)... the Reds do have a weakness in the relief corps and rank 24th in the league with a 3.87 ERA... by contrast Bay St. Clair is 2.98 (11th)... that could be a critical difference... Christianson's most productive players are RF Manuel Leon (.250 BA/13 HR), rookie SS Tony Ptacek (.294 BA/9 HR), C Dennis Johanson (.339 BA/1 HR), LF Donnie Lewis (.288 BA/3 HR) and 2B Mickey O'Malley (.272 BA/8 HR). The Bayview Vikings and La Claire Lynx are tied for third... neither are playing .500 ball... both are lackluster teams, pretty much just average in hitting and pitching... Bayview (34-35), with Walter Johanssen still in command, has only one good starter and a good closer... Harald Turi (7-7 3.28) tops the starters and closer Ivar Bergmann (2-2 2.39) tops the relief corps with 15 saves and a strong 2.39 ERA... at the plate LF Hakon Lansvik leads with a .319 BA... CF Davey Krueger (.265 BA) leads with 13 homers and star 1B Stan Haddix (.268 BA), playing his 21st season at age 43, leads with 49 RBIs... Haddix is a lifetime .300 hitter with five different clubs. There isn't a lot of talent in La Claire (34-35)... skipper Maka Bardinda's best is star 2B Flash Devlin (.291 BA/11 HR), who made the All-Star team for the 8th time this year... Devlin sports a career .330 average... other top players are RF Charlie Chapman (.325 BA/9 HR), SS Walt Cumby (.315 BA/4 HR), Manny Marchand (.286 BA/7 HR) and long-time superstar LF Zeppy Deshotel (.307 BA/1 HR), who is winding down a great career at age 38, but still swings a good bat in his 18th season... Deshotel is batting .313 lifetime with 468 homers and has made the All-Stars 9 times... on the hill Tommy Price (7-4 3.79) is the Lynx only dependable starter... closer Dana Price (0-4) does well with 13 saves and a 2.91 ERA... the Prices are not related. The Denton City Redbirds and Kenwood Wildcats are both 9 games out in the race and in fifth place... Denton City (32-37) is woefully weak offensively with a .237 BA (29th)... on the mound Ford Whiteman's club is just average with a 3.99 team ERA (20th)... starter Wilcy Lord (6-5 3.05) and closer Rich Hopkins (0-3) are the top hurlers... Hopkins has 12 saves and a super 1.75 ERA... 20-year vet RF Todd Bryant (.304 BA/7 HR) is the best bat at age 39... 3B Mike Mackowiak leads the club with 13 HRs and 44 RBIs, but is batting just .216. The Kenwood Wildcats (32-37) have Aaron Hankins at the helm... a very similar club to La Claire with a .240 BA (28th) and a 3.99 team ERA (19th)... Jody Gentry (9-6 2.47) and rookie Johnny Shaw (9-8 3.27) are the Wildcats best arms... closer Scott Bohn (1-1) has 11 saves and a very good 2.33 ERA... 40-year-old 1B Pat Farris (.316 BA/6 HR) and 21-year-old RF Nicky Carpenter (.312 BA/12 HR) provide most the Kenwood offense... Farris is in his 20th season and has posted a .315 career batting average... while playing for Marston in the Ruthlandian Union, Farris won the batting crown twice with a .362 BA in 2007 and .357 in 2010. The Chicopee Braves (31-38) are next-to-last in the TU West and are 10 game behind in the standings... Harry Fleetwood's boys are batting only .257 (17th), but score pretty well and are ranked 14th... the Braves are not doing well on the mound with a poor 4.50 team ERA... Mackie Smith is Fleetwood's most reliable starter with a 9-6 record and a 3.81 ERA... closer Paul Quinn (2-1) has done well since taking over the closer role... he has 6 saves and an excellent 1.85 ERA... 38-year-old journeyman 3B Alan Jalenak, obtained in the off-season from Valmara, leads the club with a .325 BA... Jalenak has 7 roundtrippers and 38 runs batted in and made the All-Star team for the first time his career... 1B Jose Duran tops the team with 41 RBIs and 8 HRs, while batting at a .265 pace. The Arlon Champions (27-42) won the pennant two seasons back, but they have been abyssmal since with a 7th-place finish last year and they are in the cellar this year, 14 games out of first... Gary Louis has a lousy team this year, one of the worst in the IPA with a .232 BA (32nd) and a 4.61` team ERA (30th)... second-year man Rick Parks (7-8 3.70) is his only effective pitcher... 18-year-vet CF Chucky Gilton (.273 BA/12 HR) is the only decent hitter in the line-up... talent is very sparse in Arlon. *Tycobbian West Outlook:* It should be a close two-team battle between Bay St. Clair and Rolling Hills with the Buccaneers winning in the end... except for Arlon, the other five clubs will tangle for third place with Kenwood having the best chance because of its superior starting pitchers... there's not much difference between Bayview, La Claire, Denton City and Chicopee... all of them are weak teams. Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-12-2011 at 02:16 AM.