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Eugene Church · 07-22-2011, 09:36 PM

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

2025 Tycobbian East Mid-Season Recap

Tucks Still Best In TU East, Wolves, Blazers Close
Beware Pro Cup aspirants! 2-time Pro Cup champ Tuckanarra may be better than ever. Yet, the Blue Jays are in a dogfight this year in the Tycobbian East with the Midway Wolves and Hillsboro Blazers. At the All-Star game Tuckanarra only has a 2-game advantage over second place Midway and 4 games ahead of third place Hillsboro. There's a tie for the fourth spot between the Ozarka Naturals and the South Fork Stallions, who are 7 games off the pace.

The Tuckanarra Blue Jays (47-26) sport good hitting with a .269 BA (5th), are third in scoring and tied for ninth in homers with 69... they are second with a very impressive 2.91 team ERA... and are solid with the gloves, chalking up a .975 FA (8th-tied)... Lefty Stevens' mound corps is led by Quinn Starr (12-7 2.59), Glynn Starr (9-6 2.75), Rick Griffith (11-3 3.58) and Croc Wedgedale (7-6 3.02)... veteran closer Archie Desmond (4-1) has 11 saves and a standout 1.86 ERA... the Blue Jay batting order is chocked full of fine hitters: All-Star 3B Koora Nawajuk (.330 BA/16 HR/49 RBI/53 R), All-Star RF Danny Redd (.322 BA/3 HR/24 RBI/51 R), 1B Lynn Starr (.290 BA/10 HR/40 RBI/48 R) and SS Narra Gilyinju (.325 BA/2 HR/28 RBI/36 R)... Stevens is looking for a three-peat and just might get it.

The Midway Wolves (45-28), skippered by Cochise Chandler, just might be a little better than last year, too... they hit better this season with a strong .273 BA (2nd), 70 homers (7th-tied) and are 4th in scoring... Midway has a wealth of solid hitters: All-Star 3B Rusty Graves (.340 BA/10 HR/44 RBI/45 R), CF Chitto Chandler (.308 BA/7 HR/46 RBI/38 R), All-Star SS Rob Gigler (.293 BA/15 HR/47 RBI/56 R), LF Johnny Lee (.326 BA/12 HR/39 RBI/50 R) and C Sammy Murphy (.295 BA/7 HR/39 RBI/30 R)... on the hill Chandler's rotation consists of last year's MVP and Golden Arm winner Bobby Dorignac (10-7 2.67), Motega Wolf (12-4 3.07) and Luka Abromowitz (10-3 3.09)... 21-year-old second-year man Alberto Toledo (5-5 3.87) gives them a pretty fair number four starter... Midway needs help in the bullpen, where 16-year vet Dom Vilaggio (0-4 4.60) has struggled this year... otherwise, the Wolves can compete with Tuckanarra.

Rawhide Marshall's Hillsboro Blazers (43-30) have run third to Tuckanarra and Midway the last two seasons and appear headed for that again... pitching and power are the Blazers strong points... they have posted a fine 3.22 team ERA (9th) and slammed 76 roundtrippers (4th), while batting a decent .258 (13th) and are also 13th in runs scored... however, Hillsboro is a poor fielding club with a .963 FA, the worst in the IPA... Marshall has three strong starters: 23-year-old All-Star Ben Garvik (10-6 2.57), 38-year-old Tom Edgar (10-6 2.86) and 34-year-old Pat Buettner (9-5 3.26)... and a superb closer: All-Star Gregg Hughes (4-2) with 16 saves and a 0.63 ERA... at the plate the Blazers top performers are 1B Larry Guichard (.341 BA/7 HR/44 RBI/46 R), All-Star RF Tommy O'Hara (.314 BA/19 HR/44 RBI/51 R), CF Biggy Washington (.296n BA/8 HR/26 RBI/49 R) and LF Paul Green (.274 BA/12 HR/38 RBI/30 R).

Two clubs are deadlocked in fourth place in the TU East, one of the stronger divisions in the IPA with 5 teams above the .500 mark...the Ozarka Naturals (40-33) and improved South Fork Stallions are each 7 games out of first... the Nats are led by pitchers Jeb Mashburn (8-7 2.50), Wayne Gates (7-5 3.35) and Stan Carey (9-5 3.70)... in the bullpen manager Joe Mac Carney has a good one in Josh Carpenter (2-4) with 17 saves and a strong 2.22 ERA... Ozarka has compiled a 3.28 team ERA (11th)... the Nats excel on defense with a .978 FA (2nd-tied)... they are 7th with a .264 BA, but are tied for 20th in scoring... the Naturals lack home-run power with only 43 for the year (25th)... Carney has four .300 hitters in his line-up with 1B George Jenkins (.329 BA/14 HR/48 RBI/39 R), SS James Couch (.306 BA/6 HR/35 RBI/46 R), CF Ryoma Nakayama (.300 BA/7 HR/37 RBI/26 R) and catcher T. C. Baranski (.300 BA/4 HR/25 RBI/24 R).

Duroche "Lips" Leon is still in charge of the South Fork Stallions (40-33), who finished a distant sixth last season, but have a shot at the first division this year... 26-year-old Gary Price (11-8 3.07) and 19-year-old rookie Bill Massey (10-4 3.18) lead a much-improved rotation... in the bullpen 22-year-old Tom Galloway (2-0) has been sensational with 14 saves and a splendid 0.33 ERA... the Stallions main run providers are LF Patric Giles (.286 BA/11 HR/40 RBI/55 R) and CF Shelby Glasscock (.258 BA/13 HR/34 RBI/34 R).

After a couple of good seasons near the top, the High Mesa Cowboys (33-40), with Frisky Franks at the helm, have slipped back into the second division into sixth place, 14 games behind... the Cowpokes still have the greatest hitter in IPA history, superstar 1B Jack Elliott, who is still in his prime age 31 and a potent force, but has slipped over 50 points from his lifetime .355 average so far this season... Elliott is batting only .297, but has 20 homers, 49 RBIs and 47 runs... brothers SS Stephen Andrews (.277 BA/10 HR/49 RBI) and RF Bill Andrews (.256 BA/16 HR/39 RBI) also chip in offensively... High Mesa leads the TU with 93 homers... 33-year-old veteran starter Ronald Ward is Franks' best pitcher with a 9-8 record and a 3.83 ERA.

The Red Bluff Red Sox (26-47) are again near the bottom for the third year in a row and in seventh place, 21 games back... manager Bucky Frizzell's pitching corps has an astronomical 4.77 team ERA (29th)...that's the crux of the problem... the Red Sox have firepower with 81 home runs (2nd), are hitting .258 (12th) and tied for 5th in scoring... it's hard to win when your best starter Grady Daggs is 5-9 with a sky-high 4.88 ERA... offensively 3B James Mack (.285 BA/11 HR/45 RBI) and LF Corbett Brooks (.289 BA/18 HR/49 RBI) lead the club... the Red Sox have one of the best catchers in the IPA with 6-time Golden Glover Jim Schubert (.261 BA/5 HR/27 RBI/33 R)... 37-year-old Schubert made the All-Stars again this year for the fourth time in his career.

Last year the East Point Panthers (24-49) surprised and wound up fourth in the standings, but this season they are back to normal, back to the basement and already 23 games off the pace at the All-Star game... manager Robbie Brooks has absolutely atrocious pitching with an out-of-sight 5.61 team ERA (32nd), which is one of the worst in IPA history... Arroyo Grande set the mark with a pitiful 5.79 in 2002... Sam Ervin (5-8 3.98) is the top pitcher, while RF Kenko Aoki (.284 BA/14 HR/39 RBI/39 R) and rookie C George Hawk (.298 BA/12 HR/37 RBI) are the Panthers best bats.

TU East Outlook:
Should be another down-to-the-last-days drama again in the Tycobbian East between defending IPA Pro Cup titlist Tuckanarra, tough Midway and Hillsboro... the Blue Jays have won the pennants the last two seasons by just one game each time... they are better this year, but so are the competitors... Tuckanarra will wind up on top with Midway number two and Hillsboro in the third spot... Ozarka will hang on to fourth place, followed in order by South Fork, High Mesa, Red Bluff and East Point.

07-22-2011, 09:36 PM	#2638
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,946	*The Islandian Times* Tuesday, June 24, 2025 2025 Tycobbian East Mid-Season Recap Tucks Still Best In TU East, Wolves, Blazers Close Beware Pro Cup aspirants! 2-time Pro Cup champ Tuckanarra may be better than ever. Yet, the Blue Jays are in a dogfight this year in the Tycobbian East with the Midway Wolves and Hillsboro Blazers. At the All-Star game Tuckanarra only has a 2-game advantage over second place Midway and 4 games ahead of third place Hillsboro. There's a tie for the fourth spot between the Ozarka Naturals and the South Fork Stallions, who are 7 games off the pace. The Tuckanarra Blue Jays (47-26) sport good hitting with a .269 BA (5th), are third in scoring and tied for ninth in homers with 69... they are second with a very impressive 2.91 team ERA... and are solid with the gloves, chalking up a .975 FA (8th-tied)... Lefty Stevens' mound corps is led by Quinn Starr (12-7 2.59), Glynn Starr (9-6 2.75), Rick Griffith (11-3 3.58) and Croc Wedgedale (7-6 3.02)... veteran closer Archie Desmond (4-1) has 11 saves and a standout 1.86 ERA... the Blue Jay batting order is chocked full of fine hitters: All-Star 3B Koora Nawajuk (.330 BA/16 HR/49 RBI/53 R), All-Star RF Danny Redd (.322 BA/3 HR/24 RBI/51 R), 1B Lynn Starr (.290 BA/10 HR/40 RBI/48 R) and SS Narra Gilyinju (.325 BA/2 HR/28 RBI/36 R)... Stevens is looking for a three-peat and just might get it. The Midway Wolves (45-28), skippered by Cochise Chandler, just might be a little better than last year, too... they hit better this season with a strong .273 BA (2nd), 70 homers (7th-tied) and are 4th in scoring... Midway has a wealth of solid hitters: All-Star 3B Rusty Graves (.340 BA/10 HR/44 RBI/45 R), CF Chitto Chandler (.308 BA/7 HR/46 RBI/38 R), All-Star SS Rob Gigler (.293 BA/15 HR/47 RBI/56 R), LF Johnny Lee (.326 BA/12 HR/39 RBI/50 R) and C Sammy Murphy (.295 BA/7 HR/39 RBI/30 R)... on the hill Chandler's rotation consists of last year's MVP and Golden Arm winner Bobby Dorignac (10-7 2.67), Motega Wolf (12-4 3.07) and Luka Abromowitz (10-3 3.09)... 21-year-old second-year man Alberto Toledo (5-5 3.87) gives them a pretty fair number four starter... Midway needs help in the bullpen, where 16-year vet Dom Vilaggio (0-4 4.60) has struggled this year... otherwise, the Wolves can compete with Tuckanarra. Rawhide Marshall's Hillsboro Blazers (43-30) have run third to Tuckanarra and Midway the last two seasons and appear headed for that again... pitching and power are the Blazers strong points... they have posted a fine 3.22 team ERA (9th) and slammed 76 roundtrippers (4th), while batting a decent .258 (13th) and are also 13th in runs scored... however, Hillsboro is a poor fielding club with a .963 FA, the worst in the IPA... Marshall has three strong starters: 23-year-old All-Star Ben Garvik (10-6 2.57), 38-year-old Tom Edgar (10-6 2.86) and 34-year-old Pat Buettner (9-5 3.26)... and a superb closer: All-Star Gregg Hughes (4-2) with 16 saves and a 0.63 ERA... at the plate the Blazers top performers are 1B Larry Guichard (.341 BA/7 HR/44 RBI/46 R), All-Star RF Tommy O'Hara (.314 BA/19 HR/44 RBI/51 R), CF Biggy Washington (.296n BA/8 HR/26 RBI/49 R) and LF Paul Green (.274 BA/12 HR/38 RBI/30 R). Two clubs are deadlocked in fourth place in the TU East, one of the stronger divisions in the IPA with 5 teams above the .500 mark...the Ozarka Naturals (40-33) and improved South Fork Stallions are each 7 games out of first... the Nats are led by pitchers Jeb Mashburn (8-7 2.50), Wayne Gates (7-5 3.35) and Stan Carey (9-5 3.70)... in the bullpen manager Joe Mac Carney has a good one in Josh Carpenter (2-4) with 17 saves and a strong 2.22 ERA... Ozarka has compiled a 3.28 team ERA (11th)... the Nats excel on defense with a .978 FA (2nd-tied)... they are 7th with a .264 BA, but are tied for 20th in scoring... the Naturals lack home-run power with only 43 for the year (25th)... Carney has four .300 hitters in his line-up with 1B George Jenkins (.329 BA/14 HR/48 RBI/39 R), SS James Couch (.306 BA/6 HR/35 RBI/46 R), CF Ryoma Nakayama (.300 BA/7 HR/37 RBI/26 R) and catcher T. C. Baranski (.300 BA/4 HR/25 RBI/24 R). Duroche "Lips" Leon is still in charge of the South Fork Stallions (40-33), who finished a distant sixth last season, but have a shot at the first division this year... 26-year-old Gary Price (11-8 3.07) and 19-year-old rookie Bill Massey (10-4 3.18) lead a much-improved rotation... in the bullpen 22-year-old Tom Galloway (2-0) has been sensational with 14 saves and a splendid 0.33 ERA... the Stallions main run providers are LF Patric Giles (.286 BA/11 HR/40 RBI/55 R) and CF Shelby Glasscock (.258 BA/13 HR/34 RBI/34 R). After a couple of good seasons near the top, the High Mesa Cowboys (33-40), with Frisky Franks at the helm, have slipped back into the second division into sixth place, 14 games behind... the Cowpokes still have the greatest hitter in IPA history, superstar 1B Jack Elliott, who is still in his prime age 31 and a potent force, but has slipped over 50 points from his lifetime .355 average so far this season... Elliott is batting only .297, but has 20 homers, 49 RBIs and 47 runs... brothers SS Stephen Andrews (.277 BA/10 HR/49 RBI) and RF Bill Andrews (.256 BA/16 HR/39 RBI) also chip in offensively... High Mesa leads the TU with 93 homers... 33-year-old veteran starter Ronald Ward is Franks' best pitcher with a 9-8 record and a 3.83 ERA. The Red Bluff Red Sox (26-47) are again near the bottom for the third year in a row and in seventh place, 21 games back... manager Bucky Frizzell's pitching corps has an astronomical 4.77 team ERA (29th)...that's the crux of the problem... the Red Sox have firepower with 81 home runs (2nd), are hitting .258 (12th) and tied for 5th in scoring... it's hard to win when your best starter Grady Daggs is 5-9 with a sky-high 4.88 ERA... offensively 3B James Mack (.285 BA/11 HR/45 RBI) and LF Corbett Brooks (.289 BA/18 HR/49 RBI) lead the club... the Red Sox have one of the best catchers in the IPA with 6-time Golden Glover Jim Schubert (.261 BA/5 HR/27 RBI/33 R)... 37-year-old Schubert made the All-Stars again this year for the fourth time in his career. Last year the East Point Panthers (24-49) surprised and wound up fourth in the standings, but this season they are back to normal, back to the basement and already 23 games off the pace at the All-Star game... manager Robbie Brooks has absolutely atrocious pitching with an out-of-sight 5.61 team ERA (32nd), which is one of the worst in IPA history... Arroyo Grande set the mark with a pitiful 5.79 in 2002... Sam Ervin (5-8 3.98) is the top pitcher, while RF Kenko Aoki (.284 BA/14 HR/39 RBI/39 R) and rookie C George Hawk (.298 BA/12 HR/37 RBI) are the Panthers best bats. TU East Outlook: Should be another down-to-the-last-days drama again in the Tycobbian East between defending IPA Pro Cup titlist Tuckanarra, tough Midway and Hillsboro... the Blue Jays have won the pennants the last two seasons by just one game each time... they are better this year, but so are the competitors... Tuckanarra will wind up on top with Midway number two and Hillsboro in the third spot... Ozarka will hang on to fourth place, followed in order by South Fork, High Mesa, Red Bluff and East Point. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-22-2011 at 10:12 PM.