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Eugene Church · 12-01-2012, 08:10 PM

The Islandian Times
Tuesday, September 19, 2034

2034 Ruthlandian East Final Recap

Eastshore Blitzes RU East
The Eastshore Elegants played well from April to September and easily captured the Ruthlandian East by a whopping 12 games... Killer Brewster's Elegants just might be the best team in the IPA... they tied with Tuckanarra of the Tycobbian East for the most wins with 98... Cold Creek and Beechwood came in tied for second with the preseason favorite Wynnamac ending up in fourth place, trailing by 16 games... defending Pro Cup champion Elnora and Marston deadlocked for the fifth spot, while Sugar Valley and Belle Plaine wound up in last place and 22 games back in the race... the RU East is one of the best divisions in the IPA with six teams sporting winning records... Sugar Valley and Belle Plaine missed breaking even by just two games.

This was the best season for Eastshore (98-56) since the banners seasons 2016 through 2021 when the Elegants copped two Pro Cup titles in 2017 and 2018 and four straight division flags... they were the third choice behind Wynnamac and Cold Creek in The Islandian Times preseason poll... manager Killer Brewster has superb pitching with a 2.95 team ERA (1st), not only fine starters, but strong relievers, too... the Elegants might be the best overall staff in the IPA and will certainly contend for the best team as well... top starters are Koy Clampett (22-13/2.90), All-Star Don Klingenberg (21-10/2.90), Ramon Contreras (18-11/2.76) and veteran Randy Boone (14-8/3.36)... rookie Delaney Moss (6-8/2.37/17 saves) heads up an impressive bullpen... at the plate it doesn't get any better than the dynamic duo of CF Scotty Lagrange (.332/41/127/111) and RF Neil Richard (.367/16/78/82)... Lagrange led the RU in homers and the IPA in RBIs, while Richard had the best batting average in the IPA... 2B Johnny Petrak (.296/22/90/94) and SS Larry Romney (.290/21/73/64) lent some good offensive support, too.

This was supposed to be "the year" for the Cold Creek Catamounts (86-68)... they were expected to be a serious challenger in the RU East... they stayed close until the All-Star game, but then couldn't keep up with Eastshore and faded in the second half of the season, finally tying with Beechwood for the runnerup spot in the standings, but 12 games behind in the pennant hunt... manager Scoop Lemieux did it with a strong pitching staff that posted a 3.08 team ERA... offensively the Catamounts didn't have it... they hit .267 (14th), but scored only 627 runs (30th) and hit just 109 homers (29th)... J. J. Gillespie (26-13/2.06) tied with North Hills' Dave Michael for the most victories in the IPA and led the RU with the lowest ERA... Harvey Fullerton (20-11/3.22) and George Bailey (19-14/3.17) were standouts, too... reliever Eddie Brasher (7-5/3.25/20 saves) topped the RU in saves and appeared in 59 games... Lemieux's top bats were All-Star CF Guy St. Laurent (.283/25/92/92), RF Pat Foreman (.298/18/54/90) and 1B Steve Daniels (.283/15/84/59)... OF Walt Babin (.307), OF Shane Murphy (.325) and 2B Morten Jonassen (.303) also showed some promise at the plate... 36-year-old newcomer 3B Maska Chandler (.258/21/74/73) showed some good power at times... Chandler was a free agent signee from San Dimas... the future is looking good in Cold Creek.

After six disappointing seasons in a row, the Beechwood Bobcats (86-68) of Bret George were slated to finish sixth this year in the polls, but blossomed by rising up from the cellar to second place... Beechwood hasn't been to the Pro Cup playoffs since winning pennants in 2026 and 2027... the Bobcats remained close to champ Eastshore until they wilted in August and September... George has a solid club with a 3.42 team ERA (6th) and a .271 team BA (11th) with 730 runs (10th-tied), but comes up short in power department with only 119 roundtrippers (25th-tied)... the Bobcats feature a fine trio of starters in 23-year-old Neil Palmer (21-10/2.90), veteran Maury Patterson (20-10/3.34) and veteran Ken Arby (18-16/3.15)... Patterson and Arby were the youthful aces of the pennant seasons... they are still quality hurlers at age 31 and 27 respectively... RF Howie Baldwin (.277/32/112/91), LF Herb Douglas (.303/6/66/99) and 3B Joey Hagburn (.320/14/70/51) carried most of the offensive load for the Bobcats.

For the tenth consecutive year the Wynnamac Sundowners (82-72) have made the RU East first division under skipper Matt Donnelly... they were forecast to win it this season, but ended up in the fourth spot 16 games off the pace... Donnelly has won two pennants in the last decade... in 2025 and 2030... Wynnamac has won one Pro Cup (2008)... the Sundowners are a better-than-average club with a .274 BA (6th), 703 runs (14th) and 121 HRs (23rd)... on the hill they chalked up a 3.64 team ERA (11th)... ace Killara Bardo (21-15/2.64) won 20 games for the fourth time in his seven IPA seasons... Jason Meeks (19-12/4.13) and Jeremy Vincent (14-13/3.54) were also quality performers... Donnelly's top bats were LF Allen Dundee (.329/20/106/92), 2B Ed Lane (.281/7/57/80) and CF Terry Weigand (.275/21/71/65).

Last year's Pro Cup winner Elnora (81-73) and Marston (81-73) finished in a deadheat for fifth place, winding up 17 games out... the All-Stars were ranked fifth in the preseason porgnostications... manager Leon Carter was fresh off of three successive division flags, plus the Pro Cup trophy last year, but things didn't go their way... the club didn't play like last year... the batting average was down and the team ERA was up... Elnora batted .272 (9th) with 725 runs (12th) and 133 HRs (18th)... on the hill they registered a so-so 3.72 ERA (16th)... not pennant-winning numbers... Jesus Robles (18-8/3.50) and All-Star Stan Kivas (15-14/2.82) were the best pitchers... however, Kivas faltered badly after an 8-3 and 1.77 ERA record at the mid-year mark, going 7-11 in the second half... Jeremy Sellers, who won 20 or more games the previous three years, slumped badly to 13-17 and a 4.02 ERA... ditto for Freddy Pfeffer, who won 20 or more games the last two years, dipped to 12-12 and a sky-high 4.53 ERA... still the offense was strong and paced by LF Clint Thomas (.320/19/85/100), All-Star 2B Akihiro Samurakami (.328/11/48/90), 1B Matt Boyd (.295/20/80/71), All-Star RF Travis Glass (.266/30/89/82) and 3B Danny Bierhoff (.311/16/67/51), who missed out on almost half the season with a broken thumb.

Since winning the RU East flag in 2028, it's been the second division for manager Danny Church and his Marston Nine (81-73)... but this year it's been a good season, despite another fifth-place finish... Church was on the verge of getting fired... the Nine were eight games over .500 and were in the race until the mid-season mark... they continued to play well, but couldn't keep up with the awesome Eastshore Elegants... Marston's marvelous 23-year-old righthander Pat Brown carried the ballclub with a 25-11 record and 2.69 ERA... but he did get some vital help from All-Star 1B Marco Ameche (.314/24/92/83), SS Johnny Church (.302/13/53/89) and RF Warren Cleveland (.279/23/81/89).

Chalk it up as another bad year for the Sugar Valley Rattlers (76-78)... for the third successive season manager Gibby Bobkins has wound up deep in the RU East second division, tied with Belle Plaine for last place, 22 games back of pennant-winning Eastshore... the Rattlers batted only .253 (28th), but ranked second in longballs with 180 and tied for sixth in runs with 745... on the mound they were bad with a 4.34 team ERA (30th)... Juan Navarro (13-18/3.26) was the only pitcher under 4.00 ERA... Eddie Pitre (15-12/4.68) and Rod Prince (15-8/4.24) had winning records, but poor ERAs... Sugar Valley plays in Farmers Memorial Park, which has 310-foot fences... hence the high ERA's and home runs... sparking the Rattlers' attack were All-Star CF Bobby Gamble (.305/28/97/106), LF Tyler White (.237/31/111/94), 1B Giles Butler (.288/27/70/73) and SS Jesse Burns (.318/2/44/83).

2034 wasn't a good season for the perennial also-ran Belle Plaine Musketeers (76-78)... the Muskies went into the year expecting better after last season's jump from deep in the second division to a startling, fairly close second-place finish to IPA champion Elnora... they lost out by only five games... the Musketeers haven't graced the postseason since 2009... manager Dave Torregrossa needs help on the mound and at the plate to become a serious contender once again... yet Belle Plaine came within two wins of the .500 mark, not too bad for a last-place club... the Muskies batted .264 (17th), scored 686 runs (19th-tied) and swatted 120 out of the park (24th) with a 3.88 team ERA (22nd)... the offensive leaders were CF Harry Tashina (.316/15/59/114), All-Star RF Noel Martin (.297/25/109/98), C Derek Roman (.289/17/65/63) and LF Shelby Glasscock (.264/18/70/78)... closer Johnny Duncan sparkled in the bullpen with an 11-5 record, 2.32 ERA and 17 saves.... and Benny Lucas (15-12/4.10) and rookie Leon Lacombe (13-6/3.53) topped the team in wins.

12-01-2012, 08:10 PM	#3359
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	*The Islandian Times* Tuesday, September 19, 2034 2034 Ruthlandian East Final Recap Eastshore Blitzes RU East The Eastshore Elegants played well from April to September and easily captured the Ruthlandian East by a whopping 12 games... Killer Brewster's Elegants just might be the best team in the IPA... they tied with Tuckanarra of the Tycobbian East for the most wins with 98... Cold Creek and Beechwood came in tied for second with the preseason favorite Wynnamac ending up in fourth place, trailing by 16 games... defending Pro Cup champion Elnora and Marston deadlocked for the fifth spot, while Sugar Valley and Belle Plaine wound up in last place and 22 games back in the race... the RU East is one of the best divisions in the IPA with six teams sporting winning records... Sugar Valley and Belle Plaine missed breaking even by just two games. This was the best season for Eastshore (98-56) since the banners seasons 2016 through 2021 when the Elegants copped two Pro Cup titles in 2017 and 2018 and four straight division flags... they were the third choice behind Wynnamac and Cold Creek in The Islandian Times preseason poll... manager Killer Brewster has superb pitching with a 2.95 team ERA (1st), not only fine starters, but strong relievers, too... the Elegants might be the best overall staff in the IPA and will certainly contend for the best team as well... top starters are Koy Clampett (22-13/2.90), All-Star Don Klingenberg (21-10/2.90), Ramon Contreras (18-11/2.76) and veteran Randy Boone (14-8/3.36)... rookie Delaney Moss (6-8/2.37/17 saves) heads up an impressive bullpen... at the plate it doesn't get any better than the dynamic duo of CF Scotty Lagrange (.332/41/127/111) and RF Neil Richard (.367/16/78/82)... Lagrange led the RU in homers and the IPA in RBIs, while Richard had the best batting average in the IPA... 2B Johnny Petrak (.296/22/90/94) and SS Larry Romney (.290/21/73/64) lent some good offensive support, too. This was supposed to be "the year" for the Cold Creek Catamounts (86-68)... they were expected to be a serious challenger in the RU East... they stayed close until the All-Star game, but then couldn't keep up with Eastshore and faded in the second half of the season, finally tying with Beechwood for the runnerup spot in the standings, but 12 games behind in the pennant hunt... manager Scoop Lemieux did it with a strong pitching staff that posted a 3.08 team ERA... offensively the Catamounts didn't have it... they hit .267 (14th), but scored only 627 runs (30th) and hit just 109 homers (29th)... J. J. Gillespie (26-13/2.06) tied with North Hills' Dave Michael for the most victories in the IPA and led the RU with the lowest ERA... Harvey Fullerton (20-11/3.22) and George Bailey (19-14/3.17) were standouts, too... reliever Eddie Brasher (7-5/3.25/20 saves) topped the RU in saves and appeared in 59 games... Lemieux's top bats were All-Star CF Guy St. Laurent (.283/25/92/92), RF Pat Foreman (.298/18/54/90) and 1B Steve Daniels (.283/15/84/59)... OF Walt Babin (.307), OF Shane Murphy (.325) and 2B Morten Jonassen (.303) also showed some promise at the plate... 36-year-old newcomer 3B Maska Chandler (.258/21/74/73) showed some good power at times... Chandler was a free agent signee from San Dimas... the future is looking good in Cold Creek. After six disappointing seasons in a row, the Beechwood Bobcats (86-68) of Bret George were slated to finish sixth this year in the polls, but blossomed by rising up from the cellar to second place... Beechwood hasn't been to the Pro Cup playoffs since winning pennants in 2026 and 2027... the Bobcats remained close to champ Eastshore until they wilted in August and September... George has a solid club with a 3.42 team ERA (6th) and a .271 team BA (11th) with 730 runs (10th-tied), but comes up short in power department with only 119 roundtrippers (25th-tied)... the Bobcats feature a fine trio of starters in 23-year-old Neil Palmer (21-10/2.90), veteran Maury Patterson (20-10/3.34) and veteran Ken Arby (18-16/3.15)... Patterson and Arby were the youthful aces of the pennant seasons... they are still quality hurlers at age 31 and 27 respectively... RF Howie Baldwin (.277/32/112/91), LF Herb Douglas (.303/6/66/99) and 3B Joey Hagburn (.320/14/70/51) carried most of the offensive load for the Bobcats. For the tenth consecutive year the Wynnamac Sundowners (82-72) have made the RU East first division under skipper Matt Donnelly... they were forecast to win it this season, but ended up in the fourth spot 16 games off the pace... Donnelly has won two pennants in the last decade... in 2025 and 2030... Wynnamac has won one Pro Cup (2008)... the Sundowners are a better-than-average club with a .274 BA (6th), 703 runs (14th) and 121 HRs (23rd)... on the hill they chalked up a 3.64 team ERA (11th)... ace Killara Bardo (21-15/2.64) won 20 games for the fourth time in his seven IPA seasons... Jason Meeks (19-12/4.13) and Jeremy Vincent (14-13/3.54) were also quality performers... Donnelly's top bats were LF Allen Dundee (.329/20/106/92), 2B Ed Lane (.281/7/57/80) and CF Terry Weigand (.275/21/71/65). Last year's Pro Cup winner Elnora (81-73) and Marston (81-73) finished in a deadheat for fifth place, winding up 17 games out... the All-Stars were ranked fifth in the preseason porgnostications... manager Leon Carter was fresh off of three successive division flags, plus the Pro Cup trophy last year, but things didn't go their way... the club didn't play like last year... the batting average was down and the team ERA was up... Elnora batted .272 (9th) with 725 runs (12th) and 133 HRs (18th)... on the hill they registered a so-so 3.72 ERA (16th)... not pennant-winning numbers... Jesus Robles (18-8/3.50) and All-Star Stan Kivas (15-14/2.82) were the best pitchers... however, Kivas faltered badly after an 8-3 and 1.77 ERA record at the mid-year mark, going 7-11 in the second half... Jeremy Sellers, who won 20 or more games the previous three years, slumped badly to 13-17 and a 4.02 ERA... ditto for Freddy Pfeffer, who won 20 or more games the last two years, dipped to 12-12 and a sky-high 4.53 ERA... still the offense was strong and paced by LF Clint Thomas (.320/19/85/100), All-Star 2B Akihiro Samurakami (.328/11/48/90), 1B Matt Boyd (.295/20/80/71), All-Star RF Travis Glass (.266/30/89/82) and 3B Danny Bierhoff (.311/16/67/51), who missed out on almost half the season with a broken thumb. Since winning the RU East flag in 2028, it's been the second division for manager Danny Church and his Marston Nine (81-73)... but this year it's been a good season, despite another fifth-place finish... Church was on the verge of getting fired... the Nine were eight games over .500 and were in the race until the mid-season mark... they continued to play well, but couldn't keep up with the awesome Eastshore Elegants... Marston's marvelous 23-year-old righthander Pat Brown carried the ballclub with a 25-11 record and 2.69 ERA... but he did get some vital help from All-Star 1B Marco Ameche (.314/24/92/83), SS Johnny Church (.302/13/53/89) and RF Warren Cleveland (.279/23/81/89). Chalk it up as another bad year for the Sugar Valley Rattlers (76-78)... for the third successive season manager Gibby Bobkins has wound up deep in the RU East second division, tied with Belle Plaine for last place, 22 games back of pennant-winning Eastshore... the Rattlers batted only .253 (28th), but ranked second in longballs with 180 and tied for sixth in runs with 745... on the mound they were bad with a 4.34 team ERA (30th)... Juan Navarro (13-18/3.26) was the only pitcher under 4.00 ERA... Eddie Pitre (15-12/4.68) and Rod Prince (15-8/4.24) had winning records, but poor ERAs... Sugar Valley plays in Farmers Memorial Park, which has 310-foot fences... hence the high ERA's and home runs... sparking the Rattlers' attack were All-Star CF Bobby Gamble (.305/28/97/106), LF Tyler White (.237/31/111/94), 1B Giles Butler (.288/27/70/73) and SS Jesse Burns (.318/2/44/83). 2034 wasn't a good season for the perennial also-ran Belle Plaine Musketeers (76-78)... the Muskies went into the year expecting better after last season's jump from deep in the second division to a startling, fairly close second-place finish to IPA champion Elnora... they lost out by only five games... the Musketeers haven't graced the postseason since 2009... manager Dave Torregrossa needs help on the mound and at the plate to become a serious contender once again... yet Belle Plaine came within two wins of the .500 mark, not too bad for a last-place club... the Muskies batted .264 (17th), scored 686 runs (19th-tied) and swatted 120 out of the park (24th) with a 3.88 team ERA (22nd)... the offensive leaders were CF Harry Tashina (.316/15/59/114), All-Star RF Noel Martin (.297/25/109/98), C Derek Roman (.289/17/65/63) and LF Shelby Glasscock (.264/18/70/78)... closer Johnny Duncan sparkled in the bullpen with an 11-5 record, 2.32 ERA and 17 saves.... and Benny Lucas (15-12/4.10) and rookie Leon Lacombe (13-6/3.53) topped the team in wins.