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Eugene Church · 07-20-2013, 05:46 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 17, 2037

2037 IPA PRO CUP FINALS

WESTERNERS PRO CUP CHAMPIONS
The unheralded Waleska Westerners are the 2037 IPA Pro Cup champion... they eliminated favored San Alejo 5-2 in game six to capture the series and their second Pro Cup... the Westerners were ranked sixth in the Pro Cup preview poll, while San Alejo was the third choice behind Tuckanarra and Cold Creek. Monty McMurtry's 2-run homer in the sixth proved to be the winning blow... that put the Westerners up 4-2... another hero was Tony Haskell (3-1/3.62), who checked the Montaneros on 2 runs and 6 hits in 8 innings... Lacy Dalton closed it out for him by striking out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in the ninth... it was Dalton's third save of the postseason... Johnny Brown (2-3/5.64) failed to keep San Alejo's hopes alive in the series... Brown was bashed for all 5 runs in 8-plus frames.

The Monties started off well with runs in the first two innings... 3B Bubby Blackwell (.351) singled and scored on RF Charlie Wilberforce's (.263) two-bagger in the first... 2B Joe Klein (.333) made it 2-0 with a home run in the second... but Brown couldn't hold off the Westerners, who came back and tied the score at 2-2 in the fifth on an RBI groundout by CF Jon Lassister (.247) and passed ball... McMurtry (.235) hit his decisive roundtripper in the sixth, making it 4-2... Lassister completed the scoring with a solo homer in the ninth.

Waleska got 8 hits in all, led by Lassiter and 3B Bobby Denton (.369) with 2 hits apiece... Bubby Blackwell and Charlie Wilberforce each had 2 of San Alejo's 6 hits.

Westerner manager Roy Hobbs was a valuable part of the 2028 Pro Cup team... he and Loco Dillinger sparked a high-powered offense that won it all... Hobbs was the Pro Cup MVP that year. Hobbs was deliriously happy, saying during the victory celebration, "Winning the Pro Cup as a player was really great, but it's really something to come back as a skipper and win it again."

Waleska's Terry Richards was a rookie on the 2028 champ. At age 20 Richards went 4-1 with a 3.08 ERA in 6 starts. "2028 was an amazing year for me... it was unbelievable to win a pennant in my first year, much less win the IPA title... it was a miraculous season... I went 15-12 in the regular season with a 4.04 ERA... I pitched even better in the playoffs." Now 29, Richards is 183-118 in his 10 years in the IPA. This year in the playoffs he again went 4-1 in 6 starts with an impressive 2.98 ERA. Overall in three postseasons Richards is 9-4 in 16 starts with a 3.30 ERA. Later when asked about winning his second Pro Cup ring, he responded, "I don't think winning the Pro Cup will ever get old... this one is very special, too... I hope it's not the last."

Hobbs later spoke to the press and commented, "Our pitchers were outstanding... Terry (Richards), Craig (Nash) and Tony (Hatchell) were superb... they had to do well for us to win the Pro Cup... they were the key to our title." Hobbs also added, "We also couldn't have done without Frenchy (Leboeuf), Bobby (Denton), Rodney (Hanson) and Monty (McMurtry)... they came through time and time again and put runs on the scoreboard."

Manager Alberto Herrera bemoaned, "I thought we had the edge on the hill going into the Finals... but Roy's bunch really did a job on us... we only scored 16 runs in 6 games... case closed."

This was San Alejo's second appearance in the Pro Cup Finals... they whipped Colfax in the 2032 IPA Finals... the only holdovers from that victorious team were pitchers Johnny Brown, Roy Burchfield and Clete Lawson, along with 3B Bubby Blackwell.

07-20-2013, 05:46 PM	#3619
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,004	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Saturday, October 17, 2037 2037 IPA PRO CUP FINALS WESTERNERS PRO CUP CHAMPIONS The unheralded Waleska Westerners are the 2037 IPA Pro Cup champion... they eliminated favored San Alejo 5-2 in game six to capture the series and their second Pro Cup... the Westerners were ranked sixth in the Pro Cup preview poll, while San Alejo was the third choice behind Tuckanarra and Cold Creek. Monty McMurtry's 2-run homer in the sixth proved to be the winning blow... that put the Westerners up 4-2... another hero was Tony Haskell (3-1/3.62), who checked the Montaneros on 2 runs and 6 hits in 8 innings... Lacy Dalton closed it out for him by striking out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in the ninth... it was Dalton's third save of the postseason... Johnny Brown (2-3/5.64) failed to keep San Alejo's hopes alive in the series... Brown was bashed for all 5 runs in 8-plus frames. The Monties started off well with runs in the first two innings... 3B Bubby Blackwell (.351) singled and scored on RF Charlie Wilberforce's (.263) two-bagger in the first... 2B Joe Klein (.333) made it 2-0 with a home run in the second... but Brown couldn't hold off the Westerners, who came back and tied the score at 2-2 in the fifth on an RBI groundout by CF Jon Lassister (.247) and passed ball... McMurtry (.235) hit his decisive roundtripper in the sixth, making it 4-2... Lassister completed the scoring with a solo homer in the ninth. Waleska got 8 hits in all, led by Lassiter and 3B Bobby Denton (.369) with 2 hits apiece... Bubby Blackwell and Charlie Wilberforce each had 2 of San Alejo's 6 hits. Westerner manager Roy Hobbs was a valuable part of the 2028 Pro Cup team... he and Loco Dillinger sparked a high-powered offense that won it all... Hobbs was the Pro Cup MVP that year. Hobbs was deliriously happy, saying during the victory celebration, "Winning the Pro Cup as a player was really great, but it's really something to come back as a skipper and win it again." Waleska's Terry Richards was a rookie on the 2028 champ. At age 20 Richards went 4-1 with a 3.08 ERA in 6 starts. "2028 was an amazing year for me... it was unbelievable to win a pennant in my first year, much less win the IPA title... it was a miraculous season... I went 15-12 in the regular season with a 4.04 ERA... I pitched even better in the playoffs." Now 29, Richards is 183-118 in his 10 years in the IPA. This year in the playoffs he again went 4-1 in 6 starts with an impressive 2.98 ERA. Overall in three postseasons Richards is 9-4 in 16 starts with a 3.30 ERA. Later when asked about winning his second Pro Cup ring, he responded, "I don't think winning the Pro Cup will ever get old... this one is very special, too... I hope it's not the last." Hobbs later spoke to the press and commented, "Our pitchers were outstanding... Terry (Richards), Craig (Nash) and Tony (Hatchell) were superb... they had to do well for us to win the Pro Cup... they were the key to our title." Hobbs also added, "We also couldn't have done without Frenchy (Leboeuf), Bobby (Denton), Rodney (Hanson) and Monty (McMurtry)... they came through time and time again and put runs on the scoreboard." Manager Alberto Herrera bemoaned, "I thought we had the edge on the hill going into the Finals... but Roy's bunch really did a job on us... we only scored 16 runs in 6 games... case closed." This was San Alejo's second appearance in the Pro Cup Finals... they whipped Colfax in the 2032 IPA Finals... the only holdovers from that victorious team were pitchers Johnny Brown, Roy Burchfield and Clete Lawson, along with 3B Bubby Blackwell. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-20-2013 at 09:30 PM.