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Eugene Church · 08-27-2013, 03:55 PM

NOTE: I thought you might enjoy a look back at previous highlights of the IPA.
The Far Mountain Redhawks haven't been to the Pro Cup Finals in almost 3 decades. This a review of their 2011 season.

YESTERYEAR IN THE IPA

Monday, September 19, 2011

FM Redhawks Win Struggle With Glasco and Taranto in RU North

The Far Mountain Redhawks outfought five teams to cop its third consecutive Ruthlandian North pennant. Alex Groveland's crew finished strong over the second half of the season and came from a fourth place tie and four games back after the All-Star hiatus. The Redhawks edged the second place Glasco Athletics by a game. The A's also had a good second half run as they rose up from a midseason fourth place tie with Far Mountain. Third place Taranto was strong the entire season, but came up two games short. Fourth place LaGrange and Ancona faltered in the late stages of the race and wound up five games off the pace. The Kilkenny Cats ended up in the sixth spot, 11 games out. Valmara was seventh and 14 games behind, while first half leader Ranford went into a tailspin and fell all the way to the basement, trailing by 17 games.

Superior pitching and solid hitting were the keys for both Far Mountain (3.39 ERA) and Glasco (3.35 ERA). LaGrange and Taranto had the firepower with 186 and 175 roundtrippers, but both came up way short with 3.99 and 4.67 ERAs respectively.

Far Mountain boasted three strong vets on the mound in Boomerang Hines (22-12 2.85), Robby Kelly (12-7 2.76) and Leroy Hill (18-18 2.62)... closer Erich Dumont (5-6 1.42) blossomed in the bullpen with 28 saves... 3B Duane Parsons (.273/22/103/87), C Otis Ott (.271/25/91/77) and SS Don Nichols (.287/12/81/109) provided the offense.

Friday, September 23, 2011

2011 Ruthlandian Union Elite 8 Series

Redhawks Romp 8-0, Knock Off Claxton in 4 Straight
The Claxton Diamonds ran into a buzzsaw and were sent packing from the Pro Cup playoffs by the red-hot Far Mountain Redhawks, who finished them off in 4 games... The Redhawks walloped 14 hits and backed up the shutout pitching of Boomerang Hines for an easy 8-0 triumph... Hines (2-0 1.00) tossed another fine game, holding the Diamonds to 6 hits... LF Phil Stewart (.467), SS Don Nichols (.316) and CF Xavier Sosa (.429) sparked the rout with 3 hits apiece with RF Lucky Collins (.571), C Otis Ott (.176) and Nichols driving in a pair of runs each... Collins had 7 RBIs in the series... Charlie Murphy (0-2 7.71) was tagged with the loss as he was battered for 5 runs on the first frame... Alex Groveland and Far Mountain will now advance to the RU Final 4 against the winner of the Colfax-Sugar Valley series.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

2011 Ruthlandian Union Final 4 Series

FM Bumps Colfax 6-0, Pro Cup Finalist
The Far Mountain Redhawks continued their torrid play and bumped Colfax, the defending Pro Cup champions, out of the playoffs... Far Mountain blanked the Blasters 6-0 on a 4-hit shutout by Leroy Hill to take the Ruthlandian Union Final 4 Series four games to one... The Redhawks now advance to the IPA Pro Cup title series against the Tycobbian champion... Hill (1-0 4.26) worked a terrific game, stopping Colfax on just 4 hits with 4 strikeouts and only one base on balls... Hill (.333) even got a home run, a 2-run shot in the eighth... Far Mountain bashed 11 hits off two Colfax hurlers... They had to beat Ilya Szabo (3-1 2.52), who has led the IPA in ERA the last two seasons and was unbeaten in the postseason this year... The Redhawks got to him for 4 runs on 8 hits in his 7 innings... LF Phil Stewart (.472) sparked FM with a perfect 4-for-4 day... CF Lucky Collins (.394) gave Far Mountain an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the second inning, 2B Keith Wasik (.379) made it 2-0 in the fourth with another sac fly and SS Don Nichols' (.326) single and C Otis Ott's (.250) flyball upped it to 4-0 in the fifth frame... The Redhawks were rated only 6th in the Islandian Times poll prior to the playoffs... Far Mountain will play the Fairfax-Ozarka survivor for this year's Pro Cup... The Redhawks have been to the IPA finals only one time in its history... They lost to Turon in 2009.

The elated winning skipper, Alex Groveland, gave credit to his standout pitching staff for the series win. "Boomerang Hines, Robby Kelly and Leroy Hill are the reason we're headed to the Pro Cup. They really outdid themselves in holding down Colfax, perhaps the best-hitting team in our league."

Colfax's deflated and defeated manager, Clem Rogers, said, "I thought we had a very good shot at another Pro Cup, but I was wrong. Far Mountain totally silenced our bats and our pitching didn't do very well either. Not only do the Redhawks pitch well, but the offense is quite capable, too. I think Far Mountain will get the Ruthlandian Union another Pro Cup."

Far Mountain dropped the first game of the Final 4 to Colfax 3-2 in 13 innings, but then ripped off four consecutive victories, winning 5-4 in 12 innings, 9-1, 5-0 and 6-0.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

2011 IPA Pro Cup Finals

FM Pro Cup Champs, Nips Nats 7-6 in 11 Innings
The IPA Pro Cup champions for 2011 are the Far Mountain Redhawks, who made an unbelievable comeback... Down 3 games to 1 to Ozarka after 4 games the Redhawks won the final 3 games of the series to cop the crown for the first time in club history... Far Mountain triumphed 7-6 in a hard-fought, seesaw affair that went 11 innings... LF Phil Stewart (.382) got aboard on a botched grounder by SS Nathan Ferrell, was sacrificed to second by CF Xavier Sosa (.343) and he scampered home on 3B Duane Parsons (.290) game-winning single... Boomerang Hines (5-1 1.11) got the win with 2 and two-thirds scoreless innings of relief... Hines, normally a starter, was pressed into service after only 2 days' rest... Phillip Britt (0-1 4.91) was tagged with the loss even though the only run he gave up was not earned... Britt had come on in the top of the 11th... The Nats racked up 16 hits in defeat to 13 for the winners.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hines Acclaimed Pro Cup MVP
In close balloting good pitching won out on good hitting to decide the IPA Pro Cup Most Valuable Player. Far Mountain's stylish southpaw Boomerang Hines led the Redhawks to their first Pro Cup title with a 5-1 record and a brilliant 1.11 ERA. Hines edged out teammates Xavier Sosa, Lucky Collins and Phil Stewart for the honor.

Hines made 6 starts and had 5 complete games with 2 shutouts. His only loss came in a 2-1 decision. Hines also contributed a critical win in relief in the 7th game. He worked 2 and two-thirds scoreless innings in the 11-inning victory.

CF Sosa had a marvelous postseason, too. He batted .343 with 6 homers, 20 RBIs and 12 runs scored. RF Lucky Collins hit .357 with 12 RBIs, 10 runs and 5 stolen bases and LF Stewart compiled a .382 batting average with 2 roundtrippers, 9 runs driven in and scored 16 times.

Ozarka's fine LF Vic Weinstein was fifth in the vote. Weinstein had a .373 average with a pair of home runs, 13 RBIs and 18 runs in the playoffs.

08-27-2013, 03:55 PM	#3679
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,916	NOTE: I thought you might enjoy a look back at previous highlights of the IPA. The Far Mountain Redhawks haven't been to the Pro Cup Finals in almost 3 decades. This a review of their 2011 season. YESTERYEAR IN THE IPA Monday, September 19, 2011 FM Redhawks Win Struggle With Glasco and Taranto in RU North The Far Mountain Redhawks outfought five teams to cop its third consecutive Ruthlandian North pennant. Alex Groveland's crew finished strong over the second half of the season and came from a fourth place tie and four games back after the All-Star hiatus. The Redhawks edged the second place Glasco Athletics by a game. The A's also had a good second half run as they rose up from a midseason fourth place tie with Far Mountain. Third place Taranto was strong the entire season, but came up two games short. Fourth place LaGrange and Ancona faltered in the late stages of the race and wound up five games off the pace. The Kilkenny Cats ended up in the sixth spot, 11 games out. Valmara was seventh and 14 games behind, while first half leader Ranford went into a tailspin and fell all the way to the basement, trailing by 17 games. Superior pitching and solid hitting were the keys for both Far Mountain (3.39 ERA) and Glasco (3.35 ERA). LaGrange and Taranto had the firepower with 186 and 175 roundtrippers, but both came up way short with 3.99 and 4.67 ERAs respectively. Far Mountain boasted three strong vets on the mound in Boomerang Hines (22-12 2.85), Robby Kelly (12-7 2.76) and Leroy Hill (18-18 2.62)... closer Erich Dumont (5-6 1.42) blossomed in the bullpen with 28 saves... 3B Duane Parsons (.273/22/103/87), C Otis Ott (.271/25/91/77) and SS Don Nichols (.287/12/81/109) provided the offense. Friday, September 23, 2011 2011 Ruthlandian Union Elite 8 Series Redhawks Romp 8-0, Knock Off Claxton in 4 Straight The Claxton Diamonds ran into a buzzsaw and were sent packing from the Pro Cup playoffs by the red-hot Far Mountain Redhawks, who finished them off in 4 games... The Redhawks walloped 14 hits and backed up the shutout pitching of Boomerang Hines for an easy 8-0 triumph... Hines (2-0 1.00) tossed another fine game, holding the Diamonds to 6 hits... LF Phil Stewart (.467), SS Don Nichols (.316) and CF Xavier Sosa (.429) sparked the rout with 3 hits apiece with RF Lucky Collins (.571), C Otis Ott (.176) and Nichols driving in a pair of runs each... Collins had 7 RBIs in the series... Charlie Murphy (0-2 7.71) was tagged with the loss as he was battered for 5 runs on the first frame... Alex Groveland and Far Mountain will now advance to the RU Final 4 against the winner of the Colfax-Sugar Valley series. Sunday, October 2, 2011 2011 Ruthlandian Union Final 4 Series FM Bumps Colfax 6-0, Pro Cup Finalist The Far Mountain Redhawks continued their torrid play and bumped Colfax, the defending Pro Cup champions, out of the playoffs... Far Mountain blanked the Blasters 6-0 on a 4-hit shutout by Leroy Hill to take the Ruthlandian Union Final 4 Series four games to one... The Redhawks now advance to the IPA Pro Cup title series against the Tycobbian champion... Hill (1-0 4.26) worked a terrific game, stopping Colfax on just 4 hits with 4 strikeouts and only one base on balls... Hill (.333) even got a home run, a 2-run shot in the eighth... Far Mountain bashed 11 hits off two Colfax hurlers... They had to beat Ilya Szabo (3-1 2.52), who has led the IPA in ERA the last two seasons and was unbeaten in the postseason this year... The Redhawks got to him for 4 runs on 8 hits in his 7 innings... LF Phil Stewart (.472) sparked FM with a perfect 4-for-4 day... CF Lucky Collins (.394) gave Far Mountain an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the second inning, 2B Keith Wasik (.379) made it 2-0 in the fourth with another sac fly and SS Don Nichols' (.326) single and C Otis Ott's (.250) flyball upped it to 4-0 in the fifth frame... The Redhawks were rated only 6th in the Islandian Times poll prior to the playoffs... Far Mountain will play the Fairfax-Ozarka survivor for this year's Pro Cup... The Redhawks have been to the IPA finals only one time in its history... They lost to Turon in 2009. The elated winning skipper, Alex Groveland, gave credit to his standout pitching staff for the series win. "Boomerang Hines, Robby Kelly and Leroy Hill are the reason we're headed to the Pro Cup. They really outdid themselves in holding down Colfax, perhaps the best-hitting team in our league." Colfax's deflated and defeated manager, Clem Rogers, said, "I thought we had a very good shot at another Pro Cup, but I was wrong. Far Mountain totally silenced our bats and our pitching didn't do very well either. Not only do the Redhawks pitch well, but the offense is quite capable, too. I think Far Mountain will get the Ruthlandian Union another Pro Cup." Far Mountain dropped the first game of the Final 4 to Colfax 3-2 in 13 innings, but then ripped off four consecutive victories, winning 5-4 in 12 innings, 9-1, 5-0 and 6-0. Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2011 IPA Pro Cup Finals FM Pro Cup Champs, Nips Nats 7-6 in 11 Innings The IPA Pro Cup champions for 2011 are the Far Mountain Redhawks, who made an unbelievable comeback... Down 3 games to 1 to Ozarka after 4 games the Redhawks won the final 3 games of the series to cop the crown for the first time in club history... Far Mountain triumphed 7-6 in a hard-fought, seesaw affair that went 11 innings... LF Phil Stewart (.382) got aboard on a botched grounder by SS Nathan Ferrell, was sacrificed to second by CF Xavier Sosa (.343) and he scampered home on 3B Duane Parsons (.290) game-winning single... Boomerang Hines (5-1 1.11) got the win with 2 and two-thirds scoreless innings of relief... Hines, normally a starter, was pressed into service after only 2 days' rest... Phillip Britt (0-1 4.91) was tagged with the loss even though the only run he gave up was not earned... Britt had come on in the top of the 11th... The Nats racked up 16 hits in defeat to 13 for the winners. Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Hines Acclaimed Pro Cup MVP In close balloting good pitching won out on good hitting to decide the IPA Pro Cup Most Valuable Player. Far Mountain's stylish southpaw Boomerang Hines led the Redhawks to their first Pro Cup title with a 5-1 record and a brilliant 1.11 ERA. Hines edged out teammates Xavier Sosa, Lucky Collins and Phil Stewart for the honor. Hines made 6 starts and had 5 complete games with 2 shutouts. His only loss came in a 2-1 decision. Hines also contributed a critical win in relief in the 7th game. He worked 2 and two-thirds scoreless innings in the 11-inning victory. CF Sosa had a marvelous postseason, too. He batted .343 with 6 homers, 20 RBIs and 12 runs scored. RF Lucky Collins hit .357 with 12 RBIs, 10 runs and 5 stolen bases and LF Stewart compiled a .382 batting average with 2 roundtrippers, 9 runs driven in and scored 16 times. Ozarka's fine LF Vic Weinstein was fifth in the vote. Weinstein had a .373 average with a pair of home runs, 13 RBIs and 18 runs in the playoffs. Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-27-2013 at 04:08 PM.