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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Thursday, October 18, 2040
GILLESPIE, CULPEPPER IPA MVPS
Earlier in the week J. J. Gillespie grabbed the RU Golden Arm Award and Jerry Culpepper was named the TU Golden Bat winner. Gillespie and Culpepper are now double winners in this award season. They both have added the prestigious Most Valuable Player trophies to their collection. Gillespie is the Ruthlandian Union MVP for the third time in his legendary career. He also won it in 2033 and 2037. For Culpepper, this is the first time he has been honored as the Tycobbian Union MVP.
Ruthlandian Union:
1. J. J. Gillespie - Cold Creek... helped Catamounts win a fourth flag in the last five seasons with a 23-11 record and a league-leading 2.26 ERA... Gillespie also had the most strikeouts in the Ruthlandian Union with 269, third best in the IPA... Cold Creek piled up 101 victories, the most in the IPA... won Golden Arm for fifth time... went over the 200-win mark this year... lifetime he is 206-105 in 12 seasons... Gillespie has the best all-time ERA in the IPA with a fantastic career 2.28 ERA.
2. Nioka Inkamara - Wynnamac RF... the phenomenal 23-year-old outfielder had a remarkable season with 48 homers, 145 RBIs and 104 runs... Inkamara paced the IPA in RBIs... he played in 144 games and batted at a .316 clip... this was his third season in the league.
3. Bobby Gamble - Sugar Valley RF... the Rattlers' all-everything had another fine season with a .314 BA, 32 HRs, 105 RBIs, 119 runs and 52 SBs... Gamble won the RU stolen-base title for the second time in his 8-year career.
Tycobbian Union:
1. Jerry Culpepper - Bayview's slugging 27-year-old second sacker set a new IPA standard for homers in a single season with 66... that beat Hall-of-Fame icon Jack Elliott by one... Elliott hit 65 in 2021 for the High Mesa Cowboys... Elliott is the all-time home-run king in the IPA with 848... Culpepper's great year helped his Vikings tie for second place in the TU West... not only did he hit homers, Culpepper hit for average, too... he batted .334 and came up 9 points short of a Triple Crown for leading the league in batting average, homers and RBIs... he led the Tycobbian Union with 66 homers and 146 RBIs... the only thing Culpepper missed was the batting title, won by Ginza's Ichiro Kazumi with a .343 average... Culpepper also topped the IPA with 134 runs.
2. Jeff Owens - North Hills hurler also had amazing year... Owens went 28-7 with a 2.48 ERA... he came up one win short of the all-time IPA victory mark of 29, held by Turon's Shane Farmer, which was set in 2018... Farmer had a magical year with a 29-3 record... 34-year-old Owens also won the TU Golden Arm Award this year... he sparked the Hawks to their seventh division title in a row.
3. Jayson Hallstrom - fine 23-year-old pitcher for the Summerland Sunsets... he went 24-7 and led the IPA and Tycobbian Union with a splendid 2.08 ERA... Hallstrom was instrumental in leading the Sunsets to the TU South pennant.
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