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Eugene Church · 03-06-2014, 10:07 PM

After finishing in the runner-up spot in 2042 with an 84-70 record, just one game behind winner South Fork, the High Mesa Cowboys have fallen into the second division since... to 75-79 (5 GB) and sixth place last year to 72-82 (23 GB) and fifth place this year... in all their years in the IPA the Cowpokes have made the playoffs only twice (2002 and 2003)... however they did win the Pro Cup in 2002... pretty much absolutely zilch since then.

The biggest plus High Mesa has is three pretty fair sluggers in 1B Johnny Tallis (.261/39/122/66), LF Clay Johnston (.274/27/106/73) and SS Clifford Coleman (.278/37/108/67)... outside of them there is little hitting in the lineup... one of the IPA's most prolific home-run hitter, RF Corbett Brooks (.236/9/29/47), called it a career at the end of his 22nd season... the 42-year-old Brooks retired with 727 homers, second only to the Hall-of-Fame great Jack Elliott, the IPA lifetime leader with 848 roundtrippers... a .263 hitter, Brooks had 3008 hits with 1980 RBIs (7th all-time) and 2002 walks (6th all-time), along with a record 2968 strikeouts... on the hill Tee Bo Templet (18-11/4.25) had the most wins for High Mesa, while Emil Nowak (15-22/3.87) was the most effective starter... at age 39 pitching vet Dean Harris (1-0/3.31) also retired... he was with Kilkenny of the Ruthlandian North for his first 8 seasons and spent the last 10 with High Mesa... Harris was 244-260 and had the misfortune to play with mediocre teams, but posted a very credible 3.18 lifetime ERA.

HIGH MESA: 5th (23 GB)

03-06-2014, 10:07 PM	#4067
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,696 Blog Entries: 1	After finishing in the runner-up spot in 2042 with an 84-70 record, just one game behind winner South Fork, the High Mesa Cowboys have fallen into the second division since... to 75-79 (5 GB) and sixth place last year to 72-82 (23 GB) and fifth place this year... in all their years in the IPA the Cowpokes have made the playoffs only twice (2002 and 2003)... however they did win the Pro Cup in 2002... pretty much absolutely zilch since then. The biggest plus High Mesa has is three pretty fair sluggers in 1B Johnny Tallis (.261/39/122/66), LF Clay Johnston (.274/27/106/73) and SS Clifford Coleman (.278/37/108/67)... outside of them there is little hitting in the lineup... one of the IPA's most prolific home-run hitter, RF Corbett Brooks (.236/9/29/47), called it a career at the end of his 22nd season... the 42-year-old Brooks retired with 727 homers, second only to the Hall-of-Fame great Jack Elliott, the IPA lifetime leader with 848 roundtrippers... a .263 hitter, Brooks had 3008 hits with 1980 RBIs (7th all-time) and 2002 walks (6th all-time), along with a record 2968 strikeouts... on the hill Tee Bo Templet (18-11/4.25) had the most wins for High Mesa, while Emil Nowak (15-22/3.87) was the most effective starter... at age 39 pitching vet Dean Harris (1-0/3.31) also retired... he was with Kilkenny of the Ruthlandian North for his first 8 seasons and spent the last 10 with High Mesa... Harris was 244-260 and had the misfortune to play with mediocre teams, but posted a very credible 3.18 lifetime ERA. HIGH MESA: 5th (23 GB) Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-06-2014 at 10:21 PM.