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Eugene Church · 07-13-2014, 10:35 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, September 16, 2047

MARSTON WINS FIRST FLAG IN 20 YEARS
The Marston Nine have been bad, really bad for 20 years with only one first-division finish... they came in fourth in 2038... but this season the Nine (96-58) made the first division in style... they won the Ruthlandian East by seven games over defending champ Sugar Valley (89-65)... no other ball club was in the ballpark... Wynnamac (78-76) was far back in third place, 18 games behind... Cold Creek (77-77) was fourth and trailed by 19 games.

Marston is a first-rate team with strong pitching and a rock-solid attack... the Nine racked up 96 victories, topped only by Far Mountain in the IPA with 101... Marston is forecast to do well in the postseason... their last appearance was in 2028... top starters are All-Star Felix Delatte (24-6/2.52) and John Newton (19-14/3.06)... Thomas Stuart (13-14/3.22) and Jean-Noel Waldron (17-9/3.83) are third and fourth in the rotation... the relief corps is also rated highly with closer Kiki Vuk (12-5/1.72/12 saves)... there are good bats galore in the Nine's batting order, sparked by SS Stan Mila (.331/25/112/67), All-Star 3B Gary Armitage (.291/20/68/98), All-Star LF D'Wayne Dotson (.295/17/90/99), CF Calvin Marbury (.240/15/69/74) and RF Charley Gilmore (.304/13/66/60).

Sugar Valley wound up in the top three of the Ruthlandian East for the 13th year in a row... the Rattlers had their two-year pennant run snapped... they have won the division four times in the last decade... Sugar Valley won the Pro Cup for the first time in 2045... the Rattlers had the starters with Antonio Cedeno (21-15/3.07), Christopher Dunsberry (13-11/2.77), Davey Brennan (15-11/3.05/7 saves) and Cullen Winslow (19-10/3.52)... but the bullpen was poor... Sugar Valley topped the RU in runs with 745 runs and came in third with 169 homers... All-Star 2B Richie Fry (.338/8/71/79) led the club with a .338 BA, third best in the Ruthlandian Union and seventh in the IPA... the top RBI guys were IF-OF Roger Hobbs (.243/26/84/93) and player-manager CF Bobby Gamble (.285/24/83/86) at 84 and 83 each... they also ran 1-2 in homers with 26 and 24.

Wynnamac in third place was just an average ball club... Sammy Hayes (20-13/2.71) was the only sound starter... vet Jimmy Willard (15-9/4.12) was good at times... closer Johnny Mitchell (8-8/2.18/10 saves) held the bullpen together... the most reliable bats were superstar OF Nioka Inkamara (.264/35/102/85), 3B Duane Hudson (.318/10/63/88) and CF Darrell Donnelly (.282/11/64/68).

Cold Cold had a break-even season and ended up fourth in the standings... the Catamounts had pretty fair mound work, but were woeful at the plate... the starters were headed by Rob Hutchins (16-13/2.35) and Riku Takahashi (13-10/3.25/10 saves)... the most productive bats were 3B Joe Cochrane (.326/15/68/82) and 1B Bradley Brim (.284/12/63/55).

The Belle Plaine Musketeers did pretty well until the last two months of the season when they faded badly and ended up in fifth place... the Muskies could score runs and they had fair pitching... the bat leaders were 1B Chuck Gregory (.310/32/107/71), rookie RF Lenny Buisson (.316/30/84/77), 3B Kyle Woodard (.315/6/46/73), CF Ron Myers (.297/18/71/72) and C Nuke Borg (.303/14/56/57)... starters Phil Lacey (14-14/3.48) and rookie Joe-Joe Bouvier (13-11/3.85) were the mound leaders with some good help from Kurt Tandberg (6-3/2.63/15 saves) in the bullpen.

The Eastshore Elegants also fell out of the first division in the last weeks of the season, winding up in the sixth spot... they weren't much on the hill, nor in the batter's box... 34-year-old All-Star Valdek Savisaar (19-11/3.23) chalked up the best season by far in his 10-year career and All-Star reliever Jody Friday (15-13/1.56/17 saves) was one of the best bullpen specialists in the IPA... the 37-year-old Friday led the IPA with 87 appearances and a dazzling 1.56 ERA... Friday's ERA has been topped only twice in IPA history... by reliever Jack Rogers (6-5/1.30/16 saves) of the Tuckanarra Blue Jays in 2044 with a 1.30 ERA and by reliever Kent Halloran (6-3/1.39/16 saves) of the Luxora Zorros in 2029 with a 1.47 ERA... only Wes Christopher (11-8/2.44/20 saves) of Fairfax with 95 appearances in 2045 and Tom Cook (10-6/2.68/16 saves) with 89 for Belair Beach in 2046 have relieved in more games than Friday in a single season... 1B Gibby Houston (.334/10/54/48) had the best BA, followed by SS Odis Caswell (.302/4/62/65) and 3B Adam Bronstein (.298/2/38/55)... All-Star RF Troy McFarland was the most productive hitter with 25 roundtrippers, 90 RBIs and 79 runs... CF Bevan Shuler hit only .239, but scored 108 runs, stole 26 bases and had 19 HRs.

The Elnora All-Stars had good sticks but little in the way of pitching... they came in seventh... the bat leaders were star All-Star C Cannon Johnson (.276/32/90/80), 2B Marley Macomber (.297/22/79/86), LF Enos Conrad (.291/13/58/57) and 3B Joey Hagburn (.277/9/73/78)... vets star Stan Kivas (15-17/3.83) and Dan Pitts (15-19/3.40) were the most reliable starters... and Jamie Pananga (9-4/2.65/17 saves) had a fine season in the bullpen.

The Beechwood Bobcats sank to last place this year, but won 72 games... it's not much of a consolation, but they were the best cellar-dweller in the IPA by far... the Bobcats had bad pitching and average hitting... veteran Jimmy Herman (18-17/3.63) was the biggest winner and most effective... in the bullpen Freddy Manale (11-3/2.25/12 saves) was outstanding... leading the Bobcat attack were 1B Corky Callahan (.277/38/87/69), RF Eddie Wilson (.271/33/69/82) and CF Keith Kalder (.300/25/60/66).

2047 RUTHLANDIAN EAST FINAL STANDINGS

07-13-2014, 10:35 PM	#4272
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,820	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Monday, September 16, 2047 MARSTON WINS FIRST FLAG IN 20 YEARS The Marston Nine have been bad, really bad for 20 years with only one first-division finish... they came in fourth in 2038... but this season the Nine (96-58) made the first division in style... they won the Ruthlandian East by seven games over defending champ Sugar Valley (89-65)... no other ball club was in the ballpark... Wynnamac (78-76) was far back in third place, 18 games behind... Cold Creek (77-77) was fourth and trailed by 19 games. Marston is a first-rate team with strong pitching and a rock-solid attack... the Nine racked up 96 victories, topped only by Far Mountain in the IPA with 101... Marston is forecast to do well in the postseason... their last appearance was in 2028... top starters are All-Star Felix Delatte (24-6/2.52) and John Newton (19-14/3.06)... Thomas Stuart (13-14/3.22) and Jean-Noel Waldron (17-9/3.83) are third and fourth in the rotation... the relief corps is also rated highly with closer Kiki Vuk (12-5/1.72/12 saves)... there are good bats galore in the Nine's batting order, sparked by SS Stan Mila (.331/25/112/67), All-Star 3B Gary Armitage (.291/20/68/98), All-Star LF D'Wayne Dotson (.295/17/90/99), CF Calvin Marbury (.240/15/69/74) and RF Charley Gilmore (.304/13/66/60). Sugar Valley wound up in the top three of the Ruthlandian East for the 13th year in a row... the Rattlers had their two-year pennant run snapped... they have won the division four times in the last decade... Sugar Valley won the Pro Cup for the first time in 2045... the Rattlers had the starters with Antonio Cedeno (21-15/3.07), Christopher Dunsberry (13-11/2.77), Davey Brennan (15-11/3.05/7 saves) and Cullen Winslow (19-10/3.52)... but the bullpen was poor... Sugar Valley topped the RU in runs with 745 runs and came in third with 169 homers... All-Star 2B Richie Fry (.338/8/71/79) led the club with a .338 BA, third best in the Ruthlandian Union and seventh in the IPA... the top RBI guys were IF-OF Roger Hobbs (.243/26/84/93) and player-manager CF Bobby Gamble (.285/24/83/86) at 84 and 83 each... they also ran 1-2 in homers with 26 and 24. Wynnamac in third place was just an average ball club... Sammy Hayes (20-13/2.71) was the only sound starter... vet Jimmy Willard (15-9/4.12) was good at times... closer Johnny Mitchell (8-8/2.18/10 saves) held the bullpen together... the most reliable bats were superstar OF Nioka Inkamara (.264/35/102/85), 3B Duane Hudson (.318/10/63/88) and CF Darrell Donnelly (.282/11/64/68). Cold Cold had a break-even season and ended up fourth in the standings... the Catamounts had pretty fair mound work, but were woeful at the plate... the starters were headed by Rob Hutchins (16-13/2.35) and Riku Takahashi (13-10/3.25/10 saves)... the most productive bats were 3B Joe Cochrane (.326/15/68/82) and 1B Bradley Brim (.284/12/63/55). The Belle Plaine Musketeers did pretty well until the last two months of the season when they faded badly and ended up in fifth place... the Muskies could score runs and they had fair pitching... the bat leaders were 1B Chuck Gregory (.310/32/107/71), rookie RF Lenny Buisson (.316/30/84/77), 3B Kyle Woodard (.315/6/46/73), CF Ron Myers (.297/18/71/72) and C Nuke Borg (.303/14/56/57)... starters Phil Lacey (14-14/3.48) and rookie Joe-Joe Bouvier (13-11/3.85) were the mound leaders with some good help from Kurt Tandberg (6-3/2.63/15 saves) in the bullpen. The Eastshore Elegants also fell out of the first division in the last weeks of the season, winding up in the sixth spot... they weren't much on the hill, nor in the batter's box... 34-year-old All-Star Valdek Savisaar (19-11/3.23) chalked up the best season by far in his 10-year career and All-Star reliever Jody Friday (15-13/1.56/17 saves) was one of the best bullpen specialists in the IPA... the 37-year-old Friday led the IPA with 87 appearances and a dazzling 1.56 ERA... Friday's ERA has been topped only twice in IPA history... by reliever Jack Rogers (6-5/1.30/16 saves) of the Tuckanarra Blue Jays in 2044 with a 1.30 ERA and by reliever Kent Halloran (6-3/1.39/16 saves) of the Luxora Zorros in 2029 with a 1.47 ERA... only Wes Christopher (11-8/2.44/20 saves) of Fairfax with 95 appearances in 2045 and Tom Cook (10-6/2.68/16 saves) with 89 for Belair Beach in 2046 have relieved in more games than Friday in a single season... 1B Gibby Houston (.334/10/54/48) had the best BA, followed by SS Odis Caswell (.302/4/62/65) and 3B Adam Bronstein (.298/2/38/55)... All-Star RF Troy McFarland was the most productive hitter with 25 roundtrippers, 90 RBIs and 79 runs... CF Bevan Shuler hit only .239, but scored 108 runs, stole 26 bases and had 19 HRs. The Elnora All-Stars had good sticks but little in the way of pitching... they came in seventh... the bat leaders were star All-Star C Cannon Johnson (.276/32/90/80), 2B Marley Macomber (.297/22/79/86), LF Enos Conrad (.291/13/58/57) and 3B Joey Hagburn (.277/9/73/78)... vets star Stan Kivas (15-17/3.83) and Dan Pitts (15-19/3.40) were the most reliable starters... and Jamie Pananga (9-4/2.65/17 saves) had a fine season in the bullpen. The Beechwood Bobcats sank to last place this year, but won 72 games... it's not much of a consolation, but they were the best cellar-dweller in the IPA by far... the Bobcats had bad pitching and average hitting... veteran Jimmy Herman (18-17/3.63) was the biggest winner and most effective... in the bullpen Freddy Manale (11-3/2.25/12 saves) was outstanding... leading the Bobcat attack were 1B Corky Callahan (.277/38/87/69), RF Eddie Wilson (.271/33/69/82) and CF Keith Kalder (.300/25/60/66). 2047 RUTHLANDIAN EAST FINAL STANDINGS Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-14-2014 at 08:15 PM.