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Eugene Church · 07-16-2014, 03:09 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, September 16, 2047

SUN SOX HANG ON IN TU SOUTH, MONTIES CLOSE 2ND
It was a wonderful pennant race in the Tycobbian South this year with the preseason favorite Southport (92-62) winning its fifth division flag in the last six seasons... except for a June swoon, the San Alejo Montaneros (90-64) might have taken the title... instead the Monties were a very close second, only two games behind the winner... Turon (87-67) got it in gear after a slow start, closed fast and wound up third, just five games back... the Cape Coral Hurricanes (85-69) came in fourth, finishing seven behind the Sun Sox... the Tycobbian South is one of the toughest division in the IPA... fifth place Ginza (81-73) also posted a winning record and was 11 games off the pace... defending champion Summerland (76-78) plummeted to sixth in the standings this year.

The Southport Sun Sox will be seeking their second Pro Cup trophy in three years... they were the IPA overall champ in 2044... the Sun Sox are a sound ball club and should show well in the playoffs this year... most experts rate the Pro Cup playoffs a toss-up with only Belair Beach and Kenwood unlikely winners... those two clubs posted the least wins among the division champions.

The Sun Sox's staff is led by two fine veteran starters... All-Star Billy Hoover (22-14/1.79) had a great season and came in fourth with a superb 1.79 ERA... Johnny Swanson (19-13/3.19) was a solid number two... and Brandon Delmore (20-13/3.71) a dependable number three starter... All-Star closer Hal Combs (9-7/2.39) paced the IPA with 24 saves... Pro Cup champs usually need three strong starters, so Delmore could be key... Southport's offense is a little suspect, too... All-Star C Vasilis Vlachos (.289/25/92/74), CF Barney Lewis (.246/41/96/78), 1B Eddy Douglas (.301/25/75/67) and 3B Craig Glennon (.220/26/87/74) were the club leaders... they have good power, but don't hit for average... platooner RF Pat Kinney (.321/4/33/53) posted the best BA on the team with a .323 in 371 ABs and 111 games.

Runner-up San Alejo is very similar to Southport in talent... a poor 10-16 mark in June was the difference maker... the Sun Sox were 16-10 that month... the Monties have three solid starters in All-Star Matt Bell (24-6/1.71), who was second in the IPA with a sensational 1.71 ERA and fourth in wins with 24... All-Star Will McKinney (25-10/2.60) was number two in the rotation... McKinney was second to IPA leader Johnny Howard's (Rolling Hills) 26 victories... starter number three Wilfredo Bonilla (15-9/3.31/6 saves) came on strong in the final weeks of the campaign after being moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation... San Alejo's top gun at the plate was All-Star CF Paolo Teixeira (.310/47/110/118)... he tied Ginza's Sogo Takagi for the IPA lead in scoring runs with 118 and tied for sixth in homers with 47... other contributors were LF Royce Grantham (.291/28/86/90), RF Charlie Wilberforce (.288/15/76/54), 3B Sal McAlister (.280/11/47/86) and 2B Callum Gainsborough (.279/8/44/86).

Third place Turon had a potent attack with 212 roundtrippers (2nd) and 811 runs (2nd), but lacked some on the mound where they were more or less average... the top bats for the Typhoons were rock-solid reliable All-Star 2B C. C. Kingsford (.327/36/109/99), star RF Guido Gervasio (.285/35/113/100), All-Star 3B Al Salisbury (.302/28/77/111), 1B Buford Cloninger (.283/23/73/69) and SS Rafer Robertson (.279/20/78/60)... top starters were Clayton Petit (21-8/4.03) and Tom Fuller (20-7/3.66).

The fourth place Cape Coral Hurricanes had a humongous year at the plate, scoring 898 runs (1st) with 211 HRs (2nd)... the 'Canes averaged almost 6 runs a game, a mark that has been topped only 4-5 times in IPA history... Middlefield holds the record with 943 in 2006... the biggest bat belonged to superstar All-Star 1B Stan Ferguson (.374/45/126/99), the number two hitter in the IPA with a .374 BA... only Kenwood's Country Crowder was better with a .389 mark... Ferguson tied for fifth in the IPA in RBIs with 126 and tied for eighth in homers with 45... other offensive producers were star All-Star RF William Snyder (.323/25/119/104), All-Star LF-3B Rikky Van Dalen (.316/24/84/97), rookie CF Terry Plimpton (.311/21/80/93) and LF Max Tselika (.288/29/95.77)... Benton McCall (19-10/2.74) was the big man on the hill and would have probably won 20 games, but he went out with an injury in late August... the only other decent starters were Tony Magee (17-9/3.62/1 save) and Vernon Marks (19-15/4.16).

The Ginza Ninjas has a fairly good season, winding up 8 games over the .500 mark... they featured good bats and lackluster pitching... star All-Star RF Sogo Takagi had an outstanding season with a .314 BA, 38 doubles, 10 triples, 43 HRs, 116 RBIs and 118 runs... Takagi was tied for the IPA lead in runs with San Alejo's Pablo Teixeira and ranked ninth with 116 RBIs... SS Sam Essex (.259/24/90/66), C Whip Harrell (.282/31/74/60) and SS Kuzuki Tamura (.306/12/72/71) also added a little offense... Charley Waskins (22-13/3.92) rolled up the most victories on the club, followed by Tokuji Takahara (17-15/4/27) and T. C. Gallimore (17-14/4.35).

For the first time in nine seasons the Summerland Sunsets dropped out of the first division, slipping down to sixth place... last year the Sunsets were the division champ... the team's pitching went from great (2.62 ERA) to just good (3.32)... ace Jayson Hallstrom (19-11/2.40) was strong as usual, but 21-game winner Jacob Gillen fell to just 9-17 with a 3.54 ERA... and 19-game winner Dutch De Boer dipped downward to 15-15 and saw his ERA rise up from 2.64 to 3.19... on offense Summerland is mediocre, 2B Alex Abbotson had a massive year with 41 homers, 120 RBIs and 100 runs, while batting .287... he was seventh in the IPA in RBIs... RF Rick Mayes (.294/24/59/83) and 1B Kenny Douglas (.278/23/91/80) helped out, too.

For the 11th consecutive season the seventh place Colchester Elites struggled, ending up deep in the second division again... the Elites have little to brag about... Dan Scott (15-19/4.35) and Benny White (15-19/4.41) notched the most wins... only 3B Jasper Matthews hit with much authority and topped the team with 27 homers, 97 RBIs and 75 runs, while hitting .276.

For the 14th year in a row Arroyo Grande had a bad season, coming in dead last... the Suns haven't seen the sun shine since 2024, the last time they made the playoffs... they have lousy hitting and ineffective pitching... very little to smile about... Enrique Lopez (14-22/3.47) is the most effective starter and Anthony Lombardi (19-19/3.93) the biggest winner... relievers Duane Russell (4-3/1.84/3 saves) and Russ Simmons (3-5/2.41/8 saves) both looked good in the bullpen... good bats were non-existent... the best of the lot were LF Wilfredo Acosta (.264/18/76/55) and 2B Russell Taylor (.268/17/56/76).

2047 TYCOBBIAN SOUTH FINAL STANDINGS

07-16-2014, 03:09 PM	#4274
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,699 Blog Entries: 1	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Monday, September 16, 2047 SUN SOX HANG ON IN TU SOUTH, MONTIES CLOSE 2ND It was a wonderful pennant race in the Tycobbian South this year with the preseason favorite Southport (92-62) winning its fifth division flag in the last six seasons... except for a June swoon, the San Alejo Montaneros (90-64) might have taken the title... instead the Monties were a very close second, only two games behind the winner... Turon (87-67) got it in gear after a slow start, closed fast and wound up third, just five games back... the Cape Coral Hurricanes (85-69) came in fourth, finishing seven behind the Sun Sox... the Tycobbian South is one of the toughest division in the IPA... fifth place Ginza (81-73) also posted a winning record and was 11 games off the pace... defending champion Summerland (76-78) plummeted to sixth in the standings this year. The Southport Sun Sox will be seeking their second Pro Cup trophy in three years... they were the IPA overall champ in 2044... the Sun Sox are a sound ball club and should show well in the playoffs this year... most experts rate the Pro Cup playoffs a toss-up with only Belair Beach and Kenwood unlikely winners... those two clubs posted the least wins among the division champions. The Sun Sox's staff is led by two fine veteran starters... All-Star Billy Hoover (22-14/1.79) had a great season and came in fourth with a superb 1.79 ERA... Johnny Swanson (19-13/3.19) was a solid number two... and Brandon Delmore (20-13/3.71) a dependable number three starter... All-Star closer Hal Combs (9-7/2.39) paced the IPA with 24 saves... Pro Cup champs usually need three strong starters, so Delmore could be key... Southport's offense is a little suspect, too... All-Star C Vasilis Vlachos (.289/25/92/74), CF Barney Lewis (.246/41/96/78), 1B Eddy Douglas (.301/25/75/67) and 3B Craig Glennon (.220/26/87/74) were the club leaders... they have good power, but don't hit for average... platooner RF Pat Kinney (.321/4/33/53) posted the best BA on the team with a .323 in 371 ABs and 111 games. Runner-up San Alejo is very similar to Southport in talent... a poor 10-16 mark in June was the difference maker... the Sun Sox were 16-10 that month... the Monties have three solid starters in All-Star Matt Bell (24-6/1.71), who was second in the IPA with a sensational 1.71 ERA and fourth in wins with 24... All-Star Will McKinney (25-10/2.60) was number two in the rotation... McKinney was second to IPA leader Johnny Howard's (Rolling Hills) 26 victories... starter number three Wilfredo Bonilla (15-9/3.31/6 saves) came on strong in the final weeks of the campaign after being moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation... San Alejo's top gun at the plate was All-Star CF Paolo Teixeira (.310/47/110/118)... he tied Ginza's Sogo Takagi for the IPA lead in scoring runs with 118 and tied for sixth in homers with 47... other contributors were LF Royce Grantham (.291/28/86/90), RF Charlie Wilberforce (.288/15/76/54), 3B Sal McAlister (.280/11/47/86) and 2B Callum Gainsborough (.279/8/44/86). Third place Turon had a potent attack with 212 roundtrippers (2nd) and 811 runs (2nd), but lacked some on the mound where they were more or less average... the top bats for the Typhoons were rock-solid reliable All-Star 2B C. C. Kingsford (.327/36/109/99), star RF Guido Gervasio (.285/35/113/100), All-Star 3B Al Salisbury (.302/28/77/111), 1B Buford Cloninger (.283/23/73/69) and SS Rafer Robertson (.279/20/78/60)... top starters were Clayton Petit (21-8/4.03) and Tom Fuller (20-7/3.66). The fourth place Cape Coral Hurricanes had a humongous year at the plate, scoring 898 runs (1st) with 211 HRs (2nd)... the 'Canes averaged almost 6 runs a game, a mark that has been topped only 4-5 times in IPA history... Middlefield holds the record with 943 in 2006... the biggest bat belonged to superstar All-Star 1B Stan Ferguson (.374/45/126/99), the number two hitter in the IPA with a .374 BA... only Kenwood's Country Crowder was better with a .389 mark... Ferguson tied for fifth in the IPA in RBIs with 126 and tied for eighth in homers with 45... other offensive producers were star All-Star RF William Snyder (.323/25/119/104), All-Star LF-3B Rikky Van Dalen (.316/24/84/97), rookie CF Terry Plimpton (.311/21/80/93) and LF Max Tselika (.288/29/95.77)... Benton McCall (19-10/2.74) was the big man on the hill and would have probably won 20 games, but he went out with an injury in late August... the only other decent starters were Tony Magee (17-9/3.62/1 save) and Vernon Marks (19-15/4.16). The Ginza Ninjas has a fairly good season, winding up 8 games over the .500 mark... they featured good bats and lackluster pitching... star All-Star RF Sogo Takagi had an outstanding season with a .314 BA, 38 doubles, 10 triples, 43 HRs, 116 RBIs and 118 runs... Takagi was tied for the IPA lead in runs with San Alejo's Pablo Teixeira and ranked ninth with 116 RBIs... SS Sam Essex (.259/24/90/66), C Whip Harrell (.282/31/74/60) and SS Kuzuki Tamura (.306/12/72/71) also added a little offense... Charley Waskins (22-13/3.92) rolled up the most victories on the club, followed by Tokuji Takahara (17-15/4/27) and T. C. Gallimore (17-14/4.35). For the first time in nine seasons the Summerland Sunsets dropped out of the first division, slipping down to sixth place... last year the Sunsets were the division champ... the team's pitching went from great (2.62 ERA) to just good (3.32)... ace Jayson Hallstrom (19-11/2.40) was strong as usual, but 21-game winner Jacob Gillen fell to just 9-17 with a 3.54 ERA... and 19-game winner Dutch De Boer dipped downward to 15-15 and saw his ERA rise up from 2.64 to 3.19... on offense Summerland is mediocre, 2B Alex Abbotson had a massive year with 41 homers, 120 RBIs and 100 runs, while batting .287... he was seventh in the IPA in RBIs... RF Rick Mayes (.294/24/59/83) and 1B Kenny Douglas (.278/23/91/80) helped out, too. For the 11th consecutive season the seventh place Colchester Elites struggled, ending up deep in the second division again... the Elites have little to brag about... Dan Scott (15-19/4.35) and Benny White (15-19/4.41) notched the most wins... only 3B Jasper Matthews hit with much authority and topped the team with 27 homers, 97 RBIs and 75 runs, while hitting .276. For the 14th year in a row Arroyo Grande had a bad season, coming in dead last... the Suns haven't seen the sun shine since 2024, the last time they made the playoffs... they have lousy hitting and ineffective pitching... very little to smile about... Enrique Lopez (14-22/3.47) is the most effective starter and Anthony Lombardi (19-19/3.93) the biggest winner... relievers Duane Russell (4-3/1.84/3 saves) and Russ Simmons (3-5/2.41/8 saves) both looked good in the bullpen... good bats were non-existent... the best of the lot were LF Wilfredo Acosta (.264/18/76/55) and 2B Russell Taylor (.268/17/56/76). 2047 TYCOBBIAN SOUTH FINAL STANDINGS Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-16-2014 at 03:23 PM.