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Eugene Church · 07-28-2014, 10:08 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Wednesday, September 25, 2047

TOP 4 PICKS IN IPA LCS
It doesn't happen often, but so far in this postseason the baseball gurus have guessed right this year. The top four teams in the Pro Cup predictions have made it to the League Championship Series. Number one Red Bluff will be challenged by number four Southport for the Tycobbian Union league title and number two Middlefield tangles with number three Far Mountain for the Ruthlandian Union crown. Based on play in first-round action the field is still wide open for the IPA Pro Cup. The oddsmakers are giving the Red Sox a slight edge over the Sun Sox in the Tycobbian Union because of their home-run prowess. Red Bluff led the IPA with 250 roundtrippers in the regular season and 10 in the postseason thus far. The Redhawks got a slight nod from the experts in the Ruthlandian Union. They might have a little bit of an edge in scoring runs.

In the TU the Red Bluff Red Sox disposed of the Kenwood Wildcats in six games and the Southport Sun Sox eliminated last year's Pro Cup winner Hartsdale in a quick five-game set. This year's Pro Cup favorite, the Middlefield Roosters, had a tough time before they finally did in the Marston Nine in a seven-game series. Behind 3 games to two, the Roosters had to win the final two games to advance to the LCS. Far Mountain, which led the IPA with 101 victories, came back from a 2-1 deficit to whip underdog Belair Beach four games to two. The Redhawks won the last three games of the series.

Red Bluff was led at the plate in the Division Series by Fran Blanchard (.409), David Kelso (.391) and Leemon O'Donovan (.379)... homer-wise Kelso and Josh Stevens (.231) led with three each... Stevens topped the team with 7 RBIs, Big Boy Payne (.167) drove in 6 runs and Kelso and Blanchard had 5 apiece... Mickey Rosen (2-0/3.45), George Reynolds (1-0/3.94) and Jud Cox (1-1/2.08) lead the mound corps.

Southport will be a worthy foe for the Red Sox... the Sun Sox also hammered 10 homers in only five games in their series with Hartsdale, sparked by Craig Glennon (.304) with 4 home runs and 10 RBIs and Barney Lewis (.235) with 3 dingers and 7 runs batted in... average-wise it was Gonzalo Topez (.440), Chris Jones (.389), Eddy Douglas (.381) and Vasilis Vlachos (.348)... Jones had one homer and batted in 6 runs... top hurlers for the Sun Sox were Billy Hoover (2-0/2.50) and Johnny Swanson (1-0/1.45).

Far Mountain hit well in its series with Belair Beach... the Redhawks platoon a lot and its seems to work to their advantage... Todd Purdom (.438), Bert Richter (.429) and Benjy Donahue (.357) were the team leaders in batting average... FM hit 7 out of the park with Richter and Terry Crawford (.267) getting two each... Rance Hawkins (.250) drove in the most runs with 8... Richter, Crawford and Joel McDaniel (.313) tied with 5 apiece... on the mound starter Curt Steinhauer (1-0/0.60) and Jonas Glover (2-0/2.12) were excellent.

Marston pitching for the most part handled the Middlefield Roosters pretty well... they got 6 home runs with Sidney Conner (.281), Jimmy Beach (.281) and Norm Antonioni (.231) getting 2 each, but the Roosters didn't score a lot of runs... Alejandro Domingues (.292) had the best BA, followed by Beach and Conner... RBI-wise Beach had 6 and Conner 3... the Roosters, however, got superb starts from James Long (2-0/0.67) and Larry Wheelhouse (1-0/1.13)... and fine work in the bullpen from Ricky Farris (1-0/2.08)... pitching won the series for Middlefield.

Second-round action should be really exciting with two bang-up series between four strong ball clubs.

07-28-2014, 10:08 PM	#4291
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,047	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Wednesday, September 25, 2047 TOP 4 PICKS IN IPA LCS It doesn't happen often, but so far in this postseason the baseball gurus have guessed right this year. The top four teams in the Pro Cup predictions have made it to the League Championship Series. Number one Red Bluff will be challenged by number four Southport for the Tycobbian Union league title and number two Middlefield tangles with number three Far Mountain for the Ruthlandian Union crown. Based on play in first-round action the field is still wide open for the IPA Pro Cup. The oddsmakers are giving the Red Sox a slight edge over the Sun Sox in the Tycobbian Union because of their home-run prowess. Red Bluff led the IPA with 250 roundtrippers in the regular season and 10 in the postseason thus far. The Redhawks got a slight nod from the experts in the Ruthlandian Union. They might have a little bit of an edge in scoring runs. In the TU the Red Bluff Red Sox disposed of the Kenwood Wildcats in six games and the Southport Sun Sox eliminated last year's Pro Cup winner Hartsdale in a quick five-game set. This year's Pro Cup favorite, the Middlefield Roosters, had a tough time before they finally did in the Marston Nine in a seven-game series. Behind 3 games to two, the Roosters had to win the final two games to advance to the LCS. Far Mountain, which led the IPA with 101 victories, came back from a 2-1 deficit to whip underdog Belair Beach four games to two. The Redhawks won the last three games of the series. Red Bluff was led at the plate in the Division Series by Fran Blanchard (.409), David Kelso (.391) and Leemon O'Donovan (.379)... homer-wise Kelso and Josh Stevens (.231) led with three each... Stevens topped the team with 7 RBIs, Big Boy Payne (.167) drove in 6 runs and Kelso and Blanchard had 5 apiece... Mickey Rosen (2-0/3.45), George Reynolds (1-0/3.94) and Jud Cox (1-1/2.08) lead the mound corps. Southport will be a worthy foe for the Red Sox... the Sun Sox also hammered 10 homers in only five games in their series with Hartsdale, sparked by Craig Glennon (.304) with 4 home runs and 10 RBIs and Barney Lewis (.235) with 3 dingers and 7 runs batted in... average-wise it was Gonzalo Topez (.440), Chris Jones (.389), Eddy Douglas (.381) and Vasilis Vlachos (.348)... Jones had one homer and batted in 6 runs... top hurlers for the Sun Sox were Billy Hoover (2-0/2.50) and Johnny Swanson (1-0/1.45). Far Mountain hit well in its series with Belair Beach... the Redhawks platoon a lot and its seems to work to their advantage... Todd Purdom (.438), Bert Richter (.429) and Benjy Donahue (.357) were the team leaders in batting average... FM hit 7 out of the park with Richter and Terry Crawford (.267) getting two each... Rance Hawkins (.250) drove in the most runs with 8... Richter, Crawford and Joel McDaniel (.313) tied with 5 apiece... on the mound starter Curt Steinhauer (1-0/0.60) and Jonas Glover (2-0/2.12) were excellent. Marston pitching for the most part handled the Middlefield Roosters pretty well... they got 6 home runs with Sidney Conner (.281), Jimmy Beach (.281) and Norm Antonioni (.231) getting 2 each, but the Roosters didn't score a lot of runs... Alejandro Domingues (.292) had the best BA, followed by Beach and Conner... RBI-wise Beach had 6 and Conner 3... the Roosters, however, got superb starts from James Long (2-0/0.67) and Larry Wheelhouse (1-0/1.13)... and fine work in the bullpen from Ricky Farris (1-0/2.08)... pitching won the series for Middlefield. Second-round action should be really exciting with two bang-up series between four strong ball clubs. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-29-2014 at 04:50 PM.