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PT tracks 13 offensive categories per team and Port Ruppert offended the sensibilities of their fans on an even dozen counts, finishing 12th or worse, except in strikeouts, where they were 6th. The Mundys, who call Glorious Mundy Stadium home, didn't pitch so well either. Dean Chance was the bellwether at 14-14, 3.98. John Odom was a solid 5th starter at 12-11, 4.45, but Ron Darling was counted on for a better effort than his numbers reveal, 8-18, 4.40. Port Ruppert invested most of their available capital on free agent hurlers Warren Spahn and Ismael Valdes while playing the season, with Spahn an unqualified success in 13 starts, at 5-2, 3,28. Valdes' 16 trips to the hill yielded a shockingly poor 2-9, 6.90 result. Given his price tag and potential, he is certain to get another try at solving the Our League puzzle. In the bullpen, the Arthur Rhodes as closer experiment, 2-9, 4.71, 28 saves, is over. Moe Drabowsky, he of the 43 saves in 2020 will be back (I don't know why I waited, I remember his '66 World Series performance against the Dodgers).


After the close of the campaign, the Mundys spent what little profit they had made to sign slugger Willie Horton, whom manager Luke "the Loner" Gofannon immediately declared his new clean-up hitter. Terry Moore led the team in batting at .297, while Leon Wagner set the pace in homers, 24, and RBI, 78.


The home grey (a Great American Novel reference) is on the left of the team logo.