6th Place: Hillsboro Blazers (71-83) (24 GB)
Outlook: The Blazers were selected seventh by the preseason pollsters and they were pretty much right... Hillsboro was a steady sixth all season long... overall in its history, the Blazers have been a poor franchise... they spent their first 16 years in the TU East second division... Hillsboro got a little better, but not by much... the Blazers' overall record is far below .500 at .475... only once has the club made the playoffs... that was in '51... they really had a good team that year... the Blazers lost a tough seven-game series to Arlon in the first round... Arlon went on to win the IPA Pro Cup that season, easily winning the next two rounds in five games each... Hillsboro gave them the biggest test by far.
This year's team has good firepower (6th), everybody in the starting lineup hit at least 10 homers... average hitting (21st) and scoring (19th)... Hillsboro has lousy pitching (27th)... and is a bad fielding club (.971 FA).
