8th Place
The
Eastshore Cotton Kings last won the RU East Division in 2056... in '61 they came in a distant third... this year they hit bottom... that's right, the very bottom... last place in the division and 40 games behind first place Elnora... the offense is mediocre with a .260 BA (23rd), 675 runs (24th) and 100 homers (21st-tied)... and the mound staff is terrible... 4.83 ERA (31st)... the fielding is bad, too, with a .971 FA... only vets Sam Carmon and Bebe Kinney are reliable starters... but they do have a couple of good potential stars in the batting order... that's their fine young third baseman Norbert Ruston and first sacker Dayle Killian... Ruston was the Ruthlandian Union Rookie of the Year in '59... Killian led the league with 143 ribbies last year... but he suffered the sophomore slump this year... his average dipped from .325... homers dropped from 30... and Killian only drove in half as many runs... just 74 this year.
