Monday, November 13, 2062
IPA GOLDEN SLINGERS ANNOUNCED
The Islandian Pro Alliance has selected its 2062 Golden Arm Award winners... this year's prime slingers and twirlers in the Ruthlandian Union and Tycobbian Union were 34-year-old southpaw Teddy de Grom of the St. John Crusaders and 25-year-old right-hander Rico Alessi of the Oxford Red Caps... they got the nod over four other impressive hurlers, Jozef Duczynski of Valmara, Dan Hunt of Volusia, Weldon Herrington and Robby Numbers, both of High Mesa.
Ruthlandian Union
A 14-year veteran, Teddy de Grom, had an extraordinary season with 19 wins and just two defeats... it was a career year for the left-hander and his first Golden Arm trophy... de Grom sparked St. John to its third straight Ruthlandian South Division title... he ranked third with 19 victories, fourth with a 2.36 ERA and fifth with a .222 opponents batting average... in 198 innings de Grom only permitted 160 hits... his only losses were by the scores of 3-1 and 3-2... he tossed 2 shutouts and logged 12 complete games.
2062 was also the best year Valmara's Jozef Duczynski ever had... the 28-year-old lefty led the Vipers to a very close second place finish in the RU North and he wound up second behind de Grom for this year's RU Golden Arm trophy... Duczynski topped the league with 20 wins and 279 innings... overall he was 20-10 with 23 complete games in 32 starts and 4 shutouts... ranking third with a 2.26 ERA.
The number three choice for the RU Golden Arm trophy was 16-year veteran Dan Hunt of the Volusia Vigilantes... at age 36 Hunt stood out with a 15-5 mark, 2.75 ERA and 4 shutouts and paced the V's to their second RU West title in a row... Hunt started 31 games and worked 216 innings.
Tycobbian Union
The 2062 Tycobbian Union Golden Arm Award went to a 25-year-old right-hander Rico Alessi of the Oxford Red Caps... he compiled a fine 19-7 record in 30 starts, tossed 228 innings with an impressive 2.60 ERA and 3 shutouts with 14 complete games... Alessi tied for the most wins with 19... in his fifth season, he led the Red Caps to their fourth straight Tycobbian North pennant and made the TU All-Star team... this was Alessi's second time to be named the TU top pitcher... he also nabbed it in 2060.
Winding up number two and three in the Tycobbian Union Golden Arm balloting were two hurlers for the High Mesa Mustangs, Weldon Herrington and Robby Numbers... they were like two peas in a pod with almost identical numbers... Herrington came in second to this year's winner, Alessi... the 26-year-old righty posted an 18-7 mark and ranked second in the league with a 2.27 ERA, 265 innings and 6 shutouts... Herrington made 32 starts and completed 16 of them... he also made the Tycobbian All-Star team and High Mesa won the Tycobbian East pennant.
In his sixth season with High Mesa, 26-year-old Robby Numbers really blossomed with a league-leading 19-9 record, ranked third with a 2.29 ERA and 263 inning pitched and fired 4 shutouts... Numbers wound up a very close third in the race for the top pitcher in the Tycobbian Union and also was a member of this year's TU All-Star team... and he was a vital part of this year's TU East Division Division champion Mustangs.