7th Place: Ozarka Naturals (72-82) (22 GB)
Last Pennant: 2040
Pro Cups: None
The Naturals were one of the early powerhouses in the Islandian Pro Alliance... 13 playoff appearances in the first 21 years of the league... no Pro Cups, but they made the Pro Cup Finals on 5 occasions (2011, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2020)... how about that!... but what have the Nats done for me lately?... just 2 pennants in the last four decades... and those two were way, way back in 2030 and 2040... absolutely zilch since... only 6 winning years in 25 years... however, Ozarka still has a .514 won-loss percentage... taking a look at recent seasons: 5th place in '62 (14 GB)... 2nd place in '63 (4 GB)... 4th place in '64 (9 GB)... in this year's preseason poll Ozarka was picked to be a stout contender... and they did for the first half of the season... the Naturals were a close third, just one and a half games out of first place heading into August, but they went into rapid decline in the final two months (18-33) and wound up in 6th place, 22 games behind... the Nats have no offense... .243 BA, 561 runs... pretty good power with 130 homers... strong pitching with a 3.36 ERA... and average fielding (.978 FA)... a good boost of contact hitters, mixed in with a couple of sluggers would really do the trick for the Ozarka Naturals.
