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Eugene Church · 04-27-2021, 10:13 PM

Around the Town in the IPA

LAGRANGE GATORS (aka Sports from 2001 to 2060)

Owner: Foxy Jamison Sports Enterprises
GM/Manager: Johnny Rodgers

LaGrange, with 65,000 residents, is found in the sparse and craggy foothills of the Appian Mountains in northeastern Ruthlandia. LaGrange is a very modern and up-to-date town with its main industries being silver and gold mining (some of the world’s richest reserves) and forestry and associated paper production industries. LaGrange was the second settlement in the country, populated by French Acadians during the 1850’s gold rush. Cajun French and English are spoken here.

The LaGrange Sports Baseball Club was the second amateur team in Ruthlandia. Marston was the first. LaGrange was originally called the Sports, but was renamed the Gators in 2060. LaGrange plays in the Ruthlandian North Division.

They play their games at the old Sports Stadium, now aptly called The Swamp, which has the town’s impressive skyline visible in the distance beyond the outfield walls. There’s a lot of fine food, fun, and frolic at The Swamp with great Cajun food and great Cajun music. A Zydeco band plays at every game. At the seventh inning stretch, “Take me out to the ballgame” is sung first in English and then in Cajun French. And throughout the game Cajun yells of “aaahh-eeeee” (exclamation of joy) and “laissez le bon temps rouler” (“let the good times roll”) can be heard cheering the home club to victory.

Mouthwatering Cajun cuisine can be sampled at the concession stands. Seafood and okra gumbo, jambalaya and crawfish pies are in abundance along with the most delicious bread pudding, café brulot (orange and spice flavored coffee) and crème brulet (superb custard dessert) in the world, too, mes amis (“my friends”).

The LaGrange Sports are owned by the family of one of the all-time great sluggers and first basemen in Ruthlandian company league circles, Foxy Jemison. He got his start in lumber mills, played ball for the company team, made a name for himself, moved up in the company hierarchy until he ended up owning it. Jemison sponsored a company team for years and worked hard to get a team in the IPA. Jemison managed the team through the 2026 season when longtime IPA superstar and Hall-of-Famer Quincy Peterson replaced him as the skipper of the Sports. Peterson played the outfield and was voted into the IPA Hall of Fame in 2027. He played in 3087 games (17th) in 22 seasons, the last 15 of them in LaGrange. Peterson had a career .294 BA with 3514 hits (11th), 565 homers (18th), 1956 RBIs (11th) and 2029 runs (11th). Peterson was a 6-time All-Star and 4-time Golden Glover... the team won 5 Ruthlandian North pennants under Peterson. He retired as manager after the 2057 season and was succeeded by current skipper John Rodgers, who played for LaGrange from 2038 until 2053. Rodgers was a 5-time All-Star and 2-time Gold Glove shortstop, batting .293 lifetime with 343 roundtrippers and 1337 RBIs. Rodgers has copped 3 pennants since taking over in 2058.

The Swamp (2001)
Capacity: 10,732

Dimensions:
LF Line 325
LF 345
LCF 400
CF 400
RCF 400
RF 345
RF Line 325
Dimensions:
LF Line 325
LF 345
LCF 400
CF 400
RCF 400
RF 345
RF Line 325

04-27-2021, 10:13 PM	#7912
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,707 Blog Entries: 1	Around the Town in the IPA LAGRANGE GATORS (aka Sports from 2001 to 2060) Owner: Foxy Jamison Sports Enterprises GM/Manager: Johnny Rodgers LaGrange, with 65,000 residents, is found in the sparse and craggy foothills of the Appian Mountains in northeastern Ruthlandia. LaGrange is a very modern and up-to-date town with its main industries being silver and gold mining (some of the world’s richest reserves) and forestry and associated paper production industries. LaGrange was the second settlement in the country, populated by French Acadians during the 1850’s gold rush. Cajun French and English are spoken here. The LaGrange Sports Baseball Club was the second amateur team in Ruthlandia. Marston was the first. LaGrange was originally called the Sports, but was renamed the Gators in 2060. LaGrange plays in the Ruthlandian North Division. They play their games at the old Sports Stadium, now aptly called The Swamp, which has the town’s impressive skyline visible in the distance beyond the outfield walls. There’s a lot of fine food, fun, and frolic at The Swamp with great Cajun food and great Cajun music. A Zydeco band plays at every game. At the seventh inning stretch, “Take me out to the ballgame” is sung first in English and then in Cajun French. And throughout the game Cajun yells of “aaahh-eeeee” (exclamation of joy) and “laissez le bon temps rouler” (“let the good times roll”) can be heard cheering the home club to victory. Mouthwatering Cajun cuisine can be sampled at the concession stands. Seafood and okra gumbo, jambalaya and crawfish pies are in abundance along with the most delicious bread pudding, café brulot (orange and spice flavored coffee) and crème brulet (superb custard dessert) in the world, too, mes amis (“my friends”). The LaGrange Sports are owned by the family of one of the all-time great sluggers and first basemen in Ruthlandian company league circles, Foxy Jemison. He got his start in lumber mills, played ball for the company team, made a name for himself, moved up in the company hierarchy until he ended up owning it. Jemison sponsored a company team for years and worked hard to get a team in the IPA. Jemison managed the team through the 2026 season when longtime IPA superstar and Hall-of-Famer Quincy Peterson replaced him as the skipper of the Sports. Peterson played the outfield and was voted into the IPA Hall of Fame in 2027. He played in 3087 games (17th) in 22 seasons, the last 15 of them in LaGrange. Peterson had a career .294 BA with 3514 hits (11th), 565 homers (18th), 1956 RBIs (11th) and 2029 runs (11th). Peterson was a 6-time All-Star and 4-time Golden Glover... the team won 5 Ruthlandian North pennants under Peterson. He retired as manager after the 2057 season and was succeeded by current skipper John Rodgers, who played for LaGrange from 2038 until 2053. Rodgers was a 5-time All-Star and 2-time Gold Glove shortstop, batting .293 lifetime with 343 roundtrippers and 1337 RBIs. Rodgers has copped 3 pennants since taking over in 2058. The Swamp (2001) Capacity: 10,732 Dimensions: LF Line 325 LF 345 LCF 400 CF 400 RCF 400 RF 345 RF Line 325 Dimensions: LF Line 325 LF 345 LCF 400 CF 400 RCF 400 RF 345 RF Line 325 Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-27-2021 at 10:19 PM.