Tycobbian Union Triumphs and Tribulations
RED SOX, RACERS AND SUN SOX LIKELY WINNERS IN TU
It would take a great month and a total collapse by Red Bluff to keep the Red Sox from taking the Tycobbian East Division title... though they only have half the lead as the Red Sox, Rolling Hills, Southport and Blue Lake have a pretty good chance of winning their respective races.
After trailing Hartsdale by 6 games in July, Blue Lake has bolted to the top of the Tycobbian North Division with a splendid 33-19 run the last two months... the Blue Caps have climbed to the top of the standings by three and a half games after Hartsdale suffered through a hellish 9-18 record in August... even last year's division champion and this year's preseason favorite Oxford has gotten back into the pennant race after enduring a pathetic 20-30 start in April and May... the Red Caps also took advantage of the Hartsdale slump by going 18-9 last month and 32-20 since July 1st... but they still are 5 games back of Blue Lake and have a lot of ground to make up and only one month to do it... this would be the first time in almost four decades that the Blue Caps have made the Pro Cup playoffs... they have only appeared 3 times in the team's history... 2030 was the last time... Blue Lake won its only Pro Cup that season, defeating Valmara in 7 games... they were the Blue Sox then and had to come back from a 3-2 deficit and win games six and seven on the road.
Defending Tycobbian South champion Southport moved to the top of the heap in May and built a solid 5-game lead over the Colchester Elites by July 1st... at the same time the Sun Sox were 14 games in front of the Turon Typhoons... since then, the Elites (25-27) have fallen to the wayside, but the Typhoons have played magnificently (39-13) and chopped the Southport lead to just 4 games at the start of September... the Sun Sox were 14-14 last month... it should be a heck of a stretch drive.
The Tycobbian East Division is pretty much done and decided despite Red Bluff's 23-29 slide over the past two months... the Red Sox have an 8-game bulge over Hillsboro and South Fork heading into September... the Blazers had a blistering 19-8 mark in August, but they would have to repeat that to have any chance of overtaking Red Bluff... the Stallions were only 13-15 last month and don't appear to be a serious pennant threat to the Red Sox... the Red Bluff pitching is good enough to stave off both Hillsboro and South Fork.
Over in the Tycobbian West Division the Rolling Hills Racers haven't had a bad month this season, yet they didn't take over first place until August... the Denton City Redbirds outperformed the Racers the first four months of the season... the Redbirds fell from their lofty perch with a 26-26 record in July and August... Rolling Hills passed them with an impressive 34-18 surge the last two months... the Racers are up now by 5 games and should notch their 10th consecutive TU West division title... Rolling Hills is looking to win its 7th Pro Cup trophy this year... the Racers are hoping to reign supreme in the Islandian Pro Alliance for the 4th time in the last decade.
