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Eugene Church · 11-20-2021, 04:01 PM

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Tuesday, September 28, 2072

TURON'S TURN TO WIN IPA PRO CUP, VIPERS, BLACKHAWKS AND SILVER SOX WILL CHALLENGE
The Turon Typhoons have been close to winning the coveted Pro Cup trophy the last two seasons... they have paid their dues... it's time to cash in on the talent and success... plus their arch nemesis Rolling Hills will not be around to haunt them... also tough Belair Beach, last year Pro Cup champion, will not be around either...but the Typhoons will have some pretty fair teams to contend with... Valmara, Valka, unsung Stoner and Red Bluff... in addition, hard-hitting and high-scoring Hartsdale is in the mix, too.

Here is what the smooth-talking soothsayers, witch doctors and quasi-experts are viewing in their microscopes, periscopes and crystal balls.

The Islandian Times 2072 IPA Pro Cup Poll
1. TURON TYPHOONS
2. Valmara Vipers
3. Valka Blackhawks
4. Stoner Silver Sox
5. Red Bluff Red Sox
6. Hartsdale Hellcats
7. La Claire Lynx
8. Wynnamac Sundowners

2072 IPA Pro Cup Fearless Forecast and Pie-in-the-Sky prognostications... could be wrong, but I don't think the super scribes and blustering broadchasers have picked a Pro Cup winner lately.

Turon is the choice... they are a very well-balanced team with good scoring, fine pitching and solid defense... good qualities to have to win the Pro Cup... Culpepper, Mulroy and Malek are capable starters... they have a few reliable batters in Apple, Civik, Geoghegan, Newell and Goldsmith...the Typhoons have playoff experience and success in recent years... Turon is looking good heading into the postseason playoffs.

Valmara is right up there with Turon... their stats and qualifications may even be a little bit better... the Vipers can go deep and have more punch than the Typhoons... Skarzynski and Kozak can hit the ball out of the park with relish... Gold Arm Kaminski, Zajac and Nowakowski are fine hurlers... and closer Villavaso is strong, too... in the past the Vipers enter the postseason playoffs with great credentials, but have not done well... they lost in the first round in '70 and '71.

The Valka Blackhawks have been a tough team in a tough division for the past 3 years, pushing both Belair Beach, last year's Pro Cup titan, and Claxton, a perennial playoff power, to the limits... this year they upended the Sunbirds in a close race... the Blackhawk bats can put runs on the scoreboard with the likes of Czarnecki, Kotli, Hansford and Petrov... starters Santa Ana, Laur and Bakoyannis are well-respected, too... a weak bullpen may be a hindrance... keep an eye on Valka... any team that can whip Belair Beach is a good one.

And now, lo and behold, we come to a team that has not made the Pro Cup playoffs in 4 decades...a team with just one winning season in 10 years... a team that finished 6th a year ago -- the darling of IPA baseball this season -- the unnoticed and seldom-seen, if ever, Stoner Silver Sox... how did they go from awful and pathetic to possible Pro Cup glory?... the Silver Sox can really sock the heck out of the old horsehide... they can't hit it out of the park, but they can hit it all over the park... Stoner hit .290 this year and scored 796 runs... and they feature fine defense... 2 out of 3 is pretty good... however, their shortcoming is their average pitching...starters Boston, Boswell and Edmonds will have to do well... Longshore and Kleinhausen are pretty darn effective in the bullpen... but top-to-bottom in the lineup, the Silver Sox can hit the ball... they have six .300 hitters and the other two are in the .290s... we haven't seen this in the postseason very much, except for the mighty Rolling Hills Racers and we know how they terrorized the IPA playoffs the last 12 years... Stoner is the Cinderella of the playoffs this year... the sky is the limit for them... the Silver Sox are halfway to Heaven -- the Pro Cup Trophy.

Red Bluff doesn't hit much for average... they have trouble scoring runs... and the Red Sox only hit with modest home-run power... but they have some good starting pitching, a very capable closer Ledbetter and they play very good defense... McDade, Baxendale, Angeletti and Coomer are a quality rotation... Red Bluff also survived in the hotly-contested TU East Division... the Red Sox can compete.

Hartsdale has a high-octane attack... the topped the Tycobbian Union in scoring runs, came in near the top in batting average, homers and stealing bases... however, they are hard-pressed to find any pitchers except for veterans Earnshaw and Streeter... they don't play good defense... but the Hellcats can score some runs... it will be difficult to overcome their mound problems and defense.

La Claire has competed fairly well with juggernaut Rolling Hills the last decade in the TU West... the Lynx regularly came in near the top of the standings, but they never seriously challenged the dominant Racers... but this year the Lynx triumphed... La Claire just doesn't have what it takes to win a Pro Cup... they are just average at best across the board... Larson, Gordon and Newell can't do it all at the plate... they need others to help out... pitching-wise Liddell and Morse are just average starters... La Claire will not stay long in the IPA playoffs.

The Wynnamac Sundowners are not the team they were in 2070 when they won the IPA Pro Cup... the Macs have won the RU East three years in a row and 9 times in the last 16 seasons... but overall, they are just a little above average team... Oshima, Joshua, Rainer and Waterman are quality players... and Flanders is a fine starter... Merckx and Crafton are quality starters as well... but Wynnamac is not good enough to go deep into the postseason playoffs... average teams just don't win the IPA Pro Cup Trophy.

11-20-2021, 04:01 PM	#8444
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,920	Tuesday, September 28, 2072 TURON'S TURN TO WIN IPA PRO CUP, VIPERS, BLACKHAWKS AND SILVER SOX WILL CHALLENGE The Turon Typhoons have been close to winning the coveted Pro Cup trophy the last two seasons... they have paid their dues... it's time to cash in on the talent and success... plus their arch nemesis Rolling Hills will not be around to haunt them... also tough Belair Beach, last year Pro Cup champion, will not be around either...but the Typhoons will have some pretty fair teams to contend with... Valmara, Valka, unsung Stoner and Red Bluff... in addition, hard-hitting and high-scoring Hartsdale is in the mix, too. Here is what the smooth-talking soothsayers, witch doctors and quasi-experts are viewing in their microscopes, periscopes and crystal balls. The Islandian Times 2072 IPA Pro Cup Poll 1. TURON TYPHOONS 2. Valmara Vipers 3. Valka Blackhawks 4. Stoner Silver Sox 5. Red Bluff Red Sox 6. Hartsdale Hellcats 7. La Claire Lynx 8. Wynnamac Sundowners 2072 IPA Pro Cup Fearless Forecast and Pie-in-the-Sky prognostications... could be wrong, but I don't think the super scribes and blustering broadchasers have picked a Pro Cup winner lately. Turon is the choice... they are a very well-balanced team with good scoring, fine pitching and solid defense... good qualities to have to win the Pro Cup... Culpepper, Mulroy and Malek are capable starters... they have a few reliable batters in Apple, Civik, Geoghegan, Newell and Goldsmith...the Typhoons have playoff experience and success in recent years... Turon is looking good heading into the postseason playoffs. Valmara is right up there with Turon... their stats and qualifications may even be a little bit better... the Vipers can go deep and have more punch than the Typhoons... Skarzynski and Kozak can hit the ball out of the park with relish... Gold Arm Kaminski, Zajac and Nowakowski are fine hurlers... and closer Villavaso is strong, too... in the past the Vipers enter the postseason playoffs with great credentials, but have not done well... they lost in the first round in '70 and '71. The Valka Blackhawks have been a tough team in a tough division for the past 3 years, pushing both Belair Beach, last year's Pro Cup titan, and Claxton, a perennial playoff power, to the limits... this year they upended the Sunbirds in a close race... the Blackhawk bats can put runs on the scoreboard with the likes of Czarnecki, Kotli, Hansford and Petrov... starters Santa Ana, Laur and Bakoyannis are well-respected, too... a weak bullpen may be a hindrance... keep an eye on Valka... any team that can whip Belair Beach is a good one. And now, lo and behold, we come to a team that has not made the Pro Cup playoffs in 4 decades...a team with just one winning season in 10 years... a team that finished 6th a year ago -- the darling of IPA baseball this season -- the unnoticed and seldom-seen, if ever, Stoner Silver Sox... how did they go from awful and pathetic to possible Pro Cup glory?... the Silver Sox can really sock the heck out of the old horsehide... they can't hit it out of the park, but they can hit it all over the park... Stoner hit .290 this year and scored 796 runs... and they feature fine defense... 2 out of 3 is pretty good... however, their shortcoming is their average pitching...starters Boston, Boswell and Edmonds will have to do well... Longshore and Kleinhausen are pretty darn effective in the bullpen... but top-to-bottom in the lineup, the Silver Sox can hit the ball... they have six .300 hitters and the other two are in the .290s... we haven't seen this in the postseason very much, except for the mighty Rolling Hills Racers and we know how they terrorized the IPA playoffs the last 12 years... Stoner is the Cinderella of the playoffs this year... the sky is the limit for them... the Silver Sox are halfway to Heaven -- the Pro Cup Trophy. Red Bluff doesn't hit much for average... they have trouble scoring runs... and the Red Sox only hit with modest home-run power... but they have some good starting pitching, a very capable closer Ledbetter and they play very good defense... McDade, Baxendale, Angeletti and Coomer are a quality rotation... Red Bluff also survived in the hotly-contested TU East Division... the Red Sox can compete. Hartsdale has a high-octane attack... the topped the Tycobbian Union in scoring runs, came in near the top in batting average, homers and stealing bases... however, they are hard-pressed to find any pitchers except for veterans Earnshaw and Streeter... they don't play good defense... but the Hellcats can score some runs... it will be difficult to overcome their mound problems and defense. La Claire has competed fairly well with juggernaut Rolling Hills the last decade in the TU West... the Lynx regularly came in near the top of the standings, but they never seriously challenged the dominant Racers... but this year the Lynx triumphed... La Claire just doesn't have what it takes to win a Pro Cup... they are just average at best across the board... Larson, Gordon and Newell can't do it all at the plate... they need others to help out... pitching-wise Liddell and Morse are just average starters... La Claire will not stay long in the IPA playoffs. The Wynnamac Sundowners are not the team they were in 2070 when they won the IPA Pro Cup... the Macs have won the RU East three years in a row and 9 times in the last 16 seasons... but overall, they are just a little above average team... Oshima, Joshua, Rainer and Waterman are quality players... and Flanders is a fine starter... Merckx and Crafton are quality starters as well... but Wynnamac is not good enough to go deep into the postseason playoffs... average teams just don't win the IPA Pro Cup Trophy. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 11-20-2021 at 08:02 PM.