Tuesday, October 27, 2082
YES SIR! SERGEANT WON THE PRO CUP MVP TROPHY
THE ISLANDIAN TIMES has honored Kenwood's solid left fielder Kenny Sergeant as the most important player in the Islandian Pro Alliance playoffs this year. Sergeant is a 27-year-old veteran in his 8th season with the Wildcats. Today he was announced as the 2082 IPA Pro Cup Most Valuable Player. Sergeant was acclaimed by a slim margin in the poll. Four other players received support.
Sergeant topped the Wildcats in the postseason with a .333 BA, 4 home runs and 14 runs scored in 19 games. He had 8 doubles, 5 triples and drove in 12 runs. He sparked the Wildcats to their first Pro Cup in 68 years. During the year Sergeant had a .294 BA, 19 homers and 112 runs batted in. He is a career .288 hitter.
Journeyman hurler Matty Mihalek finished a very, very close second in the balloting. He relieved 10 times in the playoffs, posting a 2-1 record with a superb 0.54 ERA and 2 saves. Teams only batted .222 against Mihalek. Without his strong bullpen work it is doubtful Kenwood would have been the IPA champion.
Second sacker Johnny Davidson was a close third in the Pro Cup MVP poll. He batted .313 in 19 games with 10 doubles, 1 home run and 14 RBIs.
Coming in a close fourth in the voting was shortstop John Bircher. In 19 games he hit .315 with 4 doubles, 2 homers and 10 runs driven in.
And in fifth place was starting pitcher Billy Batton. In his 4 games and 3 starts, he was 1-0 with a splendid 0.50 ERA. Kenwood won all 4 games Batton was in and all of them were very close games. 3 of them were decided by one run, the other one by 2.
