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EAST POINT PANTHERS
Owner: Silver Mountain Marble Works
GM and Manager: Johnny Moore
East Point is primarily a military town with a population of 84,000 inhabitants. It is a splendid town surrounded and fortified by a ringed wall of white marble, which is found in great abundance in local quarries and pits. The marble business is one of the important elements of the local economy.
East Point is reminiscent of ancient Rome and Athens, but on a much smaller scale. Majestic marble statues and buildings are ever present sights. East Point is on the westside of the Silver Mountains in east central Tycobbia and located right on the Ruthlandian border at Frontier Pass, the only land route connecting the two countries. East Point was established to protect Tycobbia from invasion from the east. Right across the border is Ft. Benton, its Ruthlandian military counterpart.
All branches of the military are headquartered here. Basic training is conducted on the base. It is also the site of the War College, which trains the officer corps at East Point Military Academy. Future officers are educated and trained here. It is also a retirement home and medical facility for veterans. Many military and medical suppliers have their home offices here as well.
East Point is a model town, organized and structured in military fashion. It is a well-designed and well-planned town with perfectly square blocks, all identical in size. All streets run perfect parallel, north to south and east to west. There is a civilian government, but it works closely with the military authorities, who provide boot camp trainees for sanitation purposes. Streets are pristine clean and well-manicured because the military recruits sweep through the town each morning and police the town of any trash, litter and debris.
It is also home to the East Point Panthers Baseball Club of the Islandian Pro Alliance. The Panthers are in the East Division of the Tycobbian Union. The club is owned and operated by the Silver Mountain Marble Works. Running the ball club in the early seasons was Griffin Clarke, a former amateur league star. He did not do very well in his two decades at the helm. The Panthers only posted 3 winning seasons and 2 postseason appearances. Karol Zodoka, who excelled as a player for the Panthers from 2002 to 2006, replaced him in 2024. Zodoka was a power-hitting infielder. He had an outstanding career from 2002 to 2017. He was a 7-time All-Star, won 4 Golden Gloves, a Golden Bat and Ruthlandian Union MVP Award. Zodoka batted .293 with 391 homers and over 1300 RBIs. He guided the club until 2057 and captured 5 pennants. The next field general was Frank Blair, a former star twirler for East Point. He toiled long and hard for Zodoka, compiling a 265-248 mark from 2025 to 2043 and posted a career 3.47 ERA. From 2058 to 2065 East Point was a bad ballclub. Blair was replaced by Johnny Moore in 2066. Moore (156-177/3.49 ERA) was a capable starter from 2030 to 2045 for the Panthers. It took him more than a decade, but Moore finally got his first winning season in 2080 and has been doing very well since then.
The Panthers play at ancient and majestic Armed Forces Stadium, named in memory and in honor of the men and women of the Tycobbian Armed Forces. Marble was used extensively in the stadium construction and peripheral facade. Beyond the outfield walls there is a breathtaking view of the town in the distance, replete with marble buildings and monuments. Armed Forces Stadium is not a big ballpark dimension-wise. The fans and batters love it because of the high-scoring games, but pitchers dread pitching here.
Music is supplied at the ballpark by the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine bands. They rotate each game and play songs during the game to inspire the Panther fans and spur their team on to victory. To spark a Panther rally, the military band will often play their anthem - "The Caisson Song", "Wild Blue Yonder", "Anchors Aweighs" and the "Halls of Montezuma" - the traditional favorite, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" is played during the 7th-inning stretch. Food-wise you get soft drinks, beer, hot dogs, hamburgers, peanuts and crackerjacks. Sorry, no "K-rations", "MREs" or "SOS".
Armed Forces Stadium (1935)
Capacity: 9500
Dimensions:
LF Line 326
LF 345
LCF 375
CF 388
RCF 375
RF 345
RF Line 326
