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07-03-2025, 05:18 PM
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Sunday, October 30, 2089 VIPERS COOL OFF STALLIONS BATS, EVEN SERIES IN 4TH GAME OF PRO CUP SERIES Some good pitching finally made an appearance in this year's Pro Cup Series. Country Corbin and Michel Bourgeois combined to cool off the blazing bats of the South Fork Stallions 3-2 to even up the series at two games each. Howie Dassner continued to come through in the clutch with a game-winning sacrifice fly in the top of the 9th. Corbin has struggled in the playoffs so far, but not in this game. He tossed 5 and two-thirds innings and held South Fork to 4 hits and one run. The game was still tied when he departed the game. Michel Bourgeois (2-1/2.66 ERA/3 saves/9 games/20 IP) followed him and got the victory. He limited the Stallions to one run on 3 hits in his 3 and one-third frames. South Fork got a solid outing from its starter Owen Frank, who hurled 5 innings and allowed one run on 4 hits. The defeat went to Jimbo Tucker (0-1/2.81 ERA/3 saves/7 games/16 IP). Tucker permitted one run and 2 hits in 2 innings. Valmara scored first on Tavio Ortega's (.259 BA/4 HR/10 RBI) home run in the top of the 2nd frame. It was his 4th roundtripper in the postseason. South Fork's Gillis Featherstone (.340 BA/7 RBI) tied it up in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI base knock. Pinch hitter Vinny Silvera put the Vipers in front 2-1 in the 7th on an RBI single. Once again the Stallions knotted the score at 2-all in the 8th frame on Rupert Kruger's (.412 BA/1 HR/9 RBI) run-scoring hit. Valmara won it in the 9th on singles by Pavel Malashenko (.218 BA/5 RBI) and Vinny Silvera (.667 BA/2 RBI) and Howie Dassner (.322 BA/2 HR/17 RBI) sac fly. Each club was held to 7 hits apiece. Game five in South Fork will be pivotal. Manager Primo Sirak has his ace Arjan Huntsman (19-3/2.18) ready to go. He has impressed with a 4-1 mark and a strong 2.29 ERA in 5 postseason starts. South Fork's skipper Jay Murphy will go with Clinton Starr (13-12/3.03 ERA). His place in the playoff rotation was taken by Kenny Falconer (10-12/4.14 ERA), who has not fared well in the postseason. Starr has made 2 relief appearances in this year's playoffs. He has not surrendered a run in 4 innings. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-03-2025 at 05:22 PM. |
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07-04-2025, 04:13 PM
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Monday, October 31, 2089 SF STALLIONS GET THE UPPER HAND ON VALMARA WITH STARR SHUTOUT IN GAME FIVE; SOUTH FORK CLOSES IN ON 5TH PRO CUP TROPHY |
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07-05-2025, 06:43 PM
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07-07-2025, 02:41 PM
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Oops!
My good friend CD just told me that I left game six recap out. Thanks a bunch CD. Will take care of it later this afternoon. |
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07-07-2025, 03:40 PM
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Wedesday, November 2, 2089 VALMARA FIGHTS OFF ELIMINATION IN GAME 6, STILL ALIVE IN PRO CUP SERIES, SOUTH FORK FAILS TO FINISH THEM OFF Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-07-2025 at 03:55 PM. |
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07-07-2025, 03:50 PM
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Thursday, November 3, 2089 UNSUNG VALMARA UPSETS FAVORED SOUTH FORK IN RIPROARING 7TH GAME FOR 5TH PRO CUP |
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07-08-2025, 08:14 PM
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Thursday, November 3, 2089 VALMARA ROOKIE SHORTSTOP DASSNER NAMED IPA POSTSEASON MVP; TEAMMATES BOURGEOIS AND HUNTSMEN FINISH 2ND AND 3RD IN POLL Valmara's 20-year-old rookie shortstop Howie Dassner had a year he will never forget. He was selected to the Ruthlandian Union All-Star team, his Vipers won their 5th Pro Cup and he also was honored as the IPA Pro Cup Postseason Most Valuable Player. Two of his teammates, reliever Michel Bourgeois and starter Arjan Huntsman, came in second and third in The Islandian Times Pro Cup MVP poll. Howie Dassner sparked Valmara to the overall IPA crown with a fine postseason performance. In 19 games he batted .304 with 21 hits in 69 plate appearances with 5 doubles, 3 homers, 21 RBIs and 10 runs scored. Pro Cup MVP runner-up Valmara closer Michel Bourgeois also played a vital role in the team's Pro Cup victory with 10 relief appearances. He posted a 2-1 mark with a 2.70 ERA and 3 saves in 23 IP. Winding up third in the Pro Cup MVP balloting was Viper starting pitcher Arjan Huntsman, who made 6 postseason starts with a 4-2 record and a 2.49 ERA. He hurled 43 innings. Huntsman had 2 complete games and one shutout. All of the three players are rookies. Valmara's future appears to be in good hands. |
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07-08-2025, 08:24 PM
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2089 Islandian Pro Alliance Playoff Tree
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07-08-2025, 08:32 PM
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Friday, November 4, 2089 LEAST LIKELY TO SUCCEED CAPTURES IPA PRO CUP CROWN Prior to the start of the 2089 IPA Pro Cup playoffs the oddsmakers, pundits, quipsters and scribes completely overlooked and forgot the Valmara Vipers. The baseball analysts and experts forecast the IPA Pro Cup champion would be the Forest City Firebirds. Guess who knocked off the Pro Cup favorite in the RU Title Round --- the #8-rated Valmara Vipers. #2-ranked Summerland did make it to the Union Title Round where they lost to #3 South Fork. The #4 Eastshore Cotton Kings never made it out of Round One. They fell to the Vipers in a hard-fought 7 games series. Only one time in the last decade has the media correctly forecast the IPA playoffs. Except for Valmara, they did a real good job in their postseason prognostications. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-08-2025 at 08:43 PM. |
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07-11-2025, 12:40 AM
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EC will start working on the Award winners soon.
Doing Sunday programs on 8 radio stations is taking a lot of time. I'm also on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morings in one market. That is why it is so busy. I can't spend the time on the IPA as I did in the past. I really enjoyed the 2089 season. Hope you did, too. The views have gotten back to normal. Average per day is about 300 views. I think the key is to post daily. I think things perk up for the playoffs, too. Thanks to all of you for following the IPA for so long. Really appreciate all of you. |
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07-12-2025, 05:16 PM
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Friday, November 4, 2089 PRIME IPA AWARDS ANNOUNCED FOR 2089 SEASON The major honor bestowed by the Islandian Pro Alliance is the Pro Cup Trophy, presented annually to the team that wins the Pro Cup Series. That cherished prize went to the South Fork Stallions this year. Now it is time to present the prime IPA awards for the Golden Bats, Golden Arms, Rookies of the Year, Managers of the Year and the Golden Glove winners. In the Ruthlandian Union this year's Golden Bat went Forest City left fielder Willie Collingham. The Golden Arm was given to Valmara hurler Arjan Huntsman. Marston left fielder Glen Chatsworth was named Rookie of the Year and the RU Manager of the Year went to Primo Sirak of the Valmara Vipers. In the Tycobbian Union the Golden Bat recipient was first baseman Terrence Stonich of the Rolling Hills Racers. Jandamara Spencer, pitcher for Tuckanarra got the Golden Arm. The top TU Rookie Award was given to Rolling Hills shortstop Duke Watson and the best skipper trophy was awarded to South Fork manager Jay Murphy. 2089 Ruthlandian Union Honorees RU Golden Bat Award: 1st place Willie Cottingham of Forest City, who beat out Lee Drummond of Rocky Rapids and Pete Pettavina of Beechwood. RU Golden Arm Award: 1st place Arjan Huntsman of Valmara, who edges out Thomas Tate of Forest City and Reggie Davis of Wynnamac. RU Rookie of the Year Award: 1st place Glen Chatsworth, who outpolled Cletis Woodson of Eastshore and Arjan Huntsman of Valmara. RU Manager of the Year Award: 1st place Primo Sirak of Valmara, runner-ups were Fred Hahn of Claxton, Malcolm Tansbury of Eastshore and Randy Snow of Forest City. 2089 Tycobbian Union Honorees TU Golden Bat Award: 1st place Terrence Stonich of Rolling Hills, followed by Byron Bennington of Mahaska and Yank Yankovich of South Fork. TU Golden Arm Award: 1st Place Jandamara Spencer of Tuckanarra, followed by Ike Vretsos of East Point and Joren Vorenzee of Summerland. TU Rookie of the Year Award: first place honor went to Duke Watson of Rolling Hills, second place to Jojo Aguilera of Arroyo Grande and third place to Alex Sanderson of Southport. TU Manager of the Year Award: first place Jay Murphy of South Fork, second place was Maury Statler of Oxford and third place to Jayson Hallstrom of Summerland. |
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07-12-2025, 05:28 PM
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07-12-2025, 05:34 PM
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07-12-2025, 05:45 PM
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07-12-2025, 06:04 PM
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Friday, November 4, 2089 2089 ISLANDIAN PRO ALLIANCE MANAGERS OF THE YEAR The Ruthlandian Union Manager of the Year went to Valmara's Primo Sirak, who paced the Vipers to first place in the RU North. His club improved from 68-86 (7th Place) to first place (93-61). Claxton's Fred Hahn was second. His Diamonds jumped from 7th to first place, going from 67-87 to 89-65 in the RU South. In third place was Malcolm Tansbury of Eastshore. The Cotton Kings moved from 5th (76-78) to first place (92-62) in the RU East. Rounding out the balloting was Forest City's Randy Snow. His Firebirds won the RU West for the second straight season with a 101-53 mark, just slightly less than last season when they posted a remarkable 105-49 record. The Tycobbian Union Manager of the Year was Pro Cup-winning Jay Murphy, who sparked his club from 4th place (79-75) to a sparking first-place finish (91-63) in the TU East. Oxford's Maury Statler was the runner-up skipper. His Red Caps improved from 4th place (84-70) to first place (101-53) in the RU North. Summerland's Jayson Hallstrom won his second consecutive TU South pennant, but saw a lot of improvement, going from 88-66 to 98-56. |
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07-12-2025, 06:16 PM
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07-12-2025, 06:27 PM
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07-16-2025, 12:54 PM
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Sunday, November 5, 2089 IPA AWARDS THE TOP DEFENDERS IN RU AND TU The Islandian Pro Alliance announced this year's recipients of the Golden Gloves. On the Ruthlandian Union Golden Glove team was Ancona third baseman Chris Savallos, who was named for the 4th time in his career, San Dimas catcher Tomas Lizano made it a 3rd time and hurler Dayton Stansbury was given his 2nd award. The only rookie to make the team was Carlton Carroll. There were three on the Tycobbian Union Golden Glove team that won for the 2nd time in their careers. Tuckanarra pitcher Artie McQuiston and catcher Conn Donaldson, along with Grand City center fielder Lars Johannessen. White River rooke shortstop was the only freshman on the TU Golden Glove squad. RUTHLANDIAN UNION GOLDEN GLOVE TEAM Golden Glove Award Pitcher Dayton Stansbury - RAN - .971 PCT., 12 PO, 22 A, 1.32 RANGE (11-9/2.92 ERA) Catcher Tomas Lizano - SD - .996 PCT., 639 PO, 80 A, 51.0 CS % (128 G/.239 BA/17 HR/67 RBI) First Base Chipper Pennington - ETS - .995 PCT., 1259 PO, 111 A, 9.73 RANGE (149 G/.284 BA/13 HR/80 RBI) Second Base Claude Mayeux - BP - .969 PCT., 341 PO, 452 A, 5.60 RANGE (149 G/.274 BA/11 HR/44 RBI/56 SB) Third Base Chris Savallas -ANC - .972 PCT., 113 PO, 336 A, 3.42 RANGE (152 G/.257 BA/24 HR/74 RBI/23 SB) Shortstop Carlton Carroll -WYN - .972 PCT., 280 PO, 515 A, 5.66 RANGE (148 G/.273 BA/27 HR/104 RBI) Left Field Norbert Groot- CLX - .968 PCT., 268 PO, 5 A, 1.94 RANGE (150 G/.247 BA/13 HR/61 RBI/9 SB) Center Field Greg Kendall - CLX - .989 PCT., 415 PO, 16 A, 3.00 RANGE (150 G/.256 BA/7 HR/47 RBI/30 SB) Right Field Bob Peabody - ELN - .992 PCT., 235 PO, 8 A, 2.07 RANG (150 G/.335 BA/15 HR/89 RBI) TYCOBBIAN UNION GOLDEN GLOVE TEAM Golden Glove Award Pitcher Artie McQuiston - TUC - .974 PCT., 12 PO, 26 A, 1.56 RANGE (8-11/3.52 ERA) Catcher Conn Donaldson - TUC - .999 PCT., 613 PO, 88 A, 50.0 CS % (138 G/.234 BA/11 HR/50 RBI/7 SB) First Base Barry Cranmore - CC - .993 PCT., 1286 PO, 97 A, 9.68 RANGE (154 G/.364 BA/0 HR/51 RBI) Second Base Jimmy Love - OZK - .979 PCT., 318 PO, 396 A, 5.55 RANGE (149 G/.296 BA/15 HR/83 RBI) Third Base Banger Barnhill - OZK - .962 PCT., 114 PO, 286 A, 2.75 RANGE (150 G/.314 BA/30 HR/101 RBI) Shortstop Rusty Reich - WR - .972 PCT., 248 PO, 454 A, 5.50 RANGE (135 G/.308 BA/14 HR/75 RBI) Left Field Curtis LeMay - TUR - .982 PCT., 221 PO, 3 A, 1.95 RANGE (140 G/.249 BA/7 HR/48 RBI) Center Field Lars Johannessen - SF - .987 PCT., 450 PO, 14 A, 3.26 RANGE (144 G/.239 BA/4 HR/57 RBI/20 SB) Right Field Artie Carswell - EP - .996 PCT., 275 PO, 5 A, 2.08 RANGE (153 G/.245 BA/22 HR/48 RBI/15 SB) Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-16-2025 at 12:57 PM. |
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07-16-2025, 01:00 PM
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That wraps up the 2089 IPA season... onward we go to 2090.
Just a decade more and we will complete 100 seasons. We are also shooting for 1 millions views one of these days. 60,000 to go. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-16-2025 at 01:01 PM. |
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07-16-2025, 01:23 PM
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Wednesday, January 4, 2090 GETTING TOUGH TO MAKE THE IPA HALL OF FAME -- NO ONE ELECTED THIS YEAR The ballots are counted and the results are in. Unfortunately, no player was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. The top vote getter was Far Mountain outfielder Ernie Friedricks, who received votes from 67.6% of eligible electors. Second best in the balloting was South Fork's standout shortstop Carroll Ezzell at 62.2%. Friedricks batted .311 in his 13 seasons. He scored over 1200 runs in his career and stole 786 bases. 6 times he topped the league in thefts. Fredericks is 4th overall in IPA history in stolen bases. He made 4 All-Star teams. Ezzell hit .317 lifetime and scored over 1100 runs and stole 500 bases, making the All-Star team 5 times. In 2077 he was voted the Tycobbian Union Most Valuable Player. The full voting results are included here. Players require 75% of ballots cast to be elected to the Hall, may stay on the ballot for up to 10 years if they receive at least 5% of the votes. Players must be retired for 3 years before they are eligible for induction to the Hall of Fame. RF Ernie Friedricks 67.6 (5th year) SS Carroll Ezzell 62.2 (2nd year) SP William Pike 56.4 (7th year) SS Junior Evans 48.4 (8th year) C Raul Bernardo 35.6 (1st year) SP Hawk Templeton 33.5 (1st year) SS Yazzy Ricks 29.5 (9th year) RP Angelo Marinello 24.4 (1st year) SP Jalen Abercrombie 22.5 (2nd year) SP Tuffy Hatfield 22.2 (1st year) SP Ivan Malek 19.6 (1st year) 2B Nat Kenner 17.8 (5th year) RP Henry Youngman 17.8 (5th year) LF Dolph Gordon 16.7 (5th year) SP Mick Flanders 15.6 (5th year) C Fritz Adenauer 13.1 (1st year) SP Calvin Hurley 13.1 (3rd year) 3B Misha Makowski 12.0 (5th year) SP Kent Burleigh 11.6 (1st year) SS Ollie Daggs 10.9 (5th year) SS Andy Zahn 10.5 (5th year) SP Major Rowling 9.5 (3rd year) 1B Neal Crichton 9.5 (2nd year) SP Jerome Lowenstein 8.4 (1st year) 1B Virgil Welsh 7.3 (5th year) 1B Stefan Skarzynski 7.3 (1st year) CF Buddy Long 6.9 (2nd year) SP Dante Steelman 6.5 (1st year) CF Eliott Carleton 6.5 (5th year) SP Russell Krohn 6.2 (8th year) 2B Jimmy Czarnecki 5.8 (5th year) 1B Gayle Henley 5.1 (1st year) CF Adam Christy 4.7 (2nd year) Dropped SP Javis Packham 4.0 (1st year) Dropped C Charley McLaglen 3.6 (1st year) Dropped RP Glyndon Derby 3.3 (1st year) Dropped SP Junior Castle 3.3 (3rd year) Dropped SP Paddy McCammon 2.9 (3rd year) Dropped SP Bill Aubrey 2.9 (1st year) Dropped 2B Ivar Kikas 2.9 (1st year) Dropped 3B Gerry Brian 2.5 (1st year) Dropped SP Vernon Echols 2.2 (1st year) Dropped SP Jeff Kennon 2.2 (3rd year) Dropped 2B Gino Lorenzetti 1.8 (1st year) Dropped CF Dorian Betros 1.8 (1st year) Dropped SP Kyell Stendahl 1.8 (1st year) Dropped RP Santiago Aldana 1.5 (1st year) Dropped SP Luis Trevino 1.5 (3rd year) Dropped SP Whiz Willamson 1.5 (1st year) Dropped C Arjen Van Halen 1.1 (1st year) Dropped LF Corky Apple 1.1 (1st year) Dropped SP J.Z. Small 1.1 (1st year) Dropped SP Casey Edgeworth 0.7 (1st year) Dropped SP Delwyn Bell 0.7 (1st year) Dropped C Alec Donelson 0.4 (1st year) Dropped RP Chico Gomez 0.4 (1st year) Dropped SP Dwight Dorman 0.4 (1st year) Dropped 2B Bobby Penfield 0.4 (1st year) Dropped 3B Vaughn Causey 0.4 (1st year) Dropped SP Moonie Somers 0.4 (1st year) Dropped No other players received a vote, and have been dropped from the ballot. Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-16-2025 at 01:24 PM. |
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