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Eugene Church · 03-02-2009, 10:18 PM

The Islandian Times

Saturday, June 15, 2002

San Alejo Dominates TU South
The race is over in the Tycobbian Union South. Manager Lando Peceda's Montaneros have run up a 15-game lead at the halfway point in the season. There is no way any team will catch them this season. The San Alejo Montaneros are far and away the best team in the division. The other teams are just playing for playoff positions and then hope they don't finish fourth and have to play San Alejo.

It looks like a tight battle for the last three playoffs spots between five teams. The Colchester Elites and Summerland Sunsets are deadlocked for second place, 15 games off the pace. The Southport Sun Sox are fourth, 17 games behind with the Ginza Ninjas and Turon Typhoons 18 games out and tied for fifth. Cape Coral is seventh, 23 games back. The Arroyo Grande Suns are even further back and deep in the basement, trailing by 31 games.

The San Alejo Montaneros (52-19) have it all - hitting, pitching, power and defense... The Montaneros are batting .273 (2nd), have an unbelievably low 2.76 ERA (1st), have belted 70 homers (1st) and are fielding .981 (2nd).

Skipper Lando Peceda has excellent pitching with starters Ernie Arredondo (13-3 2.06), tied for the most wins in the IPA, Jaime Serrano (10-5 3.08), Alberto Herrera (6-1 1.84) and Vitorio Velarde (4-3 2.38)... Closer Tino Elardo (1-0 2.50) has 11 saves... and Gilberto De Paz (6-1 2.73) has done a fine job in middle relief... San Alejo has nothing but good pitchers.

The Montaneros hit well, too... SS Erico Pilar (.356) tops the list, followed by C Edmundo Franquez (.338) and LF Bernie Valente (.298)... supplying the power are RF Marcelino Zunigo (.290) with 13 homers and 52 RBIs, 3B Paolo Huerta (.286) 12 home runs and 53 RBIs and 1B Rodger Wooten (.268) with 12 homers and 36 RBIs.

Uncle Robbie Wilbertson pilots the Colchester Elites (37-34)... the club's strong point is its hitting... The Elites have compiled a .270 batting average (3rd) with 52 roundtrippers (3rd)... Wilbertson has three .300 hitters in 1B Harlan Roscoe (.321), 2B Leland Curtis (.313) and C Joey Siegfried (.304)... 3B Niles Stanton (.271) has socked 15 home runs and driven in 51 runs.

Colchester suffers on the mound except for three good starters... The Elites have split 2-2 with San Alejo this year because of Dickie Pendarvis (10-4 2.22), Barry Henry (8-4 2.63) and Jim Danza (5-1 2.29)... when Uncle Robbie has to go to the bullpen his task gets much tougher... a second or third place finish is predicted for the Colchester Elites... they are presently tied with Summerland for the runner-up spot in the TU South.

The Summerland Sunsets (37-34) under the guidance of manager Will Hackett are very similar to Colchester, but may have better overall pitching and much better defense... The Sunsets carry a .265 BA (4th) with 49 homers (6th), 3.59 ERA (3rd) and have a strong .982 fielding percentage (1st).

In his starting rotation, Hackett can call on Paul Felker (6-2 3.31), Duncan Cade (6-4 3.53), Bill Taft (5-2 2.92) and Byron Hastings (8-9 3.29)... Closer Pete Van Dijk (1-2 1.25) has 12 saves and just doesn't give up runs... Even Summerland's middle relief is decent.

The Sunsets attack is paced by RF Stacey Zacker (.309) with 15 home runs, 51 RBIs and 49 runs scored... LF Dennis Alsup (.339) and SS Tommy Westerfeldt (.269) with 27 RBIs, 51 runs scored and 14 SB have also made contributions. Our prediction for Summerland is second or third.

Rounding out the first division in the fourth spot are the Southport Sun Sox (35-36) of manager Charley Oscar... The Sun Sox live and die with its mound corps... the team ERA is an impressive 3.19 (2nd) with a fine group of starters in Walt Corbin (7-7 2.63), Chris Cahill (4-4 2.57), Johnny Ballard (8-9 3.28) and Seth Osmer (3-4 2.03)... However, Oscar's club suffers when he has to go to the bullpen... Southport also suffers on defense with a so-so .975 fielding percentage (5th-tied).

The Sun Sox are batting only .252 (6th), but have 50 homers (5th)... 1B Pat Mystryk (.278) has 7 home runs and 39 runs batted in on the year... LF Angelo Lombardi (.275) has 8 with 34 RBIs... Southport's top average belongs to C Alex Fourroux (.298)... Oscar's pitching should get him a fourth place finish and a spot in the playoffs by season's end.

Last year's finalist in the Islandian Pro Cup Series was the Ginza Ninjas (34-37), losing to the Volusia Vigilantes in a four-game sweep... The Ninjas have started off slow again this year and are tied for fifth in the TU South with Turon... Manager Huroko Uchiyama fields the top hitting team in the division with a standout .276 average (1st), but lacking power with only 40 home runs (8th)... and by contrast Ginza's ERA is a lousy 4.55 (7th)...the Ninjas are not great with the glove, either... with a .975 FA (5th-tied).

Ginza's top run-maker is 1B Kenshin Yamamoto (.285) with 8 homers and 43 RBI... Uchiyama can also put four .300 hitters in his line-up: OF Ronnie Cahill (.395), 3B Troy Connolly (.317), OF Charlie Campbell (.316) and OF Nick Winters (.307).

On the hill, the Ninjas have decent starters in Ken Conner (10-5 4.28), Toshiharu Ito (9-5 3.50) and Kojiro Matsumoto 7-6 4.69)... this year they are getting by because of the strong hitting support... All three are down considerably in ERA from last year... 2001 records: Conner (15-8 2.63), Ito (17-8 2.74), Matsumoto (19-11 3.00)... Uchiyama has nothing in the bullpen... fifth or sixth may be the best Ginza can do this year.

Manager Ashton "Whitey" Richburn heads up the Turon Typhoons (34-37) and has them in a tie for fifth... the Typhoons main strength is on the mound with starters Scotty Boswell (6-6 2.94), Jacques Lemaire (6-8 3.18), Keir McNamara (4-4 3.59) and Jeb Pickett (4-3 3.59)... but recent additions to the relief corps has also strengthened them... which may make them a very strong contender for second place as well... Turon is 18 games behind San Alejo, but only 3 games behind Colchester and Summerland, the second place teams... The Typhoons have a 3.82 team ERA (5th), but that is misleading... the present crop of pitchers are much better than that... new closer Mac Yokum (2-3 2.66) has solidified that position with 9 saves in his five weeks with the club.

Batting-wise Richburn's crew is hitting .256 (5th) with 51 roundtrippers (4th)... top hitters are 1B Boots Dubois (.309) with 5 homers, 36 RBIs, 46 runs and 9 stolen bases... and C Trace Crittenden (.288) with 7 home runs and 50 RBIs... Things are looking up the Turon Typhoons for the final half of the season.

This has been a terrible year for the Cape Coral Hurricanes (29-42) and manager Huggy Miller... They are in seventh place and 23 games back, but only 6 games out of fourth place... the top four teams in each division will make the playoffs... the 'Canes have a .251 BA (7th), 3.96 ERA (6th), have hit only 45 homers (7th) and are fielding .979 (3rd).

Miller's starting foursome are Cody Burg (3-3 2.91), Wally Robinson (5-7 3.50), Tommy Archer (5-6 3.82) and Jeff Salow (3.99)... they have been competent and fairly dependable, but Cape Coral's relievers have been bad... if the Hurricanes don't get help in the bullpen, they will be stuck in seventh place this season.

Cape Coral doesn't have much to brag about at the plate, either... Miller's best are just adequate... the Hurrricanes do not have any star players... 2B Hoshi Sato (.258) has 40 RBIs and 12 homers to lead the offense with some help from rookie CF Edmundo Montano (.314), and infielders Kenny Hall (.301) and Bobo Hatfield (.305).

The inept Arroyo Grande Suns (21-50) are last in hitting with a minuscule .237 BA, last with a humongous 5.63 ERA and last with a miserable .966 FA... No surprise the Suns are also in last place in the Tycobbian Union South Division.

However, there is one bright spot for manager Jean-Luc Marchand - Arroyo Grande is second with 68 home runs... sparked by CF Dante Brunet (.255) with 18 home runs and 52 RBIs and LF Robby Wells (.260) with 12 roundtrippers and 36 runs batted in.

The Suns only have two pitchers under a 5.00 ERA... starter Marty Patino is 3-3 with a 3.78 ERA and closer Vince Loggia is 0-0 in 21 appearances with a 3.24 ERA. Suffice to say Arroyo Grande will finish last this year... and probably for years to come.

03-02-2009, 10:18 PM	#736
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,868	The Islandian Times Saturday, June 15, 2002 San Alejo Dominates TU South The race is over in the Tycobbian Union South. Manager Lando Peceda's Montaneros have run up a 15-game lead at the halfway point in the season. There is no way any team will catch them this season. The San Alejo Montaneros are far and away the best team in the division. The other teams are just playing for playoff positions and then hope they don't finish fourth and have to play San Alejo. It looks like a tight battle for the last three playoffs spots between five teams. The Colchester Elites and Summerland Sunsets are deadlocked for second place, 15 games off the pace. The Southport Sun Sox are fourth, 17 games behind with the Ginza Ninjas and Turon Typhoons 18 games out and tied for fifth. Cape Coral is seventh, 23 games back. The Arroyo Grande Suns are even further back and deep in the basement, trailing by 31 games. The San Alejo Montaneros (52-19) have it all - hitting, pitching, power and defense... The Montaneros are batting .273 (2nd), have an unbelievably low 2.76 ERA (1st), have belted 70 homers (1st) and are fielding .981 (2nd). Skipper Lando Peceda has excellent pitching with starters Ernie Arredondo (13-3 2.06), tied for the most wins in the IPA, Jaime Serrano (10-5 3.08), Alberto Herrera (6-1 1.84) and Vitorio Velarde (4-3 2.38)... Closer Tino Elardo (1-0 2.50) has 11 saves... and Gilberto De Paz (6-1 2.73) has done a fine job in middle relief... San Alejo has nothing but good pitchers. The Montaneros hit well, too... SS Erico Pilar (.356) tops the list, followed by C Edmundo Franquez (.338) and LF Bernie Valente (.298)... supplying the power are RF Marcelino Zunigo (.290) with 13 homers and 52 RBIs, 3B Paolo Huerta (.286) 12 home runs and 53 RBIs and 1B Rodger Wooten (.268) with 12 homers and 36 RBIs. Uncle Robbie Wilbertson pilots the Colchester Elites (37-34)... the club's strong point is its hitting... The Elites have compiled a .270 batting average (3rd) with 52 roundtrippers (3rd)... Wilbertson has three .300 hitters in 1B Harlan Roscoe (.321), 2B Leland Curtis (.313) and C Joey Siegfried (.304)... 3B Niles Stanton (.271) has socked 15 home runs and driven in 51 runs. Colchester suffers on the mound except for three good starters... The Elites have split 2-2 with San Alejo this year because of Dickie Pendarvis (10-4 2.22), Barry Henry (8-4 2.63) and Jim Danza (5-1 2.29)... when Uncle Robbie has to go to the bullpen his task gets much tougher... a second or third place finish is predicted for the Colchester Elites... they are presently tied with Summerland for the runner-up spot in the TU South. The Summerland Sunsets (37-34) under the guidance of manager Will Hackett are very similar to Colchester, but may have better overall pitching and much better defense... The Sunsets carry a .265 BA (4th) with 49 homers (6th), 3.59 ERA (3rd) and have a strong .982 fielding percentage (1st). In his starting rotation, Hackett can call on Paul Felker (6-2 3.31), Duncan Cade (6-4 3.53), Bill Taft (5-2 2.92) and Byron Hastings (8-9 3.29)... Closer Pete Van Dijk (1-2 1.25) has 12 saves and just doesn't give up runs... Even Summerland's middle relief is decent. The Sunsets attack is paced by RF Stacey Zacker (.309) with 15 home runs, 51 RBIs and 49 runs scored... LF Dennis Alsup (.339) and SS Tommy Westerfeldt (.269) with 27 RBIs, 51 runs scored and 14 SB have also made contributions. Our prediction for Summerland is second or third. Rounding out the first division in the fourth spot are the Southport Sun Sox (35-36) of manager Charley Oscar... The Sun Sox live and die with its mound corps... the team ERA is an impressive 3.19 (2nd) with a fine group of starters in Walt Corbin (7-7 2.63), Chris Cahill (4-4 2.57), Johnny Ballard (8-9 3.28) and Seth Osmer (3-4 2.03)... However, Oscar's club suffers when he has to go to the bullpen... Southport also suffers on defense with a so-so .975 fielding percentage (5th-tied). The Sun Sox are batting only .252 (6th), but have 50 homers (5th)... 1B Pat Mystryk (.278) has 7 home runs and 39 runs batted in on the year... LF Angelo Lombardi (.275) has 8 with 34 RBIs... Southport's top average belongs to C Alex Fourroux (.298)... Oscar's pitching should get him a fourth place finish and a spot in the playoffs by season's end. Last year's finalist in the Islandian Pro Cup Series was the Ginza Ninjas (34-37), losing to the Volusia Vigilantes in a four-game sweep... The Ninjas have started off slow again this year and are tied for fifth in the TU South with Turon... Manager Huroko Uchiyama fields the top hitting team in the division with a standout .276 average (1st), but lacking power with only 40 home runs (8th)... and by contrast Ginza's ERA is a lousy 4.55 (7th)...the Ninjas are not great with the glove, either... with a .975 FA (5th-tied). Ginza's top run-maker is 1B Kenshin Yamamoto (.285) with 8 homers and 43 RBI... Uchiyama can also put four .300 hitters in his line-up: OF Ronnie Cahill (.395), 3B Troy Connolly (.317), OF Charlie Campbell (.316) and OF Nick Winters (.307). On the hill, the Ninjas have decent starters in Ken Conner (10-5 4.28), Toshiharu Ito (9-5 3.50) and Kojiro Matsumoto 7-6 4.69)... this year they are getting by because of the strong hitting support... All three are down considerably in ERA from last year... 2001 records: Conner (15-8 2.63), Ito (17-8 2.74), Matsumoto (19-11 3.00)... Uchiyama has nothing in the bullpen... fifth or sixth may be the best Ginza can do this year. Manager Ashton "Whitey" Richburn heads up the Turon Typhoons (34-37) and has them in a tie for fifth... the Typhoons main strength is on the mound with starters Scotty Boswell (6-6 2.94), Jacques Lemaire (6-8 3.18), Keir McNamara (4-4 3.59) and Jeb Pickett (4-3 3.59)... but recent additions to the relief corps has also strengthened them... which may make them a very strong contender for second place as well... Turon is 18 games behind San Alejo, but only 3 games behind Colchester and Summerland, the second place teams... The Typhoons have a 3.82 team ERA (5th), but that is misleading... the present crop of pitchers are much better than that... new closer Mac Yokum (2-3 2.66) has solidified that position with 9 saves in his five weeks with the club. Batting-wise Richburn's crew is hitting .256 (5th) with 51 roundtrippers (4th)... top hitters are 1B Boots Dubois (.309) with 5 homers, 36 RBIs, 46 runs and 9 stolen bases... and C Trace Crittenden (.288) with 7 home runs and 50 RBIs... Things are looking up the Turon Typhoons for the final half of the season. This has been a terrible year for the Cape Coral Hurricanes (29-42) and manager Huggy Miller... They are in seventh place and 23 games back, but only 6 games out of fourth place... the top four teams in each division will make the playoffs... the 'Canes have a .251 BA (7th), 3.96 ERA (6th), have hit only 45 homers (7th) and are fielding .979 (3rd). Miller's starting foursome are Cody Burg (3-3 2.91), Wally Robinson (5-7 3.50), Tommy Archer (5-6 3.82) and Jeff Salow (3.99)... they have been competent and fairly dependable, but Cape Coral's relievers have been bad... if the Hurricanes don't get help in the bullpen, they will be stuck in seventh place this season. Cape Coral doesn't have much to brag about at the plate, either... Miller's best are just adequate... the Hurrricanes do not have any star players... 2B Hoshi Sato (.258) has 40 RBIs and 12 homers to lead the offense with some help from rookie CF Edmundo Montano (.314), and infielders Kenny Hall (.301) and Bobo Hatfield (.305). The inept Arroyo Grande Suns (21-50) are last in hitting with a minuscule .237 BA, last with a humongous 5.63 ERA and last with a miserable .966 FA... No surprise the Suns are also in last place in the Tycobbian Union South Division. However, there is one bright spot for manager Jean-Luc Marchand - Arroyo Grande is second with 68 home runs... sparked by CF Dante Brunet (.255) with 18 home runs and 52 RBIs and LF Robby Wells (.260) with 12 roundtrippers and 36 runs batted in. The Suns only have two pitchers under a 5.00 ERA... starter Marty Patino is 3-3 with a 3.78 ERA and closer Vince Loggia is 0-0 in 21 appearances with a 3.24 ERA. Suffice to say Arroyo Grande will finish last this year... and probably for years to come. Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-06-2009 at 08:27 PM.