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Eugene Church · 11-11-2009, 03:27 PM

The Islandian Times

Monday, June 19, 2006

Tycobbian Union South Division

Turon Turned It On in Second Half, Takes TU South by 7 Games
The Tycobbian South pennant chase was close until mid-year with only four games separating the top five teams. At that point the Turon Typhoons excellent pitching got even better and its hitting did, too. Manager Ashton "Whitey" Richburn's club took off and put up a 45-28 record over the final three months and won the division title by 7 games over runner-up Cape Coral. The Colchester Elites were third in the standings 10 games off the pace with San Alejo coming in fourth, 15 games behind. Ginza, which was in the running at the All-Star break, ended up 16 games back and in fifth place. Colchester (36-37), San Alejo (35-38) and Ginza (33-40) slumped under .500 during the second half of the season and dropped out of the race.

Turon (89-65) led the TU with a 3.27 ERA. The Typhoons rotation included two 20-game winners in James Longstreet (22-7 2.50) and Scotty Boswell (21-12 2.22). Freddi Speigel (13-12 3.58) gave Richburn a good number-three starter. Middle reliever Ronnie Zetterberg (2-1 2.39) also provided solid work in 41 appearances. Turon only had average hitting, but it was enough to win the crown.

All-Star rookie C Todd Somerset led the club with 29 homers and 101 RBIs, while putting up a .296 batting average. 3B Eric Hix (.284) chipped in 17 homers and 75 RBIs, while scoring 80 times. Middle infielders John Paul Trevenot (.300/10 HR/43 RBI/95 R) and J. L. Lawrence (.309/11 HR/61 RBI/75 R) along with RF Andy Porter (.303/16 HR/70 RBI/73 R/19 SB) also provided some run support.

The second place Cape Coral Hurricanes (82-72), who won the division flags the last two seasons, came up short this year. Manager Marty Pedroza's club played poorly until July, but finally got it going and completed the second half of the year with a 45-28 mark. However, they could not catch the tough Turon Typhoons and wound up 7 games behind them. Still the Hurricanes made the postseason for the fourth consecutive season and could get another shot at the Typhoons in the Pro Cup playoffs. Cape Coral will have to beat the TU North champion Oxford in the Sweet 16 to get a shot at Turon. The Typhoons will tangle with Hartsdale of the North Division in the Sweet 16, which begins tomorrow afternoon.

Cody Burg (22-10 2.63) continued his dominance of IPA hitters as he won 20 games for the third straight season and led the IPA for the third time with 271 strikeouts. Doug Lyons (19-13 2.97) won 12 games in the second half to spark the Cape Coral revival. Newcomer Ron Blevins (7-4 3.54) will be the number-three man in Pedroza's playoff rotation. Leading the offensive attack will be RF Kippy Doyle (.308/44 HR/128 RBI/103 R), 2B Hoshi Sato (.298/27 HR/88 RBI/108 R/14 SB) and CF Bobby Josker (.272/10 HR/55 RBI/104 R/12 SB). The Hurricanes are only an average-hitting club, but can hit with power. They hammered 174 roundtrippers (7th) this season.

The third place Colchester Elites (79-75) easily outhit both Turon and Cape Coral, but didn't have the pitching to stay with them. The Elites batted .273 (6th) with 197 homers (4th) and scored 842 runs (3rd). Manager Robbie Wilbertson's hot-shot hitters were powered by All-Star rookie RF Teddy Blanton (.329/47 HR/134 RBI/106 R/12 SB), 1B Harlan Roscoe (.310/25 HR/98 RBI), CF Douglas Tilford (.305/16 HR/78 RBI/111 R/37 SB) and All-Star 2B Leland Curtis (.285/5 HR/50 RBI/100 R/45 SB). Fred Kimball (16-11 3.56) and Jimmy Simmons (15-13 3.11) were Colchester's best pitchers. They were pale in comparison to Turon's Longstreet (22-7 2.50) and Boswell (21-12 2.22) and Cape Coral's Burg (22-10 2.63) and Lyons (19-12 2.97).

After staying in contention, just four games behind at the All-Star Game, Manager Lando Peceda's San Alejo Montaneros (74-80) faltered after mid-season and ended up in the fourth spot in the TU South standings. The Montaneros are just mediocre in most things. Alberto Herrera (14-13 2.61) is the Peceda's only quality pitcher. San Alejo could use some quality batsmen, too. San Alejo's best batters are LF Bernie Valente (.266/21 HR/80 RBI/102 R/22 SB), 2B Denholm Carruthers (.283/10 HR/64 RBI/90 R) and 1B Roger Wooten (.262/23 HR/95 RBI).

Manager Huroko Uchiyama's mound corps let him down in the second half of the season and caused the Ginza Ninjas (73-81) to tumble from third place and two games out of first place at mid-season down to fifth and 16 games behind. The Ninjas only have average pitching and poor hitting, but are the second-best fielding club in the Tycobbian Union with a .979 percentage. South Fork of the TU East is the best in the IPA with a .981 fielding average.

Uchiyama has three capable starters in Alec Sasek (16-15 3.33), Toshiharu Ito (14-14 3.89) and Carl Trebek (15-17 3.95), but not much after this trio. Batting-wise Ginza has only two quality hitters in RF Lonnie Jacobson (.328/23 HR/87 RBI/88 R) and 3B Toshiro Nomura (.279/25 HR/95 RBI).

All the remaining teams in the TU South were tied for sixth place and the cellar. Arroyo Grande, Southport and Summerland all had identical 66-88 records and finished last in the standings 23 games off the pace.

The Arroyo Grande's best attribute is home run power. The Suns hit 219 roundtrippers (2nd) and can put runs on the scoreboard, but manager Jean-Luc Marchand's impotent pitching staff possesses a whopping .473 ERA (30th). Charley Boyer (14-15 3.45) and Ron Tartaglia (11-7 3.56) are the best Marchand has to offer. The Suns top sluggers are SS Jared McCarthy (.303/40 HR/105 RBI/100 R), 1B Cristian Avajos (.285/34 HR/101 RBI/86 R) and 3B Randy Knowles (.290/27 HR/93 RBI/93 R).

The Southport Sun Sox skipper Charley Oscar has only three decent players on his club: 1B Pat Mystryk (.282/27 HR/88 RBI) and pitchers Danny Rigdon (13-13 4.17) and Mark Mumford (14-19 4.07). The Sun Sox are hitting only .248 (32nd) and have the lowest team batting average in the TU and second-worst in the IPA. Only Fort Benton (.244) of the RU West is worse.

The Summerland Sunsets did not look like the same team this season. A year ago they were runner-up to the TU South champ Cape Coral and went all the way to the Final 4 in the Pro Cup Series. But not this year as most of the squad had down years all at the same time. They went from 91 victories to just 66 victories. Manager Will Hackett's best performers this season were pitchers All-Star Paul Felkner (16-17 2.66), Bill Taft (15-15 3.88), Toshiya Tomura (10-14 3.63) and 2B Tucker Hill (.322/4 HR/59 RBI/81 R) and RF Nickie Troxell (.276/29 HR/86 RBI).

11-11-2009, 03:27 PM	#1322
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,870	The Islandian Times Monday, June 19, 2006 Tycobbian Union South Division Turon Turned It On in Second Half, Takes TU South by 7 Games The Tycobbian South pennant chase was close until mid-year with only four games separating the top five teams. At that point the Turon Typhoons excellent pitching got even better and its hitting did, too. Manager Ashton "Whitey" Richburn's club took off and put up a 45-28 record over the final three months and won the division title by 7 games over runner-up Cape Coral. The Colchester Elites were third in the standings 10 games off the pace with San Alejo coming in fourth, 15 games behind. Ginza, which was in the running at the All-Star break, ended up 16 games back and in fifth place. Colchester (36-37), San Alejo (35-38) and Ginza (33-40) slumped under .500 during the second half of the season and dropped out of the race. Turon (89-65) led the TU with a 3.27 ERA. The Typhoons rotation included two 20-game winners in James Longstreet (22-7 2.50) and Scotty Boswell (21-12 2.22). Freddi Speigel (13-12 3.58) gave Richburn a good number-three starter. Middle reliever Ronnie Zetterberg (2-1 2.39) also provided solid work in 41 appearances. Turon only had average hitting, but it was enough to win the crown. All-Star rookie C Todd Somerset led the club with 29 homers and 101 RBIs, while putting up a .296 batting average. 3B Eric Hix (.284) chipped in 17 homers and 75 RBIs, while scoring 80 times. Middle infielders John Paul Trevenot (.300/10 HR/43 RBI/95 R) and J. L. Lawrence (.309/11 HR/61 RBI/75 R) along with RF Andy Porter (.303/16 HR/70 RBI/73 R/19 SB) also provided some run support. The second place Cape Coral Hurricanes (82-72), who won the division flags the last two seasons, came up short this year. Manager Marty Pedroza's club played poorly until July, but finally got it going and completed the second half of the year with a 45-28 mark. However, they could not catch the tough Turon Typhoons and wound up 7 games behind them. Still the Hurricanes made the postseason for the fourth consecutive season and could get another shot at the Typhoons in the Pro Cup playoffs. Cape Coral will have to beat the TU North champion Oxford in the Sweet 16 to get a shot at Turon. The Typhoons will tangle with Hartsdale of the North Division in the Sweet 16, which begins tomorrow afternoon. Cody Burg (22-10 2.63) continued his dominance of IPA hitters as he won 20 games for the third straight season and led the IPA for the third time with 271 strikeouts. Doug Lyons (19-13 2.97) won 12 games in the second half to spark the Cape Coral revival. Newcomer Ron Blevins (7-4 3.54) will be the number-three man in Pedroza's playoff rotation. Leading the offensive attack will be RF Kippy Doyle (.308/44 HR/128 RBI/103 R), 2B Hoshi Sato (.298/27 HR/88 RBI/108 R/14 SB) and CF Bobby Josker (.272/10 HR/55 RBI/104 R/12 SB). The Hurricanes are only an average-hitting club, but can hit with power. They hammered 174 roundtrippers (7th) this season. The third place Colchester Elites (79-75) easily outhit both Turon and Cape Coral, but didn't have the pitching to stay with them. The Elites batted .273 (6th) with 197 homers (4th) and scored 842 runs (3rd). Manager Robbie Wilbertson's hot-shot hitters were powered by All-Star rookie RF Teddy Blanton (.329/47 HR/134 RBI/106 R/12 SB), 1B Harlan Roscoe (.310/25 HR/98 RBI), CF Douglas Tilford (.305/16 HR/78 RBI/111 R/37 SB) and All-Star 2B Leland Curtis (.285/5 HR/50 RBI/100 R/45 SB). Fred Kimball (16-11 3.56) and Jimmy Simmons (15-13 3.11) were Colchester's best pitchers. They were pale in comparison to Turon's Longstreet (22-7 2.50) and Boswell (21-12 2.22) and Cape Coral's Burg (22-10 2.63) and Lyons (19-12 2.97). After staying in contention, just four games behind at the All-Star Game, Manager Lando Peceda's San Alejo Montaneros (74-80) faltered after mid-season and ended up in the fourth spot in the TU South standings. The Montaneros are just mediocre in most things. Alberto Herrera (14-13 2.61) is the Peceda's only quality pitcher. San Alejo could use some quality batsmen, too. San Alejo's best batters are LF Bernie Valente (.266/21 HR/80 RBI/102 R/22 SB), 2B Denholm Carruthers (.283/10 HR/64 RBI/90 R) and 1B Roger Wooten (.262/23 HR/95 RBI). Manager Huroko Uchiyama's mound corps let him down in the second half of the season and caused the Ginza Ninjas (73-81) to tumble from third place and two games out of first place at mid-season down to fifth and 16 games behind. The Ninjas only have average pitching and poor hitting, but are the second-best fielding club in the Tycobbian Union with a .979 percentage. South Fork of the TU East is the best in the IPA with a .981 fielding average. Uchiyama has three capable starters in Alec Sasek (16-15 3.33), Toshiharu Ito (14-14 3.89) and Carl Trebek (15-17 3.95), but not much after this trio. Batting-wise Ginza has only two quality hitters in RF Lonnie Jacobson (.328/23 HR/87 RBI/88 R) and 3B Toshiro Nomura (.279/25 HR/95 RBI). All the remaining teams in the TU South were tied for sixth place and the cellar. Arroyo Grande, Southport and Summerland all had identical 66-88 records and finished last in the standings 23 games off the pace. The Arroyo Grande's best attribute is home run power. The Suns hit 219 roundtrippers (2nd) and can put runs on the scoreboard, but manager Jean-Luc Marchand's impotent pitching staff possesses a whopping .473 ERA (30th). Charley Boyer (14-15 3.45) and Ron Tartaglia (11-7 3.56) are the best Marchand has to offer. The Suns top sluggers are SS Jared McCarthy (.303/40 HR/105 RBI/100 R), 1B Cristian Avajos (.285/34 HR/101 RBI/86 R) and 3B Randy Knowles (.290/27 HR/93 RBI/93 R). The Southport Sun Sox skipper Charley Oscar has only three decent players on his club: 1B Pat Mystryk (.282/27 HR/88 RBI) and pitchers Danny Rigdon (13-13 4.17) and Mark Mumford (14-19 4.07). The Sun Sox are hitting only .248 (32nd) and have the lowest team batting average in the TU and second-worst in the IPA. Only Fort Benton (.244) of the RU West is worse. The Summerland Sunsets did not look like the same team this season. A year ago they were runner-up to the TU South champ Cape Coral and went all the way to the Final 4 in the Pro Cup Series. But not this year as most of the squad had down years all at the same time. They went from 91 victories to just 66 victories. Manager Will Hackett's best performers this season were pitchers All-Star Paul Felkner (16-17 2.66), Bill Taft (15-15 3.88), Toshiya Tomura (10-14 3.63) and 2B Tucker Hill (.322/4 HR/59 RBI/81 R) and RF Nickie Troxell (.276/29 HR/86 RBI).