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Eugene Church · 03-05-2010, 06:15 PM

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

2010 Tycobbian East Final Recap

Ozarka Pulls Away From Tuckanarra, Cops Flag By 3 Games
The Tycobbian East was a four-team battle at the halfway point, but Ozarka and Tuckanarra separated from Red Bluff and South Fork in the decisive second half. The Naturals closed quite well to put away the second place Tuckanarra Blue Jays by three games. Tuckanarra faded in the last six weeks of the season. First half leader Red Bluff slipped back to third place and wound up 7 games off the pace. Fourth place South Fork fell apart in the second half and dropped 14 games back of Ozarka.

Joe Mac Carney's Ozarka Naturals (88-66) are a well-rounded ball club with a .264 team BA (10th), very good pitching with a 3.42 ERA (4th) and solid fielding with a .975 FA... the Nats offense is paced by LF Vic Weinstein (.306/20/93/100), 2B Gil Lantz (.301/11/73/63), SS Nathan Ferrell (.266/24/95/80) and 3B Todd Chadwick (.258/25/91/113)... Carney has a fine starting rotation consisting of Emile Leduc (23-12 2.87), Tyrus Yokum (21-11 2.94), Philip Britt (17-12 3.42) and Karl Kleinert (17-11 3.92).

The Tuckanarra Blue Jays (85-69) are blessed with strong pitching... manager Carlton "Lefty" Stevens' mound staff has put up an outstanding 3.21 ERA (2nd)... Stevens' has three fine starters in Titus Bristow (21-13 2.90), Delaney Elliott (21-14 3.34) and Nile Applewhite (16-16 3.09)... the Blue Jays have an excellent closer in rookie Reggie Ralston (6-4 2.86), who saved 35 games... Tuckanarra really falls short in the batting department with a .252 BA (24th) and doesn't have much power... Stevens' best bats are 3B Rocky Fuqua (.303/9/38/82) and LF Tony Blundell (.267/13/61/64)... it is tough compete in the IPA with such poor offense.

The powerful Red Bluff Red Sox (81-73) with four division flags and one Pro Cup slumped badly in the second half and fell back to third place, trailing Ozarka by 7 games... Mack Connery still has a good offense with a .266 BA (9th) and 151 homers (4th), but could use a little more pitching... the team only had one stopper this year in dependable John Dougherty (19-12 3.55)... Dougherty was the only full-time starter with a record over the .500 mark... the veteran Frank Beaudoin (16-21 3.31) pitched well, but wound up with a losing record... Red Sox batting leaders were 3B Tommy Klegg (.306 BA) with 44 homers and 123 RBIs, SS Jose Aguilar (.294BA) with 13 home runs, 104 runs and 76 RBIs... and LF Bryan Wessels (.299 BA) with 16 roundtrippers, 65 runs batted in and 83 runs scored.

The South Fork Stallions (74-80) continued their consecutive losing string to seven years... skipper Duroche "Lips" Leon had the Stallions only three games off the pace at mid-year, but they chilled down in the second half and spiraled downward to 14 games back in fourth place... South Fork hit for a .263 BA (11th) with 143 homers (16th) and ranked 13th with a 3.70 team ERA... Bobby Karu (17-17 3.14) and Dave Small topped the hurlers, while CF Gary Horn (.307/23/101/87), rookie 1B Joe Peters (.268/21/91/68) and RF Robby Michael (.357/12/74/81) were the Stallions best bats.

The four clubs in the second division were never in contention... the High Mesa Cowboys (71-83) hit well with a .270 BA (6th), 161 home runs (8th), but flopped on the hill with a 4.24 team ERA (27th)... manager Frisky Franks team ended up in fifth place, 17 games out... SS Wild Deer Etchimin (.294) had a career year and led the club with 34 homers and 87 RBIs... other contributors were 3B Eddie Albrecht (.306) with 16 home runs, 71 RBIs and 83 runs... RF Sookie Givens (.295) with 25 homers, 84 RBIs and 75 runs... and CF Kermit Wiggins (.288) with 83 runs scored and 50 batted in... Kent Wells had a good season on the mound with an 18-15 mark and a 3.49 ERA... Johnny Falcon went 16-15 with a 4.13 ERA... rookie reliever Ed Galiano (4-5) had 27 saves with an excellent 2.04 ERA.

For the tenth straight season the Hillsboro Blazers (68-86) wallowed in the TU East second division... Arky Spanderson's crew were sixth in the standings and 20 games off the pace... they batted .255 (20th) and hit 152 homers (12th), but chalked up a feeble 4.30 team ERA (29th)... but the future may hold good for the Blazers... Ed Dupard had a fantastic year with a 22-15 mark and a 2.93 ERA... Dupard led the Tycobbian Union with 22 complete games... only Beechwood's Dek Jumonville (23-14) was better with an IPA-best 24 complete games... at the plate two rookie outfielders Chris Barrett and CF Victor Schroeder had good seasons... Barrett dazzled with a .325 batting average, went deep 27 times, drove in 75 runs and scored 76 times in only 76 games... in 96 games Schroeder belted 22 roundtippers and batted in 8 1 runs, but only hit .246 for an average... vet 3B Bobby Bayas had a decent year with a .275 BA, 10 homers, 52 RBIs and scored 100 runs... and RF Rickey Alfonso batted .308 with 12 home runs, 67 RBIs and 79 runs.

Coming in seventh were Cochise Chandler's Midway Wolves (67-87), another perennial also-ran that has never made the postseason... the Wolves finished 21 games out of first... There's not much to cheer about in Midway except for 187 home runs (2nd)... otherwise the Wolves are bad with .250 BA (26th) and a 4.16 ERA (28th)... only Lanky Elsu (16-12 4.03) posted a winning record on the mound... but Chandler does have some offense with rookie LF Hiamovi Wolf, who exploded with 40 homers and 92 RBIs, while batting only .235... veteran 1B Don Piper hit 26 out of the park, drove in 100 and scored 100 with a .270 BA... RF Lou Sturge walloped 32 home runs, had 95 RBIs and scored 93 times... and another rookie CF Johnny Lee batted .279 with 19 roundtrippers, 57 RBIs and 81 runs.

The East Point Panthers (57-97) had their worst year ever and ended up in last place and 31 games in back of first place Ozarka... manager Griff Clarke's club can score a few runs with 155 homers (9th-tied), but they don't hit for average, finishing (15th) with a .258 batting average... pitching is almost non-existent with a 4.52 team ERA (31st)... CF Joey Olson (.283 BA) hammered 37 homers and drove in 107 runs, 2B Jesse Goodwin (.302 BA) unloaded 35 times and knocked in 96 runs... LF Cisco Perales (.294 BA) went deep 24 times and batted in 66 runs... and SS Jerry Riley hit .309 with 7 home runs, 56 RBIs and scored 81 times... East Point's top pitcher was 10-year veteran Smokey Joe Carter with an 11-19 record and a 3.99 ERA.

03-05-2010, 06:15 PM	#1602
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,875	The Islandian Times Thursday, September 23, 2010 2010 Tycobbian East Final Recap Ozarka Pulls Away From Tuckanarra, Cops Flag By 3 Games The Tycobbian East was a four-team battle at the halfway point, but Ozarka and Tuckanarra separated from Red Bluff and South Fork in the decisive second half. The Naturals closed quite well to put away the second place Tuckanarra Blue Jays by three games. Tuckanarra faded in the last six weeks of the season. First half leader Red Bluff slipped back to third place and wound up 7 games off the pace. Fourth place South Fork fell apart in the second half and dropped 14 games back of Ozarka. Joe Mac Carney's Ozarka Naturals (88-66) are a well-rounded ball club with a .264 team BA (10th), very good pitching with a 3.42 ERA (4th) and solid fielding with a .975 FA... the Nats offense is paced by LF Vic Weinstein (.306/20/93/100), 2B Gil Lantz (.301/11/73/63), SS Nathan Ferrell (.266/24/95/80) and 3B Todd Chadwick (.258/25/91/113)... Carney has a fine starting rotation consisting of Emile Leduc (23-12 2.87), Tyrus Yokum (21-11 2.94), Philip Britt (17-12 3.42) and Karl Kleinert (17-11 3.92). The Tuckanarra Blue Jays (85-69) are blessed with strong pitching... manager Carlton "Lefty" Stevens' mound staff has put up an outstanding 3.21 ERA (2nd)... Stevens' has three fine starters in Titus Bristow (21-13 2.90), Delaney Elliott (21-14 3.34) and Nile Applewhite (16-16 3.09)... the Blue Jays have an excellent closer in rookie Reggie Ralston (6-4 2.86), who saved 35 games... Tuckanarra really falls short in the batting department with a .252 BA (24th) and doesn't have much power... Stevens' best bats are 3B Rocky Fuqua (.303/9/38/82) and LF Tony Blundell (.267/13/61/64)... it is tough compete in the IPA with such poor offense. The powerful Red Bluff Red Sox (81-73) with four division flags and one Pro Cup slumped badly in the second half and fell back to third place, trailing Ozarka by 7 games... Mack Connery still has a good offense with a .266 BA (9th) and 151 homers (4th), but could use a little more pitching... the team only had one stopper this year in dependable John Dougherty (19-12 3.55)... Dougherty was the only full-time starter with a record over the .500 mark... the veteran Frank Beaudoin (16-21 3.31) pitched well, but wound up with a losing record... Red Sox batting leaders were 3B Tommy Klegg (.306 BA) with 44 homers and 123 RBIs, SS Jose Aguilar (.294BA) with 13 home runs, 104 runs and 76 RBIs... and LF Bryan Wessels (.299 BA) with 16 roundtrippers, 65 runs batted in and 83 runs scored. The South Fork Stallions (74-80) continued their consecutive losing string to seven years... skipper Duroche "Lips" Leon had the Stallions only three games off the pace at mid-year, but they chilled down in the second half and spiraled downward to 14 games back in fourth place... South Fork hit for a .263 BA (11th) with 143 homers (16th) and ranked 13th with a 3.70 team ERA... Bobby Karu (17-17 3.14) and Dave Small topped the hurlers, while CF Gary Horn (.307/23/101/87), rookie 1B Joe Peters (.268/21/91/68) and RF Robby Michael (.357/12/74/81) were the Stallions best bats. The four clubs in the second division were never in contention... the High Mesa Cowboys (71-83) hit well with a .270 BA (6th), 161 home runs (8th), but flopped on the hill with a 4.24 team ERA (27th)... manager Frisky Franks team ended up in fifth place, 17 games out... SS Wild Deer Etchimin (.294) had a career year and led the club with 34 homers and 87 RBIs... other contributors were 3B Eddie Albrecht (.306) with 16 home runs, 71 RBIs and 83 runs... RF Sookie Givens (.295) with 25 homers, 84 RBIs and 75 runs... and CF Kermit Wiggins (.288) with 83 runs scored and 50 batted in... Kent Wells had a good season on the mound with an 18-15 mark and a 3.49 ERA... Johnny Falcon went 16-15 with a 4.13 ERA... rookie reliever Ed Galiano (4-5) had 27 saves with an excellent 2.04 ERA. For the tenth straight season the Hillsboro Blazers (68-86) wallowed in the TU East second division... Arky Spanderson's crew were sixth in the standings and 20 games off the pace... they batted .255 (20th) and hit 152 homers (12th), but chalked up a feeble 4.30 team ERA (29th)... but the future may hold good for the Blazers... Ed Dupard had a fantastic year with a 22-15 mark and a 2.93 ERA... Dupard led the Tycobbian Union with 22 complete games... only Beechwood's Dek Jumonville (23-14) was better with an IPA-best 24 complete games... at the plate two rookie outfielders Chris Barrett and CF Victor Schroeder had good seasons... Barrett dazzled with a .325 batting average, went deep 27 times, drove in 75 runs and scored 76 times in only 76 games... in 96 games Schroeder belted 22 roundtippers and batted in 8 1 runs, but only hit .246 for an average... vet 3B Bobby Bayas had a decent year with a .275 BA, 10 homers, 52 RBIs and scored 100 runs... and RF Rickey Alfonso batted .308 with 12 home runs, 67 RBIs and 79 runs. Coming in seventh were Cochise Chandler's Midway Wolves (67-87), another perennial also-ran that has never made the postseason... the Wolves finished 21 games out of first... There's not much to cheer about in Midway except for 187 home runs (2nd)... otherwise the Wolves are bad with .250 BA (26th) and a 4.16 ERA (28th)... only Lanky Elsu (16-12 4.03) posted a winning record on the mound... but Chandler does have some offense with rookie LF Hiamovi Wolf, who exploded with 40 homers and 92 RBIs, while batting only .235... veteran 1B Don Piper hit 26 out of the park, drove in 100 and scored 100 with a .270 BA... RF Lou Sturge walloped 32 home runs, had 95 RBIs and scored 93 times... and another rookie CF Johnny Lee batted .279 with 19 roundtrippers, 57 RBIs and 81 runs. The East Point Panthers (57-97) had their worst year ever and ended up in last place and 31 games in back of first place Ozarka... manager Griff Clarke's club can score a few runs with 155 homers (9th-tied), but they don't hit for average, finishing (15th) with a .258 batting average... pitching is almost non-existent with a 4.52 team ERA (31st)... CF Joey Olson (.283 BA) hammered 37 homers and drove in 107 runs, 2B Jesse Goodwin (.302 BA) unloaded 35 times and knocked in 96 runs... LF Cisco Perales (.294 BA) went deep 24 times and batted in 66 runs... and SS Jerry Riley hit .309 with 7 home runs, 56 RBIs and scored 81 times... East Point's top pitcher was 10-year veteran Smokey Joe Carter with an 11-19 record and a 3.99 ERA.