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Eugene Church · 11-04-2010, 11:42 PM

The Islandian Times
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Ruthlandian South Mid-Season Recap

Valka Tops RU South
Fairly tight race in the weak Ruthlandian South halfway through the season... The teams are pretty much even, but are not strong compared to the other three RU divisions... Valka has fine starters and decent hitting... The Blackhawks (40-33) have posted a 3-game lead over second place Claxton (37-36), which has the best hitting in the division, but not a lot on the hill... Crystal Lake (36-37) is third, trailing by 4... the Crushers are being carried by two fine starters, All-Star rookie Duncan Welch (11-4) and Ralph McCullough (11-6) are carrying the team... don't have much hitting... the St. John Crusaders (35-38) are 5 games out in fourth place... same situation as Crystal Lake with two good starters in Teddy Garson (11-5) and Glynn Morgan (8-8) and little else... defending champ Belair Beach (31-42) still has a good mound staff, but its offense has floundered badly... Belair Beach is tied for fifth place, trails by 9 games and has a lot of distance to make up to contend... Marty Pedroza has four quality arms led by Denny Whitaker (11-4)... the Sunbirds lost the number two starter for seven weeks... Rip Flippen (3-3) is now back and ready for the second half... improved hitting could get the Sunbirds back in the thick of the chase... Grand City (31-42) is also 9 games behind and has two good starters in Rusty Eisenbaum (8-7) and Jimbo Sterns (5-8), but has trouble scoring... 5-time All-Star 1B Ron Armstrong has missed 5 weeks, but is now back, which should give the offense a lift... the San Dimas Rancheros (30-43) are seventh and 10 games behind in the standings... the Rancheros are weak on the hill and at the plate... Waleska (27-46) is wallowing in last place, 13 games back and headed nowhere... not much of anything except for the exceptional CF Roy Hobbs, who plays well day-after-day, season-after-season... All-Star Hobbs is batting .368 with 19 homers... two starters Wilson Whitmore (7-6) and Jasper Rhodes (6-9) always give the Westerners good starts.

11-04-2010, 11:42 PM	#2100
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,956	The Islandian Times Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Ruthlandian South Mid-Season Recap Valka Tops RU South Fairly tight race in the weak Ruthlandian South halfway through the season... The teams are pretty much even, but are not strong compared to the other three RU divisions... Valka has fine starters and decent hitting... The Blackhawks (40-33) have posted a 3-game lead over second place Claxton (37-36), which has the best hitting in the division, but not a lot on the hill... Crystal Lake (36-37) is third, trailing by 4... the Crushers are being carried by two fine starters, All-Star rookie Duncan Welch (11-4) and Ralph McCullough (11-6) are carrying the team... don't have much hitting... the St. John Crusaders (35-38) are 5 games out in fourth place... same situation as Crystal Lake with two good starters in Teddy Garson (11-5) and Glynn Morgan (8-8) and little else... defending champ Belair Beach (31-42) still has a good mound staff, but its offense has floundered badly... Belair Beach is tied for fifth place, trails by 9 games and has a lot of distance to make up to contend... Marty Pedroza has four quality arms led by Denny Whitaker (11-4)... the Sunbirds lost the number two starter for seven weeks... Rip Flippen (3-3) is now back and ready for the second half... improved hitting could get the Sunbirds back in the thick of the chase... Grand City (31-42) is also 9 games behind and has two good starters in Rusty Eisenbaum (8-7) and Jimbo Sterns (5-8), but has trouble scoring... 5-time All-Star 1B Ron Armstrong has missed 5 weeks, but is now back, which should give the offense a lift... the San Dimas Rancheros (30-43) are seventh and 10 games behind in the standings... the Rancheros are weak on the hill and at the plate... Waleska (27-46) is wallowing in last place, 13 games back and headed nowhere... not much of anything except for the exceptional CF Roy Hobbs, who plays well day-after-day, season-after-season... All-Star Hobbs is batting .368 with 19 homers... two starters Wilson Whitmore (7-6) and Jasper Rhodes (6-9) always give the Westerners good starts. Last edited by Eugene Church; 11-05-2010 at 04:13 PM.