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Eugene Church · 08-04-2011, 08:24 PM

The Islandian Times
Monday, September 22, 2025

2025 Tycobbian East Final Recap

South Fork Shocks Tucks, Wins TU East
It was a shocker in the Tycobbian East this season... The South Fork Stallions have always been perennial also-rans... 23 years without a pennant... no postseason since 2002... after a sixth-place finish last season, no one expected it to change in 2025 either... most everybody thought it be pretty much the same this year... everybody but the Stallions... They stunned the heavily-favored Tuckanarra Blue Jays with a fantastic second-half run to win the TU East by 3 games... the strong Midway Wolves came in third and 6 games back with Hillsboro fourth in the standings, 10 games out of first... six teams wound up .500 or better in the very strong TU East.

1st - South Fork Stallions (96-58)... sixth last year (69-85)... Deloche "Lips" Leon had a lot to talk about this year as his South Fork Stallions won more games than anybody in the IPA... an influx of 5 rookies made the difference... they started off slowly and trailed Midway by 6 games in May and 5 games in June... Pro Cup champ Tuckanarra took over and led them by 9 in July... but the Stallions went an astounding 44-13 the next two months to go up by 2 games over the Blue Jays by September... South Fork is a well-balanced ball club with a .261 BA (5th), 3rd in scoring and 12th with 136 roundtrippers... on the mound they had a 3.14 team ERA (4th)... they are just average defensively with a .971 FA... Gary Price (22-14 2.95) and rookie Bill Massey (21-10 2.99) sparked the rotation with help from two more freshmen Jim Tettelbach (17-12 3.63) and Ozz Gatsby (19-9 3.73)... solid vet LF Patric Giles led the team with 28 homers, 94 RBIs and 114 runs, while hitting .291... 1B Teddy Nixon added a .307 BA, 10 home runs, 64 RBIs and 77 runs... rookies SS Kurt Pankewitz (.267/11/68/66) and 3B Mark Barker (.287/7/45/53) also contributed with their bats and gloves... South Fork's triumph was no fluke... Tuckanarra and Midway never gave up, they were just outplayed.

2nd - Tuckanarra Blue Jays (93-61)... coming into the season the magnificent Blue Jays were favored to win a third straight TU East and a third straight Pro Cup and they might have, if it wasn't for South Fork... manager Carlton "Lefty" Stevens had everybody back and was ready and primed to 3-peat... the Blue Jays hit very well with a .263 BA (4th), scored well (4th-tied), had good power with 148 homers (6th) and handled the gloves well with a very good .976 FA (6th)... All-Star 3B Koora Nawajuk (.313/28/111/101) had a break-out season... standout 1B Lynn Starr (.302/30/97/109) and All-Star RF Danny Redd (.306/7/41/117) performed admirably, too... the mound corps did their job well, too... Quinn Starr (26-13 2.33) led the IPA with 26 wins... Croc Wedgedale (17-11 3.03) and Lynn Starr (17-16 3.03) were very effective, too... in the bullpen closer Archie Desmond (6-2) stood out with 28 saves and a microscopic 1.10 ERA... how good was Tuckanarra?... the Blue Jays were tied with Rolling Hills and Ginza for second place with 93 victories.

3rd - Midway Wolves (90-64)... runner-up in 2024, lost out by one game... this year Midway was a powerhouse, too, but overshadowed just a little bit by South Fork and Tuckanarra... Cochise Chandler's crew batted .268 (2nd), were second in scoring and hit 138 homers (11th)... the Wolves had a fine 3.32 team ERA (9th) and were tied for 9th in fielding with a .975 percentage... Midway had it all, too... they were just unlucky to play in the strongest division in the IPA... Chandler's line-up is packed with fine hitters: All-Star 3B Rusty Graves (.321/24/85/98), All-Star SS Rob Gigler (.296/19/73/100), RF Chitto Chandler (.287/15/97/83), CF Johnny Lee (.312/18/67/97) and 1B Cal Hunter (.285/14/72/70)... anchoring the mound staff were Motega Wolf (20-10 3.29) and Bobby Dorignac (18-15 2.69)... Luka Abromowitz (20-11 3.83) and Alberto Toledo (13-10 3.40) were quality number three and four starters.

4th - Hillsboro Blazers (88-66)... In recent years Hillsboro has had to play third and fourth fiddle to the TU East powers, winding up fourth last year with an 87-67 record... nonetheless they are a pretty fair ball club with solid pitching (3.23 ERA-6th) and good power (153 HR/4th), but play poor defense (.968 FA)... All-Star Ben Garvik (22-13 2.77) had a super year... manager Rawhide Marshall had an effective rotation with veterans Tom Edgar (17-14 3.10), Pat Buettner (18-14 3.60) and Yank Yoland (15-13 3.59)... his bullpen was excellent, led by All-Star Gregg Hughes (6-7), who registered 33 saves and chalked up a strong 1.48 ERA... the Blazers featured some good bats, too, paced by 1B Larry Guichard (.308/15/82/85), SS Jason DiMucci (.300/5/84/82), CF Biggy Washington (.272/14/48/103), who led the IPA with 76 SB, All-Star RF Tommy O'Hara (.280/34/91/93) and 2B Matt Lalonde (.300/9/47/76).

5th - Ozarka Naturals (86-68)... 10 GB... improved from 67-87 and 6th place last season... skipper Joe Mac Carney easily has the best fifth-place team in the IPA... the Nats hit well for average with a .265 (3rd), but they don't hit with power, only 83 homers (31st) and they are only average in offense (16th)... on the hill Ozarka is better-than-average with a 3.48 team ERA (14th)... Defensively they are the best in the IPA with a superb .980 FA... top mound performers were starters Jeb Mashburn (17-18 2.83), Howard Hutch (18-13 3.74), who topped the IPA with 320 strikeouts in 282 innings and Wayne Gates (16-11 3.84), plus super closer Josh Carpenter (6-5) with 32 saves and an impressive 1.53 ERA... at the plate 1B George Jenkins was outstanding with a .349 BA, 27 HR, 99 RBIs and 96 runs... SS James Couch also chipped in with 10 homers, 76 RBIs and scored 96 runs, while batting .274.

6th - High Mesa Cowboys (77-77)... 19 games behind... the Cowpokes were 5th last year with a 73-81 mark... Frisky Franks' bunch don't hit much for average (.249-27th), but do hit with power... High Mesa led the IPA with 199 homers, helped quite a bit by its small stadium... they can score runs (7th)... pitching is pretty decent... a 4.13 team ERA is not bad at Queen Ranch Stadium, where the dimensions are 312 and 306 down the lines and 350 in the power alleys... veteran Ronald Ward paced the pitchers with a 20-15 record and a 3.91 ERA... rookie Emil Kaltenborn (6-6 3.32) showed well after joining the club in late July... vet closer Pete Woods (3-3) enjoyed a very nice season with 25 saves and a great 2.04 ERA... IPA icon and superstar 1B Jack Elliott again led High Mesa at the plate with 41 homers, 94 RBIs and 108 runs, while batting .300... his 41 home runs were the most in the IPA this season... it's the 8th time Elliott has led the TU in roundtrippers... in 13 seasons Elliott has 676 homers and a .353 career batting average... Elliott's average is the best in IPA history... he is second to Phil Gravelli in home runs... 41-year-old Gravelli has 726 in 25 years... RF Bill Andrews (.268 BA) and CF Joe Hamilton (.259) also swing power bats for the Cowboys... Andrews had 35 homers and 102 RBIs and Hamilton had 33 homers and 73 RBIs.

7th - Red Bluff Red Sox (64-90)... 32 games off the pace... were cellar-dwellers last season with a 66-88 mark... good offense, lousy pitching... batted .253 (18th), but had good power with 158 homers (3rd)... 9th in scoring... pitching poor with 4.59 team ERA (30th)... top bats were RF Corbett Brooks with a .288 BA, 32 homers, 100 RBIs and 91 runs... and 40-year-old star 3B James Mack .291 BA, 27 HR, 96 RBI and 84 runs... C Jim Schubert (.251/8/43/55) made the All-Star team for the fourth time this season... Schubert fielded .994 and threw out 43% of the runners... 14-year vet Rodger Wright (14-11 4.28) was the most effective pitcher manager Bucky Frizzell had.

8th - East Point Panthers (53-101) 43 GB... surprising 4th last season with 73-81 record... pitching totally collapsed this year with a 5.47 team ERA... only young closer J. D. McDermott (7-3) had a good year... McDermott saved 23 games and posted a 2.48 ERA... fair offense led by LF Jerry Thomas (.298/18/96/77) and RF Kendo Aoki (.278/24/85/82)... Panthers finished last for the 13th time in history... last appeared in the playoffs in 2008 when they won the division... also made the postseason in 2002 when the top four teams in each division qualified.

08-04-2011, 08:24 PM	#2658
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,877	*The Islandian Times* Monday, September 22, 2025 2025 Tycobbian East Final Recap South Fork Shocks Tucks, Wins TU East It was a shocker in the Tycobbian East this season... The South Fork Stallions have always been perennial also-rans... 23 years without a pennant... no postseason since 2002... after a sixth-place finish last season, no one expected it to change in 2025 either... most everybody thought it be pretty much the same this year... everybody but the Stallions... They stunned the heavily-favored Tuckanarra Blue Jays with a fantastic second-half run to win the TU East by 3 games... the strong Midway Wolves came in third and 6 games back with Hillsboro fourth in the standings, 10 games out of first... six teams wound up .500 or better in the very strong TU East. 1st - South Fork Stallions (96-58)... sixth last year (69-85)... Deloche "Lips" Leon had a lot to talk about this year as his South Fork Stallions won more games than anybody in the IPA... an influx of 5 rookies made the difference... they started off slowly and trailed Midway by 6 games in May and 5 games in June... Pro Cup champ Tuckanarra took over and led them by 9 in July... but the Stallions went an astounding 44-13 the next two months to go up by 2 games over the Blue Jays by September... South Fork is a well-balanced ball club with a .261 BA (5th), 3rd in scoring and 12th with 136 roundtrippers... on the mound they had a 3.14 team ERA (4th)... they are just average defensively with a .971 FA... Gary Price (22-14 2.95) and rookie Bill Massey (21-10 2.99) sparked the rotation with help from two more freshmen Jim Tettelbach (17-12 3.63) and Ozz Gatsby (19-9 3.73)... solid vet LF Patric Giles led the team with 28 homers, 94 RBIs and 114 runs, while hitting .291... 1B Teddy Nixon added a .307 BA, 10 home runs, 64 RBIs and 77 runs... rookies SS Kurt Pankewitz (.267/11/68/66) and 3B Mark Barker (.287/7/45/53) also contributed with their bats and gloves... South Fork's triumph was no fluke... Tuckanarra and Midway never gave up, they were just outplayed. 2nd - Tuckanarra Blue Jays (93-61)... coming into the season the magnificent Blue Jays were favored to win a third straight TU East and a third straight Pro Cup and they might have, if it wasn't for South Fork... manager Carlton "Lefty" Stevens had everybody back and was ready and primed to 3-peat... the Blue Jays hit very well with a .263 BA (4th), scored well (4th-tied), had good power with 148 homers (6th) and handled the gloves well with a very good .976 FA (6th)... All-Star 3B Koora Nawajuk (.313/28/111/101) had a break-out season... standout 1B Lynn Starr (.302/30/97/109) and All-Star RF Danny Redd (.306/7/41/117) performed admirably, too... the mound corps did their job well, too... Quinn Starr (26-13 2.33) led the IPA with 26 wins... Croc Wedgedale (17-11 3.03) and Lynn Starr (17-16 3.03) were very effective, too... in the bullpen closer Archie Desmond (6-2) stood out with 28 saves and a microscopic 1.10 ERA... how good was Tuckanarra?... the Blue Jays were tied with Rolling Hills and Ginza for second place with 93 victories. 3rd - Midway Wolves (90-64)... runner-up in 2024, lost out by one game... this year Midway was a powerhouse, too, but overshadowed just a little bit by South Fork and Tuckanarra... Cochise Chandler's crew batted .268 (2nd), were second in scoring and hit 138 homers (11th)... the Wolves had a fine 3.32 team ERA (9th) and were tied for 9th in fielding with a .975 percentage... Midway had it all, too... they were just unlucky to play in the strongest division in the IPA... Chandler's line-up is packed with fine hitters: All-Star 3B Rusty Graves (.321/24/85/98), All-Star SS Rob Gigler (.296/19/73/100), RF Chitto Chandler (.287/15/97/83), CF Johnny Lee (.312/18/67/97) and 1B Cal Hunter (.285/14/72/70)... anchoring the mound staff were Motega Wolf (20-10 3.29) and Bobby Dorignac (18-15 2.69)... Luka Abromowitz (20-11 3.83) and Alberto Toledo (13-10 3.40) were quality number three and four starters. 4th - Hillsboro Blazers (88-66)... In recent years Hillsboro has had to play third and fourth fiddle to the TU East powers, winding up fourth last year with an 87-67 record... nonetheless they are a pretty fair ball club with solid pitching (3.23 ERA-6th) and good power (153 HR/4th), but play poor defense (.968 FA)... All-Star Ben Garvik (22-13 2.77) had a super year... manager Rawhide Marshall had an effective rotation with veterans Tom Edgar (17-14 3.10), Pat Buettner (18-14 3.60) and Yank Yoland (15-13 3.59)... his bullpen was excellent, led by All-Star Gregg Hughes (6-7), who registered 33 saves and chalked up a strong 1.48 ERA... the Blazers featured some good bats, too, paced by 1B Larry Guichard (.308/15/82/85), SS Jason DiMucci (.300/5/84/82), CF Biggy Washington (.272/14/48/103), who led the IPA with 76 SB, All-Star RF Tommy O'Hara (.280/34/91/93) and 2B Matt Lalonde (.300/9/47/76). 5th - Ozarka Naturals (86-68)... 10 GB... improved from 67-87 and 6th place last season... skipper Joe Mac Carney easily has the best fifth-place team in the IPA... the Nats hit well for average with a .265 (3rd), but they don't hit with power, only 83 homers (31st) and they are only average in offense (16th)... on the hill Ozarka is better-than-average with a 3.48 team ERA (14th)... Defensively they are the best in the IPA with a superb .980 FA... top mound performers were starters Jeb Mashburn (17-18 2.83), Howard Hutch (18-13 3.74), who topped the IPA with 320 strikeouts in 282 innings and Wayne Gates (16-11 3.84), plus super closer Josh Carpenter (6-5) with 32 saves and an impressive 1.53 ERA... at the plate 1B George Jenkins was outstanding with a .349 BA, 27 HR, 99 RBIs and 96 runs... SS James Couch also chipped in with 10 homers, 76 RBIs and scored 96 runs, while batting .274. 6th - High Mesa Cowboys (77-77)... 19 games behind... the Cowpokes were 5th last year with a 73-81 mark... Frisky Franks' bunch don't hit much for average (.249-27th), but do hit with power... High Mesa led the IPA with 199 homers, helped quite a bit by its small stadium... they can score runs (7th)... pitching is pretty decent... a 4.13 team ERA is not bad at Queen Ranch Stadium, where the dimensions are 312 and 306 down the lines and 350 in the power alleys... veteran Ronald Ward paced the pitchers with a 20-15 record and a 3.91 ERA... rookie Emil Kaltenborn (6-6 3.32) showed well after joining the club in late July... vet closer Pete Woods (3-3) enjoyed a very nice season with 25 saves and a great 2.04 ERA... IPA icon and superstar 1B Jack Elliott again led High Mesa at the plate with 41 homers, 94 RBIs and 108 runs, while batting .300... his 41 home runs were the most in the IPA this season... it's the 8th time Elliott has led the TU in roundtrippers... in 13 seasons Elliott has 676 homers and a .353 career batting average... Elliott's average is the best in IPA history... he is second to Phil Gravelli in home runs... 41-year-old Gravelli has 726 in 25 years... RF Bill Andrews (.268 BA) and CF Joe Hamilton (.259) also swing power bats for the Cowboys... Andrews had 35 homers and 102 RBIs and Hamilton had 33 homers and 73 RBIs. 7th - Red Bluff Red Sox (64-90)... 32 games off the pace... were cellar-dwellers last season with a 66-88 mark... good offense, lousy pitching... batted .253 (18th), but had good power with 158 homers (3rd)... 9th in scoring... pitching poor with 4.59 team ERA (30th)... top bats were RF Corbett Brooks with a .288 BA, 32 homers, 100 RBIs and 91 runs... and 40-year-old star 3B James Mack .291 BA, 27 HR, 96 RBI and 84 runs... C Jim Schubert (.251/8/43/55) made the All-Star team for the fourth time this season... Schubert fielded .994 and threw out 43% of the runners... 14-year vet Rodger Wright (14-11 4.28) was the most effective pitcher manager Bucky Frizzell had. 8th - East Point Panthers (53-101) 43 GB... surprising 4th last season with 73-81 record... pitching totally collapsed this year with a 5.47 team ERA... only young closer J. D. McDermott (7-3) had a good year... McDermott saved 23 games and posted a 2.48 ERA... fair offense led by LF Jerry Thomas (.298/18/96/77) and RF Kendo Aoki (.278/24/85/82)... Panthers finished last for the 13th time in history... last appeared in the playoffs in 2008 when they won the division... also made the postseason in 2002 when the top four teams in each division qualified. Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-17-2022 at 12:10 PM.