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Eugene Church · 06-25-2012, 08:51 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, September 21, 2032

2032 Ruthlandian North Final Recap

Sports Rise To Top In RU North, Dethrone Valmara
Mighty Valmara has been overthrown in the Ruthlandian North after 8 division titles in the last 9 seasons... the LaGrange Sports finally hauled in a pennant after coming very close the last few seasons... they were 78-76 in second place last year, but were beaten by 21 games by Valmara... this season Quincy Peterson's Sports easily captured the division, winning by 10 games over the Ranford Bulls, 11 games better than third-place Ancona and 13 ahead of perennial power Valmara, which came in fourth... the last time LaGrange was in the Pro Cup playoffs was way back in 2008.

Sparked by 4 All-Star players, the first-place Sports (92-62) did it with excellent starting pitching, timely hitting, power and a strong bench that hit well... the starting four of Walt Thurber (22-9), Alex Gillespie (24-10), Ryan Janssen (20-13) and Mike York (15-11) were outstanding... Thurber, Gillespie and Janssen were on the All-Star team... rookie C Matt Dunmire (25 HR), 1B Chris Charbonnier (22 HR)and LF Russell Watkins (20 HR) provided the power... Peterson had 5 bench players hitting over .300... rookie All-Star 2B Whitlow Stokes topped the team with a .304 BA... the Sports are only average on defense with a .972 FA and are quite weak in the bullpen... improved hitting with a .271 team BA made the difference this season.

06-25-2012, 08:51 PM	#3129
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,868	*THE ISLANDIAN TIMES* Tuesday, September 21, 2032 2032 Ruthlandian North Final Recap Sports Rise To Top In RU North, Dethrone Valmara Mighty Valmara has been overthrown in the Ruthlandian North after 8 division titles in the last 9 seasons... the LaGrange Sports finally hauled in a pennant after coming very close the last few seasons... they were 78-76 in second place last year, but were beaten by 21 games by Valmara... this season Quincy Peterson's Sports easily captured the division, winning by 10 games over the Ranford Bulls, 11 games better than third-place Ancona and 13 ahead of perennial power Valmara, which came in fourth... the last time LaGrange was in the Pro Cup playoffs was way back in 2008. Sparked by 4 All-Star players, the first-place Sports (92-62) did it with excellent starting pitching, timely hitting, power and a strong bench that hit well... the starting four of Walt Thurber (22-9), Alex Gillespie (24-10), Ryan Janssen (20-13) and Mike York (15-11) were outstanding... Thurber, Gillespie and Janssen were on the All-Star team... rookie C Matt Dunmire (25 HR), 1B Chris Charbonnier (22 HR)and LF Russell Watkins (20 HR) provided the power... Peterson had 5 bench players hitting over .300... rookie All-Star 2B Whitlow Stokes topped the team with a .304 BA... the Sports are only average on defense with a .972 FA and are quite weak in the bullpen... improved hitting with a .271 team BA made the difference this season. Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-25-2012 at 09:21 PM.