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Eugene Church · 05-04-2014, 10:38 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Tuesday, May 1, 2046

RUTHLANDIAN UNION

2-TEAM RACE IN RU NORTH, VIPERS AND A'S VIE
It's just a two-team race in the Ruthlandian North after the first month of play... last year's champ Glasco (18-9) and runner-up Valmara (18-9) are going at it again... they are deadlocked for the division lead at the end of April with Taranto (12-15) and LaGrange (12-15) trailing by 6 games... the Vipers have a strong attack (.287 BA) and good pitching (3.97 ERA), while the A's have potent pitching (2.85 ERA), they suffer from lack of scoring (106 runs) at the plate.

CYBERCATS TOP RU SOUTH IN APRIL
Fresh off a second-place finish last year in the Ruthlandian South, the Grand City Cybercats are making some noise in the early going... the C'Cats had an impressive month and have shot ahead of San Dimas by 3 games and last year' champ Claxton by 5 games... Waleska, the critics' choice, has slumbered out of the gate so far and is in a four-team tie third, 5 games off the pace... Grand City (3.13 ERA), Waleska (2.94 ERA) and Claxton (3.17 ERA) are good on the mound, while San Dimas packs the punch at the plate (.271 BA), but is very short on pitching (4.38 ERA).

RATTLERS, ELEGANTS, BOBCATS TIED IN RU EAST
Defending Pro Cup champion Sugar Valley (18-9) picked up where it left off last season and has shot out of the gate in good fashion, but so has the Eastshore Elegants (18-9) and Beechwood Bobcats (18-9)... the teams are in a three-way tie for first place in the Ruthlandian East with Elnora (14-13) and Belle Plaine (14-13) not too far behind... the Rattlers had a great month on the mound (2.48 ERA) and at the plate (39 homers)... they are still the cream of the crop in Ruthlandian baseball circles... the Elegants can stay with them offensively (34 HRs), but can't compare on the hill... the Bobcats possess a fine staff (2.73 ERA), but suffered badly with the bats.

RR SNAPPERS GRAB RU WEST LEAD
The Rocky Rapids Snappers (20-7) had it all in the first month of play... great bats (.285 BA) and great pitching (2.48 ERA) with 27 roundtrippers... they posted the best record in the IPA and have a 4-game margin over second place Sligo (16-11), 5 better than third place Forest City (15-12) and 6 ahead of their biggest competitor Middlefield (14-13), last year's division titlist... Volusia (14-13) is tied with the Roosters in fourth place... thus far Sligo (2.68 ERA) and Forest City (2.80 ERA) have hung close to Rocky Rapids with standout pitching... the Roosters have been sluggish on the scoreboard, but still top the division with 33 HRs, tied with Volusia.

TYCOBBIAN UNION

HELLCATS, FROGS TOPS IN TU NORTH
Offense is the name of the game in the Tycobbian North Division... starting May the Hartsdale Hellcats (19-8) and Fairfax Frogs (19-8) are a game up on the third place and defending division champ North Hills Hawks (18-9), 4 ahead of fourth place Oxford (15-12) and 5 in front of fifth place Blue Lake (14-13)... the Hellcats are hitting .281 with 31 HRs and 141 runs... the Frogs .292 BA with 141 runs... the Hawks are batting .289 with 150 runs... Oxford tops them all with 36 HRs and has scored 141 runs... Blue Lake is hitting .270 with 141 runs... North Hills is still solid on the mound with a standout 2.74 ERA... Hartsdale is strong, too, with a 2.89 ERA... Fairfax (3.42 ERA) and Oxford (3.53 ERA) are pretty good on the hill, too.

3 CLUBS BATTLE IN TYCOBBIAN SOUTH
Three clubs are off to a good start in the strong Tycobbian South Division, but one of them is not the Southport Sun Sox, who have won the last four pennants... the Sun Sox (9-18) had a horrible April and are deep in the cellar, already 10 games out in the race... as expected the Summerland Sunsets (19-8) are flourishing in first place, 2 games better than the hard-hitting Ginza Ninjas (17-10) and 3 games ahead of third place San Alejo (16-11)... Summerland has superior pitching with a ridiculously low 2.33 ERA, however, they have great difficulty putting runs on the scoreboard (101 runs)... the Ninjas are batting .270 with 31 HRs and 134 runs, but are only average (3.61 ERA) on the mound... San Alejo is a well-rounded club with a standout staff (2.48 ERA) and and adequate offense (.270 BA).

TUCKS, BLAZERS ATOP TU EAST
All the pollsters said the Red Bluff Red Sox would make shambles of the Tycobbian East Division again this year for the third consecutive season... while that might end up being correct, Tuckanarra and Hillsboro are not going along with the experts at this point... the Blue Jays (16-11) and Blazers (16-11) are tied after the opening month of the season and they have a one-game edge over the powerful Red Sox (15-12), who are third in the race... Hillsboro has never made the playoffs in its history... they are rated a .500 club at best... the High Mesa Cowboys (14-13) are expected to be contenders and are currently just 2 games behind in the fourth spot... pitching has dominated thus far... the Red Sox lead with a terrific 2.38 ERA... the Blue Jays have an impressive 2.87 ERA... and the Cowpokes have a very good 3.06 ERA... the Blazers are only average with a 3.59 ERA... none of the clubs have shown much offense... even Red Bluff that set an IPA all-time mark with 283 homers last year are down considerably this season... the Red Sox have gone deep only 24 times and have scored only 109 runs.

KENWOOD AGAIN LEAD TIGHT RACE IN TU WEST
The Kenwood Wildcats are going for their fifth Tycobbian West flag in the last six seasons... even though the baseball gurus didn't rate them highly in the preseason predictions, the Wildcats (17-10) are right where they have been in recent years, right on top of the division standings... Rolling Hills (15-12) is second, 2 games off the pace... Arlon (14-13), the favorite, is 3 games out in third... and Bay St. Clair (13-14) is fourth, trailing by 4 games... actually, the race is still wide open as La Claire (12-15) and Chicopee (12-15) are just 5 games behind and tied for the fifth spot in the standings... Kenwood is far and away the HR leader in the IPA with 49 in April... the Wildcats (3.41 ERA) also have fairly good pitching to go with it... Rolling Hills (2.83) has the best staff in the division, but lacks hitting and scoring... Arlon's pitching corps is fairly good with a 3.50 ERA, but the offense isn't much with a poor .241 BA and only 19 HRs.

IPA STANDINGS AT THE END OF APRIL

05-04-2014, 10:38 PM	#4184
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,869	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Tuesday, May 1, 2046 RUTHLANDIAN UNION 2-TEAM RACE IN RU NORTH, VIPERS AND A'S VIE It's just a two-team race in the Ruthlandian North after the first month of play... last year's champ Glasco (18-9) and runner-up Valmara (18-9) are going at it again... they are deadlocked for the division lead at the end of April with Taranto (12-15) and LaGrange (12-15) trailing by 6 games... the Vipers have a strong attack (.287 BA) and good pitching (3.97 ERA), while the A's have potent pitching (2.85 ERA), they suffer from lack of scoring (106 runs) at the plate. CYBERCATS TOP RU SOUTH IN APRIL Fresh off a second-place finish last year in the Ruthlandian South, the Grand City Cybercats are making some noise in the early going... the C'Cats had an impressive month and have shot ahead of San Dimas by 3 games and last year' champ Claxton by 5 games... Waleska, the critics' choice, has slumbered out of the gate so far and is in a four-team tie third, 5 games off the pace... Grand City (3.13 ERA), Waleska (2.94 ERA) and Claxton (3.17 ERA) are good on the mound, while San Dimas packs the punch at the plate (.271 BA), but is very short on pitching (4.38 ERA). RATTLERS, ELEGANTS, BOBCATS TIED IN RU EAST Defending Pro Cup champion Sugar Valley (18-9) picked up where it left off last season and has shot out of the gate in good fashion, but so has the Eastshore Elegants (18-9) and Beechwood Bobcats (18-9)... the teams are in a three-way tie for first place in the Ruthlandian East with Elnora (14-13) and Belle Plaine (14-13) not too far behind... the Rattlers had a great month on the mound (2.48 ERA) and at the plate (39 homers)... they are still the cream of the crop in Ruthlandian baseball circles... the Elegants can stay with them offensively (34 HRs), but can't compare on the hill... the Bobcats possess a fine staff (2.73 ERA), but suffered badly with the bats. RR SNAPPERS GRAB RU WEST LEAD The Rocky Rapids Snappers (20-7) had it all in the first month of play... great bats (.285 BA) and great pitching (2.48 ERA) with 27 roundtrippers... they posted the best record in the IPA and have a 4-game margin over second place Sligo (16-11), 5 better than third place Forest City (15-12) and 6 ahead of their biggest competitor Middlefield (14-13), last year's division titlist... Volusia (14-13) is tied with the Roosters in fourth place... thus far Sligo (2.68 ERA) and Forest City (2.80 ERA) have hung close to Rocky Rapids with standout pitching... the Roosters have been sluggish on the scoreboard, but still top the division with 33 HRs, tied with Volusia. TYCOBBIAN UNION HELLCATS, FROGS TOPS IN TU NORTH Offense is the name of the game in the Tycobbian North Division... starting May the Hartsdale Hellcats (19-8) and Fairfax Frogs (19-8) are a game up on the third place and defending division champ North Hills Hawks (18-9), 4 ahead of fourth place Oxford (15-12) and 5 in front of fifth place Blue Lake (14-13)... the Hellcats are hitting .281 with 31 HRs and 141 runs... the Frogs .292 BA with 141 runs... the Hawks are batting .289 with 150 runs... Oxford tops them all with 36 HRs and has scored 141 runs... Blue Lake is hitting .270 with 141 runs... North Hills is still solid on the mound with a standout 2.74 ERA... Hartsdale is strong, too, with a 2.89 ERA... Fairfax (3.42 ERA) and Oxford (3.53 ERA) are pretty good on the hill, too. 3 CLUBS BATTLE IN TYCOBBIAN SOUTH Three clubs are off to a good start in the strong Tycobbian South Division, but one of them is not the Southport Sun Sox, who have won the last four pennants... the Sun Sox (9-18) had a horrible April and are deep in the cellar, already 10 games out in the race... as expected the Summerland Sunsets (19-8) are flourishing in first place, 2 games better than the hard-hitting Ginza Ninjas (17-10) and 3 games ahead of third place San Alejo (16-11)... Summerland has superior pitching with a ridiculously low 2.33 ERA, however, they have great difficulty putting runs on the scoreboard (101 runs)... the Ninjas are batting .270 with 31 HRs and 134 runs, but are only average (3.61 ERA) on the mound... San Alejo is a well-rounded club with a standout staff (2.48 ERA) and and adequate offense (.270 BA). TUCKS, BLAZERS ATOP TU EAST All the pollsters said the Red Bluff Red Sox would make shambles of the Tycobbian East Division again this year for the third consecutive season... while that might end up being correct, Tuckanarra and Hillsboro are not going along with the experts at this point... the Blue Jays (16-11) and Blazers (16-11) are tied after the opening month of the season and they have a one-game edge over the powerful Red Sox (15-12), who are third in the race... Hillsboro has never made the playoffs in its history... they are rated a .500 club at best... the High Mesa Cowboys (14-13) are expected to be contenders and are currently just 2 games behind in the fourth spot... pitching has dominated thus far... the Red Sox lead with a terrific 2.38 ERA... the Blue Jays have an impressive 2.87 ERA... and the Cowpokes have a very good 3.06 ERA... the Blazers are only average with a 3.59 ERA... none of the clubs have shown much offense... even Red Bluff that set an IPA all-time mark with 283 homers last year are down considerably this season... the Red Sox have gone deep only 24 times and have scored only 109 runs. KENWOOD AGAIN LEAD TIGHT RACE IN TU WEST The Kenwood Wildcats are going for their fifth Tycobbian West flag in the last six seasons... even though the baseball gurus didn't rate them highly in the preseason predictions, the Wildcats (17-10) are right where they have been in recent years, right on top of the division standings... Rolling Hills (15-12) is second, 2 games off the pace... Arlon (14-13), the favorite, is 3 games out in third... and Bay St. Clair (13-14) is fourth, trailing by 4 games... actually, the race is still wide open as La Claire (12-15) and Chicopee (12-15) are just 5 games behind and tied for the fifth spot in the standings... Kenwood is far and away the HR leader in the IPA with 49 in April... the Wildcats (3.41 ERA) also have fairly good pitching to go with it... Rolling Hills (2.83) has the best staff in the division, but lacks hitting and scoring... Arlon's pitching corps is fairly good with a 3.50 ERA, but the offense isn't much with a poor .241 BA and only 19 HRs. IPA STANDINGS AT THE END OF APRIL Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-04-2014 at 10:40 PM.