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Eugene Church · 02-28-2015, 10:00 PM

THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Saturday, October 7, 2051

UNDERDOGS IN PRO CUP FINALS
Surprise... Surprise... it will be two of the IPA lesser lights in the Pro Cup finale this season... it will be the Arlon Champions representing the Tycobbian Union and the Waleska Westerners standing in for the Ruthlandian Union... the two scrappy teams will go head-to-head in a best-of-seven series for the IPA Pro Cup beginning this Monday afternoon at Arlon's beautiful Derby Downs

The two Pro Cup finalists this year were voted "most unlikely to succeed" in the postseason Pro Cup poll, but to everyone's surprise they upset the highly-rated and the high-and-mighty... Waleska upended the Pro Cup favorite Valmara Vipers in the Ruthlandian Championship Series... Valmara won the Pro Cup the previous two seasons and looked like a lock on a third straight IPA crown... the spunky Westerners knocked them off in just five games with great pitching and pesky bats... likewise, unheralded Arlon eliminated powerful White River in only five games for the Tycobbian title... the Rascals were whipped by Valmara in the Pro Cup Finals the last two seasons and were forecast to go at them again this year... in the Pro Cup predictions the Arlon Champions were ranked no better than sixth, while the Waleska Westerners were the seventh choice... very few oddsmakers gave either club much support in taking the Islands' overall baseball championship, but here they are.

And which underdog are they favoring this time around?... it'll be the Waleska Westerners, the conquerors of the vaunted Valmara Vipers... Waleska is given the edge in a tight series that will probably go the distance... all seven games.

02-28-2015, 10:00 PM	#4578
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,875	THE ISLANDIAN TIMES Saturday, October 7, 2051 UNDERDOGS IN PRO CUP FINALS Surprise... Surprise... it will be two of the IPA lesser lights in the Pro Cup finale this season... it will be the Arlon Champions representing the Tycobbian Union and the Waleska Westerners standing in for the Ruthlandian Union... the two scrappy teams will go head-to-head in a best-of-seven series for the IPA Pro Cup beginning this Monday afternoon at Arlon's beautiful Derby Downs The two Pro Cup finalists this year were voted "most unlikely to succeed" in the postseason Pro Cup poll, but to everyone's surprise they upset the highly-rated and the high-and-mighty... Waleska upended the Pro Cup favorite Valmara Vipers in the Ruthlandian Championship Series... Valmara won the Pro Cup the previous two seasons and looked like a lock on a third straight IPA crown... the spunky Westerners knocked them off in just five games with great pitching and pesky bats... likewise, unheralded Arlon eliminated powerful White River in only five games for the Tycobbian title... the Rascals were whipped by Valmara in the Pro Cup Finals the last two seasons and were forecast to go at them again this year... in the Pro Cup predictions the Arlon Champions were ranked no better than sixth, while the Waleska Westerners were the seventh choice... very few oddsmakers gave either club much support in taking the Islands' overall baseball championship, but here they are. And which underdog are they favoring this time around?... it'll be the Waleska Westerners, the conquerors of the vaunted Valmara Vipers... Waleska is given the edge in a tight series that will probably go the distance... all seven games. Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-28-2015 at 10:02 PM.