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2065 Tycobbian North Final Standings
1st Place: Hartsdale Hellcats (87-67)
Last Pennant: 2063
Pro Cups: 2 (2046, 2063)
The up-and-down Hartsdale Hellcats are up again... happy days are here again in Hartsdale... they were sixth in '62, in a shocker won the Pro Cup in '63... then they slumped below .500 and dipped to 5th place in '64... now the Hellcats are back atop the Tycobbian North... Hartsdale was picked for the middle-of-the-pack in the preseason poll (4th place)... they started slowly (24-27) and did poorly in April and May, trailing White River, Luxora, Blue Lake, Oxford and Mahaska in the standings... then went on torrid winning spree in June and July with a 36-16 mark and took charge of the TU North... everybody except the Oxford Red Caps dropped out of the race... and Hartsdale managed to hold the Oxonians off down the stretch and won the pennant by 4 games... this will be the Hellcats' 11th postseason appearance.
This year's edition is much like the 2063 Pro Cup champion... will it be deja vu all over again?... Hartsdale hits well with a .273 BA, scores well with 730 runs and had good power with 137 homers... pitching is pretty much average with a 3.71 ERA... defense is just average with a .977 FA... nobody expects the Hellcats to whip the Tycobbian powers, Rolling Hills, Tuckanarra and Southport, or even to get a chance to knock off the Ruthlandian division champs, LaGrange, Claxton (current Pro Cup champ), Wynnamac and Colfax... will the impossible dream of another Pro Cup trophy be on the Hartsdale horizon?... highly unlikely, but that's what they said two years ago.
