Yesterday in the IPA
THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Sunday, October 18, 2054
ALL-TIME GREATS NAMED BY IPA
The Islandian Pro Alliance is now over 50 years old, just completing its 54th season... to commemorate its five decades of professional baseball in the Islands, it chose its all-time top performers... the IPA commissioned The Islandian Times to survey the baseball media, the broadcasters and sportswriters, who have covered the sports, along with the baseball family of former players, managers and front office personnel, to come up with the best players in IPA history.
The voters also selected Roy Hobbs, the legendary outfielder for the Waleska Westerners, as the best player in Islandian Pro Alliance history... second and third in the balloting were sluggers Jack Elliott of High Mesa and Jerry Culpepper of Bayview.
IPA 50th Anniversary All-Time All-Stars:
SP: Nicky Engstrom - Turon (2010-2029)
SP: Ilya Szabo - Colfax (2103-2021)
SP: Duncan Welch - Crystal Lake (13 years) (7 years with 5 teams) (2017-2036)
C: Hal Stevenson - Sugar Valley (2001-2024)
1B: Jack Elliott - High Mesa (2013-2031)
2B: Jojo DeLucca - Claxton (2035-present)
3B: Jerry Culpepper - Bayview (2033-2051)
SS: Don Nichols- Far Mountain (17 years) Marston (7 years) (2001-2024)
LF: Jet Kazmarek - Valmara (6 years) Arroyo Grande (10 years) (2001-2016)
CF: Roy Hobbs - Waleska (2013-2031)
RF: Lorne Evans - Southport (9 years) Tuckanarra (10 years) (2025-2043)
Last edited by Eugene Church; 08-25-2021 at 10:08 PM.
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