Monday, November 11, 2075
WALESKA ROOKIE RHEEMS, LA CLAIRE VET LARSEN ACCLAIMED IPA MVP
The two players that were the most important to their teams success in 2075 both came out of left field... literally... both were left fielders... the 2075 Ruthlandian Union Most Valuable Player was rookie Rod Rheems and the Tycobbian Union Most Valuable was Charles Larsen... Rheems, a rookie, played for the Waleska Westerners, while Larsen, a 7-year vet, played for the La Claire Lynx.
Rheems beat out Dude Gurley of the Cold Creek Raccoons and Jeffrey London of the Sligo Rovers for the RU Most Valuable Player trophy... Rheems had a colossal season at age 24... he also was named the best rookie in his league... Rheems led the RU with a .369 BA, 121 runs and 223 hits... he also drove in 116 runs, belted 24 homers and stole 32 bases, while participating in 153 games... his Westerners came in third place in the RU South race, finishing 12 games behind first place Valka and runner-up Crystal Lake.
Gurley played first base for Cold Creek and topped the Ruthlandian Union with 133 RBIs in 154 games, while batting .347 at the plate... he also scored 104 runs and slammed 35 out of the park for the 5th-place Raccoons.
Third in the Ruthlandian MVP poll was Sligo closer Jeffrey London, this year's RU Golden Arm Award winner... he was one of the vital elements in the Rovers' great 101-54 season, easily leading them to the RU West pennant by 15 games over the Stoner Silver Sox... London was also valuable as a parttime starter, posting a 17-7 mark with a 3.01 ERA and also saving 18 games... he appeared in 77 games for Sligo, striking out 208 batters in 209 innings.
Charles Larsen, the Tycobbian Union Most Valuable Player, sparked the La Claire Lynx to a fine 90-64 season, good for third place in the TU West Division, but 10 games behind the Rolling Hills Racers, who won the IPA Pro Cup this year... the 29-year-old Larsen was the TU batting champion with a .361 BA, topped in the IPA only by Rod Rheems in the RU with a .369 BA... Larsen scored 130 runs, batted in 94, stole 38 bases and swatted 17 roundtrippers... he also had the best OBP in the IPA at .443.
The runner-up to Larsen in the Tycobbian MVP balloting was Virgil Welsh, first sacker for the Denton City Redbirds... Welsh excelled by leading the league with 126 RBIs in 153 games, while batting a strong .324 with 32 homers and scoring 106 runs... Denton City wound up with an 85-69 record and ended up 15 games behind the TU West champion Rolling Hills.
Cape Coral right-hander Cal Beeson, a 20-game winner, ended up number three in the Tycobbian MVP race... in 32 starts he was 20-6 with an impressive 2.85 ERA... the Hurricanes (84-70) came in tied for third place in the TU South, 16 games back of the pennant-winning Turon Typhoons (100-54).
