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THE ISLANDIAN TIMES
Monday, October 20, 2059
MACS SENDEJAS RU MVP
Manny Sendejas didn't have the numbers to take the RU Golden Bat Award this year, but his overall season and overall importance to his team, the Wynnamac Sundowners, got him a more illustrious trophy... Sendejas is the 2059 Ruthlandian Union Most Valuable Player... the Macs' right fielder outpolled the RU Golden Arm winner, Marston's Mark Henley, for the MVP honor... third in the vote was the RU Golden Bat winner, Lanny Waldrep of the Colfax Blasters.
Sendejas hit at a .313 clip, participated in 134 games, with 158 hits, 33 two-baggers, 10 triples, 35 homers, led the Ruthlandian Union with 122 RBIs and scored 98 runs... Wynnamac came in third in the RU South race... Sendejas was one of the prime reasons they had such a good season.
Henley, a huge 6-foot-6 portsider, had a marvelous year with the pennant-winning Marston Nine... Henley went 22-7 in 31 starts with a 2.91 ERA... he fanned 101 batters and walked 61 in his 229 innings.
In a remarkable season, Colfax's right fielder Lanny Waldrep, hit .341 with 30 doubles, 6 triples, 27 roundtrippers, 113 RBIs and scored 100 runs... Waldrep played in 148 games and was a fine defender in the field... he helped the Blasters to a third-place finish in the RU West Division.
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