The Rohan Report

by Kurmazh the Atrocious

NEW BLOOD IN ROHAN
This season marks the debut of young pitching phenom James Miller. Thought by many to be the number one pitching prospect in the minors last season, Rohan native Miller is expected to make quite an impact on an already impressive RoughRider staff. Three weeks into the season and the young hurler has pitched two games. He has a had a rough time of it, losing both decisions, but showed an impressive level of poise and maturity. "I am just excited to get a shot on this level, I know it's going to take some time for me to get used to the hitters, but I am confident that I can compete at this level," Miller told reporters.

Fosco Baggins, last seasons Manager of The Year, has decided to put Miller in as a spot starter and on mopup duty so that he can gradually acclimate himself to the rigors of the big leagues. Dejria Celàldor has taken up the position as fifth man on a very deep RoughRiders staff and has already taken advantage of the situation winning two descisions with only a 2.76 ERA and setting a good example for the rookie.

RoughRiders off to slow start, but expected to improve
The RoughRiders are off to a rocky start in April with a record of 9 wins and 13 losses, the RoughRiders are struggling to find the form they had last season when they lead from opening day until the playoffs. Rafur Rockback, the teams leader has only gone 3 for 21 in the last week and is trying to shake off the funk and spark the team. The diminutive star was unavailable for comment, when approached he grumbled something about "too darn early dagnabit" and then walked away.

Meanwhile other players who were not really effective last season have stepped up. Fikak Daggerprodder a free agent acquisiton last season was believed by many to be a dissappointment, and with the addition of Disil Axesmith in a late season trade, it was believed that Rohan management didn't want to take any chances. With Axesmith failing to deliver and fleeing to the greener patures of Numenor, Daggerprodder again found himself in a position to prove himself and this time he is taking advantage of the situation. Fikak has hit .338 so far this season, and hit two round trippers and driven in 11 runs.

"I really felt like I lets the team down last season, I knows I can play much better, and I wants to help the team," the eloquent goblin stated.

Flordor Eärämbor, has also stepped up his game is starting to hit the ball with some authority. A role player last season, he quietly shored up the 4 spot on the field all last season for the RoughRiders. This season Eärämbor has started strong and is hitting the ball well with a .338 and 12 RBI. The Elf wanted to share some poetry to describe how good he was feeling about his performance thus far this season but unfortunately we didn't have the patience...err the space to reprint it.

Despite the contribution of these players, the Rohirrim are growing concerned with the performance of their team and they hope they can snap this cold streak as the team heads towards May and get back in the race for the Mordor Conference.

"I've seen this before, we made a big improvement last season and there have been alot of changes, once things settle down, we'll play the ball your used to seeing from the Riders," Fosco Baggins, team skipper was quoted as saying before spitting out some tobbacco juice and wiping his arm across his mouth.

Posted at February 4, 2004 07:25 AM | more from Ravenhill