Saturday, October 1st , 2050
Alrond *Hubbard, Jr. battered Shire Conference pitchers all September and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.
“I’ve been around Tolkien Baseball long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency,” the 27-year-old *Hubbard, Jr. told reporters. “I put in a lot of work, even on the days I might not take the field, and it’s always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month.”
In 23 games, *Hubbard, Jr. hit .357 with 13 home runs, 27 RBIs and scored 24 runs.
For the year, *Hubbard, Jr. has hit at a .316 clip with 111 RBIs, 39 home runs and 106 runs scored.