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Our Team's Tourney MVP Lineage: Heavy Metal Softball's "Sizzlin' Stick" Awards -- Plus A Little More...
Heavy Metal Softball Tourney MVP Sizzlin' Stick miniature bat recipients:
2002 -- Sox Summer Scorcher (July): Frank Fletcher (43 points)
2003 -- Crimson Tide's Summer Invasion (July): Gene Hitt (83 points)
-- October Bash (October): Wes Avery (75 points; Championship!)
2004 -- October Bash (October): Wes Avery (32 points)
2005 -- CCASA Rec Series #1 (April): Frank Fletcher (28 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #2 (May): Steve Stafford (57 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #3 (June): Wes Avery (32 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #4 (July): Frank Fletcher (39 points; 3rd place!)
-- CCASA Rec Series #5 (August): Wes Avery (24 points; Series 5th place!)
2006 -- ASA Umpires Softball Tourney (March): Steve Stafford (38 points)
-- Setters Easter Classic XI (April): Art Tabacco (44 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #1 (April): Mike Lujan (25 points)
-- Bud Light Cinco de Mayo Tourney (May): Paul Lawrence (50 points; 2nd place!)
-- CCASA Rec Series #2 (May): Wes Avery (17 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #3 (June): Wes Avery (20 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #4 (July): Frank Fletcher (19 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #5 (July): Gene Hitt (26 points)
-- Valley Softball Extreme Classic (August): Frank Fletcher (40 points)
-- Knuckle Up Fall Showdown (September): Wes Avery (38 points)
-- Twisted Softball Tourney (October): Wes Avery (33 points)
2007 -- CCASA Rec Series #1 (March): Steve Stafford (13 points)
-- CCASA Rec Series #2 (April): Paul Lawrence (37 points)
-- Knuckle Up Extreme Challenge (May): Aaron Dawes (24 points)
-- Armed & Dangerous Summer Bash (July): Steve Stafford (31 points)
-- Budweiser Extravaganza (July): Frank Fletcher (39 points)
-- NASF Fall Classic (September): Wes Avery (53 points)
-- October Bash (October): Mike Lujan (35 points)
2008 -- Bash-4-Cash (April): Steve Stafford (14 points)
-- Bud Light Cinco de Mayo Tourney (May): Joaquin Perez (23 points)
-- Team Clutch Softball Tournament (May): Joaquin Perez (28 points)
-- Budweiser Extravaganza (June): Joaquin Perez (28 points)
-- Die Hard NSA Tournament (July): Frank Fletcher (23 points)
-- Jesus Banuelos Tribute Tournament (August): Frank Fletcher (29 points)
2009 -- Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tourney #1 (April): Donny Aguiar (26 points)
-- Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tourney #2 (April): Lucio Cobos (33 points)
-- Bud Light Cinco de Mayo Tourney (May): Wes Avery (36 points)
-- Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tourney #3 (May): Steve Stafford (51 points)
-- Killer Bees Softball Tournament (July): Frank Fletcher (20 points)
-- Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tourney #5 (August): Brian Hollingshead (17 points)
-- Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tourney #7 (September): Steve Stafford (23 points)
2010 -- Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tourney #2 (April): Wes Avery (14 points)
And so, there you have it -- another list of Heavy Metal Softball history, another match I'm trying to light under my players' feet -- whatever works. In addition to a player receiving the miniature bat -- symbol of hitting prowess -- during the course of the softball year for being a tourney MVP, he can also look forward to hopefully seeing his name engraved on a full-sized, wooden Batting Champions: Metal Men bat, which will be awarded after the very last tournament played to the player with the highest individual batting average (minimum 50 at-bats or 5 tournaments -- whichever qualifies first) at year's end. The Sizzlin' Stick miniature bat can -- and should -- be displayed proudly in the tournament dugout after being awarded, after which, it must be returned to the manager, who will award it to the next deserving player at the beginning of the following tournament. However, the full-sized, engraved Batting Champions: Metal Men bat will be awarded just once a year, making it a true annual tradition. All these incentives, mind you, are given in the spirit of fun and recognition, so I hope no one minds too many flashbulbs going off in his vicinity and sincerely gets into the spirit himself, without too much competitive posturing being shown. That, to me, is what team is all about, and so it is, with fellowship in mind and lightness in heart, that I take pleasue in recogizing some of my teammates -- who, over the years, are people I've come to truly call friends....
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