Heavy Metal Softball

First, as always, I want to thank all of the players who represented Heavy Metal Softball this weekend for their effort, help, and cooperation in making our sixth tournament of the year a somewhat successful effort -- in the sense that we were very competitive against some roughly comparable teams.  Here are some final tournament statistics for those who actually visit our website and are truly interested in such things.  I would like to state here again that unlike previous seasons a couple of years ago -- when I published an extensive summary of each tournament regardless of the outcome -- I will only do so if we achieve playoff status or have a winning record, with just a bare-bones tournament rundown for those events of little distinction.  So, without further adieu, I present some facts from this particular contest:

Slugfest Super 7 Series, Tournament #5 Summary --

Tournament Record:  0-3 (Another sad chapter!)
                                1st game:  Lost 9-12 vs. Deadweight
                                2nd game:  Lost 8-17 vs. Loose Cannons
                                3rd game:  Lost 7-12 vs. Roadkill  

Team Statistics (alphabetically):

Donny Aguiar -- 3 for 7; .429 BA; 15 points. 
Vern Amaro -- 5 for 9; .556 BA; 7 points.
Rich Avery -- 3 for 8; .375 BA; 14 points.
Wes Avery -- 2 for 10; .200 BA; 5 points.
Lucio Cobos -- 3 for 9; .333 BA; 15 points.
Lee Garcia -- 5 for 8; .625 BA; 12 points.
Gene Hitt -- 4 for 8; .500 BA; 15 points.
Brian Hollingshead -- 4 for 8; .500 BA; 17 points.
Johnny Lopez -- 4 for 9; .444 BA; 5 points.
Mike Lujan -- 2 for 10; .200 BA; 2 points.
Robert Matthews -- 3 for 7; .429 BA; 17 points.
Joaquin Perez -- 4 for 7; .571 BA; 12 points. 

Team Batting Average:  .416 (42 for 101; we averaged 8.0 runs/game for the whole tournament.  We need to definitely improve our team batting average, as this current one won't win games, much less tournaments....)

Tournament MVP:  Brian Hollingshead (17 points -- Sizzlin' Stick award!)

Manager's Award:  I would like to take this time now to recognize a few other players who shined just as brightly this weekend with their contributions to the team:  Vern Amaro, Lee Garcia, Robert Matthews, and Joaquin Perez. Their stats above speak for themselves, but their consistency throughout the tournament is what I noticed most and appreciated greatly -- here's a "hats-off" to all four of you!  

2009 Season Statistics (alphabetically; all players):

Donny Aguiar -- 28 for 52; .538 BA; 103 points (5 tournaments)
Vern Amaro -- 26 for 61; .426 BA; 72 points (6 tournaments)
Rich Avery -- 18 for 65; .277 BA; 75 points (6 tournaments)
Wes Avery -- 34 for 73; .466 BA; 110 points (6 tournaments)
Lucio Cobos -- 28 for 51; .549 BA; 97 points (5 tournaments)
Frank Fletcher -- 6 for 10; .600 BA; 20 points (1 tournament)
Lee Garcia -- 24 for 52; .462 BA; 64 points (5 tournaments)
Gene Hitt -- 9 for 25; .360 BA; 34 points (3 tournaments)
Brian Hollingshead -- 18 for 46; .391 BA; 50 points (5 tournaments)
Paul Lawrence -- 7 for 26; .269 BA; 36 points (3 tournaments)
Johnny Lopez -- 4 for 9; .444 BA; 5 points (1 tournament)
Mike Lujan -- 32 for 74; .432 BA; 93 points (6 tournaments)
Lencho Martinez -- 3 for 8; .375 BA; 13 points (1 tournament)
Robert Matthews -- 3 for 7; .429 BA; 17 points (1 tournament)
Steve McElmoyl -- 4 for 6; .667 BA; 10 points (1 tournament)
Joaquin Perez -- 6 for 16; .375 BA; 15 points (2 tournaments)
John Rodriguez -- 4 for 12; .333 BA; 12 points (1 tournament)
Devin Stafford -- 1 for 10; .100 BA; 10 points (1 tournament)
Steve Stafford -- 26 for 46; .565 BA; 122 points (4 tournaments)
Mike Vanaalst -- 16 for 33; .485 BA; 86 points (3 tournaments) 

Year-End Award Progress:  Steve McElmoyl still leads the race for the Batting Champions: Metal Men perpetual award bat, based on his one-tournament batting average of .667 -- but Frank Fletcher has made his move during this 2009 tournament tour with his own one-tournament batting average of .600 (Steve Stafford is third with a four-tournament batting average of .565). Please remember -- just in case everyone forgets -- a player must have played in a minimum of 5 tournaments to earn this recognition, which is something to think about when I ask everyone next time if they want to play some more ball in an upcoming tournament....

And, once again, that's all, folks!!!