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 first tournament of the year a somewhat successful effort -- in the sense that we were fairly 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 #2 Summary --

Tournament Record:  0-3 (we will change this...)
                                1st game:  Lost 5-7 vs. Hammerheads
                                2nd game:  Lost 0-15 vs. Team Punishment
                                3rd game:  Lost 8-17 vs. Softball Junkies 

Team Statistics (alphabetically):

Vern Amaro -- 3 for 6; .500 BA; 10 points.
Rich Avery -- 1 for 5; .200 BA; 3 points.
Wes Avery -- 3 for 8; .375 BA; 14 points.
Eric Ferguson -- 1 for 5; .200 BA; 6 points.
Lee Garcia -- 2 for 6; .333 BA; 2 points.
Brian Hollingshead -- 2 for 6; .333 BA; 9 points.
Johnny Lopez -- 1 for 4; .250 BA; 3 points.
Mike Lujan -- 2 for 7; .286 BA; 6 points.
Robert Matthews -- 4 for 9; .444 BA; 13 points.
Joaquin Perez -- 2 for 8; .250 BA; 4 points.
Steve Stafford -- 2 for 6; .333 BA; 11 points.
Nelson Vieira -- 1 for 7; .143 BA; 3 points.

Team Batting Average:  .312 (24 for 77; we averaged 4.3 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:  Wes Avery (14 points -- Sizzlin' Stick award!)

Manager's Award:  I would like to take this time now to recognize two other players who shined just as brightly this weekend with their contributions to the team:  Robert Matthews and Vern Amaro. 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 both of you!  

2010 Season Statistics (alphabetically; all players):

Vern Amaro -- 3 for 6; .500 BA; 10 points (1 tournament)
Rich Avery -- 1 for 5; .200 BA; 3 points (1 tournament)
Wes Avery -- 3 for 8; .375 BA; 14 points (1 tournament) 
Eric Ferguson -- 1 for 5; .200 BA; 6 points (1 tournament)
Lee Garcia -- 2 for 6; .333 BA; 2 points (1 tournament)
Brian Hollingshead -- 2 for 6; .333 BA; 9 points (1 tournament)
Johnny Lopez -- 1 for 4; .250 BA; 3 points (1 tournament)
Mike Lujan -- 2 for 7; .286 BA; 6 points (1 tournament)
Robert Matthews -- 4 for 9; .444 BA; 13 points (1 tournament)
Joaquin Perez -- 2 for 8; .250 BA; 4 points (1 tournament)
Steve Stafford -- 2 for 6; .333 BA; 11 points (1 tournament)
Nelson Vieira -- 1 for 7; .143 BA; 3 points (1 tournament) 

Year-End Award Progress:  Vern Amaro initially leads the race for the Batting Champions: Metal Men perpetual award bat, based on his single tournament batting average of .500 -- but Robert Matthews is close behind during this 2010 tournament tour with a tournament batting average of .444 (Wes Avery is third with a single tournament batting average of .375). 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!!!