Season 13 Recap

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George Jetsons players, former players, and fans,

Your George Jetsons softball club recently completed the Spring 2005 softball season, their 13th season of play. After a long offseason over the winter, the Jetsons players were looking forward to rectifying their 5-9 record from Season 12. The Tuesday night league included only 5 teams this time, so making the playoffs by finishing in the top 4 seemed like a matter of simply not sucking.

We kicked off the season way back in February with an easy win over the Smashers. The Smashers were retooled and supposedly improved, but they put up little fight against the mighty Jetsons, who won 19-13. The victory put to rest any talk of a Jetsons-Smashers rivalry, which had started brewing after the Smashers beat us for the first time at the end of Season 12.

After a couple of rainouts, we finally got to play again in mid-March. In the first game of a doubleheader, we played against the Rebels, who came out hitting hard. The Jetsons and the Rebels battled each other to a 13-13 tie at the end of 6 innings of regulation play. In the top of the extra inning, the Rebels scored 4 runs, but with some outstanding clutch hitting the Jetsons overcame the deficit to win 18-17. It was a quality win--some thought it ranked among the best games in Jetsons history. Unfortunately, we followed it up with a stinker against the Assassyns, who beat us 10-2 in the nightcap.

We got our chance to rematch the Assassyns the following week, but still fell short as the Assassyns won 17-16. Then, we finally turned things around with a 9-7 over a new team called Whatever, Whenever. Perhaps we should have cherished this win more at the time, because WW would quickly become our nemesis.

We rematched WW the following week and they run-ruled us 15-3 in 4 innings. Unhappy with our performance, we took out our frustration on the Smashers by beating them 15-3 twice in a row! The second of those victories was the first game of a tripleheader that we played on April 12th. The last 2 games of the night were both against the Rebels. We won the first game 11-4, and we were on our way to completing the 3-game sweep (of the night as well as of the Rebels), but the Rebels came back and beat us 9-8.

We ended the season by facing WW again, and once again they whooped us, this time by a score of 17-10. So, we finished the regular season 6-5 in our 5-team league. The Assassyns beat us both times we played them. We lost 2 out of 3 to Whatever, Whenever. We beat the Rebels 2 out of 3 times and should have swept them. And, we did sweep the Smashers.

Our 6-5 record was good enough for third place in the league and good enough to make the playoffs. The playoffs featured 12 teams, 4 each from the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night leagues. The Monday night league had just 4 teams in it, which meant that even the winless (0-10) Tappa Kegga Brew managed to make the playoffs. And, we were lucky enough to be matched up against them! We beat TKB 16-5 in the first round of the playoffs, earning a shot at one of the top seeds, the Base Cadets, who finished 10-2 in their league. This was an outstanding game as both teams battled hard to make it to the third round of the playoffs. The Base Cadets had taken an 8-5 lead after 3 innings, but then the George Jetsons exploded for 9 runs in the top of the fourth. We held off BC for a 14-9 victory and advanced to the third round! Like the extra-inning victory over the Rebels early in the season, this game quickly earned status as a candidate for best game in GJ history.

The playoffs were set to conclude the following week with only 4 teams left standing. The George Jetsons entered the Final Four needing only to beat Whatever, Whenever to advance to the championship game. WW, of course, had been a thorn in our collective sides for much of the season, but here was our chance at redemption! Well, we didn’t make much of it. WW cruised to a 21-6 victory and went on to win the Men’s DD Championship.

The George Jetsons returned to their usual playoff form this season, but getting so close to the championship has made this team hungry. We’re looking forward to improving even more in Season 14 and advancing further into the playoffs! Thanks to all the players for playing, and to all the fans for your support.

[b]ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD[/b]

The George Jetsons welcomed Adam Gilmore to the team this season. Adam settled in well at first base and did a capable job in the batting order. Adam earns the first Rookie of the Year Award that we have given out since Season 9. The award reads:
[quote]For a great performance during his first season as a George Jetson, including solid fielding at first base, and these great rookie statistics:

.524 Batting Average
1.190 OPS
11 Hits
14 Total Bases

this Rookie of the Year Award is presented to:

Adam Gilmore
First Baseman, George Jetsons, Season 13
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[b]MOST VALUABLE JETSON AWARD[/b]

This season featured some fine offensive performances from Dries, Wellner, Hart, and Sostaric. Ron Sostaric dominated all the percentage categories and, despite playing only 7 games, was near the top of all the absolute categories as well. This fine performance earns Ron his second Most Valuable Jetson Award! His award reads:
[quote]For outstanding contributions to the George Jetsons during their thirteenth season, including solid fielding at several positions, and these great offensive statistics:

.720 Batting Average
1.080 Slugging Percentage
1.821 OPS
18 Hits
16 Runs Scored
13 Runs Batted In

this Most Valuable Jetson Award is presented to:

Ron Sostaric
Infielder, George Jetsons, Season 13
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[b]SEASON SCHEDULE[/b]
[code]DATE TIME FLD OPPONENT RESULT
Feb 22 9pm 3 at Smashers W 19-13
Mar 15 6pm 3 vs Rebels W 18-17
Mar 15 7pm 3 at Asassyns L 10-2
Mar 22 8pm 3 at Asassyns L 17-16
Mar 22 9pm 3 vs Whatever, Whenever W 9-7
Mar 29 7pm 3 at Whatever, Whenever L 15-3
Mar 29 8pm 3 vs Smashers W 15-3
Apr 12 7pm 4 vs Smashers W 15-3
Apr 12 8pm 4 at Rebels W 11-4
Apr 12 9pm 4 vs Rebels L 9-8
Apr 19 6pm 4 vs Whatever, Whenever L 17-10
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Apr 27 8pm 4 vs Tappa Kegga Brew W 16-5
Apr 27 9pm 4 at Base Cadets W 14-9
May 2 8pm 3 vs Whatever, Whenever L 21-6
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[b]FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS[/b]
[code]# TEAM W L PCT
1 Asassyns 7 4 .636
2 Rebels 6 4 .600
3 George Jetsons 6 5 .545
4 Whatever, Whenever 6 5 .545
5 Smashers 2 9 .182
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[b]SEASON-BY-SEASON HISTORY[/b]
[code]S# AVG SLG OPS RSG RSI RAG RAI W-L MVJ ROY
1 .531 .711 1.243 9.00 1.67 13.75 2.56 2-6 SOSTARIC
2 .569 .711 1.291 8.63 1.92 17.13 3.81 1-7 VICKER PETERNELL
3 .502 .767 1.269 8.50 1.66 14.88 2.90 1-7 LILLARD LILLARD
4 .537 .814 1.359 10.42 2.05 12.33 2.43 7-5 PETERNELL VILLARREAL
5 .509 .734 1.250 10.08 1.98 14.00 2.90 4-8 VICKER ABBEY
6 .618 .908 1.527 13.62 2.79 11.00 2.26 5-3 LILLARD ROSENQUIST
7 .517 .743 1.265 8.25 1.77 15.17 3.43 1-11 ABBEY
8 .554 .851 1.417 12.67 2.41 8.58 1.56 9-2-1 LILLARD KOPNICKY
9 .572 .911 1.486 12.92 2.54 8.92 1.73 9-3 LILLARD HAYES
10 .549 .741 1.300 11.08 2.02 13.17 2.47 5-7 ABBEY
11 .554 .827 1.384 11.33 2.23 8.50 1.62 8-4 LILLARD
12 .509 .763 1.281 9.36 1.60 8.43 1.49 5-9 HAYES
13 .544 .788 1.339 11.57 2.08 10.17 1.92 8-6 SOSTARIC GILMORE
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RSG = Runs Score Per Game; RAG = Runs Scored Per Inning
RAG = Runs Allows Per Game; RAI = Runs Allowed Per Inning

All-time regular season record: 63-77-1 (.450) (includes only our 141 regular season games)
All-time record for ALL games: 71-87-1 (.450) (includes tournaments, playoffs, and canceled seasons)

[b]INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON STATS[/b]
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> PLATE APPEARANCES AT-BATS RUNS SCORED
> Record 45 Record 43 Record 26
> Wellner 39 Wellner 38 Sostaric 16
> McCann 38 McCann 36 McCann 15
> Dries 36 Dries 33 Wellner 15
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> HITS DOUBLES TRIPLES
> Record 29 Record 9 Record 6
> Dries 22 Dries 6 McCann 3
> Wellner 20 Medina 6 Sostaric 2
> Sostaric 18 Helms 5 3 tied 1
> McCann 5
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> HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN WALKS
> Record 6 Record 29 Record 7
> Hayes 2 Wellner 16 Hart 3
> 4 tied 1 Dries 15 6 tied 2
> Sostaric 13
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> SACRIFICE FLIES TOTAL BASES BATTING AVERAGE
> Record 4 Record 62 Record .829
> 5 tied 1 Dries 30 Sostaric .720
> Wellner 29 Dries .667
> Sostaric 27 Hart .654
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> ON-BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE OPS (OBP + SLG)
> Record .838 Record 1.442 Record 2.181
> Sostaric .741 Sostaric 1.080 Sostaric 1.821
> Dries .667 Hart .923 Hart 1.590
> Hart .667 Dries .909 Dries 1.576
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