Season 12 Recap

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George Jetsons players, former players, and fans,

Your George Jetsons recently completed their twelfth season of playing softball. Despite losing superstud Randy Lillard to Purdue, the team felt confident heading into Season 12. For one thing, Uncle Normy was returning to the team full-time. Also, the team was riding a streak of 4 straight seasons earning a playoff spot. During those 4 seasons, the Jetsons posted a regular-season record of 31-16-1. So they had every reason to feel confident!

It started out well enough with a 14-7 against Avionics, a team that would turn out to be one of the worst in the league. But, the Jetsons proceeded to lose to the Rebels to finish with a split in Week 1. The next week, we lost 10-2 against Clutch Hitters; but even more frustrating than that was the 8-6 loss against Bohica, a bad team that we have usually beaten handily in the past. Week 3 pitted us against Tappa Kegga Brew, a team that’s always good for padding your offensive stats. The Jetsons exploded for 26 runs against TKB, and we hoped that it would be a good warmup for facing the Rastros. The Rastros, who were playing the season without their EG core, recruited several ringers and fielded a strong team. The Jetsons had an uncharacteristically strong showing against the Rastros (we usually choke against them), but still the Rastros outplayed us and took the game 10-5, leaving the Jetsons in a 2-4 hole almost halfway through the season.

Week 4 started with a tough loss against Clutch Hitters. This time, the George Jetsons almost came back and tied the game in the final inning, but fell one run short in losing 11-10. We made the world right again by thumping Bohica 13-1 and then shutout TKB 15-0 the following week. That set up another showdown against the Rastros. The game was similar to the first matchup, with the Jetsons playing tough, but falling short by a score of 10-6.

Even at 4-6 with 4 games to play, the George Jetsons were not completely out of the playoff picture. Taino’s Revenge was just one game better and we were scheduled to play them in 2 of the next 3 games. Unfortunately, Taino held the Jetsons to just 4 runs in each game, eliminating the Jetsons from contention even before factoring in a 9-2 loss to the Rebels. The Jetsons finished on a high note, beating the sorry Avionics team 15-3. The final record for the season was 5-9, tied for 5th place with Bohica, and out of the playoffs for the first time since Pete went back to the Top Four method 4 seasons ago. The Faux Rastros proceeded to win the Men’s DD championship for the first time ever. I wonder if they’ll let the EG players back on the team now?...

So, it was a down season for the George Jetsons, but we had a lot of fun and we’re looking forward to returning to our usual playoff form in 2005! Until then, thanks to the players for playing, and thanks to the fans for your support.
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MOST VALUABLE JETSON AWARD
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After losing Lillard’s bat, we were fortunate to welcome Norm Hayes back to the team to make up for the loss. Uncle Normy played in all 14 games this season, pitched solid, and carried the team offensively. We’ll forgive him for helping the evil Rastros on their run to the championship and present him with this season’s Most Valuable Jetson Award. His MVJ Award reads:

[quote]For outstanding contributions to the George Jetsons during their twelfth season, including solid pitching, a much-needed power boost to the lineup, and these great statistics:


.660 Batting Average
1.277 Slugging Percentage
1.922 OPS
31 Hits
12 Doubles
7 Triples
60 Total Bases
23 Runs Batted In

this Most Valuable Jetson Award is presented to:

Norm Hayes
Pitcher, George Jetsons, Season 12
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[b]SEASON SCHEDULE[/b]
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DATE TIME FLD OPPONENT RESULT
Aug 24 6pm 3 at Avionics W 14-7
Aug 24 7pm 1 vs Rebels L 15-9
Aug 31 8pm 1 vs Clutch Hitters L 10-2
Aug 31 9pm 1 at Bohica L 8-6
Sep 7 8pm 1 at Tappa Kegga Brew W 26-5
Sep 7 9pm 3 vs Rastros L 10-5
Sep 21 6pm 1 at Clutch Hitters L 11-10
Sep 21 7pm 3 vs Bohica W 13-1
Sep 28 6pm 3 vs Tappa Kegga Brew W 15-0
Sep 28 7pm 3 at Rastros L 10-6
Oct 5 6pm 3 vs Taino’s Revenge L 18-4
Oct 5 7pm 3 at Rebels L 9-2
Oct 12 8pm 1 at Taino’s Revenge L 11-4
Oct 12 9pm 3 vs Avionics W 15-3
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[b]FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS[/b]
[code]# TEAM W L
1 Rastros 12 2
2 Rebels 11 3
3 Clutch Hitters 10 4
4 Taino’s Revenge 9 5
5 George Jetsons 5 9
5 Bohica 5 9
7 Avionics 3 11
8 Tappa Kegga Brew 1 13
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[b]SEASON-BY-SEASON HISTORY[/b]

After posting their best-to-date defensive numbers in Season 11, the George Jetsons defense improved yet again, allowing only 8.43 runs per game and 1.49 runs per inning. Unfortunately, the offense could not capitalize and we posted some of our worst offensive numbers ever:
[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 8.62 1.98 17.12 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

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: 57-72-1 (.442) (includes only our 130 regular season games)
All-time record for ALL games: 63-81-1 (.438) (includes tournaments, playoffs, and canceled seasons)[/code]

[b]INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON STATS[/b]
[code]PLATE APPEARANCES AT-BATS RUNS SCORED
McCann 49 Hayes 47 Hayes 20
Hayes 48 McCann 46 Abbey 17
Abbey 47 Abbey 44 Sostaric 14

HITS DOUBLES TRIPLES
Hayes 31 Hayes 12 Hayes 7
Abbey 25 Abbey 11 Sostaric 3
Sostaric 23 4 tied 5 Wellner 3

HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN WALKS
Abbey 1 Hayes 23 Kroeger 4
Hayes 1 Kroeger 16 Abbey 3
McCann 1 Abbey 13 Wellner 3
Vicker 1 Dries 13
Wellner 1 Wellner 13

SACRIFICE FLIES TOTAL BASES BATTING AVERAGE
Kroeger 5 Hayes 60 Hayes .660
Dries 2 Abbey 43 Sostaric .639
Hayes 1 Sostaric 34 Kroeger .571
McCann 1
Wellner 1

ON-BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE OPS (OBP + SLG)
Hayes .646 Hayes 1.277 Hayes 1.922
Sostaric .639 Abbey .977 Sostaric 1.583
Abbey .596 Wellner .968 Abbey 1.573
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