Denver Black Sox Baseball Club: 28AA Black Sox
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Who's Your Daddy? "Gold Glove" and "Top Gun" Awards Go to Fathers of Championship Battery
Due to the reworking of the Eteamz sites, and the intermittent absence over the last 5 weeks of the season of our diligent and thorough scorekeeper, stats have been slow to come over the last part of the season. They are now being finalized and put together, and with the completion of defensive and pitching stats for the 28AA team, we are now able to congratulate two of our award-winners.
The "Top Gun" Award, given to the top pitcher on the entire Club, goes to Joe "Undertaker" Samaco. His season-long clydesdale-like work, and his impressive ability to leave runners standing at third base, helped to propel the 28AA Black Sox to a second consecutive League Championship. Even when the bats didn't back him up very well, he stepped it up to hold our opponents to wood-bat statistics. His ERA of 1.63, which would be impressive in a wood bat league, was the death blow to nearly any team that was forced to face him. His WHIP of 1.08 for the season was fantasy-league caliber. Over the last two games, facing the two top offenses in the league in the Bulls and Nationals, he held them to 3 runs (0 earned) over 18 innings, striking out 22.
The other half of that Championship battery, Kevin "Maximus" Tracy, is awarded the 28AA "Gold Glove". His Fielding Percentage of .955 was highest on the team. But more importantly, he called terrific games behind the plate, gunned down runners (catching stats not complete yet), and had two Web Gems in the outfield at times when hits could have cost the team the game.
Honorable Mention:
At 7-2, with a 1.87 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, and a 1.28 K/IP, Mike "The Sauce" Sawyer came in a very close second for the Club "Top Gun" Award. In his first full-season back from college ball, he was the only thing standing between the 18 Wood team and complete disaster on most days.
Congratulations to these and all of our coming award-winners, and we'll try to find a cool way to give them some recognition to take home to the "fam".
Monday, August 13
28A Standings
Wednesday, June 20
Sox Deliver Father's Day Gift to "Undertaker"; Beat Brewers 19-11
Monday, June 11
Sox Take Control of 2nd in 28A With Win Over Mighty Bulls
Sunday, June 3
Sox Welcome Red Hawks Home With Bombs
Thursday, May 31
Sox Get "Bear" Off Their Backs
Monday, May 14
Sox Flirt with Perfection in First 28A Shutout of 2007
Monday, May 7
Sox Eak Out Win Over Free Agents, 14-10
Monday, April 30
Sox Give Extra Outs to a Team That Doesn't Need Them
Monday, April 23
Sox Take Down Brewers 12-3
Monday, April 16
Sox Surrender First Place to Bulls, Lose 18-7
Tuesday, April 3
Sox Edge out Red Hawks
Monday, March 19
Sox Extend Streak Over Vandals
Monday, February 5
The Story of the 2006 Black Sox Championship Season
Saturday, February 24
New Black Sox Hats Only $10