Congratulations, Paul Lawrence, for officially winning the 2007 season race for the "Batting Champions: Metal Men" perpetual award bat, based on your final tournament batting average of .627 over 6 tournaments!  Your name will be the first to be engraved upon this inaugural award -- great job, buddy!  Other eligible players were, in the order of their final batting averages:  Vern Amaro, .563; Wes Avery, .500; Mike Lujan, .486; Gene Hitt, .451; Donny Aguiar, .450; Steve Stafford, .426; Lee Garcia, .370; Rich Avery, .357; and Dennis Ellorin, .135 -- good job, guys!

Let's see who sets the tone this year in vying for the 2008 season crown...!