Congratulations, Frank Fletcher, for officially winning the 2008 season race for the Batting Champions: Metal Men perpetual award bat, based on your final tournament batting average of .581 over 5 tournaments!  Your name will be the second to be engraved upon this annual award -- great job, buddy!  Other eligible players were, in the order of their final batting averages:  Mike Lujan, .531; Paul Lawrence, .462; Lee Garcia, .441; Gene Hitt, .435; Vern Amaro, .417; Joaquin Perez, .405; Wes Avery, .386; Rich Avery, .275; and Johnny Lopez, .219 -- good job, guys!

Let's see who sets the tone next year in vying for the 2009 season crown...!