Regular Season Finally Ends!
The end of the regular season is finally upon us,
and the U.S. Exporters team has snapped out of its 
late season funk and played some spirited softball.

The U.S. Exporters came from behind to win the
first game of the doubleheader thanks to a big
last inning "walk-off double" by John Gulisano
who knocked in the winning runs.

In the second game, the U.S. Exporters decided that
after such a long season, it was time to relax and
have some fun.

And how did we have fun?  By putting the team's
top utility man, Erik Lundquist, on the mound for
the first time in his six year career with our 
team!

Ehem...Well, it was certainly fun for the three
straight batters that Erik walked!

Also during the second game, Greg Mecher and 
Chris Huckleberry collided in the outfield after
chasing a fly ball, and Greg was ordered to sit 
out the rest of the game.  We wanted to have fun
in this game, not kill each other!  Whew!

In the end, the U.S. Exporters finished the season 
in fourth place with a 12-6 record.  Although the 
final standings are somewhat disappointing, the 
team gained a lot of confidence in these games and
now looks forward to the post-season tournament!

     Chris Huckleberry Is Team MVP!
Kelvin Foreman joined the team at the Bungalow to
announce the Spring 2002 team award winners.

Chris Huckleberry was elected as the team MVP by vote 
of his teammates. Chris had an exceptional year.  He
became the first team "Triple Crown" winner since Mark
Prebich accomplished that feat in 1997 by leading the
team in home runs, RBI, and batting average.  Chris
also tied team records for most Plate Appearances 
(68), At Bats (65), and Doubles (12)!  

This is also the first time in team history that the
MVP has been won by the same person in two consecutive
seasons! Congratulations, HBH!

Greg Mecher was selected by his teammates as the team's 
best defensive player this season.  As a result, Greg has 
won this prestigious award for the unprecedented third
consecutive time!  Only HOFer Joe Wiedorfer, who joined
the team at the Bungalow after the evening's games, has 
won the Best Glove Award more times that Greg.  
Congratulations, Grasshopper!

Finally, Darrell Allen was honored as the team's top 
rookie of the season.  Darrell started in the Free 
Traders organization in 2001 and was invited to join 
the U.S. Exporters for the 2002 season.  Darrell 
anchored the tough second base position and made it 
his own.  Well done, Moochie!

The tournament pairings will be known soon, and when
I have them I will post them.  Since we finished in
fourth place we will play our first tournament game on
Tuesday June 25 at 6:00 at Virginia Highlands #4.  We 
don't know who our opponents will be, but it could be
Stuart Grey!

Be prepared!

The final regular season TurboStats are posted.

Batting Stats are HERE and Pitching Stats are HERE