After the June 13, 2000 games, it was my honor and 
privilege to announce that Jim Foti and Kevin Gary 
have been added to the U.S. Exporters Hall of Fame.

Jim Foti will probably be the last of the coed team 
players to be added to the team HOF.  Jim was scouted 
on the Monument Grounds playing in a Commerce League 
game in 1989, and was soon invited to join the team.  
He was given the nickname "Iron Man" because he was, 
quite possibly, the most frequently injured man in the 
history of the team.  A year could not go by without 
some kind of broken bone or severed nerve from Jim.  
His other nickname, "the Rattler," originated due to 
a famous game played in 1999.  Please visit the 
tribute written by and for our friend, Jim Foti.

Kevin Gary first came to our team in 1994 when we 
were in desperate shape.  Mark Prebich, the team's 
power hitter, was out of action for a whole season 
because of a jaw operation, but Kevin stepped in 
during his rookie season and made an immediate impact.  
When Mark rejoined the team in 1995, the two of them 
constituted one of the most powerful "one-two punches"
in team history.  

In 1995 Kevin left the area for Arizona to earn his 
doctorate, but he remained one of the most popular 
players ever to don the U.S. Exporter's "Royal Blues."  
When he returned to the Washington area in 1999 he was 
welcomed back to the team with opened arms.  He then 
proceeded to lead the team in home runs one season, 
and in RBI the next!

Please visit the tribute written for our friend, 
Kevin Gary.

Congratulations to Jim Foti and Kevin Gary:  Two men 
for whom this team can be especially proud!