U.S. EXPORTERS DEFEAT FREE TRADERS AT YOUTH BENEFIT TOURNEY

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Pat Drury
U.S. Exporters MVP
Pitched Pre-Season No Hitter!
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Chris Huckleberry
U.S. Exporters Co-Manager
"He really took charge..."
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Barry Hargreaves
Free Traders Co-MVP
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Dave Buttner
Free Traders Co-MVP
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When the Free Traders and the U.S. Exporters
enter teams separately into tournaments, it seems
inevitable that the two will face each other.

For the second time in two years, the U.S.
Exporters defeated the Free Traders, taking
a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that
will be played out over the entire 2003 season.

It must be understood that the Free Traders
were playing undermanned, and were additionally
hampered by the fact that Jay "Mr. Magoo" 
Hatfield was forced to play in the lineup.  

Missing from the Free Traders squad were 
superstars such as Alan Boyd, Alan Schneider, 
Aaron Cohen, Jeff Donald, and Kenny Sims.

But such is life...

The U.S. Exporters took a big early lead, but
the Free Traders managed to rally within one
run late in the game. However, the powerful 
Exporters strung together a series of hits
and eventually iced the game and eliminated
the Free Traders from the double-elimination
tournament.

The Exporters ended up placing third.

Tom Meldrum wrote: "I stayed to watch the 
Exporters game. They really played well the 
last half of the game, with a couple of big 
innings. They got down quite a bit early, but 
fought back and eventually lost by only one 
run, with the tying and winning runs on base 
when the last out was made in the bottom of 
the last inning.

"By the way, I thought Huck did an excellent 
job running the team throughout the weekend. 
He really took charge..."

Roger Morse on Pat "The Crippler" Drury: 
"Ya gotta give him his props for pitching a 
No-Hitter.  He struck out 3 in that game 
including two who were swinging and MISSED 
his spitter.  Over the whole tournament Pat 
had to have booked at least 8 strikeouts 
and two more of those 'over-the-limit home 
run' outs. Further, Pat, true to his nickname, 
collided hard with a batter as Pat beat him 
to the bag at first base."

It was good to get outside to run and hit
the ball after having several consecutive
practice dates rained out in the pre-season.

The Free Traders had a chance to wear their
new softball shirts for the first time.
Although it is essentially the same color
as the old jersey, the logo is less cluttered.

The teams now look forward to a combined
effort in the upcoming Early Bird Tournament, 
and then to the beginning of the 2003 regular 
season!

See the results and tournament stats below!



                          U.S. EXPORTERS RESULTS

SAT  4/5    10:00   Virginia H/L #3  Dukes                  (W, 13-10)
SAT  4/5    12:00   Virginia H/L #3  CMC Saxon Builders     (W, 16-12)
SAT  4/5     2:00   Virginia H/L #3  Vipers                 (L, 12-17)

SUN  4/6     9:00   Virginia H/L #4  Humble Flies           (W, 30- 1)
SUN  4/6            Virginia H/L     Vipers                 (L,  2-11)
SUN  4/6    12:00   Virginia H/L #4  Humble Flies           (W, 15-14)
SUN  4/6     1:00   Virginia H/L #3  Free Traders           (W, 18-11)
SUN  4/6     2:00   Virginia H/L #3  Ramparts               (L, 15-16)


BATTING             G AB  R  H 2 3 H RB W S E AVG OB%  SLG GW DP K PA
Allen, Darrell      8 28 14 17 4 0 1 20 0 2 0 607 567  857  1  0 0 30 
Callahan, John      5 18  8 11 2 0 1 11 0 0 0 611 611  889  0  0 0 18 
Cammarota, Dave     3 11  2  5 1 0 0  4 0 0 0 455 455  545  1  0 1 11 
Drury, Pat          8 27 10 14 3 1 0 10 3 0 1 519 600  704  1  0 0 30 
Easlick, Ben        1  4  1  1 1 0 0  1 0 0 0 250 250  500  0  0 0  4 
Hawley, Gordon      7 26 15 16 0 0 0  9 2 0 0 615 643  615  0  0 0 28 
Huckleberry, Chris  8 32 12 19 5 4 0 18 0 0 0 594 594 1000  1  0 0 32 
Lundquist, Erik     8 24 11 14 1 0 0  4 3 0 2 583 704  625  0  0 1 27 
Meza, Mario         5 15  6  7 0 0 0  4 1 0 0 467 500  467  0  0 0 16 
Morse, Roger        8 28 11 19 2 1 0 11 0 1 0 679 655  821  1  1 0 29 
Niehaus, Kevin      5 18 11 11 3 0 1 10 2 0 0 611 650  944  0  1 0 20 
Philbin, Greg       2  6  3  4 0 0 0  3 0 0 1 667 833  667  0  0 0  6 
Scott, Wes          8 23  8  9 0 0 2 10 2 0 0 391 440  652  0  0 0 25 
Whelan, Kyle        8 25  9 12 0 0 0  6 0 0 0 480 480  480  0  0 2 25 
                   
PITCHING      G   IN  R  ER H  BB SO W L T  ERA  WIN%
Drury, Pat    8 45.00 92 92 NA NA NA 5 3 0 14.31 625 
                 
MVP= Pat Drury
                          FREE TRADERS RESULTS

SAT  4/5     9:00   Virginia H/L #4  Humble Flies           (W, 11- 1)
SAT  4/5    11:00   Virginia H/L #4  Ramparts               (L,  2-25)
SAT  4/5    12:00   Virginia H/L #4  Bashers                (W,  7- 0)*

SUN  4/6     9:00   Virginia H/L #3  CMC Saxon Builders     (W, 24- 4)
SUN  4/6            Virginia H/L     Vipers                 (L,  4-14)
SUN  4/6    11:00   Virginia H/L #4  Dukes                  (W, 19-18)
SUN  4/6     1:00   Virginia H/L #3  U.S. Exporters         (L, 11-18)

* Forfeit

BATTING             G AB  R  H 2 3 H RB W S E AVG OB%  SLG GW DP K PA
Boudreau, Mark      6 16  7 10 0 0 0  5 1 0 0 625 647  625  0  0 0 17 
Boyd, Alan          4 10  6  8 2 2 1  8 1 1 0 800 750 1700  0  0 0 12 
Buttner, Dave       6 21  9 13 1 1 0  6 1 0 1 619 682  762  1  0 0 22 
Cohen, Aaron        2  5  1  1 1 0 0  2 0 0 0 200 200  400  1  0 0  5 
Donald, Jeff        5 12  4  6 2 0 0  7 1 2 0 500 467  667  0  0 0 15 
Easlick, Ben        2  5  1  2 0 0 1  2 0 0 0 400 400 1000  0  0 0  5 
Gamino, Tom         6 16  6  9 1 0 0  5 2 0 0 563 611  625  0  0 0 18 
Hargreaves, Barry   6 17  6 10 1 0 0  6 2 0 0 588 632  647  0  0 0 19 
Hatfield, Jay       1  4  0  1 0 0 0  1 0 0 0 250 250  250  0  0 1  4 
Haydasz, Greg       3  5  1  3 0 0 0  3 1 0 0 600 667  600  0  0 0  6 
Kessler, Andrew     6 15  8  9 1 1 0  3 4 0 0 600 684  800  0  0 0 19 
Meehan, Dan         4 12  7 11 2 0 1  6 1 0 0 917 923 1333  0  0 0 13 
Meldrum, Tom        4  6  1  2 0 0 0  1 1 0 0 333 429  333  0  0 0  7 
Parry, Craig        6 20 10 13 6 1 1  9 2 0 0 650 682 1200  1  0 0 22 
Schneider, Alan     5 15  4  8 1 0 0  7 0 0 0 533 533  600  0  0 0 15 

PITCHING          G    IN  R  ER H  BB SO W L T  ERA  WIN%
Gamino, Tom       2  9.00 43 43 NA  NA NA 1 1 0 33.44  500 
Haydasz, Greg     3 10.00  9  9 NA  NA NA 2 0 0  6.30 1000 
Meldrum, Tom      1  9.00 28 28 NA  NA NA 0 2 0 21.78  000
                 
MVP= Dave Buttner & Barry Hargreaves