Oshawa, Ontario October 20, 2006
The Oshawa Ravens captured the Oshawa City and District Fastball league
Championship on Wednesday October 18, 2006 in Aurora against
Aurora Shoeless Joe's taking the best of 5 series 3 games to 1. Oshawa led the
series going into Wednesday's double-header action 2 - 0 with Aurora taking the
opening game under the strong pitching of Todd Martin. Phil Yahn took the loss.
Paul Koert led the Ravens to the win in the second game as the Ravens took
advantage of a tiring Todd Martin. Congratulations to Manager Jim Trimm and the
rest of the Oshawa Ravens.
Prior to the game, the League Executive took the opportunity to present the
annual player awards.
The Top Batter for 2006 was Mike Samways from
the Markham Majors who led the League with a 477 batting average. Paul
Koert from the Ravens was the Top Pitcher with a
0.31 ERA, 6 wins and 97 strikeouts. The MVP Award was
presented to Scott Evans from the Stouffville Mennos for his strong pitching
and batting performance which helped the Mennos finish the regular season in
first place.
The Executive also awarded Rick May from the Lake Simcoe
Lightning with a special recognition award for his team
leadership and perennial contributions as a player with the Lightning. Rick is
always among the League leaders in strikeouts and has led his team to the
League playoffs every year.
Congratulations to all teams for a great season.
Jim Spiers
President
OC&DFL