Heavy Metal Softball

Past And Present League Most Valuable Players -- Real Heavy Metal Men!


    Heavy Metal Softball league MVP Circle of Honor plaque recipients:

          1990 -- Division 10, Tulare League (spring): Gene Hitt
                   (by team ballot vote; 1st place trophy recipient)

          1991 -- Division 9, Tulare City League (spring): Frank Fletcher
                   (by team ballot vote; 1st place trophy recipient)

          1994 -- Division 8, Tulare City League (spring): Vern Amaro
                   (by team ballot vote; 1st place trophy recipient --
                   I promptly gave it to my brother, Jerry,
                   our pitcher, whom I believed deserved it just as
                   well)

                   (1994 featured two halves to the season)

          1994 -- Division 7, Tulare City League (spring): John Souza
                   (by team ballot vote; 1st place trophy recipient)

          1995 -- Division 5, Tulare City League (spring): Frank Fletcher
                   (by team ballot vote; 1st place trophy recipient)

          1999 -- Division 5, Tulare City League (spring): Frank Fletcher
                   (169 offensive points; team received 1st place shirts)

          2000 -- Division 5, Tulare City League (spring): Gene Hitt
                   (138 offensive points; team received 1st place shirts)

          2001 -- Division 2, Tulare City League (spring): Vern Amaro
                   (103 offensive points; no team award)

          2002 -- Division 3, Tulare City League (spring): Frank Fletcher
                   (146 offensive points; 3rd place trophy recipient)

          2003 -- Division 1, Tulare City League (spring): Vern Amaro
                   (32 total points; by team ballot vote; no team award)

          2003 -- Division "D", Visalia City League (fall): Gene Hitt
                   (27 total points; by team ballot vote; no team award)

          2004 -- Thursday Night, Tulare City League (spring): Nelson Vieira
                   (42 total points; by team ballot vote; 2nd place trophy recipient)

          2004 -- Men's D-Red, Visalia City League (fall): Lee Garcia
                   (34 total points; by team ballot vote; 1st place trophy recipient)

          2005 -- Thursday Night, Tulare City League (spring): Frank Fletcher
                   (37 total points; by team ballot vote; team received 1st place shirts)

          2005 -- Men's D-Red, Visalia City League (fall): Art Tabacco
                   (28 total points; by team ballot vote; no team award)

          2006 -- Wednesday "B", Tulare City League (spring): Paul Lawrence
                   (31 total points; by team ballot vote; team received 1st place shirts)

          2006 -- Men's D-Red, Visalia City League (summer): Mike Lujan
                   (113 offensive/defensive points; no team award)

          2007 -- Men's D-Red, Visalia City League (spring): Frank Fletcher
                   (105 offensive/defensive points; no team award)

          2007 -- Men's D-Blue, Visalia City League (summer): Steve Stafford
                   (34 total points; by team ballot vote; no team award)

          2008 -- Men's D-Blue, Visalia City League (spring): Steve Stafford
                   (24 total points; by team ballot vote; no team award)

          2008 -- Men's D-Blue, Visalia City League (summer): Frank Fletcher
                   (84 offensive/defensive points; no team award)

          2009 -- Thursday Men's, Tulare City League (spring): Steve Stafford
              (29 total points; by team ballot vote; team received 1st place shirts)

          2009 -- Thursday Men's, Tulare City League (summer): Wes Avery
               (117 offensive/defensive points; no team award)


It is my wish that this ongoing list of individual player achievement be maintained for the life of our softball organization, when, on that sad but inevitable future date, we all decide to hang up our worn cleats, store away our favorite bats, and pass along our venerable gloves to a much younger generation. May they enjoy the game, as well as the friendship bonds created, as much as our much older generation expresses these now.