2009 S e a s o n

Patch 2009 Season

The Rebels Club continues to dominate the Monday Night League winning the division for the second straight season. They find themselves with the best record on Monday and Tuesday Nights and the best run differential in softball exactly halfway through the 2009 season. They won 38 and lost 6, and set a team record with a 5.9 extra base hits average per game.

They said all year that their goal was to get to the postseason and see what happened. But once they got there, their ultimate goal was left undone. While that might seem like an unfair standard, it is one that the Rebels have set for themselves in recent years.

Summer League Standing

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Trophy Tourny League 2009 Season

In a twist of fate, Rebels Club clinched the Monday Night League and a high playoff berth by defeating TapOut softball club for first place. But, the clinching game came on August 10th, against Corporate Punishment squad at Dugdale Park, to a score of – 21 to 1 with outfielders Rick Garza went 3 for 4 , 3 RBIs and Nestor Toro went 4 for 4 , 2 HRs , 5 RBIs – Dennis Wuorenna went 3 for 3 , 3 Runs and was the winning pitcher. The victory guaranteed a division title, but it also ensured them a run at the All-City Waukegan Tournament series with those same upper level teams. The Rebels Club would go on to defeat Grand Appliances club in the opener, but then ran into a pair of hot hitting Yellow Jackets squad and A.V.P. team that would end up knocking them out of the 2009 playoffs.

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Anastasias Softball represented the Lower Squad from 2009 until 2015.

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Summer Roster

Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Utility Players
Dennis Wuorenma		Jerry Vasquez		David Venegoni		Chris Olson		Ray Quinones
Ralph Lozano		Roy Salinas		Izzy Solis		Josh Grey		Eddy Santana
				James Huitt		Kevin Simmons		Eddy Solis
				Marcus Sims		Nestor Toro		Mike Reed
				Matt Mitchell		Rick Garza		Will Vandergrift
				Nate Alden		Steve Fisher
				Saul Molina

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Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A.	A.B.	Runs	O.B.	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Dennis Wuorenma	P	20	62	55	17	38	28	23	5	0	0	1.213	15	7	.509	3
Ralph Lozano	P	46	176	174	60	114	105	66	24	1	14	1.642	93	2	.603	7
Brad Losi	C	8	32	32	9	8	8	3	1	3	1	.813	8	0	.250	0
Eddy Santana	C	10	37	35	15	16	11	10	0	1	0	.803	7	2	.314	3
Jerry Vasquez	C	15	56	49	19	34	24	25	1	0	0	1.158	12	7	.531	1
Roy Salinas	C	5	19	17	3	16	13	13	0	0	0	1.607	8	2	.765	1
Eddy Solis	1B	13	43	39	13	20	13	13	0	0	0	.798	3	4	.333	3
Saul Molina	1B	18	61	56	21	31	25	19	5	1	0	1.079	22	5	.490	1
Izzy Solis	2B	38	134	130	44	68	61	41	15	4	1	1.176	31	4	.469	3
James Huitt	2B	40	141	132	59	74	58	41	13	4	0	1.123	30	9	.439	7
David Venegoni	3B	8	32	32	17	20	18	15	3	0	0	1.281	12	0	.563	2
Matt Mitchell	3B	26	106	105	42	61	59	38	13	5	3	1.442	47	1	.562	1
Marcus Sims	SS	8	37	36	19	25	22	14	6	0	2	1.620	9	1	.611	2
Mike Reed	SS	7	26	25	8	12	9	9	0	0	0	.822	4	1	.467	2
Nate Alden	SS	34	140	130	53	86	72	45	21	1	5	1.460	63	10	.554	4
Josh Grey	LF	9	36	34	17	20	16	12	2	2	0	1.203	7	2	.471	2
Rick Garza	LF	44	176	169	79	114	97	64	21	9	3	1.506	86	7	.574	10
Marco Cenveantes	LC	12	42	39	14	18	14	12	2	0	0	.839	6	3	.359	1
Nestor Toro	LC	46	197	178	103	139	110	67	20	14	9	1.745	81	19	.618	10
Chris Olson	RC	14	47	43	28	41	36	23	5	3	5	2.314	27	4	.837	1
Steve Fisher	RC	11	37	34	10	19	14	11	1	2	0	1.073	11	3	.412	2
Kevin Simmons	RF	40	154	133	80	107	77	58	13	5	1	1.449	51	21	.579	6
Will Vandergrift	RF	17	51	41	18	35	24	16	5	3	0	1.540	14	10	.585	1

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Most Valuable Player

Nestor Toro was the unanimous choice for MVP, as he should have been. He was so much better than his contemporaries that the only possible reason to deny him the MVP would be pure spite, which in all fairness is something that voters have had in great supply for the young Nationals phenom for years.

Toro hit .618 in 46 games. He had 103 runs, 110 hits, 20 doubles, 14 triples, 9 home runs, 81 RBIs, six stolen bases, 43 extra base hits, a .706 on-base average and a 1.039 slugging percentage. The All-Star Gold Glover was named Athlete of the Year and Silver Slugger Award winner. Toro also took home the Player of the Month Award for June and July.

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Rookie of the Year

Saul Molina got a lot of help from being a Rebel and having a massive preseason drama dedicated to whether or not he’d be on the club on Opening Day, but he also played more than well enough to deserve the Rookie of the Year award and it’s tough to ding him too much as “Lake County darling”.

Molina made his team debut on July 17th. 2008 against South Park Club at Belvidere South going ( 3 for 3, 3 RBIs). Collected his first Home Run on Thursday September 10th, 2008 vs Uncle Mikes Squad, Gm 2 at Belvidere North. Collected his first winning base hit on Saturday August 30th, 2014 at the Por La Gente Tournament, Gm 3 at Racine, WI. – Saul Molina hit .446 with a 1.079 OPS and 6 extra base hits in 61 plate appearances.

Team Memorabilia

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This is a 2009 authentic softball trading card of the Rebels' Shortstop Matt Mitchell and Pitcher Ralph Lozano. Ralph Lozano 2009 SP Chirography Card represents his "Cy Young Award” along with his Gold Glove. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

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