2000 S e a s o n

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The 2000 WHAT? Softball season was their first season as a Rec league team in Waukegan. It was also their inaugural season in Lake County.
The WHAT? Softball Club had a very balanced lineup, which was led by outfielders Brett McCollum and Jon Frailey, and was second in runs scored on Thursday Nights. They relied primarily on speed, as Travis Platt, Adam Miller, and Frailey finished 1–2–3 in extra base hits. The pitching staff was anchored by Jerry Vasquez, who went 9–11 with a 12.67 ERA.

The WHAT? Softball Club finished 9 – 11. They lost the pennant by six games.

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Summer League Roster

Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Utility Players
Jerry Vasquez		Mike Nordeen		Adam Miller		Brett McCollum		Billy Bonnes
		Torre Gardner		Jeff Wilson		Jeff Reiher		Louie Torres
				Jonathan Schumacher		Jon Frailey		Nathan DeRohan
				Robert Jablonski		Scott Wilson
				Tim Sotomayer		Travis Platt

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2000 was a nice inaugural season for the WHAT? Men's Softball Club, as newly free agents outfielders Brett McCollum, Jon Frailey, and "utility player" Tim Sotomayer joined the arrival of many of the young players from the farm. But none of the young pups made as big a splash as infielder Adam Miller who burst onto the scene, hitting 25 extra base hits in his first 18 games (and perhaps skewing the hopes for his power numbers going forward). Shortstop Travis Platt, who debuted briefly in 2000, made great contributions to the middle of the batting order. Outfielder Scott Wilson came out of the gate wild but showed flashes of brilliance in his first 3 months in the big leagues.

To me, the story of the season was Jerry Vasquez. Coming off two injury plagued years and a stormy exit from Gurnee, the long-time 1B moved to C due to injury. Vasquez came out of the gate swinging, hitting .554 / .639 / .750 before the mid-season break. Vasquez really tailed off dramatically in the second half, but still provided many key hits, including two very memorable ones.

Summer League Stats

#	Poss	TEAM		Gm	PA	AB	Runs	OB	Hits	O.B.P	1H	2H	3H	4H	S.L.G	X.B.	RBIs	KO	BB	A.V.G	O.P.S	RE	RFC	SF	DP	R / G	OB / G	H / G	BI / G
46	RC	FRAILEY	John	18	68	60	16	43	28	.632	13	10	2	3	.850	15	18	4	8	.467	1.482	7	2	0	0	0.9	2.4	1.6	1.0
14	C	GARNDER	Torre	16	50	48	10	25	21	.500	15	6	0	0	.563	6	12	5	2	.438	1.063	2	6	0	0	0.6	1.6	1.3	0.8
22	1B	JABLONSKI	Robert	16	54	50	10	25	18	.463	15	3	0	0	.420	3	12	6	4	.360	.883	3	9	0	0	0.6	1.6	1.1	0.8
1	LF	McCOLLUM	Brett	14	55	52	18	35	28	.636	8	7	5	8	1.327	20	27	2	3	.538	1.963	4	2	0	0	1.3	2.5	2.0	1.9
23	SS	MILLER	Adam	18	67	60	32	48	35	.716	10	14	8	3	1.233	25	23	1	7	.583	1.950	6	4	0	0	1.8	2.7	1.9	1.3
0	LC	PLATT	Travis	14	55	51	21	40	29	.727	16	8	4	1	.941	13	15	1	4	.569	1.668	7	4	0	0	1.5	2.9	2.1	1.1
12	UP	RIEHER	Jeff	20	56	51	12	32	24	.571	23	1	0	0	.490	1	7	2	5	.471	1.062	3	4	0	0	0.6	1.6	1.2	0.4
29	P	VASQUEZ	Jerry	20	61	56	14	39	31	.639	21	9	1	0	.750	10	14	1	5	.554	1.389	3	6	0	0	0.7	2.0	1.6	0.7
4	3B	WILSON	Jeff	20	65	55	14	40	27	.615	18	8	1	0	.673	9	21	3	10	.491	1.288	3	2	0	0	0.7	2.0	1.4	1.1
37	RF	WILSON	Scott	18	56	48	11	38	25	.679	21	4	0	0	.604	4	10	1	8	.521	1.283	5	5	0	0	0.6	2.1	1.4	0.6
10	C	BONNES	Billy	6	19	18	2	6	5	.316	5	0	0	0	.278	0	1	0	1	.278	.594	0	0	0	0	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.2
8	SS	DeROHAN	Nathan	1	4	4	2	3	3	.750	3	0	0	0	.750	0	2	0	0	.750	1.500	0	0	0	0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0
27	C	NORDEEN	Mike	4	18	16	4	10	5	.556	5	0	0	0	.313	0	3	1	2	.313	.868	3	2	0	0	1.0	2.5	1.3	0.8
25	2B	SCHUMACHER	Jonathan	2	9	9	2	5	4	.556	4	0	0	0	.444	0	2	0	0	.444	1.000	1	0	0	0	1.0	2.5	2.0	1.0
32	UP	SOTOMAYOR	Tim	20	56	54	11	28	22	.500	20	2	0	0	.444	2	8	4	2	.407	.944	4	10	0	0	0.6	1.4	1.1	0.4

		STARTERS		20	587	531	158	365	266	.622	160	70	21	15	.797	106	159	26	56	.501	1.418	43	44	0	0	7.9	18.3	13.3	8.0

		T O T A L S		20	693	632	179	417	305	.602	197	72	21	15	.734	108	175	31	61	.483	1.336	51	56	0	0	9.0	20.9	15.3	8.8

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On May 18th. and with the smell of fresh chock still in the air the Rebel Club played their first official game, treating 25 fans at Belvidere North, the Rebels made their debut, a nerve-wracking 16 - 7 lost to Jester's Pub, highlighted by a Jerry Vasquez home run. There were early bright spots, Jon Frailey provided some spark at the top of the order (along with team MVP Adam Miller). Also in the lineup there were recognizable names such as Travis Platt, Scott Wilson and Robert Jablonski as well as unfamiliar ones with the likes of Jeff Wilson, Torre Gardner and Jeff Reiher.

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Most Valuable Player & Rookie of the Year Award Winner

As a three-time All-American, Adam Miller long ago erased any concerns about his height. Now it’s his stature within the game that’s talked about. The Rebel second baseman rose to softball’s highest individual level when he was chosen as the Lake County MVP and Rookie of the Year award winner.

Miller remained a picture of consistency, batting .577 in the first half and .594 in the second. He hit at least .580 with an 1.850 OPS in every month and went on a stunning tear in June, batting .685 for the month.

Adam Miller, 20, was the catalyst of softball’s most prolific offense, hitting a county-best .583 with 3 homers, 23 RBIs, 25 extra base hits and a 1.949 on-base plus slugging percentage.

The inaugural team card set commemorates infielders Robert Jablonski, Travis Platt, Jeff Wilson. This card set is the first ever and only set with rookies infielders Nathan DeRohan and includes rare, Adam Miller autographed card.. The team set also includes outfielders Brett McCollum, Jon Frailey and Scott Wilson.

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