2007 S e a s o n

In general, we prefer easy answers to complicated problems. Looking under rocks to properly examine all sides of an issue is heavy lifting, and retreating into easily digestible sound-bites for surface-level answers that fit comfortably into our predetermined narratives is so much simpler. A team underperforms? Fire the coach, maybe the GM, too. Not enough depth on the roster? Spend more money. A player or two away? Sign the biggest name out there.

Resolving the complicated, however, is never simple and the WHAT? Club, a championship final free since like ‘forever’ in what is now softball’s longest drought, and their season of lost opportunity in 2007, demand a more thorough examination.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
Dennis Wuorenma	Jeff Stein	Chris Minor	Andrew Stein	Brad Graham
Jon Schumacher	Jerry Vasquez	Jerry Van Dyke	Jon Van Dyke	Jason Vogt
	R.J. Lauraitis	Marcus Sims	Matt Dulaney	Jeff Reiher
		Nate Alden	Rick Garza	Kyle Moomey
		Nestor Toro	Rob Scheve	Jason Vogt
		Ralph Lozano	Steve Guarini	Milan Echevarria
		Ross Jensen

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
16	LC	GARZA	Rick	35	129	121	48	84	73	.651	49	16	5	3	.893	24	49	0	8	.603	1.544	3	8	0	0	1.4	2.4	2.1	1.4
22	LF	GUARINI	Steve	42	158	143	56	91	74	.576	61	9	4	0	.636	13	30	3	15	.517	1.212	2	16	0	0	1.3	2.2	1.8	0.7
17	3B	JENSEN	Ross	17	60	50	20	38	25	.633	21	2	2	0	.620	4	10	1	10	.500	1.253	3	6	0	0	1.2	2.2	1.5	0.6
09	1B	LOZANO	Ralph	37	130	126	41	76	67	.585	49	13	0	5	.754	18	66	0	4	.532	1.339	5	7	0	0	1.1	2.1	1.8	1.8
20	2B	MINOR	Chris	40	155	148	78	99	89	.639	47	19	4	19	1.169	42	93	2	7	.601	1.808	3	10	0	0	2.0	2.5	2.2	2.3
19	RF	SCHEVE	Rob	33	115	112	37	62	57	.539	44	11	2	0	.643	13	35	2	3	.509	1.182	2	8	0	0	1.1	1.9	1.7	1.1
25	UP	SCHUMACHER	Jonathan	41	139	122	31	60	42	.432	40	2	0	0	.361	2	22	5	17	.344	.792	1	7	0	0	0.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
14	OF	STEIN	Andy	22	76	64	27	39	26	.513	24	2	0	0	.438	2	18	10	12	.406	.951	1	5	0	0	1.2	1.8	1.2	0.8
21	LC	TORO	Nestor	41	154	145	55	89	80	.578	63	15	2	0	.683	17	41	3	9	.552	1.261	0	9	0	0	1.3	2.2	2.0	1.0
27	LF	VAN DYKE	Jon	29	113	101	49	70	54	.619	36	11	6	1	.792	18	20	2	12	.535	1.412	4	7	0	0	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.7
8	2B	ALDEN	Nate	9	34	33	13	17	16	.500	7	6	1	2	.909	9	16	1	1	.485	1.409	0	1	0	0	1.4	1.9	1.8	1.8
10	OF	ECHEVARRIA	Milan	18	65	63	20	38	35	.585	20	9	0	6	.984	15	27	1	2	.556	1.569	1	4	0	0	1.1	2.1	1.9	1.5
28	C	GRAHAM	Brad	16	52	48	8	27	23	.519	19	3	1	0	.583	4	14	1	4	.479	1.103	0	1	0	0	0.5	1.7	1.4	0.9
23	SS	JENSEN	Brad	1	2	2	1	2	2	1.000	0	2	0	0	2.000	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	0	0	0	0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0
16	2B	MOOMEY	Kyle	10	33	28	8	13	8	.394	8	0	0	0	.286	0	11	5	5	.286	.680	0	2	0	0	0.8	1.3	0.8	1.1
7	UP	QUINONES	Ray	2	9	8	4	8	7	.889	6	1	0	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	.875	1.889	0	1	0	0	2.0	4.0	3.5	0.5
0	UP	SIZEMORE	Dale	4	17	17	5	8	7	.471	6	1	0	0	.471	1	7	0	0	.412	.941	1	1	0	0	1.3	2.0	1.8	1.8
12	C	STEIN	Jeff	21	67	58	17	32	21	.478	18	2	1	0	.431	3	13	2	9	.362	.909	2	6	0	0	0.8	1.5	1.0	0.6
18	OF	TORRES	Louie	5	17	16	2	8	7	.471	7	0	0	0	.438	0	6	1	1	.438	.908	0	0	0	0	0.4	1.6	1.4	1.2
37	C	VAN DYKE	Jerry	12	41	31	12	27	15	.659	14	1	0	0	.516	1	7	1	10	.484	1.175	2	1	0	0	1.0	2.3	1.3	0.6
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jeery	18	53	43	13	29	19	.547	17	2	0	0	.488	2	14	3	10	.442	1.036	0	3	0	0	0.7	1.6	1.1	0.8
28	SS	VOGT	John	12	43	38	19	22	16	.512	9	4	3	0	.684	7	9	1	5	.421	1.196	1	4	0	0	1.6	1.8	1.3	0.8
3	P	WUORENMA	Dennis	2	5	4	2	1	0	.200	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	1	.000	.200	0	1	0	0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0

		STARTERS		45	1229	1132	442	708	587	.576	434	100	25	28	.725	153	384	28	97	.519	1.301	24	83	0	0	9.8	15.7	13.0	8.5

		T O T A L S		45	1705	1556	571	957	777	.561	576	133	32	36	.695	201	516	48	149	.499	1.257	31	109	0	0	12.7	21.3	17.3	11.5

Most Valuable Player

Call him overrated, but Nestor Toro 2007 MVP campaign put him on the who’s who in of softball players in Lake County. The All-Star batted .552, with 41 RBIs and 55 runs, .578 OBP, and .683 slugging percentage. He became one of the best lead-off hitters in the league after showing little power for the first few years of his career with the Rebels. The Player of the Month Award in August and Utility Player of the Year became the first Rebel player to win a Gold Glove and the Defenseman of the Year award in the outfield and infield positions. Let it be known that Nestor Toro was the best player of the 2000s. The funny part about that statement is that he didn’t play in the entire decade. Who knows what he could’ve done in the 2020s?

Rookie of the Year

Outfielder Andrew Stein has won the 2007 Rookie of the Year award, as voted upon by the Lake County Softball. He just turned 18 years old on Oct. 21, so Stein becomes the youngest player to win the award. Many wonder what the future has in store for the Andrew Stein after winning Rookie of the Year.

Stein made his team debut and collected his first base hit on August 3rd. 2006 against Bally Muck King Toads at Belvidere South going ( 1 for 3). Collected his first double on Thursday August 10th, 2006 vs. Cardinal Health Squad at. Belvidere South. Andrew Stein hit .406 / .513 / .438 overall this year with 18 RBIs / 27 runs and 12 walks, and yes, with 10 strikeouts as well.

Season 2007 Fall League Standing Pic 004

Fall 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
5	OF	DULANEY	Matt	18	79	68	23	39	27	.494	24	1	2	0	.471	3	16	0	11	.397	.964	1	2	0	0	1.3	2.2	1.5	0.9
0	UP	HUITT	James	3	14	14	5	7	7	.500	3	2	2	0	.929	4	9	1	0	.500	1.429	0	0	0	0	1.7	2.3	2.3	3.0
09	1B	LOZANO	Ralph	20	84	78	21	45	38	.536	25	5	1	7	.846	13	42	0	6	.487	1.382	1	3	0	0	1.1	2.3	1.9	2.1
20	UP	MINOR	Chris	10	41	37	14	21	16	.512	9	2	0	5	.892	7	19	1	4	.432	1.404	1	0	0	0	1.4	2.1	1.6	1.9
25	UP	SCHUMACHER	Jonathan	20	77	60	22	46	28	.597	22	5	1	0	.583	6	8	1	17	.467	1.181	1	3	0	0	1.1	2.3	1.4	0.4
17	SS	SIMS	Marcus	16	55	47	25	38	27	.691	15	7	0	5	1.043	12	16	5	8	.574	1.733	3	3	0	0	1.6	2.4	1.7	1.0
21	LC	TORO	Nestor	20	89	76	27	47	31	.528	25	6	0	0	.487	6	18	0	13	.408	1.015	3	7	0	0	1.4	2.4	1.6	0.9
27	OF	VAN DYKE	Jon	6	23	21	6	13	11	.565	10	0	1	0	.619	1	2	0	2	.524	1.184	0	1	0	0	1.0	2.2	1.8	0.3
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	19	72	56	15	35	19	.486	17	2	0	0	.375	2	8	5	16	.339	.861	0	2	0	0	0.8	1.8	1.0	0.4
3	P	WUORENMA	Dennis	6	24	21	12	16	12	.667	12	0	0	0	.571	0	10	1	3	.571	1.238	1	1	0	0	2.0	2.7	2.0	1.7
16	UP	GARZA	Rick	5	23	21	6	13	10	.565	6	2	0	2	.857	4	12	0	2	.476	1.422	1	0	0	0	1.2	2.6	2.0	2.4
22	OF	GUARINI	Steve	4	14	12	4	8	5	.571	4	1	0	0	.500	1	0	0	2	.417	1.071	1	1	0	0	1.0	2.0	1.3	0.0
2	UP	LAURAITIS	R.J.	5	20	18	4	10	8	.500	4	3	1	0	.722	4	6	2	2	.444	1.222	0	1	0	0	0.8	2.0	1.6	1.2
7	UP	REIHER	Jeff	6	24	23	2	11	8	.458	7	1	0	0	.391	1	1	0	1	.348	.850	2	1	0	0	0.3	1.8	1.3	0.2
14	OF	STEIN	Andy	1	3	3	1	1	1	.333	1	0	0	0	.333	0	1	0	0	.333	.667	0	0	0	0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
12	C	STEIN	Jeff	9	32	29	11	15	12	.469	9	2	1	0	.552	3	8	1	3	.414	1.020	0	8	0	0	1.2	1.7	1.3	0.9
30	UP	SOLIS	Izzy	2	10	9	3	6	4	.600	3	1	0	0	.556	1	4	0	1	.444	1.156	1	0	0	0	1.5	3.0	2.0	2.0
1	C	TOMLANOVICH	John	4	19	14	7	10	4	.526	3	1	0	0	.357	1	1	2	5	.286	.883	1	4	0	0	1.8	2.5	1.0	0.3
37	UP	VAN DYKE	Jerry	9	33	30	5	17	13	.515	12	0	1	0	.500	1	2	0	3	.433	1.015	1	4	0	0	0.6	1.9	1.4	0.2

		Totals		20	804	701	234	432	309	.537	230	46	12	21	.631	79	183	20	103	.441	1.168	20	43	0	0	11.7	21.6	15.5	9.2

This is a 2007 authentic softball trading card of the Rebels' leftfielder Steve Guarini and Rookie shortstop Marcus Sims. Steve Guarini 2007 SP Chirography Card represents his "Come Back Player of the Year Award", Defenseman of the Year Award and Sporting News All Star Award. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

WHAT?

2007 S e a s o n

Summer League Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Utility Players

Summer League Stats

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Fall League Stats