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The 2003/2004 Off-Season

Back in Cairns!!!
Brett returned from the United States on Wednesday 10th September 2003

The Australian Baseball Federation had various Tournaments scheduled,
but these were not starting until the new year

However, as was the case last off-season, games were still being played in the Cairns Baseball League Competition
with the Finals being held during late September/early October

Once again, Brett was invited to join
The (Playpen) Cubs
and played his first game on Wednesday 10th September 2003 - the day he arrived back in Cairns!!!

Last year, Brett had some terrific games with The Cubs,
and was a major part of their victory in both the Cairns Baseball League's Finals Series
and The Inter City Club Challenge bewtween Cairns and Townsville
(for all the details of these games, click here)

Unfortunately this year he was unable to play enough games to qualify for the Finals Series
and could only participate in the regular fixture games

However he had a great time, playing in both the infield and outfield
plus stepping on to the mound to pitch a few innings
plus catching in one of the games (......and he's a lefty!!!)

Below are his statistics, along with the game reports from the Cairns Post newspaper in which he is mentioned

Wednesday 10th September 2003 - click here for the game report
Game against Shogun/Heat
Played just one innings, and did not bat

Wednesday 17th September 2003 - click here for the game report
Game against Shogun/Heat
Positions - first base and pitched
Batting
4 plate appearances - 3 at bats and 1 walk
1 hit (double) - and drove in 1 run
2 strike outs - 1 stolen base
Batting average 0.333 - Slugging average 0.666
Fielding
7 put outs
Pitching
1 innings pitched - threw to 4 batters - 12 balls and 10 strikes
Issued 2 walks and struck out 1 batter

Sunday 21st September 2003 - click here for the game report
Game against Reds
Positions - first base, leftfield and pitched
Batting
5 plate appearances - 4 at bats and 1 walk
2 hits (home run and a double) - and drove in 1 run and scored 2 runs
1 stolen base
Batting average 0.500 - Slugging average 1.500
Fielding
3 put outs and also made 1 error
Pitching
2 innings pitched - threw to 19 batters - 16 balls and 45 strikes
Issued 1 walk and struck out 3 batters
Gave up 8 hits and 10 runs, 6 of which were 'earned runs'

Sunday 28th September 2003 - click here for the game report
Game against Reds
Positions - pitcher and catcher
Batting
5 plate appearances - 5 at bats
4 hits (two doubles and two singles) - and drove in 5 runs and scored 2 runs
Batting average 0.800 - Slugging average 1.200
Fielding
4 put outs and 3 assists
Pitching
3 innings pitched - threw to 11 batters - 17 balls and 30 strikes
Struck out 4 batters
Gave up 1 hit
Catching
Caught 4 innings - and gunned-down 2 base runners

TOTALS
Batting
14 plate appearances - 12 at bats and 2 walks
7 hits (home run, four doubles and two singles) - and drove in 7 runs and scored 4 runs
2 strike outs - 2 stolen bases
Batting average 0.500 - Slugging average 1.167
Fielding
14 put outs, 3 assists and 1 error
Fielding average 0.944
Pitching
6 innings pitched - threw to 34 batters - 45 balls and 85 strikes
Issued 3 walks and struck out 8 batters
Gave up 9 hits and 10 runs, 6 of which were 'earned runs'
Earned run average 9.000
Catching
Caught 4 innings - and gunned-down 2 base runners

NOTE
The Cubs defeated Reds in the semi-final,
and moved into the "best-of-three" Grand Final Series against Shogun/Heat.
This was a replay of last years' Series, in which The Cubs went on to claim the Championship
This year the tables were turned, with Shogun/Heat winning the Series two games to nil