The Fall 2009 Garden City U9 FIRE are all smiles after another great game The Garden City FIRE U9 travel baseball team completed another successful fall season. The FIRE ended the season against the LIAS Sharks. Although the FIRE lost a thrilling 9-8 game, the game was an exciting back and forth battle and really showed just how much the boys improved over the year. The FIRE then wrapped up the season with their "players vs parents" game in which the boys edged out the parents in a come from behind victory in their final at bat. The boys won 8-7 on a steal of home. The team then held a Pizza Party where team awards were distributed. Cole Flynn was awarded the HACK WILSON Award for most RBI's; Tom Gillespie was the recipient of the Pete Rose Award for outstanding hustle; John Griffith won the Mark Fidrych Award for Rookie Pitching Excellence; Patrick Iorio was awarded the Goose Gossage Award for most saves; Jack Kenny received the Ozzie Smith Gold Glove Award; Christopher Kiley was the recipient of Joe Morgan Award for outstanding play at 2nd base; Richard Marooney won the Mickey Mantle Award for furthest hit of the season; Kenny McCadden was awarded the Phil Rizzutto Award for excellence at SS and high batting average; Brendan McGuire received the Cy Young Award for most wins; Andrew Nagel was awarded the Ty Cobb Award for outstanding overall play and toughness; Kyle Ober was the recipient of the Brooks Robinson Award for outstanding defensive play at 3rd base; Dan Salsberg won the Yogi Berra Award for catching excellence and hitting; John Schlatter received the Lefty Grove Award for top lefty pitcher, and Quinn Walsh won the Mike Schmidt Award for outstanding hitting and fielding at 3rd base. The FIRE had a fun season and look forward to getting on the field this coming spring.