Evans, Raemaki and Enoka First Team All-World Selections, Evans MVP
By Tony Smith at Stuff.co.NZ
Three Black Sox stalwarts were named on all-star squads after winning back-to-back major men’s softball titles in the United States.
Black Sox captain Cole Evans, infielder Jerome Raemaki and outfielder Ben Enoka made the All-World First Team selection after helping the New York Gremlins win the International Softball Congress (ISC) tournament in Wisconsin last weekend.
The ISC championship is generally regarded as the best club softball tournament in the world.
Evans, a shortstop, was named tournament MVP.
Raemaki drove a two-run home run in the 6-1 ISC grand final win over Toronto’s Bear Creek Express – A team stacked with internationals from Canada’s silver medal World Cup squad.
Evans also homered and Enoka recorded a RBI (run batted in).
The Black Sox beat the Czech Republic 3-1 after a big home by Ben Enoka at his sixth World Cup.
The Gremlins had earlier won the ASA (Amateur Softball Association) title at a tournament in Minnesota.
Evans and Enoka – the team’s top batter with a .636 average – were ASA First Team All Americans selections alongside ex-Black Sox catcher Cory Timu, playing for Minnesota’s LC Ostrander Norsemen.
Raemaki was named on the second team.
It was the Gremlins’ third consecutive ASA title.
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