Bustos Named 2008 USA POY
12/18/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - After a stellar 2008 season which included her retirement, three-time Olympian Crystl Bustos (Canyon Country, Calif.) was named the 2008 USA Softball Player of the Year by the Amateur Softball Association. Bustos leaves behind a legacy not only as the most powerful hitter in the game, but also as a leader on and off the field.
“It’s an honor to be named the USA Softball Player of the Year as I was surrounded by such an amazing group of athletes daily throughout this past year,” said Bustos. “Although the outcome of the gold medal game wasn’t what we would have liked, I am so thankful for being able to represent my country for so many years.”
Bustos was stellar throughout the 2008 Olympic Games, including coming out strong in the semi-final and gold medal game. In the semifinal match-up, Bustos blasted a three-run home run against Japanese pitching ace Yukiko Ueno in the top of the ninth inning giving the U.S. the 4-1 victory. Bustos also scored the only U.S. run in the gold medal game with a solo home run again off of Ueno. Her next at bat was an intentional walk, the third of the Games for her.
Bustos wrapped up the Beijing Games hitting .500 (11-for-22) with a team-high six home runs and 10 RBI. She also broke two of her own records as well as tied one. She broke the record of most home runs hit (5) in an Olympic Games with six and broke her Olympic slugging percentage of .923 from 2004 hitting 1.318 in 2008. She recorded 12 runs as the U.S. outscored opponents 58-5, while tying her own RBI Olympic record with 10 from 2004.
She finishes her Olympic career with four records including the career home run Olympic record with 14 from 2000, 2004 and 2008.
Bustos retired her cleats after the 3-1 loss on home plate of the Fengtai Stadium and will forever be remembered and appreciated by the ASA and fans across the world.
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Should have been posted in Queens of Softball forum. #1?
- 3Bsnag
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3Bsnag wrote:Should have been posted in Queens of Softball forum. #1?
Oh stop
She might be a bucket memberIf you have ever met her she is a great person and very funny. She helped me with a clinic a few years back and we went to lunch afterwards and I laughed the whole time.
She is a great person and very generous
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NumeroUno - Posts: 8929
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NumeroUno wrote:3Bsnag wrote:Should have been posted in Queens of Softball forum. #1?
Oh stop
If you have ever met her she is a great person and very funny. She helped me with a clinic a few years back and we went to lunch afterwards and I laughed the whole time.
She is a great person and very generous
Who cares. She's irrelevant. She's does not play in 12U.
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NumeroUno wrote:3Bsnag wrote:Should have been posted in Queens of Softball forum. #1?
Oh stop
If you have ever met her she is a great person and very funny. She helped me with a clinic a few years back and we went to lunch afterwards and I laughed the whole time.
She is a great person and very generous
Same experience here (though I didnt get to have your clinic experience), our kids met her and other of the Team USA at a game in San Antone, she was a favorite as well as Kelly Kretchman. Lisa Fernandez is my pitching kid's favorite - Natasha Whatley is my ss kid's favorite. We have a group of kids from our team that are planning to hear/see Bustos at Texas A&M Corpus next month.
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Who cares. She's irrelevant. She's does not play in 12U.
Wow, I didn't realize that this forum was for 12U only.
I guess I will need to find a more advanced forum then.....
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She was also voted Best Looking Man on the Team....
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Spazsdad wrote:come on Sam
What??? You guys were all thinking it.....she's a public figure....like Roseanne.....or Rosey...
Run your mouth when I'm not around
Its easy to achieve
You cry to weak friends that sympathize
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Its easy to achieve
You cry to weak friends that sympathize
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Sam wrote:Spazsdad wrote:come on Sam
What??? You guys were all thinking it.....she's a public figure....like Roseanne.....or Rosey...
That is funny..................
Don't worry about Demonboy he is okay he just gets like that around the Holidays.
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I can't stop laughing, I think I might get fired. My boss thought I was working hard this whole time.I have a buddy that looks just like her, I kid him about it all the time.
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