November 4, 2011 - Blessed with a golden glove and a heart of gold, Jerry Herbst forged an unforgettable legacy as a Garden City baseball and softball icon over the past five decades.
Arguably the finest third baseman to ever wear a Garden City baseball uniform, Herbst passed away unexpectedly Sunday in his Garden City home. He was 55 years old.
Following a spectacular prep baseball career at Garden City West High School that spanned 1972-74, Herbst played for the nationally-reknowned amateur baseball team Jet Box. He earned several professional tryouts in the mid- and late-70s.
October 29, 2011 - Jet Box won the AA Veterans 38+ division championship at the Roy Hobbs World Series in Ft. Myers, FL. The team record was 5 wins and 3 losses, and went undefeated in the elimination round.
The semi-final game was won on a walk-off double in the 9th inning by Al Viggiano vs Tennessee. The championship game winning pitcher was Jay Bobel with the last 2 innings pitched by Brian Paprocki at Lee County Staduim on Saturday night. ROY HOBBS RESUTS
Jet Box Advances to AABC World Series
August 17, 2011 -- Jet Box Baseball enjoyed another successful season in 2011 finishing with a record of 32 wins and 17 losses. The team was 4-9 in the beginning and we replaced 50% of our 2010 team.
Jet Box went 28-8 the rest of the season after our slow start to finish with an overall record of 32-17.
We won game #1400 on June 25, 2011 and finished the seson playing playing game #2201 in Jet Box Baseball history.
Jet Box won the Can-Am playoffs, the AABC disctrict and the AABC Regionals over fifteen days from July 23 thru August 7th, 2011. We made it to our 6th straight National World Series. This year we advanced to the AABC World Series after playing in 5 straight NABF World Series from 2006-2010.
This year was a new World Series location in Houston, Texas. We won one game and lost two for our 2nd appearance in the AABC World Series. Our first was way back in 1984. We had a successful season in 2011 and look forward to our 44th season in 2012.
