Craig Hastings is the 2004 HMWL Championship. Hopefully you haven't forgotten that, because that will be his title until the trophy changes hands at the end of the 2005 season.

"But I plan on winning back to back," says Hastings, the 2004 Performance of the Year winner (for his walk-off, championship-winning homer in last year's championship).

The youngest of the Hastings clan, Craig hit for solid numbers in '04 and also became one of the league's best pitchers with the new white balls. Hastings finished the year near the top of the league in homers and RBI...not to mention raising his average 100 points from 2003. But there were far more important things that the year of 2004 did for Hastings.

"Winning (the championship) shows everyone that I'm not just a single-ball hitter," says Hastings. "I can get it done in every fascet of the game, including the long ball and chucking the ball as well."