Mike Epping, a Frontier League All-Star Game starter and the Beach Bums single season stolen base record holder has signed to return for 2009...
Epping finished second in the Frontier League with a team record 38 steals in 2008 as the starting center fielder...The former Padre prospect who was in Triple-A during 2007 batted .284 in his first full season with the Beach Bums to go with eight homers and 53 RBI...The 53 RBI tied for the team lead with Kyle Maunus, and the .284 average was the highest among those with over 200 at bats...Epping also led the team in on base percentage at .376 and slugging percentage at .428 while making just one error in the outfield...He led the team with 12 multi-RBI games and 28 multi-hit contests including eight of the season's first 11 games leading to an average of .378 in May...
Epping stole more than one base in a game on six seperate occasions in 2008, taking a season best three at Florence on June 30...He drove in five runs at Wuerfel Park against East Division winner Kalamazoo on May 31...Epping closed 2008 with hits in 10 of the final 11 tilts...
Epping will be a veteran in 2009...
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