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Here is an article on AJ's Lucas Hileman who is at Baylor.

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports...09wacbubaseball.html

Hileman had a game winning hit for Baylor; I don't think Tony Zych got on the field for Louisville, or Kapteyn for Kentucky, or Nick Brown for Iowa -- those are the only ones I've tried to find.

Correction: Zych started as DH vs. Florida and went 0-4 - also pitched 2 = innings in relief, striking out 3.
Alex Beckman from Batavia started 3 games at 2B for NIU vs. Mississippi St. and N. Florida, going 3-8 with 3 BB.

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Originally posted by SIBullets:
Here is an article on AJ's Lucas Hileman who is at Baylor.

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports...09wacbubaseball.html

I wish Lucas well, he is an outstanding young man, you and Poe did a heck of a job with him.

Nick Brown threw a couple innings of scoreless relief in their 1st game.

I saw a kid pitch this weekend named TJ Swank. I was told he was a knuckle-scraper and he was not. He throws somewhere between 3/4's and sidearm. He was impressive with nice size and good downward movement on his pitches.

I saw that Kapteyn went 1-3 with a home run and pitched 1 inning with 2 k's against Coastal on Sunday

Jordan Siversten started all 4 games in LF for SIU.
6-15 1HR 3RBI. Casey Webber 1.2 IP for Western Michigan. Troy White started 2 games for NIU 3-9 and a RBI.

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Originally posted by bpwarriors08:
I saw that Kapteyn went 1-3 with a home run and pitched 1 inning with 2 k's against Coastal on Sunday

He was impressive. He has a nice, big, athletic body.

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
I saw a kid pitch this weekend named TJ Swank. I was told he was a knuckle-scraper and he was not. He throws somewhere between 3/4's and sidearm. He was impressive with nice size and good downward movement on his pitches.

TJ was a knuckle-scraper in high school and he kept everything down at the knees. Could it be that they are changing his slot at Coastal Carolina?

Swank was definitely never a knuckle-scraper. He was always a side armer. He keeps his head stacked over his hips when he throws and therefore could only be a knuckle-scraper if he threw underhanded. He does have great stuff though and an unflappable presence on the bump.

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
I saw a kid pitch this weekend named TJ Swank. I was told he was a knuckle-scraper and he was not. He throws somewhere between 3/4's and sidearm. He was impressive with nice size and good downward movement on his pitches.

TJ was a knuckle-scraper in high school and he kept everything down at the knees. Could it be that they are changing his slot at Coastal Carolina?

That is a good question and entirely possible. I never saw him pitch in high school so it is hard for me to say. I heard him described as a submariner in one article I read somewhere and after I saw him pitch, I did not come away with that impression. He is definitely close to sidearm but I wouldn't describe him as a submariner.

My kids corrected me and said that they thought that he was a sidearmer. I thought that he came down lower than that. What team were you following this past weekend?

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Originally posted by RRF8:
What team were you following this past weekend?

Thanks for asking I am a Coastal guy and followed the games on Internet video this weekend. We are heading down to South Carolina this weekend and I'll see if I can say hello to TJ. Is there anyone from the Chicago area that I can pass along greetings to him?

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Our junior U.S. Senator, Roland Burris, sends his greetings I'm sure.

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Our junior U.S. Senator, Roland Burris, sends his greetings I'm sure.

You can tell him to keep it to himself

rrf, maybe your kids corrected you but I think that was Chuck doing the correction first.

Another 08 starting out is Austin Wright is 2-0 on the mound with 15 k's in the games. He is also hitting around 333 early this year getting to play along with pitching. Chipola Jc in fla

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Originally posted by ClevelandDad:
You can tell him to keep it to himself

10-4. It's chiseled in stone!

I'm pretty familiar with T.J. Swank, and I would classify him as a "slinger". I'm almost positive that his arm slot has not changed since last high school season. Also, my guess is that Coastal sees his unique delivery as an advantage over there opponents, especially if he is going to be contributing as a middle reliever this spring.

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Also, my guess is that Coastal sees his unique delivery as an advantage over there opponents, especially if he is going to be contributing as a middle reliever this spring.

That is not a guess imho. That is exactly what they said when they recruited him. I can only go by what I saw this past weekend. It looked like he has raised his arm slot a wee bit above what I would classify as a slinger. He has good downward sink on his pitches. The infielders like playing behind him.

yeah Swank is definitely a ground ball pitcher, he almost never gave up any fly balls in high school. Good 84-85 mph fastball with a very above average change-up.

Since there has been some interest in TJ Swank, here is my scouting report after seeing him live. Not a sider armer, submariner, or slinger. He is low 3/4's imho and he changes his arm angle from pitch to pitch. He reminds me of Dennis Eckersly. Does not throw as hard as Eck just yet, but he is only a freshman. Bright future imho.