It was a nice game yesterday; my son was the catcher for Okeiki.
Thanks for the nice words.
The pitcher is a freshman red shirt from Cal Poly Pomona. He has pitched nine complete innings before and in the past has pitched many complete seven inning games in winter league. He is a fighter and most likely went out there on his own in the ninth and the coach gave it to him to finish. Because of his size he gets questioned on his endurance so he has a chip on his shoulder. That ninth inning showed what kind of player he is.
The reliever is getting a lot of attention since he throws low to mid 90’s. I think the scouts were there to see Tyler Shreve’s bullpen and to see the catcher from Hawaii, not our guys.
I have to agree our Third baseman made some great plays and so did our first baseman both of them. Your left fielder made the best play of the whole game with that catch in the bottom of the 8th.
CADad, I know your son pitched in the game yesterday and he did a great job mixing up speeds and keeping the batters off balance.
I haven't seen the catcher. I asked the scout I saw who looked like he was from the scouting bureau if he was there to see the catcher and he said he was also there to see the reliever. The Grizzlie's coach was pretty impressed by the catcher though. He said the kid had really good pop times and some pretty good pop in his bat. One of the catchers from ATH is relatively young and this time of year the scouts tend to be focused on the kids who are draft eligible.
My son couldn't get the curve over so he used the change a fair amount as it was working fairly well. He wasn't trying to put anything extra on the ball until the last inning so he was 83-85ish on the Stalker they had set up there with a couple down at 82 when he aimed it a bit. That's pretty normal for him when he's trying to pitch as opposed to throwing to impress. He hadn't pitched for three weeks so it was important that he focus on throwing strikes. He said he tried to throw the last pitch fairly hard but I didn't see the reading on that one as the play on that one ended up being probably the key play in the game to that point. Probably not that hard and the extra effort just resulted in it being up a bit.
I thought the left fielder made his best, or at least most important play on the throw in the bottom of the seventh. I don't think it would have been close at the plate if the throw hadn't been cut, assuming it was on line. I also thought the tag was made before the run scored but it was a bang bang play and you take what you get on those. That was one of those plays where what you think happened depends on the team you are rooting for.
I was a little surprised at the speeds from our pitchers as the starter had thrown around 84-86 and touched 87 or 88 last time I saw him there and I think the kid who threw the 8th can throw quite a deal harder than he did on Sunday also.
If we're out there on Saturday I'll tell you what I see. You'll probably have to get there early enough to see some of that game yourself though.
My son couldn't get the curve over so he used the change a fair amount as it was working fairly well. He wasn't trying to put anything extra on the ball until the last inning so he was 83-85ish on the Stalker they had set up there with a couple down at 82 when he aimed it a bit. That's pretty normal for him when he's trying to pitch as opposed to throwing to impress. He hadn't pitched for three weeks so it was important that he focus on throwing strikes. He said he tried to throw the last pitch fairly hard but I didn't see the reading on that one as the play on that one ended up being probably the key play in the game to that point. Probably not that hard and the extra effort just resulted in it being up a bit.
I thought the left fielder made his best, or at least most important play on the throw in the bottom of the seventh. I don't think it would have been close at the plate if the throw hadn't been cut, assuming it was on line. I also thought the tag was made before the run scored but it was a bang bang play and you take what you get on those. That was one of those plays where what you think happened depends on the team you are rooting for.
I was a little surprised at the speeds from our pitchers as the starter had thrown around 84-86 and touched 87 or 88 last time I saw him there and I think the kid who threw the 8th can throw quite a deal harder than he did on Sunday also.
If we're out there on Saturday I'll tell you what I see. You'll probably have to get there early enough to see some of that game yourself though.
I agree it has been great. There have been some great games in this league. And I hope more players play next year then just quitting the game all together as some have done.
Have to agree with 951dad. My son said he was totally fooled by your son's change up. He also said that your son has good movement. I was thinking 2 seam.
Thx.
I can't copy the info because it is in the subscriber content on PGcrosschecker but they've posted their draft info for Hawaii and they've got the catcher from the Surfdogs, Christian Carmichael, listed as a possible 4th to 10th round pick and as one of the top few picks from Hawaii.
Scouts have had plenty of chances to see him, so they've seen his good and bad days. He's been in quite a few PG showcases and tournaments. He's got a strong arm and really top notch pop times and the scouts see bat speed and power potential. Sometimes people confuse talent and performance. Sometimes talented players don't perform well but the talent shines through. He's also fairly fast for a catcher. He's drawing scouts so that's only positive for the kids who are looking to be seen by pro scouts. Those kids should use it as motivation to try and outperform him. If they do it may get them noticed as well.
O'Keiki Warriors won the Championship!!!
quote:Originally posted by 951dad:
My son was the catcher on the opposing team. That Bull Dog team was big.
He was looking for you at the second game because he wanted to thank you himself for starting this league.
Thanks again, this is the happiest he has been in a long time and it is showing in his play.
P.S. his back should be ok by the time they play the Canadian team on the 31st which he is really excited to play them.
How many games did your son end up catching this weekend? Nice hitting despite so many innings receiving.
He caught 5 games. the Championship game went into the 12th inning before they won it. we missed your son in the last game.
Baseball Scouts and College Coaches will find the talent period- The guy who started ABD should be given a fricken Medal for filling the much needed gap in player development. Too many High School Coaches are put in a position to screw up kids careers before they have a chance to get started.
ATH is looking for baseball players that want to play in the ABCL -Spring League. Rosters are beginning to fill up but we still do have room for added players. The league starts in March
Contact Doug for more information
ATHbaseball.net
baker09@aol.com
Contact Doug for more information
ATHbaseball.net
baker09@aol.com
My son played for Doug last year when he was a redshirt and really enjoyed playing for Doug. Doug is a great baseball guy who puts the players first.
My son will be playing for O'Keiki again. He was SS/3rd base. Now he is 18 years old, bigger, stronger, faster...