We have recently returned from our annual trip to
Australia. Our three teams played the State Teams of Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. The record was 22 wins and 18 loss.
The Australians have greatly improved with their
pitching and fielding and overall game strategy.
The players are self disciplined, very competitive and responsive to their coaches instructions. Our coaches and the Australian coaches are former pro players.
Our American players now realize what professional baseball and college baseball will be in their future.
The MVP of this Goodwill Series was the Blue Team LHP and centerfielder - Anthony Gose,16 year old from Bellflower HS in California. His hitting and steller defense; 6.6 speed in the 60 yard and 91 MPH from the mound was outstanding.
Previous Goodwill Series players; Bobby Jenks *White Sox], Mike Pelfrey [Mets], Jereme Bondeman [Tigers], Aaron Hill [Blue Jays] and Adam LaRoche [Braves] all displayed similar talent in our Australia Goodwill Series.
MLB scouts viewed our games in Adelaide, Sydney and Perth. The opportunity to visit with Pat Kelly, former NY Yankee and now Seattle Mariners scout was a personal "highlight".
Our web site has daily game reports. reports.<www.goodwillseries.org>
Bob Williams
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