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mj...How could anyone possibly know? Some schools move their freshman up a level if the kids are good...some to the sophomore level...some (especially smaller schools with smallish enrollments) move freshmen right to the varsity squad.

Who do you think has an outstanding freshman class that will make some noise in 2008 and 2009?

Let me guess...You go to Fenwick.
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sorry i misphrased it, i meant just the freshman players, not the team. For example Fenwick has a lot of travel baseball players;

Mike Falsetti (C/P) (Berwyn Bulldogs)
Cam Verbeke (P/OF) (Berwyn Bulldogs)
Joe Lollino (OF) (New addition to Bulldogs)
Jimmy Vondrasek (IF) (Formaly with Midwest Shockers)
ETC.

I don't know where these players will play during the season (Frosh, Soph, Varsity) but i know they have a lot of potential.

P.S. I've seen Falsetti's name throughout the board but I think Cam Verbeke desrves some credit. He was one of the top pitchers in state pitching along with Falsetti and Ryan Crowley.
mjfenwick,

Don't be scared off by the comments made after your orginal post. Adult humor. I would ask you what travel teams, (assuming they were mainly community base),performed well at your age group last year.
Orland Park with both the Sparks and the Magic will feed into their perspective high schools and had good seasons last year. I watched a pretty good Lake Zurich Cougar team play last year.
And not too far down the list The Barrington "Big Red" Travelers. But in the Fastballdad Rankings (in which the voting isn't open to anyone) The "Big Red" was #1.

USASportsRankings.com........is a joke.

MJFenwick...welcome aboard and don't let us ruin your fun......what I'd like to know is how you guys comapre to your neighbor OPRF.....who got all the good players? Seems like in the past it has been OPRF.
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No one who follows really baseball cares about the USA rankings. Voted by and ranked by the coaches that have payed the fee to vote. I would guess that because of all the Bulldog players on the Fenwick team , they will be the the top freshman team in the State. Don't ask a a question if you don't want an answer.
Bender,

I've been driving down to Johnnie's for years. I introduced my son to this fine cuisine when he was probably 12 or 13 and now he is a full fledged fan. A second location opened on Arlington Hts. Rd just south of Golf and it is closer to our home. The food is just a good, but the new building, clean tables just doesn't have the same ambience as the original.

Deucedoc, Now that's funny, Go Bears.
BeenThere... Yes, it is on North Ave. Go and get a combo and an Italian Ice, you'll think you died and.. Well, you know. Rosy, I grew up at 76th and Bloomingdale and hung there often as a child. There and Russell's for barbecue beef were my childhood staples. Baseball14 - good to here from you. Everything good? Go Bears! Fastball - you okay? Did the back-waxing hurt?
I think it works that if you are a member, you can vote. If not you can't. Hmmm. Afew years back, they offered soem kind of trial membership and several kids on my team joined. We jumped into the top 10 for a week or two and after they stopped voting we dropped back down....I never voted. We consistently beat some teams that were ranked very high and also played some teams that either beat us or played us tough who were ranked lower or even...believe it or not....were not even in the poll!

Maybe it has changed but I don't know.
I have very little first hand knowledge of the '09 class, so I won't speculate.

On the other hand, I have extensive first hand knowledge of the infinately more important discussion regarding beef stands.

Hard to argue with Johnnies (is big Nick still there?..."what's yours ace!"), but if you happen to find yourself at Proviso West, go a few blocks south on Wolf and try Carm's Beef. You'll be happy you did.

Mike F
Mike F

My older sister and her husband used to drive from Wonder Lake back to the old neighborhood
for the original Carm's. The new Carm's is just as good. Al's on Taylor is pretty special as well. The grilled over charcoal, sausage may be the best. Frankies in Oaklawn could easily be added to the list. That is if they have re-opened after the recent murder.
Sulltiger24,

No, I've never been to the Pardise Pup, but there used to be a place on Lincoln Av. back in the 60's called the Pampered Pup. Different place, different time. I like your reference to seeing "the smoke billowng out into the sky". Nice touch.

lsc, Great fries at Al's, but for me the rest of the fare has really slipped in the past 10 years. Smaller sandwiches, higher prices, just not what it used to be. I'm usually a combo guy and I still believe that Johnnie's sausage is #1. But men, let's face it, if I was hungry most of the joints you've mentioned would do the trick. But when I make plans for a "beef run", it is to Johnnie's.

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