Local Boys Done Good (College/Pro)

Well with 3 hits last night and 2 today that must put Nick at 22 game streak now, he is tearing it up. Great job Nick! Congrats.

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the pride of maine south

Congratulations to Nick Martini of Kansas State(Prairie Ridge) who extended his hitting streak to 26 games today to break the K-State record.

Anyone know if Jack DeAno (Wheaton North '09) is still playing at Vanderbilt - can't find his name on the roster. Thanks!

Brian Bulaga (Crystal Lake) first round pick of the packers and Otis Hudson (Barrington) fifth round pick of Bengals. Congrats to both.

Saw two old travel ball foes square off again last week as Jordan Coffey (Batavia H.S./ Wasco Travelers/Wisconsin Diamondkings) played for Taylor University vs. Brandon Duplessis (Shaumberg Seminoles) and Indiana Tech in an NAIA contest. Coffey hit 2 HRs and got the win in relief on the mound and Duplessis pitched a scoreless inning of relief as Taylor defeated Indiana Tech 9-7 in the second game of a double-header.
Taylor (38-15) received an at-large bid for the NAIA National Tournament that begins next week.

Kyle Kaminska was named the Pitcher of the Week in the Florida State League for the week of May3rd through the 9th. He threw 8 scorless innings on the 5th with 7k's no bb and only allowing 3 hits. Nice article on his teams website the Jupiter Hammerheads. Kyle went to Naperville Central High School.

Nice article on the K-State website about Nick Martinin being named the co-player of the year in the big 12 conference. He is from Prairie Ridge high school.

Yet ANOTHER Maine Southalum on the verge of the big show.....

Brian Schlitter throwing well for Ryno at AAA Iowa, and with the shakiness of the Cubs pen, could be up there soon.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball...b&t=p_pbp&pid=489295

How about the boys from ISU, congrats to them. But how does Wichita State not get in with 41 wins?

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Originally posted by Playball2:
How about the boys from ISU, congrats to them. But how does Wichita State not get in with 41 wins?

Way to go ISU...give 'em hell in Louisville.

I agree it's got to be tough for Wichita State, but I think they have a couple things working against them. First, the RPI doesn't recognize their 3 wins against non D1 opponents, so they "only" have 38 wins for consideration. Second (after the 30 conference winner bids) the ACC, SEC, and Pac 10 (and maybe the Big 12) teams chew up a majority of the at-large bids with their strength of schedule advantage.

I wouldn't want to take away automatic bids from conference winners even though many of those teams are not nearly as good as WSU and others who were overlooked. But I would propose that there be a limit set for teams from the same conference getting bids. Even if your team is good, maybe you don't deserve a bid to regionals if you're only the 7th or 8th best team in your conference. Just a thought.

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Originally posted by Mike F:
I wouldn't want to take away automatic bids from conference winners even though many of those teams are not nearly as good as WSU and others who were overlooked. But I would propose that there be a limit set for teams from the same conference getting bids. Even if your team is good, maybe you don't deserve a bid to regionals if you're only the 7th or 8th best team in your conference. Just a thought.

And a great thought that is!

Just as an example of less than great teams being buoyed by a good conference, look at Wake Forest, 18-37, yet they still manage an RPI of 124. Yet George Mason, a much better team (having seen each play), is 28-22 but their RPI is fully 30 points below WF at 154.

Congratulations to Nick Martini K-State (Prairie Ridge) that was named All American this week and also lead the big 12 in Batting Average.

JCA Alumni wins Cape Cod batting title

Rudy

Does anyone know where Jack DeAno is playing this year? I think he left Vanderbilt - just wondering where he wound up.

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Originally posted by onebounce:
Does anyone know where Jack DeAno is playing this year? I think he left Vanderbilt - just wondering where he wound up.

Heard that too, but not sure where.

Congrats to Dan Brewer (LT and Bradley, Prairie Gravel, Strikes Guy) as he just finished his Double A Season with the Yankees. Bating avg 270, slugging 407, with 34 doubles, 3 triples and 10 home runs. He also had 84 rbi and sclored 83 runs. Also stole 29 bases.
Nice Job Brew!!!

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He's real...


Ain't that right Sam?



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I added a mention there gotwood if that helps.

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Couple of 2006 grads:

Ryan Copeland - Elk Grove HS and IL State was named 2010 Appalachian Pitcher of the year and post season All-Star.

Joe Benson - Joliet Catholic was the Minnesota Twins minor league player of the year for 2010.

Thx for the update basballfan, I had not heard about Joe Benson in a while, good to see he is doing so well.

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Originally posted by onebounce:
Anyone know if Jack DeAno (Wheaton North '09) is still playing at Vanderbilt - can't find his name on the roster. Thanks!

In case you are still interested, Jack DeAno is now listed on Purdue's baseball roster.

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He transferred from one great school to another great school closer to home. Give him a pat on the back!



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I thought that you couldn't transfer from one D1 to another without sitting out a year.

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Hmmm? Do you want to offer him a seat Brick or shall I?






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He transferred from one great school to another great school closer to home. Give him a pat on the back!



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Yes I went to school at Purdue and loved it. Tried to get them interested in my son, but no dice! I thought a lefty that went 9-0 with with 3 complete game wins in the playoffs would be of interest to them. Silly me!

However in their defense, they had a lot of company. As I found out, very few D1 schools are interested in a kid who only throws 82-84 mph, even if the kid is a 9-0 lefty. MPH is the only thing they look at.

As it has been said many times before, schools do not look at a player's high school statistics. Your son played on a great team. If he played on a poor team, would you want him evaluated based on that?

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MPH is the only thing they look at.

If that was true, Josh Spence (tops out at 82 sits 78) would never have been given a scholarship to Arizona State or been drafted.

They look at your stuff and project. A very imperfect science, but HS stats are meaningless.

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"MPH is the only thing they look at."

Staring at those MPHs too long can be somewhat hypnotic.






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College recruiting is very competitive. The timeline is very accelerated. Some kids are getting offers during the summer between their SO and JR year. The list of these kids is a mile long and I don't have time to write them all down, and don't care if you don't believe me. Some of these kids play in top HS programs, and are getting offers even before playing in their first varisty ballgame.

Congrats to Dan Brewer (LT) who was named to the Yankees organization all star list as an outfielder. He Had 84 rbi and 34 doubles which was second in their organization and 29 stolen bases which was 5th.

Nice to see a local player getting noticed!!!

Congrat Brew!!

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Okay I know it's football but a great article today in the Dailey Herald on Bryan Bulaga from Crystal Lake and Marian Central High School and is the starting right tackle this weekend and most of the season for the Packers! Congrats Bryan

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Any reason Koziol isn't on LSU's roster?

Doing a quick google search will bring up the article on what happened. Another young ball player making a mistake in life......

Very very sad situation. I'm glad there was no accident involved. I hope that not only can he put back the pieces of his life, but that he is able to help others to not make the same mistakes. I also hope that he can get on with another team--even if it's not a major D1.

Sad situation, but it could have had some tragic consequences.

Kevin Tokarski of Illinois State (Downers Grove North) won the College Player of the Year Award from the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago.

FVC Conference well represented in Baseball America's Junior College Top 20 Prospects.

Gardeck #2
Grundy #6

http://www.baseballamerica.com...ew/2011/2611194.html

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Originally posted by CSG:
Kevin Tokarski of Illinois State (Downers Grove North) won the College Player of the Year Award from the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago.

WOW!

Another representative from the Fox Valley conference getting some notice is Nick Martini (Prairie Ridge) that is a pre season All American and the returning big 12 player of the year.