Need 08's

It would be interesting to know what 07's you have covered, and how you acquired the info....

VL, you have a PM.

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It would be interesting to know what 07's you have covered, and how you acquired the info....

I have seen them play for 4 years.

Lynn
Just sent you an email with an 08 RHP's name. Email me if you need more info. or I can talk to you tonight if you are at LCA for the game.

My bad...I thought you were looking for a compiled list of some sort, with multiple opinions. Hence the question of how you acquired it, and how players got on it.

BTW, VL - how was Disneyworld? Not so many clowns as on here, I'll bet...

Is Rupp at Prestonwood or one of the Plano directional schools? I know he is an 07.

Unless he's moved schools again, he was at Prestonwood last year.

LV, pm comin' atcha.

How's the fever? Did it break?

Alex Baker-McKinney RHP
Tanner Moore-McKinney 3B/SS/RHP
Nico Taylor-McKinney North 1B
Garrett Yates-McKinney North 3B/SS
Trey Sorrells-Greenville C
Kyle Padden-Frisco Centennial SS/2B
Michael Liba-Frisco Centennial OF
Robert Roher-Celina RHP
Jordan Hammontree-Rockwall IF
Christian Soberanes-Sachse SS/3B* (sleeper)
Matt Rome-Sherman SS/RHP
Brandon Loy-Rowlett SS DUH!
Jeff Emens-Plano East SS
Aaron McCain-Dallas Christian RHP/IF
Michael Choice-Mansfield Timberview SS/RHP

I know I'm leaving some off, but these are some kids that I've been personally involved with over the last several years that are D1 possibilities. Hope that helps.

I know most of those names, but I don't know the summer teams. Anyway you would know the summer teams of these kids OP?

I would just check the rosters of the top 16U teams in the area.

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Originally posted by Dtiger:
I know most of those names, but I don't know the summer teams. Anyway you would know the summer teams of these kids OP?

There you go, PD. Set up on a tee for you...

I know all the names from DBAT 16U, and I know most of the 16U Mustangs, but besides that I don't know the names of the Frozen Ropes, Marshals, etc.

Baker-16U Mustangs
Moore-16U Panthers??
Taylor-16U Mustangs
Yates-17U Marshals
Sorrells-16U Mustangs
Padden-16U Mustangs
Liba-16U Mustangs
Roher-16U Mustangs
Hammontree-16U FR Blue Sox
Soberanes-16U FR Blue Sox
Rome-18U Dallas Titans
Loy-16U DBAT
Emens-16U DBAT
McCain-16U FR Blue Sox
Choice-16U Dallas Giants

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BTW, VL - how was Disneyworld? Not so many clowns as on here, I'll bet...

Disney was greatness. For those of you that have younger ones, I would recommend you take a team there. Our experience was unique because of the investment from one of our parents. We got off the bus back stage at MGM. They had rolled out the red carpet and had 150 Disney employees lining the carpet cheering for our boys as they asked for autographs and held signs with the players names on them. The kids were treated BIG LEAGUE. We played against Magglio Ordonez Jr. Great experience. Next year we are going to Arizona to play during spring training. So if you have a 10 turning 11 and he can go, let me know. Dirtbags-baseball on eteamz provides some addtional pictures of the trip. I'll promote them harder here as they approach high school. Especially when KG joins my coaching staff.

James Foster - DBAT 17 summer team, he is an '08

Thanks cheapseats. I had him on the list but as an 07. I am not as smart as I thought I was.

No, that couldn't be right.

VanLan,

You have PM.

sent you a pm.

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They had rolled out the red carpet and had 150 Disney employees lining the carpet cheering for our boys as they asked for autographs and held signs with the players names on them.

That made my day........

Put an asterisk by Emens name on that list will you?

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Put an asterisk by Emens name on that list will you?

one asterisk isn't enough for that kid!!

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Originally posted by Old Pitcher:

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Put an asterisk by Emens name on that list will you?

one asterisk isn't enough for that kid!!

Might ought-ta put five. One for each tool.

Thank you all for the kind words --- PantherSon has been blessed --- he needs to keep working hard to achieve his goals.

5 games of 7on7 one day...pitching in Waco the next...hope his arm holds up

There are many outstanding '08 players in the Dallas area!

Thanks to all for your responses. I had the pleasure of getting to spend about an hour talking to Larry Hays for the first time in 18 years. FO he was very complimentary of Matt and reiterated the affect of his absence from the team. Great man to have guiding your son through baseball and life. Another hard fought game between DBAT and Linty's Tigers. I am enjoying retirement. I am having fun second guessing Linty and Kermit. I then drove to Frisco to make sure I could second guess L.A. in the Marshals 7-6 win.

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Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
Short notice but I need a list of the top 08's. I have a meeting with a D1 coach this pm and I have not done my homework. I have the 07's covered. PM me if you are not comfortable posting on the web or email me at lynn.vanlandingham@holtcat.com. Thanks for the help.

Lynn, you are trying to get a start on early recruiting for next summer. You can't pull that one off. Just joking Lynn you are one of the good ones.

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Great man to have guiding your son through baseball and life.

Really didn't want to mess that previous post up with anything that I have to say.

But, Coach Hays was at Allen on Thursday night.

Recruiting is a complicated, complex, confusing, and dynamic process.

This website is a tremendous resourse for all of us.

Some of you might be contacted in the future by Texas Tech about playing baseball.

They only fill about 32 spots and only a portion of those each year.

So, they don't need to talk to every player in the metroplex.

From the coaches point of view, they have to recruit to build a team each year and for two or three years in advance.

When Matt was signed as a senior, there was a soph catcher at Tech, that would be a junior when Matt got there for his freshman year.

That allowed Matt to get some playing time with that junior (Cooper Fouts) helping him along. Don't get too hung up on whether your son will start his freshman year. It takes that year of easing into the higher level.

Now, Matt will be a junior next year. His knee injury and draft eligibility add to the pressure for the Tech coaches to have another catcher ready.

I think it is likely that Coach Hays is looking at a lot of catchers right now and over the summer.

Probably only one or two will actually get an offer because that is all they need.

I set all this up to say this.

When you get that offer (or any of you at any position)from Coach Hays, and, maybe it's a nickel less than you think it should be, take the offer.

You'll get the nickel back later.

Sage advice, FO.

Thanks for the correction Cheapseats - for the record there are two '08's on the DBAT 17's - the Foster kid you mentioned and the outstanding third baseman, Boomer Collins.

Shuttle...which one is your kid? Not too difficult to figure out. Take some lessons from H&U on screening your son.

If your son (catcher) has that pop time than your coach made another mistake for leaving him on I assume the JV since I have never heard of him. Remeber JV ball is different from Varsity ball. Hitting 400 is an accomplishment but not the same on the Varsity.

Signed:

TRAIN (appointed Coach of the Year)