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The Right DIII --> Pro Ball

KrakatoaKrakatoa1,000+ posts
The following article features infielddad's son and nicely shows that the right DIII fit can be an advantage rather than a disadvantage.

IFdad, hope you don't mind my posting. It's a nice story.

http://www.trinity.edu/departments/athletics/Baseball/NV_JA_Minors.htm
"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive." Roberto Clemente #21
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ClevelandDadClevelandDadHSBBWeb Administrator
This is a good article Krak with an inspiring outlook on things for those that want to play past college. The following quote supports what PGStaff was pointing out the other day in another thread about the virtues of playing the game.
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“For me, I had opportunities at several Division I schools around the country to play college baseball. But Coach Scannell and his staff expressed that I would have the opportunity to play right away as a freshman. And that they would not try to mold me into a slap type hitter but rather help me learn to drive the baseball. I really feel playing at Trinity opened the door for me to play with the Blue Jays.” Armstrong continued, “ I feel that some of the teams I played on at Trinity were equivalent to many Division I schools around the country.”
justbaseballjustbaseball10,000+ posts
Young Jason Armstrong has been working with our 15U team over the past 2 months. Working on their hitting and coaching them in games.

He is a terrific young man. The players and parents are all thrilled to have his steady-handed instruction and coaching. He is someone that the kids really look up too and hang on his words.

I sit in the dugout and learn from him myself.

I hope someday, when he's available, he decides to take up coaching...he's awfully good at it! Wink
CM Coach May1,000+ posts
I had a conversation with top guy with the major league scouting bureau the other day. "We dont scout the guys on the bench. We scout the guys that play. So if your sitting the bench at a top 10 school your sitting the bench. And when we scout a D-2 or D-3 school we scout those guys just as hard as the top 10 school. But we still only scout the guys on the field."

That might sound very obvious but in reality it is not to many.

Its not where you are. Its what you do where your at.
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R RHPMom10+ posts
I just spotted this article on the Trinity website and was going to post it but Krakatoa beat me to it! Jason Armstrong and Nick Vera are both outstanding players, outstanding young men and destined to play MLB in the future. They both come back to Trinity from time to time to work with the team and share minor league baseball stories with them. They are indicative of just how good the level of play can be in DIII baseball and how good the coaching is under Tim Scannell.

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