Trying to set up Londonderry pitching showcase 2010

I have heard from quite a few people already and that is great! I am setting the tentative date at June 17th (a Thursday). The only thing that would change that would be the Legion schedule. I will talk to the coach and get a firm date from there.

I will come film again if this going through.

Ironwill,

I think it is great what you are doing and I know it is a fairly new event. Do you know of any pitchers from last years event that might have been signed by the colleges in attendance or at least opened solid dialogue between the school and the player? Just curious.

Keep up the great work.

Shawn Manfredo RHP Morse High was seen hitting 77 MPH at ESPN Zone in Chicago two weeks ago without any warm up pitches.

I have recieved PM's and emails and will follow up this week. Keep 'em coming!

The final date will be set by next week (it looks as if it will be the 16th or 17th of June). I have started to contact schools and am getting decent repsonse so far.
I am also garnering quite a bit of interest from high school pitchers. I would like to say that I am taking Varsity-level pitchers first and will look at JV pitchers after that. I know there are a lot of talented JV pitchers out there, and I am sure we can get some in- but please realize that I have to sell this to college coaches and they are really only concerned with Varsity pitchers at this point. Please don't take offense if your son is not selected because of this reason. Again: I am sure we can satisfy some of the JV requests, just not all.
Thank you and I will update the status of this fairly regularly.

77 mph that gun is wrong I have seen you throw.

Will you need any catchers for this pitching showcase?

Here is the 99% completed list (we are waiting on one kid). We had to make some decisions to cut down the numbers we recieved. One of the requirements was solid player for the Varsity rotation. I know there are a lot of quality JV players, but I can't justify asking a college coach come to a showcase to watch JV's. Put it this way, my own undefeated JV team has a kid who is about 10 K's away from 100 for the year and I didn't include him. So for those who contacted me, my apologies if your son was not selected and please submit them for next year's showcase. This one is already bigger and better (thanks to the involvement of SMAN). Here is the list:
Dan Kinnon (2012) Londonderry
Ryan Moloney (2013) Londonderry
Kyle Turner (2011) Nashua North
Terry Dugdale (2012) Souhegan
Clayton Welch (2012) Manchester West
Ryan Gancarz (2012) Bedford
Brent Edmonds (2011) Winnicunnet
Tom Hudon (2013) Merrimack
Bobby Dow (2013) Spaulding
Joe Maher (2011) Bedford
Dan Peters (2012) Salem
Lucas Olen (2011) Bedford
Jordan Bean (2012) St.Thomas
Kasey Carollo (2012) Londonderry

Schools with confirmed attendance:
UCONN, BC, Northeastern, UMass-Lowell, Franklin Pierce, Hartford, Holy Cross, Keene, Southern Maine, Brandeis, SNHU. We are still waiting on more.

Iron Will,

That is quite the list of pitchers. Many names we've seen discussed throughout the year. I look forward to my son attending (hopefully) in a year or two.

Not that it matters much but Hudon is a sophomore and a 2012.


Be kind of neat to see the results (top speed etc..) afterwards.

Sounds like a great showcase!! hope it keeps getting bigger and better and that we find out that kids are getting a lot of attention or signed from it!

That was my typo which was corrected, Brent spotted it earlier same with Bobby Dow.

I see Kasey Carollo is a 2012 where as he would be a Sophmore this year. I thought he was listed as a Junior this year.

Ironwill,

Somersworth Sophomore lefty would really like to attend your showcase. He accidently deleted the e-mail. Is it too late? If not could you please resend that e-mail to him.

Thanks, Coach Curt

Coach:
My apologies, this got bigger than I anticipated a lot faster than I anticipated. I don't have any more slots left, but perhaps I can send you a "prospect form" and place it in the book we are going to make up for the colleges? That way they will at least have his name? Again, my apologies and I hope this is an acceptable solution for you.
Let me know.

Thanks, that would be fine. Could you e-mail the prospect form to me hornice@comcast.net.

Take Care, Curt

will official invitations be sent out to the players on the list or do the players just show up?

We're going to have to do at least email invites because I'll have to gather contact and bio information from guys I don't already have. If you're on that list and want to make it easy on me: smanfredo@showcaseleague.com

Report from Keene
Keene 9 Pinkerton 0. In the 3rd

Sman14 and I are down Norwich, CT watching UConn vs Central Conn. 15-5 UConn Top 4 2 outs. UConn the visiting team.

Nashua 3 Spaulding 0 Top 3
Saint Thomas 3 Bedford 0 2nd
Portsmouth 1 Hollis Brookline 0 Bot 3

Londonderry v Alvirne no score top 3
Nashua 3 Spaulding 0 Bot 3