On Monday night, Mike Moustakas established a new precedent for what we call a “career night.” After being named the Texas League Player of the Year earlier in the day, Moustakas lead the Royals’ AAA affiliate Omaha Royals to a 23-5 route of the Round Rock Express that featured 25 hits, 11 of which went [...]
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2011 Draft Preview: Vanderbilt
There are very few schools each year that land a kid in the first round. Maybe a couple will land two. This year Vanderbilt has a realistic chance to land three kids in the first round, including two righties who potentially could wind up in the top 10 overall. Those two righties are Sonny Gray [...]
Prospect Watch: Pirates RHP Stetson Allie has big league arm
On August 16th, Pittsburgh Pirates GM Neil Huntington announced that they had agreed to terms with their 2nd round draft pick(52nd overall) of 2010, RHP Stetson Allie. However, due to the hype surrounding their 1st round pick Jameson Taillon, Allie has not received the appropriate exposure for a prep whose fastball can reach triple digits. [...]
Bryce Harper Makes Nationals Park Look Like South Williamsport
On Thursday evening, the Washington Nationals held a press conference to show off introduce their 1st overall draft pick of 2010, Bryce Harper. Nearly a week and half ago, the Nationals and Harper came to terms on a 5-year, $9.9 million contract- not a bad payday for a 17 year-old. At the press conference, the [...]
2011 Draft: A Look at the Arms of the Connie Mack World Series
The Connie Mack World Series is always littered with draftable talent, and first-rounders are in the Series annually. This year has been a little different, though. The first round of this year’s CMWS has seen potentially four first round picks and a handful of guys who should eventually land within the top few rounds (or [...]
Connie Mack World Series: The Best Baseball Tournament You’ve Never Heard Of
It seems every small town holds its own annual festival of some sort, a social happening to bring the community together and give the few people there a reason to get out and celebrate collectively. For many places this event is the local fair, a chance for folks to show off their best quilting and [...]
The Final Chapter of the Ricketts Park Series: Connie Mack World Series Time
How you doin Sombrero Nation? I know I have not posted in a while and I apologize for that. I have been busy handling my coaching duties for the Farmington Cardinals, your 2010 FABC representative Host team in the 2010 Connie Mack World Series. I say that with pride. The Cardinals were the winner of [...]
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