Infidel, Very nice pick!!! Pretty sure that is BigHit15's son. Very, very nice story of a pitcher with lots of talent battling for another chance. Great read. Thanks for posting.
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Posts: 2087 | Location: ca | Registered: February 11, 2003
THat's wonderful! COngratulations! I am sorry -ignorant question here - but is this a MLB team or an independent team? I don't know anything about after college other than the MLB system. And I obviously don't know much about that!
Posts: 125 | Location: CA | Registered: February 25, 2008
Independent. The Frontier League includes teams in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Kentucky, maybe Ohio, and Pennsylvania I believe. I know the Gateway Grizzlies and the River City Rascals have had 2 or 3 get signed by a Major League team and even a couple who have made it all the way up to the Big Leagues. The Cardinals had a pitcher in 2006 who went from the Rascals and ended up pitching in the World Series I believe in the same year! I also think that Justin Christian? I think who is now with the Yankees (been up and down a couple times this year in left field) played for the Rascals.
It's decent baseball and it's a fun time. I've been to games in Sauget, IL (the Grizzlies) and in O'fallon, MO (Rascals). Very much family-oriented.
"The Harder You Work, The Harder It is to Surrender"
Posts: 898 | Location: Waterloo, IL--Cape Girardeau, MO | Registered: February 05, 2006
Great story and great outing. So happy to see Eric get out there and continue on the road to his dream. Am sure BigHit is one very proud poppa right now.
Way to go, Eric. Keep it up !!!
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Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
Love the new avatar pic!!!! Congratulations!!!!!! Great news!!!
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Posts: 3047 | Location: Kansas | Registered: March 18, 2006
Thanks everybody for the kind words. It was a treat for us. He reminded me after the game that his last start in GCL for the Pirates (2004 before his knee injury)was a no-no combined in a 7 inning double header game. He was proud to inform me that he hasn't given up a hit in his last 12 innings as a starter. Being the cynic that I am I said, "now lets work on the BB's."
Funny, I haven't heard from him in a couple of days.
Thanks all. We all just want our kids to do well and grow up right.
Eric
"Don't sweat the small stuff." "I am responsible for the effort -- not the outcome. "
Posts: 5115 | Location: South Florida | Registered: December 26, 2002
