Charlie,

I think you missed a few of the forums with this one.

HC

The piece is from our local paper. Anyone else notice the line "his brother Charlie, his de facto agent"?

Honestly, Charlie, there are posters on hsbballweb whose sons are among the best high school, college, and/or pro players in the country who haven't put up the kind of propaganda that you have. By and large they are very humble folks who let their son's efforts on the field do the talking for them.

We all know you're proud of your brother, and with good reason, but if your objective in posting here is to promote him, you're wasting your time. MLB scouts aren't sitting around reading this website to find out who they should be watching.

Charlie

If you are going to Maine with your brother I think Coach Trimp will be a bit upset---he is kind of low key---

and why all the hype--he is set to go Maine--- if he gets drafted it will be because of his talent not your posts

Charlie,

I should be able to stop by and see your brother throw on Monday. My son is getting fitted for a knee brace at 4, but I should be able to get over to the dover field and see some of the game.

I can give some prespective as to where he stands in relationship to the other top pitchers I have seen over the past few years. As a Maine Alumni ['82], I'd love to see how he stacks up. I saw a lot of top D1 players in my 4 years at Maine including 2 guys who had success in the majors. Billy Swift pitched for the '84 Olympic team and a number of years with Seattle & San Fran. He won 20 one year with the Giants. Joe Johnson turned pro early and had a short-lived career with Toronto & a couple of other clubs. Both were something else in their years at Maine. I saw former UMO pitcher Troy Martin throw on that same field in Dover for the Dover Legion team. I have also seen Ryan Lapointe, Chris Anderson, and others pitch. My son has played with and against Jeff Locke (a true 95-96 FB), Kyle Davis, Ben Hart, Ross Davis and many others in Mass. Our life has turned away from baseball now, but I try to keep up with the kids I have seen over the years.

As far as your brother winning POY or the Gatorade award, you have not stated any offensive numbers that I recall. All of the players I just mentioned were also standout offensive players as well as elite pitchers. To really contend for the honor, your brother is most likely going to have to extremely dominant in every outing on the mound if he is not putting up big numbers at the plate.

Look forward to seeing him throw on Monday!

Folks:

Thank you for your feedback!!

Folks update on AJ's pitching schedule due to the rain out yesterday. He will throw on Tuesday at 4:00 vs Trinity at home (Nashua South). Then he will pitch Monday May 12th at home (Nashua South) vs Spaulding at 4:00.

Did anyone see Perrault's 17 K, one-hit performance vs. Dover? Now that is impressive. Over the last two games he has given up 4 hits total. The kid is legit!

Perrault's 17 k's is unbelievable, that works out to be 5 inning and 2 outs where he didn't need any defense, to only need the 7 players behind you for 4 outs is unreal. I spoke to the umpire who had the plate for that game and he said that Perrault's only hit was a poor choice of pitch selection and that had he gone right after the hitter he might have thrown a no hitter. Kid pitched for us this fall and is solid, and a lefty which is always an advantage. On another note I saw Jake Finnigan from Londonderry toss the other day, this kid is very impressive and if memory serves me I believe he is only a Sophmore, keep your eyes on this guy. Also saw Pinkerton's Chris Debonis a Junior right hander toss about two weeks ago, we had him in our fall program this past season however he opted not to complete the season, we are hoping to bring him back into the fold for the 2008 season. This kid has good stuff and is extremely effective. I saw the pitcher from Nashua South twice once against Pinkerton and once against Londonderry, I would say he is good but on both days I didn't feel he lived up to the hype, not to knock him both games were particulary cold days, this is just my opinion.