He didn't get many innings at short this fall, after all its not a devo league. But Coach Hodsdon is a pretty reasonable coach, if a player approaches him face to face he usually at least gives the guy a chance. He did put him out there a couple times and he didn't stand out either way in my mind. I think he could play there in high school and do the job, but I don't think he'd be a standout. Who knows though maybe he busts its this winter and gets after it this spring.

Nashua North should be strong on the mound and at the plate. They did however graduate a lot of seniors off of the club last year. Their whole starting outfield graduated as well as everyone up the middle (SS, 2b & C). They do have a strong group of players pushing for those starting positions. Jenkins will probably snag one of the starting spots in the outfield and I wouldn't be surprised to see Louis Tarantino (sophomore)be a starter out there as well. He has a strong arm can hit and can outright fly!! The battle for the middle infield spots will be interesting as well, I'd expect current Jr QB Brandon Kirkhanis to be the front runner for the SS spot. The catcher positioncould be wide open if Dunn did switch to South. There is an excellent catcher coming into the program as a freshman (Matt Fortin) that has an outside shot at the position. Excellent receiver with a strong, quick accurate arm. He may not make it but I bet he is part of the discussion!! All depends on how well he hits coming out of the gate as he lost a good chunk of this past season to a broken ankle in hockey last winter.

Nobody is talking any BG baseball? I really like Matt Blakeman at 2b and Alex Trammell is a utility guy that can play many positions. Add Tony Phillips into the mix and there seems to be a bit of a log jam there at 2b/3b for BG this season. They also have the Kelly's and the Carboneau's mostly outfielders. Garrett Kelly is a fantastic defensive CF and seems to always be getting on base. Is Paradise a BG kid? What about Cody Gilchrest? Both are solid but I am not positive that they got to Guertin.

Gilchrist is a junior this year at BG. Most of the team is made up of incoming seniors. I did not see a Paradise listed on BG's roster from last year.

Paradise is a Senior and was on the team last year. He got a serious concussion in the Keene game in a fairly hard collision with Phillips - not Tony, but Nick... It'll be interesting to see what happens with the team and program. If you remember, the Seniors didn't come out last year - so those juniors got a lot of game experience as did a 3 sophs who came up primarily to pitch (Gilchrest, Kelly, Ferlan). The JV team did pretty well and was all Sophs... The Frosh team was full too... So it'll be "interesting" to see how things play out - who comes out, who makes the team, if some claim that politics come into play.

John will BG be hosting a frist round game in the playoffs in 2010? Your opinion.

Tough call... They lost 6 games by 3 runs or less. One would think a few of those could be turned around especially with experiences gained from last year.

I'd like to think they'd win more this year. I doubt they'd be 1-5, but they could win some of those tie-breakers between 6-10 and still host.

Im amazed by the level of talent we have from BG and that they didn't finish higher. They have quite a bit of talent, I'd like to see them pull it together this year.

John, I have heard really good things about your son.

JohnF, Why didn't the BG seniors come out last year? I like Gilchrist and Parasdise I think BG has to be a contender if everyone is healthy.

Ironwill any guys from the JV or Freshman team that we might see more of this year at Londonderry?

That question would be best answered by those seniors. There certainly was a lot of coverage in the Telegraph about it. I think it's best to move on and not dredge up the history.

Dredge it up...dredge it up!!! Just kidding!! (Sorry that was the Nashua high Grad coming out in me!!)

Easiest way to say it is the seniors last year and the coach did not see eye to eye on playing time and other things so they did not go out for the team last year.

That's what I figured. Its a semi new coach over there right?

It wasn't that long ago that BG was a power house in Class L, they were commonly found in the top 4, however as Shipbuilder mentioned the coach is newer I believe that success was under a different coach.

What ever happened to Coach Lozeau? I never met him but I did go to college with his son Todd.

What ever happened to that twig of a pitcher considine? I remember he threw a fast ball about 72 mmph and had a decent curve ball, but not a great curve ball.

It would be fun to have a pre-season tournament of some kind, even single elimination, 8 teams. Obviously with pitching restrictions etc.

Any thoughts on the Class M favorites? I think Winnisquam has a good shot if Jordon Cote stays healthy, solid hitters too. Hopkinton should be fun to watch, mostly sophomores but they played varsity as freshmen on last year's winning team.

I coached or worked with 3 of those players, two of the sophomores Matt McCormack and Sam Bonafont, both have a bright future on the diamond in front of them. As for Jordan Cote, I am looking forward to finally see him play, I have heard such great things about this kid.