Congratulations to the MSABC and all
players attending the All Star Games at
Thomas Stone HS in Waldolf.

Might be the best of the best of Maryland High School Seniors and Juniors to come together.

Top HS pitchers with three at 90+ velo, & not including four other 90+ MD HS pitchers that were at pre-draft tryouts, unavailable...or on the shelf.)

Notable pitching performances included:

East Regional
..Bryan Hoffman (Broadneck)

West Regional
..TJ Hose (No Hagerstown HS) - ECU
..Chris Smith (So Garrett)

North Regional
..Stephen Johnson (St. Paul's HS)
..Adam Kalafos (Catonsville HS)
..Steven Owens (Card Gibbons)

South Regional
..Brad Taylor (Good Counsel) - Catholic U
..Jason Hessler (Springbrook HS)- Mt.St Joe
..Ben Sobcinski (McDonough HS)
..Anthony Gibbons (Lackey HS)

Top HS catchers and with pop times at 1.9 - 2.0 sec making this the strongest of receivers ever included.

Notable catching performances included:

North Regional
..Chad Durakis (St. Paul's HS) - UoM

West Regional
..D.J Payne (So Carroll HS)
..David Warrenfelz (Williamsport HS)

South Regional
..Mike Moss (WJ)
..Tim Park (Good Counsel)
..Tom Johnson (Quince Orchard) -Marshall U

East Regional
..Eric Laird (Washington HS)

Strong Hitting Performances included:
..Garrett Hanselman (Thomas Johnson HS)
..Matt Ridenhour (No Hagerstown HS)
..Billy Reams (So Garrett....420 ft bomb)
..Mitch Saum (Riverdale Baptist) - Winthrop
..Alex Bucholz (Old Mill HS)
..Chris Maloney (Quince Orchard) - tbd

Fastest of the Speed Merchants
..Matt Collins (Quince Orchard) - tbd
..Brian Hobbs (Arundel HS)
..Alex Bucholz (Arundel HS)

Flashist of the smoothest Gloves
..Mitch Saum (Riverdale Bapt) - Winthrop
..Brian Conley (Quince Orchard)- Towson
..Joe Palumbo (DeMatha) - UoM

And of course the interesting ad-hoc coaching and bull sessions between the games with some notable baseball men including:
- Terry Rupp - UoMaryland Head Coach
- Ben Bachman - UoMaryland Asst Coach
- Bruce Cameron - West Virginia Asst Coach
- Woody Willams - Northeast HS - Head Coach
- Bernie Walter - Arundel HS - Head Coach
- Mike Gottlieb - Towson U Head Coach
- John Jenkachea - UMBC Head Coach
- Lou Jenkins - St. Mary's Head Coach
- Rod Cameron - MSABC President & Mt St Joe
- Davey Johnson - former big league pitcher
- Terry Terrill - Riverdale Bapt Head Coach
- Charlie Sullivan - DeMatha HS Head Coach

Topics, stories, trivia, and gripes included:
- Drills for catchers jumping up on deuce
- Lawyers and appeals for player eligeability
- Best clay type products for maintaning mounds
- Dr. Marshall Video- 10 yrs ahead or nuts
- Pitching front side block or tuck and twist
- Best big league catcher who caught me
- Stirrups vs Socks
- Baserunning by Coach Martin and Fla St
- Using illegal technology to steal signs
- Andrews..Tommy John, rehab..success rate
- Breasts of Bowie
- Whose on the juice this year
- Best looking Mom outfit
- College alcoholism - Dedication and Discipline
- Sequential unleashing of the body parts
- The sixteen NCAA regional sites
- No cicada's or hum in Waldolf
- Trivia - Who said' I can hit God's fastball


Congrats to all.

cheers
Bear

who else was 90+ other then smith and hose?

I had heard that only Hose and Johnson hit that number...who else did?

thats what i heard but i dont believe it

Who else hit 90???

tj hose hit 90, chris smith can hit 90, johnson hit 91, taylor hit 88, hessler about the same, and i think thats it

Where are those guys (other then Johnson) going to school??

hose=east carolina
johnson is a junior
hessler is goin to st josephs
taylor to catholic
smith is goin to ????

How did Steve Owens look?

We saw him quite a bit this season and I felt like he had a TON of potential. Big strong kid (6'8", 250-275lbs) who threw hard and had several pitches he could throw for strikes. To me, he's an unpolished diamond. HUGE upside.

I'm glad that everyone got to see TJ Hose. I think he's a classy young man with truck loads of talent. ECU is getting a real gem there. He is really a class act.