DANIEL "MANNY" BAEZ -- A SOLID IF NOT SPECTACULAR INFIELDER WITH A RIFLE ARM. AS OUR SHORTSTOP, MANNY TAKES A LOT OF PRIDE IN MAKING THE PLAY. A COMMITTED SECOND YEAR PLAYER WITH GREAT RANGE, GREAT ATTITUDE, GOOD SPEED AND A GOOD BAT. A CONSISTENT HITTER WITH FLASHES OF POWER. WHATS NOT TO LIKE. NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS THROWS A BIT, BUT HIS TALENT AND WORK ETHIC IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS TEAM. |  |
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 | ALEX MARCONI -- A SOLID DEFENSIVE CATCHER WITH QUICK ACCURATE THROWS TO TO ANY BASE. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR VETERENS AS A SECOND YEAR PLAYER. FINISHED WITH A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND WANTS TO GO OUT WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP IN THIS SUMMER PROGRAM. OFFENSIVELY, HE HAS IMPROVED A LOT AND WILL GET HIS HITS, BUT HIS "ON BASE" PERCENTAGE WILL HOPEFULLY GET HIM ON BASE OFTEN WHERE WE CAN THEN UTILIZE HIS SPEED. HAS A GOOD ATTITUDE AND WORK ETHIC, IMPORTANT FOR THE MARCH TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ALEX IS HEADED TO UCONN IN THE FALL. |
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| CIRO ROSARIO -- QUIT THE TEAM | |
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 | MIKE McKEON -- A THREE YEAR VETERAN OF THE TEAM AND A TRI-CAPTAIN. HE IS BACK FROM PENN STATE AND NEEDS TO GET BACK IN THE BASEBALL GROOVE. OUR EH HITTER FOR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, MIKE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE POWER HITTER HE WAS LAST YEAR, BUT WILL NEED MORE TIMES AT THE PLATE TO GET HIS MOJO BACK. DEFENSIVELY MIKE CAN PLAY THIRD BASE AND THE OUTFIELD IF CALLED UPON. ANOTHER GUY WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE |
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| JIMMY FUCHSMAN -- A TWO YEAR VETERAN OF THE TEAM, JIM IS ALSO ONE OF OUR TRI-CAPTAINS. BACK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, BUT HEADING TO UCONN IN THE FALL, JIM IS WORKING HARD TO GET BACK INTO BASEBALL SHAPE. HIS OFFENSIVE SKILLS SEEM TO BE BACK, BASED ON HIS HITTING SO FAR THIS SEASON. DEFENSIVELY, HE HAS THE TOOLS BUT MORE GAME EXPERIENCE WILL WORK OUT SOME OF THE KINKS. THIS MIDDLE INFIELD OF MANNY BAEZ AND JIM CAN BE AN AMAZING COMBINATION ONCE IT STARTS TO SETTLE IN. I EXPECT IT WILL HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AS THE SEASON STARTS TO GET ROLLING ALONG. |  |
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 | WELLINTON SOSA -- THE MAN WITH THE QUICK BAT WITH POWER, THE RIFLE ARM, SPEED, QUICKNESS, AND THE ABILITY TO CATCH ANYTHING HIT TO THE OUTFIELD. A PLAYER WITH EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM EXCEPT CONSISTENCY AT TIMES TO MATCH HIS ABILITY, BUT THEN THATS SOSA. A SOLID THREE YEAR VETERAN WHO WANTS TO WIN AS MUCH AS ANYBODY. WHEN HE FOCUSES, WE WILL WIN. SOSA IN CENTER FIELD GIVES US THE FINAL COG IN THE WHEEL FOR A SOLID MIDDLE FIELD DEFENSE. |
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| AUSTIN PATENAUDE -- NEW TO THE TEAM THIS YEAR, BUT HAS SHOWN HE IS A SKILLED PLAYER. DEFENSIVELY, AUSTIN WILL BE OUR INFIELD BACKUP FOR THREE POSITIONS 3RD, SS AND 2ND. HE HAS A VERY GOOD GLOVE AND AN ADEQUATE ARM TO GET THE JOB DONE. OFFENSIVELY, HE HAS SHOWN POWER AT THE PLATE AND WE WILL SEE IF HITTING FOR AVERAGE IS ALSO ONE OF HIS STRONG POINTS. A HUSTLING HARD WORKER, AUSTIN'S HEAD IS ALWAYS IN THE GAME. EVEN WITH A VETERAN TEAM, AUSTIN WILL FIND VALUABLE PLAYING TIME. |  |
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 | JOE MATEO -- LAST YEAR, WE PREDICTED JOE WAS THE PLAYER TO WATCH BECAUSE HE HAS THE TOOLS TO BECOME AN OUTSTANDING BASEBALL PLAYER. HE HAS IMPROVED FROM HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE HS VARSITY AND WE WILL BE PUTTING IT TO GOOD USE. DEFENSIVELY, JOE HAS A GREAT GLOVE COUPLED WITH A GREAT ARM. OFFENSIVELY, HIS HITTING HAS IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SOME FLASHES OF POWER. PRIMARLY A 3RD BASEMAN AND A PITCHER WITH GOOD SPEED AND CONTROL. HIS RECENT OUTING THAT WAS A NEAR PERFECT GAME COULD MAKE HIM ONE SCARY GUY ON THE MOUND. |
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| MIKE LAFRANCE -- THIS IS MIKES FIRST YEAR WITH THE TEAM, BUT AT AGE 18, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HAD HIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. HE IS A SOLID BASEBALL PLAYER WITH SOUND DEFENSIVE SKILLS IN THE OUTFIELD ALONG WITH A STRONG ARM. OFFENSIVELY, HE HITS FOR POWER AND AVERAGE. MIKE IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR PITCHING STAFF. A BLAZING FAST BALL AND A CURVE BALL THAT HE SOMETIMES HAS TROUBLE CONTROLLING WILL, NEVER THE LESS, MAKE HIM THE PITCHER TO WATCH. HE HAS A CALM DEMEANER AND NEVER SEEMS TO GET RATTLED. A PLUS FOR A PITCHER. BECAUSE OF HIS ALL AROUND TALENTS, MIKE'S ADDITION TO THE TEAM WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN OUR DRIVE TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP |  |
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 | DUSTYN MARFYAK -- THIS IS DUSTYN'S FIRST YEAR WITH THE TEAM. DEFENSELY, A GOOD 3RD BASEMAN WITH AN ADEQUATE ARM, AND A BACK-UP CATCHER IF WE ARE IN A SPOT AT THAT POSITION. PITCHING IS HIS MOST VAUABLE ASSET TO THE TEAM. WHILE WE HAVE (3) GOOD STARTING PITCHERS, DUSTYN IS NEEDED TO CLEAN UP OR CLOSE DOWN GAMES, PARTICULARLY AS THE SEASON HEATS UP. IT COULD BE 1 BATTER OR A COUPLE OF INNINGS. OFFENSIVELY, HE CAN HIT WITH SOME POWER BUT I AM LOOKING FOR SOME CONSISTENCY. HE WILL HAVE TO PERFORM WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF. |
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| ALEX GIOIA -- THIS IS ALEXS FIRST YEAR WITH US AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE WESTMINSTER PREP SCHOOL HE IS AN OUTFIELDER WITH GOOD STRONG DEFENSIVE SKILLS. A CENTER FIELDER AT WESTMINSTER, ALEX WILL BE PLAYING IN RIGHT FIELD FOR "SPORTS PALACE". OFFENSIVELY, WE STILL ARE NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE PLATE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF PRACTICE TIME, BUT HE HAS POTENTIAL. THE AMOUNT OF PLAYING TIME WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HE CAN DO WITH THE BAT AS IT IS WITH EVERYONE ELSE. ANOTHER PLAYER WITH A GREAT ATTITUDE AND A GOOD WORK ETHIC. HE WILL BE HEADING TO HAMILTON COLLEGE IN CLINTON NY IN THE FALL |  |
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 | AUSTIN POUCHER -- BACK FROM A YEAR AT UCONN, AUSTIN HAD BEEN WORKING TO REGAIN HIS PITCHING FORM. AFTER HIS (1) HIT PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST GAME, HE'S BACK. LAST YEARS ACE, AUSTIN WILL TEAM UP WITH LAFRANCE AND MATEO TO GIVE US A MEAN PITCHING STAFF. AUSTIN WILL ALSO SEE TIME AT FIRST BASE IN A BACKUP ROLE. OFFENSIVELY, HE NEEDS TO GET BACK IN HITTING FORM THAT HE DEVELOPED LAST YEAR. IT WILL MEAN A FEW MORE TIMES AT THE PLATE TO GET ACLIMATED, BUT I AM SURE HE WILL SUCCEED AS THE SEASON ROLLS ON |
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| JAMES INFANTE -- QUIT THE TEAM | |
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