WOW this is definitely getting spicy. I am so0o0o0o0o0o excited for this coming weekend. Great to see competitive baseball in the Southern California region.
Hats off to all of the teams playing hard and bustin balls.

Good Lord only knows what is to happen next.

Came out to the game of Chapman vs Pomona Pitzer today. Saw both. Chapman is stacked bottom to top in their line up. Ball was flying off the barrel, but the wind seemed to be knocking everything down. Yacko was impressive, but in the head-to-head battle Hedman seemed to have gotten the upper hand putting a great swing on a ball and lifting it to the wall. once again, knocked down by the wind. Talked to a cubs scout between games and they seemed very interested in hedman's abilities. kid would have had five bombs today if it wasn't for the wind. first game was rather sloppy overall.

second game was a solid performance on both sides. Tom church of pomona pitzer was dominant on the mound and seemed to be throwing stuff that chapman had never seen before. i think he was throwing a knuckle from my perspective. chapman was definitely hitting the ball hard as expected, but church just had some untouchable stuff at other times.

good series overall. west seems wide open for anyone to go to appleton.

Quote from: sagehenalum47 on April 11, 2008, 03:39:32 AM
some of you were wondering the status of colvin on Pomona-Pitzer...according to some of my r sagehen sources, Colvin dislocated his left (his pitching arm) shoulder diving for a ball in batting practice, and needs offseason surgery. However, this kid is an incredible athlete and actually played a little bit of high school quarterback, in which he threw RIGHTY. not wanting to give up on his season he has worked the past two weeks to see if he can come back as a righthanded pitcher, and from what i've heard, he is every bit as nasty as a righty...possibly throwing in the mid 80s! he is going to get a start against whittier, so we'll see how he does. in any case this is one mentally tough kid and one mentally tough team. i'm expecting big things

I heard about this story, and I had to make the trip out from the San Fernando Valley to check this kid out. Believe it or not he had some amazing stuff coming from the other side. Off speed was solid and fastball had zip with movement. He is a well built kid so the velocity was not very surprising. However, the breakers were still extremely devestating to hitters. Kid has a lot of heart for going through with this. I will definitely be trying the keep up on the story for the remainder of the season.