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2012 Team USA San Diego Rooster
2012 TEAM USA SAN DIEGO BASEBALL TRYOUTS
2012 TEAM USA SAN DIEGO BASEBALL TRYOUTS
- Last Years Team Went to Japan and Finished Bronze
Team USA San Diego will be holding tryouts for the 31st World Boys Baseball Tournament. We will be traveling to Australia in August. All players must be born after April 1 1996. Tryouts will be held Sunday Jan.15th – 1pm at East Clairemont Athletic Field.
Please call Mark Wilson 858-361-9344 for any questions.
The Agony of Defeat
In the 2011 15U World Baseball Tournament Gold Medal Game, Japan National rallies from a 6-4 deficit against Japan Khushu in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game and send it into extra innings. National ends up winning 8-7 in dramatic fashion. The beauty of this game is the way both teams played with passion and pride. After the winning run scores, The Khushu Parents, Players and Coaches are at their best. The video and pictures speak for itself about losing, victory, and grace. It was my privilege to witness for two weeks, and especially this championship game, the way the game of baseball was meant to be played and respected. We all can learn from it.
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Team USA Loses to Japan in SEMI’s
Team USA San Diego will play Mexico today for the Bronze after losing a tough game to Japan Yesterday. They are up to this point 8 wins 4 loses.
PG A-A Classic takes center stage
SAN DIEGO – It seems reasonable to assume that television viewers who tune into the Perfect Game All-American Classic presented by Rawlings on Sunday night will be seeing a sizeable collection of first round selections in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
There could be as many as 20. Or, thinking even bigger, perhaps more than that.
The Perfect Game All-American Classic presented by Rawlings, known as the Aflac All-American Classic during its first eight years of existence, will be played Sunday, Aug. 14, at beautiful PETCO Park, the downtown home of the San Diego Padres.
Forty-six of the nation’s top prospects in the class of 2012 will be out on PETCO’s field most of the day Sunday in anticipation of the all-star game’s 5:08 p.m. (PDT) first pitch. The game, which is expected to attract thousands of fans and hundreds of members of the MLB scouting community and an assortment of college coaches, will be televised live on the CBS Sports Network.
The PG All-American Classic is nothing if not a scouting gold mine.
A record 18 All-American Classic alumni were first round or first round compensation selections in the 2011 draft and 13 of those 18 played in the 2010 game. A total of 98 All-American Classic alumni have been first round or first round compensation selections since 2004.
Gerrit Cole became the fifth All-American Classic alum to be taken with the No. 1 overall selection in the draft, joining Matthew Bush (2004), Justin Upton (2005), Tim Beckham (2008) and Bryce Harper (2010).
Forty-two All-American Classic alumni have already landed on major league rosters.
When Aflac decided to discontinue its title sponsorship of the event over the winter, Perfect Game decided to take control. The event was too important to abandon.
“Year after year I am impressed with the extraordinary high school talent this All-American Classic brings to the forefront of the baseball world,” PG President Jerry Ford said in a June 6 news release. “These young athletes have the ability to become major league stars of the next generation.”
Dave Gardiner, president of Blue Ridge Sports & Entertainment, Inc., which is coordinating the event with PG, agreed it is significant.
“This event is the best high school baseball All-American game in the country, which is evident when you look at the celebrated alumni that have played in it,” he said in the same release. “This event provides a unique opportunity for the players to learn on and off the field through various community events and the baseball activities.”
This year’s Classic lineup is star-studded beyond even the 46 players who will play for either the East or West squads.
Major League Baseball all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, who spent 16 of his 18 MLB seasons with the Padres, will serve as the Classic’s Honorary Chairman. He follows Hall-of-Famers Ozzie Smith (2007, ’08, ’09), Reggie Jackson (2006), Cal Ripken Jr. (2004, ’05) and Stan Musial (2003) in the role of Honorary Chairman.
As part of his responsibilities, Hoffman will present the 2011 Jackie Robinson Player of the Year Award to one of eight deserving nominees for the honor.
Tommy John, a standout left-handed pitcher who played 26 seasons in the big leagues, will present the coveted Perfect Game Nick Adenhart Award, an award that recognizes character, sportsmanship and citizenship.
Twenty-three of Perfect Game’s top-25 nationally ranked prospects (2012) dot the two rosters, including 14 on the East Team. No. 1-ranked right-hander/infielder Lance McCullers from Tampa, Fla., will suit up for the East, and No. 2-ranked right-hander Lucas Giolito from Santa Monica, Calif., will go for the West.
The East Team boasts right-handers Taylore Cherry from Dayton, Ohio, and Walker Weickel from Orlando, Fla., (ranked Nos. 3 and 7, respectively) in addition to McCullers, and the West counters with right-handers Joey Gallo from Henderson, Nev. (No. 4) and Rio Ruiz from Covina, Calif. (No. 9) and lefty Hunter Virant from Camarillo, Calif. (No. 10).
Stuart Chester, the long-time head coach at Cartersville (Ga.) High School, will serve as the East Team’s head coach, and Bishop Amat High School (La Puente, Calif.) head coach Andy Nieto will be the head coach of the West Team. Chester will be assisted by Kevin Maris and Omar Washington, and Nieto by Cecil Espy and Manny Hermosillo.
The players at this year’s Classic will start checking in and getting fitted for uniforms for the event on Thursday at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley hotel to begin a full three days of activities leading up to Sunday’s game.
Friday’s busy schedule includes a morning practice session and scrimmage at the University of San Diego’s Cunningham Field and lunch at the Randy Jones All-American Sports Grill (owner Randy Jones won the 1976 Cy Young Award while pitching for the Padres).
The day’s highlights come in the afternoon when the players and coaches will stop by Rady Children’s Hospital – the event’s beneficiary – where they will meet and visit with young cancer patients, then head out for a tour of the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station.
Another practice session and the first round of the Home Run Derby will take place Saturday morning at USD. The evening will be capped with the Awards Dinner at the San Diego Hall of Champions, in which the Pitcher of the Year, PG Nick Adenhart, SWAG, Reebok Offensive Player of the Year, Rawlings Defensive Player and Jackie Robinson Player of the Year awards will be presented.
Sunday’s on-field activities at PETCO begin at 1 p.m. with BP, and the finals of the Home Run Derby are set to begin at 4 p.m.
Team Usa San Diego in Semi’s For World Boys League In fukuoka, Japan
Team USA San Diego started out with a nasty defeat to Japan to start the day. plagued with errors in the first 2 innings lose 8-1.
Korea was our second game today, and came away with a win in a battle the whole game. 1-1 at monsoon delay after 1 inning. Coming off the delay come off with the win 6-4. At the top of 4 with bases loaded 2 outs two strikes I got a double to put us ahead and we got another insurance run in the 5th.
This puts Us in the SEMIS tomorrow
Perfect Game All-American Classic Roster
2011 Roster
East Roster
| No. | Player | Pos. | High School (Hometown) | Ht./Wt. | B/T |
| 3 | Albert Almora | OF | Mater Academy Charter (Hialeah, Fla.) | 6-2/175 | R/R |
| 11 | Keon Barnum | 1B | King HS (Temple Terrace, Fla.) | 6-4/224 | L/L |
| 20 | Skye Bolt | OF | Holy Innocent’s School (Woodstock, Ga.) | 6-2/175 | B/R |
| 34 | Taylore Cherry | RHP | Vandalia Butler HS (Dayton, Ohio) | 6-9/260 | R/R |
| 1 | Carlos Correa | IF | Puerto Rico Baseball Academy (Santa Isabel, P.R.) | 6-4/190 | R/R |
| 14 | Matthew Crownover | LHP | Ringgold HS (Ringgold, Ga.) | 6-0/190 | R/L |
| 7 | David Dahl | OF | Oak Mountain HS (Birmingham, Ala.) | 6-2/185 | L/R |
| 18 | Carson Fulmer | RHP | All Saints’ Academy (Lakeland, Fla.) | 6-1/190 | R/R |
| 12 | Chris Harvey | C | Germantown Academy (Norristown, Pa.) | 6-5/220 | R/R |
| 4 | Josh Henderson | OF | Home Schooled (Suffolk, Va.) | 6-0/185 | L/L |
| 8 | Lance McCullers | RHP/IF | Jesuit HS (Tampa, Fla.) | 6-2/200 | L/R |
| 25 | Nelson Rodriguez | C | George Washington HS (New York, N.Y.) | 6-2/230 | R/R |
| 27 | Addison Russell | IF | Pace HS (Pace, Fla.) | 6-1/215 | R/R |
| 22 | Clate Schmidt | RHP | Allatoona HS (Acworth, Ga.) | 6-2/170 | B/R |
| 9 | Corey Seager | IF | Northwest Cabarrus HS (Kannapolis, N.C.) | 6-3/195 | L/R |
| 16 | Tucker Simpson | RHP | Oxford HS (Oxford, Ala.) | 6-7/220 | R/R |
| 26 | Lucas Sims | RHP | Brookwood HS (Lawrenceville, Ga.) | 6-2/195 | R/R |
| 24 | Matthew Smoral | LHP | Solon HS (Solon, Ohio) | 6-8/220 | L/L |
| 21 | Duane Underwood | RHP | Pope HS (Marietta, Ga.) | 6-2/205 | R/R |
| 15 | Walker Weickel | RHP | Olympia HS (Orlando, Fla.) | 6-6/205 | R/R |
| 23 | Jesse Winker | OF | Olympia HS (Windermere, Fla.) | 6-3/210 | L/L |
| 5 | Jameis Winston | RHP/OF | Hueytown HS (Hueytown, Ala.) | 6-5/200 | B/R |
| 2 | Rhett Wiseman | OF | Buckingham Brown & Nichols School (Mansfield, Mass.) | 6-1/195 | L/R |
Head Coach: Stuart Chester
Assistant Coaches: Kevin Maris, Omar Washington
West Roster
| No. | Player | Pos. | High School (Hometown) | Ht./Wt. | B/T |
| 1 | Alex Bregman | IF/C | Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.) | 5-11/185 | R/R |
| 32 | Ryan Burr | RHP | Highland Ranch HS (Highland Ranch, Colo.) | 6-4/210 | R/R |
| 16 | Austin Fairchild | LHP | St. Thomas HS (Deer Park, Texas) | 6-0/175 | R/L |
| 21 | Max Fried | LHP | Montclair College Prep (Encino, Calif.) | 6-4/170 | L/L |
| 13 | Joey Gallo | IF/RHP | Bishop Gorman HS (Henderson, Nev.) | 6-5/200 | L/R |
| 27 | Lucas Giolito | RHP | Harvard-Westlake HS (Santa Monica, Calif.) | 6-6/230 | R/R |
| 19 | Steven Golden | OF | Saint Francis HS (San Leandro, Calif.) | 6-3/180 | R/R |
| 34 | Jason Goldstein | C | Highland Park HS (Highland Park, Ill.) | 5-11/190 | R/R |
| 00 | Courtney Hawkins | OF/RHP | Mary Carroll HS (Corpus Christi, Texas) | 6-2/215 | R/R |
| 6 | C.J. Hinojosa | IF | Klein Collins HS (Spring, Texas) | 5-11/185 | R/R |
| 12 | Ryan McNeil | RHP | Nipomo HS (Nipomo, Calif.) | 6-3/210 | R/R |
| 3 | Corey Oswalt | IF | James Madison HS (San Diego, Calif.) | 6-4/200 | R/R |
| 9 | Kayden Porter | RHP | Spanish Fork HS (Spanish Fork, Utah) | 6-5/255 | R/R |
| 5 | Cody Poteet | RHP | Christian HS (Bonita, Calif.) | 6-0/178 | R/R |
| 10 | Andrew Pullin | OF | Centralia HS (Centralia, Wash.) | 6-0/185 | L/B |
| 22 | Tanner Rahier | IF/RHP | Palm Desert HS (Indian Wells, Calif.) | 6-2/205 | R/R |
| 28 | Daniel Robertson | OF/IF | Upland HS (Upland, Calif.) | 6-1/180 | R/R |
| 15 | Rio Ruiz | IF/RHP | Bishop Amat HS (Covina, Calif.) | 6-2/195 | L/R |
| 14 | C.J. Saylor | C | South Hills HS (West Covina, Calif.) | 5-10/180 | R/R |
| 40 | Mitchell Traver | RHP | Houston Christian HS (Sugar Land, Texas) | 6-7/235 | R/R |
| 33 | Hunter Virant | LHP | Camarillo HS (Camarillo, Calif.) | 6-3/172 | R/L |
| 1 | Nick Williams | OF | Ball HS (LaMarque, Texas) | 6-3/195 | L/L |
| 25 | Trey Williams | IF | Valencia HS (Santa Clarita, Calif.) | 6-2/206 | R/R |
Head Coach: Andrew Nieto
Assistant Coaches: Cecil Espy, Manny Hermosillo
Dahl battles back, Classic next
The nation’s best baseball players love nothing better than to surround themselves with other outstanding ballplayers. This weekend in San Diego, top outfield prospect David Dahl will be given that opportunity.
Dahl, who will be a senior this fall at Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Ala., will be in San Diego from Thursday through Sunday with 45 other top prospects in the class of 2012 to take part in the Perfect Game All-American Classic presented by Rawlings.
“I love going down there and meeting everybody, and I know most of them through all the other stuff I’ve done, but I look forward to seeing everyone again,” Dahl said in a telephone conversation Sunday from his home in Birmingham. “It is exciting, being with all the good players who will be there.”
Dahl is ranked the No. 13 top prospect overall and No. 3 outfield prospect in the country. He is one of three Alabama prospects on the All-American Classic East Team roster, joining right-hander/outfielder Jameis Winston from Hueytown and right-hander Tucker Simpson from Oxford.
“It’s a great honor to be selected,” Dahl said. “Seeing all the past players that have played there and seeing all the great players who will be there (this weekend), I’m really excited to go out there and try to my best.”
Dahl, a 6-2, 185-pounder who bats from the left side but is a right-handed thrower, has had an eventful summer, and not necessarily in a good way. Just as his summer season was hitting full-stride, he was diagnosed with mononucleosis.
He said he started getting headaches and felt like he was tiring easily while attending the Perfect Game National Showcase in Fort Myers, Fla., in mid-June. From Fort Myers, Dahl traveled to Cary, N.C., to take part in the USA Baseball Tournament of Stars trials, but that’s when the mono really nailed him. He was able to stay for only five days of the two week event.
After being sidelined the entire month of July, Dahl took part in last week’s East Coast Pro Showcase in Lakeland, Fla., and showed he was starting to bounce back from the illness.
“I felt pretty good about how I played there,” Dahl said. “For coming off mono, I thought I did really good.
“I think I’m getting close,” he said of his recovery. “I was probably about 80 percent (in Lakeland) and I got tired pretty easily, but I’m getting better every day, I guess. I’m feeling a lot better now.”
Perfect Game national scouting director David Rawnsley identified Dahl as the No. 2 top position prospect at the event, and concluded he is “a solid defensive player with advanced, aggressive offensive tools” who used his speed and strong arm to patrol the outfield effectively.
“On offense,” Rawnsley reported, “Dahl hits with a sound, balanced stance. His quick and short hand path creates good bat speed while a level swing plane allows him to deliver line drives to the gaps.”
In an interview with the Birmingham News for a story published Aug. 2, Brian Breeze, Dahl’s coach at Oak Mountain, said Dahl has been put in a terrific position by being selected to play in the PG All-American Classic presented by Rawlings. Dahl has also played in seven PG WWBA tournaments and two PG-East Cobb Invitationals since 2008, in addition to this summer’s PG National Showcase.
“I think these things are going to give him an opportunity where pro scouts are able to see him. I think it will truly help him in the draft,” Breeze told News reporter Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
“I think that David is a very talented player,” Breeze continued. “First round? I don’t know. I think it’s a possibility he could be a high draft pick. I think that’s a very good possibility for him. He’s a five-tool athlete (and) he can do a lot of things.”
For his part, Dahl is more focused on his final season of high school baseball than he is on the draft.
“I really want to go out and have a good senior year and have as much fun as possible,” he said. “I’m really excited for the high school baseball season to start. I don’t really think about (the draft) much. It’s too far away.”
Dahl carries a 3.4 GPA and has verbally committed to play collegiately for head coach John Pawlowski at Auburn University, just more than a two-hour drive from his home in Birmingham.
“I’ve grown up an Auburn fan, my family is Auburn fans, and I’ve always gone to football and baseball games there,” Dahl said. “The coaches there are great, and they have a plan and they’re putting that plan in place.”
Before his final high school season, before the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft and before enrolling at Auburn, Dahl will be making the trip to San Diego. In addition to the game itself – to be played Sunday at 5 p.m. (PDT) at PETCO Park and televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network – the players will visit Rady Children’s Hospital and the Miramar Marine Base in San Diego.
“I look forward to that a lot, and I’ve heard a lot about that,” Dahl said. “It sounds very exciting and eye-opening, being able to go to all those places.”
The game itself, of course, will also be a point of interest.
“I’m just going to try to go out there and have as much fun as I can,” Dahl said. “If I play good, I’ll be very happy, and if I don’t I know it will be against the best players in the country, so there’s nothing to be worried about.”
Team USA San Diego Take Game Opener in Fukuoka
Team Usa San Diego take Tournament Opener 15-5, with game ending becuase of mercy rule. More coming.
Hers is some photo’s
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- Josh In Fukuoka, Japan
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Team USA San Diego Arrives in Fukuoka
Great Travel day everyone. We made it to Fukuoka at 2am and had the day to settle in. We have opening ceremonies tomorrow followed by an opening game against Fresno.
2011 WORLD BOYS TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE IN FUKUOKA
August 8th Opening Ceremonies .. 9am
August 8th USA vs Fresno .. 2pm
August 9th USA vs Japan .. 9am .. USA vs Korea .. 1pm
August 10th..Tournament Playoffs
August 11th Tournament Finals Followed by Closing Ceremonies
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