So it begins…. unless any of these guys get promoted before the qualifying tournament in September:
Pitchers such as Andrew Albers of North Battlefield, Sask. (Minnesota), Shawn Hill of Georgetown, Ont. (Toronto), Scott Richmond of North Vancouver (Toronto) and Kyle Lotzkar of Delta, B.C. (Cincinnati), catchers Cole Armstrong of Surrey, B.C. (Miami) and Chris Robinson of Dorchester, Ont. (Baltimore), infielders Jimmy Van Ostrand of Richmond, B.C. (Washington), Shawn Bowman of Port Moody, B.C. (Miami), Jonathan Malo of Joliette, Que. (Mets), Skyler Stromsmoe of Bow Island, Alta. (San Francisco), and outfielders Tim Smith of Toronto (Atlanta), Brock Kjeldgaard of Edmonton (Milwaukee) are among those to win gold last year that director of national teams Greg Hamilton is hoping to bring back for the crucial four-team event.
Others on his wish list include outfielders Adam Loewen of Surrey (Mets), Rene Tosoni of Coquitlam, B.C. (Twins), and Nick Weglarz of Stephensville, Ont. (Cleveland) plus starter James Paxton of Ladner, B.C. (Seattle) and reliever Trystan Magnuson of Vancouver (Toronto), but the participation of several players is uncertain since they may earn September call ups from their big-league clubs.
Already, Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Jimmy Henderson of Calgary, a pitcher Hamilton was looking to use for the Sept. 20-24 event in Regensburg, Germany, has been promoted to the majors, while Hill, Richmond, Loewen, Tosoni and Weglarz are among those likely to get strong consideration when rosters expand.
Forty-man roster players will be eligible for the four Classic qualifying tournaments after organizers initially ruled them out.
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1. morineko Posted: July 30, 2012 at 12:09 AM (#4195567)The Brewers have a lot of Canadians in the org, but most of them are presumably ineligible for this qualifier (Henderson, Axford, Taylor Green) or in the low low minors and presumably not much use (David Otterman, a few others I'm failing to recall right now.)
The dermatologist?
1B: Votto,
2B: Orr
3B: Lawrie
SS: Malo (?)
OF: Saunders, Bay, Loewen, Weglarz, Tosoni
DH: Morneau, Stairs
SP: Dempster
SP: Diamond
SP: Bedard
SP: Francis
RP: Richmond
RP: Axford
RP: Crain
RP: Magnuson
RP: Paxton
I'm going to assume they mean North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
I'm assuming Richmond and Hill will be the "aces"? I'm very excited as I'm actually going to this qualifier. With a British friend who's never seen baseball beyond our Midlands League. I'm hoping there's at least a pitcher or two who can touch 90.
If Canadians want Dempster to pitch for them, it is crucial that this all be kept very quiet and rumor-free.
I'm guessing not well. Since they earned promotion to AAA this year they are 0-16 with 35 runs scored and 233 against.
Not that I'm bitter about getting my club getting eliminated by them in the AA playoffs last year...
Clearly, the British league needs to implement revenue sharing to address the competitive balance issue.
The Julliard-trained one, yes.
I had no idea John Axford was black.
Wow, the Bracknell/Windsor Bears are 0-26 and have been outscored 182-0 this year That's 7-0 per game; is there a 7-run mercy rule?
At least they can take comfort in the knowledge that they're not underperforming their pythagorean record.
I'm not sure if different divisions have different rules or not....in the AA Midlands it's a lead of 10 runs or more after 7 innings and you call the game.
BTW, did you see the actor who played Kruger recently tried to kill himself? He survived, but it was ugly. Not sure how he's doing now.
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