Even under the pressure to win, professional coaches and scouts will share the values of events that promote kids playing baseball in their home communities. It's the support and camaraderie of those around which make it comfortable to learn. Because not everyone learns at the same rate. Read more about this weekend's Stammen Classic, in Versailles.....
Amongst the inconveniences of driving 30 miles between two ballpark venues, the 98th Ohio High School baseball championships showed us that the closeness of community values far exceed that of scouting services and a document guaranteeing that your status as a player. Delphos St. John proved to be the blueprint of things past. And yet to be determined...things to come?
Follow me to the title, Coach....Delphos St. John baseball coach Jerry Jackson follows pitcher Andrew Elwer to home plate as Elwer scored the clinching run Saturday in the Blue Jays' 10-0 win over Liepsic in the Division VII title game in Akron. It marked Delphos St. John's first-ever state title in baseball. Read Hal McCoy in Sunday's Press Pros.
