SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Senior shortstop Max Newman led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run and finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs as the Lowell baseball team beat Washington 12-2 at Big Rec on Wednesday to clinch the Academic Athletic Association title.

Narin Leininger (3-for-3) and Max Schumm (2-for-3) added multiple hits for the Cardinals (21-5-1, 13-0 AAA), who won a rematch of the last two San Francisco Section title games.

“We have 10 seniors on this team and we’ve been playing together for a long time,” Newman said. “The chemistry is great and we’ve been playing some good ball lately.”

Washington (13-13-1, 10-3) threatened in the top of the first, putting runners on second and third with one out. But Lowell starter Evan Brydon struck out the next two batters to get out of the inning.

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Lowell 12,

Washington 2

Washington 000 02 — 2 5 0

Lowell 501 51 — 12 8 0

Thomas Mora, Kevin Shue (5) and Jacky Hoang. Evan Brydon and Louis Buchbinder. W—Brydon (8-1). L—Mora.

Leading hitters: Shue (W) 2x2, Narin Leininger (L) 3x3, Max Newman (L) 2x3, Max Schumm (L) 2x3. HR—None.

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8:23 PM MST on Tue., May. 6, 2008 re: "Title is Lowell�s best revenge"

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I forgot all about this kid Gaston Guibert. At Lowell he was truly a renaissance man. Writer, musician, smart, athelete, ladies liked him and funny too! What a great guy. Hope he's at some great college

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9:51 PM MST on Fri., Apr. 18, 2008 re: "Just like Darth Vader, Lowell crushing"

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Lowell baseball is on top of its game now, but come next year, they'll be garbage. All its seniors are graduating this year. good luck filling out next year's line up

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5:30 PM MST on Fri., Apr. 18, 2008 re: "Just like Darth Vader, Lowell crushing"

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Lowell has a new situational hitting coach? I hope budget cuts to the school district don't eliminate his job...

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12:31 PM MST on Wed., Apr. 2, 2008 re: "SHC halts trophy sweep"

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You didn't think it would be 1-2-3 in the 7th, did you? Those four runs marred an otherwise nice Irish rout.

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1:08 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 5, 2007 re: "Extra work pays off as Lowell triumphs"

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Loius Derosa...I bet you are really proud that your Barbarians team beat the the SF cardinals, but Lowell best players are playing for a much better team and didn't go to those games. Also, why are you still playing in a high school league? You are out of high school and probably done with baseball. As for Lick as a school, it is a fact that their varsity team (their only team) plays in a JV league every summer.

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10:24 AM MST on Fri., Jun. 15, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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Of course Dickson wouldn't mash any BCL pitcher! He doesn't play girls softball! BCL players are WWWWWEEEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!

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7:33 AM MST on Thu., Jun. 14, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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BCL players are great Division 1 prospects! NOT ! Let's see who is going to play after high school.

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9:50 PM MST on Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 re: "Gamble pays off as Lick advances"

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Dickson mashes every pitcher in the AAA, there for that means nothing.

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10:08 PM MST on Thu., Jun. 7, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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Dickson would "mash" any pitcher from the BCL

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11:03 AM MST on Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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A rotation of these four pitchers: Guibert, Brydon, Mora and Andrick vs. the BCL teams. The BCL hitters can pick up thier thumbs at home plate now.

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10:57 AM MST on Tue., Jun. 5, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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Is the Transbay Series a good idea? My first thought is NO! It's an after thought for the AAA players. The pinnacle is winning the CITY Championship at AT&T. The only positive side of the Transbay is the players get an extra two/three games for the season and a game in a Major League park. The series could be better serve as an ALL STAR game of AAA players. But then again you'll have a coach(ISA) thinking all of the AAA players should be reconized. You'll have some coach(Galileo) from a team who made the playoffs who thinks he has a four college players that should be playing. The complaint would be there are too many Lowell and Washington players filling out the roster. The Oakland teams use the Transbay as their Championship because they play a round robin, there would be more incentive for AAA players to do well and represent the City.

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10:12 PM MST on Mon., Jun. 4, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

Gaston Guibert said:
How bout this: Let's meet at Big Rec at some point this summer. ANY player from the BCL west, feel free to come down and try to get a hit off me, it won't happen. I'll try to get Evan down there too, and nobody can touch him either. Maybe Max Newman and O'Koyea would be down to come, and any delusional BCL pitchers can come down and try to get them out? Heck maybe if we get enough guys together, it could just be top AAA players on one team vs. BCL, then we'll all see whats up. What do you guys think?

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10:07 PM MST on Mon., Jun. 4, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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There isn't a single pitcher in the BCL who is within 5 mph of Brydon, Guibert, and Tom Mora. Andrick throws like 10 mph harder than anyone in the BCL. Lincoln was swept by Bal, and was NOT one of the top 3 teams in the AAA.

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10:51 AM MST on Mon., Jun. 4, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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Any BCL players get invited to the Bay Area World Series yet? Any at the Area Code tryouts? Any at the North/South tryouts? All you BCL palyers who didn't get invited can answer that one?

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7:33 PM MST on Sun., Jun. 3, 2007 re: "Gamble pays off as Lick advances"

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1)Besides Mike Anderick, the rest of the BCL pitchers throw as hard as the AAA. 2)Urban could put up a fight against Lincoln, who is one of the top 3 teams in the AAA.

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3:15 PM MST on Sun., Jun. 3, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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Is there a single pitcher in the BCL west who can throw over 80 mph? And is there a single batter who can hit a ball 400 feet? Cuz if anyone went to the AAA championship game in 2006, they would've seen O'Koyea Dickson hit two balls, both thrown over 80, at least 400 feet each. The weak teams in both leagues are pathetic, Urban vs. ISA, who cares... but the best teams and the best players are easily in the AAA. Is there anyone in the BCL getting looked at by D1s? Give up BCL.

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2:48 AM MST on Sun., Jun. 3, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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BCL = kids parents who could afford the titution. Lowell = parents who didn't want to pay it.

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3:49 PM MST on Sat., Jun. 2, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

O'Koyea Dickson said:
Ok first of all none of us in SF cant do anything about the level of play of baseball. We cant make guys good, only the coaches and the players can make themselves good. O well I did have 13 RBIS in one game but what the hell you want me to do strike out each time we play a weak team. At Washington we dont pad up our stats we just go out and play baseball. Are coaching staff is great probably the best in the city. If we beat a team badly then we just do. People talking about they cant take the AAA batting averages seriously but if I were to play in a different league,I'll still be batting at least .380 and for the person that said Tommy Mora is better than me come on dude be 4REal with yoself. I still have a torn oblique but im still playing through it. Maybe im not the best player in S.F but most guys in S.F are not even going to make it anywhere. So how about you guys stop hating on AAA so much much and worry about yourselves. Yall just mad because the AAA has some potential.

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12:51 PM MST on Sat., Jun. 2, 2007 re: "Gamble pays off as Lick advances"

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The best player in SF has to be able to play offense and defense.

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8:17 PM MST on Fri., Jun. 1, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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May be Dickson isnt the best player in SF, but MOST of you guys won't even make it to the next level. Dickson has talent, but he knows what to do get better. Some of you guys cant even hold his jock-strapped. All you guys are just haters anyway.

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11:46 PM MST on Thu., May. 31, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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A tough non-league schedule means nothing when you don't win any of the games.

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10:49 PM MST on Thu., May. 31, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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newman is the best, derosa is the worst. AAA might suck, check the out of league schedules, lowell= very hard, lick's= garbage. bcl=horrible aaa= slightly better with undoubetly better star players

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10:59 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Lick-Wilmerding silenced on two-hitter by Salesian"

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I have gone out to about 10 games this year. I've seen teams from the bcl and teams from the AAA play. The AAA does have some very talented players but there is no question that the bcl is a better league. I can't even take the averages of players seriously in the AAA. When you have a guy get 13 RBI's in 1 game it is ridiculous. As for DeRosa and Newman, I would take DeRosa at this point. He hit 40 points higher in a league with much better pitching and no teams that are absolute garbage. Newman is a great young player though, I'm excited to see how he turns out.

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10:59 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Lick-Wilmerding silenced on two-hitter by Salesian"

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I have gone out to about 10 games this year. I've seen teams from the bcl and teams from the AAA play. The AAA does have some very talented players but there is no question that the bcl is a better league. I can't even take the averages of players seriously in the AAA. When you have a guy get 13 RBI's in 1 game it is ridiculous. As for DeRosa and Newman, I would take DeRosa at this point. He hit 40 points higher in a league with much better pitching and no teams that are absolute garbage. Newman is a great young player though, I'm excited to see how he turns out.

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10:44 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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did lowell and university play?

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10:09 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

Gaston Guibert said:
I have to do this: 1) Incompetent, not "incompitent." 2) Do not refer to Lincoln as "who." You are trying to talk about a team here, not President Abraham Lincoln. The word you are looking for is "which," not "who." 3) "was beat 24-2 by University." Learn what the active and passive voices are, and employ the former. 4) You should never begin a sentence with the phrase "In fact," when the rest of the sentence is nowhere close to a "fact" but is, in fact, completely opinion. Your daddy should demand his $80,000 back from Lick-Wilmerding, because they have done a very poor job of educating you. Listen up in English class, then try to have a reasonable argument with me.

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9:24 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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the bcl will never breed a d-1 player, they are the most pathetic players and teams i have ever seen. if u wrote that yourself shenk, you win the award for most pathetic man alive, and if that actually wasn't you, whoever wrote that deserves to die out of mere stupidity. go home bcl, go home.

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9:19 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

Gaston Guibert said:
Alright, learn how to spell "incompetent" before you try to use fancy words buddy. I really don't care how you want to break it down, we played team X, team X played you, by these scores we are evenly matched teams... you can make all the excuses you'd like, bottom line, Lowell 11, Lick Wilmerding 0. And yes, Michael is eleven feet tall; that does not mean he will likely get drafted. I hope he does, and I wish him the best of luck, but you are clearly speaking of an area in which you have zero experience, when it comes to the MLB draft. Keep commenting though, it's loads of fun shooting down your feeble points.

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9:14 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

max newman said:
mike shenk will never play d-1 along with every other player to ever and will ever come out of the bcal. stop talking about lick and university, u r pathetic teams will horrible players. that transitive property stuff doesnt work because you still suck

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5:10 PM MST on Wed., May. 30, 2007 re: "Lick-Wilmerding silenced on two-hitter by Salesian"

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Gaston Guibert, you are so incompitent. Lincoln, who was a quality team in the AAA was beat 24-2 by Universtity. Lick beat Universtity 2 times, one time in which we won by 6 runs. Lowell played Lincoln decently close this year. Also what about Mike Shenk? Dude is a D1 prospect without doubt! In fact he will likely get drafted after his senior year in highschool.

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12:39 PM MST on Sun., May. 27, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

Gaston Guibert said:
One last thing regarding Newman vs. DeRosa, and Lowell vs. the BCL West... I'd take Newman because he has heart, and competitive drive that is completely lacking in the BCL West. Maybe Lick does have the same talent level as we do, and maybe DeRosa is as talented as Newman. Thing is, baseball isn't all about talent, it's about desire. People can doubt Lowell's talent and execution all they want, but nobody will ever be able to say we don't want victory as much or more than every team we play. Due to this, and the general apathy that is ubiquitous on Lick's side of the field, the game wasn't even a contest, and certainly wouldn't be if we played it again.

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12:24 PM MST on Sun., May. 27, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

Gaston Guibert said:
DeRosa or Newman? Is this a joke? As for the old "but we didn't play any of our starters!" routine, DeRosa was Lick's starting pitcher, and we blew him up. And it's not like we gave Lick our "A" lineup, every player on our roster got into that game, and every pitcher touched the mound. Newman has played at a higher level (last summer) than anyone from the BCL West can understand, and excelled. This argument reveals a lot about the delusions of the BCL West.

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12:14 AM MST on Sat., May. 26, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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I agree, at this point in the year it would be an incredibly close game. What a matchup at shortstop. Who would you take? DeRosa or Newman?

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11:35 PM MST on Fri., May. 25, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

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Lowell did beat Lick-Wilmerding in a scrimmage, but Lick didn't pitch any of its starters. Both teams are good; both won their leagues. It would make for a good game now.

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6:55 PM MST on Fri., May. 25, 2007 re: "Quick end for Lowell"

Gaston Guibert said:
Lick Wilmerding could've easily challenged Lowell in a game eh? Hmmm... as I recall, we DID play you, and it was a thoroughly pathetic 11-0 drubbing. Come on, we didn't rag on your articles, don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong, especially if you can't back your bogus claims up.

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3:41 PM MST on Thu., May. 24, 2007 re: "Lick-Wilmerding silenced on two-hitter by Salesian"

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Who cares about the AAA? The better competition is in the BCL West. Ive gone out to BCL games and the overall competition is much better than the AAA. Lick-Wilmerding could easily challenged washington or lowell in a game. They have 2 of the top 15 players in the city, and an outstanding freshman third baseman.

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11:11 PM MST on Sun., May. 20, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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newman is bitter

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10:30 PM MST on Thu., May. 17, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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Did any see Newman chicken out on that ground ball yesterday in the championship game? The best shortstop in the City? I don't think so! Someone tell that kid to stay on the balls of his feet instead of his heels and maybe he'll make the routine play look easy intsead of making every routine play look difficult.

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11:42 AM MST on Thu., May. 17, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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NEWMAN is the best shortstop this city has seen in years...

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11:10 PM MST on Tue., May. 8, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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didnt lowell already smash bal twice this year?

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10:11 PM MST on Tue., May. 8, 2007 re: "Kurakata�s clutch hit sparks Balboa"

Mairtin Steinkamp said:
I have a great idea! Let's play and see who the best team is! It beats making useless comments. Bal and Lowell tomorrow, thats a start.

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8:15 AM MST on Tue., May. 8, 2007 re: "Kurakata�s clutch hit sparks Balboa"

Rebecca C. said:
Hi there. It would be great to see some pics of the playoff teams. Thanks for reporting so soon after the game.

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4:12 PM MST on Sun., May. 6, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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maybe batelli. not the other two. dickson. fangolino.newman.andrick.brydon.

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2:52 PM MST on Sun., May. 6, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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Sacred Heart is easily the best team in the city. Hererra, Batelli, and Pearce are the top three players in the city. End of story.

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12:06 PM MST on Sat., May. 5, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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the best team in the city is not washington or lowell, it is sh, si, or riordan

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7:23 PM MST on Fri., May. 4, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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my name is max newman. this is a pointless arguement. the best player will be on the best team which is the team that wins the championship. you guys are all wasting your time arguing through comments. see you at pac bell.....WARRIORS.

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8:55 PM MST on Thu., May. 3, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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It's great to be able to have an argument over the best players in the AAA because it exemplifies that the league isn't a joke and has very talented teams and players. However, while acquiring 13 rbis in one game is amazing, it wasn't against one of the better teams in the league. I'm more interested in reading about the big match ups and how the best players came through in the clutch. Doesn't anyone go to station to station anymore instead of padding stats and running up the score?

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8:53 PM MST on Thu., May. 3, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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The thing about these two teams is that Lowell has the better all-around program, while Washington has some bright spots with a lesser team aspect. Lowell has solid pitching, a 1-9 order and depth. The thing about Washington is that they have maybe 3 or 4 legit bats, 2 or 3 good pitchers, and a team full of illegal recruits. Tom Mora is a much better all-around player than Dickson is, and when he played against them last spring, he already knew he was transferring the next year. Complete bogus. Prep baseball is about letting the kids play, and not bending the rules to try and win every game by 40 or so runs. Bottom line, Lowell has a better overall program, while Wash's worst players should be playing at the junior varsity level.

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8:48 PM MST on Thu., May. 3, 2007 re: "Dickson just mashes pitchers"

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does dickson play defense well? cus thats part of being the best

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