{"id":3653,"date":"2016-09-26T14:10:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T22:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pre-production.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2016-09-26T14:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T22:10:53","slug":"fall-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.taftcollege.edu\/echo-online\/blog\/2016\/09\/26\/fall-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">By Mark O\u2019Connor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Typically the beginning of the fall college season means the end of the Major League Baseball season. However, that is not the case with the Taft College baseball team who just played their first fall exhibition of the 2016-2017 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">\u201cThis is sort of like an audition. All the freshman need to work hard and give us a good first impression,\u201d Coach Vince Maiocco told his team after they played the Bakersfield Dodgers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">On Saturday the Cougars took on the Dodgers from Bakersfield, a travel ball team composed of mostly high school players who are looking to be recruited by college coaches in a 14 inning exhibition game. The main purpose of this game was to get live game-like conditions for pitchers and hitters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">Every freshman on the roster for the Cougars got to see the field and had a chance to make that first impression. There are a combination of 19 freshman on this year\u2019s team from various areas. Nevada, Utah, Canada, and even Puerto Rico are some of the places where this year\u2019s rookies are from. Maiocco even recruited a local player from Taft High, Cameron Anderson, who is fighting for an outfield position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">One player that made a very good impression was Brandon Stevens (fr Las Vegas, Nevada) who had an outstanding day at the plate. He went 4-5 with 3 round trippers, a single, and a walk. \u201cI was just having one of those days where the ball looked like a beach ball coming out of the pitcher\u2019s hand,\u201d he said after the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri\">By the look of the freshman at Saturday\u2019s game, it seems like the Cougar coaches have a lot of positive things to build on. The upcoming season for the TC baseball team is promising.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1060\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NU2NyE0--UU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0  By Mark O\u2019Connor  Typically the beginning of the fall college season means the end of the Major League Baseball season. However, that is not the case with the Taft College baseball team who just played their first fall exhibition of the 2016-2017 season.  \u201cThis is sort of like an audition. 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