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Back at it again for 2018.  We will be having a total of 3 Lefties - a left handed pitcher and an outfielder/first baseman from Spokane who will be arriving in mid June when school is done and an outfielder from Wenatchee who arrived this week.  He is a quality guy!  He has played for the AppleSox in Wenatchee and lived at home, but this is his first year of living away.  He has been going to Wenatchee Valley Community College, but will be going to Virginia Tech and playing Div I ball next year.  He is a Sociology major, but as all these young men, what he really wants is to play professional baseball.  Since he was the first to arrive, he gets the big bedroom with private bath and TV.  He says he has never had a bedroom this large before.  He will eat anything and was over the moon when Dean made him a breakfast burrito.  I think he likes the chocolate chip cookies too (don't they all?).  He was the star of the first game in Victoria, hitting a home run.  He got a subheadline in the paper and his photo.  Great way to start the season.  He did well the second game which was at home. He has a rocket of an arm and an awesome swing of the bat.  He LOOKS like a baseball player.  They won the first 2 games, but they were considered exhibitions, so they don't count, but they won their first regular season game against the Portland Pickles last night.  They are playing really short since so many of the team have yet to show up due to college schedules.  They are on a road trip until Thursday, so the house is quiet - for now. 

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