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Running Goodwin thread
In an attempt to keep up with the national coverage of Brian Goodwin, here is a place to turn to for this week.
Here is my post from the other day.
And here’s what was said about his performance at the East Coast Showcase.
Here and here are a couple of stories we wrote about him during the past week.
Here’s the Los Angeles Times story on the Aflac game.
Here’s prospect blog Breaking Bats’ entry on Goodwin
Rich Lederer of The Baseball Analysts is another well-known MLB draft source. Here’s what he said about Goodwin:
Many of the top players from the Area Code Games also participated in the Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. The Aflac game, which was televised nationally by FoxSports, tends to attract the best of the best, including several who did not appear at the Area Code Games. Unlike the Area Code Games, all Aflac players must have completed their junior year of high school to be eligible for participation. The Aflac participants are required “to be in good academic standing and display redeeming qualities off the field that embody the ideals of the sport of baseball, including discipline, determination and hard work.” The six-year-old Aflac high school classic has produced 52 first-round draft picks during the past five years, including at least eight (2005) and as many as 13 (2007). Down 2-0 going into the ninth inning, the East staged a sterling comeback victory by scoring four runs, including a game-tying-and-winning single by MVP Brian Goodwin (Rocky Mount HS, NC). The lefthanded-hitting outfielder also singled in the second and impressed me when he took an extra base on a heads-up play while center fielder Kyrell Hudson (Evergreen HS, WA) was trying to sell the umpires that he caught the speedy Goodwin’s line drive.
Here is his bio page for this weekend’s Under Armour All-America Baseball Game, which will be played at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
As more material pops up, I’ll add it here.
UPDATE: Aug. 18 - Brian Goodwin, reportedly — and I use that term because there isn’t much (if any) coverage of Saturday’s Under Armour All-America game at Wrigley Field — went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. I wish I had more, but ESPNU isn’t a station we have on TV here, and I can’t find any newspaper Web sites that covered the game — or at least mentioned Goodwin’s stats.
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By WiBBuinnaseax
April 4, 2009 1:10 PM | Link to this
Anyone know how old this forum is? As in what year it was started?