| Issue
#108
by Wayne Ellis, Sports America
It Doesn’t
Get Any Better Than This
Aflac
All-American High School Baseball
Classic Rosters Revealed
Rosters
for the nation’s premiere
prep baseball game were announced
last week. And this year’s
group could be the best yet.
“Some
of the fastest players in the country,
the very best arms and serious power
hitters will entertain the crowd....
This is perhaps the strongest group
of kids we’ve ever selected
to play in the Aflac Classic,”
said Jerry Ford,
president of Perfect Game USA, which,
along with Baseball America,
is one of the game’s selection
partners.
The Aflac
All-American High School Baseball
Classic showcases the nation’s
top prep players in an East versus
West match-up. All participants
must have just completed their junior
year of high school, be in good
academic standing and display redeeming
qualities off the field including
discipline, determination and hard
work.
The East
players will be led by Mike
Sheppard, Jr., head coach
at perennial power Seaton Hall Prep
in West Orange, N.J. While managing
the West team will be legendary
San Diego coach Manny Hermosillo
of Montgomery High School.
Led
by the Wizard – The Guy Before
Harry Potter
Hall
of Famer Ozzie Smith, a 15-time
All Star and 13-time Gold Glove
award winner, is this year’s
honorary chairman.
“I’m
thrilled to join Aflac in honoring
the stars of tomorrow – the
very best high school players across
the country – in San Diego,
my first major league home,"
Ozzie Smith said.
"I wish a game like this existed
back when I was in high school,
and I can only imagine how special
it will be for these young men to
get such national recognition and
exposure."
The Aflac
All-American High School Baseball
Classic is endorsed by Major League
Baseball and the Major League Baseball
Players Association as the country’s
marquee prep All-American event.
This
year’s game will be played
at San Diego State’s Tony
Gwynn Stadium on Saturday, Aug.
11, airing live on FSN at 3 p.m.
ET. Proceeds from the 2007 event
will benefit San Diego’s Rady
Children’s Hospital.
The
full team follows. To learn
more about the Aflac All-American
High School Baseball Classic, visit
www.aflacallamerican.com.
Post
Game HIGHLIGHTS
- Since the inaugural
game in 2003, Aflac All-American
Classic boasts alumni have had
a huge impact on the first round
of the Major League Baseball draft.
Overall, 42 alumni have been selected
in the first round, including
two No. 1 overall selections:
Matt Bush (2004,
San Diego) and Justin
Upton (2005, Arizona).
- Most recently,
in the 2007 MLB draft, 13 Aflac
All-Americans were taken in the
first round. And of the 38 players
in the 2007 game, 34 were drafted.
- For Sports America’s
free report on this Aflac game,
titled The “Perfect
Game” Advantage The Secret
to Giving Your Son a 1-in-4 Chance
at Becoming a MLB 1st Round Draft
Choice, click here: http://sportsamericainc.com/MembersOnly/Reports.html
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