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2008 AAU – Mac’s Sprayers Roster
courtesy Mike Gasaway and via

Jeremy Manley P
Robbie Obrien P
BJ Hunhoff P
Sebastian Gervasutti P
Sean Obrien C
Ryan Kostel C
Frank Perez Inf
Chris Miljavac Inf
Todd Shultz Inf
Eddie Kettlehutt Inf
Glenn Ormsby Inf/Dp
Troy Ellsworth Inf
Jeff Ellsworth Of
Adam Lalonde Of
Felix Heredia Of
Wally King Of
Steve Moulton Utl

Mike Gasaway Head Coach
Tom Macavoy Third Base Coach
Paul Mccart Firstbase Coach

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Editor’s notes: Mac’s Sprayers…aka last year’s Mac’s Mauraders – the 2007 AAU Champions. Last year’s MVP, Frankie Perez, who provided the most dramatic moment in AAU history with his championship game – extra inning – walk off home run, is back with Macs, but the pitching staff is completely revamped. Last year it was MVPitcher Colin McKenzie and Rob Schweyer, with Schweyer pitching well enough to be co-MVPitcher. But both are gone from Mac’s roster and we see this impressive list, of Jeremy Manley, Robbie O’Brien, BJ Hunhoff, and Sebastian Gervasutti. Just yesterday, we were talking about the five deep staff of the Texaco Pirates. Those bullpens are going to be crowded in Orlando, or maybe the teams will take turns sending the extras to Disneyworld for a day? Nine pitchers between these two teams. Some would say there aren’t enough innings to go around, but remember this is January, so many managers are reluctant to overwork guys that haven’t been pitching on a regular basis. It’s a 32 team, four day tournament, and fatigue does take a toll come Sunday. Even in last year’s championship game, both Mac’s and Broken Bow went through their entire pitching staffs before it was over. I guess if the Boston Red Sox can go to a six man rotation, as some say they will, then nothing wrong with being 4-5 deep in Orlando. Unless, of course, you’re an AAU manager of a team that is still hunting for pitching.

Trivia time: How many players from last year’s AAU Championship team are back in 2008? Answer after the jump. (Looking for the answer to yesterday’s trivia question about the “Four Aces” on Penn Corp? see Texaco Pirates roster post below)

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To All AAU Teams: Please send your AAU Rosters if you haven’t already. Send to jim (at) fastpitchwest.com and we’ll forward to Al’s, or you can send to him direct at fastball (at) pmihrm.com. These rosters just a preview of the teams for fastball fans, so don’t worry if you have changes — these are not official rosters. And if you add players later, we’d be happy to update your posting here.

The one’s we’ve received and posted so far shown in bold below:

1. Cutro Professional Inspections
2. Ohio Battery
3. Colombia
4. Combatientes / Venezuela
5. Ambassadors / St. Thomas
6. Brewers / Venezuela
7. Niagara Storms Fury / Canada
8. Florida Fastpitch
9. Texaco Pirates / Bahamas (2007 Final Four)
10. Earls Club
11. New Breed / Bahamas
12. Broken Bow Gremlins (2007 Runner-up)
13. Cherokee Men’s Fastpitch
14. Chicago / NY / Dominicans
15. Elmira Advance Millrights/Canada
16. Millwood Logistics / Canada
17. Team Minnesota (2006 Runner-up)
18. Tijuana Fastpitch / Mexico
19. Redline Fastpitch Oklahoma
20. Big Cove
21. P.K. Broward Pirates
22. Radio 560 Mexico
23. Magos de Tenerife / Spain
24. Los Socios / Venezuela (2002 & 2004 Champions, 2003 & 2005 Runnerups)
25. Jamaica National Team
26. Mac Mauraders (Defending Champions)
27. Fedlock Falcons (2003 Champions)
28. St. Thomas Storm / Canada
29. Thomson Area Merchants
30. Venezuela Miami
31. Omaha Red Angels
32. Puerto Rico Natl. Team

Click here to view the rosters posted to date.

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The Texaco Pirates from Man-O-War, Bahamas
courtesy of Haziel Mcdonald

William Weatherford
Lyle Sawyer
Kyle Magnusson
Andrew Albury
Jason Hill P/Util
Steve Mullaley
Grant Albury
Darren Box
Fred Sweeting
Louie Joglar
Barry Kahler
Nathanial Malone
Edward{Cheno}Lamb
Dewey Dyck P
Rob Scheller P
Doug Sleep P
Rob Schweyer P

Haziel Mcdonald Manager

Editor’s notes: Five pitchers! Will any team in Orlando have a pitching staff this deep? I remember when Penn Corp has four of the top pitchers around, they used to refer to them as the “Four Aces”. Trivia bonus points – can anyone name those four pitchers from Penn Corp? (see answer after the jump)

Keep an eye out for the next issue of Softball Magazine, which has a feature story on the team from the Bahamas, “The Real Pirates of the Caribbean”. The team has come a long way since winning the consolation bracket in 2004, finishing third in last year’s event, falling to Broken Bow in the semi-finals.

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From

2008 AAU Omaha Angels roster

Darren Dubsky P
Kevin Kammueller P
Kyle Eberts P

Paul Arntzen OF/C
Mike Applegate INF
Leff Larson INF/C
Jesse Smith DH/INF
Ken Tufte OF
Ryan Scheevel C

Mike Mueller OF/3d
Tim Hoover INF
Chris Becker OF
Chuck Huntimer INF

Rick Nice INF/DH
Todd Kensler OF
Matt Christensen OF/C

Matt Christensen
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